Google just released its own iPhone competitor this week. While the Nexus One boasts many features already available in the smartphone market, its release is more about elegantly combining those features than being the first phone to have them. To start, the Nexus One's screen resolution could impress the most devoted iPhone fan. At a whopping 800 by 480 pixels, it handles a much clearer picture than the 480 by 320 pixel iPhone screen. The Nexus One's 5 megapixel camera also easily outshines the iPhone's 3 megapixel version. The Nexus One almost feels like something out of a science fiction movie. The speed with which you can make voice commands that are actually relevant to what you're trying to do is just one of its many impressive features.
Google is clearly going its own direction and hoping everyone follows with its Nexus One. The device runs on Google's own Android Operating system, which is a linux-based open source platform. Unlike the iPhone's Operating System, the Android development platform puts no restrictions on its developers. If a developer wants to create an Android application for Voice Over Internet Protocol app that runs on the iPhone's 3G network, he will run into a brick wall when Apple rejects it from the app store. Android Market, on the other hand, gives developers the freedom to create and develop their own Android app ideas to their liking that use the Nexus One's interfaces in whichever way they want.
Many people have commented on Nexus One's amazing screen. When we say it outshines the competition, we mean it in a very literal sense. The screen not only has a higher resolution, it is actually much brighter than the screen found on most smartphones. Some people think this ultra bright high-resolution screen and fast 1GHZ processor could be a battery killer, but Google promises us that the battery can handle up to seven hours of video playback and 6.5 hours of active web surfing. When on standby, the battery will last for as long as 290 hours. Clearly, the quality of the phone and its battery life haven't been compromised.
Another impressive feature is the phone's understanding of voice commands. When you tell the phone "Navigate to the metropolitan museum of art," it actually puts the phone into Google Maps street view and a computerized voice begins to give you driving directions. This level of smartphone app development has not been achieved by other smartphone developers. On many other phones, the voice command feature doesn't exactly impress. The phone either won't understand your command or won't have anything cool to do with it. The Nexus One will actually get you very excited about its voice command capabilities.
As it stands, many people are still attracted to the iPhone because of its widespread popularity and the availability of apps. This may change, however, as more Android based smartphones hit the market. The Nexus One marks the release of Google's first consumer-end hardware product. It not only impresses the hardened skeptic, but it brings together many of the best features available on other high-end smartphones. If Google can shed its geek image just a little bit and get more Android developers interested in working with Android apps, it might just have a winning combination. We can't wait to see how the Nexus One will change the smartphone game.
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