The Nexus S is an excellent phone. It’s not as nice as an iPhone 4 as a complete package.The tech specs are excellent; the Hummingbird processor: It’s fast. Pictures look fantastic, and text is crisp and readable. We had voice and data reception in numerous places in San Francisco where our phone is typically either wobbly, or has no signal. The real novelty in the hardware specs is the NFC (near field communication) antenna. Hold the phone near an object with an embedded NFC tag (like certain Google Places window displays) and the phone will recognize and import the tag. All of that hardware is crammed into one good-looking phone. We love this OS, and it reminds us why phone manufacturers and carriers should quit skinning up Android. Pure Android is Best Android.
Word selection during text entry has been greatly improved with 2.3, and it’s now easier to edit text you’ve already entered with multitouch to select partial blocks of text. One longstanding issue we found with Android phones is that users can easily be confused trying to quit out of an application. People end up with a phalanx of apps draining their battery and pinging away at them with notifications. This version of Android adds a dedicated “Manage Apps” option on the home menu. The major social media apps (Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare) were as charming as a debutante. The more sophisticated Android apps, like Layar, remain amazing.
But the cloud apps and internet services are where it’s at. Enter your e-mail address and password, and your Google contacts, calendars and, of course, e-mail all import nearly instantly. If you’re a Google Voice user, your calls and voicemails just start showing up on the new phone as if by magic.
It’s clear that Google’s cloud strategy is a winner. Once again, overall this is an excellent phone. The operating system could still be more user-friendly and intuitive, but we do not hesitate to recommend this phone.
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