[The Android Police Week In Overview ] The Largest Android Tales Of The Month ( ten /28/ twelve - eleven / four / 12 )

Welcome to the Android Police Week In Overview - your resource for the biggest Android tales of the week. Never forget about, you can catch a great deal of these tales (and a lot more ) on our weekly podcast.

Characteristics

• Nexus 10 : Cameron's initial impressions (tldr - pixels of eye-melting goodness)
• Nexus 4 : Ron's preliminary impressions (tl:dr - sex )
• Does Google Maps infringe Apple's new maps patent? Only if you you should not read it.
• The actual physical Google Wallet card is coming, and it truly is black. So you currently want it.
• Cameron compares US GSM carriers for these of you salivating more than a Nexus 4 , but discover the thought of leaving Verizon's cozy protection a tiny bit terrifying.
• Ron tore down some APKs, observed some capabilities you might be engaged in. In other words and phrases, it was a quite normal Thursday.

Solution Evaluations

• MOGA Controller overview : it really is good but not seriously .

Rumor Roundup

• We leak the Sprint Flash, I try out not to tone as well bored about it.
• Oh seem, it can be the DROID DNA. I guess which is greater than J Butterfly...?

Android at Arms

• Apple has to rewrite its apology to Samsung, because apologizing and then investing several paragraphs of said apology talking about why you should not have to apologize almost certainly is just not heading to make the determine who ordered you to apologize in the very first place very happy.
• Apple then fixed its apology.

Code Google

• The Nexus 4 is official and officially fees $300 for the 8GB edition, formally .
• Yep, it does 42Mbps HSPA+.
• And no, it does not do LTE and Google has factors for that. Even if they aren't the most convincing kinds.
• You can get a technique dump and wallpapers from it right here .
• The Nexus ten has arrived, too, and it has a lot of pixels, basically.
• The Nexus seven 32GB and 3G are no longer Google's worst held strategies , primarily since they are not mystery any longer.
• Google is allegedly promoting practically a million Nexus 7's a month . And all without having an SD card slot - I signify, who'd have thought that legions of indignant online commenters didn't symbolize typical consumers ? Which is just foolish.
• T- Mobile phone will carry the Nexus four (and Nexus 7 3G), and if you obtain it from them, I will certainly make exciting of you.
• The Galaxy Nexus is no extended for sale, blocking at the very least a handful of dozen people of sketchy intelligence from carrying out some thing stupid.
• Android four. 2 : it has characteristics, and we place them in a record !
• That consists of a new keyboard and clock, which you can get proper now below .
• You can also read about Android four.2's more robust stability listed here .
• Image Sphere has me geeking out hard .
• Google Look for has been up-to-date with new Now cards, bringing Skynet 1 move closer to discovering Sarah Connor.
• This is how Android four.2's quick settings menu operates - if the principle of working with two fingers on a touchscreen eludes you.
• Matias Duarte answered the total "no SD card slot in Nexuses" query once more , which predictably resulted in him not answering any much more concerns from Google+ consumers thereafter.
• Oh, and here's an additional cause we do not have SD cards in Nexuses: multi- consumer assistance. And I am going to believe you want that.

The Hotsheet

• The Acer Iconia Tab A110, for just $230, will ultimately give SD card zealots a low cost tablet of their own... from which to angrily comment on each and every submit and critique on the online about a mobile phone or tablet with no an SD card slot.
• Device Updates: Panasonic Eluga, LG Viper, RAZR High definition / MAXX.

App Update

• fifty one very best (and 2 WTF) new Android apps and stay wallpapers from the previous 3 months .
• Chrono Bring about for Android is out and it's $ ten - and I did not even blink when I pressed the invest in button. You can also read Matt's evaluation of it.
• Zombie Driver THD Overvie w : you received your shooter in my racing game !
• Zombiewood Review : make sure you insert $ one. 99 to complete this title.
• Want for Pace : Most Wanted - the most fun you are going to have frantically working from the police.

Weekend Poll

• The actual physical Google Wallet card - will you use it? Remedy selections consist of " sure," "hell of course," and " I'm just listed here to complain that it almost certainly will not likely be readily available in my nation."