Google Kicks Off Ad Push for Latest Nexus Smartphone

Google’s next-generation smartphone, the Nexus S, is finally here, and to get the word out to holiday shoppers, the tech titan is unveiling a new online-marketing campaign and in-store push at Best Buy.

Google today posted full specs for the phone on a YouTube channel, dedicated to Nexus S, the successor to the questionably successful Nexus One launched one year ago. That handset was manufactured by HTC, while the Nexus S is a Samsung phone that comes with a new Android operating system, code-named “Gingerbread.” The idea behind the new device is that it’s unadulterated Google, free of the apps and features loaded by third-parties and carriers.