Even a hurricane couldn’t stop Nexus news
So, wow… that’s a helluva storm that’s brewing and hitting the east coast. Hope people are okay.
I applaud Google’s decision to postpone the event… but it seems like folks were just too ready to hear about it that the news still got out.
We started seeing in some cases that the Play Store started allowing for Magazine subscriptions automatically.
Then some European countries started listing the device already (as they weren’t affected by the storm), and as time came along, the full story was released regardless that the event wasn’t held. Here’s what’s happened.
We now have a full nexus family of devices. A 4, a 7 and a 10 (and a Q, if you still want to count it).
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Nexus 4Made by LG, this simply named device is quite the beast in terms of features.
At the price of $310 for an 8GB phone or $360 for the 16GB it’s very attractive price point. Probably the best dollar/power. See the pictures below. There’s a lot of flack of it over the manufacturer being LG, so there’s some concern, but from the early impressions from those who’ve used said, just forget that. Also, no LTE is a bit of a burn, especially as I’ve only just now started to get used to it. But there is apparently good reason why the LTE is missing. Go check it out on the Play Store. Also, the wireless charging is pretty neat. Something that really attracted me to the old Pre, and you can get as a hack for the Note 2 and S3. |
MagazinesAs of this morning we can now access the Magazine section of the play store.
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Nexus 10Built by Samsung, this is an upgrade to the Nexus 7 device, although you’ll notice it’s ‘standard’ layout is in landscape mode, whereas the 7 tended to favour the portrait mode. Specs on this are a good, but only a dual core? Sure it’s an Exynos… the display resolution is amazing!
It comes in a 16GB ($410) and a 32GB ($510) version. Plus with teh tablet version of 4.2 it will have multi user settings. Can’t say I’m a fan of the same interface that the N7 also had (ie. just like a phone’s), but that’s me. Apparently there also is a reason for that. |
MoviesWe can now also purchase movies, not just rent them!
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Nexus 7The Nexus 7 is no longer available as an 8GB version. But the 16GB is now $210. They’ve now offered a 32GB for $260, and a soon to be released 3G version at $310 |
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Nexus 4 photos
Nexus 10
JellyBean 4.2
Google Now pictures
