The Nexus One, Google's Superphone is available now!

Digilifes Reviews - Being introduced in the early January 2010, Google Nexus One touch-screen handset will soon available on market as a rival to Apple’s iPhone.

The Nexus One has a 3.7-inch screen and runs the latest version of Google’s Android operating system. At less than a half-inch thick and 4.6 ounces, it is slightly thinner and a tad lighter than the iPhone. It has a removable battery, a 5-megapixel camera with an LED flash and can shoot both still images and video.

Some analysts were impressed by the speed of the Nexus One. The Nexus One, which it called a superphone, has a high-speed 1-gigahertz Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm, which keeps multiple applications running quickly. It has some 3-D display capabilities, and Google collaborated with Cooliris, a Silicon Valley start-up, to incorporate that company’s technology, which showcases photos along a scrolling wall of images.

The Nexus One was built by HTC, a Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, and Google is working closely with the company to design the best possible device based on its software. Google has voice-enabled all text boxes in the device, so a user can, for example, compose an e-mail message by speaking into the phone rather than typing. Google also introduced a version of Google Earth that runs on the Nexus One.

Up to now, the Nexus One phone works only on cellular networks using the G.S.M. standard, which in the United States is used by AT&T and T-Mobile. It can run on AT&T’s network if the unlocked-phone owner has an AT&T SIM card, but it will work only on the older and slower EDGE network, not the faster 3G network.

Google said that the Nexus One will be sold exclusively through a new online store. Consumers will be able to buy the Nexus One for $529 unlocked or for $179 with a two-year calling plan from T-Mobile.