Nexus S in Google CEO's Hands, Gingerbread with NFC in the Next Few Weeks

Following a wide range of rumors on the upcoming availability of a new “Nexus” smartphone to run under Google's Android operating system, confirmation on the matter emerged from Google CEO Eric Schmidt himself, who showcased the new mobile phone at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco.

The mobile phone spotted in Google CEO's hands should land on the market as the successor of Nexus One, the first smartphone to arrive on shelves with the Android 2.1 OS on board in early 2010, and also the first one to be sold only via Google's web store in the beginning.

Nothing was announced officially on this device, nor on its landing on shelves, but the photos with it (available courtesy of Engadget) show that it should be running on T-Mobile's network, just as expected.

While showing the new smarttphone, Google's CEO did not offer info on it. According to him, the handset is yet unannounced, though it comes from an announced manufacturer.

According to some of the previous rumors, the Nexus S should be manufactured by Samsung, while running under the next flavor of Android, called Gingerbread.

Moreover, the fact that it would sport Gingerbread was confirmed in a way too, as Google CEO Eric Schmidt stated that the device would include NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities when made available for purchase.

The Android Gingerbread operating system should come with this feature packed inside, which leaves little room for doubt in regard to the mobile OS the smartphone would run under.

According to Schmidt, we should expect for Gingerbread, supposedly the Android 2.3 version of the mobile platform, to be launched on the market in the coming few weeks, but nothing more specific was unveiled on the matter.

Now that we're sure that Nexus S would indeed become available for purchase in the near future, it remains to be seen what hardware specs it would sport, so keep an eye on this space for more.