Sep 09
Nexus 7 with 4G LTE is now available on Google Play in the US [http://t.co/sY5XhbGDGP] and is coming to US T-Mobile stores in October!
— Google Nexus (@googlenexus) September 9, 2013
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Sep 08
Rumor has it that Google’s future Nexus tablets might not be manufactured by ASUS. Google’s Nexus tablets have been quite successful in the market, according to Digitimes, they account for a “large proportion” of the overall tablet shipments of ASUS. The company recently unveiled two new Android powered tablets at the IFA 2013 trade show in Berlin. The publication believes that ASUS is pushing its new tablets so as to “get away from Google’s aura.”
The company is already expected to reduce Nexus 7′s shipment proportion to under 50 percent by the third quarter of this year. The proportion will reportedly be down to 20 percent by the end of the second quarter of 2014. Google hasn’t officially said as yet if it will go with another manufacturer for future Nexus tablets. The new tablets that ASUS unveiled last week are seen as a push by the company to promote its own brand. Google’s Nexus tablets have been able to perform well in the market particularly because they were competitively priced. One of the tablets that ASUS recently announced is called an “affordable” Android tablet. With the tablet market heating up as it is, we might see ASUS make an even greater push to increase its market share.
ASUS Reportedly Trying To Emerge From Under Google’s ‘Aura’ original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 03
In today’s obligatory unveiling video of the new Android statue for Google’s lawn full of statues of desserts, a new Google smartphone has appeared. This may very well be the next-generation Nexus device as it does indeed have the word Nexus written on it – though in a bit of a cut with what may […]
Sep 02
Complaints from early adopters of the new Nexus 7 claimed the device’s touchscreen was rather out of whack, with owners baffled by phantom extra presses registering while typing and making the tablet a bit of a nightmare to use. Google Issued a fix but… it doesn’t seem to have fixed anything.
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Sep 01
Sometime at the end of last month, there was a new update rolled out for the Google Nexus 7 (2013) which allegedly fixes some issues with the tablet’s touchscreen, but it seems that not all the problems have been handled properly by the JSS15Q update. Among these reported issues by irate users included double taps, phantom taps and overall erratic behavior, in addition to GPS issues. I guess that some users are able to live with such glitches, at least until a proper fix is introduced, while others might be turned off by the experience.
In fact, there has been some new purchasers of the tablet who reportedly are still experiencing some issues with the touchscreen display, and even after installing the JSS15Q update. Speculation is rife that this particular issue might involve incorrect calibration and it might be fixed through another update. If you own a new Nexus 7 (2013 model), how has your experience been so far? Has it put you off Google’s hardware at the moment, or do you have faith that Google will make all things bright and beautiful in due time (even so, hopefully this is done sooner rather than later). If you are an affected user, have you returned your Nexus 7 for a new model, or has applying the update helped you?
Nexus 7 JSS15Q Update Fails To Fix All Touchscreen Issues original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Aug 29
Just when will the Nexus 7 LTE enabled tablet arrive in the market? Well, there are signs from Japan as well as Europe which will point in the direction of some time this coming mid-September, and this has increased the hopes of some that a similar rollout might happen in the US market, too, although nothing concrete has been confirmed just yet. One of the earliest pointers that the Nexus 7 LTE model might arrive in the middle of September hailed from the Land of the Rising Sun when Google made an announcement of the Nexus 7’s launch in that part of the world earlier this week, where there was also mention from Japan’s Ascii.jp that carried whispers of the LTE model being available in mid-September.
On a different continent, there are also reports of a similar timing trickling in from the UK. Google themselves have remained mum on the situation in the US, as at point of publishing, only the Wi-Fi model of the Nexus 7 is available. You can be quite sure that when a Nexus 7 LTE model is announced, it will rack up its fair share of purchases, although the $349 price of entry might prove to be prohibitive to some of us out there.
Nexus 7 LTE Model Could See Mid-September Debut original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Aug 28
The tablet boom was led by Apple’s iPad comfortably for about two years. Then Google released the Nexus 7 which punched a hole in the market, creating its very own niche. Other manufacturers followed suit and released their own 7 inch tablets, some had more success than others. Apple too released its 7 inch contender last year, and despite any doubts that people might have had about the relatively less screen real estate, the small tablets have been doing quite well in the market. Samsung has reportedly decreased orders for components that go into its 10 inch tablets as sales have fallen far below expectations due to tough competition from the 7 inch models. Less components mean less 10 inch tablets being produced.
Digitimes reports that Samsung has been selling some 8-8.8 million tablets each quarter this year, and is the second largest tablet vendor as Apple holds on to its first position. The publication says that Samsung is now adopting a strategy to “flood the market” with various tablets which will include 7, 8 and 10 inch models. 70 percent of all of Samsung’s 17 million tablets shipped in the first half of 2013 were accounted for by 7 inch tablets, the sub $200 price tag of these devices have reportedly boosted sales for the company, sources claim. They also claim that Samsung will next focus on the notebook market.
Samsung Reportedly Decreases Component Orders For 10 Inch Tablets original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Aug 28
If you’re anything like us, you’ve been counting the days until you can get your hands on the new 2013 version of the Google Nexus 7 tablet in the UK. Android tablet fans in the UK have something to be excited about as August 28 is here and the tablet is now available in the […]
Aug 25
History has shown that Google more often than not take their own sweet time in delivering its range of Nexus tablets as well as smartphones to Japan since it has launched in the US, but at the very least, they do seem to be improving. In fact, it has just been announced that Google will be delivering the newly refreshed Nexus 7 (which we have reviewed by the way), sporting a spanking new 1,900 x 1,200 resolution display as well as a 5-megapixel shooter, and is said to make landfall in Japan this coming Wednesday, that would be August 28th.
If you want to pick up the 16GB model, then you would need to fork out 27,800 yen for it, while those who want the 32GB model will have to churn out 33,800 yen a pop. Folks who reside in the Land of the Rising Sun and have kept their fingers crossed for a LTE model will be pleased to hear that such a device will also be on its way, hitting Japan as a SIM-unlocked device sometime in the middle of September onwards. It will arrive off-contract for a wee bit less than 40,000 yen, and according to Google, this bad boy will run on all three of Japan’s major carriers (and they are DoCoMo, Softbank and KDDI’s au) without breaking a sweat. Better late than never applies here, don’t you think so?
Refreshed Nexus 7 Arrives In Japan This August 28th original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Aug 23
If you’ve been dealing with multitouch issues on your Nexus 7 tablet after installing the previous update, another software update promises to provide a fix. The JSS15Q update is now available for the tablet, offering an all-around fix to the troublesome multitouch problem, according to Paul Wilcox, the Google community manager. Wilcox confirmed on the […]
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