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  • Motorola announces which phones will and will not get Android Jelly Bean update

    Following Sony that recently announced the list of devices that will receive the Android Jelly Bean update, Motorola has also outted its version of the same list. The company that was acquired by Google months back has announced that it will be offering the latest version of Android to devices that were released in 2011 or later.

    Not all Motorola devices are going to receive the update as the company has announced that it isn’t possible due to its big line up of Android devices. However to please its fans the company is offering a $100 rebate on certain of its devices for those whose devices are not eligible for the Jelly Bean update. The devices that are not going to get the Jelly Bean update are listed in the table below. Some of them include Droid 3, Droid Atrix 2, Droid X2 and more. They are listed on the left of the table.

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    The devices users can get a $100 rebate on include Atrix HD, Droid RAZR M, DROID RAZR MAXX HD, DROID RAZR HD, and more. They are listed on the right of the table and thus will receive the update.

    As Droid-life reports, Motorola has also published the timeline for the release of the updates based on models and region. According to the table below DROID RAZR M, RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD will be upgraded to Android 4.1 before 2013, while company has not announced the dates for rest of the phones yet.

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  • Google Nexus 7 Now Official

    Couple of months back we heard rumors of Google coming up with their cheap Nexus Tablet to tackle the Apple’s Ipad which covers most of the Tablet market. Some days ago an internal document leaked telling us some key details on the tablet. Google officially unveiled it’s tablet at the Google I/O event. The tablet carries the name Google Nexus 7 (Pretty odd name but hey 7 could be Google’s lucky number) and as rumored it’s manufactured by Asus.

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    The Google Nexus 7 packs a 7″ IPS display of resolution 1280 by 800 pixels. The tablet is powered by a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 chip with 1GB of RAM and 12 core ultra-low voltage nVidia GeForce GPU. Despite the impressive hardware Google managed to keep the price low. Nexus 7 lacks 3G, LTE and a rear camera to keep the price tag as low as possible but it still boasts 1.2MP front-facing camera capable of 720p videos. The Connectivity on the Nexus 7 include Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity and Google Wallet.

    The Nexus 7 comes in two variants, the 8GB and 16GB. There is no microSD card slot so we have to make do with the onboard storage, microSD slot would have been an added treat to the already cheap tablet because 8GB or 16GB just doesn’t cut it for some people. The 8GB variant will cost you $199 and the 16GB variant will run for $249.

    The Nexus 7 will be the first to run Android Jelly Bean which carries the version number 4.1 indicating not a major overhaul over Ice cream Sandwich. Google showcased also showcased Jelly Bean’s features at their conference. Being a Google device users will get pure android experience and fast updates to their Nexus tablets.

    The Nexus 7 is set to compete with the Amazon Kindle Fire but Apple and Microsoft better be ready to take some of the beating aswell. With tablet so cheap and capable hardware it surely is a worthy contender. It’s price is significantly lower than both the Ipad and the Surface tablet (Set to release later this year). The Nexus tablet is set for a July release.

    Below is the promo video for the Nexus 7: