Advertisement The Nexus 9 just landed, and it’s hot – both in terms of newness, and temperature. It offers the beefiest specs in the Android world, along with a near doubling of prices over yesteryear’s models – but does the $399 HTC Nexus 9’s cutting-edge components justify its steep price increase?CompetitionIn the tablet world, competition in the ~9-inch tablet space burns fierce – manufacturers have saturated the market with with all manner of devices. The vast selection of high-end tablets covers all operating systems, including Android, Windows 8.1 and iOS. The best of these include the $399 Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4, the $399 Apple iPad Air and the $499 Air 2. On the low-end of the spectrum lies the ~$240 LG G Pad 8.3 (our G Pad review LG G Pad 8.3 Review and Giveaway LG G Pad 8.3 Review and Giveaway The LG G Pad 8.3 tablet includes great build quality, specs and software, rivaling some of the best tablets in the market. Read More … [Read more...] about HTC Nexus 9 Tablet Review and Giveaway
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Google OnHub review: It just works
We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. Home networks made easy Google's take on the Wi-Fi router is straightforward, but it might not be for power users. Jerry Hildenbrand 3 Jan 2016 50 Google's OnHub routers look good, perform well and are easy to set up. While Google tends to overcomplicate a lot of what it does, it really did nail things with OnHub. Anyone can get it set up and running and never once have to read a help file. For most people, OnHub would be perfect. Get it going, maybe with a wired switch to your entertainment center, and let it do its thing as you use wireless "stuff" in and around your home. For those of us who want or need a little more from a router, the lack of features and settings means you won't be using OnHub to manage your network, but it can still make for an excellent wireless bridge — if you can get past the $200 price tag. And of course, there will be a set of users that OnHub just won't work for … [Read more...] about Google OnHub review: It just works
Fitbit is doomed: Here’s why everything Google buys turns to garbage
Health devices vs. health data: Can Fitbit break Google's acquisition curse? Motorola, Nest, HTC, and now Fitbit: Another one bites the dust. Jason Perlow and Jason Cipriani of Jason Squared discuss the latest tech merger. Read more: https://zd.net/2NOm1Rl Featured Cyber Week 2019 deals: Business Bargain Hunter's top picks Must-have tech gadgets to start 2020 I went to Best Buy on Black Friday and it was shocking AWS Graviton2: What it means for Arm in the data center, cloud, enterprise, AWS Late last week, Google announced its intention to purchase Fitbit, the beleaguered health tracker manufacturer, in an attempt to vitalize its wearables business, with the presumed intent of producing a Pixel Watch to rival Apple and Samsung's offerings sometime in the future. You'll have to excuse my pessimism. I fully expect this to result in a total catastrophe for Fitbit's employees, products, and customers. Just about everything Google has ever purchased has been discarded … [Read more...] about Fitbit is doomed: Here’s why everything Google buys turns to garbage
From the Editor’s Desk: Google’s best phone of 2019
We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. It's exactly what you think Daniel Bader 8 Dec 2019 0 Source: Daniel Bader / Android Central Every year around this time, the internet is inundated with roundups. Lists of the best movies, albums, TV shows, and books are everywhere, and people can't wait to catch up on all the award-winning titles they missed or overlooked when the weather was warm. In the tech world, things are a bit different. Most people don't consume phones the way they consume TV shows (though I know a bunch of our most loyal readers would beg to differ), but that doesn't stop people from passing judgment on those products, often without using them. There were two products released this year, though, that received almost universal acclaim: the OnePlus 7T and the Pixel 3a. In fact, both were almost unanimously picked to be the best phone and the best value phone of 2019 respectively, and everyone I've spoken to who bought one of them … [Read more...] about From the Editor’s Desk: Google’s best phone of 2019
Google Store drops Pixel C, but another detachable tablet is in the works
We may earn a commission for purchases using our links. Learn more. One door closes Google's last Android tablet is dead. Joe Maring 28 Dec 2017 19 We've said it before and we'll say it again – Android tablets are in a really awkward place right now. Devices like the Galaxy Tab S3 and Amazon's line of Fire tablets stick out as some of the best options, but as a whole, the interest in large touch-screen canvases with Android has died down a lot. Now, it appears even Google is calling it quits with Android tablets. The Pixel C is the last Android-powered tablet that Google released, and it came out all the way back in 2015. The Pixel C's remained at its MSRP of $599 nearly its entire life with discounts being few and far between, and it's also been sold out for a while, too. Now, the Pixel C has officially been removed from the Google Store for good.Buy one Galaxy S10 or Note 10 and get one free at Verizon The only laptop/tablet you can purchase on the Google Store … [Read more...] about Google Store drops Pixel C, but another detachable tablet is in the works