14 DAY TRIAL // The Android 2.1-powered Nexus One has just received another certification, following the recently announced FCC approval and Google's trademark filing for the Nexus One name, namely the green light from the Global Certification Forum. There are two facts that the new approval confirms, including the fact that the handset is being manufactured by the Taiwan-based mobile phone maker HTC Corporation, and that it comes to the market with support for T-Mobile's airwaves.
To be more precise, we should actually say that it comes only with support for T-Mobile's frequencies, excluding this way the possibility that it might also arrive on AT&T's offering. Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA at 900/1700/2100 MHz (UTRA FDDVIII/FDDIV/FDDI) and the frequencies that Nexus One has received GCF certification with, and things are starting to become a little clearer.
Interestingly enough, the device also sports support for Europe's and Asia's UMTS bands, along with T-Mobile US' UMTS band, as the unwired notes, and that might rise questions when the rumors that Google itself will distribute the device are taken into consideration. In the end, the device might come to the market via this carrier, just as some of the previous rumors on the HTC Passion, which seems to be the one and the same device as Nexus One, suggested: T-Mobile might launch it in the US in early 2010, and the phone should reach the European market sometime in April next year, as the HTC Bravo.
We should also mention that the buzz around the Nexus One seems to have started to fade out a little. We had about five days full with all sorts of rumors and reports on the handset, and we've seen a great deal of photos and videos with it emerging into the wild; yet, now things are calming down. However, that doesn't mean that it is all over. Since only a few details on the phone were available at the moment, and they were worn out, the hype will rise again as soon as additional info on it will surface, so stay tuned to learn more on the matter.