***** The Official Galaxy Nexus Thread *****

Still sad as on my Vodafone order yesterday they say warehouse out of stock!! Latest estimate is for 7-10 working days. Irony is my local store had 12 delivered two days ago and still has one left but says they cannot give it to me without cancelling my original order which was a much better deal than the store deal! Any suggestions?
 
Guys, if you think life is tough with the UK operators, listen to this one. In the US where Google Wallet has been launched in beta in many US cities and with many US retailers and on the Nexus S on Sprint, Google announced today that on their exclusive launch with Verizon (expected late this week), Verizon is blocking Google Wallet app. You would think that this is illegal. Recall that Verizon has teamed with ATT and T Mobile USA on a competing mobile wallet project called ISIS due to launch next year and some say that they are blocking it because they do not want Google Wallet to get the edge with consumers. Could this happen in the UK if Google Wallet is launched officially here?
 
modelportfolio2 said:
Guys, if you think life is tough with the UK operators, listen to this one. In the US where Google Wallet has been launched in beta in many US cities and with many US retailers and on the Nexus S on Sprint, Google announced today that on their exclusive launch with Verizon (expected late this week), Verizon is blocking Google Wallet app. You would think that this is illegal. Recall that Verizon has teamed with ATT and T Mobile USA on a competing mobile wallet project called ISIS due to launch next year and some say that they are blocking it because they do not want Google Wallet to get the edge with consumers. Could this happen in the UK if Google Wallet is launched officially here?
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You say blocking, but Google wallet isnt something that works now, it requires the operator to invest money to make it work. It also has the privacy and data issues, Google will know everything you buy, whereas another service may not. There is one thing that will change the game however, the iphone, whatever they use in the new iphone could be the standard.
 
Any service that buys things through you phone will know what you buy... at least we know what Google are doing with that data.
 
Tweaker. Not sure what you mean with the comment about the operator has to invest money to "make it work". OK, perhaps some tweaking but the main players on Google Wallet beta in the US are Google (with Google Offers and Wallet apps), MasterCard (for processing the underlying transaction), Citibank (for the money transfer), Verifone (for the smart card reader that syncs with the NFC chip in the Nexus). Sprint's role seems to be to sell more Nexus S phones and provide the data transmission from phone to card reader. I do not recall Sprint saying they had to make any significant investment. My point is that Sprint is not a member of ISIS (Google Wallet future competitor) and was happy to promote Google Wallet but as one of the smallest carriers in the US, Google needs a bigger operator to sell the concept of Wallet to a wider smartphone audience. The battle for NFC mobile payment supremacy has truly begun and Verizon does not want to be seen as the bad guy at a time when it needs the regulators to be on their side. I do not see the NFC landscape battle being determined by what Apple might eventually do or not do because there is no one standard yet established that all players can live with. Unless Apple has a magic wand on NFC mobile payments and comes up with a revolutionary mousetrap, the carriers/operators and banks will play the same kind of "hardball" with them that Verizon is currently playing with Google. Just "Google" Google Wallet if you want answers to your comments about security and data privacy. Sorry if I sound a bit overzealous in my answer but it is an area of real interest to me personally as I look forward to the convenience and advantages I believe I would have with Wallet up and running here in the UK.
 
@AndyCr15.
I trust Google more than I do Verizon, Vodafone, Barclays, etc to treat my data securely and to advertise to me things I will find appealing based on my search history and buying habits. It is a price I am willing to pay for the free service and the convenience of having all my data and ID securely lodged on the one device I take around with me that I never forget! If Google filters out the ad I need at the right moment in time at the right location (think about a Google Offer based on knowing you are looking for a GNex in say Oxford Street on a SIM free basis when the price is £400 for example), now that would be real value added.

What say you?
 
Exactly. What is the best advert you can see? One for something you want to buy.

What are Google using all this information for? To show you an advert for something you want to buy...
 
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shaffaaf27 said:
So i have scratched my phones case with a drop, morals aside, can i brick it and take to an o2 store for replacement?
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i dont follow? u scratched the phones case? or the phone?

i would imagine they will repair it rather than replace, depends how bad the damage is that will be unrelated to the fault that u will somehow self-inflict with 'bricking' it
 
Nexus18 said:
Have you actually used the mobile at all? Even had the screen on for more than about 15 mins? :p


Be nice to see people posting screenshots of the "screen on" info/time and "usage" as well.
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I'm in bed now with the phone charging, but yes minimal use. 20 texts, 10 mins voice, light browsing, screen on 1 hour, OTA update, bluetooth use with Torque and constant Gmail/twitter/facebook sync.
 
Does anyone have any idea when Orange might be getting these in? I'm eager to upgrade but would rather do it with Orange directly so I can use a discount code off my sister in law who works for orange.

Ta
 
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