Category: Tablets

While T-Mobile may have beaten Google to selling its own Nexus 9 LTE, the carrier didn’t have its exclusivity for long. The same tablet can now be purchased directly from the Play Store (if you live in the U.S., at least), with prices starting at $599.

Like T-Mobile, Google is only offering the Indigo Black model with 32GB of storage for now, so those who want the Lunar White and Sand models, or the cheaper variant with only 16GB of storage, are going to have to wait longer.

The good news is, the one model that is available is still in stock at the time of writing this post, and shipping will begin on Friday, December 19, so you should receive it in time for the holidays.

Aside from its added 4G connectivity, the Nexus 9 LTE is identical to the original model. In addition to its 8.9-inch Quad HD displays, you get NVIDIA’s latest Tegra K1 processor clocked at 2.3GHz, 2GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, and front-facing BoomSound stereo speakers.

If you don’t need the 4G connection, the Nexus 9 will cost you just $399 for 16GB of storage and $479 with 32GB of storage.

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If you missed out on getting a new iPad during the Black Friday sales, here’s another chance to bag one with a serious discount. For a limited time only, Best Buy is slashing up to $100 off the new iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3.

LG worked quickly to make its G3 one of the first third-party smartphones to run Android 5.0 Lollipop earlier this month, and now the South Korean company is bringing the same software to its G Pad 8.3 Google Play Edition tablet.

Because this is a Google Play Edition device, the software it is receiving is almost identical to that of Google’s own Nexus tablets; it sports that gorgeous Material Design makeover without any third-party tweaks, improved multitasking and notifications, and performance and battery life enhancements.

Silent Circle made headlines earlier this year when it launched the Blackphone, a privacy-focused handset that runs a heavily modified version of Android. Now the company is gearing up to launch a second device for paranoid gadget fans, promising to unleash a super-secure tablet “soon.”

Speaking to BBC Newsbeat, company co-founder Jon Callas said Silent Circle is almost ready to unleash its newest product. He also hinted that an updated Blackphone is in the works as well. ”Blackphone as it is, is our first device not our last device,” Callas said.

It’s unclear exactly what a Blackphone-style tablet would entail, but it might be even easier to lock down your information on a device that doesn’t need to offer a mobile data connection. We’re guessing the device will run PrivatOS, which offers its own secure in-house apps for making calls, storing your contacts and sending text messages. It also includes an extra Security Center center and a remote wipe option.

The Blackphone wasn’t exactly cheap at $629. It also doesn’t offer cutting edge specs, but that’s clearly not the focus for a device that puts your privacy above all else. The upcoming tablet will presumably do the same thing, offering some of the benefits of a bigger mobile device while locking down your data as much as possible.

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