Google launches Nexus 4 smartphone, Nexus 10 tablet
Google on Monday announced a Nexus 4 smartphone, an updated Nexus 7 tablet with a fast cellular connection and a Nexus 10 tablet.
Matt Hamblen | Tuesday, October 30 2012 | 6 CommentsAs expected, Google on Monday announced a Nexus 4 smartphone, an updated Nexus 7 tablet with a fast cellular connection and a Nexus 10 tablet.
The announcement was made in a blog by Google's Andy Rubin, senior vice present of mobile and digital content, in lieu of an event that was going to be held in New York City. That event was canceled due to Hurricane Sandy's impact on the eastern seaboard.
The trio will run Android 4.2, also called Jelly Bean, which supports a Gesture Typing keyboard, and a Photo Sphere camera.
The 4.7-inch Nexus 4 features wireless charging and the Photo Sphere, which lets a user snap photos up, down and left and right to create360-degree images. Gesture Typing, which lets a user glide a finger over letters to type, is also supported.
The Google Nexus 4 smartphone.
The Nexus 10 by Samsung will have the highest resolution of any tablet at 2560 x 1600 pixels for a 300-pixels-per-inch screen. It also offers a battery with nine hours of video playback.
The Google Nexus 10 tablet.
Google described Android 4.2 in a blog that described its features on both Nexus tablets and phones.
The Nexus 10 has a dual-core A15 processor and two cameras1.5 megapixels in the rear-facing camera and 1.9 megapixels in the front camera.
The Nexus 4 has a Qualcomm Snapdragon s4 Pro processor and an 8-megapixel rear camera and a 1.3-megapixel front camera. It includes 16GB of internal storage and the battery is rated at 2,100 mAh.
All three devices include NFC with support for Android Beam contact-less sharing.
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Posted by Apurba at 0:13:53 on December 8, 2012
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Whatever I'm in love with hotspot billing software. You can try it.
Posted by Apurba at 0:07:24 on December 8, 2012
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In the reviews it seems it is much more usable and able to be personalized more than the nexus (I have one running ICS). The issue with Windows is not so much the hardware specs but the lack of apps, but from a connectivity point of view it probably has the most best ecosystem and connectivity.
Your comments indicate you are excited more by the specs and less by what the phone can actually do. Clearly a fanboy
Posted by henareho at 14:14:46 on November 2, 2012
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In the reviews it seems it is much more usable and able to be personalized more than the nexus (I have one running ICS). The issue with Windows is not so much the hardware specs but the lack of apps, but from a connectivity point of view it probably has the most best ecosystem and connectivity.
Your comments indicate you are excited more by the specs and less by what the phone can actually do. Clearly a fanboy
Posted by henareho at 14:14:33 on November 2, 2012
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killed it stone dead. Have a look on Google Play. Better specification
than a Samsung Galaxy S3 or iPhone 5. The price is incredible - #239 for the 8GB version, #279 for the 16GB version. Both are unlocked to
use on any network. Okay, you might think that the storage is a bit puny, but Google is
launching the Google Music app in the UK, so you can store all your
music in the cloud - I already use it and it is superb. Wireless
charging, NFC, 4.7" display 1280 x 768, gorilla glass, 8M camera, very
latest quad core Snapdragon S4 Pro and Jelly Bean. The only worry is
that it is made LG, but there has never been anything wrong with LG
hardware, it is software support that has let them down - but this
phone's software is directly supported by Google, so that problem is
gone.
Goodbye Nokia. Goodbye Windows Phone. Google has decided to kill you and this will work. Watch the price of competitor phones and
residuals plummet.
Posted by Iftekher Sunny at 20:32:33 on November 1, 2012
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killed it stone dead. Have a look on Google Play. Better specification
than a Samsung Galaxy S3 or iPhone5. The price is incredible - #239 for the 8GB version, #279 for the 16GB version. Both are unlocked to
use on any network. Okay, you might think that the storage is a bit puny, but Google is
launching the Google Music app in the UK, so you can store all your
music in the cloud - I already use it and it is superb. Wireless
charging, NFC, 4.7" display 1280 x 768, gorilla glass, 8M camera, very
latest quad core Snapdragon S4 Pro and Jelly Bean. The only worry is
that it is made LG, but there has never been anything wrong with LG
hardware, it is software support that has let them down - but this
phone's software is directly supported by Google, so that problem is
gone.
Goodbye Nokia. Goodbye Windows Phone. Google has decided to kill you and this will work. Watch the price of competitor phones and
residuals plummet.
Posted by Iftekher ISlam at 20:20:23 on November 1, 2012
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