Google introduces cellphone: The Nexus one phone

The Nexus One is a smartphone by Google. Manufactured by Taiwan's HTC Corporation this smartphone (Nexus One) was introduced on January 5, 2010 and uses the Android open source mobile operating system. Features of the Nexus one phone include:

1) Capability of transcribing voice to text.

2) Noise canceling dual microphones (one mic in the front and one in the back to minimize the background noise)

3) Voice directions while driving

The Nexus one phone comes unlocked and is not restricted to particular network. Nexus one phone is available to buy on google.com/phone for $ 529 unlocked. It features multi-touch technology but this is not enabled in default applications in the US version. Also It's thinner than Apple iPhone

Nexus one phone also features a 5.0 megapixel auto-focus camera with LED flash and digital zoom, GPS receiver, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, and 802.11b/g WiFi. Nexus one runs on a Snapdragon processor which allows many advanced capabilities including 720p video playback.

Google includes real-time data in search results

Google has launched real-time search to give users access to up-to-the-second information.

The search giant said it will draw real-time data from over a billion pages on the web.

The new feature will also include updates from Twitter and the social networks of MySpace and Facebook.

"Information is being created at a pace I have never seen before and in this environment, seconds matter," said Google fellow Amit Singhal.

At an event staged at the Computer History Museum in California, the company said this was the first time that any search engine has integrated the real-time web into its results page.

"There is so much information being generated out there that getting you relevant information is the key to the success of a product like this. It's all about relevance, relevance, relevance," said Mr Singhal. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)

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