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Google rumored to drop ASUS in favor of LG for upcoming Nexus tablets Aug 2nd 2013, 20:08, by Cory Gunther The brand new and much improved Nexus 7 is just making it to buyers hands, barely a week old, and we’re already starting to talk about its successor. What’s going on here? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. ASUS and Google built a stunning tablet with both the first and now the second Nexus 7, but new reports today are claiming Google will opt for LG next year and drop ASUS. We’re going to go ahead and toss this 100% in the rumor trash can, because it’s pretty much baseless at this point and time. Surely another Nexus tablet will arrive next year, but most likely they haven’t already started planning. Its only been a week since they launched the second one. Any who, a few analysts are predicting, or have information claiming that ASUS will get dropped by Google and they’ll turn their attention to LG for their display technologies. We know the screen is important considering they tossed the highest resolution panel available in the 7-inch device, and LG Display is a huge company with quite the R&D. The new LG G2 will feature an edge-to-edge 5.2-inch 1080p display, and we could see that in the next Nexus 5 smartphone too. This wouldn’t be the first time Google’s partnered with LG, as the Nexus 4 was quite successful even if supply wasn’t fast enough to meet the demand. While LG Display is separate from LG’s mobile division, partnering with them could surely help Google keep this advantage over the competition. This same analyst was correct with predictions on the current Nexus 7, so we’ll just have to wait and see. I’m loving the new Nexus 7, and won’t start thinking about its replacement anytime soon. I will however take a new Nexus 5 please! VIA: 9to5Google Story Timeline LG prototype smartphone leaks as the G2 or Nexus 5 LG Nexus 5 prototype currently in testing phase LG Display introduces world's slimmest full HD smartphone LCD New Nexus 7 confirmed: 7-inch display at 1920 x 1200 and 323 ppi Moto X Tablet: the next logical step Aug 2nd 2013, 19:33, by Cory Gunther On a cold day back in December the Wall Street Journal shook up the Android world with a big rumor from insider sources that Google and Motorola had partnered up to release some next-gen devices. Those being rumored as the X-Phone and the X-Tablet. Fast forward to yesterday, and Motorola has officially announced the Moto X smartphone. So what’s next? The Moto X Tablet of course! As the original report and rumor went. Google was internally working on a new pair of devices with their newly acquired hardware partner Motorola, and the internal name was the X-Phone and the X-Tablet. Now after months and months of speculation, leaks, and waiting we finally have the first device and now I’m wondering when we’ll see the second one. The rumor talked about a phone with "evolutionary" features, great battery life, and new designs like a ceramic back. Well, that was for the most part true, only the ceramic has been replaced with customizable colors and wood frames for the Moto X. That same leakster stated that the X-Phone was finished and in the final testing phase, and that work had already started on the X-Tablet. This was way back in December of last year and we’re just seeing the Moto X. So when will we see the X Tablet? That is anyone’s guess. So after all the excitement yesterday about the Moto X, or disappointment by some, I instantly started thinking about the next logical step for Motorola. Will they wait to see how successful the Moto X is before moving forward on a tablet, or is it already well under way and only a matter of time? If they already were working on it back in December, it’s highly plausible that by now it is in the final testing stages, and could be announced in the next few months. The folks from Motorola haven’t had the best track record with Android tablets. The XOOM was, well, the first Honeycomb slate and was unpolished to say the least. The Motorola XYBOARD tablets were odd to look at, but ran quite well. Add in the fact that Google’s been pushing extremely hard in the tablet market with the Nexus 7, and the new Nexus 7, it only makes sense for them to take the same approach with Motorola on a tablet. If we had to guess, a Moto X Tablet is coming extremely soon. And to add fuel to the fire it’ll likely come in with stunning specs and custom features. Then again rely heavily on Google Now touchless controls, take a similar approach as the Moto X, and probably attempt to rival the Nexus 7 on price. Story Timeline Google grabs Motorola Mobility for $12.5B Google and Motorola building their own 'X-Phone' according to reports Motorola X-Phone confirmed by job listing Motorola X-Phone said to be a real "game changer" Moto X hands-on: everything you need to know HTC One Google Play edition Android 4.3 kernel source files released Aug 2nd 2013, 18:58, by Robert Nelson HTC has released the Android 4.3 kernel source code and other goodies for the Google Play edition of the One. The files, of which there are two have recently appeared on the HTCdev website. Those files include the Framework Support Files and Stock UI, which are sitting with notes about how these are kernel version 3.4.10. Otherwise, these are both software version 3.06.1700.10 and sitting at 164MB and 99.7MB in size for the framework support files and stock UI files respectively. Those looking for the Android 4.2 comparison will find the kernel version has remained the same and the software version has increased from 2.14.1700.15. That said, the disappointing part about all this is the HTC One Google Play edition is still sporting Android 4.2.2. Looking towards the positive side and the appearance of these files does suggest an update should be coming sooner rather than later. If nothing else, this just goes to prove that while stock, these Google Play edition handsets aren’t quite Nexus material. Not that we suspect this will make many HTC One Google Play edition owners that much happier, but you are currently ahead and will likely remain ahead of those who picked up a carrier branded version of the One. Plus, the Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition handset has also yet to be updated to version 4.3. While we hope updates will arrive for both in the near future, officially speaking we have yet to hear anything from HTC, Samsung or Google. SOURCE: HTCdev Story Timeline HTC One: What the Google Edition gives and takes away Google Edition HTC One and Galaxy S4 on sale now - ship July 9 TrickDroid 1.0.0 Google Edition ROM launches for the HTC One HTC One 'Switch' takes you from Sense to a Google edition

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