Rumors have been circulating for a while now that Google is developing its own Android-based handset. The Wall Street Journal reports that the rumors are confirmed and that Google employees are currently using a prototype of the Google device, which will be dubbed the Nexus One.

Rumors have been circulating for a while now that Google is developing its own Android-based handset. The Wall Street Journal reports that the rumors are confirmed and that Google employees are currently using a prototype of the Google device, which will be dubbed the Nexus One.




In the last 10 years, we've watched cell phones go from clunky temperamental devices, to smooth touch-screen friends we can't live without. Everything from our communication to our creation, to our entertainment was blown away by the release of the iPhone, and now Google steps up to the plate to put in their two cents.



Of course, Google needs no introduction. They have been on the cutting edge of technology since 1998 and have delivered us the largest reaching search engine on the internet, free mapping of the entire world, and built many web technologies you use daily without even knowing it.

Their new Nexus One "combines innovative hardware from a partner with software that runs on Android to experiment with new mobile features and capabilities."



The software has been developed in-house by Google , leaving everyone waiting to see what this means for mobile technology in the next decade. They have designed virtually the entire software experience behind the phone, from the applications that run on it to the look and feel of each screen.



Of course none of the few thousand Google employees that were given the Nexus One to test are supposed to blog or tweet about the features. But they don't seem to have any trouble broadcasting how awesome it is. One bay area blogger said "Google Nexus One = iPhone + a little extra screen and a scroll wheel. Great touch screen, and Android."





It'll be sold online directly by Google starting in January 2010. But does this mean everything is changing? We will have to see.







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