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Nexus phones are dead; Enter Pixel and Pixel XL
In some recent news, we learned that Google is finally retiring the Nexus title from its list of names for hardware under the big G. The timing of this change is somewhat fitting, because HTC built the first Nexus smartphone and once again HTC’s hardware will be the first phones under the Pixel family. Nexus…
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HTC Nexus One gets a first class ticket to space
Do you remember when we brought you news last year that NASA was planning to send the HTC Nexus One into outer space? Well, que up the song by Aerosmith from the soundtrack for the movie Armageddon, because this rocket has lifted off. According to CNET, Surrey Satellite Technology and the University of Surrey’s Surrey…
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NASA sending HTC Nexus One into outerspace
Last week sources discovered that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has started working on a project to send a few smartphones into outerspace. The smartphones, two HTC Nexus One handsets and a Samsung Nexus S, are being integrated into a small box of tech gadgets to create a new nanosatellite, a project NASA is…
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Legacy HTC phones and the One S getting a taste of Jelly Bean
Some HTC phones will never die! Earlier this week, news broke of the Windows Mobile phone the HTC HD2 receiving Google’s latest Android operating system, Jelly Bean. And today you really need to give a round of applause to the modding community for putting all sorts of effort into keeping the HTC Nexus One and the HTC Evo 4G alive with Jelly Bean…
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Google confirms HTC made Nexus One will not be updated to Android 4.0
Those of you who own the HTC made Google Nexus One will be disappointed to hear that Google will not be releasing an official Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update for the phone. Due to the Nexus One’s hardware limitations, Google has deemed the device as being too old to run the latest version of…
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Final shipment of the Nexus One sold out on Google’s Phone Store
Google has officially sold out their entire inventory of the Nexus One. If you visit Google’s phone store, you’ll be greeted with a message, stating that the Nexus One can no longer be purchased directly from Google. The news is not surprising, given that Google did mention a while back that they would be closing…
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Google takes delivery of final Nexus One shipment
Google has just made the announcement that the Nexus One online store will soon be closing up for good. A while back, Google told us that they were leaning more towards a traditional retails sales model and would be closing their phone store once they had transition plans in place. Google’s has received their last…