Although entertaining, I don’t entirely agree with Brian and the CNet crew’s choice of winner of this prizefight between the Nexus One and Apple’s iPhone 3GS. I think they underestimate just how big a knockout punch the Appstore is and iPhone’s superior usability.

Once I get my hands on a Nexus One, I’ll be able to provide you with a more accurate take but from what I’ve seen I think it’s quite safe to deduce the above.

Enjoy

YouTube – Prizefight: Goggle’s Nexus One vs. Apple’s iPhone 3GS.

Even before I saw this article, I had painstakingly started putting an MS Excel spreadsheet together comparing the specifications of the Motorola Droid, iPhone and LG Eve. I think that the guys at BillShrink have done a much more better job in presenting this data, than my boring spreadsheet!

By reviewing the table, we see how aggressive Google has been in attempting to dominate the ever growing smartphone market. Pricing for the Nexus One is one area in particular that they have put considerable focus on.

Competition is always healthy and I think the iPhone is starting to get some in the form of the Nexus One. However I have a feeling that Apple will again leap further away with the impending release of the next iPhone…

Via BillShrink

You may be seeing the words “Nexus One” appear all over your RSS feeds and favorite websites. If you don’t know what it is, it is Google’s first official smartphone. Yes, there have been other phones from manufacturers such as LG, Motorola and HTC that run their Android operating system, but this is the first device that will be sold directly from Google itself via its Nexus One online portal.

The device was officially announced in California yesterday at an invitation-only event (Yes I am sad I didn’t get an invite). Google have dubbed it a “superphone” as it comprises of all the latest in mobile phone technology such as superfast 1GHz Snapdragon processor, 5MP flash camera, voice-to-text typing, GPS, huge 3.7 inch screen and full wireless capabilities.

Pricing is US$530 unlocked or US$180 on 2 year contract with T-Mobile. Unfortunately, it says that the phone is not available in Australia yet

Google seemed wary to call it the “iPhone killer”. I think this is wise considering how quickly the Apple iPhone market has grown. Personally, I think it’s a step closer but other smartphone manufacturers are still 2-3 years away from truly taking over.

Here are all the juicy specifications of the Nexus One (ref: NextWeb)

Nexus One Specifications & Features:

Size & Weight:

Height: 119mm
Width: 59.8mm
Depth: 11.5mm
Weight: 130 grams with battery, 100g without 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 and 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 720×480 pixels at 20 frames per second or higher, depending on lighting conditions

Cellular and 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

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 running at 1 GHz

Operating System:
Android Mobile Technology Platform 2.1

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

Additional Features:
Haptic feedback
Teflonâ„¢ coated back
Second microphone for active noise cancellation
SIM card slot
Micro SD slot
Proximity sensor
Light sensor

Pre-Loaded Applications:
Maps, Gallery, YouTube, Market, Phone, Gmail, Browser, Voice, integrated Google suite, Navigation, and others. No full official list available at this time.

File Formats Supported:
Image: JPEG (encode and decode), GIF, PNG, BMP
Video: H.263 (encode and decode) MPEG-4 SP (encode and decode) H.264 AVC (decode)
Audio encoders: AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz
Audio decoders: AAC LC/LTP, HE-AACv1 (AAC+), HE-AACv2 (enhanced AAC+) Mono/Stereo standard bit rates up to 160 kbps and sampling rates from 8 to 48kHz, AMR-NB 4.75 to 12.2 kbps sampled @ 8kHz, AMR-WB 9 rates from 6.60 kbit/s to 23.85 kbit/s sampled @ 16kHz., MP3 Mono/Stereo 8-320Kbps constant (CBR) or variable bit-rate (VBR), MIDI SMF (Type 0 and 1), DLS Version 1 and 2, XMF/Mobile XMF, RTTTL/RTX, OTA, iMelody, Ogg Vorbis, WAVE (8-bit and 16-bit PCM)

Languages Supported:
Keyboard: English (U.S), French (France), German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil)
Display: English (U.S), French (France), German, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Japanese, Russian,

If you’re one of those website owners who never checks their website logs, here’s one good reason why you should – you just may find some strange new devices with never-seen-before operating systems crawling through your website. Take for example the screenshot above taken by the guys at BGR. It shows a device running Android 2.1 called Nexus One. This of course is the name given to Google’s first smartphone.

Team BGR also report that Google will be selling their first Google Phone directly through online sales channels. Details of where exactly it will be available at the initial launch are still sketchy. Hopefully Australia will be in the mix!

What Will It Take for Google To Overtake the iPhone?

Again the question is, will it have enough firepower to dethrone the iPhone? I personally think that unless, Google establishes AppStore-like and iTunes-like infrastructure with at least the same amount of users already transacting then the answer is an emphatic no. I’m not just saying this because I like the iPhone 3GS, but rather based on the rapid adoption of the device all across both international and social demographics.

iPhone OS Still Rocks

The ease-of-use factor of the iPhone is also still one of the greatest differentiators against its competitors. Seeing a 55 year old woman enjoy and navigate her iPhone just as easily as her teenage son speaks volumes of why the iPhone is so popular at the moment…

What are your thoughts? Do you honestly believe that Google will turn the tide in 2010?

Via Boy Genius Report