Nexus phones to be called Pixel, Pixel XL, debuting October
The HTC-made, Google sold “Nexus” smartphones won’t be called Nexus anymore, according to sources. Instead, Marlin and Sailfish, as they were believed to be codenamed, will be called the Pixel and the...
View ArticlePixel/Pixel XL Sailfish/Marlin will sport same Sony cameras
While there’s still no certainty that HTC’s “Sailfish” and “Marlin” smartphones are really going to be called “Pixel” and “Pixel XL”, respectively, one leakster does seem pretty sure about their...
View ArticleiPhone 7 release details VS Google Pixel (Nexus) phone camera
While we’re not about to say that Google would ever attempt to take on Apple’s iPhone business directly, it’s always interesting to see how closely each successive generation of smartphone add up...
View ArticleLeak “confirms” Google Pixel, Pixel XL comes with Android 7.1
In case there were any doubt that Google’s upcoming Android smartphones due next month would be coming with Android 7.1 out of the box, this should lay those to rest. Actually, it still might not,...
View ArticleHTC Pixel (Sailfish), Pixel XL (Marlin) renders hit the Web
The iPhone 7 is already out and to some, even some iPhone fans, it turned out to be rather disappointing. Soon, however, it will be the Android faithful’s turn to be on the hot seat. In less than a...
View ArticleNexus Launcher becomes Pixel Launcher, confirms brand change
As if putting all rumors to rest, the app launcher for Google’s next smartphones has just been leaked, and it isn’t called the Nexus Launcher like in the past. Instead, the formal name, based on leaks...
View ArticleHow to present a Google Pixel phone (to beat the iPhone 7)
The following is a presentation of the Google Pixel phone and the Google Pixel XL, two devices that will seal Google’s destiny in hardware. To be entirely clear up front, this presentation is a...
View ArticleMore Google Sailfish and Marlin images and details leak
In the last week or so some renderings of the HTC Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones hit the internet giving us an idea of what the devices might look like. We have also seen some specs of the Marlin...
View ArticlePixel Android UI expands beyond displays in next-gen Google VR
Google’s next move with Android looks beyond the display of the smartphone and expands on in to the virtual realm. Right off the side of the screen goes the user interface, buttons, controllers and...
View ArticleGoogle’s October 4 “Pixel phones” Nexus event is official
Google has confirmed it will hold an event on October 4, where we’re expecting to see the next generation of Android Nexus smartphones. The event, which will take place in San Francisco, has been...
View ArticleWith Google Pixel, the Android promise fulfilled, at last!
This October Google will have fulfilled the promise they’ve been making on the Android operating system for the past decade. In the year 2005, Google acquired Android. In 2011, Google acquired Motorola...
View ArticleKey Google Pixel phone details leak from China
Earlier this morning a set of specifications were leaked with Pixel and Pixel XL details we’d not seen before. These not-Nexus Android devices, also known by their code-names Sailfish and Marlin have...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel details : release all about perception (and HTC)
This week we’ll be seeing the Google Pixel phone for the first time, in two sizes, complete with the company’s new public image for their brand. The letter G, simplicity in all things, the absence of...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel device leaks at last minute before event
The past several weeks have been a bit of an incremental leak-fest for Google for their Pixel phone set. Today is the day in which the company reveals the whole shebang, but not before the primary...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel release date and pricing with Verizon
Google Pixel will be made available online and through Verizon starting very, very soon. This set of devices – Pixel and Pixel XL – will be made available starting at $649 or $27 a month. What’s odd...
View ArticleThe Nexus is no more, departs from Google Store
The arrival of the Google Pixel marks the first true “Made by Google” (though not literally, of course) smartphone, one that truly aims for the top spot in the smartphone market. It may also mark the...
View ArticleHTC Android Wear “Halfbeak” smartwatch poses for the camera
You may criticize HTC for a lot of things, but one thing you can’t fault it is for being stubborn and never giving up. Sometimes, that works to its favor, like the HTC Vive and, still to be proven, the...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel XL Review: Android embodied, for better or worse
Nexus phones have always represented Google’s super-focused vision of the future of Android, but for 2016 the attention to detail is getting down to individual pixels. That’s pixels, plural: two Nougat...
View ArticleGoogle Pixel XL Review Gallery
Google’s Pixel XL is the search giant’s latest interpretation of what the epitome of Android is. A 5.5-inch smartphone running 7.1 Nougat, the HTC-made handset is all Google’s design, the ideal frame...
View Article3 reasons to buy Google Pixel and 3 to wait
The Google Pixel and Pixel XL are here, and in the afterglow of some positive reviews it’s easy to get caught up in upgrade fever. Question is, when the halo wears off, are you going to be left with a...
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