Ben Serridge, product manager for Android, wrote in a blog post. It is
live now at google.com/phone, and includes phones that have the
Android Market, Google Search, and Google Mobile services.
"There are tools that make it easy to compare phones side by side: you
can filter phones by country, manufacturer, and carrier; view and
compare technical specifications and features; and find where each
phone is available for sale," Serridge wrote.
Users can sort by newest devices or alphabetically by phone name. The
gallery currently lists phones from HTC, LG, Motorola, and Samsung, as
well as all four of the top U.S. carriers and US Cellular.
The top five newest phones listed on the U.S. site are the Motorola
Charm, Samsung Epic 4G, the Droid 2, the Samsung Captivate, and the
Motorola i1. Next to each photo of the phone is a "buy from" link that
takes you to the phone's carrier Web site for purchase options. There
is also an "add to compare" button – add up to three phones to a
"side-by-side comparison" list on the right-hand side, and click
"compare selected" for a run-down of each device.
Ironically, the first time I tried to compare three phones, I got an
error page with the Nexus One logo running along the top bar. The
second time I tried, it behaved and gave me a run-down of the features
on the Droid 2 versus the Samsung Captivate, including OS version,
connectivity, battery, storage and memory, size and weight, hardware,
camera, and more.
Google unveiled its Nexus One – initially referred to as the "Google
Phone" – in early January. Users could purchase the device online at
google.com/phone for $529.99 unlocked or $179.99 with a two-year
contract from T-Mobile. Google announced in May that due to lack of
customer interest in the Nexus One, the company would no longer sell
it online and instead offer it for sale at brick-and-mortar locations.
In July, the company received its last shipment of Nexus One
smartphones, and the device is now only available overseas.
Google later made the Nexus One available to developers for $529, and
so many took the company up on its offer that Google sold out.
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