Jeff Campbell
12-23-2009, 08:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/12/23/googles_nexus_one_compared_to_apples_iphone_motorola_droid.html' target='_blank'>http://www.appleinsider.com/article...rola_droid.html</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"New photos and a hands-on description have compared Google's custom-built Nexus One handset, rumored to be for sale to the public next month, with Apple's iPhone. Jason Chen of Gizmodo received some hands-on time with the hardware thanks to an anonymous source. He called the long-rumored, supposed Google Phone a 'Droid killer' -- ironic, because Motorola attempted to position its Droid, which launched in November, as an 'iPhone killer.'"</em></p><p><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="600" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1CJFdG-MARw&ap=%26fmt=18" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1CJFdG-MARw&ap=%26fmt=18"></embed></object></p><p>The video is a little shaky, so it is hard to tell the quality of the phone and it's screen which Chen calls <em>"probably the best screen we have seen on a smartphone. Probably." </em>But the screen doesn't have multi-touch, there is mediocre quality on music playback and they didn't test the phone aspect of the device. So still some unknowns. The phone is supposed to go on sale in early 2010. </p>