Showing posts with label Nexus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nexus. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Galaxy Nexus U.S. release pushed back to December, confirms Samsung

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Summary: One of the bigger concerns surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is the all-important matter of its U.S. release date. Announced in October, the device was set to be released at an undefined date in late November. But with a week left in the month, Verizon has still been pretty mum on when the device will see [...]

One of the bigger concerns surrounding Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is the all-important matter of its U.S. release date. Announced in October, the device was set to be released at an undefined date in late November. But with a week left in the month, Verizon has still been pretty mum on when the device will see the light of day.

Fortunately, things are becoming a bit more clear. Samsung has confirmed, via Business Insider, that the Galaxy Nexus will drop in December. Perhaps unsurprisingly, there’s still no word on an exact release, nor is Samsung or Verizon giving the device’s precise U.S. price.

Already available in the U.K., the Galaxy Nexus is set to be available in Canada on December 7th. That makes its lack of a U.S. release date that much more significant and also makes it pretty clear that the delay is on Verizon’s end, not Samsung’s.

[Business Insider]

Ricardo Bilton writes for ZDNet's The ToyBox. His work has appeared in The Japan Times, The New York Observer, and The International Business Times, among other publications.


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Sunday, December 4, 2011

Google won't upgrade Nexus One to Ice Cream Sandwich

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Summary: The latest update on Ice Cream Sandwich is good news for Nexus S owners, but bad news for those still holding onto a Nexus One.

When Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus launches later this month, it will herald the arrival of Ice Cream Sandwich, the latest version of Android. That’s exciting news, but for owners of Google’s now-ancient Nexus One there may not be so much to be excited about.

According to Google’s Product Management Director of Android Hugo Barra, the Nexus One is just too old to get the upgrade to the next version of Android. HTC released the phone in January 2010, making the phone just under two years old by this point. It was previously thought that Google would make an attempt to upgrade the Nexus One to Android 4.0, but apparently that’s not the case.

But good news for Nexus S owners: Google is confirming yet again that the device will see the upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich. This time, Barra went further to specify a more concrete timeframe of “within weeks.” That would date it right around the the release of the Galaxy Nexus, which is scheduled for mid-November.

[Telegraph]

Ricardo Bilton writes for ZDNet's The ToyBox. His work has appeared in The Japan Times, The New York Observer, and The International Business Times, among other publications.


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