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Nexus S
- ninifat 16y agoIs there a price anywhere?
- vladev 16y agoNo. I don't think Google will be selling the device themselves, like they did with the Nexus One. They will rather rely on external partners.
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- pyre 16y agoFrom the consumer landing page someone else linked to: 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. {update} It looks like instead of selling the unlocked phone themselves, and selling carrier-locked phones in carrier-controlled retail outlets, they are using external partners to push the unlocked phone this time. At least they are learning from their mistakes. Presumably Best Buy will do some marketing for the phone (compared with the lack of marketing for the Nexus One).
- barake 16y agoThey are using external partners to literally get these phones in people's hands. Consumers really want to touch phones before taking it home and Google seems to have taken this lesson to heart. Also having an army of blueshirts to provide setup help at purchase will make the less technically savvy happy campers. Buying the Nexus One without feeling one first definitely was a little weird for me, but the return policy assuaged my misgivings.
- pyre 16y agoTo me that is part of marketing.
- fhars 16y agoSince it is an upgraded Samsung Galaxy S, I'd expect it in the same price range, mavbe sligthly higher.
- dotBen 16y agoUpgraded internals, sure, but the removal of the fold-out keyboard seems a backwards step given the overall dimensions of the unit isn't much different.
- daten 16y agoThe keyboard is only on the Sprint version called the "Epic 4G". It's not on the other variants of the Galaxy S such as the Vibrant, Fascinate and Captivate.
- rquirk 16y agoThe UK Carphone Warehouse has it listed as 550 pounds unlocked, which is about $860 or 650€.
- shrikant 16y agoFrom http://www.whatmobile.net/2010/12/google-nexus-s-launches-exclusively-at-carphone-warehouse-and-best-buy/ http://www.whatmobile.net/2010/12/google-nexus-s-launches-ex...: Pre-ordering is available later today from www.carphonewarehouse.com or www.bestbuy.co.uk and this is almost certainly the only way you’re going to get hold of one before the new year. The handset will be free on £35/month contracts, or available SIM-free for £549.95. I'm not sure of US/T-mo pricing though.
- brkumar 16y agoBest Buy has announced that Nexus S will be available on Dec16th for $529 (unlocked) and $199 (with T-mobile contract). More info at - http://www.bby.com/2010/12/06/best-buy-mobile-partners-with-google-to-exclusively-launch-nexus-s-smart-phone/ http://www.bby.com/2010/12/06/best-buy-mobile-partners-with-...
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- p_h 16y agoIt says there's a 3.5mm headphone jack
- andre 16y agowell, for me, it's a deal breaker
- drivebyacct2 16y agoIt's a deal breaker... that is has a headphone jack? I feel as if I'm missing context due to the deleted post, but I'm confused.
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- ukdm 16y agoTechCrunch review: http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/google-nexus-s-review/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/google-nexus-s-review/
- StavrosK 16y agoHTC Evo's battey life is dismal? I have a Desire HD (the European equivalent) and I get two days of normal usage. Of course, I never use it normally, as I'm always browsing websites or playing games, but I did when I attempted it. However, I do imagine that the AMOLED display will not draw as much power, so it might indeed last longer.
- ebtalley 16y agoOh yeah, the battery on my EVO doesn't last much more than a couple hours. Even sitting overnight will drain the battery 30% it seems. Even with that its such a better phone than any other I have used on sprint.
- dotBen 16y agoReplace the stock firmware with a custom one. Not only will you appreciate the flexibility and extra functionality the battery life will no doubt improve. My Evo can go at least a day and usually most of 2 days on a single charge. I use FreshEVO Firmware, but there are other options too.
- CountSessine 16y agohttp://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4045/34360.png http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph4045/34360.png from a recent review by Anand: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4045/lgs-optimus-7-samsungs-focus-reviewed-a-tale-of-two-windows-phones/9 http://www.anandtech.com/show/4045/lgs-optimus-7-samsungs-fo... Also, AMOLED will only be more efficient if you view dark screens more often than bright ones, which I don't think would be true for most web browsing. Update: eliminated shortened urls.
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- xorglorb 16y ago1GHz CPU, 512MB RAM... Kind of sounds like the iPhone 4 (from July) with NFC support and a built-in VOIP client.
- ctkrohn 16y agoKind of sounds like my Powerbook G4 from a couple years ago. Pretty remarkable how quickly things change.
- andybak 16y agoThe specs are nearly identical to the Galaxy S/Captivate etc.
- sourc3 16y agoYes, as a former owner of Galaxy S, it is pretty much the same phone but I used to love that phone. Now using a myTouch 4G and appreciating the screen quality of the Galaxy.
- pyre 16y agoAnd? By comparing it to the iPhone 4 are you implying that it shouldn't be release because Apple 'scooped' them on these specs. They should just kill the project and redesign with better specs in an attempt to 'beat Apple?'
- mike-cardwell 16y agoThe Nexus One also had a 1GHz CPU and 512MB RAM, and came out before the iPhone 4. What's your point?
- drivebyacct2 16y agoThe Hummingbird is a whole new beast though.
- rbancroft 16y agohttp://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/07/06/samsungs-hummingbird-processor-destroys-its-competition/ http://thenextweb.com/mobile/2010/07/06/samsungs-hummingbird... impressive... I have a snapdragon 1ghz in my phone and it is pretty decent. Would be interesting to see the difference if any on normal phone tasks.
- andreyf 16y agoThe product release landing page is here: http://www.google.com/nexus/ http://www.google.com/nexus/ Quite a simple/beautiful HTML5 design, IMO.
- peng 16y agoThe design is quite amateurish. The curvature of the header crowds out the (overly-busy) logo and makes me gag. The drop shadow for it cuts off abruptly at the sides, instead of fading into white. The 'S' for Nexus S is flimsy and generic. In fact, all the icons on the site are pretty ugly. The site does have simplicity going for it. Apple just seems to execute so much better in this area.
- s3graham 16y agoThat's funny, my first thought was that it looked exactly like an Apple product page, almost embarrassingly so.
- brown9-2 16y agoThis is a giant tangent but - what is HTML5 about this site?
- cryptoz 16y agoWell for one, the whole thing is HTML5 given that the page's DOCTYPE is <!doctype html> I don't have time to look deeper right now.
- jerhinesmith 16y agoIt looks like that's about it (other than a few "data-*" attributes thrown in). Unless I'm missing something, there's nothing here that couldn't have been done in HTML 4. HTML 5 is great and all, but please let's not turn it into a marketing buzz-word when it's not really necessary.
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- tc 16y agoSince I know that many Googlers follow HN, I just want to say: Thank you. Thank you for ensuring that a clean, root-able, modern phone is available for developers and all those who like to fully own the devices they purchase.
- StavrosK 16y agoDo Australians get a kick out of hearing that a phone is rootable? I am led to believe that the word means something entirely different there...
- T-zex 16y agoThis just means that you can do with your phone anything... anything.
- JonnieCache 16y agoTo root essentially means to fuck down in australia.
- T-zex 16y agoSame as "anything... anything".
- anarchitect 16y agoRootable like a beaut sheila!
- trotsky 16y ago"Near Field Communications (NFC)" So the ability to both emulate a contactless smartcard and interrogate passive rfid devices. Pretty damn cool - the ability to open doors/start cars/unlock computers/pay for stuff just with your phone without resorting to bluetooth/wifi hacks or addon hardware. Also opens you up to lots of potential applications for extra information in the real world on things that otherwise don't have barcodes.
- aw3c2 16y ago* open doors/start cars/unlock computers/pay for stuff just with your phone* Another reason why Android badly needs proper security like encryption of the whole system. I am really scared about losing my phone already and it only contains private information, no keys or money or anything like that.
- trotsky 16y agoI believe this technology is usually implemented smart card style, ie in a tamper resistant package with an integrated cryptographic processor. So while yes, you could lose it it wouldn't be (reasonably) copyable - and you'd be in a similar situation to if you lost your keys or your credit card. In this case you'd need to revoke the keys, similar to changing your locks or credit card numbers. I also believe the contactless payment functionality should at least have an option (or require) a separate PIN.
- metabrew 16y agoHell yes, my number one most desired feature for android is proper strong encryption of the whole system. I'm reticent to cache any passwords on there or store useful but sensitive data on my phone since I can't easily encrypt it (unlike my laptop).
- trotsky 16y agoFile based encrypters might do your sensitive stuff fairly easy - there are a lot of options out there. I understand the ease of system encryption, but then your files are still available to other apps/exploits or if the attacker roots the phone. For instance the iphone AES-256 is easy enough to jb and get at a full unencrypted fs even without knowing the PIN.
- qeorge 16y agoNice! I have an N1, love it, and was apprehensive about my options going forward.
- gcb 16y agoWow. You love the buggy touch screen? And the fact that google gave zero support for the phone, to the point of shutting down the community help forum. Amazing.
- eli 16y agoMy Nexus One touchscreen works fine. And the one time I called tech support it seemed acceptable.
- gcb 16y agowow. you will really tell me that your touch screen never, ever, becames crazy from time to time and you have to lock and unlock your nexus one so it can came back? mine happens 90% that the phone is charging and i pick it up. most of the time i have to call someone back because i couldn't even pick the call thanks to the touch screen bug. or we have some 13 google employees here (who should be fixing those bugs instead of wasting time here :D) or your phone are really better than mine and some hundreds that complain about that. just check youtube.
- eli 16y agoYes, I will really tell you that my touch screen has never, ever done that. I don't think my wife's has either. Perhaps there is a batch with a faulty hardware component.
- gcb 16y agoGood to know. didn't know there were "good phones". will try to contact them for the 10th time and hope they will at least reply to me this time. thank you
- mortenjorck 16y agoAs this is a product page and not a comparison matrix, why does it specifically call out the omission of some features like infrared and physical keyboard? Not that I don't appreciate Google being forthcoming about what they chose to leave out (though who expects IR anyway?), but it seems an odd marketing choice.
- Jach 16y agoI've never owned a cell phone so I may be ignorant, but isn't IR used all over the place for apps that want to scan barcodes or those fancy encrypted images to download an app off a webpage?
- eli 16y agoNo, those use the camera.
- wvenable 16y agoNo, the camera is used for that. IR was used for what bluetooth is used for now.
- viraptor 16y agoNot in every situation. Still waiting for TVs to migrate to bluetooth ;)
- sliverstorm 16y agoI for one sure am not holding my breath on that one. You have any idea how much faster the batteries in your remote would die? And it'd never work, because you'd always have to re-pair it.
- wvenable 16y agoWiimotes don't always have to be re-paired with the Wii.
- jared314 16y agoStill no FM Radio. I don't understand why it is so hard to get that feature.
- powrtoch 16y agoRequires extra hardware, and I have to imagine that the vast majority of people would prefer to listen to their 16 GB of mp3s. I think you're just in the minority on demand for this feature.
- nfg 16y ago> Requires extra hardware Are you sure? For comparison the iPhone uses a Broadcom BCM4325 http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Silicon-and-Software-Solutions/BCM4325 http://www.broadcom.com/products/Bluetooth/Bluetooth-RF-Sili... for Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, this chip also can also do FM Rx. Of course that functionality isn't exposed...
- wzdd 16y agoI doubt that Apple could expose it with a software update -- presumably to receive FM with the chip you would also need an FM antenna and attendant mainboard changes (not to mention room in the case). These things sound like extra hardware to me.
- nuclear_eclipse 16y agoAt least on the Nexus One, your headphones are the antenna...
- metageek 16y agoSame with my last few Nokia phones.
- ben1040 16y agoThe N1 has a similar Broadcom chipset (BCM4329), and although the FM radio functionality is not enabled on the stock N1, it's been enabled in recent Cyanogen builds.
- sjs 16y agoFor those who have No Fucking Clue what NFC is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near_Field_Communication
- powrtoch 16y agoI see what you did there.
- cloudwalking 16y agoI think this is the coolest new feature, and I hope all new phones have NFC. RFID tags scan way quicker than QR codes, and don't rely on decent lighting (or an ugly code). Further, NFC means the device also has it's own RFID tag. Visa: please replace my credit card with an app. Your card readers already have the near-field hardware!
- potatolicious 16y agoPrinting something on a label/piece of paper is still orders of magnitude cheaper than embedding a RFID tag... Also, Gingerbread does not support writing from the device (i.e., your phone cannot act as its own RFID tag), I'm supposing the hardware support is there, though.
- ramchip 16y agoThere's a similar system already in place in Japan, it's quite impressive. You can link a credit card to your phone and actually use it like a ticket at train gates, or buy stuff and pay the bills at convenience stores by scanning the phone. Adoption seems to be a bit slow though, probably because of the risk of linking a phone to a credit card, and sheer habit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaifu-Keitai http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osaifu-Keitai
- alphabeat 16y agoI wonder if it supports NFC such that I can replace all my swipe cards and it can identifying itself based on GPS. That would be pretty handy.
- oomkiller 16y agoVoIP and NFC certainly look interesting. Will the VoIP/SIP support allow me to interface with my PBX for mobile extension calling? I sure hope so!
- Andys 16y agoFWIW, i have been using VoIP with my original Android G1 all this time with the SIPdroid program. It works fairly well.
- mrbill 16y agoOther than NFC, more internal storage, and Gingerbread pre-installed, this pretty much has the same specs as my Nexus One, which I've been very happy with (no touch screen bugs here).
- potomak 16y agoI think NFC changes the rules of the game. This is why I'd call it Nexus N(FC)!
- bkorte 16y agoUgh, Can't use it in my area of Canada. Need AT&T compatibility. Damn you, TMobile.
- brown9-2 16y agoConnectivity Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700 HSPA type: HSDPA (7.2Mbps) HSUPA (5.76Mbps) AT&T doesn't work on any of these bands in your area? Which frequency do they use?
- metageek 16y agoAT&T 3G is on 850 and 1900. So the GP would be able to use EDGE, but not 3G. It's a little odd that a phone which clearly has the antennas to run on 850 and 1900 can't use them for 3G. (Yes, I know it's common. It's still odd.)
- CountSessine 16y agohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands AT&T doesn't work on any bands, period, in the poster's area - he's in Canada. Rogers, Telus, and Bell in Canada, and AT&T in the US, all operate HSPA (3G) networks on the CLR and PCS (850MHz and 1900MHz) bands. 900 and 1800 are Europe only GSM and DCS bands. 2100 can mean either the European IMT band or the US/Canada AWS band. 1700 denotes that US/Canada AWS band. Anyways, it appears that the Nexus S only supports the GSM, IMT, and AWS bands for modern wireless communications (HSPA). That sucks because it means that in Canada you're stuck with Wind Mobile who have a terrible network. TL;DR The Nexus S isn't much of an option in Canada. Thanks, Google.
- babblefrog 16y agoYou should be able to get a Samsung Captivate from Rogers, which looks to be very similar hardware-wise, though a couple of revs back in OS.
- CountSessine 16y agoIf we wanted a locked phone, there are many more options than the Captivate on Rogers. The whole point of this is to get a developer phone without carrier-specific garbage attached to it, a rooting procedure that's a bit easier than an iPhone jailbreak, and an OS that can be updated in a timely fashion when Google releases it. And for Canucks, this means living with Wind Mobile.
- danramteke 16y agoHmmm. I wonder about much web surfing battery it has. There is quite a jump between talk time and standby time. I assume browsing uses up more battery than talking. "Talk time 6 hours Standby time (max) 428 hours"
- nodata 16y agoThe Engadget review talks about talk time and internet usage as the same thing, so I guess 6 hours.
- camiller 16y ago<sarcasm> at least it is still on the United States largest super regional carrier available in all 49 of the states I am not living in. </sarcasm> sigh.
- JulianMorrison 16y agoThat thing is a desktop PC. It happens to be phone shaped, but geez.
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- andre 16y agono freakin' keyboard
- crocowhile 16y agommmh. I was not impress with the iphone 4 and I am not impressed with this either. I have a nexus one and the only thing that make me jealous with the S is the NFC. Are we reaching a plateau in mobile phone development?
- jonknee 16y agoHow can you be impressed or not with a device you have not even touched? What about it isn't impressive?
- slashclee 16y agoI'm withholding my final judgment until I can play with one in person, but honestly, I kind of see the original poster's point. If you have a Nexus One, what do you get by upgrading to the S? The Nexus One already has the 800×480 screen, the 1GHz processor (though it's an older Snapdragon instead of the newer Hummingbird SoC), the 512MB of RAM... Where's the dual-core CPU? The higher-resolution screen? The extra RAM? There's not a lot of incentive to upgrade here unless you need a curved screen or NFC.
- jmillikin 16y agoThe nexus one's screen is actually more like 650x400, since they have some weird tricks to squeeze in subpixels. The Galaxy S line (I have a Vibrant, currently) has a much better screen. Galaxies also have higher-resolution touch detection and better graphics chips; they offload a lot of the UI rendering to hardware, which makes the experience very smooth. Unfortunately, Samsung is dragging their feet on upgrades. Current Galaxy owners are stuck on 2.1, with no news about 2.2. A Google-branded phone, with Galaxy hardware, is exciting. That said, it's a $600 phone; if you've already got last-years $600 phone, do you really need to upgrade?
- 51Cards 16y agoStorage, plain and simple. The Nexus One has a pitifully small internal application storage and everyone I know with one (who chooses not to root it) battles with space for applications. The 16Gig internal would be a dream. (though the lack of an SD slot really sucks... as does the lack of an LED)
- mgcross 16y agoUnder features, portable wi-fi hotspot is touted with no additional carrier fees. This currently works on T-Mobile with my Nexus one, but I assumed I was "getting away" with something. T-Mobile charges $15 for tethering/hotspot on other devices.
- eli 16y agoAccording to this http://www.tmonews.com/2010/12/nexus-s-product-page-goes-live-techcrunch-reviews-early-and-we-get-jealous/ http://www.tmonews.com/2010/12/nexus-s-product-page-goes-liv... US pricing is $529 unlocked and $199 with two years on T-Mobile
- theBobMcCormick 16y agoI'm disappointed nobody seems to be discussing the curved display. Are there any other touchscreen devices with curved screens? If so, have any of you had any experience using one? I'm quite curious to find out out if that's a useful feature or not.
- adolph 16y agoIs the display itself curved or is the display cover?
- theBobMcCormick 16y agoSupposedly the display itself is subtly curved. http://www.google.com/nexus/#!/features http://www.google.com/nexus/#!/features
- aubergene 16y agoThe Palm Pre had a slightly curved display, it was pretty nice I thought.
- mjs 16y agoReally? If my original Palm Pre has a curved screen, it's basically imperceptible. (And if anything, looks to be convex, not concave.)
- drivebyacct2 16y agoI apologize, this is barely tangentially related... but I'm excited to endorse Google and T-Mobile... I'm currently paying Verizon $40/month for an extra line on a family plan, and unlimited data with no tethering (though I do for free via CM6.1). I could have my own account with T-Mobile and get unlimited data for $50/month with no voice minutes. I can use Google Voice and the Gizmo SIP Provider to be accessible via Voice Calls. I want the Nexus S. I am tired of Verizon, Motorola and HTC's nonsense with the locked NAND and the locked Bootloader. No new VZW phones have custom roms, in fact, hardly any since the Droid 1. Go Google. Go T-Mobile. Thanks for not being (as) evil (as everyone else).
- trotsky 16y agoI wish tmo wasn't the only major carrier without a 3g femtocell option. I can't even get tmobile 2g at my house.
- marklabedz 16y agoI could easily overlook this if they rolled out UMA (aka Generic Network Access) on all handsets. Its been the saving grace for me on my Blackberry, especially in large convention centers with poor cell reception. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_Access_Network
- trotsky 16y agoyeah. seems they've basically abandoned uma though. speculation is uma cannabalizes their 3g. The U.S. arm of the German phone giant is a big supporter of Google’s Android OS, and last week, when I asked a T-Mobile USA representative if there were plans to add UMA to Android phones, he said T-Mobile will continue to support UMA on the current and forthcoming BlackBerry devices and Nokia E73. That’s four models in total. In other words, T-Mobile has no plans on adding UMA to Android phones. http://gigaom.com/2010/09/13/is-t-mobile-backing-away-from-uma/ http://gigaom.com/2010/09/13/is-t-mobile-backing-away-from-u...
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- tocomment 16y agoCan anyone provide us with a step by step instructions on how to get this phone? I'm really confused about buying a phone plan after I buy the phone.
- compay 16y agoNow, if only it could do HSPA on band 1900 so I could get 3G with it in Buenos Aires. :(
- spaghetti 16y agoHas anyone here cancelled their att iPhone service? i.e. gotten out of the 2 year contract early? I know this sounds ridiculous but I'd like to make the switch to T-Mobile and Android.
- stanleydrew 16y agoI don't think that sounds ridiculous.
- jcl 16y agoIt sounds like since the Nexus S runs stock Android it may not include the Swype text input system common on other Android phones -- practically a killer app for touchscreen text entry. Does anyone know if it will be available on the Nexus S (either preinstalled or as an add-on)?
- cheald 16y agoSwype may still be running their general beta, so there are APKs floating about that let you install it. I'm a SwiftKey guy myself, though.
- eapen 16y agoSeems really similar to the Samsung Galaxy S (Vibrant) and I am disappointed to see it doesn’t have the 1. roller ball 2. physical buttons (that you can feel) for home/back/menu/search 3. LED (for notifications) Now, if only Samsung would upgrade the GalaxyS owners to 2.2 (as promised) or 2.3 (wishful thinking).
- mklappstuhl 16y agoSince it has bascially the same specs as the Galaxy S it would be really nice if Samsung would stop all there closed source/custom (Bada+)Android stuff. I always waited for the opportunity to use a stock Android on my Galaxy S. Hopefully this will be possible soon.
- klbarry 16y agoMan, looking at that landing page, you cannot have a doubt in your mind that google has absolutely no style. Emotion is an important part of decision making too, Google!
- nemik 16y agoIt's a shame the NFC support isn't complete. Supposedly can only read tags for now, not emulate them (though the NXP PN544 chip is perfectly capable of that). http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/package-summary.html http://developer.android.com/reference/android/nfc/package-s... is looking VERY sparse. Hopefully it gets completed soon.
- ars 16y agoWhen it says "Three-axis gyroscope" does it actually mean "Three-axis accelerometer"? Or can I really use my phone to stabilize myself in space?
- seiji 16y agoProbably something like http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9070 http://www.sparkfun.com/products/9070 iPhone 4 added one too: http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
- jagbolanos 16y agoI guess it is a 3-axis gyro + 3-axis accelerometer so this would enable it as an inertial measurement unit (IMU). The iphone 4 also has it http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/ http://www.apple.com/iphone/design/
- riffraff 16y agoam I the only want noticing the speech recognition feature "go to reddit" ?
- Matt_Cutts 16y agoI thought that was a cute touch.
- jsz0 16y agoI'm pleasantly surprised people aren't having a privacy freak-out over NFC yet. My concern is more practical: too many eggs in one basket. I feel like if NFC were to really live up to its hype I would need to keep a secondary device with me at all times as a backup in the same way I carry multiple credit cards and have a spare set of keys for my car. I suppose when it becomes a more mature technology that would be an ideal use for an older generation phone with NFC.
- zmmmmm 16y agoYes. I'm kind of puzzled and sad about NFC in general - at a technical level it seems to be basically trying to do the same thing as bluetooth, just with a different security profile. If they had somehow built this thing on top of a bluetooth profile we might have seen way more rapid adoption with backporting to all kinds of different devices - as it is, I don't expect to see this at a retailer near me for years.
- mblakele 16y agoIndeed. Losing a transit card is bad. Losing a credit card is bad. Losing a phone is bad. Losing all of these at the same time? Yes, let's figure out a backup system.
- maqr 16y agoI wish they would announce this sort of things months ahead of time. It's so hard to plan around contract renewals. I just bought a G2, but would much rather have had this.
- zmmmmm 16y agoI'm mildly disappointed that it's only released on T-Mobile. I had figured that one reason to go with a Samsung device was that they already shipped a single core hardware set to every carrier, so there would be a low barrier to getting this thing on every carrier (or at least more than one). I guess this is not under Google's control, but still, I had hopes ...
- mgcross 16y agoI am too. I've been on T-Mobile for years, and I'm relatively happy with their service, but 3G reception (although fast when I can get it) simply isn't on par with AT&T. Aside from that, I just don't like the fact that even though my phone is unlocked, I can really only use Tmo or wifi for fast data.
- eitland 16y agoWhen will we see an international version?
- mitjak 16y agoWhy is this an exciting phone? Genuinely curious. The specs seem the same as (CPU) or lower than (display resolution) than N1. EDIT: My bad. Looks like the screen resolution is identical.
- GeneralMaximus 16y agoShiny and plasticky is the signature Samsung look. Great hardware, great screen, but the handset itself ends up looking cheap. This is one reason I returned my Galaxy S, and now Samsung have done it again. Edit: okay, the actual images don't look that bad.
- r4ps 16y agoNo offline maps?! The Google boys need to go out more and see how the real world uses their phones. Very often, I found myself needing maps the most in areas with poor network reception (e.g., the Swiss Alps) and in places where data connectivity was not an option (e.g., London underground). I was very excited to hear about HTC implementing such a feature in their latest Sense builds and I hope Google will catch up and make it a native feature. Edit: Okay, it seems they know about the problem and apparently the new version of Google Maps for Mobile will have some sort of offline caching capabilities. Hurray!
- chrisbroadfoot 16y agoI suppose you didn't see this: http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/android-map-app-3d-compass-offline/ http://techcrunch.com/2010/12/06/android-map-app-3d-compass-...
- Raphael 16y ago>16GB of memory Not the clearest phrasing. 16GB solid state, 512MB RAM.