Paypal and Nexus S Pairs Up

Looks like it's not just the smartphone market that's heating up, Paypal is none to happy about Google Wallet and has paired up with the Nexus S to unveil a smartphone to smartphone mobile payment plan.  The Near Field Communications (NFC) wireless technology that was debuted alongside the Nexus S was used by Paypal to demonstrate their new mobile application.  This announcement has come one month after the announcement of Google Wallet.

The technology is extremely simple to use, put to NFC capable devices near each other and use the Android widget to have the payment process between the two.  This is good news for Samsung as there currently aren't many NFC compatible devices available to the market, with the Nexus S being the prime smartphone with the technology.  Other 4G smartphones are following suit, but the Nexus S definitely has the lead over its competitors.

Samsung Galaxy S Runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

Not surprisingly, the Samsung Galaxy S has been hacked into working with Android 2.3.  This is no surprise considering the newly released Samsung Nexus S is just a slightly redesigned Galaxy S with extremely similar hardware.  The wonderful hackers at XDA have taken the Nexus S rom and successfully ported over to the Galaxy S.  Though the port isn't 100% functional at the moment, one can only expect that it will be soon enough.  The WiFi and GPS currently do not work but the other features seem to be smooth and fine.

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Samsung Nexus S First Look - PCWorld

A quick video on the Nexus S from PCWorld.  Looks like the Nexus S is shaping up to be another nice release from Sansung.

Samsung Galaxy S2 is the Nexus S?

The recent rumor flying around the Samsung Galaxy S2, or the Samsung Galaxy 2, is that it's actually the Nexus S with TouchWiz UI overlayed on top. Similar to the Nexus One and the HTC Desire, it could be a play to not only reach out through Google but also through carriers as well. The specs would remain the same, or just slightly different, and the main difference would be TouchWiz UI.

This method did work out well for HTC.  After releasing the Nexus One, they then put SenseUI on top and rebranded the phone as the HTC Desire.  Samsung following close with the same method may work out just as well, and from a business standpoint, it makes sense.

A Conversation with Eric Schmidt

The CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt spoke about an "unannounced device", basically the Nexus S, at the 2010 Web 2.0 Summit.  The 44 minute video of the conversation is now available to watch and it kicks off with the Nexus S.  Interestingly enough, Eric Schmidt does say that there will never be a Nexus Two, but he doesn't mention anything about there never being a successor at all.

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Google CEO and the Nexus S

Google CEO, Eric Schmidt was seen carrying and using the Samsung Nexus S, pictured above, at the 2010 Web 2.0 Summit.  Though he didn't explicitly state that the phone pictured above was the Samsung Nexus S, he did mention that the device he was using was an "unannounced phone" by an "unannounced manufacturer", which was more of a company line than anything.

Nexus S

The Nexus S is the successor to the wildly popular Nexus One. It's all but confirmed that the Nexus S will be manufactured by Samsung and not HTC. It was briefly spotted in an ad, most likely a blunder, by Best Buy.

Is the picture to the left an early leaked photo of the Nexus S? It's highly likely, considering it's packaged with the other Samsung gadgets and it's a never before seen Samsung smartphone. Though it looks very similar to the currently released Samsung Galaxy S, it does have a slightly different appearance.

The latest rumor is that the Nexus S was originally set to debut on November 8th and go on sale on November 11th but the plans were all pulled back when initial test results showed the hardware specs as being rather unfavorable. Apparently the Nexus S has now switched from having a single core processor to a dual core processor. An interesting turn of events.