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Google officially introduces Android 2.3 and Nexus S
Google says version 2.3 is the fastest version of Android so far. It delivers a number of improvements: user interface refinements, Near-Field Communication (NFC) support, a new keyboard and text selection tool, Internet (VoIP/SIP) calling, improved copy/paste functionality, and gyroscope sensor support. The company plans to open-source Gingerbread in the coming weeks.
The Nexus S will be the first device to ship with Android 2.3. Google and Samsung developed the product together to highlight the latest advancements of the Android platform. As the Nexus One before it, the Nexus S delivers a "pure Google" experience: an unlocked device that is the first to get the latest updates to Google's mobile services and Android releases.
The Nexus S features a 4" Contour Display, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, front and rear facing cameras, 16GB of internal memory, and NFC hardware that lets you read information from NFC tags on objects like movie posters, stickers, and t-shirts. In the US, it will be available for purchase (unlocked or with a T-Mobile service plan) on December 16 both online and in-store from Best Buy stores, while in the UK it will be available at Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy retailers on December 20.
The first Android phone hit the market in November 2008. After two years, there are more than 100 different Android devices, 200,000 Android devices activated daily worldwide, and 100,000 apps on the Android Market.
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Any information on what older models will be able to run it?
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ElShotte said:
That's exactly what I was going to ask, does anyone know when it will be available for download to upgrade current phones running Android 2.2 (Froyo)?
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I pretty much know my Hero and I are going to be SOL on this one.
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Froyo was a pretty decent update, theres nothing really about the Nexus that makes me say wow i want that phone. I do hope that Google better coordinates the release of 2.3, it was months before the SGS got froyo.
I'm more interested in the Samsung Galaxy S2, if the specs are right about that phone then wow, it definitely has the potential to be the ultimate iphone competitor.
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You had me at 4'' Super AMOLED Contour display.
I'm so getting this phone.
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2.3 sounds good (although too much gaming **** tweaks), but phone is just a plain Galaxy S which I've been using for past 4 month now. With release of Galaxy S2 (maybe 1st quarter of 2011) NS will be history.....
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Any word on pricing yet?
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princeton said:
lawfer said:You had me at 4'' Super AMOLED Contour display.
I'm so getting this phone.
The galaxy S has had that for months if I'm correct....
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