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Released early this morning (AEST time) — Google Nexus S, made by Samsung. Official page here. A few highlights: 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor 512MB RAM and 16GB internal storage 4 inch WVGA contour display (yes it’s not flat) Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” Android 2.3 platform was also announced, with SIP stack, Near Field Communications, more [...]

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Android Australia: Vodafone announces Google Nexus One. It is finally officially coming to Australia via Vodafone and its UK arm. Yes, a few days after I bought mine. Such an awesome phone ONLY IF Froyo is releasing tonight :)

It arrived today and I’ve switched. From my Nokia E71 of 18 months to this. 1GHz Snapdragon processor. WSVGA AMOLED display. 512MB memory + 4GB SD card. Android 2.1. First impression from Anna when I went home. “Wow iPhone!” (arrghhh!) So far so good. Installed a few apps to get the VoIP working. I do [...]

Fortunately I did not wait for Kogan’s Agora but got a Nokia E71 instead. APC Mag: Second Google Android phone — Kogan Agora — “Delayed Indefinitely”, due to some technical short-sightness in Agora’s design, i.e. its QVGA screen, which might not be compatible with future Android applications. That leaves HTC/T Mobile’s G1 as the only [...]

It’s all over the news yesterday and today. Kogan, a relatively-small electronics shop in Melbourne famous for re-branded cheap Chinese goods, has pre-released their Google Android powered mobile phone. It can now be ordered online but won’t be shipping until late Jan 2009. There will be two models: Kogan Agora for AUD$299, and Kogan Agora [...]