It’s Official

After weeks of leaks and revelations, the Google Phone has been officially revealed. In its announcement, Google brought out Peter Chou, the CEO of HTC, the creator of the hardware of the Nexus One, to explain the genesis of the phone, as well as members of the Nexus One Google team. Here are some of the things we’ve learned so far:

- It’s a 3.7″ AMOLED display with a trackball

- It comes with features such as a light sensor, GPS, and accelerometer. These are all features pioneered by Apple’s iPhone

- It’s 130 grams in weight and 11.5 mm in width, about the width of a standard #2 pencil

- The camera is 5MP with LED flash

- The audio has received an upgrade. It has two microphones, one of which is used for noise cancellation

- Customization is a key to the Nexus One. There are five home screens to customize your interface

– Every text field is voice-enabled. Every time you speak, it will process your speech into text. It gets better    and better the more you use it

- You’ll be able to buy the phone at the Google web store, which was leaked last week. You can find it at   Google.com/Phone. It costs $179 on T Mobile with a two-year contract

- It will be on Verizon in Spring 2010

Overall, it’s what we expected: ant Android smartphone meant to be a true competitor to the Apple iPhone. It provides some new features  and is fast, but we’ll have to wait to see whether or not this is the phone that will give Apple a run for its money.

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