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Google Launches Nexus S Phone In UK and US

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the better-battery-this-time-maybe dept.

siliconbits writes "Google has made its second bid for a slice of the mobile phone market, with the launch of its Nexus S phone. The Samsung-built device comes less than 12 months after the launch of the firm's Nexus One, built by HTC, which failed to win over many consumers. The Nexus S will initially be launched in the UK and US, and will be available 'from the end of the month'."

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  1. KEYBOARD by Deliveranc3 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Give us a KEYBOARD FOOLS!

    The G2 is gonna be sweeeet!

    1. Re:KEYBOARD by leptons · · Score: 4, Insightful

      NO KEYBOARD, NO PURCHASE. it is simple as that for many people, including myself, and i am looking for an android phone to replace a long line of winmo phones with keyboards that i've owned. there is no substitute for a real keyboard. i am not going to use a device that blocks half of the screen real estate with an OSK. it is like paying for a device with half the screen size. . it just won't fly with the tasks i use the device for.

    2. Re:KEYBOARD by Reapman · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Then get one with a keyboard... not sure what the issue is here. This isn't iPhone where there's only the Nexus S to choose from, there's at least several with slide out keyboards.

      Now if your PROVIDER doesn't offer one, then that's your Providers fault, not Google.

      As someone that doesn't mind not having a hardware keyboard, I rather like being able to choose keyboard or no keyboard. Just because the Nexus S doesn't have it, doesn't mean they all don't.

  2. Re:The best part is... by mdm-adph · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not... exactly. There's just enough difference between all the Captivates, Vibrants, Epics and the like to make what you talk about not possible. That might've actually have been Samsung's goal.

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  3. Re:The best part is... by shutdown+-p+now · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You missed out one important aspect: it's a rebadged Galaxy running stock software. That is why it'll be getting updates fast. Other Samsung phones probably won't.