Google’s Eric Schmidt has just been addressing the Web 2.0 conference, and took to the stage holding the much-rumoured new Google phone – the Nexus S. Yes, it’s real now. Schmidt didn’t mention the hardware manufacturer, but this is clearly the same Samsung-made Android phone that’s been all over the internet for some time.
Schmidt didn’t give much away about the phone itself, either, save for announcing it will arrive including support for the NFC protocol – the short-range chip-reading tool used to make micro-transactions. He also said Android 2.3 will arrive within the “next few weeks”, presumably on the Nexus S first.
The US version held by Schmidt was pictured running on T-Mobile – but we’re expecting the Nexus S to arrive SIM-free around the world, as we discovered some weeks ago. It is Google’s next big thing, after all. Link & pics via Engadget.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt this afternoon gave a sneak peak at Gingerbread -- Android 2.3 -- on "an unannounced" Android device that sure looked a lot like the Samsung Nexus S. It's all going down as we type at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco.
Will we "get" Gingerbread today? Doesn't sound like it. Schmidt said Gingerbread is on its way "in the coming weeks." And as we've said before, we still have to see the SDK and what-not before it starts rolling out to phones, with the Nexus One likely among the first. [Web 2.0 Summit]
Here’s a video of Google’s Eric Schmidt waving around his “new operating system aligned with a potential hardware device” at the Web 2.0 conference last night. It’s the Nexus S, even though Eric refused to name it or the hardware manufacturer during the event.
Don’t be put off by the intimidating 44:48 advertised runtime of the below clip – the new Google-branded Android phone is the very first thing they talk about.
Eric, no need to be so coy. We know all about it already. It’s the Samsung Nexus S. You’re not very well informed for a man whose job is the internet. Links via Engadget and Mobiflip.
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