Google Android 'Superphone' dengan kemampuan Laptop dan CPU Snapdragon telah mulai dijual di 4-negara, yaitu Amerika Serikat,Inggris dan Hongkong. Pabruk pembuat HP-nya adalah HTC dari Taiwan yang memasang Operating System Android. Harga versi 'unlocked' adalah US$ 529, sedangkan dalam kondisi di-bundel dengan operatot T-Mobile harganya US$ 179,- dengan kontrak pemakaian selama 2-tahun. HP ini berbasis layanan seluler GSM.
Operator lainnya yang akan segera menyusul untuk menyediakan layanan Google Android adalah Verizon dan Vodafone.
Perangkat GUI yang disediakan termasuk shortcut untuk Google Map, Google Voice, Gmail dan Youtube. Untuk trnasmisinya, HP ini menyediakan UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM/EDGE, WiFi dan Bluetooth.
Adakah Operator Seluler Indonesia yang tertarik? Diperkirakan HP ini akan dapat menyaingi ke-populeran HP BlackBerry maupun iPhone dalam waktu dekat.
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Google yesterday launched its much-anticipated debut smartphone, the Nexus One, and announced plans to sell the handsets both via carrier partners and independently. The GSM-based Nexus One is
now available in Hong Kong, Singapore, the US and the UK. Google is selling an unlocked version from $529, and is also approaching carriers to stock the phone.
In the US, T-Mobile USA has agreed to sell the Nexus One for $179 on a two-year contract, and Verizon Wireless plans to follow suit in the future. Vodafone has also agreed to offer the handset to its customers in Europe, Google
said.
Just as the market rumors
indicated, the handset has been developed by HTC to Google's specifications. It is powered by Google's own Android OS, and includes a 1 GHz Snapdragon chip.
"The Nexus One belongs in the emerging class of devices which we call ‘superphones,’ with the [onboard] chipset making it as powerful as your laptop computer of three to four years ago,” Google VP of Engineering Andy Rubin said.
The GUI includes shortcuts to Google services such as Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube and Google Voice. The handset sports UMTS, HSDPA, HSUPA, GSM/EDGE, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
Google added that it is seeking more carrier partners, and plans to launch more Android phones using the same business model in the future.Rumors of a Google phone have been circulating for years, but some observers had expressed doubt that Google would risk alienating handset makers at a time when the Android OS is just beginning to gain traction.
Selling the handsets unlocked, and therefore removing the element of handset exclusivity, might also discourage operators from subsidizing the phone. But these appear to be risks Google is willing to take. (source: telecomasia.net)
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