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The Gingerbread update for the popular Nexus One was supposed to happen last November, but the latest reports show that the 2.3 update has finally made it to the platform this week. But that’s not all, Nexus S owners will get an OTA update too.
Hopefully by now users with this phone will get a message signaling that the 2.3 firmware can be downloaded (however, we recommended doing this over a Wi-Fi connection), but as with most updates you may need to wait a few days for this to appear as Google will likely push this out incrementally to avoid overloading their servers.
As for the Nexus S which already has 2.3, the update will feature various bug fixes in the shape of fixing random reboot issues, changes in the way Facebook syncing works, performance enhancements and additional support for its Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.
NFC is a system that allows the phone to read tags which are encoded with special NFC chips, the info that is read could include text and web url’s for example. Previously you could only read the info by using the supplied app on your phone, but now thanks to the update you can also create your own tags and more importantly what information you would like to share with others. This would then allow another NFC-equipped phone to receive this info as soon as the two devices come in close proximity to each other. You can also transmit your data to Google NFC stickers.
At the moment NFC is still in its infancy, but with more and more phones being shipped with NFC, and other manufactures like Apple joining in the fun with their next gen phones, it’s only a matter of time before it takes off in a big way.
