The 8MP shooter on the Galaxy S II is one of the best cameras you can get on a mobile phone. Only the Galaxy Note and the iPhone 4S is better than the Galaxy S II, we can certainly vouch for that, but how does it compare with the 5MP camera on the Galaxy Nexus?

Android Central attempts to answer that question and pitted the two devices against each other. So which on is better?

Sorry to burst your bubbles Galaxy Nexus users, the camera on the Galaxy S II better in virtually every aspect, including detail, colour reproduction and noise management. With ICS coming the Galaxy S II within a few months, you can expect the camera to be even better with the possible inclusion of Zero Shutter Lag and other software enhancements.

How much better is the Galaxy S II compared to the Galaxy Nexus? You can read the full review here or you can head on over to after the jump to see test shots taken using the two devices.

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The Woz says his favourite Android phone at the moment is not the Galaxy Nexus but the Motorola DROID RAZR. That was probably what inspired Motorola to do this video comparing Siri with Google Voice Actions.

Biased, maybe, but sill worth a look.

What’s also worth a look is this article from The Daily Beast about what Steve (Wozniak) thinks about Android. Here’s an excerpt about what he thinks about Siri.

Then there’s Siri, Apple’s new voice-recognition software. Woz says he’s been using Siri for a long time and used to love it when it was an independent application created for the iPhone.

But ever since Apple bought Siri and built the software into the iPhone 4S, it doesn’t work as well as it used to.

“I used to ask Siri, ‘What are the five biggest lakes in California?’ and it would come back with the answer. Now it just misses. It gives me real estate listings. I used to ask, ‘What are the prime numbers greater than 87?’ and it would answer. Now instead of getting prime numbers, I get listings for prime rib, or prime real estate,” Woz says.

Worse, a lot of the time Siri says it can’t make a connection to the back-end servers that power the system. “With the iPhone 4 I could press a button and call my wife. Now on the 4S I can only do that when Siri can connect over the Internet. But many times it can’t connect. I’ve never had Android come back and say, ‘I can’t connect over the Internet.’”

The Android system also delivers better results, he says. “I have a lower success rate with Siri than I do with the voice built into the Android, and that bothers me,” Woz says. “I’ll be saying, over and over again in my car, ‘Call the Lark Creek Steak House,’ and I can’t get it done. Then I pick up my Android, say the same thing, and it’s done. Plus I get navigation. Android is way ahead on that.”

Full article here.

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So here it is the unboxing video of the Galaxy Nexus. It may not be as cool as the official Galaxy Nexus unboxing video but it should answer most of the questions you have about the device right out of the box, so to speak. And we added a few interesting snippets in the video as well. Hope you like it.

Are you going to get yourself a Galaxy Nexus?

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When we posted news about the existence of the white Galaxy Nexus, we thought the picture didn’t look quite right. It looked too white for our liking.

Turns out, the earlier picture is not the final version that will be released to the public, the one you see here is. The major difference you can here is that the front panel is now all black which, in our opinion, looks much better. What do you think?

In any case, the white Galaxy Nexus is slated to be release in the UK only at the moment. There’s no word on whether it will make it here, but that’s not to say that it won’t. We have a feeling that if sales of the black version look promising, Samsung will consider bringing in this white version.

Speaking of sales, DiGi has already started taking pre-orders for the black Galaxy Nexus on its DiGi Store Online. Prices start at RM1,399 with 24 months contract. Orders will be delivered to customers starting January 13. Celcom will also be offering plans for the Galaxy Nexus, we have unconfirmed details here. Celcom will start sales on January 13 as well. For those of you who are wondering whether you can purchase the Galaxy Nexus outright without contract, the answer is yes you will be able to. Selected Samsung retailers will sell the device on the same day.

So what will it be? White or black?

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Ehem…

The much-awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus, the next “Google phone” featuring the new Android 4.0 operating system, will only reach Singapore stores in February 2012, a month later than expected.

Samsung Singapore today said the units would be sold at S$948 (without contract), as it revealed earlier in November. However, the delay will not be good news for folks here who have been waiting for the latest and greatest from the Android camp.

The Galaxy Nexus will be more expensive in Singapore too — around RM2,300 at today’s exchange rate. If anyone needs reminding, Malaysian launch happening Friday next week

[source, via Edwin Yapp on Twitter]

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First, the UK gets the white version, now the US gets a super Galaxy Nexus with LTE connectivity and an ultra-fast 1.5GHz dual-core processor while we’re stuck with just a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor and HSPA+ connectivity. Ini tidak adil!

But apart from the faster processor and LTE connectivity, all the other specs in the pimped up Galaxy Nexus remains the same as the standard version.

Now, why can’t Yes offer a WiMAX version with uprated specs? Or perhaps when DiGi’s LTE network comes online, we will be able to get uprated devices like this One can certainly hope.

Yes and DiGi, you know what to do.

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Everyone’s into white devices nowadays. We see more white iPhones 4 and iPads 2 than the black ones. When the white Galaxy Note was introduced, many of you commented that it looked better than the dark blue one. Seeing that there are many pure white fans out there, Google and Samsung are making available the Galaxy Nexus in white as well.

The white Galaxy Nexus will be available in the UK this February. There’s no word on when the device will come to Malaysia. While it’s possible for Samsung to release both the black and white versions of the Galaxy Nexus in Malaysia come January 13, we don’t think this will happen.

But we reckon the white Galaxy Nexus will still come to Malaysia, it’s just a question of when. By the looks of things, it’ll probably be a couple of months after the black version officially launched here.

So which one will it be? Galaxy Nexus in white or black? Personally, we’d take the black version.

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With Christmas just a few days away, here’s a video from the Google Team giving some festive cheer. It has scenes from the Google campus with Android devices in action. Obviously the Galaxy Nexus is one of the stars in the video. If you didn’t notice, Youtube has a snow flakes effect button on the toolbar. Hit the button to enjoy animated flakes with your video.

Earlier this week, Apple has released an iPhone 4S ad starring Santa Claus.

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They created a sensation with the amazing unboxing of the Nexus One, then they took it a step further by taking over the whole YouTube page during the unboxing of the Nexus S and now, the Nexus Ninjas are back with another edition of Nexus unboxing.

This time the Ninjas go into 8-bit mode complete with a playable game where you play the Ninja and battle enemies using “Nexus Power” on your quest to ultimately unbox the Galaxy Nexus. The first three levels are playable online while the rest comes in a form of an Android app called Clash of The Nexus Ninjas available for download here.

There are more Nexus Ninjas videos and a couple of the screen caps for you after the jump. Have fun.

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2011 was a year of adversity, a year of crossroads, a year of revolution, a year of remembrance, a year of possibility, a year of inspiration.

Google documents 2011, one search at a time. Who knew search could tell such an amazing story

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