Nexus One to get Android 2.2 over the air update this week

Videos Nexus One from Youtube


The wait will soon be over. Google has announced that official over the air updates to Android 2.2/Froyo will be rolled out to the Nexus One this week. Nexus One owners should receive a message on the phone's notification bar at the of the screen.

Hopefully by Friday those of you with the Google phone (who haven't already rooted and installed Froyo unofificially) will be able to enjoy being able to save apps to the SD card and updating all apps simultaneously among other things.

There's no word on whether or not you need to back up your data although it'd perhaps be a good idea to do that before installing any updates. You'll probably also want to download the update over Wi-Fi to avoid any extra data charges.

With the Nexus One getting its update on, we'd hope that HTC isn't too far behind-although with HTC Sense to contend with, a slight delay is to be expected. A spokesman for HTC told us, "We are working hard with our partners to update the HTC Sense experience on Froyo and distribute it to our customers as fast as possible. We expect to release updates for several of our 2010 model including Desire, Legend and Wildfire beginning in Q3."




By Thomas Newton, http://recombu.com

Google's Nexus One Specs Leaked

Click Video Google Nexus One Video Review Part One from Youtube

Even if Google employees have kept mum about Nexus One specifics, ROM hackers have been able to dig deep into the phone's system files to reveal the list of hardware we can expect from the Nexus One.

The clever folks at These Are The Droids have analyzed the Android 2.1 ROM for the Nexus One and discovered specs for the Nexus One, including a proximity and ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, a magnetic compass, WiFi, a stereo FM speaker, a noise-cancellation chipset, OpenGL ES 2.0-capable graphics, and references to an auto-focus camera with LED flash. These are Droids also notes that the ROM 2.1 hints at a Snapdragon processor inside.

The Snapdragon is capable of clock speeds that top 1GHz--nearly double the processor speed of Motorola's DROID. The OpenGL ES 2.0 support should also satisfy gamers, and put the Nexus One on par with the iPhone in terms of graphical power.

Another interesting feature is the purported FM tuner which was also to be included in the Motorola Sholes Tablet specs that leaked out earlier this month (here's hoping we get some iPod Nano-style live radio control!). These Are Droids also reports that the Nexus One will have an 802.11n chipset (most smart phones currently support 802.11g); WiFi N may be overkill for this little machine, but at least it will be able to fit nicely into a dedicated Wireless-N environment.



By: David Ayala, www.pcworld.com