This collection of sources are on the concepts of the Nexus,Pure Android, and Google Experience. In this collection of sources, I realized my idea of Nexus is not what company has in mine. I often thought the devolopment of a new nexus device meant the development of new Android OS, since history has shown with every new nexus comes a new os. However I have looked for official or reliable sources that hint or even define Nexus,Google Experience or Pure Android with clause, that a new android os is a guaranteed. All I actually found is a definition that nexus devices will get the latest android updates and is stock android with out carrier or manufacture influence on the android software.
The search of meaning of nexus is I could not fathom the speculation of a new nexus smartphone coming out without a new android os. I can now see and understand that if new nexus devices was come out in the near future does not signify the launch of a new os. Even those history has shown that every Nexus has come out new os but still even now the definitions I have found in the sources below have not changed. Still the idea of a Nexus with a new os would be unsettling because what we have been custom from Nexus line in past and currently. Those in future if we get a new nexus device with jelly bean it is still Nexus that gives pure android and Google experience by Google's definition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_version_history
"The version history of the Android operating system began with the release of the Android beta in November 2007. The first commercial version, Android 1.0, was released in September 2008. Android is a mobile operating syste developed by Google and the Open Handset Alliance, and has seen a number of updates to its base operating system since its original release. These updates typically fix bugs and add new features. Since April 2009, each Android version has been developed under a codename based on a dessert or sweet treat. These versions have been released in alphabetical order: Cupcake, Donut, ?clair, Froyo (frozen yogurt), Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean. The pre-release versions of Android were dubbed Astro and Bender, but these names could not ultimately be used for trademark reasons.[1] The most recent update to the Android OS was Jelly Bean v4.1, which was announced in June 2012, and was released into the Android Open Source Project on July 9, 2012."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Nexus
"The Nexus is a series of mobile devices using the Android operating system produced by Google in cooperation with selected hardware manufacturers. The purpose of the Nexus series is to offer a "pure Android" experience,[1] in which the devices come free of carrier or manufacturer modifications and with an unlockable bootloader[2] to allow for further development and end-user modification.[3] Nexus devices are considered the "flagship" Android devices and are the first to receive updates to the operating system.[4][5][6] The Galaxy Nexus, the latest smartphone in the series (as of 2012), is one of the few phones recommended by the Android Open Source Project for Android software development.[7]"
http://allthingsd.com/20100108/live-from-las-vegas-google-vp-of-engineering-andy-rubin/
"Nexus One is aimed at consumers who love their Google services and live in the 'Google world,'...”
http://blogs.computerworld.com/20088/google_nexus_xoom_ice_cream_sandwich_delays
Google's Nexus and "Google experience" devices, by definition, are meant to get Android upgrades fast -- more or less as soon as the software is released. That's one of the products' key benefits: Since the software is controlled by Google and free from manufacturer meddling, the upgrades are handled directly by Google as well. It's a sharp contrast to the way other phones' upgrades are handled, where the planning and deployment lies squarely in the hands of the manufacturers.
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