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The Google I/O 2013 schedule has finally be revealed. The company is shaking things up a little bit this year. Unlike in the past, when it made separate product announcements in separate keynotes, the company will be conducting a 3 hour keynote session in which it will announce all of the products it has planned for us. The keynote session will kick off at 9am PST on the 15th of May. Google live streams various sessions from the conference, so it can be expected that this three hour keynote will be live streamed to those who couldn’t make it to Moscone Center in person.

As far as new products are concerned, the previously rumored release of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie has reportedly been delayed and it won’t be announced at Google I/O 2013. Recent rumors suggest that the company will be announcing Android 4.3 instead. New hardware is also expected, this includes the Motorola X smartphone, a 32GB LTE Nexus 4 and possibly a revamped Nexus 7 tablet. Google will also be conducting various sessions on six main tracks, Android, Chrome & Apps, Google+, Google Cloud Platform, Google Maps and YouTube at the conference which runs from 15th to the 17th of May.

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Today it’s been announced by Google that their premiere Android-only system* has begun its trip to iOS: Google Now for iPad and iPhone. This system will bring on a combination of Google Search and personalized everyday “cards” showing what a user – you, if you’re using Google Now – wants to know about every day elements like weather, sports, and calendar items.

Android users have had Google Now for several months, this system having been launched originally approximately a year ago at Google’s developer conference. At Google I/O 2012 we had our first hands-on look at Google Now with the Samsung-made Galaxy Nexus handset which you’ll be able to have a retro look at below this paragraph. The update for iPad and iPhone will be available in the iTunes app store immediately if not soon.

Google Now 1.0 at launch with Android – see our iOS hands-on soon!

Google Now for iPhone and iPad will not be offered as a separate app, but integrated into the original Google Search app experience. Because of this, many users will find the Google Now environment appearing in an update they’d be running automatically. This system will be working on a voluntary opt-in basis, this allowing users to decide if they want to use the personalized system or not.

Note: this version of Google Now is NOT able to access your iOS calendar, it seems – stay tuned for more hands-on revelations.

Google Now uses search results and terms typed in by the user as tuned by their Google account. If the user has a Gmail address, they have a Google account – and if the user wants to use Google Now, they’ll need to have an account to make it all work. Have a peek at the launch video here and get ready for SlashGear’s full hands-on experience as well, coming up soon!

Check out SlashGear’s Google Now tag portal for more information on this system and have a chat with us in today’s Google Now post up on Google+, the search giant’s social network.

Google Now hits iOS as Android assistant exclusivity ends is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Yesterday I reported on a rumor that Google will be announcing a 32GB 4G LTE capable Nexus 4 at the I/O conference. When the Nexus 4 was originally launched late last year, it did not offer the higher storage space and LTE compatibility. If Google isn’t planning on releasing a successor just yet then it makes sense to release a tweaked Nexus 4, because almost all premium smartphones offer these features. Today our attention is brought towards a new rumor which claims that both Nexus 5 and Motorola X smartphone won’t be unveiled at Google I/O.

We’ve heard a lot recently about Motorola X smartphone, Eric Schmidt says that its phenomenal and CEO Larry Page hinted that Motorola’s upcoming smartphones might be unbreakable. It is possible that the X smartphone won’t be unveiled at I/O, only last week it was rumored that Motorola X release has been pushed back till August. As far as the Nexus 5 is concerned, there hasn’t been much chatter about it recently. Perhaps Google is aiming for a fall launch of its next generation Nexus smartphone. Let me remind you that all of this is based on rumors, take this with a grain of salt.

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This week the rumors are running like mad with Google’s next-edition Nexus device being revealed not as the Nexus 5 (not yet, at least), but the LG-made Nexus 4 with a newly enlarged standard 32GB internal storage size and 4G LTE connectivity. This device will quite likely be revealed as the first hero smartphone to be running Google’s own Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie, the newest edition of their mobile operating system – also not yet confirmed by the company.

These rumors are stacking up around what everyone would like ideally: a new smartphone. The device would, of course, be called the Nexus 5 and a brand new manufacturer would be behind the wheel. Past Google I/O events dictate a different situation, on the other hand.

Instead of releasing a brand new smartphone at the developer event next month, Google will much more likely be presenting the attendees with a newly enhanced version of the still hotly-selling Nexus 4. This new version will quite likely be able to work with new radio bands for networks that previous to the event weren’t compatible with the handset.

The current Google Nexus 4 works with AT&T and T-Mobile here in the United States but only supports speeds up to HSPA+. With the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor under the hood of the Nexus 4, the device already has the compatibility it needs on the SoC side of things – it wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to see LG and Google update the innards of this device to support 4G LTE for T-Mobile as it begins to launch across the USA, and both AT&T and Verizon could be onboard as well.

We’ll be at Google I/O 2013 next month and will be reporting straight through SlashGear’s Google I/O tag portal to you the whole event long! Join us from May 15th through the 17th as we head to the Moscone Center in San Francisco! You can also tap our Google I/O 2013 event in Facebook to remind yourself of the fun coming up!

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Google I/O 2013 tipped to bring Nexus 4 LTE with Key Lime Pie is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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As we draw ever nearer the developer conference known as Google I/O 2013, tips and rumors (and today a 3D rendering) of a Motorola-made “X Phone” have made their way to the public. What we’re seeing here is an illustrated version of what a tipster has suggested will be what the upcoming Google Nexus device will bring to the market this spring, with a possible reveal hitting in early May as Google’s convention takes place. Along with the rendering from GSMArena has come a set of specifications that are sometimes fabulous, sometimes bafflingly low-grade.

Qualcomm Processor

Along with the one ZTE device we’ve seen in Barcelona this past month, this device will – if these tipped specifications hold true – be amongst the first to come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. This is a step above the Snapdragon 600 processor you’ll be seeing in the HTC One and the Samsung GALAXY S 4, mind you.

What’s odd here is that this device’s tipped specifications also include a display that’s not quite as impressive as those attached to the HTC One and GALAXY S 4. This would only make sense if Google wanted to show the power of the newest version of Android (whatever that may be) or the power of the Snapdragon chipset – but developing for higher definition displays should, by all means, be more important than those bits.

Massive 4000mAh battery

Inside it’s said that you’ll be seeing a battery that’ll bust up the rest of the market, 4000mAh large so you’ll be working all day and night long without need for a charge. That’s rather similar to what we’ve seen in several of the most recent Motorola smartphone releases, and right on top of the device we brought to Mobile World Congress 2013 for its excellent battery capacity and long-lasting life: the Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX HD.

Android 4.2

Wait a second – wasn’t this device supposed to be a Nexus phone? Wasn’t the rumor that this Motorola release was supposed to be the first vanilla Google phone, complete with the next-generation operating system build? Perhaps here we see how the Motorola smartphone at hand is not going to be all it’s cracked up to be tipped.

Or we see another massive flaw in the tipster. Between this device running with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, nothing newer, and the fact that they’ve reported just 768 x 1280 as the resolution of the display, it’s going to be really difficult to convince anyone that this tipster is one to be trusted.

IP57 certified with Gorilla Glass III

Back in the much more realistic realm of specifications comes a tip that this device will be water resistant up to a meter and will be somewhat damage resistant in a variety of other ways. Up front it’s said that the third generation of Gorilla Glass, made great enough to resist even the toughest of scratches.

Unique New Industrial Design

With the rendering you’re seeing above, you’ll notice that this device looks quite different from the rest of the Motorola smartphones we’ve seen released over the past several years. It looks a lot more like an Xperia phone, when it comes down to it. Whether you’re all about this new design or you’d rather stick with the RAZR family, it’s nice to see Motorola change things up a bit – if, in fact, they really are making this device.

Motorola X Phone render “leaked”: 5 specifications to make you freak is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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