Earlier this year, I told you about the Google Nexus, Google’s brave attempt to break the model of offering phones chained to specific wireless carriers by subsidies in exchange for long contracts.
The Nexus failed to achieve that, in the end, and Google eventually pulled it from the market. But now they’re trying again with the Nexus S, a smartphone built by Samsung to Google’s specifications.
A week doesn’t pass without another Apple rumor. But with Christmas approaching, a lot of the latest rumors may make you want to check to make sure you got a gift slip.
That’s because this week’s batch of rumors indicates a lot more competition for the iPad coming soon, and a confluence of events that might lead to a price cut after the holidays on the existing iPad—as Apple tries to clear the decks of inventory before introducing the next-generation iPad in the early spring.
Sean M. Gallagher 