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    The Nexus One runs Android 2.1 — available as open source in the next few days — on a 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU from Qualcomm. It comes with 512MB of ROM, 512MB of RAM, and a 3.7-inch AMOLED 480 x 800 touch screen.
    It’s 11.5 mm thick — or 11.5 mm thin, as Google senior product manager Eric Tseng put it — and weighs 130 grams, about as much as a Swiss army knife. It includes a 5 MP camera with an LED flash, stereo bluetooth support, a 3.5 mm headphone jack and two microphones — one on the bottom and one on the back — for active noise cancellation.

    It’s official. Google has joined Apple by developing its own smartphone. At a media event in California on Tuesday it announced arguably one of the worst kept secrets in the tech world: the Nexus One mobile phone.

    The device, built by Taiwan’s HTC, and which runs the new Android 2.1 operating system, is notable for its fast, 1GHz Qualcomm processor and 3,7-inch AMOLED 480×800 touch screen.

    The device, which is 11,5mm thick and weighs about 130g, also comes with a 5-megapixel camera and a fast 3G HSPA connection. There’s an 802.11n Wi-Fi aerial, too, and integrated GPS receiver.

    The device will retail “unlocked” for US$520, though it will be available cheaper in the US on cellphone company plans. It’s not clear when the product will be available to SA consumers.  — Staff reporter, TechCentral



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