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Google’s new Pixel Launcher shown off in a half dozen leaked images
The Google Now launcher has allowed Android users to give their phones a stock(ish) Android look for a few years, but Google plans on changing things up with the debut of the Pixel and Pixel XL. Sundar Pichai hinted that the new Google smartphones would offer exclusive features, not available on other Android devices. While…
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HTC-build Pixel phone pre-order to kick off on October 4
The launch of the HTC-built Pixel phones is likely set for the first week of October, but we’re not getting word that Telstra, a service provider in Australia, is planning to start taking pre-order of the 5-inch Google pixel phone on October 4. The phone will then go on sale two and a half weeks later…
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Nexus phones are dead; Enter Pixel and Pixel XL
In some recent news, we learned that Google is finally retiring the Nexus title from its list of names for hardware under the big G. The timing of this change is somewhat fitting, because HTC built the first Nexus smartphone and once again HTC’s hardware will be the first phones under the Pixel family. Nexus…