Nexus 10 Tablet Arriving Soon?

With the Nexus 7 already released and with Magazines and TV released on the new store an interesting item appears. When looking through the requirements I see "10 inch tablet". This means two things, either there is a Nexus 10 tablet coming since it will be the only 10 inch device running Jelly Bean, because to access Magazines and TV you need Jelly Bean, though the APK has been released. Or it means that Google has plans of rolling out Jelly Bean very quickly in the future, so it can be listed in the requirements.

I personally think that a Nexus 10 will come out, due to the fact that they would name it a Nexus "7" because of plans of releasing a new Nexus 10 tablet. That's what Samsung did with their tablet line up and their PMP line up as well. I think that a Nexus 10 tablet will soon come out to compete with the iPad, but first Google must push tablet app development or else no Android tablet will ever be able to compete.

Samsung Galaxy SIII Now Available for AT&T

Samsung's latest flagship is now finally available on AT&T. Featuring a dual core Snapdragon S4, 2 GB of RAM, the gorgeous HD Super AMOLED screen, and 4G LTE support. With a 8MP camera and the new Nature UX theme. And of course with a MicroSD card slot so you can expand then already included 16GB. The standard specs for all the U.S variations of the SIII. All of this shipping for $199.99 with a two year contract, but you can also get the device off contract for $549.99 instead of the $800 you pay for it unlocked. You can expect this device to directly compete with the One X due to the fact that both are priced similarly.

Here's what I'm wondering will AT&T release a regular HSPA+ version like they did with the SII? Probably not due to the fact that when the SII came out the HSPA+ version came out first and then they released the LTE version to compete. And since the HSPA+ version is quad core you won't be needing that due to the fact that most applications don't even utilize two cores, so the point of getting a quad core CPU in a smartphone is pretty useless except for the fact that it will drain the battery pretty quickly.

Samsung Wins Temporary Stay in Galaxy Nexus...For a Week

Luckily for Samsung and for Google, they have a week. Thankfully those of you who still haven't bought a galaxy nexus can, and that discounted price of $349 will be here for another week and then after that its over. According to Bloomberg the ban on the Galaxy Nexus has been temporarily lifted for a week and Apple has summoned to respond to this matter by July 12. My advice: Don't hesitate, buy it now.

Has Apple Gone Too Far?

        


After suing multiple companies and even their own supplier, don't you think Apple has gone far enough with suing all these other companies? I understand Apple feels like other companies are copying your work, your ideas, but isn't that how competition works? Someone takes an idea and improves it. Even after gaining such huge developer support and making Apple a household name again and not some dead company that needed help from Microsoft. Lets take a look at how it affects Competitors, Consumer, and Apple itself.

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Pulled From Play Store

Followed by Apple's injunction against Samsung, Google has pulled the Galaxy Nexus away from the Play Store due to the court's ruling. But the Galaxy Nexus is still there appearing as "Coming soon" and has not been completely pulled. It seems as if Google thinks that by rolling out its latest update that it might be able to escape the court's ruling since it no longer infringes the patent it should work right? That'll be the court's decision, but if you're dying to get your hands on one, it will still be available at other retailers like Target. Just expect the shipping to be slow due to the fact that they will no longer be getting the product direct from Google and only from their own stock. Perhaps Apple has gone overboard with suing everyone? Only time will tell...

Android's Jelly Bean Statue Melts

                         

Google has a habit of putting up statues before a major release of Android. This time for Jelly Bean they had put an Android filled with Jelly Beans. But I guess it couldn't take the hot California weather, because part of the head melted and popped off. A worker at Google; Dan Morrill said "Jelly Bean was to hot for the statue" and "They have a developer working on a bug fix". A rather funny cover up. And since everyone wants a part of Jelly Bean someone actually had stolen one of the jelly beans inside, and because of that the statue has been surrounded with tape.

Google Lends a Hand to Samsung

A little while after Apple winning in court which in turn banned Google's Jelly Bean flag ship, Google was quick to push an OTA update which was meant to get Google out of trouble. Basically dumbing down the home screen search bar to only show up web based searches instead of searching the phone for files, music, or even in-app, meaning it can't search the Gmail application. We all now that search is  a major part of Android, in fact its Google's entire business! And by removing search you are basically removing the life blood of Android. But for now we don't know if users will have the option to accept the update or not. Luckily the lawsuit doesn't affect Jelly Bean's main feature which is basically a Siri competitor called "Google Now". Luckily for us the lawsuit only affects the Galaxy Nexus and not Jelly Bean's "Google Now" or Jelly Bean at all.