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On full brightness, the Nexus One without Flash Player got 3 hours and 45 minutes. Playing the video through Flash Player gave a battery life of 3 hours and 8 minutes. Not a big dropoff. At half brightness it was even better. The Nexus One without Flash got 3 hours 56 minutes and the Flash version got 3 hours and 31 minutes. Just a 10.5% change, which isn’t bad at all considering everything Flash Player does.

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Review: http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/19/droid-incredible-review/

200+ page user guide by Anonimac, AndroidForums member:

HTC Incredible Forum Announcement

Mirrors:

http://cl.ly/8aE
http://www.mediafire.com/?mn0mzzhluzh

Many phones nowadays have cameras with 5 megapixels and above. Let’s take a closer look:

Looks like the Nexus One is using sharpening while Galaxy is not. The image from the Milestone is sharp but very noisy.

Now, another test:
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Community ROM based on the AOSP 2.1 source code for HTC G1.

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Google released a series of short films documenting the making of Nexus One.

All episodes

This update also includes Google Googles and updated Maps app:

• Starred items synchronized with maps.google.com – access your favorite places from your phone or computer
• Search suggestions from your personal maps.google.com history – makes it easy to search for places you’ve searched for before
• Night mode in Google Maps Navigation – automatically changes your screen at night for easier viewing and driving

Google Nexus One Board

Want this update right now? Here’s a method for devices with LOCKED bootloader:

• Make sure you have enough battery.
• Download update file: here or here.
• Rename the file to update.zip
• Copy the update.zip file onto your SD card.
• Turn off the phone, then power on while holding down the trackball.
• In the next screen, select ‘Recovery’.
• After phone reboot, you should see an exclamation point inside a triangle.
• Press the Power button and Volume Up button at the same time.
• Select “Apply sdcard:update.zip” with trackball.

Via Android Forums

This update also available for unlocked phones in CyanogenMod 5.0.

Looks like every tech blog is comparing these phones, so I’ve made my own table:

Screen:

OLED screens have much better colors and viewing angles. Blacks are really deep because there is no backlight behind. Below is the picture comparing iPhone, Samsung i7500 and HTC G1 screens.

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Nexus One is available for purchasing at www.google.com/phone in US and UK.

YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/user/GoogleNexusOne

Google Android Press Gathering Recording:

DroidDog hands on:

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