Smart phone price comparison.

clipped from www.techcrunch.com 24 Month Ownership Cost of iPhone Nearly 50% Higher Than Nexus One Billshrink has put together one of their handy charts comparing the total cost of the Google Nexus One, including the device cost plus carrier fees. The verdict? On the high end the Nexus One costs $2,580 over 24 months. The iPhone weighs in at an impressive $3780, almost 50% more.

3...2...1... Blast Off.

clipped from www.techcrunch.com Let The Nexus One Marketing Blitz Begin As you’ve probably heard by now, this morning Google finally officially announced the first Google Phone: The Nexus One. Plenty of reviewers and geeks are fawning over the new device, but some are proposing that it won’t even make a blip on the radar for your average consumer. In fact, earlier this evening the Wall Street Journal quoted one analyst as saying, “Unless [Google] gives it a big push with marketing dollars, which they are not, consumers aren’t going to know the phone exists.” I don’t think anything could be further from the truth. Google is going to put its marketing muscle behind this in a very big way to ensure that consumer awareness persists long after today’s launch. Granted, the company says it is favoring an online strategy as opposed to television for its campaigns (which is why the analyst quoted above doubted its chances), but Google can still plaster the Nexus One all over the web.

Free Texting on Android.

clipped from www.androidcentral.com textPlus Brings Free Texting to Android Let's be honest here, texting through SMS and carriers is very convenient but it's nothing short of a complete rip off. What are they charging these days? A quarter per SMS?! That's why apps like textPlus, that offer free texting through an application, can get so popular. textPlus, which has enjoyed over 3.5 million downloads on the iPhone/iPod touch platform, has decided to jump over to Android and many of us won't have to pay the carriers another cent for SMS charges.

Yes, give us flash on Android please...

clipped from www.androidcentral.com Adobe demos Flash on Nexus One You read that right. Just as quickly as Google debuted the Nexus One, we see Adobe release a nicely produced (read: Made well in advance) demo showing the Flash 10.1 beta running on the phone. How, having a Snapdragon will solve a whole bunch of your processing problems. And it looks like things are moving along OK here. But still unknown: Battery life, and just how stable this will be in the long run. Still a lot of ifs, but nice to see things are moving along. Watch the video after the break. (Thanks to everyone who sent this in!)

Google phone announced today.

clipped from www.talkandroid.com Official: Google Nexus One Now Available clipped from www.talkandroid.com The Nexus One Android phone has just been officially announced by Google. Manufactured by HTC, the handset is available now through the Google phone store priced $529 unlocked, or $179 on contract with T-Mobile.