Google Nexus One

The Nexus One is the Google Phone launched on January 5th, 2010. The Phone is sold at google.com/phone and it will be soon available at T-Mobile.
The phone runs on a Qualcomm 1 GHz Snapdragon chip, has a super high-resolution OLED touchscreen, is thinner than the iPhone, has no keyboard, and two mics. The mic on the back of the phone helps eliminate background noise, and it also has a “weirdly” large camera for a phone. And if you don’t like the touchscreen keyboard, a voice-to-text feature is supposed to let you dictate emails and notes by speaking directly into the phone.

Mobile phones to replace cash from 2011

NFC technology will be used to replace everything from credit cards and loyalty cards to bus and train tickets, library cards, door keys and even cash.

A new mobile phone technology called near field communication (NFC) will begin to replace traditional wallets and purses from 2011, according to a new research report.

Banks and mobile network operators will both be seeking to make money from the introduction of the new mobile payments technology, the report predicts, and are set to go head to head in a bid to gain control of the market.

"NFC technology will be used to replace everything from credit cards and loyalty cards to bus and train tickets, library cards, door keys and even cash," says Sarah Clark, author of 'NFC: The Road to Commercial Deployment'. "What hasn't yet been decided, however, is who will win the battle to provide consumers with their new hi-tech mobile wallets."

The UK, France, United Arab Emirates, Singapore, Taiwan and Korea will be the first countries to get the new mobile wallets, the report predicts. The US, Canada, Spain, Germany, Italy, Norway, the Czech Republic, Romania and Australia are also expected to be early adopters of NFC.

Businesses ranging from retail and travel to fast food, consumer goods, tourism and entertainment are all expected to be affected by the arrival of NFC services. Government and educational service providers will also be impacted by its arrival.

"Decisions made in 2010 will be critical in determining which mobile network operators, which banks, which industry suppliers and which service providers become the leaders in the field," she adds.

"Ultimately, only two or three companies in each country will succeed in building a major new business providing NFC services to businesses and consumers. The winners could be banks or mobile operators, or even a new entrant to the market."

Consumers with NFC-enabled phones will be able to simply touch their phone to a 'smart' poster or product label containing an RFID chip to sign up for a loyalty programme, collect a money-off coupon, download a trailer for a new movie, access the latest travel information or go straight to a product's website to read customer ratings and reviews and compare prices.

Android-based Acer Liquid now available in Black colour

There is good news for cell phone lovers, Acer Liquid earlier known as the Acer A1, is now available in black colour in UK market. The cell phone was only available in white color till now.
Recently launched, Acer Liquid is the latest addition to the Acer range of mobile phones. The cell phone utilises the QUALCOMM snapdragon 8250 768 MHz processor as its main central processing unit, and is equipped with a 3.5-inch WVGA-resolution touch screen, which is able to display up to 256,000 colours at a pixel screen size of 480 x 800 pixels.
Furthermore, Acer A1 Liquid features a 5.0 mega pixel camera, which operates at a resolution of 2560 x 1920 pixels and comes with auto focus and an LED flash.
Its other feature includes MP3/MP4 player, accelerometer, proximity sensor, Smart integration of Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Picasa and Flickr in the address book, pocket office and voice memo facility.
The smart phone (Acer Liquid), which is based on latest release of the Android 1.6 Operating System (aka Donut), comes with an internal memory of 256 MB, with the option to upgrade up to 32 GB by utilising the relevant micro SD card slot.
In addition, Acer Liquid’s communication feature includes GPRS, 3G, EDGE, Bluetooth, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi Fi, and miniUSB port. The handset is powered with 1350mAh Rechargeable Lithium-ion battery, which offer talk time up to 300 minutes and standby time of up to 400 hours.