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.
Bristolboy
/ November 16, 2010Good to see that it will allow micro-transactions – feel like it has taken ages for this to make it into mainstream phones.