Nexus One will get Gingerbread OTA update ‘in the coming weeks’
The original Google phone got us all excited a couple of weeks back when an OTA update was presumed to be the oven-hot Gingerbread upgrade, only to disappoint us. Now we've got the most lucid statement from the Android chefs yet on when the real Gingerbread Nexus One will stand up, which is placed in the relatively ill-defined window of "the coming weeks." Hey, better weeks than months, right? Nexus One will get Gingerbread OTA update 'in the coming weeks' originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 21 Dec 2010 05:52:00 EST
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: all-excited, better-weeks, entry, firmware-update, firmwareupdate, gingerbread, mobile-os, nexus, official, Ota, over-the-air, result, the-coming, the-oven-hot
HTC HD2 and Nexus One get some Gingerbread crumbs (update: EVO, Droid and Desire, too)
With Gingerbread freely distributed to the open-source masses, it probably won't surprise you to hear there already a custom ROM for Google's darling Nexus One . But what if we told you Android 2.3 is now available for the HTC HD2 as well? That's right, the Windows Mobile 6.5 powerhouse can now snap off a sugary piece of the same Android code, and from what we hear in the XDA-developers forums, it works pretty decently, too.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: entry, gingerbread, hack, hd2, motorola, motorola-droid, nexus, nexusone, relatively-easy, samsung, windows
PSA: don’t try to wow your friends with the key scratch test on the Nexus S — because it’s not Gorilla Glass
Before you stand (perhaps slightly inebriated) in front of a group of wide-eyed disbelievers and poke your brand new Nexus S' display with a fork, rock, key, icepick, or anything else that's hard and pointy, just remember this: it's not Gorilla Glass . That's the official word from Samsung Service's Twitter feed, a stark contrast to the hardened, tough-as-nails surface of the original Galaxy S' Super AMOLED display. No reason is given for the change, but there's an obvious theory: Corning might not have the technology to produce Gorilla Glass that's curved in the way that Samsung wanted -- or they can't produce it in the quantities asked of them -- and so Sammy decided to go with a slightly less rugged screen rather than ditching the so-called Contour Display
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: contour, contrast, disbelievers, display, friends, galaxy, gorillaglass, mobile, nexus, nexus s, obvious-theory, Plastic, sammy, Samsung Service, tough
Unboxing Ninjas kick back the fourth wall for the Nexus S
When is a YouTube video not a YouTube video?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: back-the-fourth, nexus, nexus one, nexus s, nunchuks, patrick-boivin, promotion-pops, ragtag, spoil-the-fun, unbox, unboxing-power, youtube
Google fires Nexus S into space, invites tenuous Galaxy S analogies (video)
How are you killing the time until the Nexus S finally goes on sale ?
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, altitude, analogies, balloons, entry, gingerbread, goes-on-sale, invites-tenuous, mountain-view, nexus, nexus's, the-durability, weather
Andy Rubin’s full D: Dive Into Mobile interview video posted
Android boss Andy Rubin almost always makes for an entertaining interview, and his appearance at AllThingsD 's D: Dive Into Mobile conference in San Francisco last week was certainly no exception. The introduction of Android 2.3 Gingerbread and the Nexus S were the official news items of the day, but Rubin took the opportunity to showcase the next version of the platform -- Honeycomb -- running on a prototype Motorola tablet that no one had seen before. He also runs through a breakdown of Android's business model (hint: it's profitable), muses about video calling, and gives us a look at that crazy new 3D-capable Google Maps app
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: allthingsd, business, engadget, francisco, items, nexus, nexus's, official, opportunity, san, tablet
LG Optimus 2X looks like a dual-core Star, shows off HDMI-out while embarrassing the Galaxy S on video
LG has, in the most casual fashion possible, revealed the name of a new smartphone it intends to launch in the Korean market: the Optimus 2X. That brand name was buried deep in a release yesterday about exclusive Ennio Morricone content bundled with the Optimus Mach , though some studious folks have unearthed it and subsequently found YouTube content showing off the handset
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-break, fashion, galaxy, nexus, optimus, optimus2x, result, smartphone, south-korea, star
Google’s big week: Nexus S, Honeycomb tablets, Chrome OS laptops, and eBooks to boot
We gotta hand it to Google : if its goal was to own the technology news cycle for 48 hours, mission accomplished. The Mountain View-based company spent the first two days this week laying out pretty much every big announcement it possibly could: a new flagship phone coming next week (the Nexus S ), a new Android build ( 2.3 Gingerbread ), a preview of the next Android build ( Honeycomb ) on a never-before-seen Motorola tablet , the debut of its cloud-based laptop platform ( Chrome OS ) with hardware, and a giant plunge into the growing e-book market -- and that isn't everything.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 3.0, chrome-os, chromeos, ebooks, googleebooks, nexus, platform, plunge, video
Nexus S will drop Super AMOLED in favor of Super Clear LCD in Russia, maybe other territories too
The US and UK may be the only officially official markets for the Samsung-built Nexus S from Google, however Sammy's Russian team has already dished out a few extra details on overseas availability. Penciling in a February 2011 launch for the Gingerbread flagship, the Russki guys point out that their version of the Nexus S will come with a 4-inch Super Clear LCD instead of the Super AMOLED panel adorning the English-speaking variants.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: engadget, limited, nexus, nexus's, overseas, result, speaking, spec change, supercleartft
Was the Nexus S nearly the Nexus Two?
Close your eyes: imagine an alternate universe where almost nothing you know holds true. A place where your entire system of beliefs has been torn asunder, flipped on its end for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bladerunner, desire, exclusive, galaxy, google-owned, image, long-term-goal, nexus, nexus s, nexus two, nexus's, Proof, universe