Google officially releases its first ever mobile phone, the Nexus One made by HTC. The Nexus One is the first Android 2.1 (Eclair) device and is the first Android phone to get the 1GHz SnapDragon processor. (Acer Liquid‘s SnapDragon runs at 768MHz).
The Nexus One comes with 512MB Flash memory and 512MB RAM. It features a 3.7-inch 800×480 AMOLED capacitive touchscreen display, a 5 Megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, WiFi 802.11b/g/n and AGPS support. It supports tri-band UMTS/HSPA 3.5G and quad-band GSM/EDGE networks.
This real GPhone includes also digital compass, acceleromter, 3.5mm audio jack and removable 1400 mAH battery. The device is available for $529 without service contract and Google ships the phone to the US, the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. Consumers in the US may get the phone for $179 with T-Mobile’s Even More Individual 500 plan with 2-year contract.
The Google Nexus One is now available at google.com/phone. As indicated at the site, the phone will be available in the Europe via Vadafone as well and there will be a CDMA EVDO version for Verizon Wireless.