Today was an extremely busy day for Google, with the formal announcement of both Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and two new members of the Nexus family – the Nexus 7 tablet, and Nexus Q streaming device. While I already wrote up impressions about the Nexus Q based on a media center demo, Android 4.1 and Nexus 7 require a closer look to fully appreciate. I got my hands on a loaner Nexus 7 and Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1 and have been using and testing the devices all day (in addition to catching a session or two).
Read on for a mini review of both the Nexus 7 and Android 4.1 on a Galaxy Nexus.
For the past couple of days I've been playing with, benchmarking, and battery life testing two USA-bound variants of the SGS3 literally nonstop, a white AT&T model with LTE, and a pearl blue model headed to T-Mobile. The USA SGS3 launch is shaping up to be the largest in Samsung's history, and for the first time all of the carriers will get largely the same exact hardware. Samsung has certainly come a long way since the first Galaxy S.
Read on for our full review.