[Blind item] Next Nexus will be Motorola
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Verizon had a bloat free Motorola once, and it hit the big times, even being a slider. It was "almost" pure Google, ha ha. I had one for a year, and it was sweet. Sounds like a roll of the dice........
VVM, corp calendar, Verizon location services, etc. etc. Verizon has to keep this stuff off a Nexus phone. This they might be convinced to do if enough people want one.
And then there's the unlocked thing...I imagine some Russian CDMA networks would allow you to activate a Droid, but for the most part it's locked to Verizon. They aren't going to change this.
I'm thoroughly convinced these two things are what kept the Nexus One off Verizon and Sprint. I'm sure AT&T would have objected if they could have as well.
I pray the next nexus has a pico projector embedded. That would be a real gamechanger. Faster cpus and bumped up memory is not enough in 2011.
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A little excerpt from engadget.
I say "almost" with the original droid. None of those apps had to run, (I don't even recall them trying to pop up) iPhone, Motorola Droid 1, nexus series, great examples of Google phones. Yes, only the nexus is pure, but they can't get that on a big network can they? I think with some work, it could happen. The OG droid was a vanilla OS, not IU rubbed like HTC/Motorola/samsung, and everything else these days. I am staying true to my thoughts here, Verizons OG droid was beautiful. If we get another droid like that? Euphoria for android fans, as we can snip a couple apps in a minute
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You're not getting the concept I think. For the next Android developer phone, I must be able to:
The build that is flashed needs to work on any network the hardware is capable of. This means Sprint, US Cellular, Verizon and all CDMA regional carriers for a CDMA phone. This will never happen, because US carriers are too damn predatory. T-Mobile and AT&T have no choice, because SIM cards just work.
As for the blurb from engadget, they missed the mark. Carriers pay manufacturers to make phones they can fill with crap because they want extra money from the consumer. Android, being open source, makes this easy, and does a much better job than old BREW phones ever did. Apple added the Verizon Hotspot and location service to the iPhone. With Android, there's no need to have Google add anything, just hire a programmer to edit the source code and build whatever you want. Open Source doesn't = good or better, it only = open.
- connect it to my development computer
- run two scripts
- run "make"
- then flash the fully open source build back to the phone
- reboot to run it.
The build that is flashed needs to work on any network the hardware is capable of. This means Sprint, US Cellular, Verizon and all CDMA regional carriers for a CDMA phone. This will never happen, because US carriers are too damn predatory. T-Mobile and AT&T have no choice, because SIM cards just work.
As for the blurb from engadget, they missed the mark. Carriers pay manufacturers to make phones they can fill with crap because they want extra money from the consumer. Android, being open source, makes this easy, and does a much better job than old BREW phones ever did. Apple added the Verizon Hotspot and location service to the iPhone. With Android, there's no need to have Google add anything, just hire a programmer to edit the source code and build whatever you want. Open Source doesn't = good or better, it only = open.
I really hope this comes with the next version of Android if this is true. Obviously, it will be on T-Mobile. Which is fine if it takes full advantage of their HSPA+ network (21 mbps...WOW!) and soon to be 42 mbps! WOW, again! That would be impressive.
But who honestly knows, considering they just launched the Nexus S. Then again, Google did that with the first Droid then 2 months later came the Nexus One....
But who honestly knows, considering they just launched the Nexus S. Then again, Google did that with the first Droid then 2 months later came the Nexus One....
I'll take a Nexus Bionic plz. k thx.
I dont care if Verizon doesn't subsidize it. I'll pay the $429. I dont even care if they throw on all their bloatware on it as long as I can flash cyanogen or anyother ROM i want.
I dont care if Verizon doesn't subsidize it. I'll pay the $429. I dont even care if they throw on all their bloatware on it as long as I can flash cyanogen or anyother ROM i want.
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Nexus devices will ALWAYS be on T-Mobile. T-Mobile LAUNCHED android and all of google employee phones are with T-Mobile.
That's what the Nexus is. It is both the 'pure google' device, and Google's official developer phone.
Chrome OS is linux based I believe. Still, that would be amazing, here's hoping.
That's what a Nexus phone is...
I can easily see Moto getting the next Nexus, they were parters with google throught the development of Honeycomb. So tegra2 powered NexusM it is, and it should be a show stopper. Im with Jerry on this one, Unless VZW Lte sim will allow it to be a global phone, it'll be a TMo phone. 
Look at it from a hardware platform point of view: we had Quallcom (Nexus One), we had the Samsung Hummingbird platform (not sure what it's called) (Nexus S)... so the next could be Tegra2 (Motorola or LG) (Nexus T2)
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