Nexus 7 2013 featured on Best Buy Ads

The much anticipated announcement of the Nexus 7 2nd Generation is expected to be tomorrow in the Google Event. To add more excitement and suspense to the event Google has been very careful in trying to keep the event and any news regarding the Next Generation Nexus 7 a secret. 

But the news which has been leaked from the Office max, about the inventory details of the New Nexus 7.

To add to that this week we have seen the fliers coming out from the Best Buy Ads featuring the upcoming Nexus 7 2nd generation.

The Ad has stated that the customers have to wait till Tuesday , i.e. the 30th of June 2013 for getting the tablets into their hands.

The device specifications in the ad snippet is like this 

Google Nexus 7

With 16GB storage and a 1920 x 1200 screen resolution, you'll have everything you need to access Gmail, Google Maps, YouTube and more.

Usually no retailers will be publishing the details in the ads before the complete sales of the previous version of a product is launched. Anyway Best Buy has spilled the beans about the upcoming Nexus 7 and the users will have to be patient for 1 more week for it to get into their hands.

Meanwhile there has some stunning photo shoots of the Nexus 7 which has been circling around. The new wallpaper of the Nexus 7 2nd Generation is simple and colourful with a vivid design. Looking like an origami work !

The new wallpapers for the Nexus 7 looks quite appealing. maybe i will be a Android 4.3 Jelly Bean default wallpaper which can also be available in other Android devices.

Anyway, fingers crossed for the Nexus 7 announcement.

  

Nexus 7 2013 specs updation and model cover photo

The past few days has been  quite exciting for the Nexus 7 lovers and fans. The leaks confirming the specs and the photos of the form and size of the new model has been reported in the Nexus7HD . The Android Event by Google on 24th June 2013 , Wednesday is expected to be also the announcement of the next gen Nexus 7.  The leaks from the Office-max inventory list also confirming the release of the Nexus 7 in the near future. 

The Nexus 7 second generation rumors has been circling around the web for last few months and was expected to be unveiled in the annual developers event of Google, Google I/O. but there was no news from Google regarding the the Nexus 7 device or the Android 4.3 update. While the FCC, and the Bluetooth SIG certifications along with the spilling of beans by the ASUS customer rep during a support session had started the fans to again dream about their new Nexus 7 and hope for much better specifications. 

The new information about the Nexus has been wonderful.

4 GB RAM

The earlier specifications had been  confirming that the New Nexus 7 will be seeing an upgrade from the earlier 1GB RAM to 2GB RAM. The earlier 1GB RAM itself was performing as expected in high resolution games like Need For Speed- Most Wanted mobile version and was giving a great user -experience, feel and fun to the user. Most of the users who gave reviews about the Nexus 7 had mentioned about the speed and clarity of the Nexus 7 while gaming.

Now after the new photo leaks of the Nexus 7 has released the data pertaining to the memory capacity of the device has been upgraded to a new number. The tag of the Next Nexus 7 if carefully scrutinized shows that the Nexus 7 is not 2GB RAM device but 4GB.

If you can carefully scrutinize the Memory specifications it is written as DDRLM 1600  "256M * 16" i.e. 16 times 256 MB which equals to 4096 MB which is 4GB ....

So it turns out that the new Nexus 7 will be a 4GB device.

Wireless charging

The New Nexus 7 is expected to be having a new feature for charging the device wireless.

We are not sure whether this feature is only a Nexus 7 feature or will be inherent with all devices having the Android JellyBean 4.3

The addition of Android 4.3 JellyBean to the Nexus 7 is also confirmed with the new leaks.

Nexus 7 and Android is adopting Wireless charging following Nokia which was the first brand to introduce this feature. Wireless charging has not proven much better than the normal charging, it takes too much time for charging the device also. Even then the feature is much appealing to say along with the other extra features added to the device.

The @evleaks has meanwhile released a model cover photo that will be used for marketing purposes by Google .

The much anticipated Google Nexus 7 HD or whatever that Google is gonna name it, is on the way.

Nexus 7 2013 expected to hit markets next week.

The Office Max is set to release the New Nexus 7 2 in the markets from maybe 24th July 2013. The Engadget has reported that an acquaintance has tipped them with the inventory details of the upcoming Nexus 7. 

The Office Max stores are following a definite strategy to start selling the New Nexus 7 only after the Old Nexus 7 is sold out. Until then the device will be displayed on the shelves only for demo.

The planogram strategy and the set-up guidelines documents' snapshot was sent along with from the Good acquaintance.

The device is expected to be arriving the stores on 20th June 2013, Saturday and maybe only put up on display after the Google event.

The 32 GB version of the New Nexus 7 or Nexus 7 2 will be priced at $269.99 as per the document photos . This seems to pretty affordable compared to the Nexus 7. As always Google has kept its promise to the users to "provide state of art products at affordable prices to help android developers and users grow..." 

Nexus 7 2013 expected to be unvealed on 24th July 2013

Google has invited the press to a Android Event in San Francisco California on 24th July 2013, i.e. next Wednesday. The event will be starting at 9:00 am and those attendees who cannot make it up will be able to view the live stream of the event on Youtube.

Sundar Pichai who is currently leading the Android and Chrome teams will be hosting the "Breakfast with Sundar Pichai" event.

The event expects to be announcing some updates about the Android development and about new Chrome releases and updates. Since Sundar is conducting the event it is also expected not only to be a update release event but a Major Release event like the Nexus 7 2 release.

Anyway the hopes are up and high for the imminent release of the next Nexus 7. 

Nexus 7 2013 pictures leaked, OMG its AWESOME !!!

The Android Community has confirmed and got some latest and greatest photos of the New Nexus 7.

Yes this time it is real. Not like the early specifications from the Asus representative or the Blutooth SIG certifications, nor the FCC certifications, it is Real pictures....

No more talking , I present you the New Nexus 7

Image courtesy: Android Central

We have also got our eyes on the video of the New Nexus 7 being checked ou. The video was taken by a mobile camera with one hand, still it seems pretty neat. 

Video Courtesy : Android central

Nexus 7 2013 gets Global Certification Forum certified

The Global Certification Forum certified the Nexus 72 aka  Asus K009.(link)

The certification comes as a standard passed that the device is safe to be used under the set of specified set of Radio band-widths for Cellular or CDMA transmissions.

The earlier speculations about the Nexus 7 2  release dates  and the specifications seems to be aligning with the current certification details.

The postponing or the speculations about the Apple Ipad mini with retina display to make it to the markets only in 2014 gives Google less competition in the existing tablet market battle.

The Nexus 7 2 with LTE  (K009) is expected to be releasing along with the cellular version (K008) at the end of July 2013.

Late July, that's when the Nexus 7 2013 is expected

We have been hearing rumors about the release of the Nexus 7 HD for past couple of months.

The expectation was it to be announced with the Moto X phone. But it seems like the Moto X is scheduled to release in August. 

Lot of sites have estimated a late release of the tablet on July. A Taiwanese website also has reported that the Nexus 7 2 will be releasing in Taiwan by the end of July for $299. According to the market experts the Nexus 7 2 will be able to ship as many as 8 million devices in 2013.

The Android Community has analysed a mid-summer release of the Nexus 7 2, since the market will be flooded with new tablet releases at that time and it would be a good time to welcome the tablet with the rest of them.

Meanwhile, the Fuhrer seems to be pissed off by the inaccurate details regarding the release of the Nexus 7 2. Check this out.

Asus K-009 aka Nexus 7 2013 passes RRA certification

The K-009 , aka Nexus 7 HD passed the Korean National Radio Reasearch Agency certification for LTE certification yesterday, the 10th of July.


The recent updates from the Bluetooth SIG, FCC listings and now the RRA certification are giving warmer signs of the predicted release to be imminent .


The certification is given after verifying the device is safe for use in the country with LTE mobile broadband connection and adheres to the 3GPP LTE standards and the International Telecommunications Union - Radio standards.


If you can read and understand Korean , visit the certification page published yesterday on the RRA site.
Link : http://rra.go.kr/board/device/view.jsp?app_no=201317100000118186


Here is the English version site of the RRA : http://rra.go.kr/eng2/index.jsp


Source: http://ameblo.jp/povtc/entry-11570171786.html 

Nexus 7 2013 , Should I be waiting or go with Nexus 7 ?

It seems a very cheesy line for the title of this post. 

There has been a lot of posts going around the release of the Nexus 7 2 to be releasing soon. The posts about the specifications of the New Nexus 7 has been brewing up nearing to the Annual Developer's Google I/O 2013. But after no announcement regarding the release of the next Nexus 7 2nd generation , developers and fans got pretty depressed.  Below is a graph showing the search trends regarding the release of the Next Generation Google Nexus 7.



After a slump again the hopes are rising about the next Nexus 7, after the leaks from the Bluetooth SIG listings

the FCC listing about the K-009

the Asus customer representative honesty 

the Staples Nexus 7 discount

and the much awaited Release of the Moto X in a private event

You have got 5 good reasons to wait for the Announcement of Nexus 7 2nd Generation.

Why should I buy the Nexus 7 2 when there is Nexus 7 ?

You might have to read these posts :

Is Nexus 7 2 the 7-inch version of Nexus 10 ?

Nexus 7 2 vs. Galaxy Note 8

Nexus 7 HD specs from all rumors

Google Nexus 7 2013 release date speculations

Release of Moto X on July 11

The release of the Motorola X phone is the most anticipated upcoming Google event. The Android world is waiting eagerly for the first release announcement from Motorola after it was acquired by the Mountain View, California based Google. Many a rumors are proved to be true. With the patriotic feeling poster by Motorola about the new "Assembled in the USA"
phone released on 4th of July, Motorola is going to make a big leap in the mobile phone industry.

Moto X 

Google has invited some tech-journalists for their special event on 11th July and entry is allowed only for invited tech/media representatives. 

Meanwhile there is some research and analysis done on the poster and rumors are there the next Google/Motorola phone will be releasing on 11th i.e. XI in Roman numerals. The models in the poster are posing as X and I while jumping. Its almost confirmed the special event will be the release of the Motorola X phone.

Discounts of Nexus 7 on Staples 

The Android Police and the Android Guys has reported that the Staples has slashed the price of Nexus 7 32 GB from $249  to $199 and the price of the Nexus 7 16 GB from $199 to $179, a discount of $50 and $20 respectively. Is this because the Nexus 7 2/HD is going to release ? Many a site confirm that this might be a possible reason. 

Staples slashed price of Nexus 7

Connecting the dots

Looking into the two above news, what are the feelings that you are getting ? Is Google going to release both the Nexus 7 2 and the Motorola X on 11th ? 

It would be like one stealing the thunder of the other. It would be like thunder and lightning striking together. Both the products will be shining and trying to outshine one another. So Google might not go forward with that plan. But it has almost been made sure that Google is about to release the next Nexus 7. 

Is it too early?

Is it too early for Google to make the Nexus 7 2013 into the markets. The Asian markets have been selling the Nexus 7 for only the past 2 months and there has been a great response from the customers also.

Google launched the Nexus 7 on July 13, 2012 ( in Australia and United States) and its nearing a year and the users response has been tremendously supportive. If Google is about to release the Next Nexus 7, now is the time.

Nexus 7 2013 - Is it the 7-inch version of Nexus 10 ?

Nexus 7 2 with all its mighty glory and power is expected to be releasing by the end of July.
The specifications confirming the Nexus from the Asus customer representative and the approximate dates gives all much expectation about what the next Nexus device in the Nexus family should be. Lets hope this kid is going to keep the family's name all glorious!

Though the Nexus 7 2/HD has some mind-blowing features implemented into it, it seems like the specifications appears to be bit exaggerating. Or is Google going to "Redefine the Standards" ?

The Nexus 7 was a wonderful 7-inch tablet comparing it to the other 7-inch tablets . Nexus 10 was made for users to experience the full Android Jellybean capabilities with a huge display and a powerful Samsung Exynos processor.

Nexus 10 had been giving a great user experience to the users since the past year. The multi-user support, the beautiful  2560 x 1600 (300 ppi)  ten inch screen, front and back cameras for HD-video chat and video recording respectively, the thin and light weight form-factor, the front facing speakers for watching Youtube and other videos without headphones and all the other awesome features that the Nexus 10 had made it the best Android device that one could own.

Nexus 10

Why did I brag all these time about the Nexus 10 when we are here to talk about the Nexus 7 HD ? Well you will know that after reading this full post.

Now lets come to the features that the Nexus 7 2 and the the Nexus 10 has in each of them and how does each see oneself to the other.

Processor

Nexus 10 - Samsung Exynos 5 Dual 

Nexus 7 HD - Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 

The CPUBoss gives a really better rating for Snapdragon 600 (8.8/10) compared to Exynos 5 Dual (8.2/10) [ chances are there these ratings may change] . Google has used the Exynos 5 Dual in their affordable laptop Samsung Chromebook. 

The Exynos 5 Dual is a better battery saving CPU compared to the Exynos 4 Quad. Snapdragon series has been also introduced under the power-saving brand. 

Both are having the ARM Cortex A-15 Cpu in them with a bit different clocking speeds, Exynos has 1.6 GHz and Snapdragon 1.9 GHz.

RAM

Nexus 10 - 2 GB

Nexus 7 HD - 2 GB

The Nexus 7 has upgraded its internal memory to 2 GB from 1 GB. This will better performance with the gaming and the high-definition rendering for the New Nexus.

Display

Nexus 10 - 10.1 inch

Nexus 7 HD - 7 inch

Of course the Nexus 7 HD is 7-inch. Bigger the display more closer to larger visual experience, but less closer to portability. 

Pixel-density

Nexus 10 - 300 ppi

Nexus 7 HD - 323 ppi 

The pixel density of the Nexus 7 HD is the Highest PPI among all the 10-inch and 7-inch tablets, and comes close to Nexus 5's 326 ppi. What is with Nexus devices and providing dense pixel distribution ? Take any Nexus device, Google has tried to give the highest pixel density to the Nexus device compared to other devices in the same class. So this makes it obvious why the next Nexus 7 will be the Nexus 7 HD. Anyways the best is getting better, now you can play your favorite videos in HD and see your gaming graphics with more clarity and life.

Camera

Nexus 10 - Front cam - 1.9 MP, Main Cam - 5 MP

Nexus 7 HD - Front cam - 1.2 MP, Main Cam - 5 MP

Nexus 7 HD has a back camera compared to the earlier version. This gives the users an option to capture pictures using their "tablet", which sounds very odd.... but still Google is adding that capability to make 

Nexus 7 HD, the complete 7-inch experience in your hands...

Mobile connectivity

Nexus 10 - No mobile (GSM/CDMA) connectivity 

Nexus 7 HD - HSPA/LTE Connectivity

The New Nexus 7 is having high-speed LTE connectivity for mobile internet. This gives users to get lightning speed internet on the go. Thanks to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, it supports LTE networking.

Is anything missing?   Yeah!  What about the price, battery power and the device weight. We can see that after the Nexus 7 HD has been officially released.

So what do you think to my above statement

Why did I brag all these time about the Nexus 10 when we are here to talk about the Nexus 7 HD ? Well you will know that after reading this full post.

Yes you got it ! Nexus 7 is going to be the next Nexus 10 in 7-inch form factor.

 How do you feel now? I feel like  hearing this all night. 

Nexus 7 2013 Analysis Series- The Processor

This is going to be a series of posts analyzing the Nexus 7 2 hardware components and features. We will be disassembling the Nexus 7 2 piece by piece, part by part, inch by inch and have a look into what that makes it "the next thing" . 

Google has been very meticulous and dedicated in providing the users with state-of-art products and services for the past seventeen years from the day of its inception. Taking every data carefully of the multiple feed-backs and reviews from users, Google has been researching over improving the products/services they provide to the users with high quality and performance at free of cost or at much cheap rates. 

The Nexus 7 2 in comparison with its successors is expected to showcase the power of technology with the help of Asus and the Android development community.

In this post we will be looking into the processor of the Nexus 7 2 and will decide whether Google has made the right choice by choosing the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 for their next Nexus 7 tablet. 

Snapdragon 600

The Snapdragon 600  was announced along with the Snapdragon 200, 400 and 800 chips in the series at the beginning of 2013.

The Snapdragon 600 can be called as an equivalent to the Snapdragon S4 Pro. Even though there are a couple of differences in both of them. A comparison between the two on the CPUBoss gives more points to the Snapdragon 600. Both are almost same in speed and performance except for their clocking and browsing speeds. Plus the Snapdragon 600 is a newer release compared to the Pro.

Here is a note from Qualcomm describing the quadruplets.

Each of them seems to be the best chips for the device categories it was designed for and the most important factor regarding the four is the Battery life. So here is our First reason why Google made the choice for Snapdragon 600. After the Jelly Bean 4.2 update the Nexus 7 has been facing a lot of criticisms regarding the battery drainage and the performance. Snapdragon can optimise the power utilization with the performance using Assymetrical Multi processing (aSMP) and has a 40% faster battery charging. It seems like Google has solved the power issue. Thanks to the new Snapdragon 600, there is going to be easier life for tablet users.

Google has been providing high clarity displays in their Nexus devices compared to similar Apple and Samsung phones or tablets. The pixel density of the earlier Nexus 7 was 216 ppi (pixels-per-inch), its around 53 pixels more per inch compared to the Apple I-Pad mini. Displaying high clarity, crystal clear and crisp images and videos has risen to the next level with the help of Snapdragon 600 supports up-to 2048 x 1536 HD display (equivalent to I-Pad 3 with Retina display) . The Second reason is the display clarity which the Snapdragon 600 can provide which gives life to images, video with high resolution even on external devices connected to it.  

The processor used in the Nexus 7  was a NVIDIA Tegra 3 Quad-core processor which was clocked up-to 1.6 GHz. While the Snapdragon 600 Quad-core processor will be coming with a clocking speed of 1.9 GHz per core, which makes a big difference in the performance of the device.

NVIDIA Tegra 3 housed the ULP Geforce while the Snapdragon 600 has a built-in Adreno 320 which is far better than the Geforce . This can be the Third reason why the Next Nexus 7 is going to be an AWESOME ! device. Hard-core gamer's will be pleased to see the rendering and lighting with super flow precision being implemented in the games. Now PC games will be available without much trade-off on tablets.

The Fourth reason will be the support of camera up-to 21 MP on the Snapdragon 600. From the earlier post we came to know that the Nexus 7 2 will be having a back camera of 5MP. Well, the Snapdragon 600 seems to provide camera input ports for cameras upto 21MP, so that was a nice call.

The Last but not the least reason, will be the jump of Connectivity from 3G to LTE connectivity. The LG Optimus G Pro and Samsung Galaxy S4 which are having the Snapdragon 600 are two awesome smartphones with LTE support. Advent of 4G networks and wide-spread use of Hi-speed mobile internet has mad Google to go forward with providing LTE connectivity to the next Nexus 7 and Snapdragon 600 supports that too.

Lets round-up all the reasons:

1. Better battery life

2.Supports High quality HD display

3. Best of the breed Adreno 320 GPU for tablet-gaming.

4. Support for cameras upto 21MP

5. LTE supported.

and clocking speeds of 1.9GHz with Hexagon DSP for ultra-low power operation for a variety of applications like music playback, enhanced audio effects, computer vision processing and still and video image enhancements and IZAT location technology features GNSS for accurate auto and pedestrian navigation and Indoor Location capabilities for advanced location-based services.

The above listed reasons will be enough for answering "Why Nexus 7 2 is having a Snapdragon 600 ?"  

Please post your valuable comments below.

Is the hype worth the wait ?

This is the question that we have asked a several times a day for the past few months after the rumors about the Nexus  7 2nd Generation started since and before the annual developer event of Google, Google I/O , this year. 

For about three months the hype around the Google Nexus 7 2, Nexus 7 HD, Nexus 7 Next Generation, whatever it may be has been circling around the web. Along with Nexus 7, the rumors about next Google phone the Nexus 5, the new form factor for communication  Google Glass, the next Android major release "Key Lime Pie" has made us all, the customers, the technologists, the android lovers, go haywire about what to buy.

The Apple Developer event WWDC 2013 seemed to be a big breakout of news about the Ipad mini 2, an Apple smart watch (maybe the iWatch), Iphone 5 S along with the announcement of the beautiful and colorful iOS 7. 

All these seem to be tempting, confusing , frustrating and doubting events which made the life of us common people miserable. The decision to buy a phone/tablet couldn't have led you to more trouble after reading all the reviews and updates about the new models in the market.

Hard-core Android fans tried switching camps to Apple and iOS after the "iOS7" release. An apple made even Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Android fans started to switch because of the lagging and battery draining caused by the JellyBean 4.2 update.

Maybe its time to step back and view the situation from a different perspective.

There was a time when we used to admire the Nokia and Blackberry phones and the old flip-open phones. When we used to worry how long will this keypad last after the long hours of gaming and speed typing our girl/boy friends.

When every mobile device is nearing release the rumors gets more frequent and hotter.
The customers wait all night, in the cold winds for getting their new Iphone on the first day the store starts selling them. After few months the cold wind blows, this time it will be when we start to dump the 3-month old ones for the new ones.

We all being ardent fans and careful admirers of the Nexus 7, have been waiting for the Nexus 7 HD to release maybe by the end of July. But the question still remains, Will it be worth the hype? The answer is not yet to be answered and we are waiting...

ASUS Nexus 7 2013 vs ASUS Memopad 7 HD

ASUS released their new 7 inch tablet last month during the Computex 2013, which was a bold decision to avoid fight with its own Google supported Nexus 7 HD which is planned to be release by the end of July. With all the tease and rumors surrounding the 2nd Generation Nexus tablet, we are doing a comparison between the two ASUS tablets for the readers.

Nexus 7 HD is expected to be starting from $229 for 16GB version.

Processor -Snapdragon S4 Pro 1.5 GHz

2GB RAM

5MP primary camera and 1.2 MP front camera

1020p Display

Kitkat 4.4

Wi-fi, Bluetooth, 3G, LTE

15 Wh Battery 

ASUS Memopad 7 HD has started to sell from $149 for 16GB version   


Processor - Quad core Cortex A7 1.2 GHz

1GB RAM

5MP primary camera and 1.2 MP front camera

720p Display

JellyBean 4.2

Wi-fi, Bluetooth

15 Wh Battery

The price difference of the two tablets seems to be big. But that is not a matter of concern since both are the best and cheapest tablets among the other competitors in their range.

For those who want to try the tablet experience, just for reading books and watching movies, run to the nearest store and get the Asus Memopad 7 HD. 

Others who want a gaming device with high quality graphics, LTE -support, high processing power, multi-tasking, faster and better performance and ______________________ (fill in with all the good things you want) in a tablet, 

                                                                 

THE NEXUS 7 2013