The company will offer them to users as part of a Twitter challenge

Nov 12, 2011 08:51 GMT  ·  By

Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the most recent Google phone in the world, is expected to become available for purchase in less than a week, and Google is gearing up for the launch with special offerings for enthusiasts.

The company has just announced a contest via the Google Nexus account on Twitter, offering users the possibility to win a number of no less than 10 Galaxy Nexus devices over the next 10 days or so.

“Announcing the Galaxy Nexus Challenge: 10 chances in 10 days for @googlenexus followers to win a tasty Galaxy Nexus w/ Android 4.0,” the company announced.

The first challenge will kick off today at 9AM Pacific Time, and will be available only to users who follow the said account on Twitter.

“Galaxy Nexus Challenge eligibility: must follow @googlenexus and include @googlenexus in body of posts. Limit one entry per person per day,” Google announced.

Galaxy Nexus Challenge open to residents of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, South Korea, United Kingdom or 50 United States and District of Columbia,” Google announced.

Those who would like to learn more on the new challenge should head over to Google's website here (PDF link) to take a look at the contest rules.

The contest will involve the submitting of solutions to various puzzles via Twitter, and will also include photo challenges and more.

“The Galaxy Nexus Challenge (the “Contest”) is a skill contest where participants must submit via Twitter solutions to puzzles, photo challenges and essay questions (“Solutions”) to win prizes,” Google explains in the said PDF file.

The prizes will consist of brand new Galaxy Nexus devices, which do not sound bad at all. After all, this is the first smartphone in the world to land on shelves with the new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system flavor.