The Nexus One now carries AT&T 3G bands and is officially available via Google’s Nexus One page for $529 as unlocked only. The 3G AT&T Nexus One passed through the FCC a while ago, and the availability comes with no real announcement, just an update to the sales page. You cannot purchase the Nexus One [...]
Motorola Preparing Phone for both T-Mobile and AT&T
After reviewing a couple of FCC Filings this morning, it looks like Motorola is preparing a smart phone, most likely with Android on board, for both AT&T and T-Mobile. The devices passed through the FCC about a week ago with the IDs IHDP56KZ1 and IHDP56KZ2. KZ1 comes with quad band GSM and 3G support for [...]
eXpansys UK – Desire, Legend April 12th
Looks like the UK will be partying with the newest HTC Droids soon. Expansys has already listed up the contract free Desire and Legend for sale and have a due date of April 12th. These are sim-free versions of the phones of course and can utilize almost any UK network provider you want. I am [...]
Nexus One Radio Update – More 3G Fixes?
A supposed leaked ROM for the Nexus One has been found with a newer build number than the current OTA release. Inside this is a few updated files pertaining to the radio of the Nexus One, and is mostly geared towards trying to improve the 3G reception that has been affecting the Nexus One since [...]
Motorola Milestone Feb 18 with AT&T 3G
While not officially launching on AT&T’s network, or even through a US company, the Motorola Milestone release date has been pegged at Feb 18th, via a Best Buy Canada. The Milestone is coming to Telus officially, and according to the Best Buy Canada mobile site, those who order now can start to pick it up [...]
Some Nexus One Hardware Capable of all US 3G Frequencies
The Nexus One currently being sold through Google, while only officially supporting the UMTS 3G frequency bands of 1,4 and 8 (2100Mhz, 1700Mhz-AWS and 900Mhz) carries the Qualcomm RTR6285 RF chip, which fully supports UMTS 3G frequency bands 1,2,3,4,5,6,8 and 9. These bands pretty much cover the whole world in case you were curious. In [...]
Nexus One Over the Air Update 3G, Pinch-to-Zoom
Nexus One users who have been having 3G issues, wanting pinch-to-zoom functionality and an updated Google Maps are in luck. Starting today, all you lucky Nexus One owners will start seeing an OTA update that will introduce an updated Google Maps app with a couple added functions, Google Goggles built in app, pinch-to-zoom and “a [...]
Nexus One Advertising and Sales
Google officially introduced the world to the Nexus One phone on Jan 5th, exactly four week ago. Apart from the semi private introduction part, only open to invitees and of course all their web blogs/video feeds (for the rest of us), there has been very little advertising of the Nexus One. The N1 available today [...]
Possible Nexus One with AT&T 3G Aboard
Looks like Google is going to try and expand it’s Nexus One into the last of the top four US cellular carriers. Engadget has uncovered an FCC filing that has an FCC label with almost identical ID numbers as the Nexus One currently in the market. The current Nexus One FCC ID is NM891100 and [...]
DROID or Nexus One?, What is CDMA or GSM?
Since starting this Android blog, I’ve run across a number of questions from individuals and often times I have to explain a number of different things regarding cell phone network technologies. It usually starts with a question about which Android phone to get, and after I explain that most the time, in the US at [...]
