Introducing Nexus S with Gingerbread

The very first Android phone hit the market in November 2008. Just over two years later, Android’s vision of openness has spurred the development of more than 100 different Android devices. Today, more than 200,000 Android devices are activated daily worldwide. The volume and variety of Android devices continues to surpass our wildest expectations—but we’re not slowing down.

Today, we’re pleased to introduce the latest version of the Android platform, Gingerbread, and unveil the next Android device from the Nexus line of mobile products—Nexus S. And for developers, the Gingerbread SDK/NDK is now available as well.

Nexus S is the lead device for the Gingerbread/Android 2.3 release; it’s the first Android device to ship with the new version of the Android platform. We co-developed this product with Samsung—ensuring tight integration of hardware and software to highlight the latest advancements of the Android platform. As part of the Nexus brand, Nexus S delivers what we call a “pure Google” experience: unlocked, unfiltered access to the best Google mobile services and the latest and greatest Android releases and updates.

Take a look at our backstory video for more on the vision behind this product and to understand why we think “a thousand heads are better than one”:

Nexus S is the first smartphone to feature a 4” Contour Display designed to fit comfortably in the palm of your hand and along the side of your face. It also features a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, front and rear facing cameras, 16GB of internal memory, and NFC (near field communication) hardware that lets you read information from NFC tags. NFC is a fast, versatile short-range wireless technology that can be embedded in all kinds of everyday objects like movie posters, stickers and t-shirts.

Gingerbread is the fastest version of Android yet, and it delivers a number of improvements, such as user interface refinements, NFC support, a new keyboard and text selection tool, Internet (VoIP/SIP) calling, improved copy/paste functionality and gyroscope sensor support.

Here’s a glimpse of the “magic” of Google on Nexus S:

You can find more Nexus S videos and information at google.com/nexus or follow @GoogleNexus on Twitter for the latest updates. After December 16, Nexus S can be purchased (unlocked or with a T-Mobile service plan) online and in-store from all Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile stores in the U.S. and after December 20 at Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy retailers in the U.K.

We’ll be open-sourcing Gingerbread in the coming weeks and look forward to new contributions from the Android ecosystem in the months ahead.

doubleTwist – a powerful tool for wireless synchronization of Android platform

During these days, consumers’ attention is directed to product doubleTwist, a good alternative to the popular use iTunes, which offers a new useful feature, called AirSync.Used in conjunction with the Android-version of the client doubleTwist, which mechanism provides fast and accurate synchronization of multimedia content (music, videos and pictures) between smartphone and PC wirelessly. Desktop version is available for Windows and Mac.

The creators of the site LaptopMag published a report on test results AirSync. The study involved: 15-inch MacBook Pro, a desktop Windows PC and Smartphone Nexus One included in a Wi-Fi network.

The link is implemented as follows:after starting doubleTwist all platforms involved in synchronization, Android-platform launch of a new button and the program generates AirSync 5-digit code, for entry into the customer’s PC.After implementation of this simple procedure doubleTwist establishes a wireless connection between devices and provides access to library data carriers, allowing transfer of content.

Status bar shows the amount of free disk space.Of particular note is the high speed file synchronization. Testers from LaptopMag find that just a few minutes to transfer about one gigabyte of music smarfona Nexus One.

Incidentally, recently the possibility of wireless synchronization of multimedia data have also been introduced in the popular media player Winamp.

Google Nexus S: Super AMOLED2, но без 4G

В интернет се появиха нови детайли за предстоящия телефон на Google Nexus S. Както съобщава сайтът xda-developers.com, новият Google Nexus-S ще бъде оборудван с процесор ArmV7, ще има сензорен дисплей Super AMOLED2 с големина 4 инча и 800×480 пиксела и ще поддържа HD видео.

При Nexus S по всяка вероятност става дума за модела на Samsung с обозначението GT-i9020 нарича, който отскоро се появи на интернет страницата на американските магазини BestBuy.com. Според интернет магазина, Samsung GT-i9020 ще бъде пуснат официално на пазара за коледните празници, което напълно се покрива с твърденията на шефовете на Google. Според източника е сигурно, че Nexus S ще бъде с операционна система Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), а не, както се очакваше, с версия 3.0. Снимката, на която е показан Nexus S с Android 2.3, за съжаление е твърде размазана.

Всъщност, в началото на годината Google обяви, че има намерение до края на 2010 година да пусне на пазара мобилен телефон с 4G технология (LTE). Явно обаче не е ставало дума за Nexus S. За информация: първият мобилен телефон на Google, Nexus One, беше произведен от HTC и до голяма степен отговаряше технически на вече доста популярния HTC Desire. Защо Google сега залага на Samsung, все още не е ясно. Обновлението на Android 2.3 вече бе обявено от Google, но конкретна дата за официалния му старт все още няма.