[android] Nexus S

[SimpleSi]

New Nexus announced

 

BBC News - Google launches Nexus S phone in UK and US

 

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Edited April 21, 2011 by ZeroHour

[gshaw]

HTC must be a bit hacked off that Google have dropped them as handset maker... probably something to do with Google wanting to kill off Sense?

[kearton]

Nexus S ? The new Android phone from Google

[Dos_Box]

£549 for the unlocked version!!!!!!!!! If it was priced the same as the Nexus One was at launch I'd consider it, but not at that price.

[localzuk]

It does look like a tasty device, but it'll only be affordable on contract really. I'm never going to spend over half a grand on a phone...

[Dos_Box]

Yeah. You can get a Galaxy Tab for less!

[tom_newton]

Another challenger in the game of "can we make Tom buy a smart phone" - this one's onto a loser though, battery no real improvement, but more "guff" = tied to the wall. Also - no keys = bad nooz for ol fatfinger here

[john]

Another challenger in the game of "can we make Tom buy a smart phone" - this one's onto a loser though, battery no real improvement, but more "guff" = tied to the wall. Also - no keys = bad nooz for ol fatfinger here

 

You don't have a Smartphone Tom! Wow that does shock me! I thought with all the technology in Smoothwall Towers you'd have been a gadget king! Please don't say you still have a Nokia 3110 hehe

[Arthur]

...and no microSD card slot either.

[localzuk]

You don't have a Smartphone Tom! Wow that does shock me! I thought with all the technology in Smoothwall Towers you'd have been a gadget king! Please don't say you still have a Nokia 3110 hehe

 

Not hugely surprising. He did do his presentation from a notepad at the Edugeek Conference... Its refreshing to see someone actually thinking about what they need rather than buying into the crowd mentality that is so common now. I've got staff who can barely use computers who've bought iPhones but don't use anything more than the phone/texting aspects...

[dwhyte85]

Not hugely surprising. He did do his presentation from a notepad at the Edugeek Conference... Its refreshing to see someone actually thinking about what they need rather than buying into the crowd mentality that is so common now. I've got staff who can barely use computers who've bought iPhones but don't use anything more than the phone/texting aspects...

 

But they look so cool! It gives you +1 cool points IRL.

[SimpleSi]

I'm sure some edugeeker will turn up with one at BETT though

 

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[Ric_]

The thing that annoyed me most was the fact it's virtually identical to the Samsung Galaxy S. I know I'm a bit vein and only want to get rid of my Galaxy because EVERYBODY seems to have one now but I'm not paying £550 for the priviledge.

 

Now Exclusive: LG's 4-inch Android phone with dual-core Tegra 2 and 1080p video coming in early 2011 -- Engadget looks interesting!

[Arthur]

Samsung's other Gingerbread phone is out in February 2011 and looks far more impressive.

 

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/11/exclusive-samsung-flagship-phone-with-gingerbread-and-huge-di/

[tom_newton]

You don't have a Smartphone Tom! Wow that does shock me! I thought with all the technology in Smoothwall Towers you'd have been a gadget king! Please don't say you still have a Nokia 3110 hehe

 

Not quite it's a 6xxx, and the battery lasts next to forever, and it makes calls and texts. I *would* like to be able to do a bit more internetsy stuff on the move, but I am not willing to pay so high in battery life/size/touch-screen related irritation.

 

I look at some and think so what, you can play some stupid game about irritated avians, or update your facebook on the train - these are not use cases of a phone for me.

 

Edit: this does not mean I don't like gadgets.. but I am fussy. Canon 40D, Kindle, and squeezebox being my favoured electronic devices.

 

If you ever find your UTM starts sprouting features more suited to a breville sandwich maker, you will know I've gone "all iphone"

[Ric_]

@tom_newton: If you get that LG phone you'll score all manner of geek points for being able to say your phone has a dual core processor! We all know that geek points are what really matter - who needs to speak to people on their phone nowadays?

[john]

If you ever find your UTM starts sprouting features more suited to a breville sandwich maker, you will know I've gone "all iphone"

 

But Tom I already have that, I turn one upside down and squash it in the rack with a cheese and ham mix in-between bread and leave it for a few hours in the rack and voilla Smoothwall Toasted Sandwich courtesy of the CPU and the UTMs hehe

[Dos_Box]

@Tom. You'll hate sharing a hotel with us 'geekers then. The first evening we are all together for BETT is, to the initiated, unofficially known as 'phone porn evening'. It really is quite a sight!

[john]

@Tom. You'll hate sharing a hotel with us 'geekers then. The first evening we are all together for BETT is, to the initiated, unofficially known as 'phone porn evening'. It really is quite a sight!

 

I wonder what the splits will be this year, we were fairly half and half last year with iPhones on one half and HTCs on the other half (various HTC that we had so some Android & Windows), I bet I am the only Windows phone user now Ric is an Android user

[tom_newton]

Samsung's other Gingerbread phone is out in February 2011 and looks far more impressive.

 

Exclusive: Samsung 'flagship' phone with Gingerbread and huge display coming in early 2011 (update) -- Engadget

 

Hmm.. a URL which finishes "huge-di" - is it only me finds that amusing? Well it probably doesn't stand for that... but it certainly ain't going to be "with huge battery and nice keys"

[tom_newton]

@Tom. You'll hate sharing a hotel with us 'geekers then. The first evening we are all together for BETT is, to the initiated, unofficially known as 'phone porn evening'. It really is quite a sight!

 

'sok, I quite like them as gadgets, but not as phones, is all. If I had the pocket space i'd take both

[GrumbleDook]

I think I am banned now from this ever since I went retro at the conference and got my P800 out.

[Dos_Box]

As well as an iPhone, Blackberry a random Windows based phone.................

No human being should be allowed to emit that level of EM radiation!

[ianniow]

Ok I checked this time. This is available in the UK try this Nexus S

Basically follow google nexus on twitter and complete the puzzles when they are set

[ianniow]

Failed miserabley with the first puzzle I tried. This was actually number 5. Remember first one to reply wins a nexus s.

Next puzzle about 5 pm click on the link to see puzzle 5.

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