If you have the lovely first phone from Google (the Nexus One) like me, you probably received a new update – the version 2.2.2, if you are still using stock ROM. Well, we are still waiting anxiously for the Gingerbread update for the Nexus One, and it will become the second phone to receive Gingerbread treatment after the Nexus S.  Well, we have heard the Gingerbread update is coming really soon.  But for the moment, [...]

Found the thread on XDA-developers talking about this custom ROM from China.  I went to their forum – http://www.miui.com and it looks pretty interesting.  It is created by a group of Chinese Android hackers.  It is based on Android 2.2 AOSP with lots of UI elements.  It looks a bit like iOS but they added a cool launcher, dialer, SMS program and others.  It is very Chinese oriented and even if you choose English as [...]

Mobile operator KT in South Korea strikes a deal with Google.  The Nexus One will be on the shell in KT from next week – 21st of June. And guess what.  The Nexus One will officially come with Android 2.2 (Froyo).  I guess the official release of Froyo is just around the corner. KT will bring in 4,000 units of Nexus One initially and there are definitely more to come.  The phone will be sold [...]

Google started to sell its first Google branded Android phone, Nexus One, directly from its web store in January 2010.  Although Google had regarded this as viable business, but the sales figures (not official, but from many other sources) are just not satisfactory to continue it. Google had just announced that the Nexus One not be available from the web store anymore.  Instead, Google will work with the carrier to sell the phone through their [...]

According to people at AndroidPolice who claimed to have access to FroYo (Android 2.2).  They have run a speed test and the result shows a 450% improvement from Android 2.1. the Nexus One running Android 2.1 gets about 6.5-7 MFLOPS the HTC Hero averages a measly score of about 2 MFLOPS (the phone is pretty slow indeed) And Nexus with FroYo is running at 37.5 MFLOPS! That is most likely the effect of the new JIT for [...]

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 [...]

There is a rumour from smartphonefrance saying Nexus One is getting a OTA update from Google in a few days time.  However, the source of the rumour is unknown and the likelihood of the rumour being true is low. According to them, the OTA update will include: Better memory management with a new version of the Linux kernel to operate in short, all the device memory which is not the case today Fixed problem MultiTouch [...]

The Nexus One car is now on sale on Google Nexus One page.  And it is sold for USD55 plus shipping. According to the post from Google: “The dock’s built-in speakers and volume controls enhance the in-car music and media experience. The Car Home app, which loads automatically, makes it easy to access Maps and Navigation, Voice Search, Contacts, and Music. You can mount the dock on your windshield or dashboard, and it ships with [...]

There have been quite a number of complaints about multitouch on Nexus One isn’t working properly.  Robert Greeen of Battery Powered Games has created an application called Multitouch Visible Test (available in Android Market Now) for testing multitouch on phone.  And he quoted:  “This app shows how your phone’s hardware handles multitouch. The event data is not processed in any way. The two dots are drawn exactly where the phone reports you are touching. For many current [...]

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 [...]