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Google won’t officially unveil its Nexus One smartphone until Tuesday, when it has scheduled an Android Press Gathering. There are plenty of descriptions and images of the phone floating around the Web, though–a result of Google’s decision to “dogfood” the device with employees.

And now, some video. Wednesday, a 10-minute clip of what appears to be someone taking the phone through its paces popped up on the Web. There’s no sound, and the device appears to be configured for French speakers, so if you’re an American with a short attention span, I’m not sure what the appeal would be. But some of you are going to want to watch it, anyway.

This normally would be the place where I’d embed the relevant YouTube video. But this is one video Google doesn’t want on its video site, and the company is pulling the footage down as quickly as it can. (This is where I imagine the Viacom guys chortling and rubbing their hands).

That said, you can find the clip without much effort, particularly if you search other video sites not owned by Google. Have at it, if that floats your boat.

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stupid of google to pull the video

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nevermind, author forgot to mention there is brief nudity in the video (movie playing on phone), which is against youtube policy. not that i am in favor of youtube disallowing nudity…

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@Police_States_of_AmericaI think it has just as much to do with nudity as it has to do with copyright infringement…love the Californication clip.

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Seems to me google has played this up perfectly. They are getting tons of free publicity, hopefully the phone will live up to the hype.

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no, i dont want to see a piece of poo poo with the name google on it.

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Samsung have now released their first ever mobile phone to feature the Google Android operating system in the UK, the Samsung Galaxy has been released on O2 pay monthly tariffs with further network launches planned over the coming days.

The Samsung Galaxy is also known as the Samsung i7500 and is the manufacturers first leap into the Android phone market, facing competition from the likes of the HTC Hero we explore what the Galaxy has to offer a smartphone user.

Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge and first Android-powered smartphone, featuring a 3.2 inch AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.

The Samsung Galaxy mobile phone comes with a 3.2” OLED touch screen panel with a screen resolution of 480 x 320 pixels. This OLED screen is already used in other high-end Samsung mobiles like Samsung Omnia HD, Samsung Tocco Ultra Edition, etc. This high quality display provides direct access to the full set of Google suite applications. This Samsung I7500 mobile phone is quad-band EDGE compatible, and has dual band HSDPA too. Samsung I7500 sim free mobile phone comes with most of the significant applications like Gmail, Google search, street view, maps, talk, YouTube, calendar, etc.

Samsung I7500 mobile phone sports a 5MP digital camera (with flash) which can be used as a video recorder or camcorder too. Headphone jack is also availed in this smart widget thereby avoiding cumbrous adaptors. This Samsung I7500 smartphone is very compact and user friendly, and Samsung I7500 mobile phone has 11.9mm thick chassis.

This Samsung Galaxy 3G mobile phone comes with Wi-Fi connectivity too, thereby providing high speed internet access to the users. The connectivity options are enriched with the incorporation of Bluetooth and GPS. The samsung I7500 Sim Free device has an internal memory of 8GB, which can be expanded according to the user demands via micro SD Cards. It is reported that the microSD card slot in this Samsung I7500 sim free handset can be expanded upto 32GB to meet all possible futuristic demands.

Although initially released on O2 the Samsung Galaxy should be available on Orange deals over the next couple of days despite rumours that the Galaxy was to be a network exclusive for O2.

I have an iPhone and I like the UI on the iPhone OS, but I like developing on Android better. Has Google’s Android been ported so that it can be installed on an iPhone?

BlackBerry, Google Android and the iPhone all offer different pros and cons to those developing applications to integrate with hosted VoIP PBX systems. So how do they all match up when compared to each other?

App Development for BlackBerry

BlackBerry has done a good job picking and choosing which apps to promote. Its store is much smaller than Apples and this can be attractive to developers. The only major downside to developing for BlackBerry is enabling the hosted VoIP PBX app for the wide range of BlackBerry devices. The devices are all different and making an app work across all of them can be a challenge.

App Development for Google Android

Google Android is brand new so we haven’t seen many applications created for it yet. But what is interesting is that their platform is open source, meaning any developer can access its source code and create apps without getting a license from Google. Also, it’s easy for developers to sell their hosted VoIP app to Android users, as Google does not have an application process. Google allows all apps onto the store and only removes inappropriate apps.

App Development for Apple iPhone

Developers have produced more than 100,000 apps for Apple’s iPhone. This makes the store hyper-competitive, causing it to be more difficult for developers to sell their app to consumers. In addition, Apple has been reluctant to approve certain applications and has been known to withhold reasoning. While this is true, the application store for the Apple iPhone is clearly winning the battle for application sales.

When it comes down to it the iPhone has the biggest store, Blackberry has the least competition and Google Android is the newest opportunity. Each app is different and before a developer starts creating a hosted VoIP PBX application they should thoroughly research the market they are developing for first and the opportunities it presents. After doing this the decision of who to develop for should be easy.

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