Nexus 7

The Nexus 7 made another visit to the Bluetooth SIG — almost a full year since its been released. The device was running a strange new JWR11 build number. Could it be Android 4.3?

We may have been given a quick glimpse of the rumored updated Nexus 7 — complete with LED notification — in the official Google Hangouts video. Take a look at the video and let us know what you think. Legit? Or simply special effects?

Google said to unveil an updated Nexus 7 with high resolution display at this year’s Google I/O. Android-based netbooks could follow later this year.

It has long been assumed that Google would release a followup to last year’s Nexus 7 this summer, but a new report is providing some of the first details on the device’s hardware and release strategies. According to Reuters, the new slate is on pace for a July launch and will feature upgraded hardware in comparison [...]

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It’s a rumor that’s been floating around for awhile now and it looks like it’s rearing its head yet again. The always hit-or-miss Digitimes is now reporting from “sources in the supply chain” that ASUS could be turning to Qualcomm for the next iteration of the Google Nexus 7, instead of NVIDIA (who was responsible [...]

Up until now, the Nexus 7 desktop dock has been a bit hard to find. It was scattered about at a random hodgepodge of online retailers, and because of its relative lack of availability those retailers jacked the price up to obnoxious levels. If you’ve been waiting for Google to get off its keister and [...]

Now that the Android 4.2.2 update is on the books, Google has taken to updating their codebase of android Open Source Project binaries, bringing the latest version to all currently supported Nexus devices. This includes the previously neglected Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 3G, as well as Verizon’s version of the Galaxy Nexus. The absence [...]

A couple days removed from offering a first look at Ubunutu Touch for tablets, Canonical has launched a developer preview of the new mobile OS. Designed to play nice with Android development phones, the linux-based Ubuntu Touch features support for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, and Nexus 10. But if you are thinking [...]

Google has experienced healthy sales of their Nexus 7 tablet, but you won’t hear it from them. According to analyst Benedict Evans, the company has sold between 4.5 and 4.6 million slates since launching last summer. While the figure is a triumph for Google — the company had hoped to sell 3 million tablets by [...]

With all the craziness going on in New York City right now you’d think there is nothing else happening. Well, I’m glad to say that there is more happening. Remember that countdown timer Canonical posted yesterday? Well, it wasn’t exactly for an HTC tablet (as cool as that would have been) but the company — [...]

Some folks on Reddit are all abuzz with the Android 4.2.2 update to software build JDQ39 hitting a number of Google’s pure Android devices including the Nexus 7, Nexus 10 and even the (GSM) Galaxy Nexus (everything but the Nexus 4 at the moment). The update has been rumored to address Bluetooth A2DP audio streaming [...]

The Nexus 7 was Google’s first Nexus device with NVIDIA’s Tegra chipset, but it looks like the next generation of the 7-inch tablet could be ditching Tegra 4. According to Pacific Crest analyst Michael McConnell, Google is likely to request Qualcomm’s services for the next generation of the Nexus 7. Specifically, he believes the next [...]

According to a new report out of Digitimes, Google and ASUS are teaming up for a second-generation Nexus 7 to be announced in May, likely at Google’s I/O developer conference. Engineering samples have supposedly already been making the rounds, revealing a device with a 1080p Full HD display, an “industrial design,” and thinner bezel around the [...]

The official shipping date for the Nexus 7 charging and multimedia dock has been rumored for every date from here until then, and none of them have come to fruition. Google themselves have never given an official date, but retailer B&H Photo tried its hand at estimating the shipping date a few different times and [...]