Google is working with Samsung on a new Android phone that will have a &''clean install&'' of Android, and the release was at least initially planned to coincide with the launch of Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The fact that the device will have a clean version of Android is why people are excited, and calling it the &''Nexus Two.&'' The Nexus One was a clean install Android device that Google sold directly to customers. The additional layers of software carriers and handset manufacturers put on their phones are generally a mess, in our opinion, and detract from the user experience.

One thing that we&'re certain about is that the Samsung press event on Monday, November 8 isn&'t (and never was) a launch of the Nexus Two, despite rumors that it was. Those rumors weren&'t all that ridiculous, though. Samsung will be unveiling a new Android phone on Monday, it&'s just not this phone.

The phone was set to be launched imminently, perhaps on November 11. But we&'ve heard that during dogfooding a serious hardware issue was discovered and that the phone will be delayed while that issue is fixed. We don&'t know how serious the issue is, or how long it might take to remedy.

The phone, though, is a beauty, we&'ve heard, as is Gingerbread.