Although Nexus One is a good phone, his name is more about Google than the Samsung. Thus, the Taiwanese manufacturer has decided to launch version “simple” phone, as the HTC Desire. Obviously there are some external differences, the most obvious being physical buttons, which replace those of his touch and Nexus One’s trackpad, which is now optical. Otherwise, we have the same AMOLED screen of 3.7 “with resolution of 480×800, the same processor at 1 GHz Snapdragon same operating system Android. The latter has reached version 2.1, called Eclair and provide support for HTML 5, and speed optimizations a better virtual keyboard.
The American group Google develop a program for first mobile phone able to instantly translate a foreign language during the call, and the system could be operational in the next few years, according to newspaper The Times.
Developing existing technologies of voice recognition and translation, Google could bring major changes communication between the over 6,000 languages spoken worldwide.
Google has created already an automatic translation of text for computer, which is constantly improved by scanning millions of websites and documents in different languages. PC program covers, at present, 52 languages, the latter Haitian Creole, added last week.
Also, the group also owns a voice recognition system that allows mobile users to search the Internet without using keys.
IT giant is working to combine the two technologies to obtain a software able to recognize the voice of a person and transform it into a synthetic play in a foreign language. As a human interpreter, the program will analyze longer sequences of speech, listening to understand the meaning of sentences and phrases before attempted a translation.
“We believe that voice translation will be possible and it will be acceptable in a few years. To go well, it takes a combination of translation and voice recunasterea, both with high accuracy, exactly what we are now developing“, said head of Translation by Google, Franz Och.
If the automatic translation of text is acceptable efficiency, development of voice recognition software presents several difficulties.
“Everyone has the voice, accent and tone different. But recognition should work on mobile phones, because they are personal. Cell phone owner should know the voice of voice search previously completed,” added Och.
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Google Nexus One might launch U.S. mobile network operator AT & T after the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) would be OK given the model’s 3G networks of AT & T.
The “unknown” yet, but found the people at Engadget as bearing the code number NM899100 (same number as Google Nexus One) could be compatible with 3G networks WCDMA frequency bands I, II and V, indicating that this model can be used in Europe. The news seems to be scandal after many of those who bought mobile phone network T-Mobile assaulted support services, complaining that they have a good 3G signal.
Google has Nexus One 3.7-inch AMOLED screen with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. The model is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 1 GHz and has 3G and Wi-Fi connectivity. The model has a 5 MP camera with flash and autofocus, face detection technology and geo-tagging function.
In the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore and Hong Kong Google Nexus One can be purchased at less than 550 USD. In the spring of 2010, the new Google phone could be available in Europe for mobile operator Vodafone.
In its Q4 2009 financial conference call with analysts, Motorola’s Co-CEO Sanjay Jha confirmed that Motorola will be bypassing the traditional telco route and working with Google to sell an Android handset directly to consumers, similar to HTC and the Nexus One. This handset will be one of twenty smartphones that Motorola hopes to offer in 2010 as it attempts to shake off its lagging performance. Despite selling twelve million handsets in Q4 2009, two million of which were Android-based, Motorola continues to slide slowly downward with handset sales falling from $2.35 billion to $1.8 billion, a 22% year over year decline. Motorola also anticipates a first quarter loss of up to 3 cents per share which is far below the 3 cent per share profit expected by analysts. As of the writing of this post, Motorola’s stock has fallen 11% from yesterday’s close.
Google dropped the phone gPhone production in collaboration with China Unicom and two Chinese companies and has postponed the launch in China of a telephone provided with Android technology, following issues related to hacker attacks and censorship.
China Unicom announced in an internal note that Google will not provide authorization for cooperation in the field of content and applications using its trademark, according to the site chinatechnews.com and Reuters.
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Google announced that you can now search email and contacts on your Blackberry device if you use the built-in Messages and Contacts Apps and use the new version of Google Mobile App.
To use type or speak your query and Google Mobile App will search your emails and contacts in your device and return the results. This will allow you to quickly reply to an email or forward it.
Additionally, you can quickly call, SMS, or email contacts by typing the first few letters of your contact’s first or last name, then pressing the corresponding button. Google Mobile App will then suggest contacts as you type. You can then scroll down to select one. Google Mobile App promotes the people you contact frequently to the top of the suggestion list.
If Steve Jobs is able to praise and a diode to turn it into a successful product, the other co-founder of Apple (Steve Wozniak), now busy with other projects not related to the company in Cupertino, expresses sincere opinion about gadgets . In an online interview with NBC Bay Area, confessed that his favorite is Google phone Nexus One and not the iPhone.
The statement, although some shocked (particularly in terms of war Apple – Google), is the natural result of series of criticisms made Apple since the emergence of the first iPhone. It was criticized because of lack of 3G connectivity and the lack of good support for developers. However, Wozniak has admitted that two such specimens, in addition to a Motorola Droid, a BlackBerry and Google’s new Nexus One obvious.
It was only a matter of time. Everyone knew he would come. I knew if I knew and how, and what I knew. I knew that Google, like any giant thirst for power will not stay on a market that may bring more money. Own services, operating system, Android, and lo, a phone’s (which will almost certainly be followed by others) are the means by which Google will almost certainly require the mobile Internet, just as he did and normal Internet.
As the vehicle still by the end of last year, yesterday, on the evening (Romanian time), Google has officially introduced the phone. It’s called, as he knew of that period, Nexus One. The thought of Google along with Samsung and produced by the latter. Taiwanezii from Samsung are considered, rightly, experts in Windows Mobile and more recently, Android. The fact that Google has chosen her for Nexus One is a recognition of merit Taiwanese company specializing in smart phones and PDAs.
Nexus One, big deal
It is by no means a bad device. He even is a top end, having equipped pretty much everything is better at this hour, with some exceptions. If you want a phone with Android operating system, Nexus One is the best choice. I say that those who started to come into contact with it and supporting it is the best phone with Android so far.
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