News · 6 Dec 2010 · MTW Editorial Team
Google has officially announced and released the Google Nexus S a few minutes ago alongside Android 2.3 (the DEvice will be availalbe on T-Mobile on December 16th). So what can you expect from this device? Well as it was previouslyrumored the Nexus S is basically a Google Branded Samsung Galaxy S with NFC support added, a weird curved Contour Display display and with Android 2.3 pre-installed on it. The Countour display is apparently a Super AMOLED panel with a curved glass on top (this is how it looks like to me). According to the official specs the Nexus S doesn’t support 720P HD video capture but I guess (hope) that this is a typo and there’s no micro-sd slot to expand the 16GB of internal flash….Anyway check out the full specs below followed by a presentation video:
Availability
After December 16, Nexus S will be sold unlocked and carrier-independent initially through Best Buy stores in the U.S. and after December 20 at Carphone Warehouse stores in the UK.
Connectivity
- Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700
- HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 n/b/g
- Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
- Near Field Communication (NFC)
- Assisted GPS (A-GPS)
- microUSB 2.0
Display
- 4.0″ WVGA (480×800)
- Contour Display with curved glass screen
- Super AMOLED
- 235 ppi
- Capacitive touch sensor
- Anti-fingerprint display coating
Size and weight
- 63mm x 123.9mm x 10.88mm
- 129g
Hardware
- Haptic feedback vibration
- Three-axis gyroscope
- Accelerometer
- Digital compass
- Proximity sensor
- Light sensor
Processor and memory
- 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
- 16GB iNAND flash memory
Cameras and multimedia
- Back-facing: 5 megapixels (2560×1920)
- 720 x 480 video resolution
- H.264, H.263 MPEG4 video recording
- Auto focus
- Flash
- Front-facing: VGA (640×480)
- 3.5mm, 4-conductor headset jack
(stereo audio plus microphone)- Earpiece and microphone
- Software noise-cancellation
Battery
- Talk time up to 6.7 hours on 3G
(14 hours on 2G)- Standby time up to 17.8 days on 3G
(29.7 days on 2G)- 1500 mAH Lithum Ion
Software
- Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Android Market
- Calendar
- Gmail
- Google Earth
- Google Maps with Navigation
- Google Search
- Google Talk
- Google Voice
- Voice Actions
- YouTube
Google Nexus S presentation:
Multi-Tasking on the Google Nexus S
NFC Support on the Google Nexus S:
Navigation on the Google Nexus S:
source: Google
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