Google’s Nexus One is here .. is it an iPhone killer ? – this seems to be the most popular question here. I dont have answer for that question, but I do have some interesting facts about the phone for you !

Few Facts About Nexus One

• Google will sell the phone through their online store located at google.com/phone.
• This is Nexus “One” .. and there will be more Nexus phones from Google.
• Google will add more Android devices to the online store, not just Nexus one.
• The price for an unlocked Nexus One is $529
• With ATT contract, it is $179
• It has 3D capability.
• Forget physical keypad, and touchscreen keypad, Nexus One can recognize your words and make it text. Speak, and send as text or email !
• It supports Wifi, but no tethering as the moment.
• Are you in India ? You will have wait until they launch the product here !

Questions Anyone ?

When I wrote about leaked specs of the upcoming Chrome OS Netbook, s4n705h asked me if I forgot the Google Phone, Nexus One.

Well, no s4n705h, I haven’t !

I have been reading about the phone a lot these days, and all those android blogs I am following  is filled with Nexus one news pictures and videos these days.

What is the latest News ?

Well, the latest info is the greatest. Google has invited press persons for an “Android Event” on January 5th, 2010.  We have strong reasons to believe that they will be announcing the phone during this event.

Now, the basics for a Newbie.

Wondering what this google phone is ? Let me give you a brief introduction, and all the basic info you need to have, about Google’s new venture.

Why is it called the Google Phone ? : It runs Android, an open source mobile operating system developed by Google. Hardware built by HTC, but sold and supported by Google. Yes, Google is going to sell this phone directly !

Specs of Google Nexus One

• Android 2.1
• 11.5mm thick
• 512MB RAM,
• 512M B ROM,
• 4GB microSD in-box expandable to 32GB
• 5 megapixel camera with mechanical AF and LED flash
• 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED display

Sounds good ?  Nexus one is going to be one powerful plus beautiful device, and with google supporting it and selling it ( price subsidies, may be ? ), there seems to be a good future for this phone. Apple, iPhone .. watch out !

A few Google Employees were lucky enough to get this device few weeks back, as part of a test run.  Google had confirmed this news through a blog post and that’s from where all these pictures of the device come from.

For more pictures, news and videos, click here and also, subscribe to the RSS feed here, and you will get more updates from me too !

Google Wave on Thunderbird

Are you guys still using Google Wave ? Is the excitement about google wave dead already ?

I have seen similar questions on many blogs and websites recently. But this does not stop me from blogging about google wave .. and here is a new piece of information. Use Mozilla Thunderbird’s new tab feature to run google wave.

Thunderbird is a free email client ( like Outlook from Microsoft) from Mozilla, people behind Firefox browser.

Recently, they added a new  “Tab” feature to their popular email client, Thunderbird.  With the help of a small script, you can use Google wave inside Thunderbird, in a new tab, just like another inbox open, next to your regular email.  Here is how to set this up

Go to Tools menu, select Error Console, and enter this line (be sure to select all of it):

Components.classes['@mozilla.org/appshell/window-mediator;1'].getService(Components.interfaces.nsIWindowMediator).getMostRecentWindow(“mail:3pane”).document.getElementById(“tabmail”).openTab(“contentTab”, {contentPage: “https://wave.google.com/wave/?nouacheck”});

Hit the “Evaluate” button when you’re done, and you’ll see a new tab asking for your Wave login. Log in, click “Remember” to have Thunderbird remember your password

Try this and let  me know if you liked it !

picture and news from Lifehacker.com

Is it okay to be a gay or Lesbian in India ?

I never thought this would happen. But, now that it’s hear, it’s time to think “what now” ? I always listened to various discussions and debates on this topic, ( I think NDTV had a good show few months back ) read a lot of articles, and blogs … and still, I can’t be sure if I am against or for this gay thing, and I didn’t care … but now I should ..

Is it okay to be gay in India ? hmm legally yes ..( some what, unless govt is not planning another law against it, or making any changes in how that freedom is exercised here in India. )

But, when I think about this .. two of friends, boys, telling me that they are gay ? I can’t even imagine that.. I don’t know how it is like, to have gay or lesbian friends …. I never had such an experience, and I guess any of us never had, because even if any of our friends were gays, they will never tell us .. right?

For me, in single word, it sounds very disgusting. But, I can’t deny their rights if that is how nature has made them, so, I am in some what confused state, I am not against it, technically, but I am not for it either. This may change when I read, understand and contemplate more on this topic, and I may finally become totally against this …. I am not sure about this yet … and I have a feeling that many of us around here, are in the same situation ….

and the saddest thing …. in a society where even the word “sex” is considered weired, how will there be open discussions about this new system ?? anyone thought about that yet ?

Quick News : Gmail , Google Doc, google calender and google talk are out of beta !!

windows 7 chrome

Finally, I downloaded a copy of windows 7 release candidate, and I am using it right now. Not on my laptop. My laptop is messed up right now, it won’t install any OS at all ( don’t have an windows XP disc with me, but tried fedora, ubuntu and windows 7, all errors … and I am screwed .. time to call acer support guys ..  ). So I had to install windows 7 on another laptop.

It was real tough downloading a 2GB file ( 64 bit version is 3GB btw ) but airtel’s Speed on Demand helped me out there. So yea, if you ever need help in downloading big files, faster than your normal connection speed, airtel speed on demand is a real good and easy to use service, try it out … and yea, you must pay for this extra speed though.

Windows 7 looks almost like vista, but the start up and the overall design looks good. Try searching google images, for some screenshots. Will be fun, I promise.  And yea it has vista only in its looks, this thing works way better than vista. I was up and running in less than an hour, and things worked pretty much out of the box, on acer laptop with 2gb ram and intel processor and card.

The good thing is I can use this evaluation copy till may 2010, and after that I will get pop ups asking me to upgrade, and I think this will start shutting down itself every two hours, if I continue to use without upgrading, but till then, I am good.

I installed google chrome, firefox, google talk, and filezilla ( for ftp uploads and downloads ) without any errors. I have a small red icon on my task bar, something called the “action center” asking me to find an anti-virus software online. So, I should look at some anti virus options also. What would you suggest ?

I will post more on my windows 7 experience soon, stay tuned ! and yea, one thing is sure, MS is back on track with this Windows  7 … hope geek gods forgive them for their Vista crimes …

chavez -el-v ergatario- mobile-phone-1

Hugo Chavez, the socialist President of Venezuela, launched a new cell phone on Mothers Day. His first call on the phone was to his mother.

The phone costs $15, and may be is the cheapest phone in the world. Interesting ? hmm , okay, here is something else that will make you go crazy, the meaning of the word Vergatorio is Penis … shocked ??

I have no clue why he chose that word. He even joked on his TV show saying, ”Whoever doesn’t have a Vergatario is nothing,”  now, that’s what we call CRAZY !!

The phone has a camera, WAP internet access, FM radio and MP3 and MP4 players for music and videos. Fair enough for a $15 phone. Now, we should wait for the review of this phone. Once the review is out, let’s see what’s the future of this phone is. Will this Vergatario phone reach India some day ? a phone with cam, fm, video and mp3, for less than Rs.1000 !!

Can’t believe it ? Read the news here

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