Gizmodo reports that they spoke to their source who saw the Google Nexus Two in action. If you want to be read about what's going down on November 8, read this first. In a nutshell, Google has chosen Samsung as its successor to the Nexus brand of benchmark hardware that is certified to run Android in full capacity. The first iteration, the Nexus One, was manufactured by HTC. Anyway, so Gizmodo's tipster said it is very similar to Samsung's immensely popular Galaxy S smartphone.
First and foremost, this entire debate is contrary to what Google's own Eric Schmidt has stated, when he showed his level of satisfaction with the Nexus One and said he was not interested in making a successor. One stated reason for the upgrade is the secondary video-call camera that the Nexus Two will have, which the Nexus One did not. The presence of this hardware is essential for Android 3.0 Gingerbread's video-chat feature - that reportedly works on the same protocol as Google Talk's web-based video chat client.
What that means in English is, it should be possible for you to video-call anybody on a PC too, and not just another Android phone. That trumps Apple's FaceTime, which works only within the Apple ecosystem as of now (i.e. Mac, iPhone 4 or 4th gen iPod Touch). Another reason for the switch to the Galaxy S based hardware, other than the Super AMOLED screen that makes you feel like you're on acid every time you look at it - its Hummingbird chip has three times the graphics processing power of the Snapdragon that powers the Nexus One.
But one thing that we absolutely missed on the original Galaxy S was the LED flash. Let's pray to all our Gods that Google puts that damn bulb in the Nexus Two this time.
Via : techtree
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