Google Nexus S survives trip to space  It's official. The Google
Nexus S is space-worthy, after surviving a trip into near space
- which is presumably not quite as good as outer space (we
wanted to say innerspace but apart from being inaccurate it
might be confused with the classic 80s sci-fi movie).  The
reason the phone was sent, apart from the subsequent press
coverage that such a stunt would receive, was to test the
various sensors on the phone. These include GPS, gyroscope,
accelorometer and magnetometer - to our knowledge the phone is
still lacking any warp capabilities.  All went well, and the
Google S managed to stay functioning in temperatures as low as
minus 50 degrees Celsius at a height of 100,000 feet. Using
balloons to send the devices up, the Google team blog confirmed
their safe return.