By now, anyone who tracks mobile technology has heard something about the ASUS-made Google Nexus 7. We’ve already heard it alternately described as a ‘Kindle Fire Killer’, an ‘iPad Killer’, or “just another 7″ tablet to toss on the pile”. Let’s take a quick look at the Nexus 7, and the challenge I am undertaking! The Hype: [...]
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Google Nexus 7 Unbox – Not As Bad As You’ve Heard, and Setup is Pretty Good as Well!
I have heard a bunch of negative reports of people struggling to get the tablet out of the box … so I was really intrigued at the possibility of capturing my frustration on video! Perhaps it is the years of wrestling with so many over-packaged toys for my kids, but it was no big deal. [...]
GearFest GearChat #1, Tablet or Notebook? Which One When?
While together this past weekend the editors took some time out to talk tech. We’ll share the conversation/s over the next few days. Each of us brought a tablet, a notebook and at least one smartphone along with us. Two used the tablet almost exclusively while the others traded off between them fairly evenly. In [...]
Google’s Actually Making Some Money on the Nexus 7 and Not Just Taking One for the Team
Image courtesy of iFixit With the Nexus 7 official launch potentially minutes or hours away there has been a pretty solid stream of news about it around the web. A recent teardown (IHS iSuppli) reveals the 8GB Nexus 7 is earning Google a 24% profit on hardware alone. Of course they earn even more on [...]
5 Reasons Why the $199 Google Tablet is a Terrible Idea … But I’m Getting One, Anyway
OK, so this was a post I started writing three months ago – when we first started hearing about a $199 Google Nexus Tablet. At the time I thought it was a bad idea – and we didn’t even know who was making it or what the specs might be like at the time! Now [...]
Google Announces Nexus 7 Tablet
The Nexus 7 tablet has been leaked all over the place, but it has now been officially announced by Google at today’s keynote. The Nexus 7 is being made by Asus. It has a 1280×800 HD display, Tegra 3 with quad core CPU and a 12 core GPU, front facing camera, wifi, bluetooth, NFC and [...]
Google Brings Out Nexus Q
Just saw this on Google+ just a moment ago right before Vic Gundotra took the stage at Google IO. The Nexus Q is a social streaming media player made for Google Play at home. When you have an Android phone or tablet on your home wifi network, you and your friends can send songs to the Nexus [...]
Watch the 2012 Google I/O Keynote Right Here at 9:30 PDT
In a few hours, Google will have the opening keynote for the 2012 edition of Google I/O and you can watch it right here on Gear Diary. What will they announce? The only thing we know for sure is that Android 4.1 will probably be talked about, since they have the statue erected at the [...]
Ahead of Google I/O, the Jellybean Statue Arrives
In case you didn’t know, every time Google is ready to issue a new version of Android, there’s a new statue that shows up outside of the Googleplex. We had Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s been all around the web that the next version would be code-named Jellybean, and that it [...]
Did Google Pick Up Quickoffice for Integration with Google Docs/Drive?
When I first migrated from Windows Mobile to Android, my Android phone had a lite version of Quickoffice pre-installed and as a result I became a frequent user of the software suite. Right now I have Quickoffice for Android, WebOS and iOS, to maintain a semblance of consistency across my multiple platforms, so I therefore [...]
Google Doodle Celebrates Bob Moog
Today’s Google Doodle is a fully interactive synthesizer to celebrate the life of synthesizer pioneer Robert Moog. The sound of so many classic recordings from the 70s owes almost entirely to Moog and his crew from the small Trumansburg, New York manufacturing facility hand-wiring these innovative musical instruments. The ‘Moog Sound’ is not just due [...]
Unintended Consequences of ‘Play’-ing Around!
Early this week I saw link to a couple of new music making apps for Android and wanted to check them out, so I clicked and … BLOCKED! That is right – suddenly I couldn’t access Google Play. I went ahead and asked one of our local IT folks and he said that in general [...]
Google Announces Google Drive with 5GB Free Storage
In one of the worst kept recent tech secrets, Google today announced Google Drive featuring 5GB of free storage. Here are some details: Today, we’re introducing Google Drive—a place where you can create, share, collaborate, and keep all of your stuff. Whether you’re working with a friend on a joint research project, planning a wedding [...]
Google Books Plans to Drop Independent Bookstores
Google books has never been a major player. They have a few fringe ebook readers, and they do have a few apps, but even on Android Google books is outclassed dramatically by the competition. I am very vocal about how much I dislike iBooks, but at least Apple packs the app full of features to [...]
Best Google Easter Egg Ever?
I love what Google does to have fun; just look at their April Fools stuff from this year. But now they have what may be the best Easter Egg ever! Just Google the Following and the egg you see above will be revealed. Google this(or just click it): 1.2+(sqrt(1-(sqrt(x^2+y^2))^2) + 1 – x^2-y^2) * (sin [...]
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