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Google confirms Android Lollipop updates for older Nexus models

Posted on October 15, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

A few hours back, when we shared with you Google’s official Android 5.0 Lollipop announcement, we mentioned how the company had confirmed plans to deliver updates for the Nexus 5, 7, 10, and the various GPe models. That was well and good, but what about older entries in the Nexus family? We’d been wondering for months now what the update situation might look like for the Nexus 4 and first-gen Nexus 7, and ...

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Pocketnow Week in Review: week 27 news recap of 2014

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Adam Doud

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Saturday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Android L developer preview source code now live in AOSP for many Nexus models

Posted on July 2, 2014 by Rithvik Rao

Google’s Android L release so far has differed from the norm in as many ways as possible — for one, an early developer preview version has been made available for non-public consumption until the general release comes around this fall. Now, an AOSP push has begun for the Android ...

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Will the Nexus 4 and first-gen Nexus 7 get Android L?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

The Nexus S ended its run of officially-issued Android updates at 4.1.2. The Galaxy Nexus kept things moving up until 4.3. And now with the Android L preview arriving, owners of aging Nexus hardware are wondering what, if any support might still be in the pipeline for their own devices. The first-gen Nexus 7 is coming up on two years old at this point, and the Nexus 4 isn’t that far behind. Will they get to taste Android L when it goes public this fall? Just looking at the timing alone, you might be tempted ...

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Pocketnow Week in Review: week 26 news recap of 2014

Posted on June 28, 2014 by Adam Doud

The technology world is a fast moving one, and hence, there are more than 100 stories we publish on a weekly basis here on Pocketnow. Those include reviews, videos, editorials, news, and more. With this new, weekly series, we’re making it easier for you to look back at the most interesting, exciting, and popular topics of the week, in case you missed anything.Look for the Pocketnow Week in Review every Sunday morning. It contains the most popular ten stories of the week printed on the portal, as well as top ...

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Android L developer preview available now

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

Google said it was coming: yesterday at the I/O keynote Google introduced us to all the new features arriving with its introduction of Android L, and while the formal public release (and updates for existing devices) won’t be arriving until the fall, Google told us that a developer preview would be coming out today. A little earlier the Android L SDK went live, and now it’s followed up by Android L system images for ...

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Android L developer preview available tomorrow for Nexus 5 and 7

Posted on June 25, 2014 by Rithvik Rao

We’re fresh off of the launch of Android L, and we were told a developer preview would be launching tomorrow. We’re now hearing more about when exactly this developer preview will be launching, and which devices will be initially able to get in on the fun.The preview will be available as factory images, presumably on Google’s usual site (linked in the source below). This site has never been restricted to developers only in the past, so we’re ...

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Death of the Nexus: why Google shouldn’t kill its developer brand

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Taylor Martin

Google’s in-house Nexus brand of affordable developer smartphones has garnered a small, dedicated group of enthusiasts since the first handset, the HTC-made Nexus One, launched in early 2010. Since then, Google has partnered with Samsung and LG two times each to make the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, and Nexus 5, all of which have been fan favorite Android handsets each year.The venture was never about making money or inflating profits. Instead, it was about sticking it to the U.S. wireless providers and letting consumers ...

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Android 4.4.4 update starts rolling out, factory images posted for select Nexus devices

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Rithvik Rao

Android 4.4.3 is still brand new, with only certain Nexus, Google Play Edition, and Motorola devices having ...

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UK Nexus 7 purchases gain an extra £50 in Play Store credit

Posted on May 13, 2014 by Jaime Rivera

It’s about that time for Google to update its most beloved Nexus product, the Nexus 7 tablet. Still, with rumors of Google ditching the line-up next year with the rumors of Android Silver, it’s really hard to predict if there will be a Nexus 7 this year. With rumors of the Nexus 8 making a probable appearance, Google might want to cash-out on all its Nexus 7 stock as fast as it can, and rumors point to just that. Google and ASUS have ...

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Microsoft Office may be out for iPad, but it’s still not compatible with the Nexus 7

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Joe Levi

Last week we announced that Microsoft was officially releasing Office for Apple’s iPad and shortly thereafter went hands-on to show you what to expect if you’re an iOS user. Being an Android guy, I immediately headed to the Play Store so I could download the Android version on my 2013 Nexus 7. The link said that my device wasn’t compatible with the app. What? Not compatible? How can that be? I’ve got Google’s latest tablet running the ...

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How -you- doin’, Android 4.4.3? Evidence of new builds spotted

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Stephen Schenck

What’s next for Android? We’re three months removed from the release of 4.4.2, and there’s already plenty of talk about new updates. Much of that has focused on delivering bugfixes to the Nexus 5 and maybe even Nexus 7, and just last week we saw a reference to a previously unknown KTU65 build for the Nexus 5 (4.4.2 is KOT49H), seeming to reveal Google’s testing efforts. Today we’ve got a little more of that sort of thing, spotting not only two even more recent builds, but finally seeing one ...

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How to speed up your original Nexus 7, and others?

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Joe Levi

The original Nexus 7 was quite a piece of work when it was originally released back in 2012. Pocketnow’s own Brandon Miniman even rated the device an 8.7 out of 10 in his review. Not bad for a tablet that cost less than US$200. What starts to happen almost immediately after we get our fancy new devices? They start to slow down. At least that’s what it feels like, right? Usually this perception is caused by installing a whole bunch of apps that take up more space in the ...

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Huawei MediaPad X1 vs Google Nexus 7 (Video)

Posted on February 23, 2014 by Anton D. Nagy

The other tablet Huawei’s CEO specifically called out — alongside the Apple iPad Mini with Retina Display — when talking about the new MediaPad X1, is the LG-made Google Nexus 7. While we didn’t have a 2013 version of the Google slate with us, we compared the MediaPad X1 with the original Nexus 7. Not to worry though, we’re not focusing on specs and horsepower specifically, but we’re looking at how two tablets with the same display size can have ...

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An HTC Nexus tablet is not the best way to get back in the tablet game

Posted on February 17, 2014 by Joe Levi

The Nexus program is a somewhat shrouded in mystery. We suspect that Google it running it to a platform upon which it can demonstrate the “pure” version of Android, and to serve as a reference platform from which the other OEMs can look to. It also proves that fairly high-end and high-quality hardware can be made and sold for a very reasonable price — in the States at least. Thus far, Google has selected one OEM to partner with at a time to make a Google-branded smartphone or a Google-branded tablet — tablets being the late ...

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