Gadgetory

it's Tuesday December 7th I'm Natali Morris coming to you from San Francisco this week and it's time to get loaded google launched the Nexus S a new android phone that will run the most current version of Android that's version 2.3 called gingerbread this is a samsung phone that they are calling the pure Google experience it has a 1 gigahertz hummingbird processor front and rear facing cameras 16 gigs of internal memory and near-field communication hardware that lets you read information from NFC tags on posters and windows it comes out December twentieth on t-mobile google also launched Google Books this is where Google will sell and give away electronic books it competes directly with Amazon's Kindle Store apples iBooks and more you can browse titles at books.google.com /a bucks and read them on a device that accepts open formats such as your computer your smart phone or your tablet and you can also maintain your library of books with your google account on the heels of the netflix streaming only movie service it looks like amazon wants to do something similar amazon is reportedly looking into a monthly subscription service where you would be able to stream movies on demand like on netflix amazon already has a video on demand service but you pay ala carte for that content but if they really want to compete in this business they need to get on some devices where Netflix already is like the Apple TV or game consoles verizon is testing a service that would let you use your cell phone minutes on your home phone verizon home phone connect lets subscribers make calls from their land lines using their mobile phone plans it would cost an extra 999 per month this would work even if you want to keep your home phone number that you already have this is currently available to customers in New York and Connecticut tomb raider fans a new version of the lara croft game is coming soon the next iteration of the game will be called tomb raider just tomb raider and it's a bit of a prequel taking us through the history of how lara croft became so fierce the tomb raider games have sold 35 million copies since the franchise launched in 1996 and finally if you're already looking forward to your new year's resolutions nike will be giving away a workout iphone app for free on New Year's Day the Nike Training Club app is for iphone and ipod touch and it's designed to give women a full body workout although I guess men could use it to you can find more info at nike women calm those your headlines for today I will see you tomorrow I'm Natali Morris for cnet.com and you've just been loaded