There have been several rumours about the Android 2.3 Gingerbread toting Google Nexus S 4G for Sprint in the past, but finally the Nexus S for Sprint has been given the official stamp by an announcement from the Google guys.

According to an article over on the Boy Genius Report, Google says that the Sprint Nexus S 4G handset is virtually identical to the previous Android Nexus S smartphone albeit a tad heavier and thicker.

Apparently this slight difference is due to sporting Sprint’s CDMA and WiMAX radio and that the operating system will also differ slightly due to the addition off a 4G on and off check box in the settings application.

As for the availability of the Sprint Nexus S 4G, the word is the device should become available in spring but no hard and fast release date has been offered, and no work on any pricing for the device. So are any of our readers hoping to snap up the Nexus S 4G on Sprint once it hits?