Samsung Nexus S 4G hits Sprint with Google Voice feature

New York, Mar 21: The Android maker Google has announced the launch of its iconic smartphone Google Nexus S 4G through Sprint in United States. Adding more excitement, the new Nexus S 4G will provide Google Voice features for Sprint customers.

The new Nexus S 4G, co-developed with world's second largest mobile phone maker Samsung, has a 4-inch Contour Display that is specially designed to fit comfortably in user's palm and along the side of the face. It also features a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, front and rear facing cameras, 16GB of internal memory, and NFC (near field communication) hardware that lets users read information from everyday objects that have NFC tags.

With the Google Voice features, Sprint Sprint customers will be able to use their existing Sprint mobile number as their Google Voice number and have it ring multiple other phones simultaneously. The calls to Sprint mobile number can easily be answered from office or home phone, or even computer through Gmail.

"Calls from Gmail and text messages sent from google.com/voice will also display your Sprint number. This basically gives Sprint customers all the benefits of Google Voice without the need to change or port their number," Google said in Google Voice Blog.

This new feature also allows Google Voice users to replace their Sprint number with their Google Voice number when placing calls or sending text messages from their Sprint handset.Google claimed that this feature works on all Sprint phones and gives Sprint users all the benefits of Google Voice without the need for an app.

Samsung Nexus S Specifications:
* 4.0 inch WVGA (800 x 480) touchscreen display
* Super AMOLED
* 5 MP camera with LED flash
* VGA camera for video calling
* Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS
* Android User Interface
* 1GHz Cortex A8 (Hummingbird) processor
* 16 GB internal memory
* 512 MB RAM
* Bluetooth 2.1
* WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
* USB 2.0
* 3.5mm headphone jack
* Near Field Communications (NFC)
* Contour Display
* Assisted GPS (A-GPS)
* Three-axis gyroscope
* Anti-fingerprint display coating
* Internet Calling support (VoIP/SIP)
* Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) (1500 mAH)

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