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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 16, 2011
Googler Jean-Baptiste Queru has just announced the push of Android 4.0.3 to the Android Open Source Project tree. This build is for the Motorola Xoom (U.S. Versions), the Nexus S (all versions...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
Want Ice Cream Sandwich on your Samsung Nexus S but down't want to wait on the update to push out over the air? The dowload location has been found, and we've got your update instructions. W...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2011
We've had unofficial builds of Ice Cream Sandwich on the Samsung Nexus S for a number of weeks now. But today Google announced that the GSM version of the Nexus S will see its Android 4....
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2011
Researchers at N.C. State University have performed a study of eight Android phones (HTC's Legend, EVO 4G, and Wildfire S; Motorola's Droid and Droid X; Samsung's Epic 4G; and the Nexus ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 20, 2011
You didn't think we would stop playing with the Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP ROM for the Nexus S so soon did you? Trust me when I tell you it's almost 100 percent, and well worth the time t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 20, 2011
Here's why we love open-source software folks. With the release of the Ice Cream Sandwich trunk of the Android Open Source Project code came the ability to build it yourself instead of wai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 14, 2011
It's a great day to be an Android geek -- the Ice Cream Sandwich source code is now being pushed to Google's git servers! This is the full release of Android 4.0.1, which is the versio...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 06, 2011
Thanks to the talent and hard work of our very own AC Developer Beezy, we've been playing with Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus S for a while now. One of the cool things that caught our eye...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 03, 2011
NFC may or may not be the future of on-the-go banking, but for most Android fans it's pretty damn cool. That's why there was a whole lot of disappointment when Google decided to go exc...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2011
So here's the story -- supposedly an anonymous fellow purchased a Nexus S on eBay, and to his surprise found it running Ice Cream Sandwich. There are quite a few visual differences, namely...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 28, 2011
Isis, a joint venture of Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile, has announced that the major hardware makers of Android (and Windows 7) phones have climbed on board and will offer hardware that impl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 27, 2011
Hot on the heels of the Nexus One getting an update, the Nexus S is now in the throes of a 17.5-megabyte download that brings Android 2.3.6 (build GRK39C) along with "bug fixes and security pat...
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by Chris Parsons
Sep 02, 2011
Some Samsung Nexus S owners are seeing Android 2.3.6 roll out to their devices. We say some, because not all devices and not all carriers appear to be supported as of yet, though Google states the up...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Sep 01, 2011
Since NASA launched the final Atlantis shuttle mission earlier this summer, the two Nexus S devices on board have been hard at work upgrading three SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 13, 2011
We're back with another reader submitted ROM review, this time around we have Android Central member digitalslacker showing some love for the Nexus S 4G with a great review of Oxygen ROM. I've u...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 11, 2011
The first photos of a phone running Ice Cream Sandwich have been leaked out, and we get to see a little bit of the UI running on a Samsung Nexus S (T-Mobile USA). Visually, things look a bit dif...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 10, 2011
Our pals at CrackBerry are marveling in their first new device in, well, forever, and your old pal Bla1ze is putting them through a bit of a browser battle. Above, you see the iPhone 4, the new Black...
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by Kevin O'Quinn
Aug 02, 2011
Have you been on the fence about the Nexus S? Maybe this will get you to take the plunge. Best Buy will be offering any version of the Nexus S (for T-Mobile, AT&T, and Spri...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 24, 2011
If you are an AT&T customer and have been waiting for a Nexus S that'll actually use your carrier's 3G bands, your big day is here. The Nexus S for AT&T is officially available today at Best B...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2011
Asked this on Twitter earlier today, and let's put it to you folks: We're more than halfway through the year, and chances are we'll see a new Nexus device -- whatever it may be -- by the end of the y...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 21, 2011
Can't say we haven't seen this one coming for a long time, but now it's finally official. AT&T is getting its own Nexus S on July 24. It'll be available only at Best Buy and Best Buy Mobile (...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 18, 2011
Tired of switching cases on your Nexus S (all models) anytime you need something extra rugged? The Seidio CONVERT Combo case for the Nexus S is something you'll want to have a look at. The...
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by Anndrew Vacca
Jul 15, 2011
The Nexus S has arrived on Cincinnati Bell, according to the regional carrier’s website. Customers can grab Samsung’s pure-Google device for $150 on a two year contract or for $300 without...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2011
PayPal has shown their new peer-to-peer NFC payment system at MobileBeat 2011 today, using two Android powered Samsung Nexus S phones. The premise is simple -- open the app on both phones, enter...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 12, 2011
It has been a while since we spoke of the White Nexus S and we were wondering where, exactly it would turn up next for quite a while. As it turns out, the great white Nexus S has now landed in the Gre...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 30, 2011
Fire up Skype today, and you'll be greeted with a nicely redesigned user interface, as well as the ability to use SMS from Skype. But that's not the big feature the internet calling giant is really p...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 31, 2011
Extended batteries and Android go together like peanut butter and jelly. The phones are powerful and connected, and need the juice. The Seidio Innocell 3500mAh battery for the Nexus S take...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 26, 2011
Google today officially announced Google Wallet and Google offers: The search giant's foray into mobile payments. Teaming up with MasterCard, Sprint and Citi -- and using MasterCard's PayPass sys...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 19, 2011
Been waiting for Android 2.3.4 for your Samsung Nexus S i9020A? Well wait no more -- here's the OTA link location and manual update instructions. This link comes direct from Google, a...
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by Chris Parsons
May 12, 2011
By now, the white Samsung Nexus S with AT&T 3G compatibility (that'd be the 850MHz and 1900MHz bands) hitting the U.S. is starting to sound like some other unnamed white device that seemingly too...
