Google’s biggest, most important announcement today isn’t the Nexus One smartphone’s feature set, specifications, or which carrier networks it will work on. It’s Google’s business model that matters.
(Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-real-reason-google-is-getting-into-the-mobile-business-2009-12)
Google has finally launched the Nexus One and it’s directly selling to customer through its google.com/phone. However it’s not available in Malaysia. It’s available for a few countries (Hong Kong, Singapore, US, Britain)
Note: Customers in the United States can buy it without service and unlocked for $529. You’ll be able to use the quad-band world phone with any GSM carrier, but it will only support 3G networks used by T-Mobile in the United States.
You can buy Nexus One with T-Mobile service for $179. The handset is unlocked, but you’ll have to sign a T-Mobile contract.
Nexus One prices are only USD$179.99 (about RM626.27), and for an unlocked phone, will cost USD$529.99 (RM1844.37).
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Nexus One is available now via a Google web store at google.com/phone
Check out Nexus One YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/googlenexusone for fun videos, how-to’s, and a closer look at Nexus One.
Check out Google Nexus One YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/googlenexusone for fun videos, how-to’s, and a closer look at Nexus One.
What’s so cool about Nexus One? Read an overview of all the cool new software and hardware features here: http://bit.ly/8QCeA0
or you can follow Nexus One in Twitter #googlenexus and @nexusoneforum
“Is this going to be an iPhone killer? I don’t think anything is an iPhone killer,” said Kevin Burden, a mobile industry analyst with New York-based ABI Research.
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Customer support for Nexus One Support Centre
- Google‘s customer support site, for problems with ordering, billing, returns, apps, and other issues, offers two “Contact and troubleshooting options.” Those are:
- Online troubleshooting guide: “Find an answer to your problem using our online troubleshooter”
- The option to email Google for support, with no guarantee you’ll ever hear back from anyone. “In most cases you won’t receive a personal response, but rest assured that we review each report that we receive.”
- There is also a message board for user-to-user help.
- HTC has a customer support line, and a support representative told us they’d be able to help with anything device related, hardware or software.
- T-Mobile, the phone’s first carrier, also has Nexus One phone customer service, but only for “service-related issues such as coverage, data and billing,” a T-Mobile rep tells us. “Google and HTC will offer support related to the product (hardware and software).”
(Source: Business Insider)