From ComputerWorld: As most of us were expecting, Google is launching not one but two new Nexus phones: the 5.2-in. LG-made Nexus 5X and the larger Huawei-made Nexus 6P. Unlike last year's surprisingly expensive Nexus 6, the new phones are both fantastic deals, at least on paper: $379 for the base model of the Nexus 5X and $499 for the starting-level Nexus 6P.
Last year's Nexus 6, for comparison, started at $649 -- a price that's competitive with off-contract phones in general but quite high compared to Google's traditional Nexus pricing.
Both new Nexii promise top-notch camera quality (as do most new phones these days, to be fair, so we shall see). Both include fingerprint sensors and new USB Type-C connector ports -- the latter of which is probably going to be a blessing and a curse for a while but will definitely be a welcomed change in the long run.
The Pixel C is a high-end Android device from the same team responsible for Google's top-of-the-line Chromebook Pixel devices. (The "C" there stands for "convertible." See? Sensible letter-naming isn't so hard!)
The system looks a lot like the impressive Dell Venue 10 8000 convertible I reviewed earlier this year, only with the style and quality you'd expect from a Pixel-branded device. It starts at the same price, too: $499 for the tablet alone and an extra $149 for the laptop-creating keyboard attachment.
More than two years after its release, Google's dead-simple streaming stick is getting fresh hardware.
The new Chromecast -- still just $35 -- has an updated look (which doesn't really mean much since you probably plug it into the back of your TV and then never see it again, anyway, but nevertheless). It also offers improved Wi-Fi performance and faster play times, thanks to a new system that starts to load content before you even ask for it. Google says waiting should be cut down by as much as 80% from what the current generation product delivers.
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