Tagged ‘Google Nexus S’

Android Ice Cream Sandwich features leaked

August 12, 2011 10:02 am by Mic Wright

Since Google announced that Android Ice Cream Sandwich is in the works back at the Google I/O conference in May, it’s kept pretty quiet about the update. We know it’ll be the first version of the Android OS to offer a unified interface for tablets and smartphones and have it on good authority that the first Android Ice Cream Sandwich device will be the Nexus Prime.

But now two Android sites have got hold of Android Ice Cream Sandwich screenshots ahead of its official release in Q4 2011. RootzWiki and the Android Police have both published heavily-censored snaps of Android Ice Cream Sandwich running on a Google Nexus S. Read on for a look at the features they’ve uncovered…

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Google Nexus Prime to spearhead Android Ice Cream Sandwich onslaught

June 28, 2011 10:32 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Android, Android Ice Cream Sandwich, Google, Google Nexus Prime, Google Nexus S

With Android Ice Cream Sandwich on the horizon, speculation about the Google Nexus S successor is rife. Previously we’d heard chatter that a Motorola Nexus 4G was in the works but now the dial of the rumorometer seems to have swung in Samsung’s direction once again.

A new report claims the next Nexus will be dubbed the Google Nexus Prime and is being built by Samsung just like the Google Nexus S before it but there could be a feast of cool new phones on the way…

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Google mobile payments scheme incoming

May 25, 2011 10:02 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Google, Google Nexus S, mobile payment, NFC

Google looks set to out a mobile payments scheme this week with reporters headed for a big event in New York on Thursday. The Wall Street Journal says Google will out new phones packing NFC chips (which the Google Nexus S already includes) and launch its mobile payment programme in New York, San Francisco and a limited number of other US locations…

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Turn your iPhone or Google Nexus S into your frontdoor key!

May 16, 2011 11:25 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Gadgets Tags: Android, Apple, Google Nexus S, iPhone, iPhone 4, Lockitron

Want to unlock your door with your iPhone? There’s an app for that. Yep, really. Lockitron is now selling a hardware and app package that lets you unlock and lock your door via text, using an Android or iPhone app or with a combination of an NFC-enabled phone like the Google Nexus S and the a NFC tag.

You can see the whole system in action after the break and Lockitron says its system is compatible with most popular lock styles. Lockitron connects your phone to the door lock via a device that you plug into your internet router. It does look awesome but we’re a little scared of what would happen if Lockitron’s servers went down. Click through to see Lockitron in action…

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Google MasterCard NFC deal: Apple beaten to the punch?

March 28, 2011 9:24 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Apple, Citigroup, Google, Google Nexus S, iPhone 5, Mastercard, NFC

Google showed its NFC card with the Google Nexus S and now the Wall Street Journal is reporting that its set to take the next step with an NFC hookup with MasterCard and Citigroup.

According to the Journal, the demo pairs the Google Nexus S with “many coming models of Android phones” and ties them up with Citigroup-sponsored credit and debit cards using MasterCard payment technology.

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Google nobbles Facebook Android app: the cold war hots up

February 23, 2011 10:45 am by Mic Wright

Categories: Apps & Software Tags: Facebook, Facebook Android app, Google, Google Nexus S

The Google OTA update for the Google Nexus S doesn’t just fix bugs, it also gives Facebook a thick ear…

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Black Silver Nexus S with Android 2.4 spotted on FCC?

January 14, 2011 2:00 am by Nick Marshall

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Black Silver Nexus S, FCC, Google Nexus S, GT-i9023, Samsung, Samsung Nexus S

A fresh new Google Nexus S, sporting model number GT-i9023, has been spotted on the FCC website. As the stomping grounds for all things tech heading west, the FCC filing has one important tidbit of information — an AWS 3G band, all but confirming a launch on T-mobile USA. Even more interesting is a video leaked across the Internet shows the device running none-other than Android 2.4.

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Google NFC payment plans: more details spied

January 5, 2011 3:03 pm by Mic Wright

Categories: Mobile Phones Tags: Google, Google Nexus S, Google NFC, Mastercard, visa

We’ve known Google NFC payment plans are in the works – look at the Google Nexus S with NFC built-in – and heard some interesting whispers yesterday. Now more anonymous sources have been spilled details. The loose-lipped folk say Google is planning to support NFC payments in physical stores with a commercial service potentially set for launch this year. The Google Nexus S has the option for networks to open NFC payment services but also an embedded element that Google could use for its Google NFC plans. With apps, Google would also be able to give other providers like Visa and Mastercard access to Nexus S NFC payments. NFC should be big this year and we would not be terribly surprised to see Apple putting NFC into the iPhone 5 particularly as it has buckets of NFC patents in the bank.

Out TBC | £TBC | Google (via Bloomberg)

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