The Google Nexus One has been hugely marketed in the last few months as an iPhone beater, offering a wide range of features, it certainly has the ability to do just that. But the handset, built by HTC and supplied to the consumer with Google branding, must turn out to be more than the sum of its parts in order to have a chance against the massively popular iPhone. Some notable features of the Google Nexus One include a huge 3.7 inch (diagonally) screen with a resolution of 480 x 800, an accelerometer, multi-touch support a proximity sensor. The Google Nexus One is available with 512 megabytes of ROM, 512 megabytes of RAM and an SD card, expandable from 4 gigabyte up to a possible 32 gigabytes. Wireless internet is an expected feature in the Nexus one, as is Bluetooth, GPS and 3G.

The Nexus One has a faster processor than nearly any other phone available on the market, which means it is incredibly responsive. Plus it runs Android 2.1, the newest version of Google's mobile phone operating system. Because this is Google’s first real phone, it is also probable that the Google Nexus One will be first in line for new over-the-air updates and patches to the Android operating system and Google's mobile applications, including Google Maps and Google Calendar. Soon after its release, Google made available updates for the operating system, which made the Nexus One, one of the first Android-powered handsets to support multi-touch support such as pinch-to-zoom. Despite a flurry of well-publicised problems with Google’s customer support and some keypad malfunctions, the Google Nexus One is actually a great Smartphone, easily a match for its rivals. Everyone likes to deliberate the next 'iPhone beater' - but in reality, the mobiles with an Android operating system are at least content with second place, beating competing manufacturers like Palm, Windows Mobile, Nokia and also RIM's BlackBerry. The new Google Nexus One is a step in the right direction for Smartphones and a handset being branded by such a large online brand means that support for internet use / data transfer, whether it be by GPRS, WiFi or any other medium is paramount.

The Google Nexus One is, ultimately, a phone from the internet giant that brings the fight right to the doorstep of Apple's iPhone. Packing a huge number of features and available applications, the Nexus One should not simply be dismissed. In fact, it can do many things that its closest rivals only dream about doing. Some might say that deciding between the two comes down to one thing - branding. So, do you want a fashion accessory or a professional Smartphone?