The guys at SlashGear and intomobile unboxes the new Google Nexus One. Check out the videos after the break…

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Apple has announced that more than three billion apps have been downloaded from app store users worldwide over 18 months. Users in 77 countries can choose from apps in 20 categories, according to the manufacturer.

Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, said: ‘Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months—this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before.

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Learn about search on the Nexus One; search the web, Android apps, and your contacts all from the quick search box - all with voice input. 5 more videos after the break…

Update: Added 2 new videos

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After many leaks and hands-on’s the Nexus One has just been officially released by Google a few minutes back. Unvieled by Peter Chou, CEO of HTC and head in the creation of the Nexus One’s hardware the superphone(as its called by google) is what the leaks predicted:

- The specs match previous leaks. 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 cusotmize your interface.

- Google showed off some of its dynamic touchscreen features of the software.. For example, one of the wallpapers is a lake with leaves. When you touch it, it will ripple. It’s quite nifty, actually.

- They worked with the team at CoolIris to visualize photons on the Nexus One in a 3D environment. If you tap on an album, you’ll be able to quickly scan and load photos. You can also tip and dip photos based on your hand motions and the accelerometer.

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Not sure if you can turn your RSS feeds into an iPhone app? Here’s how.

Nokia Image Exchange is an exciting, experimental image gallery to make browsing and sharing images fun and easy. It aims to provide a seamless integration of a mobile image gallery application and a corresponding web-service. Image Exchange explores user experience when the mobile phone is enabled with an always-on data connection and utilizes existing contact information as a basis for social networking.

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I wonder if its possible to do this with a few Nokia N900

Apple is set to announce that it has acquired the ad company Quattro Wireless for $275 million, several sources confirmed. The announcement of the acquisition might come as soon as today, upping the ante in the mobile advertising business significantly.

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