14 DAY TRIAL // Nexus S by Samsung, the very first mobile phone to come to the market with the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system from Google, was said to be the most advanced handset that would land on the market this year, but it seems that it misses some of the features that might have made it indeed seem that way.
Among them, we can count the lack of a MicroSD memory card slot for this device, as well as the missing LED Notifications feature. We can also add the fact that the NFC capability in Nexus S was crippled, so as to work one-way-only.
However, the official Google phone comparison tool shows that there is no Removable storage included with the handset.
Nexus S includes 16GB of built-in memory, which should be enough for most users, but not the most fortunate option for all of them, that's for sure.
Microsoft was heavily criticized for the lack of support for removable storage in its new Windows Phone 7 OS, the same as Apple with its iPhone, but it seems that Google too is walking the same road.
As the guys over at Android Police note in a recent article, with Nexus S, LED notifications are missing from the equation as well, although users would be able to install the NoLed app to set up the handset's screen for notifications.
Another article on the same news site talks about the NFC (Near Field Communication) support in Gingerbread, which seems to have been crippled, and which reportedly works one-way-only.
The technology was meant to enable Android users to scan NFC barcodes with their devices, basically turning them into readers, but without enabling them to transmit as well.
Although some might have expected for Nexus S to offer the functionality that would enable its owners to use it as a credit card of some sorts, the device does not include these features. At least, not yet.
The Nexus S is touted by Google to be able to offer the fastest version of Android, Gingerbread (Android 2.3), as well as a pure Google experience.