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    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    09:48 AM

    In reply to Google Nexus One's Hardware Components: Looking Good
    You wanna play game-changer, Google? Give us a forward-facing camera, and be remembered as the company that finally stepped up to change the face of portable communication.
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    Image of Kirkaiya Kirkaiya
    04:53 AM

    In reply to Google Nexus One's Hardware Components: Looking Good
    No CPU spec? I'm guessing some Cortex A8 variant, either Snapdragon, Samsung's Hummingbird, or the TI OMAP chip?
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    Image of jinushaun jinushaun
    02:15 AM

    In reply to Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google Phone
    I really don't see what all the fuss is about. Unsubsidised, unlocked Google Phones have been done before. They're called dev phones. This sounds like the next version of the Android Dev Phone. It's not gonna change anything in the consumer space except finally giving devs a cool phone to actually develop on instead of the ancient G1.
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    01:16 AM

    In reply to Google Nexus One's Hardware Components: Looking Good
    But will it blend...

    ...in with the plethora of other smartphones on the block or can it really stand out?
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    Image of Akhen Akhen
    01:30 AM

    @Pessimippopotamus: I see what you did there....

    ...and I'm okay with it.
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    Image of silverdee silverdee
    01:48 AM

    @Pessimippopotamus: I predict it will handle Crysis...

    ...after crisis until it is displaced by the newest phone on the block.
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    Image of IN THE FACE! IN THE FACE!
    12/14/09

    In reply to Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google Phone
    You forgot to put "It's not the iPhone" on your list...

    But I know how you guys like to keep your sub-texts, uh... subtle...
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    Image of dagamer34 dagamer34
    12/14/09

    In reply to More Photos of the Google Nexus One
    Funny how we are progressively and steadily getting more information. It's as if Google has already decided what employees are allowed to leak and when.

    Maybe tomorrow we'll get a video of the device? I mean, the cat is already out of the bag.

    If anything, this is probably got to the be easiest, cheapest advertising Google has ever done. I mean, it cost them $0 and all employees did was send out 5-6 tweets to spark this thing off into one of the hottest stories of the year.
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    Edited by dagamer34 at 12/14/09 7:08 PM dagamer34 was starred dagamer34 was unstarred
    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/14/09

    In reply to More Photos of the Google Nexus One
    No keyboard..no buy.
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    Image of Fuji-kun Fuji-kun
    12/14/09

    @CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: you mean physical keyboard, or any keyboard?
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    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/14/09

    @Fuji-kun: Physical. Like the G1 or Droid. I just can't stand the onscreen type.
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    Image of fallenyogi fallenyogi
    12/14/09

    @CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: Funny, cause if there is a QWERTY keyboard, I'm usually not interested. Haven't found one to rival a BlackBerry keyboard, and I dig the sleek look of a touchscreen.
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    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/14/09

    @fallenyogi: Fair enough. I have a G1 now and I hear the Droid has an even better keyboard. I have tried and tried with the onscreen. It's so slow and I mess up all the time. Oh well.
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    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    12/14/09

    @CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: For me, it's physical keyboard? No buy. After using iPhones for a year and 3 months, I really don't want a physical keyboard that I'll never use making the phone even thicker.

    On a side note, I've never wanted another phone besides the iPhone so bad. If this phone works with AT&T's 3G frequencies, I very well might get the Nexus One.
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    Image of CommentingpointlesslyisMeh CommentingpointlesslyisMeh
    12/14/09

    @€hЯ!§: I want a snapdragon CPU with a Tegra GPU and a slide out keyboard and I will move from the G1.
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    Image of tenazrael tenazrael
    12/14/09

    @€hЯ!§: why the heck havent' any of you guys just gotten Dragon software for your phone - so you can just say what you want to type?
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    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    12/14/09

    @CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: I want everything about the Nexus One and am really glad it doesn't have a physical keyboard. That's just me though.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment €hЯ!§ was starred €hЯ!§ was unstarred
    Image of €hЯ!§ €hЯ!§
    12/14/09

    @tenazrael: I do have it, and it's not completely accurate. Besides, I actually enjoy typing on a virtual keyboard. It's fun. :]
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment €hЯ!§ was starred €hЯ!§ was unstarred
    Image of Jay Beezy Jay Beezy
    12/14/09

    @CommentingpointlesslyisMeh: The droid keyboard is quite possibly the worst physical keyboard, actually, worst keyboard of any type I have ever used. I would rather use the onscreen keyboard on windows mobile 6.1 than the droids. I love the droid, but the keyboard is useless. If the physical keyboard is good like on my samsung i760, then i wouldn't mind a physical keyboard. But with my iphone, i have no troubles with the onscreen keyboard. That being said, anything that uses android should be using HTC's onscreen keyboard the thing is absolutely money i.e. similar to the iphones onscreen. I mean this phone has a 3.7 inch screen, they BETTER make the keyboard more efficient and easier to use.
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    TheSonOfKrypton promoted this comment Jay Beezy was starred Jay Beezy was unstarred
    Image of ManiacFive ManiacFive
    12/14/09

    In reply to More Photos of the Google Nexus One
    Whats that its being compared to? Honestly, did they not have an iPhone lying around they couldve measured it against? I'm a huge geek, Yet even I dont have a huge old school wired keyboard and wrist support mousepad to compare against, my desk is svelte and sexified

    (what, Transformer toys are totally sexified, Masterpiece Grimlock will kill any geek who says otherwise!)
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    Image of MarcusMaximus MarcusMaximus
    12/14/09

    @ManiacFive: @jbuk2k7: It's the G1.
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    FigNinja promoted this comment MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred
    Image of Sockatume Sockatume
    12/14/09

    @ManiacFive: G1/HTC Dream, the original Android phone. The chin and thickness are a dead giveaway.
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    Image of ManiacFive ManiacFive
    12/14/09

    @Sockatume: Ahh I see, that explains the comparison. Compared to the thickness of that it is somewhat svelte and sexified. though I guess it helps not having a slide out keyboard. Thanks to all who replied.
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    Edited by ManiacFive at 12/14/09 8:20 PM ManiacFive was starred ManiacFive was unstarred
    Image of Nick Nick
    12/14/09

    In reply to More Photos of the Google Nexus One
    what is with the archaic computer speaker sitting there? get a clue.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    12/14/09

    In reply to More Photos of the Google Nexus One
    The software and performance better be stellar, or else it's just a generic HTC Android phone, 'cuz that's the impression these pictures are giving me so far.
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    Image of ManiacFive ManiacFive
    12/14/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Agreed, I wouldnt say its HTC's best effort looks wise. An odd choice for anything but a closed inhouse test platform. If it gets released in that form factor, what a disappointment
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    12/14/09

    In reply to More Photos of the Google Nexus One
    As if I'm willing to dump the iPhone for this!?
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    Image of RayKinStL RayKinStL
    12/14/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: Then you are obviously are not an Android fan. So why bother looking at this story? Even further, why bother commenting with such a stupid, rather obvious, fanboy comment meant to do nothing by try to induce a flame war? Go away troll.
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    lostarchitect promoted this comment RayKinStL was starred RayKinStL was unstarred
    Image of lostarchitect lostarchitect
    12/14/09

    @RayKinStL: Are you pretending that this device won't be in direct competition with the iPhone? In fact, it seems likely that google will be trying to get people like him--an iPhone user--to switch.
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    Image of CaptainSquishy CaptainSquishy
    12/14/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: I am willing to dump the iPhone for this! I would give me legal google voice, google navigation, google my life, google everything.

    TAKE MY SOUL GOOGLE. I'M YOURS.
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    Evangelion promoted this comment CaptainSquishy was starred CaptainSquishy was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/14/09

    In reply to Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google Phone
    To me it all comes down to the forth one.

    None of the rest even matter cause I don't think they were ever the point.

    "The new business model isn't really new" is completely a guess until we see what the new business model is. I've never gotten out of any of these articles that its the traditional business model. Why would it be? They know that hasn't worked in the past.

    If the google phone launches and its just an expensive, unlocked phone I'll be unimpressed as the next person. I don't see that happening.

    I think its going to be cheap. I think the devices are going to have some tacit provider support.

    Edit: What does google have to gain but just releasing another "unlocked" phone?

    The geeks of the world get excited for a bit and buy a few and it puts an insignificant amount of money in the bank for them.
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    Edited by tande04 at 12/14/09 1:52 PM tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.
    12/14/09

    In reply to Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google Phone
    I disagree with your first point; how is the fact that HTC makes the thing relevant? Does the fact that Foxconn manufactures the iPhone mean that it's not an Apple product?
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    HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was starred HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H. was unstarred
    Image of tande04 tande04
    12/14/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Because it isn't the same thing at all.

    I don't know why everyone keeps bringing up Foxconn. One has nothing to do with the other.

    HTC isn't acting as the manufacture like you're saying. They're acting as the partner which isn't that different then what they've done. The phone is still going to come with HTC stamped on it somewhere the consumer can see.
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    tande04 was starred tande04 was unstarred
    Image of Killjoy Killjoy
    12/14/09

    In reply to A Few More Nexus One Google Phone Details
    Just a quick note based on what I've seen in the comments about Android 2.1: Google Goggles isn't 2.1 specific, you can install it now.
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    Image of NorwoodIsMyHero NorwoodIsMyHero
    12/14/09

    In reply to Why We All Need to Calm Down About the Google Phone
    "Whenever we talk about Google, we need to factor in a little windage."

    Eric Schmidt has bad gas?
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