Android Gingerbread?
Nov 14, 2010 | 10:04 am
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Android Gingerbread?
Has anyone heard anything about Gingerbread's release? There were rumors that it would be out for the Nexus One last week, but I haven't been prompted to upgrade...
Nov 14, 2010 | 10:14 am
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Supposed to be any day now. The update to Adobe Flash and Air were supposed to be pre-requisites to the Gingerbread update, and I received those Thursday. Unfortunately the power button on my N1 failed Friday, so I'm waiting on a warranty replacement phone now, and trying to remember how a blackberry works. 
Nov 14, 2010 | 12:28 pm
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Some events lined up this week, including one tomorrow where Eric Schmidt will speak - so I'm guessing we'll have somehting exciting in the coming days 
This is one of the reasons I'm keeping my N1 lying around
This is one of the reasons I'm keeping my N1 lying around
Nov 16, 2010 | 4:27 am
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Nov 16, 2010 | 4:52 am
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Possibly coming to the Nexus One this week but the only source indicating that is a tweet from another country. It might show up but don't hold your breath.
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Nov 16, 2010 | 6:47 am
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For the impatient types, it will probably hit the web before getting pushed to your phone. You can download it to a PC and install off of the SD card. I ended up having Froyo a week or so ahead of the major over the air push.
Check howardforums, androidforums, etc.
Check howardforums, androidforums, etc.
Nov 16, 2010 | 11:13 am
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This story indicates it may still be weeks away, and the Nexus S in the Nexus Two.
Googles newest iteration of its Android phone OS will include a wallet that lets use your phone to make payments by tapping it against a cash register, CEO Eric Schmidt revealed Monday.
This could eventually replace credit cards, Schmidt said.
Android 2.3, codenamed Gingerbread, will be released in a few weeks, Schmidt said on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit conference in San Francisco. Schmidt showed off how so-called Near Field Communication would work using an unnamed smart phone he called an unannounced product. Using the software from Android and a NFC chip in the phone, Schmidt was able to check in to the conference, launching Google Maps, by touching the phone to a conference sign that had a built-in antenna.
(For geeks, there was little doubt Schmidt was showing off the Nexus S, a device thought to be made by Samsung as the successor to the original Nexus One. Unlike most other Android phones sold, the Nexus S will run the stock Android OS with no carrier modifications, making it the perfect phone for app developers and tinkerers.)
This could eventually replace credit cards, Schmidt said.
Android 2.3, codenamed Gingerbread, will be released in a few weeks, Schmidt said on stage at the Web 2.0 Summit conference in San Francisco. Schmidt showed off how so-called Near Field Communication would work using an unnamed smart phone he called an unannounced product. Using the software from Android and a NFC chip in the phone, Schmidt was able to check in to the conference, launching Google Maps, by touching the phone to a conference sign that had a built-in antenna.
(For geeks, there was little doubt Schmidt was showing off the Nexus S, a device thought to be made by Samsung as the successor to the original Nexus One. Unlike most other Android phones sold, the Nexus S will run the stock Android OS with no carrier modifications, making it the perfect phone for app developers and tinkerers.)
Nov 16, 2010 | 1:22 pm
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Googles newest iteration of its Android phone OS will include a wallet that lets use your phone to make payments by tapping it against a cash register, CEO Eric Schmidt revealed Monday.
This could eventually replace credit cards, Schmidt said.
This could eventually replace credit cards, Schmidt said.
Nov 16, 2010 | 9:47 pm
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It would seem NFC would require merchants to purchase new registers and POS equipment.
Look at how we're still using magnetic stripes in credit cards because merchants didn't want to buy chip reading POS equipment.
So are they going to change now and incur a new expense because people want to tap their phones?
I thought using cell phone to pay was a curiosity limited to Japan and some Scandinavian countries? Is there any evidence it's expanding.
I wouldn't mind if it caught on tho, better than carrying all these cards (but not necessarily more secure). Only thing is, they should make these NFC implementations interoperable with existing chip-based cards and readers used in many other parts of the world.
I would like for instance to be able to be able to use automated gas stations or Velib in Paris.
Look at how we're still using magnetic stripes in credit cards because merchants didn't want to buy chip reading POS equipment.
So are they going to change now and incur a new expense because people want to tap their phones?
I thought using cell phone to pay was a curiosity limited to Japan and some Scandinavian countries? Is there any evidence it's expanding.
I wouldn't mind if it caught on tho, better than carrying all these cards (but not necessarily more secure). Only thing is, they should make these NFC implementations interoperable with existing chip-based cards and readers used in many other parts of the world.
I would like for instance to be able to be able to use automated gas stations or Velib in Paris.