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　Various hardware, including the new smartphone "Pixel", was announced at the Google press event "Made by Google" held in San Francisco on October 4 (US time).

　But the biggest and disappointing news for me is that Google said, "New Nexus hardware is no plan."The official tweet of the Nexus team also hits the end.

　I have been using four Nexus since I started selling Nexus terminals in Japan, so I am deeply moved.So, this time I look back on the history of Nexus.

　The first Nexus terminal is "Nexus One".On January 5, 2010, it was announced on the official blog titled "OUR NEW APPROACH TO BUYING A Mobile Phone (a new method for purchasing a mobile phone we propose)".He said that he developed his own brand terminal, "to present the possibilities of Android."

　By the way, the first Android device, including other companies, was "G1" made by Taiwanese HTC released in 2008.Nexus One is also made of HTC.T-Mobile's exclusive sale, the SIM lock-free version price was $ 529.

　Immediately after the Nexus One was announced, the name "Nexus" is the Android "Nexus Six" in Philip K. Dick's "Is Android Dream of Electric Sheep" (original of the movie "Blade Runner")?Dick's daughter asserted that he took it without permission.However, it seemed to have settled before the Nexus 6, which is described later, has been used, and this brand has been used until this day.

　After Nexus One, I thought it was "Nexus Two", and it appeared as a terminal manufactured by Samsung Electronics in Korea, with the name "Nexus S".According to the official blog, more than 100 Android devices seemed to be in the world at this time.

　Nexus S was equipped with NFC and had no particular features."Android 2", the latest version of Android at that time.It is a terminal that has been issued to introduce 3 (Development code name: GingerBread).

　"Galaxy Nexus" appeared about Nexus S about a year later.Following the last time, it is a terminal made by Samsung."Android 4.0 (Development code name: ICE CREAM SANDWICH) was installed.

　The only Nexus brand has a Galaxy, a brand name of Samsung Android device, before the name of Nexus.Until this terminal, there was no sense of unity of the brand name.I can imagine that this was the name in negotiations with Samsung.

　This terminal was released in Japan for the first time in the Nexus brand (from NTT DOCOMO in December).I remember going to touch the big camera in Yurakucho (I used Sharp's "Garapagos 005SH" at the time).

　Until now, the three models were smartphones, but in June 2012, the first tablet "Nexus 7" was announced by the Nexus brand.The first Nexus device I bought is Kore.I really liked it with a 7 -inch display and a reasonable tablet (it still moves).

　It was released in Japan in September of the same year.The 16GB model was cheap at 19,800 yen, which gained popularity in Japan.After that, a 32GB model and a 32GB model equipped with 3G communication were added.

　The hardware is manufactured by ASUS and the OS is Android 4.Equipped with 1.It was also attractive to be able to try the latest features such as "Google Now".This terminal, which can try the latest version of Android as soon as possible, has been taken care of.

　When "Nexus Q" was announced at Google I/O of the Developer Conference, I thought, "Where is Google go?"A spherical, $ 299 streaming media player.If you think about it later, it may be the ancestor of "Chromecast".

　Google I/O of this year also announced "Google Glass".Looking back now, it was a time of stray.

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