Google I/O 2013 was one of the most interesting and anticipated events in the digit world. There were so many expectations, predictions and speculations about the event, that many of us actually forgot the original idea of the seminar – to focus on the developers. We didn’t see the new Nexus 7 tablet, nor did we see the Motorola X...
Google has kindly replenished stock of the Nexus 4 almost everywhere and has even managed to fulfill all pending orders. Their other Nexus, the 10 in particular, has also been a device very difficult to get your hands on. Luckily, it looks like the Nexus 10 stock might be normalizing. Both the 16GB and 32GB units are now showing up...
December holidays have passed and now we’re able to check some sales results. According to data released by BCN, Google’s ASUS-made Nexus 7 outperformed Apple’s entire tablet lineup in Japan over the entire holiday season. A survey of 2,400 electronic stores across the country showed the Nexus 7 captured 44.4 % of the market in December, while Apple’s share came...
… Sort of! Indeed, the official UK ASUS Shop website lists the Nexus 7 as available for purchase, for £24.99. The product does show up when searching for it, yet any link that you use to go to view its description and further details, either results in an error or redirects to the home page. If anyway you go straight...
webOS was acquired by HP and was supposed to become a potential contender against the first-gen iPhone’s iOS. Yet, the platform did not see much of development, hence Android became fast the dominant platform in the smartphone industry. Indeed, some developers are still trying to port webOS on a variety of Android devices, including the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the...
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by Phones Review · Published 12/14/2012 · Last modified 12/30/2013
Though not giving up too much information, still here’s a look at the elusive Nexus 7 docking station, live and in color on Youtube. It looks to be the same dock that we saw in late November, with pogo pons for charging and audio. Even though the poster of the video has been lucky to buy it, the dock is...
It looks like the Nexus 10 is about to get a new, more convenient, and more magnetic charger. On the Android Central forums an image was posted of what is claimed to be a Pogo charger for Samsung’s 10-inch tablet. Unlike a traditional microUSB getup, this pogo charger would be held in contact with the tablet’s pogo pins magnetically, similar...
Palm Touchstone has indeed been already used as a charger for a number of Android phones. Now Rod Whitby of webOS Internals is working on a method to use the charger with the Nexus 7. It looks like Rod has the charging circuit figured out, and the rest is a matter of assembly – a “piece of cake” for him,...
Happy to have unlocked and rooted your Nexus 10? Great! But just maybe you need yet more? If that ‘s the case, you’ll be happy to learn that the first CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies are now available for your Nexus 10. One of the great things about Android is how customizable it is, and while CyanogenMod 10.1 isn’t the most customizable...
The Nexus 7 didn’t sell out as quickly as the Nexus 4 and 10, true. Its 3G/HSPA version became nevertheless unavailable from the UK Google Play Store shortly after it went on sale. Luckily, the tablet is back on sale, with a standard 3-5 day shipping window. The 3G Nexus 7 sells for £239, and comes with 32GB of storage....
