Google unleashes new Nexus line-up

Google has confirmed through a blog post, the Nexus devices that have been appearing out of the rumor-mill. Starting in the middle of November, Google will begin taking orders for Nexus 4 by LG on Google Play store. The phone will be sold unlocked and without a contract at $299 for 8GB model and $349 16GB. The Nexus 4 is built with a 4.7-inch (320ppi) IPS display, Snapdragon S4 Pro with quad-core processor, 2GB RAM, and will have Android 4.2 factory-installed.

Starting immediately, the Tegra 3 powered Nexus 7 will have a 16GB model shipping for $199, and 32GB for $249.

Not the ones used to be out played, Samsung will be releasing the Nexus 10 with a 300ppi screen that has an impressive, 2560x1600px resolution. Google promises nine hours of video playback on a full charge of the 9000mAh battery. The Nexus 10 will start shipping through Google Play store in the middle of November in North America, Australia, Japan, and some parts of Europe. The 16GB model will be priced at $399, and $499 for the 32GB version.

Google is pushing a particular configuration of features with Nexus devices that appear to revolve around Google Drive and Android Beam. To that end, all these devices come with NFC, and do not have SD card reader.

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Google announces Android 4.2 based Samsung Nexus 10

Google did cancel its Android event due to Hurricane Sandy, however the company did announce the Samsung Nexus 10 tablet along with the LG Nexus 4 smartphone. We had earlier reported that Google will be announcing a 10-inch Samsung Nexus tablet which will sport a high pixel density display.

The Samsung Nexus 10 is a 10-inch display at 300ppi and 2560x1600 pixel resolution. The new Nexus 10 is powered by a 1.7GHz A15 dual-core processor and also is the first device to feature the ARM A15 architecture. It is also equipped with a 5 megapixel rear camera and a secondary front facing 1.9 megapixel camera.

The device runs Android 4.2 (which is also called Jelly Bean) and allows multiple users to have different log-ins, it has stereo speakers on the front and a 9,000 mAh battery which is rated for up to 9 hours of video playback and 500 hours of standby time. It will be available in two sizes of 16GB and 32GB, both will include 2GB of RAM.

The 16GB Nexus 10 is priced at $399 while the 32GB Nexus 10 will cost $499. It will be available for purchase via the Google Play Store starting November 13 and the countries include US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan. The pricing and availability of this device is India is not yet revealed.

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Assassin's Creed III Midnight Launch in Mumbai and Delhi tomorrow

Assassin's Creed III launches on the 30th of October at a midnight launch event at Mumbai and Delhi. Walk in to get freebies like AC3 t-shirts, keychains and wrist bands and lots more. Not only that you get to take your pic with Connor himself, the protagonist of Assassins Creed III. The icing on the cake is that you get 5% off plus you walk off with 2 DLC's free - Captain of the Aquila and Colonial Assassin. So be there, 30th October 11PM onwards at Games The Shop-Oberoi Mall (Mumbai) and Federation of Gamers-DLF Mall (Saket, Delhi).

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Airtel taking pre-orders for 16GB Apple iPhone 5

Airtel will be one of the mobile operators from India who would be selling the Apple iPhone 5. The company has started taking pre-orders for the smartphone and it says that the device will be available from the 11th of November.

Only the 16GB black colored variant is available for pre-order and as revealed earlier it is priced at Rs. 45,500. Aircel will also be selling the iPhone 5 as they have already teased it on their website, however they are not taking any pre-orders. The Apple iPhone 5 is quite an expensive device, and a as the website suggests, they might have an EMI option available soon.

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Micromax A110 Superfone Canvas 2 now available for Rs. 9,999

The Micromax A110 Superfone Canvas 2 is now available for purchase online via online retailer Saholic. The device is priced at Rs. 9,999 only, and sports a 5-inch IPS display of 480x854 pixel resolution.

This is a dual-SIM capable smartphone which is powered by a 1GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich. It also sports an 8 megapixel rear camera with dual LED flash and 0.3 megapixel front facing camera. The Superfone Canvas 2 will be available in black and white, it will support 3G connectivity and include a 2,000 mAh battery which will provide up to 5 hours of talk time and 180 hours of standby. The first dual-core phone to retail at a price point under 10k, the Canvas 2 is draw a lot of excitement from consumers this shopping season. Here's a quick look at all the other phablet sized devices in the fray.

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Leaked: LG Nexus 7 details

Google may have cancelled the press event due to hurricane Sandy, but that has not stopped the information from coming out. Even in the light of recent leaks, this one has to be the mother of all. Belarusian websiteOnliner.by actually got their hands on what appears to be a review unit of some sort. This particular device was running Android 4.1.2, but the retail version is expected to ship with Android 4.2. Also, this unit has ‘not for sale’ markings printed on the back, along with hardware revision number.

In any case, this particular machine has a 4.7- inch (768x1280px) screen, Snapdragon S4 Pro system with quad-core processor clocked at 1.5 GHz, and Adreno 320 video processor.  The retail version of this LG Nexus is expected to have about 2GB of RAM with onboard storage option between 8GB and 16GB. All this still leaves the all-important price in the dark, for which we will have to wait for the official word.

Via: GSMArena

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Samsung posts record profits

Samsung latest financial statement shows record profits for the company in the third quarter of this year, mainly due to gains in the mobile business, and to some extent display panels. In three months ending in October, Samsung earned 6.56 trillion won in profits, which is nearly double compared to the same period last year that drew in 3.44 trillion won. Samsung’s year on year sales in the mobile business jumped 82 percent, and accounted for 50 percent of total revenue earned by the company.

Meanwhile, market watchers ABI Research and Strategy Analytics released their numbers on mobile market share and units shipped. According to these numbers, Samsung shipped more than twice the number of smartphones than its closest rival Apple. Samsung took 35.2 percent of market share by shipping 56.9 million smartphones, while Apple 16.6 per cent of the market with 26.9 million units. Furthermore, the reports estimate Samsung’s annual shipping rate increased by 102.5 percent.

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Xbox SmartGlass released for Android

Microsoft has released SmartGlass for Android 4.0 that connects a mobile device to an Xbox 360 through Xbox Live service. The application has features similar to other apps in its category, like making purchases, browsing personal library, and accessing community account information.

In addition, the application can show content like videos and provide keyboard input for Internet Explorer from the mobile device, on to the display connected to the Xbox. For good measure, SmartGlass also lets users control playback of multimedia content playing off the Xbox. SmartGlass requires Android ICS or higher, and a device with WVGA resolution display.

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