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Google: Nexus One is a “profitable business” and Android Market has 38000 apps now
Apr 16th
According to Google’s VP of engineering, Jeff Huber, “It (Nexus One) is a profitable business for us. … We are driving the business to be a profitable business from the get-go.”
And he is not disclosing the number of Nexus sold: “We’re not disclosing the specific number … We are very happy with the device uptake and the kind of impact that it’s had across the industry.”
At the moment, consumers can only buy Nexus One from Google and Huber refused to answer if Google had any plans to change its sales model for the Nexus One.
And according to Hubber, the Android Market has now 38,000 apps. However, we all know there are good numbers of themes, ringtones, etc and those are should not be qualified as “apps”.
Nexus One gets colours for the track ball
Mar 1st
The trackball of Google’s Nexus One is capable of displaying different colours for notifications. During the launch the Nexus One, this was shown. However, for some reasons, the handsets delivered to the market are not equipped (removed?) with this features.
And the Nexus One community has talent modders that were working hard to bring missing features and enhancements to Nexus One. The latest addition is to bring the missing colours back to Nexus One. The Nexus One owners can now have different colours for various notification for messages, emails, and even twitter updates.
The mod has been added to the latest Cyanogen mod as well. You can view the information of the mod here.
Download and install yours today!
Google has setup phone support centre for Nexus One
Feb 10th
Google has admitted its problem of giving support over the phone to Nexus One users and promised to fix it. And here is the solution from them.
Apparently Google has setup a phone support centre for Nexus One at 888-48-NEXUS (63987). Open daily from 7:00 am EST to 10:00 pm EST. You can call the number to check on your existing order and status. For the Nexus One owners, call the number for technical support. An unnamed Google spokesperson claims that “live phone support from Google, combined with an optimized on-line support experience, enables a superior Nexus One customer experience.”
From now, you do not need to search through the forums and online FAQs to find answers for your problem. And hopefully the people answering the calls in Google are well-trained to help you. I have not tried yet, let me know what you think if you have tried.
First month sales figure of Google Nexus One – 80,000 units
Feb 8th
Wondering how Google’s Nexus One is performing during its first month in the market? Well, according to Flurry, Google sold 80,000 units of Nexus One in first month. That’s a miserably low figure compared to many other smartphones like Apple’s iPhone and Motorola’s DROID. But if we look at the brighter side, the first month sales figure of Nexus One is 4 times of the first week figure where there rest were just double 
Was that an experiment from Google to test whether direct web marketing will work for a mobile phone? Apparently it works for geeks but not the normal consumers. And Google is moving forward to spend money on TV commercial to gain more awareness of Nexus One. May be Google should learn from Apple.
I am sure the figure will improve. Google is doing quite a number of things at the moment, like adding pinch-and-zoom support and working with more operators to subsidize the phone. And we shall look at the figure again few months later.
[via gizmodo]
The Nexus One online video reveals the upcoming car dock and battery charging dock
Feb 5th
The concept and design video of Google Nexus One in Youtube channel has shown the upcoming docks for the Nexus One.
There are three shown in the video. One of them is what has been released in the market, the standard dock. The other two – one is the dock with an extra battery charging space, and the other is the car dock.
No price and information from Google at the moment. However, since they are showing them off in the video, I think they are quite closed to the the release date.
Google is showing the making of Nexus One in online video series
Feb 5th
Google has started to add a series of video showing the born of their first Android phone to the market – the Nexus One.
The first video published is about the concept and design and is narrated by Erick Tseng (Android Project Manager), Tomasz Hasinski (HTC Project Manager) and Lloyd Watts (Audience).
If you are interested to know about the design concept of the phone, do check out the Google Nexus One channel in Youtube here. I have also attached the first video after the break.
Do expect more videos to be available in the Youtube channel in the next week or so.
Enjoy!
Google Nexus One getting OTA update today, adding pinch-to-zoom
Feb 3rd
For those who are holding a Google Nexus One, here is a piece of good news. Google has issued an OTA update for Nexus One, starting today (and most of the devices will receive it by Friday). And guess what?! Google has added pinch-to-zoom function to some of its native apps – Browser, Gallery and Maps.
According to Google, the some of the apps have been enhanced also, not only the 3G fix that has been included into the OTA update:
Google Goggles: this mobile application will now be available directly on your device by launching it from your All Apps menu. Just use your Nexus One camera to start searching the web
Google Maps: the Maps application with be updated to a new version, Google Maps 3.4, which will include:
* Starred items synchronized with maps.google.com – access your favorite places from your phone or computer
* Search suggestions from your personal maps.google.com history – makes it easy to search for places you’ve searched for before
* Night mode in Google Maps Navigation – automatically changes your screen at night for easier viewing and driving
Pinch-to-zoom functionality: devices will now include a new pinch-to-zoom mechanism in the phone’s Browser, Gallery and Maps applications
3G connectivity: we will provide a general fix to help improve 3G connectivity on some Nexus One phones
Has Google finally resolved the patent issue of pinch0to-zoom (by paying somebody?!). Nevertheless, this update really gives the functionality that many people have been waiting for.
You should receive the update notification on your phone these few days. So don’t forget to check your phone regularly. If you can’t wait, there is a way to do it manually, check it out here.
[via Google]
