Google has just started rolling out Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean Update this morning, the following screenshot is taken from a Nexus 7 device.

Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean isn't a major update to the previous 4.1.1 by any means, but promises to improve performance and it also adds rotation ability to the homescreen, something that wasn't possible in the previous version of the software.

Android 4.1.2 Update Change-log:

• Added rotation ability in Homescreen

• Performance Improvements

• Even Smoother UI (Project butter)

• Various Stability & Bug fixes

• New version of Google play Store

• New version of Google play Music

• New version of Google play Magazines

Apparently, Samsung and Google are working on a 10" Nexus tablet, what's really amazing that the companies may try to beat out the pixel density of the new iPad Retina display. The expected market name might be "Samsung Galaxy Nexus Tab".

The rumor has it that while the Nexus 7 is gunning for the budget market that is currently occupied by the Amazon Kindle Fire and the Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet, the new 10" tablet from Samsung and Google will be aiming for the premium market.

NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shim says that, according to supply chain information, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus tablet will feature a display of 2,560x1,600 at 10.1" giving it a pixel display of 299 PPI. This would make it even higher resolution than the new iPad which has a 9.7" display at 2,048x1,536 (264 PPI).

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Do you think that the $199 Nexus 7 is cheap? Well, The $99 Google Nexus tablet we reported before might be a reality after all. The device will enter production in December, according to NPD DisplaySearch analyst Richard Shym.

Taiwanese DigiTimes first mentioned the possibility of a $99 Nexus tablet made by Google. At the same time, Asus the company that is expected to manufacture the device has denied those rumors.

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The Photo below shows the CarPhone Warehouse inventory system of the British retailer showing what might be an accessory for a "Galaxy Nexus 2" and a "32GB Nexus 7" variant.

The listed screen protector is some sort of a confrimation that the Next Nexus will be called Galaxy Nexus 2, OR may just be a second version of the Invisishield kit for the original Nexus.

The Nexus 7 tablet has not been announced in a 32GB flavor so far and the presence of a 32GB variant may as well be just a placeholder for such a product should it arrive some day.

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Google is supposedly readying a version of their Nexus 7 tablet for only $99. This is coupled with news of another Nexus 7 model which is expected to retail for the Nexus 7′s current price of $199.

Both versions will supposedly be thinner than the current model, and feature TN panel display technology made by HannStar Display.

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