All About Android 83

All About Android Episode 83

Topics

• Google Announcement delayed due to hurricane Sandy
• Google announces the devices anyways: Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

Nexus 4

• The Nexus 4: Google's flagship phone lands November 13th for $299
• Why Doesn't The Nexus 4 Have LTE? Here's Google's Explanation, And Why It Sort Of Makes Sense
• No LTE... BUT: The Nexus 4 rocks 42 Mbps on HSPA+
  • Nexus 4: 8GB for $299; 16GB for $349; available unlocked and without a contract on 11/13 on the Google Play store in U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada. The 16GB version will also be available through T-Mobile for $199, with a 2-year contract Offline availability is expected in Europe, Asia, CIS, the Middle East, Central and South America by the end of November.

Nexus 7

• Nexus 7 (32GB and HSPA+) tablet, available November 13th for $299 unlocked
  • Nexus 7: 16GB for $199 and 32GB for $249; available in U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan, and also through our retail partners Gamestop, Office Depot, Office Max, Staplesa nd Walmart.
  • Nexus 7 with 32GB and mobile data: $299 and unlocked, on sale 11/13 in the Google Play store in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain and Canada.

Nexus 10

• Nexus 10 available November 13th starting at $399; hands-on photos and video
• Nexus 10 vs. the competition: fight!
  • Nexus 10: 16GB for $399; 32GB for $499; available on 11/13 in the Google Play Store in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan.

• Nexus AD: Ask Me Anything (all three devices, official video)
• Nexus 4, Nexus 10, And New Nexus 7 Flavors Are Now Live In The Google Play Store
• Google's Wireless Charging Orb for Nexus 4 takes inspiration from Palm's Touchstone

Android 4.2: Jelly Bean

• What's new in 4.2
• New camera app (all buttons gone, follow your thumb press)
• Photo Sphere
• Some panoramas!
• Widgets to lock screen
• Quick Settings
• Multiple user support
• [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=66-4uMQqerA#!&t=5m24s Gesture typing
  • Screen sharing using Miracast, Daydream (activated when placed on Charging Orb")
• Unified OS look for tablets and phones
• Matias Duarte Answers Questions About Jelly Bean UI And The Lack Of Micro SD Cards

Google Now

• Google Now updates
  • Gmail (recognize flight confirmations, hotel reservations, restaurant bookings, event tickets, and package tracking emails)
  • Exercize (utilizes the phone’s accelerometer and location data: every month it will let you know how far you've walked or biked and also tell you how it compared to the month previous
  • Local attractions and photo opportunity proximity (accessing data from Google's Panaramio service, noting when you're close to a place that has a "high density of pictures taken at a spot.)
  • stocks, news, local concerts, movies

Google Play updates

• Buy Movies: Canada, the U.K., France, Spain and Australia
• Play Music: Nov 13 - U.K, France, Germany, Italy and Spain
• Google Inks Deal With Warner Music Group, Now Working With All Major Labels
• Play Music: Match feature - scan library, match to Google library, avoid upload: In Europe at launch, launch in US soon after

• All that said and done: Was a big event REALLY necessary?

Hardware

• New Samsung Galaxy S3 ad: It's good for sharing sex tapes!

Android Arena!

• Last Week's Poll
• [Ron - Auto SMS Sender (FREE)
• Jason - Minimal Reader (FREE/$.99)
• Eileen - First Aid - American Red Cross (FREE)
• This Week's Poll

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