Google Nexus One officially launched

Jan 06 2010 Published by Joey Alarilla under Tech

Everybody knew it was coming, but finally Google has officially launched its own Android phone, the HTC-manufactured Nexus One.

For those of us in Asia, the important news is that Google is also shipping this GSM smartphone, which consumers can buy from the Google site, to Hong Kong and Singapore, aside from the US and UK. Visiting google.com/phone from the Philippines now will give you the notice “Sorry, the Nexus One phone is not available in your country” though of course you can still browse the page for the 3D tour and tech specs.

One of the cool things about the Nexus One, by the way, is that you can input voice commands because every text field is enabled with voice-to-text, meaning yes, you can talk to your phone.

The Nexus One also features an innovative media gallery developed by Cooliris. Here’s a link to the PDF of the Cooliris press statement.

Cooliris has also provided this video demo.

Gallery on Nexus One, developed by Cooliris from Cooliris on Vimeo.

Check out the Official Google Blog for the Nexus One announcement. You may also visit the Google Nexus One YouTube channel and follow @googlenexusone on Twitter.

Here’s one of the clips on the Google Nexus One YouTube channel.

Mashable also provides a comparison chart showing how the Nexus One stacks up to the Apple iPhone and Motorola Droid.

Here’s an Associated Press video report on the Nexus One launch.

So, are you getting a Nexus One?

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Microsoft-Yahoo! deal: End of an era as Microsoft Bing powers Yahoo! Search

Jul 30 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.

It was a long time coming, but Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally signed a deal, which now sees us bidding goodbye to Yahoo! Search as we know it.

Under the 10-year deal, Microsoft and Yahoo! will unify their search and advertising efforts. Yahoo! is in effect letting Microsoft take care of the search business, as Microsoft Bing will now be the one to power Yahoo! Search. Kind of makes longtime Internet users wax nostalgic, but then again once upon a time Google was just the search engine that powered Yahoo! Search before it became the online giant we now know.

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Google doodle commemorates Philippine Independence Day at Google.com.ph

Jun 12 2009 Published by Joey Alarilla under Uncategorized

Happy 111th birthday, Philippines!

Here’s an excerpt from my latest CNET Asia blog post.

Today, June 12, is the 111th year of Philippine Independence, and in honor of this event, Google has unveiled a Philippine flag-inspired Google doodle for the Google Philippines homepage.

“This is the first-ever Google doodle for the Philippines so we wanted to make it very classic and meaningful for Filipinos. We created a special doodle on the Google Philippines homepage for June 12, 2009 to commemorate the Philippines’ Independence Day,” Jay Trinidad, Regional Product Marketing Manager, Consumer Products, Google Asia Pacific, was quoted as saying in  this abs-cbnNews.com article.

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