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Google I/O 2012 Android Sessions video playlist open for all

, Jul 10th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you missed any or all of the sessions from behind the scenes at Google I/O 2012, you’re in luck, because Google has set up a YouTube playlist for you collecting each and every one of them. The video embed you’ll see in the post below is created by Android Developer Relations Tech Lead Reto Meier and makes up the Google I/O 2012 “The Android Sessions” for all to see. The conference “Google I/O”, for those of you that do not know, is made specifically for software developers to converge and learn from Google (as well as Google-affiliated partners and more) about what they do with software and how developers can act and interact.

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New Kindle Fire expected for Q3 with 1280×800 display

, Jul 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Amazon was the first company to bring a low-cost Android tablet to the masses, with the Kindle Fire costing just $199. The margins on the tablet were non-existent, although the going theory is that Amazon recoups the costs thanks to its large content libraries accessible via the Kindle Fire. Google has shaken things up with the introduction of the Nexus 7, a quad-core tablet with the same $199 price point, although rumors indicate that Amazon is preparing its answer to Google's tablet with a follow-up to the Kindle Fire. Read The Full Story

Nexus 7 production costs estimated at $184

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

It's time to take a look at what Google and ASUS are considering when they try to sell their $199 tablet by the name of Nexus 7 - how much does it cost to produce? At the moment the closest we're going to get to an actual answer is from TechInsights, a group that's torn down the device and priced it all out. As it turns out, the pricing structure isn't all that different from the Kindle Fire, that tablet you got for Christmas then forgot about a month later. Read The Full Story

Staples Nexus 7 listing indicates July 12th-17th ship date

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Wondering exactly when you’ll be able to get your hands on the $199 Nexus 7? Staples may have a good indication. The retailer has thrown up a listing for the tablet on its website, promising that the Nexus 7 will be delivered sometime between July 12th and the 17th. The listing also notes that the tablet will arrive “no earlier than July 13th,” which may indicate a retailer embargo for the product. Read The Full Story

Nexus 7 voice search abilities take the cake

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Though the system called "Google Now" will be implemented on a vast array of Android devices over the next few years, right this minute its incredible voice recognition and search powers sit only on the Nexus 7. You'll have Google Now on the Galaxy Nexus once it's released from the legal locker some time in the next few weeks, and software updates are being reported by Samsung to be coming to current model Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S models soon as well, but for now it's just this wonderful tablet. Let's have a peek at the voice search capabilities of the Nexus 7 right this second. Read The Full Story

Google’s Nexus 7 tablet to go without three major categories in the UK

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you live in the UK and have been waiting anxiously to get your hands on a Google Nexus 7 tablet, word is the tablet will be missing a few featured categories in the UK that buyers in the US will get. UK users won't get some of the most bragged about features that the Nexus 7 will offer in other countries such as categories for content, including TV shows, music, and magazines. Google apparently confirmed the missing features yesterday. Read The Full Story

Google Nexus 7 gets Camera Launcher app

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

The Nexus 7 may not have a dedicated camera for pictures, but it does feature a front-facing camera for video conferencing. It’s perhaps understandable that Google didn’t include a dedicated Camera app, but it’s a bit of a party pooper for those fascinated with funny camera effects. Fear not, friends, as Paul O’Brien of MoDaCo has published a Camera app for the Nexus 7 to the Play Store. Read The Full Story

Nexus 7 tablet UI hack opens up landscape use

, Jul 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Stare long enough at Google's promo material for the Nexus 7 tablet and you'll eventually notice something: in all situations bar media playback, Google only ever shows the slate in portrait orientation. That's because the tablet is actually locked that way, at least in the homescreen; however, the enterprising souls over at xda-developers have come up with a simple way to force Google's new Nexus into showing its true tablet colors, with a straightforward tweak enabling homescreen landscape orientation and the proper tablet UI. Read The Full Story

Dead Trigger THD zombie-killing Android FPS hands-on

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

In the following hands-on blood-spewing experience with this next-generation first person shooter from the same folks that brought you Shadowgun, you’ll see zombies. You’ll see so many zombies that your head will explode. We’ll be showing off this game Dead Trigger THD, developed by Madfinger Games in collaboration with NVIDIA for their Tegra 3 quad-core processor, on the newest device to utilize that architecture, the Google Nexus 7 tablet.

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Nexus 7 gets teardown treatment

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Google fans know the Nexus 7 is filled with magic Android sap and tufts from Sergey Brin's beard, but those with more mundane interests probably want to see silicon too. Thankfully iFixit has done the honors, tearing down the 7-inch tablet and praising its repair-potential versus Apple's iPad along the way. Read The Full Story

Nokia: Nexus 7 infringes our patents

, Jul 3rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Google’s Nexus headaches may not be limited to the Apple attack on the Galaxy Nexus, with Nokia now suggesting that the new Nexus 7 tablet infringes patents the Finns hold. Exactly which out of Nokia’s broad patent portfolio have been allegedly infringed by the ASUS-made tablet has not been confirmed, but a company spokesperson told The Inquirer that Google and ASUS “should simply approach us and sign up for a license.”

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Google Nexus Q Review

, Jul 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

This week we’re having a look at the Nexus Q, a Google device released during the 2012 Google I/O developers conference both for free to all attendees and for $299 to anyone wanting to buy one from home from the Google Play store. This device is a mid-point between your media devices (like your HDTV or stereo) and your Android device(s). We’ve also got the Google Nexus 7 as well as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, both of them running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and the Nexus Q app – downloadable now to everyone running Jelly Bean at the moment.

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