Google's Nexus S phone has NFC technology built into the device.
Two of the newest mobile phones, Google's Nexus One and Motorola's Droid, both use MEMS microphones in this way.
The Nexus 7 is the first tablet in Google's Nexus line of devices and the lead device for Android 4.1, Jelly Bean.
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The redesigned SoundHound app is available today for Google's Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 tablets as well as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle HD.
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The big problem, however, is that the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 isn't as good as Google's Nexus.
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The most noteworthy feature of Google's new Nexus Q device may be this: It's made in the United States.
Oh, sure -- a few people have called Google's Nexus One a "superphone, " but suddenly, that nickname has taken on a whole new level of meaning.
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Speculation has increasingly ramped up that Apple, faced by competition from Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 tablets, is making a smaller version of the iPad.
Then the Android camp had success with 7in tablets like Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7, and now Apple supposedly will announce its own smaller iPad in October.
He gave a side-by-side product comparison between the iPad Mini and Google's Nexus 7, and claimed that the Mini offers two-thirds more space to surf the Web when turned on its side.
Once considered a no-go because of late CEO Steve Jobs' statements that a smaller tablet wouldn't work, observers increasingly think Apple could offer one to compete with emerging competitors like Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7.
The original iPad and its first wave of rivals measured about 10 inches across, but more recent entries such as Amazon's Kindle Fire and Google's Nexus 7 have been 7 inches -- small enough to slip into a coat pocket.
Google's Nexus One has dreamt of space travel for a while now, but on Monday it was finally launched into orbit aboard a CubeSat dubbed STRaND-1, which was developed by Surrey Satellite Technology and the University of Surrey's Surrey Space Centre.
And, as always, we got a pile of the month's latest and greatest gadgets, including the Google Nexus 7, Hasbro's new Lazer Tag guns and a quick trip around OS X Mountain Lion.
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But competition from Amazon's Kindle Fire, Samsung's various tablets and Google's new Nexus 7 have prevented that from being the case.
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The audience was unimpressed with Fujifilm's FinePix 3-D camera or Samsung's Nexus S Google phone, both of which are already available on the market.
The Nexus S from Google and Samsung Electronics uses a snappy, 1-gigahertz chip called Hummingbird.
If you'd compare it to the Nexus 7, Google's own effort look a little weighty and thick against this white-finish tablet.
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The latest victim happens to be Google's recently announced Nexus 7, which has achieved a "repairability score" of 7 out of 10 (the Kindle Fire squeaked one notch past with an 8), with many accessible components including a replaceable battery and standard Phillips screws.
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Until last September it looked as though Apple, the company that created the tablet market, was pretty secure in its dominance in the UK. Sure, there were any number of Android devices, including Google's own impressive Nexus 7, but the 10in (25.4cm) iPad remained the one that most consumers aspired to own.
The company won't make any money from direct sales of the Nexus S, a Google spokesman said.
The seven-inch Nexus 7 runs on Google's latest Android Jelly Bean software and comes with a storage capacity of 16 gigabytes.
We know you're itching to get your hands on a Nexus One -- Google's managed to build buzz here the way only a couple companies in the world know how.
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We're all for the new Moto's less-is-more approach and the potential it has to breed a new Nexus device, but Google's already made it clear that it isn't playing favorites with OEMs. Either way, it's a start.
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Recently, some observers have questioned the show's relevance at a time when tech giants such as Google and Apple -- witness Tuesday's Nexus One launch -- can get massive media coverage for product announcements whenever they want.
We already have Google's own Samsung-made Nexus 10 as a high-water mark for a reference design, what with its 10-inch screen, Butter-smooth Android 4.2 OS and Retina-like 2, 560 x 1, 600 resolution.
Unlike its anagrammatic predecessor, the 7-inch FonePad is one indivisible device that will compete with a host of 7-inch tablets from Amazon, Samsung, Android tablet newcomer HP and its parent's earlier effort, the Google Nexus 7.
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The first release of Google Wallet is expected to be released on the Nexus S 4G on the Sprint network.
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Ahead of Google's Android event on the 29th there's additional confirmation of a storage upgrade for the Nexus 7, as 32GB units have now been spotted on shelves at US retailers.
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