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by Jared DiPane
Apr 14, 2011
Boot animations are something that are not always customized, but when they are they have the ability to be almost anything. XDA member thermanlee has taken some time to make a rather funny boot...
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by Kyle Gibb
Apr 13, 2011
Best Buy has gone ahead and put up its pre-order page for the WiMax-enabled Sprint Nexus S 4G. The phone will run you $199.99 on new or upgrade two-year contract. We still only have the ever-vag...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 05, 2011
While I can't say we've seen any Nexus S commercials in either the U.S. or Canada, France has been making no bones about running them. The above video is said to be running pretty heavily across Frenc...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 03, 2011
The rumors of a version of the Nexus S that's friendly to the 850 and 1900MHz bands that AT&T uses -- and that will be released in the United States and not require importing -- have ci...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 02, 2011
And did we mention it's a white Nexus S?There's been no official word from Samsung or Google, but the Nexus S with GSM 850/1900 radio bands has shown up for sale at Negri Electronics' online store.&nb...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 02, 2011
Dunno from whom or where this came, but it sure looks like someone's about to get all trained up on the Sprint Nexus S 4G. (See our hands-on at CTIA.) And it sure does look like it could see an April...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Mar 28, 2011
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google has begun working with Mastercard and Citigroup to make NFC mobile payments a reality. NFC, or near-field communication, was touted by Eric Schmidt bac...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 24, 2011
Alongside recent Nexus S 4G announcements, Google has revealed that the original 3G version of its flagship phone has just launched in an additional 17 countries including Ireland, Australi...
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by Sean Brunett
Mar 23, 2011
The Nexus S is a fantastic device, but users found themselves often missing the blinking notifications found on the Nexus One. Rest assured Nexus S owners, because our friends over at XDA have brought...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 21, 2011
Behold, the Sprint Nexus S 4G! It's a Nexus S, erm, with 4G! True to the rumors, Sprint's finally gotten itself a Google developer phone. It's the same Nexus S you know on T-Mobile, only it's on ...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 21, 2011
We're not all that far off from CTIA kicking off and low and behold some more information has already snuck out about what Sprint may be announcing in their time there. We've seen plenty of rumors and...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 10, 2011
If you've been wanting to get your hands on the latest Android developer's phone, Best Buy now has the Nexus S on sale for a mere $99 bucks with a T-Mobile two-year agreement. That's half price,...
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by Andrew Melnizek
Feb 25, 2011
Every now and then updates come with interesting little surprises. Sometimes good, sometimes not. And in the case of the Android 2.3.3 update to the Nexus S, it appears to be the latter. Users in the...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Feb 24, 2011
If you were a recipient of the Android 2.3.3 OTA that went out to the Nexus S, or went ahead and did it manually, you may have noticed that Facebook contact syncing is suddenly missing. That's because...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2011
The Android 2.3.3 (GRI40 for those keeping score at home) OTA update for the Samsung Nexus S has started to roll out, but there's no need to wait -- it's a breeze to manually install. Think of i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2011
An AT&T-3G version of the Samsung Nexus S has been rumored for a while now, but while poking around at Google's Android Open Source Project git repository I noticed one of the changes made for 2.3...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 21, 2011
One of our favorite drinking games is "Guess the OS version." Someone plops down a phone in front of the "Roach" (the person who's guessing), and they have to, well, guess. Wh...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 09, 2011
Vodafone has announced that it'll soon be selling the Nexus S on contract in 24 countries. The carrier will be offering the Nexus S in the original black, as well as the previously rumored white...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 31, 2011
The Samsung Nexus S will be coming to Vodafone Germany. Sourcing a Vodafone preview site, German blog Mobiflip also confirms that the German Nexus S will retain the same Super AMO...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 28, 2011
You know that rebooting problem that's been plaguing the Samsung Nexus S since its launch? Sounds like Google's just about got it nipped in the bud, and a fix should ship in the next week or two....
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 27, 2011
We've heard this plenty of times before. Heck, even Dave Dobbin, CEO of Mobilicity said it was going to happen at some point but now, we've got more evidence of it actually coming to reality. A...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 27, 2011
Welp, there's proof that a white-backed Samsung Nexus S is more than just a pretty render. The Next Web was sent this pic that reportedly is of a phone headed to Vodafone in the UK, and possibly the ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 21, 2011
The Nexus One isn't the only phone getting an OTA today, the Android 2.3.2 update has started rolling out to the Nexus S as well. It's small ( only about 600 kb or so) and while we're not 100 pe...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 20, 2011
Dave Dobbin, CEO of Canadian carrier Mobilicity, dropped by a sponsored forum member meet-up last night and revealed that the Nexus S, so far absent from Canada, will be launching there someti...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 20, 2011
If you're rocking a Nexus S and are concerned about that SMS bug that could cause you to inadvertently send a text to the wrong person if you're not paying attention, rest easy. Samsung and Goog...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 11, 2011
The new Android Market client is finally being pushed to the Samsung Nexus S. Nobody is really sure what took so long for Google's newest phone to get with the program; guesses range from Ginger...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 10, 2011
We've seen this happen in the past on many devices, but this is a first for the Samsung Nexus S. Yes, the beautiful Samsung Nexus S that runs Gingerbread out of the box has now been persuaded to run ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 10, 2011
Are you a Samsung Nexus S owner who has been experiencing random reboots during calls? If so, you'll be pleased to know that Google has now been able to replicate the issue and is working with Samsung...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 05, 2011
Hate the winter cold, and want to keep your fingers warm and toasty even while using your phone? You're not alone, and if you picked up a Samsung Nexus S you don't even have to take the gloves o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2011
Take the Nexus S, add a little whiskey (Team Whiskey that is) to the kernel, and you get a step closer to warp speed on your phone. On the left is the outcome of a Nenamark benchmark run,...
