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Nexus One Gingerbread OTA Update Due in a Few Weeks

, Dec 6th 2010 Discuss [8]

With all of the talk about Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)'s release today, and the upcoming launch of the Samsung Nexus S, there are more than a few people out there, specifically owners of the Nexus One, who are wondering when, exactly, they'll be getting an update to their device. With thew new software's SDK available to download right now, there's sure to be some modified versions of the OS released in no time. But some people want the official, real deal. According to a new tweet from @retomeier, those owners will have to wait a few weeks before they will see an official Over The Air update for their devices. Read The Full Story

The Daily Slash: December 2 2010

, Dec 2nd 2010 Discuss [1]

NASA basically stole the show today, and rightly so, as geobiologist Felisa Wolfe-Simon announced that she and her team had discovered a form of life that existed outside our known spectrum of living beings. Our very definition of life has just expanded. After that, it's just Light Peak this, 4G LTE that, a floating cellphone over there, life-size 3D holographics over there, oh and ANGRY BIRDS SEASONS is now in the Apple app store! And we got an Advent Vega tablet to look at! Hooray! Read The Full Story

Nexus S: What’s Google got to gain?

, Nov 11th 2010 Discuss [9]

“The idea a year and a half ago was to do the Nexus One to try to move the phone platform hardware business forward. It clearly did. It was so successful, we didn’t have to do a second one.” So spoke Google CEO Eric Schmidt back in July 2010, confirming the search giant’s hardware motivations with the HTC-made smartphone and downplaying any intention of a second-generation phone. Now, with the Samsung-made Google Nexus S (aka the Nexus Two or Samsung GT-i9020) confirmed as imminent in all but press release, the question is what Google hopes to achieve with their next self-branded device.

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Shhh! Chrome OS Releases in November!

, Nov 1st 2010 Discuss [2]

Don't tell anyone! Component makers are whispering that the fabled Google Chrome OS will ship in November - THIS November. That's THIS MONTH. Acer made promises that Chrome OS devices would be released this fall, while Digitimes reports the launch of the OS to be this month, with Google supposedly planning the launch its own brand Chrome notebook along the lines of Nexus One. Read The Full Story

Google Nexus Two tipped for Carphone Warehouse UK release

, Oct 27th 2010 Discuss [3]

Google and UK retailer Carphone Warehouse are tipped to be collaborating on a second-gen Google-branded Android smartphone, currently known as the Google Nexus Two, scheduled for a holiday release.  The news comes via UK business paper City AM, whose source suggests that Google is attempting to use the retailer's broad sales network to bypass customer-reluctance encountered in web-only sales of the Google Nexus One. Read The Full Story

Nexus One gets MeeGo, plus Dell Streak & HTC Desire [Video]

, Sep 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

If you've a taste for MeeGo and a Google Nexus One lying around - or, for that matter, a Dell Streak or an HTC Desire - then you'll be pleased to hear that the open-source team over at the MeeGo Wiki are busy slapping the Intel/Nokia collaboration onto all manner of Android handsets.  As you'd hope, much of the device functionality is working, so you could feasibly have a MeeGo smartphone long before Nokia get their act together. Read The Full Story

HTC make Super LCD for Desire and Nexus One official

, Jul 26th 2010 Discuss [4]

HTC has announced that it will be using Super LCD (SLCD) displays in its smartphones later in the summer, in response to the shortage of AMOLED panels that has been limiting supply of some of the company's most popular devices.  As we heard last month, that's led HTC to look to alternative screen technologies, and now they've officially confirmed that handsets like the Nexus One and Desire will switch to the Sony-made SLCD panels. Read The Full Story

Google Nexus One Officially Sold Out from Store

, Jul 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

We heard a couple of days ago that the Nexus One, the first "superphone," was going to meet its end within the official Google Phone Store; and while we assumed that it wouldn't last long, we're still surprised to see that it happened this fast. Just two days later, and Google's letting everyone know that the last Nexus One has already been sent out, leaving the digital store shelves blank and uninviting. Read The Full Story

Froyo roundup: DROID 2 to launch with Android 2.2; updates for Galaxy S and Vodafone Nexus One dated

, Jul 21st 2010 Discuss [0]

Lashings of Froyo rumor over the past twenty-four hours, with talk of Android 2.2 headed to various high-end handsets.  First off, spyshots have tipped the Motorola DROID 2 as launching on Verizon with Froyo preloaded according to Droid-Life, rather than the Android 2.1 OS we've seen on the DROID X, while elsewhere there's talk of Android 2.2 updates for existing devices. That includes a Froyo update for the Vodafone Google Nexus One as early as next week, with the carrier-branded device finally getting what unlocked users have been enjoying for a few weeks now.  Handy, since Google has announced that they'll soon not be offering the unlocked version themselves, leaving it up to carrier partners to supply the phone. Read The Full Story

Nexus One shipments dry up

, Jul 19th 2010 Discuss [0]

Depressing news if you've been saving up for an unlocked Google Nexus One, with the search giant announcing that, as of this weekend, they've received their last shipment of the Android smartphone.  Google will be prioritising availability of remaining Nexus One stocks for app developers, who will be able to buy the smartphone via their account on the Android Market Publisher site. Read The Full Story

Dual-booting Ubuntu Nexus One tutorial released [Video]

, Jul 8th 2010 Discuss [1]

Servers are getting smaller, but they're still not quite as compact as your cellphone; now, thanks to a new tutorial, your Google Nexus One can double up as your test web server.  NexusOneHacks has persuaded Ubuntu to live in harmony with Android 2.2 on the Google smartphone, producing a dual-boot device that allows you to run regular Ubuntu/Linux code. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Qualcomm demo AR and peer-to-peer cross platform gaming [Video]

, Jul 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Qualcomm’s Uplinq developer conference has been taking place this week, and SlashGear has been here keeping track of the news.  The silicon company has been demonstrating new Augmented Reality apps based running on their Snapdragon processors, kicking off a new AR Developer Challenge – with a $200,000 prize fund – and showing how its system-agnostic peer-to-peer gaming technology can be used with the Unity 3D game development tool for true cross-platform local gameplay.

Video demo of Peer-to-Peer gaming and more after the cut

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