Verizon HTC Eris Android $9.99 on Amazon!!

This has to be one of the fundamentally best values for a SmartPhone or App phone as David Pogue of the New York Times would say. $9.99 for a touch screen, open source, google powered, gmail loaded, freaking flickr'd, twitter able, facebook packed, google mapped, bar codable AND HTC SENSED!!!!... Verizon offers it BOGO(Buy ONE, get one FREE) but it's $99... Well the customers can do math now, after being brutally trained by the hard hitting Wireless carrier tactics... for $99 we can buy 4 from amazon and give one free to Verizon... any back to the lecture at hand...

HTC Eris is a cousin of the hit sensation HTC Hero. The HTC Hero rounded up raving reviews and crital acclaim world wide. The HTC Eris is Verizon's tailored version of this Google Android Powered Device. see here why the Eris/Hero are great devices, it's the HTC Sense that differentiates it from other droids, http://geniusphones.blogspot.com/2009/10/sprint-hero-android-makes-more-sense.html

Operating System

Google Android (Cupcake)
Processor

Qualcomm® MSM7600™, 528MHz
Internal Memory

512MB ROM / 288MB RAM
Display

3.2-inch 320 x 480 HVGA Resolution Capacitive Touch Screen

Technology

CDMA: Dual-band 800/1900MHz, CDMA2000 1xRTT/1xEVDO rev. A
Email

Support for Office Outlook Mobile® and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push
Dimensions

4.45” (L) x 2.19” (W) x .51” (T)
Weight

4.23 ounces
Battery

1300 mAh Li-on
Talk time: 214 min
Standby: 373 hrs
(The above are subject to network and phone usage)
Speakerphone


Built-in Camera

5.0 MP w/ Auto Focus
Audio/Video

MIDI, M4A, QCP, AMR, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WAV, WMA, MP3, EVRC-B
MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV
I/O Interface

Bluetooth® 2.0 with Enhanced Data Rate and A2DP for stereo wireless headsets, WiFi®: IEEE 802.11b/g
Expansion

microSD™ memory card slot
Device Navigation

Ultra slim bar type phone with capacitive touch display, end/power button, send, home, menu, back/clear button, search, volume keys, TrackBall
Antenna

Internal antenna
In-Box Content

Phone, 8GB SD Card, Standard Battery (1300mAh), A/C Charger, USB Cable, Quick Start Guide (link to UM), Safety Brochure, Warranty Card

Reuters Jan 5th Nexus on Google phone launch

Looks like the hyped phone of the year, atleast last few weeks. The Google Phone = Nexus will be launched January 5th with Google in Conjunction with T-mobile.

link fixed

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD49220091214?type=technologyNews

The cost of the phone looks to be a surprising $200 and down to $100 with the mail in rebate.

Rumor has it that the phone will be VoIP and will only need a data plan. Which is why the other Carriers like HTC, Motorola etc aren't upset because it looks to be a completely different model. Though it looks like it will compete heavily with them.

Fox, NBC on Google Phone Nexus

http://gigaom.com/2009/12/14/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-google-phone/

http://www.techmeme.com/091213/p10
http://www.i4u.com/article29204.html
http://zendrum.com/forums/index.php/?bywr=99
http://www.businessinsider.com/henry-blodget-google-phone-nexus-one-ive-played-with-it-and-its-awesome-2009-12
http://gizmodo.com/5425563/photos-from-the-nexus-one-google-phone
http://www.patrickcudahy.com/catalog/product_info.php/?cysl=21
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2009/12/12/oh-hai-google-phone-nexus-one/
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/nexus-one-google-phone-picture/
http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/14/exclusive-first-google-phone-nexus-one-photos-android-2-1-on/
http://news.google.com/news?q=google+phone+nexus&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&ei=h5wmS5iCF4XTlAeugtGACg&sa=X&oi=news_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CBMQsQQwAA

Mobile Lab = Nexus 1 = Google Phone

The phone is called the
Nexus One
Google by HTC Corp.,
runs Android
SOLD DIRECTLY TO CONSUMERS FROM GOOGLE WEBSITE!! BRILLIANT!

Google Phone becomes official!! After rumors for all over the web. http://macspotlight.blogspot.com/2009/12/google-phone-by-google-true-or-false.html One thing is for sure, the pace at which Google is evolving is stepping on everyone's toes even their own allies. This might make HTC, Motorola & T-mobile a bit nervous... Posted by Mario Queiroz, Vice President, Product Management confirms that it is true the phone is being tested. What's not clear is why they felt that they should make their own phone rather than improve on what their partners are doing. Steve Ballmer thinks their confused and can't figure them out.

While the rest of the millions that went out to buy the dozens of new Androids and waiting for the Eclair Update 2.0. Google's on to the next one.

We recently came up with the concept of a mobile lab, which is a device that combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities, and we shared this device with Google employees across the globe. This means they get to test out a new technology and help improve it.

Unfortunately, because dogfooding is a process exclusively for Google employees, we cannot share specific product details. We hope to share more after our dogfood diet.

Posted by Mario Queiroz, Vice President, Product Management

But rest assured that whatever Apple releases this summer that's currently being tested in San Francisco might blow out the steam from this project if Google doesn't get it right.


More on the Google Phone:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703757404574592530591075444.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLETopStories

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10414406-94.html
CNET TV Associate Producer Jason Howell, who had a very brief hands-on with the gadget Friday night and first relayed the news on Twitter, confirms that the "mobile lab" device is an HTC phone running the Android 2.1 operating system.

"I knew it was an HTC device," Howell said. "It looked like the Touch, but was a lot thinner...it was a slick-looking thing and very nice." He also spotted a trackball and four standard Android menu controls, and he said the display was "supersharp" and rivaled that on the Motorola Droid.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/google-phone-unlocked-confirmed/
The phone is “really, really fast,” says someone who has seen one in action. It runs on a 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.

download HTC Hero 2.1 via XDA-developers & AllDroid

The HTC Hero now has the sweet Eclair(2.0) update leaked(not the official version). Only the Motorola Droid had the 2.0 and the good folks at HTC were left out. The new update includes the following below.

* Optimized hardware speed
* Support for more screen sizes and resolutions
* Revamped UI
* New browser UI and HTML5 support
* New contact lists
* Better white/black ratio for backgrounds
* Improved Google Maps 3.1.2
* Microsoft Exchange support
* Built in flash support for Camera
* Digital Zoom
* Improved virtual keyboard
* Bluetooth 2.1


The HTC Hero 2.1 ROM with SenseUI is apparently bow available. NEws from Androidguys.com

via XDA-developers and AllDroid!

Sprint'sHTC Hero Android makes more Sense than iPhone

"
HTC Hero The most impressive widget is called People. It’s an address book in which each contact’s page features a scrolling bar at the bottom with icons that allow you to see that person’s most recent Facebook status, photos from Facebook and Flickr, plus emails and text messages she’s sent to you and recent calls between" Walt Mossberg - Wall Street Journal

HTC Hero Launch Event Video

This phone might be the only real competition to the iPhone... Combination of Google and HTC is a reputable adversary...


People first
SImplicity
Power and Value