Search results matching tag 'Nexus One'

RE: VIVO 4.3 Smartphone: Killer Specs On A $250 Android Superphone

mhenriday — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 07:11:56 GMT

More detailed specs for the Vivo 4.3 can be found here : http://www.gsmarena.com/blu_vivo_4_3-4901.php....

Henri

RE: VIVO 4.3 Smartphone: Killer Specs On A $250 Android Superphone

mhenriday — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 17:18:36 GMT

To my mind the really interesting thing about this phone is not so much the excellent specs, but the pricing, which - in the event that quality is not a major downside - might just means that users will learn to purchase off-contract devices, rather than allowing themselves to be sucked in by carriers' offers of a «subsidised» phone. This is, I suspect, what Google wanted to do with the Nexus One, but failed - which to my mind is a great pity, as it would have corrected a major market distortion, in which users are forced to accept a lock-in in order to get the phone of their choice at affordable prices. Good for carriers, bad for consumers.....

Henri

RE: Google to Shake Up Android Strategy, Says Report

mhenriday — Thu, 17 May 2012 17:24:14 GMT

Google tried to break the carriers' control over the US mobile-phone market with the release of the Nexus One, but unfortunately it failed. Hopefully, Google will be more successful this time around - given the oligopolistic nature of the carrier situation in the US, allowing them to maintain their control over how consumers are allowed to purchase their phones is greatly to the latters' disadvantage. Being locked in to a particular carrier for up to 24 months if one wants to «purchase» a specific telephone (or rather, device ; calling these machines «telephones» seems a bit odd, as they are used as least as much for other ends as for telephony) significantly limits competition and therewith innovation, to the detriment of users' interests....

Henri

Galaxy Nexus update problems

sumitra — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:18:52 GMT

Yesterday night i received a update notification on my new nexus. I tried to update it, during the update the phone went to reboot status and now it not working, i tried to restart the phone, also inserted the sim card again but no response, Did the software fail. this is something very serious, i am scared, Really a very bad experience with Nexus.

RE: Bid Farewell to the Nexus One

mhenriday — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 09:11:01 GMT

Pity that the attempt to decouple mobile phone purchases from subscriptions to a given service provider didn't work - that would have been a real game changer, and to the benefit of consumers ! But as intimated in the article, Google failed to understand the level of support the change would require, and that, couple with adamant pressure from the service providers, who didn't want their lucrative status quo disturbed, sufficed to sink the project....

Henri

RE: AT&T Nearly Doubles Early Termination Fee For Smartphones And Netbooks

mhenriday — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:00:11 GMT

Yet another illustration of why it was so unfortunate that's Google's attempt to break the carrier's stranglehold on the mobile phone market in the United States with the Nexus One failed. Those who think carrier plans allow them to get advanced mobile phones more cheaply should read the fine prints in the agreements they have signed more closely and next time - if there is a next time - support attempts to change the situation....

Henri

RE: How Google Goofed in Porting the Nexus One to AT&T

mhenriday — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:26:47 GMT

I can only applaud the efforts of Google toward separating hardware purchasing from subscription to a telephone carrier. If a carrier wishes to use this phone to lock someone in to a long-term contract, it can always do so by providing a locked, subsidised version, but by making an unlocked version of the telephone available to the general public, Google has gone a long way toward rendering murky industry practices a bit more transparent, to the benefit of consumers....

Henri

Re: Sprint To Get Nexus One

digitaldd — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:34:38 GMT

Won't this announcement cannibalize any potential sales Sprint may have for its current Android based smart phones? The Nexus One has way better hardware specs than any other Android smart phone Sprint has in its line-up so there's no reason to buy any of the others unless of course you want to buy the phone from Sprint. or perhaps your have a SERO plan and its on the list of phones that they won't activate for SERO users [due to the extremely low prices of the SERO monthly bill].

Re: Google's Much-Rumored Nexus One Becomes Official

digitaldd — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:22:52 GMT

Seems like one big phone eh?

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