Google Officially Introduces the Nexus S, Gingerbread SDK [Video]

Google has officially announced the Nexus S and released a couple videos to introduce the device. It has also released the Gingerbread SDK/NDK to developers.

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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.


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.
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