Android Phones Get HuluPlus

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HuluPlus the premium Hulu service now available on Android, namely sis of them at the moment. Nexus One, Nexus S, HTC Inspire 4G, Motorola Droid II, Motorola Droid X and the Motorola flagship, Motorola Atrix.
Hulu says this is just the beginning and this is the initial batch and that they will be adding more Android Phones through out the year.
If you have a compatible device, you can download the HuluPlus app from Android Market. To use the service, you need the $7.99 a month subscription.
Android Market

Nexus S, Nexus One, Manual Updates Available For The Impatients To

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XDA-developers and it's resourceful members have uncovered official updates for Nexus S and Nexus One. The Updates are the same as the OTA Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update announced earlier.

So users and developers alike should be happy now as none has to wait for those dastardly OTA updates. There are so many good improvements that comes with this Android 2.3.3. update for Nexus S and Nexus One. One of the notable is the NFC API for developers, now developers can actually do something with these phones capabilities.

One thing is make sure you get the correct ROM, correct version and build number as well. XDA- Developers have plenty of information on the link below. Read it carefully to proceed on getting the upgrades. There is also some modifications and addons to the original ROMs to make them even more exciting.

the official OTA Gingerbread, directly hosted at Google.

****Nexus One GRI40 from FRG83G - Passion***
***Nexus S GRI40 from GRH78 - SOJU***

See you in the Gingerbread land.

XDA-Developers Via Engadget

Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) OTA update for Nexus S and Nexus One, Coming Soon.

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Google Nexus, @googlenexus tweeted that the Gingerbread (Android 2.3.3) update for Google Phones,  Nexus S and Nexus One are on the way via OTA. But they did mention, and asked the users to be patient, as it may take a few weeks for OTA updates to complete.
We along with a bunch of others wondering when the firmware file will be available to download, so we do not have to wait that long!

HTC Mozart With Windows Phone 7 Shows Up In A Video

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The Nexus One Look alike with almost same hardware, HTC Mozart Video below shows off Windows Phone 7 (WP7) supporting bevy of hardware and software features.
The HTC Mozart is equipped with 1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250, 576MB of RAM, 1,300mAh Li-Pol battery, 3.7-inch WVGA Super LCD screen, and an 8 megapixel camera with Xenon flash with 8GB storage. It seems to connect with Nokia bluetooth speaker.


WMPoweruser via engadget

Nexus One To Leave Online Store, To Come To A Store Near You.

Nexus One, the Nexus of Android phone development and marketing (so far) that managed to beat iPhone :) is taking another turn for the better. Nexus One will come to existing retail channels all over the world, sitting next to other well liked Android handsets, like the HTC Evo 4G from Sprint and the Verizon Droid Incredible by HTC.
The online Store went well with the early adopters and tech savvy people, everyone else wanted to see and handle the phone before plonking down hard earned money.
The Nexus One Online store will eventually become the showcase for many varieties of Android Phones and Android Devices available from manufacturers strewn all over the world.

More retail availability. As we make Nexus One available in more countries we’ll follow the same model we’ve adopted in Europe, where we're working with partners to offer Nexus One to consumers through existing retail channels. We’ll shift to a similar model globally.

From retail to viewing. Once we have increased the availability of Nexus One devices in stores, we'll stop selling handsets via the web store, and will instead use it as an online store window to showcase a variety of Android phones available globally.

Official Google Blog: Nexus One changes in availability

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Nexus One, Google Phone Is Official!

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Google has confirmed the Nexus one, the Google Phone with Google logo and all. You can buy the phone without service and insert your own SIM card for $529 and you will also get a Nexus One phone case, wall charger, and USB cable and free shipping in the continental US.
The phone with T-Mobile 2 year contract is $179.
In addition Verizon will also carry the phone in 2010 Spring. Vodafone will bring the phone to Europe in early 2010 as well.
I love Droids!
Google Nexus One site
Here are some specs;

Power and battery

Removable 1400 mAH battery
Charges at 480mA from USB, at 980mA from supplied charger

Talk time

Up to 10 hours on 2G Up to 7 hours on 3G

Standby time

Up to 290 hours on 2G Up to 250 hours on 3G

Internet use

Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 6.5 hours on Wi-Fi

Video playback

Up to 7 hours

Audio playback

Up to 20 hours

Processor

Qualcomm QSD 8250 1 GHz

Operating system

Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1 (Eclair)

Capacity

512MB Flash
512MB RAM
4GB Micro SD Card (Expandable to 32 GB)

Location

Assisted global positioning system (AGPS) receiver
Cell tower and Wi-Fi positioning
Digital compass
Accelerometer

Size and weight

Height

119mm

Width

59.8mm

Depth

11.5mm

Weight

130 grams w/battery 100g w/o battery

Display

3.7-inch (diagonal) widescreen WVGA AMOLED touchscreen
800 x 480 pixels
100,000:1 typical contrast ratio
1ms typical response rate

Camera & Flash

5 megapixels
Autofocus from 6cm to infinity
2X digital zoom
LED flash
User can include location of photos from phone’s AGPS receiver
Video captured at 720x480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular & Wireless

UMTS Band 1/4/8 (2100/AWS/900)
HSDPA 7.2Mbps
HSUPA 2Mbps
GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR
A2DP stereo Bluetooth

Nexus One Review, Google Mobile Phone Hands On Video

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Google's Nexus One seem to be living up to the hype with "extremely fast maps", "Live Wallpapers" and many other features. But you got to read the Nexus One Review by engadget (link after the jump) and you may still wonder. So the Nexus One phone might be out today!

engadget

Nexus One Google Mobile Phone, Might Be The First Phone Excitement In The New Year.

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According to various news sources, Nexus One will be out on January 5th, 2010 at prices ranging from $180 with two year contract with T-Mobile and $530 "unlocked".
Either way the phone will be a powerful one and the second coming of Google Phone. The initial Google Phone Coming Soon did well for Google and in some what micro scale to this blog.
Sources also tell us that outside of T-Moble (say AT&T) the phone will operate in 2G mode. So it might be worth while to do some research before jumping in with a Nexus One. I am opting to upgrade one of our T-Mobile G1 phones.
Gizmodo

Droid Gets Android 2.1 (flan), The OS Inside Nexus One.

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When we announced the appearance of Nexus One on Googler hands, we also knew that the new Google Phone was sporting Android 2.1. The next question was when are the fellow droids who are still waiting for Android 2.0.1 getting new brains within their armor.
That did not take much time, sholes,info has published about an image of the Android 2.1 ported to Droid and available for download.
All are not very rosy at the moment but it does run with some quirks. So do not fail to read the comments before downloading and making your droid inoperable.
Sholes.info via engadget

AT&T Gives Two Lumps Of Coal To Apple, For Holidays!

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First it was a big honcho wanting to charge iPhone users for using data, that they called unlimited for $30 (NOT!) and secondly massive network failure in San Francisco that AT&T yet to officially acknowledge. Apple is not getting what it wants for the holidays and Google is surfing the waves with it's Nexus One or the latest Google Phone. And them Droids are sending smiles home!
The difference is Nexus One is not exclusive like iPhone and overpromising and underdelivering networks like AT&T or any other network will have to deliver to get and keep users. Google Phone will take care of GSM phones and Verizon and it's Droids are making strids as we write this.
I hope AT&T will revamp it's network and not break the contracts by charging more for data. That will keep me at least for the duration of the contract. After contract ends you can beg me to renew, but I doubt I will.
You can read more about Apple having to dial 911 Daily Finance.

Nexus One (Google Phone) Confirmed And Googlers Having Android dogfood For The Holidays

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After looking at the the New Google phone photos yesterday and checking out twitter post by Googler, it is now confirmed that Googlers are fed with Android Dog Food for the holidays. I guess that would be, indeed a good Xmas gift thanks to Google Mobile Lab!
According to Google Mobile Blog, the new device, the Google phone has been given to Googlers across the globe and we can expect to hear from those folks soon I guess.

unlockr got this and other photos a while back

The Google Phone is rumored to be a customized version of HTC's HD2 and will be an unlocked phone that could run on T-Mobile or AT&T networks. It is a GSM Phone.
The phone is equipped with snapdragon chip you interface with via a hires OLED touchscreen. The on screen keyboard is complemented by voice to text feature to compose anything that need to be typed!
Nexus One, indeed!
Official Google Mobile Blog: An Android dogfood diet for the holidays.

Google Droid, The Nexus One Photo!

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The one who posted photo had this to say about the google phone or Nexus one as it is also known;

“Google Phone = iPhone + a little extra screen and a scroll wheel. Great touch screen, and Android.”

Google Phone, get me one.