Warning: Do not try this at home with your Nexus One
07 Feb 2010 // 7 comments // Mobile Development News
I didn’t want to repost every single video from the story of the Google Nexus One, but I find some of them fascinating. The latest episode in the series gives a behind the scenes look at HTC’s testing process for new phones.
We get to see to see a variety of stress tests that the Nexus One had to endure including:
Button test: simulates lifetime use of trackball
Tumble test: multiple drops probe phone’s structural integrity
Drop test: drops device from multiple angles based on tumble test results
Compression test: simulates interaction stress caused by objects in pocket
Bend test: simulates maximum bend stress phone can withstand
A reader mentioned in some previous comments that these would make for a great TV commercial. Google has generally kept away from television ads in the United States, but a recent Tweet from their CEO indicates a change in strategy.
Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen over. ”)Eric SchmidtCEO of Google
What do you think Google has in store for the big show?
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The Google Super Bowl commercial isn’t anything Android-related, according to info I’ve read. It is a Google search commercial:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/02/06/nexus.one.may.get.tv.spot/
Im flabbergast with the durably of this marvel of a phone! got to get this asap!
Any reason for you to believe that’s Android 1.5? I find it more likely to be closer to 1.6, since 1.5 didn’t support high-DPI devices and the screen is clearly using the right proportions (rather than having tiny icons).
Wow. That’s all I have to say.
These episodes keep getting better. Pretty cool stuff.
D: Those poor Nexii. ….on a somewhat unrelated subject,I wonder if HTC/Google will upload that 1.5 Android build used in the video….
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