Galaxy Nexus Pulled, Returning Next Week

After Apple won a patent dispute between Apple and Google regarding the search function, Google has ceased selling the smartphone on its Play store.

Google and Samsung were both barred from selling several devices, including the Galaxy Nexus smartphone and Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet, after a judge refused to lift the injunction against the Nexus earlier this week. Google, which sold the phone through its Google Play store, has since changed the phone's availability to "coming soon."

That update will remove on-device search functions. This will happen for all Galaxy Nexus devices sometime next week. An over the air update will remove the search feature, along with several others (already expected to be removed in the Jelly Bean Android 4.1 update).

Unfortunately for current Galaxy Nexus owners who aren’t using the developer build of Android 4.1, losing the search feature will be a required downgrade. The feature in question specifically allows you to find applications and documents  through a multi-search tool which searches both online and in the phone’s database.

It's not a groundbreaking loss, but it is a loss nonetheless.

Source : ign[dot]com

Tech Fetish: We're All Getting Nexus 7 Tablets

This week Justin Davis, Mark Ryan Sallee and Nic Vargus talk about the big Google news out of this year's Google I/O, from Android 4.1 to the the Nexus 7. Awesome things are afoot in the science world as well, from organs on chips to water on distant planets. We received tons of great reader feedback, so thanks, and keep them coming!

Justin also sounds a little less like a wizard than last week.

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Developers Get Google Glass Explorer for $1500

It's no secret that Google has been working on making an augmented reality heads-up display (HUD) a reality, and that project took a big leap forward at this year's Google I/O event, where developers can fork over $1500 to be one of the first to try it out.

The 2012 Google I/O keynote wrapped up Wednesday morning with a spectacular skydiving demo incorporating Google Glass Explorer Edition, the search giant's latest big step toward making the augmented reality technology a reality at long last.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin took the stage to unveil Google Glass Explorer Edition, which will be made available via preorders only to developers in attendance at Google I/O this year at a cost of $1500.

The biggest catch? Developers won't be able to get their hands on one until early next year.

Brin was quick to note that Google Glass Explorer Edition is not a product aimed at consumers - the search giant is simply eager to get the technology in the hands (and faces, no doubt) of its Android developers in an effort to work out the kinks and prep the technology for the next level.

$1500 may sound like a lot of money for what seemed like vaporware only a year ago, but Google I/O attendees are already being rewarded with Android swag at the event, with a free Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 7 tablet and Nexus Q media streamer for each of the 6,000 developers in attendance.



Source : ign[dot]com

Google I/O - Live on IGN!

From Android 4.1 - Key Lime Pie to a rumored Nexus Tablet, this year's Google I/O promises to be packed with exciting announcements and possibilities. But what will they show and what will be absent? Find out at 9:30AM PST where we'll be streaming the conference live!

Source : ign[dot]com