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Nexus One Launching in April
Mar 7th
Google’s Nexus One, the company’s first own-brand mobile phone, will launch in the UK in April. It will be on sale through Google.com/phone only, as the company has previously announced. Tariffs have not been announced, but the Nexus One is likely to be priced very similarly to comparable smartphones such as the iPhone.
Built by HTC, the Nexus One is Google’s attempt to assert the superiority of its mobile operating system Android, in the face of market dominance from Apple’s iPhone and Microsoft’s reinvigorated mobile software, Windows Phone.
Although the search giant’s first official UK partner, Vodafone, had been keen for a launch in March, sources close to both companies have confirmed to The Daily Telegraph that April is when the company will have a realistic chance of being ready for the launch.
The Nexus One is unusual because it is available online only direct from Google, and so relies heavily on word of moth marketing. Although sales had initially been reported as slow in comparison to the iPhone, the Nexus One has not benefited from the significant promotion that Apple has bought for its flagship product.
Google issued an update to the phone, shortly after its American launch in January, which added the multitouch web browsing that has been so successful on Apple’s iPhone.
Both Google and Vodafone would only say that they were committed to delivering the phone to the UK “in the spring”.
Top 5 Free Android Apps
Mar 7th
These are my top 5 android apps. These are all based on personal preference and you may find reasons to favour other applications. If you do then please don’t hesitate to recommend some apps by leaving a comment.
Seesmic
Seesmic is by far the best Twitter application available for Android mobile.
Seesmic for Android groups all your Twitter timelines in one simple screen. Whether you want to scroll infinitely in your friends timeline or want to find a private conversation with a friend, everything is one tap away in a beautiful interface.
Share photos, videos and your location in your tweets, with the service you want. We included popular photos and videos sharing websites like yFrog, TwitPic and even Youtube. You can also automatically shorten URLs you type with Bit.ly, J.mp or Tinyurl.
You can choose to be notified for what maters to you: all your tweets, your replies or your direct messages. Do you want to be alerted by a specific ringtone, or just by a discreet little light? No problem, you can configure to be notified for what you want and how you want.
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TasKiller
Taskiller is a tool allowing you to close your android aplications with one click. Many programs continue to run in the background while we believe them closed. These programs cluttering up memory and slow your android.
With its widget killall, with one click all your applications are closed simultaneously. With his ignore list, keep essentials applications unkilled.
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Handcent SMS
I find this app much nicer to look at and easier to use than the default sms app that comes built into the android phones.
Handcent sms is a free sms tools for android,it full unleash the power of your phone: Full support SMS & MMS ,great customize options,different style and power function(search sms,sms popup,speak sms & T9)
Send your funny or beautiful animated picture with FREE handcent greeting
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Bloo
Bloo is by far the best facebook application available for the android. It is yet to allow contact sync but it does have calendar sync meaning you can sync all your facebook events with your phone calendar meaning you never miss a thing.
Full features are oulined below.
Features:
- Real snapshot of the Feed
- View your wall, your friends wall and info
- Post to your wall or friends wall
- Contact merge to call your contacts
- View albums and upload photos
- Notifications (birthdays, events, comments)
- Events and event direction
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Gameboid
This has to be my favourite application of all time. I have been hooked on Pokemon again ever since I downloaded it and it’s taken me right back to my childhood playing it on my old Gameboy.
GameBoid is an emulator for the GameBoy Advance game console. It runs most commercial games flawlessly at nearly full speed in full screen mode with sound.
New:
* Flip buttons when upside-down
* Option: screen orientation
* On-screen buttons! (Rae Scott Design)
* Saved states with screenshot
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