This year I decided to buy the Google unlocked Galaxy Nexus, thinking of doing some development on Android.

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In 2012, for instance, Google gave away a Galaxy Nexus phone, a Nexus 7 tablet, and a Nexus Q media streaming device.

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Granted, neither Computerworld nor the Wall Street Journal could confirm that this is indeed the reason why Verizon has banned Google Wallet on the Galaxy Nexus (among other upcoming phones, apparently).

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As part of the case, Apple has sought to stop sales of the Galaxy Nexus phone, which Google developed with Samsung.

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The latest version is optimised for use with the latest and most popular smartphone handsets including the Samsung Galaxy S3, HTC One X and Google Nexus 4.

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The big problem, however, is that the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 isn't as good as Google's Nexus.

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The app will be optimized for several Google-powered handsets, including the Galaxy S2, S3, Ace, Nexus 4 and (perhaps oddly) the HTC One S. However, according to Pocket-Lint, the incoming app will still work on handsets running Android 2.3, just, well, unoptimized.

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Even the Galaxy Nexus, a phone that's supposed to be getting timely updates and represent Google's pure vision, saw its share of irked users after Google and Samsung let Verizon have a say in the software.

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Google has unveiled its next-generation Android operating system, called Ice Cream Sandwich, on a new Galaxy Nexus phone made by Samsung.

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