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hey guys it's Brandon minimun from pocketnow.com and in this video we're going to compare the Nexus S with the Nexus 1 let's get to it okay so the Nexus S here is running Android 2.3 Gingerbread the Nexus 1 is running Android 2.2 Froyo so we're really gonna focus on the perceived differences the things that you're going to notice between Gingerbread 2.3 and 2.2 we're not going to talk about sort of the deep technical changes in Android 2.3 but overall it helps developers makes the system more stable it allows it to have integrated voice over IP support right in the dialer a lot of other little things but we're going to focus really on the visuals of the user experience so let's start off we're going to turn on both devices here and of course the Nexus S is a set up a little bit differently now what you're going to notice right off the bat between these two devices is the Super AMOLED screen really shines we've got a little bit of a glare or a little bit of shine coming through on the screen and the Nexus S is cutting through the glare really well and you're able to see it this is really representative of the outdoor visibility so we're actually gonna turn dim the lights a little bit so that it's easier to see the screen alright that's a little bit better so let's talk about some of these aesthetic differences first thing you want to point out here is the application tray so of course in the Nexus One we saw in Android 2.2 we saw this cool 3d effect where you can see sort of the icons icons fade away on the bottom and on the top but in Android 2.3 or this may be a testament to the clarity of the Super AMOLED screen it's very subtle but you can see the icons even before they're visible even better so let's get a little bit closer to the Nexus S here so you can actually see the maps icon right there this is a market icon over here I don't know what that is what is that that is messaging you can see them all clearly and then you can see about four rows beneath them here on the Nexus One this is not that big a video again but it's interesting to note you really can't see the next icon or row of icons down they're kind of blurred out so they've made it a lot clearer and crisper and the Nexus S which is just a nice little visual change in the new version of Android you get a lot more black color for example the notification bar at the top is now black and some people say that it helps the sort of notification area fade into the screen and make the device seem like it has a bigger screen but I haven't found that to be the case at all so here we can see the black bar up there with the green icons a notification has popped up there flick this off and then on Android 2.2 the stock notification tray is actually greyish white color as you can see here with no notifications let's jump into the settings on both of these devices okay here we are again the Super AMOLED screen really shines to bring out that black color so we've got very similar settings here there are a few things that are different so if we go into say Wireless and network and I'm trying to tap at the same time so you get a sense for speed between these two devices we can see the new style of checkboxes again a lot of little subtle changes here in the in the new version of Android let's open up the browser on both of these of course we've got different colored icons down here so let's launch the browser okay and they're gonna go to the same page let's do a little bit of a speed test we're on the same Wi-Fi network curious to see which of these operating systems loads the the page faster of course we want to make sure that we disable plugins or at least have it set to the same thing so if we scroll down here to plugins always-on on both of them both of them so let's go to on-demand just to prevent them from popping up so let's go to pocketnow.com on both of these devices and we'll see which one gets there first okay let's let's launch it and they're off let's see ok the Nexus One actually won by a small margin but it actually went to Google actually not a not the actual site so we're gonna scroll to the bottom here and actually load the desktop version to get some graphics loaded boom they're off Nexus S is winning should right okay Nexus S is done Nexus One finish about five seconds later let's check your screen rotation speeds here okay so the Nexus Ness is faster in the Nexus S should be faster it's running a new version of Android that said they both have a one gigahertz processor and 512 megabytes of RAM so inside they're not that different let's kind of flick down this page and see how how smooth scrolling is so very smooth on both devices we can do the pinch to zoom of course which has the nice nice animation effect now let's talk about the on-screen keyboards because Android 2.3 has brought a new multi-touch keyboard to the table here so let's go into a new message so here we are here are the two different keyboards what you'll actually notice and what Google didn't tell you so they made the height of the keyboard smaller which is actually kind of annoying you can see that these screens start exactly in the same spot let's zoom in just a little bit to make that more clear so the screen start in the same spot but the Nexus S keyboard finishes up higher that's because we've got this additional row of suggestions here on the Nexus S so let's talk about these keyboards what does multi-touch keyboard support mean well it means that you can type faster you don't have to lift up every finger before getting to the next letter but in practice this doesn't really make the typing experience any better in my opinion anyway so let's type the quick brown fox here on the nexus one well zoom out just a little bit so we can see what's going on so the quick brown fox okay the quick brown goes there let's try it out on the Nexus S and of course by design you're gonna have a slightly better typing experience on the Nexus S because the screen is bigger so let's do the quick brown fox so very good word prediction on the Nexus S I can't say in daily use that the keyboard actually feels better on the Nexus S compared to the Nexus One but hey this is Android if you don't like the keyboard change it out for swipe change it out for the HTC keyboard you've got a ton of different choices out there and of course both of these keyboards have a landscape version for those that want the maximum size keyboard and on the nexus test obviously the keyboard stands out more because you're using a lot of blacks and some white on a Super AMOLED screen which has really high contrast another subtle difference between Android 2.3 and 2.2 is the phone application now right now we don't have the voiceover p10 to create it into the phone application but the way it looks is different okay so here we are in the dialer and you get this sort of 3d bubbly look to the letters and the numbers on Android 2.2 so we can dial like so and over here on the Nexus S they just look a little bit different and presumably the buttons are bigger because the screen is bigger so they're easier to press and the rest of the tabs along the top are the same car log contacts and favorites so nothing really has changed besides the overall look of the dialer there so overall Android 2.3 on the Nexus S while having some nice visual changes doesn't seem that different from a consumer perspective or an end-user perspective I'd say it's about 10 percent faster than Android 2.2 and Android 2.2 was much faster than the previous 2.1 by about 50 percent so we're seeing a smaller in game here in terms of performance but you get a lot of added visual flair better options for developers who are making games and applications for the platform definitely a point one upgrade glad they didn't call this Android 3.0 that really wouldn't have made much sense we'll be back soon to talk a little bit more about the Nexus S software now before doing a full review on pocketnow.com if 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