A new tablet from Samsung, a new phone from LG, an updated operating and an improved Nexus 7 are among Google’s plans for its event next week, reports suggest.
Google's Hugo Barra shows off the Nexus 7 tablet computer.
Taking place on the same day as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 launch in San Francisco, Google is planning a New York event where it is widely expected to unveil at least one new Google Nexus telephone as well as an enhanced version of its existing Nexus 7 tablet that will add more memory and 3G capabilities.
Perhaps the most exciting product, however, is a 10” tablet developed with Samsung codenamed ‘Manta’. Running an updated version of Google’s Android. Sources told The Next Web that it will offer a 2560×1600 pixel (16:10) resolution, which the site claimed “will offer around 300 pixels per inch (PPI) compared to the new iPad’s 264 PPI”.
The device, expected to be called a “Nexus 10”, will be among the first to offer Android 4.2, which will offer incremental improvements over the current Android 4.1. New features will include enhancements to the camera functions, adding a panorama mode that will, Google hopes, rival that provided by Apple for iOS6 by adding horizontal and vertical functions.
It will also add a ‘tablet sharing’ function that will allow different users to easily sign in to the same tablet.
The event’s tagline is ‘The playground is open’, leading many to suspect it will feature a range of devices. Google is widely expected to introduce a range of Nexus devices, although it has previously announced only individual products with Asus, HTC and Samsung. Nexus is the brand that Google has used to produce the next generation of Android hardware.
The current flagships are the Nexus 7 tablet and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus mobile phone. However, the latter is no longer Samsung’s top device, having been usurped by the SIII.
Android 4.2 is also expected to feature a new Gmail app that will add minor additions such as swipe to delete and pinch to zoom.
Many analysts assume that Google will use the new Nexus phones to promote Android partners who are currently struggling to challenge the dominance of Samsung.
The move will also assuage industry concerns that Google’s purchase of Motorola will lead to the American company giving the firm preferential access to Android. Google maintains that there will be a ‘firewall’ between the two businesses.
Although images have appeared online claiming to show the new devices, the most plausible evidence of the existence of at least one new device appears to come from a Google software engineer posting pictures to his Google+ page that purport to come from an LG Nexus 4 device.
The Next Web claimed that the LG Nexus 4 will feature a quad-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon processor, 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 display, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera (and 1.3-megapixel front-facing snapper) and a 2100mAh battery.
Android 4.2 is also expected to feature a new Gmail app that will add minor additions such as swipe to delete and pinch to zoom.
Many analysts assume that Google will use the new Nexus phones to promote Android partners who are currently struggling to challenge the dominance of Samsung.
The move will also assuage industry concerns that Google’s purchase of Motorola will lead to the American company giving the firm preferential access to Android. Google maintains that there will be a ‘firewall’ between the two businesses.
Although images have appeared online claiming to show the new devices, the most plausible evidence of the existence of at least one new device appears to come from a Google software engineer posting pictures to his Google+ page that purport to come from an LG Nexus 4 device.
The Next Web claimed that the LG Nexus 4 will feature a quad-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon processor, 4.7-inch 1280 x 768 display, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera (and 1.3-megapixel front-facing snapper) and a 2100mAh battery.
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