The Nexus S also contains near field communications (NFC) technology for contactless payments and other transactions.
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The Galaxy S II and Nexus S phones have been particularly successful Android devices.
The Nexus S from Google and Samsung Electronics uses a snappy, 1-gigahertz chip called Hummingbird.
The company won't make any money from direct sales of the Nexus S, a Google spokesman said.
The Nexus S will feature front- and rear-facing cameras so users can make video calls, similar to the iPhone.
The first release of Google Wallet is expected to be released on the Nexus S 4G on the Sprint network.
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The models we saw this week were carrying Nexus S handsets -- relatively cheap solutions bought second-hand off of eBay.
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The only compatible phone so far is the Nexus S 4G, which is only available on Sprint in the United States.
More broadly, Samsung would like the Nexus S, which exclusively incorporates the most advanced version of Android to date, to show its prowess in smartphones.
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The audience was unimpressed with Fujifilm's FinePix 3-D camera or Samsung's Nexus S Google phone, both of which are already available on the market.
Google's Nexus S phone has NFC technology built into the device.
Google, in a blog post, said the new Android software that will power the Nexus S, known as Gingerbread, includes support for so-called near field communications technology.
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As the story goes, a lucky gent ordered a Samsung Nexus S on eBay and, upon its arrival, noticed that his new prized possession looked a little... different.
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The company also said the Nexus S is the first smartphone to feature a four-inch contoured display, designed to better fit the palm of the hand and the side of user's face.
Google wallet already has this security feature, but there have already been reports of hackers being able to port the app on unsecured networks and devices (other than the supported Nexus S 4G on Sprint).
Though Samsung did not showcase any phones at its CTIA press conference, it does have a new handset, on Sprint a 4G version of the Nexus S Android phone that originally launched on T-Mobile USA last year.
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That's not the case at all, of course, and a group of researchers at Stanford's MobiSocial lab have now thrown a few new ideas of their own onto the table after getting a pair of Nexus S phones to play with.
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But the Nexus S, which joins dozens of other Android devices made by numerous manufacturers, could help boost awareness and demand for Android-powered phones, while spurring other companies to develop new handsets that exploit the software, said Charles Golvin, a mobile analyst at Forrester Research.
Creating an Android app named "UltraReset" and using it in tandem with an NFC-enabled Android phone (a Nexus S, in this case), security researchers Corey Benninger and Max Sobell were able to reset and reuse -- free of charge -- transit access cards in both San Francisco's MUNI system and New Jersey's PATH system.
Two of the newest mobile phones, Google's Nexus One and Motorola's Droid, both use MEMS microphones in this way.
The redesigned SoundHound app is available today for Google's Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets as well as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle HD.
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The Nexus 7 is the first tablet in Google's Nexus line of devices and the lead device for Android 4.1, Jelly Bean.
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The site found that both the screen and the 8-megapixel camera were a vast improvement over the Galaxy Nexus, however benchmarks showed that while it's quad-core Snapdragon outpaced last-year's Nexus, it didn't put up the staggering numbers many were expecting.
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Apple is seeking to ban U.S. imports of Galaxy Tab, Galaxy Nexus, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note.
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Samsung's Nexus Prime is the latest in a series of smartphones produced by the Korean company, running Google's Android operating system.
The most noteworthy feature of Google's new Nexus Q device may be this: It's made in the United States.
The big problem, however, is that the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 isn't as good as Google's Nexus.
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First, the Mavericks Civilian Space Foundation tested a Nexus One's ability to deal with the stress of a rocket launch.
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The entire architecture supports Broadcom's Nexus and Trellis software interfaces insuring a seamless continuation of the home gateway and client experience.
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