You’ve always got to take patent applications with a pinch of salt. Having a patent approved is a world apart from just applying for one, and even then there’s no guarantee that what’s being described will ever see the light of day. But there’s something intriguing about this one from Google: it’s been turned around in lightning speed and has Android chief Andy Rubin’s name attached to it. Is this the next Nexus phone? Read more


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