Yesterday, the web was abuzz with he said-she said rumors that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus would go on presale today, we had feeling that it was bogus and lo and behold there is no Nexus presales today while that media outlet received lots of traffic. So what's new on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus front? Videos, hangouts, accessibility, and insider news of its parts.
A new Google video raps out beats with friends beating out verbal drums to each other while video conferencing (jamming) on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The video illustrates the Google+ feature of hanging out with up to nine friends.
The title of the video is "Galaxy Nexus and Google + Hangouts. The video description says:
"With Hangouts, the unplanned meet-up comes to the web — and the phone. Let buddies know you're hanging out and see who drops by. Chat face to face with a group of up to ten people using your 1.3-MP front-facing camera, all on the go."
For those with disabilities, there is a new video that shows Android 4.0 Accessibility on the new Galaxy Nexus. There is voice that describes where you finger is on the screen and says what the icons are. This demo shows users how to enable Accessibility on a new Galaxy Nexus. It also walks through the touch exploration tutorial. Many vision impaired people prefer hard buttons for phone use because of the feel.
Adobe announced via its blog that "We will provide a minor update to the runtimes to support the Galaxy Nexus in December." The update should support Adobe Flash Player 11.1 and AIR 3.1 on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
The team at iFixit took apart the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. They found all the known features inside such as NFC, curved glass, 5MP camera, and gold media docking pins. The Galaxy weight in at 5 grams lighter than the iPhone 4S.
Some surprises is that the battery doubles as the NFC antenna. If you ever try to repair the Samsung Galaxy Nexus you should be aware that it rates 6 out of 10, removing the "motherboard" is very difficult and the glass is fused to the frame therefore you can't just replace the glass.