Today, Google made good on their promise to begin shipping Nexus 7 tablet pre-orders by mid-July. The company’s latest updates on Twitter and Google+ read, “Locked and loaded, ready to play: we’ve started shipping +Nexus 7 pre-orders today!” I imagine Google sold tons of $200 and $250 models, so shipments may have to be...
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The Google Nexus 7 tablet from Asus wouldn’t be a Nexus device without a stop motion unboxing video from French Canadian director Patrick Boivin. Like the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S before it, the Google Nexus 7 gets unboxed by the familiar three ninjas, but this time UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St-Pierre uses...
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While the Samsung Galaxy Nexus HSPA+ is in the midst of being updated to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the Google Nexus 7 tablet is now being upgraded over the air to Android 4.1.1 (build JRO03C). The file size is just 12.6MB, so it’s likely to be a simple maintenance and bug fix update more...
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Fantastic news just emerged for owners of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus HSPA+. Google has started rolling out the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the device. The upgrade, which updates the smartphone from Ice Cream Sandwich to Jelly Bean, delivers new features to the Galaxy Nexus, like expandable/actionable notifications, re-sizable widgets, a smarter keyboard,...
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Google I/O 2012 attendees were some of the first to get their hands on the upcoming Nexus 7 tablet, complete with the new Google Play and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update. In this video, we get to hear their first impressions of the highly affordable 7-inch tablet. The Nexus 7 is already available to...
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In the image gallery below, the Google Nexus 7, manufactured by Asus, gets its proper teardown treatment, courtesy of the guys at iFixit. The Nexus 7 is highly regarded as the best 7-inch Android tablet and it’s available to purchase now with shipments due to arrive in mid-July. The $200-250 priced tablet is the...
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Thinking about picking up an Asus Nexus 7 tablet from Google? You may want to think twice if you prefer a tablet of the larger variety as a new rumor has popped up suggesting Google could launch a 10-inch tablet later this year. According to Digitimes’ sources, Google is planning a Nexus 10 with...
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If you missed the live stream of the day 1 keynote from Google I/0 2012, you can watch it now via on-demand YouTube video. The event is just over two hours long and features the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Nexus 7 Tablet and Nexus Q streaming media player announcements in full. It also has...
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As expected, Adobe is following through with their plans to discontinue Flash Player for mobile web browsers, particularly on the Android platform. Devices running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean won’t have access to the Flash Player browser plugin in the Google Play Store at all. Current smartphones or tablets with Flash certification, basically devices running...
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The Google Play Store, formerly Android Market, received an update for select devices already running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Asus Nexus 7 from Google I/O 2012). We’re not sure when other iterations of Android will receive the update over the air by official means, but you can manually download the...
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The folks at XDA have ripped the new set of wallpapers from the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean SDK, so now is your chance to try them out on your device. These are the same wallpapers you will find on Google’s Nexus 7 tablet which was announced yesterday during the I/O 2012 developers conference. Unfortunately,...
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Even though it’s only been a matter of hours since Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the Easter egg from the upcoming OS update has already been discovered. Like with Ice Cream Sandwich, Honeycomb and Gingerbread, you can activate an easter egg by repeatedly tapping on the version number in the Android settings menu....
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Along with the Nexus 7 tablet and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, Google also announced the Nexus Q as the first social streaming media player at Google I/O 2012 today. Using the Google Play and YouTube apps on Android, Nexus Q streams your favorite TV shows, movies and music directly from the cloud to your...
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UPDATE: check out our Nexus 7 unboxing video. Google has finally put all rumors to rest by announcing the Nexus 7 Tablet from Asus. It’s powered by the all new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and comes at an affordable price-point at just $200-250, depending on choice of storage. The Nexus 7 Tablet...
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Today, Google announced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at their annual I/O developers conference. While Jelly Bean isn’t the huge upgrade to the OS that we experienced with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, it’s still a significant update with several key elements. Android 4.1 will be available on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Nexus S...
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