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The Nexus S is here! (Alongside gingerbread)
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http://www.google.com/phone/detail/nexus-s
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-nexus-s-with-gingerbread.html
More details as they come!
Released in the UK on the 20th.
Those with a N1 can get the update now apparently.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-nexus-s-with-gingerbread.html
More details as they come!
Released in the UK on the 20th.
Those with a N1 can get the update now apparently.
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To compete with that cRetina display.
I can't work out which is the most stupid banal invention.
http://www.google.com/nexus/images/gallery/big-5.jpg
Also. . .on the main site it says "pure Google". . .but on the back case it says it's made by Samsung.
Nexus S - cheap plasticky casing, crap design, made by a manufacturer with a distinctly dodgy track record (on one of their North American models, you have to warm the phone up to get it to go into recovery mode!). The only thing it really has going for it is the CPU/GPU.
I think I'll be sticking with my N1.
It'll be a while, HTC have to now modify it to work with HTC Sense.
Only interested in the software tbh, cant wait to have it on my phone.
review here: http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/google-nexus-s-review/
In fact some of the renowned phones rate quite abysmal here.
My cheap plastic WIn CE GPS used on my bicycle survived happily bouncing downhill at 30 mph. (ejected by a pothole)
I love my Nexus but was looking forward to upgrading it once the new one was announced ... but this just has left me with a great big 'so what' feeling!
Not a huge advance and what the hell is with 16Gb of memory and no expansion slot? I already use the vast majority of a 32Gb microSD card so I am now being asked to effectively downgrade? Forget it.
I will wait for the next 'Google Experience' device. In the meantime I'm going to see if I can go and find Gingerbread now.
I believe the Galaxy S basically uses an SD card for its own internal memory - perhaps it is related to this.
My main reason for not buying this is because it is Samsung, and it is based on the Galaxy S - a truly awful phone (IMO) with a slightly different case, mildly different hardware and (presumably) a unlocked bootloader and unmolested firmware.
Depends on how good the plastic is.
Having felt and used the Galaxy S, it looks and feels so cheap, Not a high-end expensive phone feel.
Personally I sense a few cracks in that rumour.
I'm probably a minority in preferring function over form.
However Acer have years of effort in moving plastic downmarket.
I also think those early Dell Vostros bargain laptops had 'ugly' in the design print in order to sell pretty expensive ones.
What about it having a Super AMOLED screen, I thought every one loved that. HTC are always criticised for having SLCD, although it's not really their fault, as Samsung makes them and theirs not enough left over, to guarantee a regular supply for HTC. That's what I read anyway.
Maybe Google should stick to what its good at, search, e-mail and Android.
ChromeOS is already being written off as pointless. The common question is, why do we need that when we have Android. Google answer, well ChromeOS is for keyboards, i.e. netbooks and Android is for touch screens. The answer then comes back, well netbooks are yesterdays product as every one wants tablets and Windows 7 is more that adequate.
Well there's stuff google is good at and stuff it isn't, however no company should stop innovating and trying new things, because even though they will have failures some will be a success.
It's a badged Samsung anyway that's what I don't get, it's not made by google or anything.
But the screen!! The S-AMOLED screen. I've seen the galaxy S in person, I much prefer HTC UI skin, but the bright, over-saturated screen works really well for a phone.
If you're lucky to find a Nexus One with AMOLED screen then there isn't a whole lot of difference.
Personally, I'd take SLCD if it meant having a phone that isn't made by Samsung. In fact, I have - my Nexus One is an SLCD version, and aside from the not quite so black blacks, it is fine. Won't get "screen burn" at least.
I wonder if Chrome OS could become the 'Instant-On' of choice. As a secondary operating system to Windows.
On the tablet front i think Google will be key players with Honeycomb coming out in 2011. They held a preview yesterday of it and the video is floating around, very impressive. The manufacturer they chose for that tablet was Motorola.