With a little help from xda-developers, Ausdroid has managed to get Google Wallet working on a Nexus S. Sure, you can only spend $US10, but it’s your first chance to try the service out before it arrives locally… which I’ll readily admit could be never. So perhaps your only chance.
Or possibly tasty, tasty prank. Google’s talked a big game regarding Ice Cream Sandwich, but up until now the details have been a bit scarce. This video claims to reveal a bit more of what Ice Cream Sandwich will look like.
Best Buy had a six-foot Nexus S on display that caught the eye of a customer waiting for his phone to be repaired. Instead of merely exploring the giant phone, he decided to go one step further and root it.
Samsung, Google and Sprint are all trying to figure out why some users’ Nexus S phones are nuking pictures without any explanation, Computerworld reports. It’s a toughie, because there doesn’t seem to be any common cause behind the deletions.
I loathe giving time to adverts (especially when they’re not paying for it!) but sometimes, they’re just too bang-on not to show you. This Sprint ad for the Nexus S is one of those ads. [IntoMobile via Phandroid -Thanks, Richard!]
Andy Rubin, Google’s chief Android asked about future Nexus devices at a Google IO press conference:
The Gingerbread update that brings the joys of video chat through the gTalk app has begun making its way to Vodafone Nexus S customers as an OTA update. It’s good to see that updates like this are rolling out to Australian customers without long delays… Just one of the many reasons not to opt for a carrier-customised Android handset, it seems. [Thanks AJ]
The lawsuits keep coming from Apple. Apple has just sued Samsung for “copying” Apple’s intellectual property in their devices. According to the WSJ, Apple named the Nexus S, Epic 4G, Galaxy S 4G and the Galaxy Tab tablet as the culprits of stealing from Apple’s iPhone and iPad. The lawsuit says:
