Showing posts with label iphone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iphone. Show all posts

Sunday, January 24, 2010

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.

Saturday, December 5, 2009

iPhone orchestra ready for debut

Smartphone symphony: a group of US students have

built music applications and written scores for their iPhones.

A group of US students has created an entire orchestra out of separate iPhone applications.

As part of their studies, the group from the University of Michigan built the applications themselves and composed music for them. (source: news.bbc.co.uk)

Read More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8394148.stm