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 [...]

Yes, the desktop dock for Google’s Nexus One is available now.  Same as Nexus One, it is available via Google’s site and it costs USD45. You can use the dock to charge your Nexus One or use it as a night stand.  Just drop your phone in the Desktop Dock, and the Clock app launches automatically.  With the Clock app, you can: Check the local time and weather Set and clear alarms Watch a slideshow of [...]

About 10 days since I started using my Nexus One, I am still quite happy with it, except some problems with the Android 2.1 OS. Android is a piece os OS that is still being worked on and improved by Google over time.  At this moment, there are still some missing parts and bugs that make it not complete (and enhancements are needed), at least from my perspective. Microsoft ActiveSync is supported, but there is [...]

Google has been talking about accessories for Nexus One but there are no sign of them until now. Someone spotted an ad on youtube.  Guess what.  It is the “New Nexus One Dock” for USD45.  And it will charge the phone, plays photo slideshows, & more. However, it is still not available when you check the www.google.com/phone.  So may be an accidental leaked of the upcoming dock. Well Nexus One users like me will still [...]

The famous Android hacker – Cyanogen, has releaased a patch that will make the browser on your Nexus One do pinch and zoom using your 2 fingers.  We do not need to wait for Google to make their design decision to add this to the native applications on Nexus One. It is simple, follow the instruction here on XDA-developers.  You only need to download a few files and run a few commands. The video below [...]

The brother of Google Nexus One, the HTC Bravo, may be coming to market sooner than what we thought. The Bravo has almost identical specs as Nexus: 3.7″ AMOLED screen, 1Ghz Snapdragon, WVGA screen, 5MP camera, etc.  However, it has been spotted an optical joystick and it is rumoured to come with FM radio receiver.  And of course, being a high end HTC Android device, it will come with the Sense interface and the latest [...]

This make sense as Google is becoming the common enemy of Apple and Microsoft. With Google’s strong push of Android in the market and works from Google to integrate their services tightly to the platform, it will slowly capture the mobile search market and soon the mobile market. And with the recent purchase of Admob (a mobile ads company) and release of its first Android phone, Nexus One, to the market, the big G has [...]

It took a while for Google to deliver my phone to me.  I ordered the Nexus One from Google’s web site on 7th of January and I received it on last Friday (15th of January).  That’s a 8 days waiting of the phone. Anyway, I have no complaints about this because I am staying in Singapore and it could take a while for the phone to reach here My review will not be covering every [...]

Google news for T-Mobile users, Google has decided to drop the price of Nexus One by USD100 for the existing T-Mobile users.  The new prices are as followed: Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for new customers: USD179 Nexus One with new, 2-year T-Mobile US service plan for qualifying existing T-Mobile customers: USD279 For those who had bought the phone earlier on for USD379 will be getting a refund of USD100 from Google in [...]

The original plan for Google was to support the Nexus One users directly.  However, since after Nexus One was released to users last week, there have been a large number of complaints to Google that the support from Google is simply not good. The tranditional support channels from Google, like email, support forums and FAQs, can not satisfy users when they pay a large amount of money for the product.  Users are complaining not getting [...]