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Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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Re: Nexus: The best of Google, now in three sizes

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Post by aviraldg »

seiji wrote: post #13
dangrossman wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was cancelled due to the hurricane. The event was going to be in New York.

Odd they announced it anyway. Could you imagine Apple having to cancel an event then just throwing the specs up on their website?

Read my reply above.

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Post by jonknee »

seiji wrote: post #13
dangrossman wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was cancelled due to the hurricane. The event was going to be in New York.

Odd they announced it anyway. Could you imagine Apple having to cancel an event then just throwing the specs up on their website?

Sure. It beats re-scheduling and having all the invitees re-book travel on a very tight deadline (not to mention where, it's possible NYC won't be able to host such an event for a while).

If SF had an Earthquake right before a scheduled event, I wouldn't hold it against Apple if they made it into a press release type announcement.

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Post by wmf »

klausa wrote: post #3

Flagship Android device, unlocked, without contract, for $299. Impressive. From the marketing video it looks like Android 4.2 gained Swype-like keyboard. It seems that they're no longer using tablet UI, even on Nexus 10 (i.e. it has status bar on top, navigation buttons are in the middle of the screen). That's weird, and I definitely don't like it, but it might not be that big of a problem.

Yeah, these prices look almost too good to be true. Other Android vendors may be getting some serious indigestion from this.

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Post by codeulike »

MattSayar wrote: post #15
codeulike wrote: post #5

What, no 3 hour long livestreamed press event? edit: oh, they had one planned in NY, cancelled due to the hurricane

I honestly prefer this format. I got all the critical details within 10 minutes, the press will be able to salivate over it for the next week, and I'm still just as hyped about the devices.

I think this is the most stuff I've ever seen launched in one blog post.

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Post by stanleydrew »

acgourley wrote: post #20
fr0sty wrote: post #14

And someone finally implements the killer-feature for the "Family Tablet": Multi-Account Support: > But what makes Nexus 10 unique is that it's the first truly shareable tablet. With Android 4.2, you can add multiple users and switch between them instantly right from the lockscreen. We believe that everyone should have quick and easy access to their own stuff -- email, apps, bookmarks, and more. That way, everyone ca…

Nice catch, that's a huge step forward. But is that not on the nexus 7?

It is an Android 4.2 feature so I'm sure it's also on the Nexus 7 and Nexus 4. But those devices are smaller and less likely to be shared so they are not playing multi-user up in those marketing materials I suspect.

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Post by upthedale »

fr0sty wrote: post #14

And someone finally implements the killer-feature for the "Family Tablet": Multi-Account Support: > But what makes Nexus 10 unique is that it's the first truly shareable tablet. With Android 4.2, you can add multiple users and switch between them instantly right from the lockscreen. We believe that everyone should have quick and easy access to their own stuff -- email, apps, bookmarks, and more. That way, everyone ca…

Doesn't Windows 8/RT do this too?
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