Samsung Galaxy Nexus review: Opening new doors - GSMArena.com

Samsung Galaxy Nexus review: Opening new doors - GSMArena.com

Could Sony Ericsson finally be about to deliver on the promise of, well, every smartphone it's ever made that wasn't quite good enough? Maybe it was stupid to hope, but we did anyway.
An attractive design with a curved back that's just 8.7mm thick in the middle? Check. Impressive new Exmor camera technology? Check. Good spec list, including HDMI output? Check. Superb video player? Check.
The hardware is extremely impressive, both in terms of looks and performance. Forget the fashionable dual-core phones – when done right, a single-core 1GHz processor can do it all, although busy, dynamic websites will cause the phone to chug a little.
As it is, we're prepared to overlook the Xperia Arc's few minor flaws (small buttons, odd text entry) thanks to its stunning good looks, superb screen and very decent photo performance. You can't help but love it once you've held its magically thin body and gazed adoringly into its dazzling Reality Display.

HTC Incredible S overview

The Incredible S is an Android smartphone from HTC that runs Android Froyo 2.2. It’s absolutely packed full of features, including:

4? touchscreen

1GHz Snapdragon processor

8 megapixel rear camera with Dual-LED flash

1 megapixel front-facing camera for video calls

720p video recording

1GB of memory

GPS

Flash 10.1

HTC’s Sense User Interface

Beam photos and videos to your TV with DLNA

WiFi 802.11/b/g/n

14.4Mbps HSDPA

Everything you need for a high performing smartphone is here in the Incredible

About the Google Nexus S

The highlights of the Nexus S, then, include the following:

superb geek kudos as it’s only the second phone in history to be a ‘Pure Android’ phone officially commissioned and sanctioned by Google;

guaranteed to always be ahead of every other Android phone, as it will be the first device to get any new version of Android (and with so many different versions being released this year, that’s going to be a major plus – just ask Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 owners, who never got past version 2.1 before Sony Ericsson stopped releasing updates!)

the first phone in the world to get Google Android Gingerbread, letting you see what the new OS has to offer right now – months before your friends do;

unique curved screen that looks beautiful and has no equivalent on any other phone;

NFC chip for contactless payments built-in, letting you use the Nexus S as your mobile wallet;

two cameras let you take great photos with the 5 megapixel rear camera (complete with flash and auto-focus!) or make video calls with the front facing 1.3 megapixel camera;

precision motion-control sensors with unique three-axis gyroscope built-in;

take great quality videos at 720p HD at 30 frames per second;

store your entire music and video library onboard with its 16GB of memory built-in;

blistering preformance thanks to the Samsung 1GHz Hummingbird chip and the optimized and streamlined Android Gingerbread code (the benefit of running a pure Android phone means no delay caused by a custom user interface).

make free phone calls that the networks can’t stop using the Nexus S’s built-in SIP app (which works using VoIP, and is similar in operation to Skype);

turn the Nexus S into a mobile WiFi hotspot and use it to connect up to five other devices to the Internet.

the fastest Web browser of any mobile, complete with full Flash 10.1, HTML 5 and pinch-touch zooming

History of Mobile Phone & Telephony 1905

A mobile phone (also called mobile, cellular telephone, hand phone, or cell phone) is an electronic device used to make mobile telephone calls across a wide geographic area. Mobile phones are different from cordless telephones, which only offer telephone service within a limited range of a fixed land line, for example within a home or an office.
A mobile phone can make and receive telephone calls to and from the public telephone network which includes other mobiles and fixed-line phones across the world. It does this by connecting to a cellular network owned by a mobile network operator.
In addition to functioning as a telephone, a modern mobile phone typically supports additional services such as SMS (or text) messaging, MMS, e-mail and Internet access; short-range wireless (infrared or Bluetooth) communications; as well as business and gaming applications, and photography. Mobile phones that offer advanced computing abilities are referred to as smartphones.
The first handheld mobile phone was demonstrated by Dr. Martin Cooper of Motorola in 1973, using a handset weighing 2 kg. In 1983, the DynaTAC 8000x was the first to be commercially available. In the twenty years from 1990 to 2010, worldwide mobile phone subscriptions grew from 12.4 million to over 4.6 billion, penetrating the developing economies and reaching the bottom of the economic pyramid.