The Nexus is a series of Android smartphones produced by Google in co-operation with selected hardware companies. The purpose of the Nexus phones is to offer a "pure Android experience", in which the phones come free of carrier or manufacturer modifications and with an unlockable bootloader[1] to allow for further development and end-user modification.[2] Nexus phones are considered the "flagship" Android devices.[3][4][5][6][7] The Galaxy Nexus, the latest in the series (as of 2011), is one of the few phones recommended by the Android Open Source Project for Android software development.[8]
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The Nexus One was manufactured by HTC and released in January 2010 as the first Nexus phone. It was released with Android 2.1 Eclair, and was updated in May 2010 to be the first phone with Android 2.2 Froyo. It was further updated to Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The Nexus S, manufactured by Samsung, was released in December 2010 to coincide with the release of Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The Galaxy Nexus is the latest Nexus phone and was manufactured by Samsung. It was released in November 2011 (GSM version, US Released on Verizon 12-15-2011) to coincide with the release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.[9]
According to CNET, on December 2011 Eric Schmidt said "In the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality".[10]
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