Nexus S rumors buzzing of Gingerbread

Tech site Engadget have published a theory of theirs regarding the speculated next gen Google phone – Nexus S.

The theory says that the anticipated Nexus S is nothing but the Samsung GT-i9020. The 9020 series said to be closely tied to the Galaxy S series, the leaked device photos tell the same tale as well.

The rumors says it will be shipped with Android 2.3, code name Gingerbread, all so very fitting for this time of year. Let’s hope Google and Samsung goes official with the news before Christmas so that we got something more to be jolly about.

Chippy released some more info about the Aava Moorestown based handset today.

The MeeGo version on it is really early in development stage at the moment so a lot of stuff is lacking.

He did run a SunSpider(a performance test for Javascript) test though. The Aava handset got a result of about 4.2 seconds with the Firefox build that was installed. Probably it would shave off a second or two if it had a newer build of the Firefox browser, or another faster browser like Chrome.

It's pretty decent figures, about what some netbooks does. The Nexus One with Froyo installed completes the test in about 5.7-6 seconds(depending on device and Froyo build).

There's no denying that the Moorestown platform packs some punch, but it will be interesting to see what the latest dual core Qualcomm processor will do, as there is no doubt it will shave quite a bit of the Nexus One's times.

Chippy also posted a longer video on YouTube for your enjoyment.

Over the past week there have been several Froyo (Android 2.2) releases for the Nexus One being written about on the net. Now it seems the real deal is out finally.

This release is named FRF85 and it seems some Nexus One owners running on AT&T are receiving the update OTA today.

If you are on any other carrier and still want to install Froyo on your Android device, you can go to this Google link and download the latest build from there.

The official blog post regarding this Froyo release from Google can be seen here.

For all those out there waiting for Android 2.2(Froyo) it seems it's now officially available on Google's servers for the Nexus One.


To install build FRF72 you need to be running FRF50. You can get the FRF72 build from Google's servers here.

Froyo vs Eclair

One of the larger improvements in Android 2.2 (Froyo) compared to the previous Android version 2.1 (Eclair) is the improvements of the JIT compiler. Google is stating that the performance would be increased by two to five times compared to the old JIT compiler. But is there any claim to the figures?

The guys over at AndroidCentral did a comparison between a Nexus One running Froyo, a HTC Evo 4G and a Motorola Droid, both the later running Eclair. The results look good for Froyo, and Google's claims seems to hold true.

Check the vid below for the score card of the performance tests.


As well as Sunspider performance - the 3D performance seems to have improved by about 15%-20% as well with the jump from Eclair to Froyo.

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