Nexus Special

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September 08, 2014Nexus Special #32: IFA 2014
Ryan Rampersad and Matthew Petschl discuss all of the phones and watches that out during IFA 2014.

Big week, episode #600!
Links
At The Nexus #141: Waiting For New Tongas › The Nexus
Samsung
Samsung announces curved Gear S smartwatch with 3G | The Verge
Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 4 | The Verge
The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display | The Verge
Samsung enters the virtual reality race with the Gear VR headset | The Verge
Sony
The Xperia Z3 Compact is Sony’s true new flagship phone | The Verge
Sony joins the Android Wear ranks with underwhelming SmartWatch 3 | The Verge
Move over, Neil Young: Sony is making a Walkman for audiophiles | The Verge
Sony’s wild new cameras for your smartphone offer big zoom and lens flexibility | The Verge
Lenovo
Lenovo built a ludicrously heavy, 17-inch, touchscreen gaming laptop | The Verge
Toshiba
Toshiba’s Chromebook 2 adds a 1080p screen, cuts down on size and weight | The Verge
Toshiba’s Radius 11 puts a Chromebook’s price on a convertible Windows 8 laptop | The Verge
LG
This is the LG G Watch R | The Verge
HTC
[IFA 2014] HTC Announces The Colorful Mid-Range Desire 820 With A 64-Bit Snapdragon 615 Processor
Microsoft/Nokia
Microsoft’s ‘selfie phone’ arrives as the Lumia 730 | The Verge
Microsoft’s Lumia 830 mixes old Nokia designs with a new PureView camera | The Verge
Asus
Asus brings back the $199 Windows netbook to battle Chromebooks | The Verge
Asus adds Zen to the Android Wear smartwatch | The Verge
Motorola
The new Moto X could be the best Android phone ever made | The Verge
The new Moto G: Motorola’s cheap smartphone gets even bigger and better | The Verge
Moto 360 review | The Verge
The Moto Hint is the future of the Bluetooth headset | The Verge
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #254: NS #32 — Potent Poisons!
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48min
September 07, 2014Nexus Special #32: IFA 2014
Big week, episode #600!
Links
At The Nexus #141: Waiting For New Tongas › The Nexus
Samsung
Samsung announces curved Gear S smartwatch with 3G | The Verge
Samsung announces the Galaxy Note 4 | The Verge
The Galaxy Note Edge is a flagship phone with an entirely new kind of curved display | The Verge
Samsung enters the virtual reality race with the Gear VR headset | The Verge
Sony
The Xperia Z3 Compact is Sony's true new flagship phone | The Verge
Sony joins the Android Wear ranks with underwhelming SmartWatch 3 | The Verge
Move over, Neil Young: Sony is making a Walkman for audiophiles | The Verge
Sony's wild new cameras for your smartphone offer big zoom and lens flexibility | The Verge
Lenovo
Lenovo built a ludicrously heavy, 17-inch, touchscreen gaming laptop | The Verge
Toshiba
Toshiba's Chromebook 2 adds a 1080p screen, cuts down on size and weight | The Verge
Toshiba's Radius 11 puts a Chromebook's price on a convertible Windows 8 laptop | The Verge
LG
This is the LG G Watch R | The Verge
HTC
[IFA 2014] HTC Announces The Colorful Mid-Range Desire 820 With A 64-Bit Snapdragon 615 Processor
Microsoft/Nokia
Microsoft's 'selfie phone' arrives as the Lumia 730 | The Verge
Microsoft's Lumia 830 mixes old Nokia designs with a new PureView camera | The Verge
Asus
Asus brings back the $199 Windows netbook to battle Chromebooks | The Verge
Asus adds Zen to the Android Wear smartwatch | The Verge
Motorola
The new Moto X could be the best Android phone ever made | The Verge
The new Moto G: Motorola's cheap smartphone gets even bigger and better | The Verge
Moto 360 review | The Verge
The Moto Hint is the future of the Bluetooth headset | The Verge
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48min
June 26, 2014Nexus Special #31: Google I/O 2014
Links
Google I/O 2014 in under nine minutes | The Verge
Google I/O 2014 - Keynote - YouTube
Google I/O 2014 - Schedule
Google touts 1 billion active Android users per month | The Verge
Android One will help manufacturers build low-cost phones for developing markets | The Verge
Coming Soon | Android Developers
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Android L Release Preview: Everything You Need to Know
Google Design
PDF: material-design.pdf
Introduction - Material Design - Google design guidelines
Android Auto doesn't do much, and that's a good thing | The Verge
Android TV hands-on: Google makes a new play for the living room | The Verge
You can now mirror your Android phone to Chromecast | The Verge
Google finally has a true Office competitor for mobile | The Verge
Google responds to Apple's Healthkit with Google Fit | The Verge
This is the Gear Live, Samsung's $199 Android Wear smartwatch | The Verge
Here's why two protesters disrupted Google's biggest event of the year | The Verge
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45min
June 12, 2014Nexus Special #30: E3 2014
Matt briefly appears in this episode.
Links
Animation/FX Reel on Vimeo
Design Reel on Vimeo
GameGavel: Auctions for Gamers & Geeks Item: 958029 -- The World's Largest Video Game Collection recognized by Guinness - 11,000+ Games
E3 2014 | Electronic Entertainment Expo - June 10-12, 2014
Microsoft
YouTube
The Witcher 3 footage shows the search for the ashen-haired woman | PC Gamer
EA
BioWare E3 Official Trailer - Mass Effect and New Title Update - YouTube
Ubisoft
Far Cry 4 -- E3 2014 "Pagan Min" Trailer - YouTube
Just Dance 2015 - E3 2014 Stage Demo at Ubisoft Press Conference - YouTube
E3 2014: Exploring Different Approaches in Tom Clancy's The Division - GameSpot
Assassin's Creed Unity E3 Trailer - YouTube
Shape Up Gameplay - E3 2014 Stage Demo at Ubisoft Press Conference - YouTube
E3 2014: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Revealed - IGN
E3 2014: Ubisoft Admits to Holding Back Completed Wii U Game Until Sales Improve - Wii U News @ Nintendo Life
Sony
Official Destiny E3 Trailer -- New Beginnings - YouTube
Destiny Beta | Official Site of Destiny the Game
Pre-Order Destiny | Official Site of Destiny the Game
White PlayStation 4 bundle debuts alongside Destiny [Update: $449] | Joystiq
Twin-stick action game Entwined out now on PS4 [Update: trailer] | Joystiq
Entwined Launch Trailer | E3 2014 (PS4) - YouTube
Bloodborne Debut Trailer | Face Your Fears | PlayStation 4 Action RPG - YouTube
Magicka 2 - E3 2014 Announcement Trailer - YouTube
ABZÛ Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4 - YouTube
Dive into ex-Journey art director's new game Abzu, only on PS4 [Update: Trailer] | Joystiq
E3 2014: The Talos Principle Teaser Trailer - GameSpot
No Man's Sky Gameplay Trailer | E3 2014 | PS4 - YouTube
PS Vita TV coming to the US as PlayStation TV for $99 | The Verge
Nintendo
The Legend of Zelda Wii U Trailer - E3 2014 - YouTube
Wii U - Hyrule Warriors E3 2014 Trailer - YouTube
Wii U - Splatoon E3 2014 Announcement Trailer - YouTube
E3 2014: Mario Maker is the Best Mario Game I’ve Ever Made - IGN
Xenoblade Chronicles X coming to Wii U in 2015 | Polygon
Mario Party 10 bows in next year with Bowser and Amiibo | Joystiq
Others
Elite: Dangerous arrives at E3 station with a cargo hold full of trailer footage | PC Gamer
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Stage Demo - E3 2014 - YouTube
Homefront: The Revolution drops ten minutes of E3 gameplay | PC Gamer
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1h 12min
June 03, 2014Nexus Special #29: WWDC 2014
Links
Apple - Apple Events - Special Event June 2014
Apple announces OS X 10.10 Yosemite with refreshed design, available for free this fall | The Verge
Apple announces OS X 10.10 Yosemite with new interface, enhanced apps & continuity
OS X Yosemite unveiled at WWDC, features big UI overhaul | Ars Technica
DuckDuckGo
Apple meets Dropbox head-on with iCloud Drive | The Verge
Apple HealthKit announced: a hub for all your iOS fitness tracking needs | The Verge
Family Sharing on iOS 8 will let families share iTunes purchases | The Verge
Apple introduces new Photos app for iOS with shared editing across all devices | The Verge
Apple will bring third-party widgets to iOS 8 | The Verge
QuickType for iOS 8 adds SwiftKey-style predictive typing | The Verge
Apple opens up iOS 8 to third-party keyboards | The Verge
iOS 8 apps can talk to each other | The Verge
You'll be able to buy apps in bundles in iOS 8 | The Verge
Apple's HomeKit turns the iPhone into a remote for your smart home | The Verge
Apple opens Touch ID to third-party apps with iOS 8 | The Verge
Apple Introduces CloudKit, An ‘Effectively Free’ Toolkit For Making Cloud Apps | TechCrunch
Apple gets heavy with gaming, announces Metal development platform | Ars Technica
Apple has a new programming language called Swift, 'and it totally rules' | The Verge
Swift (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A breakdown of all the major new features in iOS 8
A full breakdown of major OS X Yosemite features
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44min
January 11, 2014Nexus Special #28: CES 2014
If you would like to fund live coverage of CES 2015, please, get in touch.
Links
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Yahoo Food
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Tegra K1 Next-Gen Quad-Core Mobile Processor | NVIDIA Tegra | NVIDIA
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Intel® Edison Development Board—The SD* Card-Sized Computer
Qualcomm News and Events
AnandTech Portal | AMD Demonstrates "FreeSync", Free G-Sync Alternative, at CES 2014
Android on Windows gets another supporter in AMD | The Verge
Razer’s Project Christine Desktop PC Is Ambitous and Possibly Vaporous | TIME.com
Huge thanks to The Verge for hosting 60 people during CES to bring us such complete coverage.
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1h 38min
December 31, 2013Nexus Special #27: The Internet Showed Up
Links
I, Glasshole: My Year With Google Glass | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
FarCry 3: Blood Dragon | the Andrew Bailey
StarCraft 2: Heart of the Swarm | the Andrew Bailey
The Stanley Parable | the Andrew Bailey
Toilet Blog Engine | the Andrew Bailey
Raspberry Pi | the Andrew Bailey
Project Twentieth Century: Resurrection | the Andrew Bailey
Insanity: BitCoin | the Andrew Bailey
Ghost: Just a Blogging Platform by John O'Nolan — Kickstarter
Andrew Bailey — Kickstarter
Road Rash | the Andrew Bailey
Space Janitors Webseries - Season 3 by Space Janitors Crew — Kickstarter
LoadingReadyRun - New hilarious sketch comedy every Monday
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1h 45min
October 24, 2013Nexus Special #26: Apple iPad Event 2013
Links
Apple - Apple Events - Special Event October 2013
From iPad Air to Mac Pro: everything you need to know about Apple's fall event | The Verge
Apple - OS X Mavericks - Do even more with new apps and features.
Apple - Mac Pro - Technical Specifications
Apple - MacBook Pro with Retina display - Technical Specifications
iPad Air - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apple - iPad mini with Retina display - Technical Specifications
Apple - iPad Air - TV AD - Pencil - YouTube
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29min
September 10, 2013Nexus Special #25: Apple iPhone Event 2013
Links
Apple - iPhone 5c
Apple - iPhone 5c - Technical Specifications
Apple - iPhone 5C - Accessories
Apple - iPhone 5c - Videos
iPhone 5 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
iPhone 5s - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Apple - iPhone 5s
Apple - iPhone 5s - Technical Specifications
Apple - iPhone 5S - Accessories
Apple - iPhone 5s - Videos
Apple - Apple Events - Special Event September 2013
Twitter / sdw: Yay, random spec ...
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Twitter / davidhoang: The new iPhone cases ...
Twitter / mantia: RIP Home Button symbol. <3
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44min
August 02, 2013Nexus Special #24: The Moto X Event
Matthew Petschl and Ryan Rampersad discuss the fabled and infamous Moto X event, the newest Android phone, its hardware, software, specs, and all the gimmicks from pricing to customizability and more!

Links
This is the Moto X. Can it save Motorola? | The Verge
Moto X Specs & Latest News | Motorola | The Verge
Performance preview: The Moto X sports a great GPU, respectable CPU | Ars Technica
Moto X Specs & Latest News | Motorola | The Verge
Motorola Mobility LLC. USA
Motorola’s big move: Hands-on with the Moto X | Ars Technica
A ‘Google Play’ version of the Moto X is coming soon | The Verge
Moto X Full Specs, Release Date, Price Revealed: Customize Made-To-Order Google Phone On Motorola Website [VIDEO]
This episode of Nexus Special has a Fringe episode. You should really listen to The Fringe #120: NS #24 — Catastrophe!
Listen to more at The Nexus and follow us on Twitter and Google+ for our latest episodes and news.
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29min

FAQs about Nexus Special:

How many episodes does Nexus Special have?

The podcast currently has 99 episodes available.