It died, and the new Nexus makes nice with the illogic of a carrier-dominated world.
The exterior designs are slick and minimalist, similar to the new Nexus 7, featuring a black body and no buttons.
The rumored device is equipped with pixel density specs that would make the new Nexus more eye-candilicious than the current iPad.
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The most likely products to come out at the event are the new Nexus phone rumored to be manufacturing by LG.
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The multiple user support is especially handy for tablets like the new Nexus 10, which are much more likely to be shared, and now offer quick and easy user switching right from the lock screen.
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For that reason you may decide that a tablet, and especially the iPad or even the new Nexus 7 tablet (if you have a WiFi connection), is a far better choice as a communications tool when you are overseas if you do not need the convenience of a smaller device with its obvious limitations as far as screen size.
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The new Galaxy Nexus from Samsung sports a 4.65-inch HD sAMOLED touch-screen display.
While that doesn't always lead to a literal doubling of 3D performance, it unambiguously puts the new new iPad on top in GLBenchmark, with even the imminent Nexus 10's new Mali-T604 video left in the middle of a large pack.
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Also launched two new Nexus devices, the Nexus 4 smartphone and the Nexus 10 larger tablet.
Although California has had a use tax since 1935, the new type of nexus could be challenged.
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Obviously, none of this is official, but it only makes the impending release of a new Nexus or Nexii seem all the more likely.
The conversation was made possible by PopTech, an organization supported by the Rita Allen Foundation, which became the nexus of this new collaborative project.
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Google, in a blog post, said the new Android software that will power the Nexus S, known as Gingerbread, includes support for so-called near field communications technology.
With the new Daydream mode on Nexus 10 you can display useful or delightful information on your tablet when it's charging.
Meanwhile Samsung has delayed the launch of its new Nexus Prime smartphone as a mark of respect for Steve Jobs, who died on Oct. 5.
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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Samsung expects strong seasonal demand to drive sales of its diverse portfolio of smartphones in the fourth quarter assisted by the launch of new premium devices, including GALAXY Nexus which features the latest Android 4.0 operating system for the first time in a smartphone, and the 5.3-inch GALAXY Note which is opening a new mobile device category.
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The tech giant also cancelled an event today at which it planned to launch the Nexus 4 smartphone and a new version of its Jelly Bean operating system.
The most noteworthy feature of Google's new Nexus Q device may be this: It's made in the United States.
At the launch of its Nexus Android phone, a Google executive held the new handset in front of him and said "navigate to San Francisco airport".
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Say you've loaded up your new Nexus 7 with the entire Transformers series of movies, as one might be prone to do, all available offline to save your precious data cap.
Its relative success not only inspired the launch of devices such as the Google Nexus 7, but it likely nudged Apple into the new midsize tablet market with the iPad Mini.
Bought yourself a shiny new Nexus 7 just before the priced dropped on October 29th and feel a bit slighted?
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That Google is rumored to be coming out with a new tablet on Monday, the Nexus 10, outflanking Apple on the high end (in both screen size and pixel density) shows where the battlefield moving.
Google Nexus tablet users can access the new design by updating their SoundHound app in the Google Play store while Kindle users can do the same via the Amazon Appstore.
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In his dissent, Judge Robert Smith wrote that mere advertising by an out-of-state retailer through in-state media does not constitute a physical presence or sufficient nexus, concluding links from the New York websites to big online retailers are simply that.
New tablets and strategies enter the market: Google Nexus 7, Google Chromebook, Microsoft Surface, iPad Mini.
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We're somewhat surprised when the Samsung-made Nexus is using a brand new chip architecture that many had thought would represent a fundamental leap in speed.
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Still, despite having the Nexus Q and the Ouya as the new kids on the Android TV block, and perhaps as distractions, Google TV stills seems to be the company's best play for the television.
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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