Leo gets another _______(Blank).

Sounds like a Match Question, doesn’t it. With Leo the blank could be filled with car, flashlight, camera or phone. This time though, the correct answer is “another phone.” Leo bought the new Google Nexus One. As you would expect, the Nexus One runs Google’s Android. But it’s the first phone to be marketed by the folks who came up with the operating system. I bet it was in the works for a long time, because I remember when I first showed the Palm Pre, I was told to make sure I didn’t call it the “Google phone!” Guess they wanted to save that name for the real Google phone. The Nexus One is built by HTC, and available through google.com/phone. You can purchase it without a carrier if you wish, but it will cost you! Leo paid $529, but there’s no contract. It will cost $179 from T-Mobile online with a two-year contract. And then you need service that’s about $80 a month. Leo said Verizon Wireless in the U.S. and Vodafone in Europe will sell the Nexus One, probably in the Spring. Prices are not set yet. Leo showed us that the Nexus Phone has the shape and size of the iPhone, but it’s a bit thinner. There’s an OLED 3.7-inch display, which Leo considers better than the one on the iPhone. (480 x 800 OLED  compared to iPhone’s 480 x 320 display. It has a 5MP camera with flash, shoots video and has something I really love in a phone, a real (non-menu driven) volume control. It has enough different screen so Leo can do all the multi-tasking he likes. I believe he said the Nexus has 5 customizable screens. I haven’t handled one of these phone yet and Leo’s 3,000 miles away, but there’s a ton more info on the phone at Google’s website at www.google.com/phone

TTTT, Tuesday, January 19^th, 2010, Netcast 1007
3D tour from Google: http://www.google.com/googlephone/tour/
Hear this Netcast: www.twit.tv/dgw1007