Google Nexus S, The First Gingerbread Android Smartphone

After a long wait, Google finally officially introduced the Nexus S, namely smart phones in collaboration with the search engine giant Samsung. The result, for Nexus S has a similar appearance Galaxy S plots Samsung products. That at least can be seen from the specification it carries, which was recorded not far different with the Galaxy S.

The main difference lies in the operating system diusungnya, where Nexus S eventually going to adopt the new Android operating system version 2.3 aka Gingerbread. In fact, Andy Rubin, Google's VP of Engineering also revealed that the Nexus S would glide along with the inauguration of the Android 2.3 aka Gingerbread.

In order to present the best performance, the Samsung Nexus S seconded Hummingbird 1 GHz processor. Also, 16 GB of internal memory and a graphical processing unit (GPU) partial. Another interesting capability of the Nexus S that supports multitasking perfect. Besides it can also be relied on to Wi-Fi hotspot and internet access callling. Nexus S also claimed as the first Android smart phone is equipped with a chip called Near Field Communication (NFC), which can be used to read digital barcode.

Google screen Nexus S pinning type super thin AMOLED measuring 4 inches. The displays are also coated with a strong glass, antigores, antidebu, and no fingerprint marks by up to clear the screen always remains visible.

Software embedded and mobile applications Samsung Nexus S was fairly quite attractive. Call it the Google Search, Google Maps with Navigation (Beta), Mobile Instant, Voice Actions, Gmail, and Google Earth. Not quite up there, users can freely access the portal Android Market, where there has been available more than 100,000 applications.

V2.3 Android Smartphone is also equipped with other features such as Voice Actions, which can be used to make voice-based command, which almost could be used in all menus. For example, to play music, send SMS, call, or navigating.

Unfortunately, the official Nexus S until news of this writing has not been revealed. But, if you look at the features that will bring the audience might expect candidates to spend enough.

Specification :

General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1700 / 2100

Announced 2010, December

Status Available. Released 2010, December

Size Dimensions 123.9 x 63 x 10.9 mm

Weight 129 g

Display Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size 480 x 800 pixels, 4.0 inches

- Oleophobic surface

- Contour Display with curved glass screen

- Multi-touch input method

- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

- Touch-sensitive controls

- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off

- Three-axis gyro sensor

Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones

Speakerphone Yes

- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall

Call records Practically unlimited

Internal 16GB storage, 512 MB RAM

Card slot No

Data GPRS Yes

EDGE Yes

3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n; DLNA

Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP

Infrared port No

USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB

Camera Primary 5 MP, 2560 x 1920 pixels, autofocus, LED flash

Features Geo-tagging, touch focus

Video Yes, WVGA@30fps

Secondary Yes, VGA

Features OS Android OS, v2.3 Gingerbread

CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor

Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM, RSS

Browser HTML

Radio No

Games Yes

Colors Black

GPS Yes, with A-GPS support

Java Via third party application

- Social networking integration

- Digital compass

- MP4/DivX/WMV/H.264/H.263 player

- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC player

- Organizer

- Image/video editor

- Document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)

- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,

YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Picasa integration

- Flash Player v10.1

- Voice memo/dial/commands

- Predictive text input

- Near Field Communications

Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

Stand-by Up to 713 h (2G) / Up to 428 h (3G)

Talk time Up to 14 h (2G) / Up to 6 h 40 min (3G)