The Samsung Galaxy Nexus is on sale in the UK today (November 17th) through Phones4u, and headed to all the major networks shortly. Happy customers have already been leaving stores clutching the Android Ice Cream Sandwich handset, wide smiles etched into their faces. But are they right to be happy, or have they set themselves up for disappointment in the near future?
Prepare yourself for the future of Android-powered combat. Pictured to the right you’ll see the world’s first robot tank powered by an Android smartphone. According to the gadget’s creator, Tamlyn, all you need is an Android smartphone and an IOIO board which connects the phone to the tank via USB.
Yesterday we received word Motorola, not LG, would land the bid to manufacture the next Google experience smartphone, the third generation Nexus or Nexus 3. Previous reports suggested LG was the front runner, but with little evidence to support the claim, Motorola was drawn into the spotlight. Today, new information has surfaced on the LG P930, a blistering fast smartphone possibly armed with Toshiba’s better-than-Retina display. Is this the Nexus 3?
The next wave of Google endorsed Nexus hardware is upon us. A rumor has begun circulation this evening suggesting the Mountain View team may look to talents of Motorola for its third generation hardware. Dubbed the Motorola Nexus Droid 4G, this Android smartphone will purportedly be powered by none other than Nvidia’s Tegra 3 processor — here’s what we know.
The time has come ye Android faithful. Netflix has gone official with an Android client, now available in the Android Market free of charge. If you’re a T-mobile USA customer with a Nexus One, G2 or Nexus S, you’ve got first dibs. For everyone else, you’ll need to make sure you’re device has the “requisite playback support”.
The long wait for Android Gingerbread on the Nexus One is over…almost. Google has begun pushing Android Gingerbread Nexus One updates. The rollout is expected to take a few days. Meanwhile Google Nexus S owners are getting an OTA update too with fixes for bugs and a power-up for the built-in NFC smarts. If you’ve got either the Nexus One Android Gingerbread update or the Nexus S OTA update, let us know in the comments what you make of it.
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The Android 2.3 update for the Google Nexus One is arriving “in the coming weeks” according to a tweet from Google’s official Nexus account, @googlenexus. Google told Google Nexus One owners to “hang tight”, and wait for the upgrade. We already knew that the Android 2.3 update would be hitting the Google Nexus One soon after Android 2.3 was released, but this confirms the time frame. If you’re itching to get Android 2.3, there are developer builds available for the for the brave and super techy, but otherwise, sit tight and hold on for the over the air Android 2.3 update that’s coming straight from Google in the next few weeks.
[via TNW]
The Google Nexus One has reportedly taken the lead as the front runner in the race to be the first phone running Android 2.3, Gingerbread. Up until late last week that title belonged to the Samsung Nexus S, but now it looks like the Nexus One will be the first Android 2.1, 2.2 and 2.3 phone.
