Google Holding Event on Oct 29, Is Next Nexus Coming?


Bangalore: Google is sending out invite for their next event happening on October 29, 2012 at 10am in New York. The invite states “The playground is open” and there are no further information aside from the fats that the event mainly focuses on Android.

Google has already announced Android v4.1 (Jelly Bean) platform and their first tablet, the Nexus 7 is already out in the market. So now the gadget world is eager to know what more does Google have to please them? There were rumors spirally the web about the upcoming Android v4.2 (Key Lime Pie) operating system and a new Nexus smartphone running on this new platform.

A report on Wall Street Journal in the month of May stated that Google might be parenting with more than one manufacturer to launch a bunch of new Nexus smartphones by the year end. And this news seems to be true with all those rumors about LG, Sony, Samsung and HTC making next Nexus devices.

If rumors are to be believed, then the strongest contender to come up with Nexus 4 smartphone might be LG with its Optimus G. The images and specs of this upcoming device were leaked a week back. The leaked information states that LG Optimus G will be a 1.5Ghz Qualcomm quad-core processor powered handset backed with 2GB RAM. It will also sport a 4.7-inch screen with 1280×768 resolution, True HD and IPS (In Panel Switching) and a 13-megapixel autofocus camera.

Apart from LG there are also news and leaked information about HTC coming with a 5-inch Nexus 5 phablet and Sony making an Xperia range Google branded device. Though very few details are out and for now everything is based in speculation, but we expect to see a whole new line of Nexus phones very soon.

With all those upcoming events from major tech giants like Apple’s event on October 23, 2012 to revel the most rumored iPad Mini, Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 event on the same sate of Google’s event i.e. October 29, 2012 it seems like this Christmas season will bring lots of surprises for gadget lovers.