The second-generation Google Nexus 7

According to Reuters sources, Google plans to deliver to the market order 6-8 million Nexus 7 in the second half of the year, thereby throwing challenge Apple's iPad mini and other competitors producing tablets.

Google, Inc. continues the strategy of strengthening the market low-cost mobile devices, will release the second generation of seven-inch Android tablet Nexus 7 is tentatively in July of this year, Reuters reported, citing informed sources.

The second-generation Nexus 7 will feature a higher-resolution screen, is thinner and is expected to be run on a processor Snapdragon from Qualcomm, although the first version had a Nvidia Tegra 3 chip, sources say.

Rumor has it that the second generation 7-inch tablet Nexus, which will probably have a strange name "Nexus 7 2," will be a Qualcomm processor on board instead of the Nvidia Tegra 4/4i. Such a choice is due to more energy efficient chipset from Qualcomm. Google, Inc. ASUS and Qualcomm about the possible release of the device has not yet commented.

Canonical raises money for Edge smartphone

Canonical has launched on the site Indiegogo funding smartphone Ubuntu Edge, which should be completely independent of the third-party device with open source. However, to develop the required $ 32 million.

If funding is successful, the configuration of the smart phone will display with a sapphire crystal and a diagonal of 4.5 inches resolution of 1280x720 pixels, the fastest of the existing processors, 4 GB RAM, 128 GB internal flash memory, 8 - and 2-megapixel camera, adapters wireless communication Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4, NFC, LTE, receiver GPS, various sensors.

This device will be different ability to work with several operating systems, including Ubuntu and Android.

Motorola will show smartphone Moto X on Aug.1

 Motorola Mobility on Friday night began distributing invitations to a press conference on the presentation of the latest flagship Android-smartphone Moto X, developed in conjunction with Google. As expected, Moto X will have to lead the Motorola Droid line of smartphones and the largest U.S. operator Verizon Wireless has already started pre-orders for Moto X.

At present, about the smartphone Moto X is little known. Previously, Google and Motorola made some dramatic statements concerning new products. According to them, now in the industry all Android-devices is largely similar to each other, whereas the Moto X will be "clearly differentiated." Exactly how this will be done is still unknown, but Google and Motorola said that the two companies were working on handheld device side by side and engineers hardware stuffing worked with developers of Android Google.

Also, some experts believe that the Moto X will be the world's first device that will work on the basis of Android 4.3, whereas currently produced devices use Android 4.2.

Apple is testing the big screens for mobile devices

Edition of The Wall Street Journal, citing its sources in Apple announces that the company in collaboration with Asian suppliers of electronics testing enlarged screens for the iPhone and iPad.

Sources in the environment of suppliers say that in recent months, Apple has requested prototypes of screens with a diagonal of increased smartphone with a diagonal of more than 4 inches and for tablets with a diagonal of 10-13 inches.

Recall that the current iPhone have screens with a diagonal of 4 inches, while the iPad has a diagonal of 9.7 inches, while the iPad Mini - 7,9 inch. Sources say that it is unclear whether the new Apple ideas brought to life, as long as we are talking only about the early prototypes of gadgets. From some comments on this account press service Apple has so far refused.