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Google Unveils 'iPhone Killer' Nexus One

Kompas.com - 06/01/2010, 11:00 WIB

'So we wanted to show just how far 3D has come. We have live wallpapers that have a ripple effect, desktop icons with added depth and a new gallery application where you can tip photos away from you to get a better view.'

Another new application uses voice recognition, so phone users can talk into the phone and the Nexus will type out their speech.

This can then be emailed or texted to others. Google said the app would be 'trained' the more it was used. The iPhone doesn't have this function built in, but there are a number of applications in the App store that will turn your voice into text.

No one at Google would be drawn on whether the Nexus One was an 'iPhone killer'. 'It's a "super phone", and it provides choice for the customer,' Mr Queiroz would only say in response.

Until now, details of the Google-branded touchscreen device - manufactured by Taiwanese company HTC -  have been kept under wraps.

Then yesterday Google posted a support page for the mobile a day too early before pulling it. It is impossible to know whether this was a genuine mistake or a deliberate teaser.

The Nexus One is named after a type of ‘replicant’ cyborg in Ridley Scott’s science-fiction film Blade Runner. It has a sci-fi looking two-dimensional bar code capable of identifying each individual handset on the back.

Google's phone is a big step for the search giant that, until now, has offered phones only in partnership with other companies.

It set its sights on developing its own so-called ‘smartphone’ because they are a becoming an increasingly important way of accessing the internet. As more people go online using their mobile phones, the firm aims to deliver more ads to them.

The search engine giant hopes to take on Apple’s iconic iPhone, which has become, since its launch in 2007, the benchmark in the rapidly growing market.

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