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So, the Samsung Nexus S went live today complete with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and along with it a flood of background information like instructional YouTube videos and the operating system’s user manual have been made available. We’ve got them all here for your perusal. Before diving in, let’s run through the Nexus S specs again…
It’s Google day in the Android world as the Mountain View company unveiled the Nexus S and unleashed the Android 2.3 “Gingergbread” SDK into the capable hands of the developer community. While the world takes a long and close look at the successor to the Nexus One, original Nexus One users are anxiously awaiting their…
The Google Nexus S with Android 2.3 Gingerbread looks like a killer superphone and with the pricing, Google appears to have learned from its mistakes with the Nexus One. You’ll be able to stroll down to your local Best Buy beginning Dec. 16 to buy the Google Nexus S, made by Samsung, for $529 unlocked…
After weeks of rumors and Google’s CEO bringing it on stage at a conference, the search giant officially introduced its second smartphones, the Nexus S with Android 2.3. As expected, the Google Nexus S is made from Samsung and it essentially seems like a modified Galaxy S with stock Android. On its blog, the search…
No doubt Google employees are testing the Google Nexus S. Eric Schmidt showed off the handset last month at the Web 2.0 Summit and the handset has been spotted in the wild with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Also last month, sample images taken from the Nexus S were uploaded to Picasa via an account thought to be…
It looks like there’s a new kind of the Android heap, as a Gartner report says Samsung is now the largest Android handset maker thanks to the success of the Galaxy S lineup. Gartner said Samsung was able to capture 32.1% of the U.S. Android market, a marked increase from 9.2% of the market in…
We’ve no doubts Samsung knows what it’s doing with its Android tablet device – Galaxy Tab. The company has managed to move more than 1 million units thus far and is now upping the ante to hit 1.5 million Tabs sold by the end of the year. If you remember, only 30 days after the…
Samsung has introduced some LPDDR2 DRAM for smartphones and tablets that it promises will deliver speeds that are similar to what we find on desktops. The 4 GB version can transfer up to 1,066 Mbps and Samsung says this doubles what the industry standard is. Additionally these chips will only be 30 nanometers thick, which…
Just two months ago, we took a poll for the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab, and our readers seemed to prefer the Android tablet over the iPad nearly two to one. However, in a recent survey conducted by Piper Jaffray, it seems that 85% of users actually prefer the iPad and see more value…
MetroPCS has turned on its 4G LTE service in the San Francisco area and users will now be able to get next-generation mobile data without a contract. MetroPCS offers 4G LTE service for as little as $55 with voice and texting service and that’s significantly cheaper than some of the competitors. This also includes taxes…