Nexus One News

Google Buzz! Win another Nexus One!

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:23:26 +0000

Nexus Gossip has released a new site! Google Buzz News Come say hey!

Not only that but we have got another Nexus One to give away!! Yes! Another!

1. Follow us on Twitter AND Google Buzz!

2.Tweet this post : New way to WIN A NEXUS ONE follow @onlinegrip and tweet posts on http://bit.ly/cAePD8

3. Tweet posts on GoogleBuzzNews.com by clicking the ‘Tweet’ button!

4. Post anywhere, website, blog, forum, comments (on other sites) with the link http://www.GoogleBuzzNews.com

5. Tweet everyday for more entries!!

Google support phone line

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:11:22 +0000

One of the major issues that arose from the Nexus One being only sold on Google website was the Google’s customer service. Google were using an email system to gather and reply to support issues, which were simply not appropriate for phone usage or fast enough. Complaints began rising and Google have responded by releasing a phone line for support. A good step to improving their business model, which needed and still needs to be radically changed for the phone market.

By design, we focused initially on providing the best possible customer support through our on-line channel, and our experience in the four weeks since the Nexus One launch enabled us to significantly enhance that on-line support offering. We have been able to address a large majority of customers’ inquiries successfully through on-line support, in combination with phone support from our partners, HTC and T-Mobile. That said, our approach with our new consumer channel is to learn fast and continue to improve, and we have, therefore, also been developing our capabilities to provide a number from Google, 888-48-NEXUS (63987) for live phone support for the Nexus One. Live phone support from Google, combined with an optimized on-line support experience, enables a superior Nexus One customer experience.

Nexus One for the UK pre order from Play.com

admin — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:46:23 +0000

Good news and bad news, the good news is that the Nexus One will soon be available in the UK. Bad news is that it costs £599.00 from Play.com. According to the website the phone will be available from the 16th Feb 2010, however, can already be pre-ordered.

Although it is available in the UK there is more bad news, the UK handsets will not come with the Multi-touch, the Google Navigation software, free sat-nav, satellite images or even traffic status.

Nexus One sells just 80,000 in first month!

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 10:33:01 +0000

As you may remember, Nexus Gossip reported the disappointing sales results for the Nexus One after their first week, this figure was said to be as little as 20,000, far bellow expectations. Today Flurry announced another blow for Google’s Nexus One, estimating only 80,000 sold in the first month.

Flurry tracks over 10,000 developer’s applications on the iPhone and Android platform. Based on the applications being used on new devices, Flurry can make an estimate of the number sold during that period.

As Nexus Gossip has mentioned in previous posts the reason for these low sales figures could be due to the low advertising budget Google has spent promoting the phone, compared to the likes of the iPhone. Another reason could be due to only selling through Google’s phone store alone, instead of in major stores.

Estimated as little as 20,000 sales of Nexus One in first week

Manually update your Nexus One

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:54:04 +0000

Sat there waiting for Google to send you the notification saying you are finally able to download the new update? Well thanks to Android Forums you don’t have to! Just follow these simple steps and you can update manually!

1. Download the update from here (Google official) or here (mirror).
2. Rename the file to update.zip. Note that if you’re using Windows, just rename it to “update” (no quotes, of course) because it’s already a zipped file.
3. Copy the update.zip file onto your microSD card.
4. With your Nexus One off, hold down the trackball and press the power button.
5. You’ll be booted into a white screen with three Android robots on skateboards. Select “Bootloader.”
6. On the next screen, select “Recovery.”
7. Your phone will reboot, giving you a picture of the Android robot and an exclamation point inside a triangle.
8. Now press the power button and volume up button at the same time. It could take a couple of tries.
9. Now (using the trackball this time) choose “Apply sdcard:update.zip” and let things run their course.

Nexus One Software Update – Muti-Touch! 3G issue fixed!

Nexus One Software Update – Muti-Touch! 3G issue fixed!

admin — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 14:48:07 +0000

You may have seen our earlier post on how to make your Nexus One have Multi-Touch, well now you don’t need to as Google have done it for you! The new updates allows you to use Multi-Touch on your browser, gallery and on the Maps.

As well as this the 3G issue reported earlier by Nexus Gossip has been fixed which means connectivity via 3G should be back to normal.

What do I have to do to get the new Nexus One update?

Nothing… Google are sending the update out using pixies in the air. Okay maybe not pixies but it is an over the air download. According to Google (posted bellow) you should get a notification on your phone, if you click that the update will download. Unfortunately you may not see this until the end of the week, let us know when you get yours!

NEW: Don’t want to wait? You don’t have to!

“In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones – and most users might not receive the notification until the end of the week. We hope you enjoy these new features and look forward to your feedback.”

Manually update your Nexus One

Motorola will sell phone through Google Phone store

admin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:32:50 +0000

Motorola have announced that they plan to sell their new Android phone through the Google store, the same place they currently sell the Nexus One.

Sanjay Jha, the company’s chief plans to announce the ‘to be named’ phone on Thursday following Motorola releasing their results. Could this be what was rumoured to be the Nexus Enterprise?

“In smartphone, we plan to launch at least 20 devices, including at least one direct-to-consumer device with Google,” Jha said.

“We are pleased with the meaningful progress we made in 2009 in further improving our cost structure and strengthening the operations of the Mobile Devices business,” Jha said in a statement. “Our first Android smartphone devices have been very well received. We look forward to broadening our handset portfolio in 2010.”

Google support phone line

Nexus One Desktop Dock Released! $45

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:47:55 +0000

Yesterday (27/01/10) Google released the Nexus One desktop dock to Google’s online phone store. The dock costs $45 and the specs announced on Google’s page here are as follows

The Nexus One Desktop Dock is an elegant place to charge your phone, on your desk or nightstand.

Just drop your phone in the Desktop Dock, and the Clock app launches automatically, making it easy to:

Check the local time and weather
Set and clear alarms
Watch a slideshow of your photos
Play music
Dim your phone’s display for nighttime use

We also include a 3.5mm-to-RCA audio cable that allows you to connect the dock to your stereo, so you can listen to your phone’s music on your stereo system.

P.s Sorry for the late update did not get a chance to blog yesterday!

Nexus One for the UK pre order from Play.com

Is the Nexus one coming to Walmart?

admin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:31:33 +0000

Yesterday, Walmart posted on their Coming soon page, a link to their sales page which included the information of the Nexus One. Everything looked normal, as if Walmart were to get the Nexus One, however, to keen eyed viewers the technical specifications were different to those listed on Google. Obviously this could have been a mistake until today when Walmart removed the product and posted.

Due to a technical error, this item erroneously was displayed on our site. We’re working with our partner Let’s Talk to have it removed as quickly as possible. We have no plans to carry Nexus One in Walmart stores or online at Walmart.com at this time. – Walmart spokesman Ravi Jariwala

Walmart did not release any prices or give any hints to a price so we are unsure what they aimed to sell it for if they were to sell it at all. Lets face it, they wouldn’t make a page to sell the Nexus One if they didn’t have ‘plans to carry Nexus One’

Google sensors swear words on Nexus One

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 10:15:19 +0000

What the ####?? As found by Reuters it appears that Google sensor swear words during their speech to text technology. If a swear word slips it will be replaces with a string of # symbols. So why do they not allow it? Here is what a Google spokesperson had to say

“The “feature” is less about sanitizing users’ speech and more about making sure curse words don’t accidentally appear in transcriptions erroneously, a real possibility given the early and not always accurate state of voice recognition technology.”

“We filter potentially offensive or inappropriate results because we want to avoid situations whereby we might misrecognize a spoken query and return profanity when, in fact, the user said something completely innocent,” the statement said.

I guess that makes sense.

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