Analyst Perspective on Nexus S, Android 2.3: Negative

“Google and Samsung’s Nexus S smartphone will be available for
purchase next week, giving consumers their first look at the
much-anticipated Android 2.3, aka Gingerbread, mobile operating
system.

“And while the next-gen smartphone will include a number of new
features — most notably a near field communications (NFC) chip for
wireless transactions and data exchange — at least one analyst is
wondering aloud whether Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) strategy of
bypassing major wireless carriers and, at least initially, offering
the Nexus S only to handful of retailers will tick off its Android
partners, stymie sales in the U.S and further fragment the Android
market just as it’s hitting its stride.

“”There is a lot to like in this announcement; Samsung’s
hardware looks slick, the virtual keyboard needed improvement, and
there are nice tweaks to the UI that will make it easier to see and
lower battery consumption a bit,” Current Analysis analyst Avi
Greengart wrote in a research report.”

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