There are reports that Motorola and Google are working on the next Nexus smartphone for the fourth quarter of this year. The next Nexus 10 is rumored to made by Asus or Samsung...
If the rumor is true about Motorola as the Next Nexus manufacturer then it will be the first Nexus smartphone made by Motorola. Previous Nexus models were made by HTC, Samsung and LG.
During the second quarter of 2013, tablet sales slowed, reported IDC. IDC offers a few explanations.
World wide tablet sales were up almost 60% over last year, however the second quarter were down 10% lower than the first quarter. IDC believes that the market slowed because there was not a a new iPad released and Apple fans were waiting for the next iPad.
By the fourth quarter, IDC by expects new products from Apple, Amazon, and others to drive impressive growth in the market.
While consumers may have abandoned their Nexus One or Nexus S smartphones there were three Nexus that took a trip into space and sent back earth images.
Photos were combined in NASA's PhoneSat, from small boxed shaped satellites that were put into orbit on April 21. The devices used Nexus smartphones for brains. Meanwhile earthlings have heard nothing about the new cousins of the Nexus One and S , the Nexus 4 LTE or Nexus 5.
We're getting closer to see what Google and Motorola will be producing in the coming months. There have been new Nexus 4/5 LTE and Motorola X (XFON) reports as we approach Google I/O.
LG is reportedly working on the next Nexus 4/5. Some retailers in the U.K. have taken Nexus 4 off the shelves and are not stocking them. Google's retail locator for the Nexus 4 shows limited retail availability. This lead the conjecturatti to contend that there will be a new Nexus soon.
It has been another beguiling week at WiMo News, our webhost experienced a brute-force login attack targeted at websites with
WordPress. A security program designed to help thwart the attack caused problems with images loading properly. The good news is the attack has been stopped. The week also showed some major changes and in the way carriers work. Verizon changed many of its policies. T-Mobile began offering the iPhone 5 and LTE is coming to Sprint in Los Angeles.
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