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Grab some free Google Play Books content with your new Nexus 9 – also...
Ever since Google slipped a copy of Ice Age into Google Play Movies & TV when people purchased the original Nexus 7, it's been a bit of a bonus to open your new Nexus...
Nexus 9 proprietary binaries not required for AOSP builds
Back in August of 2013 lead developer and maintainer for the AOSP, Jean-Baptiste Quéru (JBQ), quit his job in a protest against what he saw as a futile exercise in maintaining an open source...
Nexus 9 lands in Melbourne – First impressions
How many times have you ordered a newly announced device to have it ship to you mid-week but miss the Friday cutoff time for delivery by a mere couple of hours? For me...
Ausdroid Podcast 126 – Nexus absentia
Welcome to episode 126 of the Ausdroid podcast!
There's palpable disappointment in the air this week as Australia has completely missed out on the Nexus 6 launch, and none of us are very happy about...
Google posts Nexus 9 Factory image – all others quiet
Those Nexus fans who have been constantly refreshing the Nexus Factory Images page since Google began pushing the Lollipop source code to AOSP yesterday, would have just seen movement on the page. Google has...
LTE Nexus 9 for US stops by the FCC sparking hopes an international version...
When Google announced the Nexus 9, they advised that an LTE model would launch later this year. Now that the Wi-Fi model is officially on-sale, it seems that Google is making moves to get...
Australian Nexus 9 orders now shipping
The Nexus 9 could be sighted in the wild here in Australia by the end of the week, with many Ausdroid readers reporting this morning that they had received shipping confirmations for their tablets.
The...
Nexus 9 torn to pieces and internals shown off for all to see
The Nexus 9 has begun shipping in the US and the guys over at iFixit have acquired one specifically for the purpose of tearing it open and showing us not only what makes it...
Nexus 9 changes status now ‘In Stock’ and shipping in 1-2 Days
Tomorrow, the 5th of November is the official launch date for the latest tablet, the Nexus 9. Pre-orders, are due to start shipping tomorrow, but if you decided to wait then you can now...
Yatango now taking pre-orders for the HTC built Nexus 9
The Nexus 9 is coming, and coming soon, at least from Google Play, but it seems that online retailer Yatango has begun taking pre-orders for the Wi-Fi version of the tablet in both 16GB...
Google starting to charge customers for Nexus 9 – shipments starting
Google has listed on the Play Store that the Nexus 9 will begin leaving their warehouse by the 5th of November. It looks like shipments are due to begin imminently with customers reporting that...
Yatango adds the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 to their range
Online gadgets and goodies supermarket Yatango Shopping has added the yet-to-be released Nexus 6 and Nexus 9 devices to their ever-growing range. Before you get too excited, neither device is yet showing any availability,...
HTC Nexus 9 Keyboard Folio and Magic Cover go up for pre-order on Amazon...
Google has never been great at getting accessories for Nexus devices to Australia, their usual turn around varies from between a couple of months and never. It's been a particular bug bear of ours...
Ausdroid Podcast 125 – Nexusapalooza 2014
Welcome to episode 125 of the Ausdroid podcast!
This week's podcast was all Nexus, all the time. With not one, not two but three new Nexus devices announced just a day before we recorded, spirits...
Nexus 9: Did you order one on launch day?
With the Nexus 9 now available to purchase in Australia via the Play Store, and with some of Ausdroid's guys waking up at an ungodly hour to partake, we want to know: did you...