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Google Unveils Nexus S Smartphone with Gingerbread

On Monday, Google has officially unveiled the Nexus S, the latest Smartphone to be developed and branded by the company after Nexus One. Nexus S comes pre-installed with the latest version of Android 2.3 nicknamed Gingerbread and of course, this would be the first phone running Gingerbread.

 

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This Samsung manufactured phone features a 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor and 16GB iNAND flash memory. The phone includes both a front-facing camera to facilitate video-chatting and a 5-megapixel camera on the back for conventional snapshots. More features on the official webpage.

The phone goes on sale on Dec 16 for $529 as an unlocked without a contract. It will also be available for $199 with a two-year service agreement with T-Mobile.

 

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