What is Miracast?

UPDATE 11/18/12: THE NEXUS 10 DOES NOT CURRENTLY SUPPORT MIRACAST! Miracast is an officially supported screencast standard backed by the WiFi Alliance.  It’s basically an open standard that shares similar capabilities with Apple’s AirPlay for iOS devices.  Miracast functionality will be supported in Android 4.2, and thus the Nexus 10 out of the box. Miracast ...

The Nexus 10 has a Built-in Malware Scanner

One of the features of Android 4.2 to be included in the Nexus 10 is a native malware scanner for side-loaded apps.  Downloading .apk files and allowing “Unknown Sources” in your Application Settings would allow malicious apps to get into your phone.  The Play Store scans all apps for malicious characteristics and simply will not ...

What is Android 4.2?

Android 4.2 will be the shipping version of Google’s mobile operating system on the Samsung Nexus 10 tablet, and will be soon after pushed out to Google’s fleet of Nexus devices shortly if not immediately after. So what is Android 4.2? Android 4.2 is a minor upgrade to Jelly Bean 4.1, but not quite a big enough ...