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The Smartphone They Said Would Never Be: the Google Nexus One (Google Branded, HTC Made)
Well, by now you’ve probably heard the news that Google has said for sometime would never happen: the Internet oligarch officially unveiled the Google Nexus One, a Google-branded mobile phone. This follows weeks of clever marketing that had the blogosphere in a tizzy. Yes, that’s right, a Google-branded piece of hardware. Of course, The Google says it wasn’t fibbing all along, as technically the phone is made by Taiwan’s HTC (which means this phone will break the instant I put it in my pocket and walk out the door, but that’s another story). But it is a Google phone; you can only buy it from Google. We in journalism have a term for this tweaking of the truth: “marketing and PR.”
Google ‘Dogfooding’ a Self-Branded, GPS-Enabled Smartphone? Or Just Testing Android 2.1?
If you’re a gadget type of person then unless you’ve been hiding under a rock on a deserted island or otherwise avoiding the Intertubes lately, then you’ve no doubt heard about the so-called Google Nexus One handset. Of course, people have been talking about a Google phone for years (ever since it gobbled up a company working on what eventually turned into Android). There are no details yet (unless you work for The Google), but the company has confirmed what was up on its official Google Mobile Blog. It is a carefully-worded statement that doesn’t actually state that a Google-branded phone is in the works (as some would have us believe), or that the handset is actually what it is being tested.
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Google Makes it Official: Google Maps Navigation Available for Android Versions 1.6 and Later
Jealous of those Motorola (An)Droid owners and their Google Maps Navigation app? Ready to hack your older phone with an earlier version of Google’s Android operating system on it? Wait! Don’t touch that code! The Google announced via its Google Mobile blog that the free navigation app is now available for phones running with Android 1.6 (cute codename: Donut) and higher. That means all you T-Mobile myTouch and G1 owners (assuming you live in the United States) can now take advantage of it.
Navteq Debuts Alternative to Google Maps
Google getting a little too Big Brother for you? Are you just not a Google fan boy? Or maybe you just like tinkering with maps? Whatever may be the case, you might want to check out Navteq’s website. In what some observers are calling a rival to Google Maps — and I’ll call it that too — mapping data supplier Navteq has launched a similar service. But rather than calling Google out by name, Navteq says this is just a beta offering designed to showcase the company’s products and services.
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