Erik Pineda

Hot item that it is, many shoppers will surely include the LG Nexus 5 on their Black Friday and Christmas lists, which is hardly surprising.

It is highly likely that no holiday release date, more so a Black Friday 2013 arrival, can be expected from Apple’s iPad Mini 2 and consumers can blame its Retina-laced display panel, new reports said.

The tablet war between Apple and Samsung is raging hot, with the latter planning to match all the killer specs and features that were unveiled via the 9.7-inch iPad Air and the 7.9-inch iPad Mini 2 – the latter beaming out in high-resolution Retina display panel.

Been waiting for Verizon to release the LTE-enabled Google Nexus 7 2? It turns out the U.S. telco is dealing with a ‘system incompatibility’ between its superfast wireless network and the vanilla Android tab.

To date, Google is keeping everyone guessing when actually the Nexus 10 2 release date is or will it ever materialise in time for the 2013 holiday season.

Apple has already pushed the slimmed down iPad Air in wide-circulation and supplies are aplenty but no doubt many more consumers are waiting for the one big thing in a smaller package – the Retina iPad Mini2 release date.

Two iPhones for 2014 is quite a possibility, a new report said, and the separate release dates will likely produce a handset that bears the same iPhone 5S form-factor and the phablet-size iPhone 6, which could be called the iPhone Air.

If the iPhone 5S occupies a top place on your Christmas shopping list, you may want to reconsider and wait perhaps for Apple’s rumoured phablet, the iPhone 6, which is reportedly set for a release date some time on 2014.

Famed iOS device unlockers The Evad3rs are reportedly approaching the near-perfect stage on their iOS 7 jailbreak works, meaning a release date is very imminent for iPhone and iPad owners wanting to liberate and do more with their gadgets.

With a single picture that leaked out this week, rumours regarding the Nexus 8 were set off, all pointing to an 8-inch vanilla Android that supposedly Google is cooking up to challenge the Retina iPad Mini 2.

Could it be that Google is letting Apple to dominate the large tablet market for a few more months and defer the Nexus 10 2 release date until early 2014? Instead, the tech giant is colliding head-on with the Retina iPad Mini 2, using the Nexus 8 as its main weapon.

Sapphire will surely be part of the rumoured iOS phablet, the iPhone 6, 2014 release date as Apple announced that it has secured a steady and relatively affordable source of the sturdy coating material.

The instant hit that it is, Google’s Nexus 5 is officially a hot item at the moment but getting it means waiting up to a month’s time as buyers scramble to get a piece of the KitKat 4.4 device, prized for its powerful specs but affordable price tag.

As always the case, smartphones of any brand and make come in various models and the LG Nexus 5 from Google is no different. It is a KitKat 4.4-powered device in two incarnations – the D820 and D821.

Google’s KitKat 4.4 allows the rendering of translucent navigation and notification bars on compatible Android device but the eye-candy feature, according to new reports, will be short-lived on the 2012 Nexus 10 build.

The iPhone 6 set for release date in 2014 could introduce killer features such as charging-on-the-go and a whopping RAM provision of up to 4GB, likely making the iOS device as the most advanced iPhone build to come out of Apple’s production lines.

Now that Google has unveiled both the LG Nexus 5 and the 2013 Nexus 7, all eyes are trained on the Nexus 10 2, which a new report said will likely have a release date some weeks prior to Christmas time.

Recent developments suggest of the likely Samsung Galaxy S5 package on its rumoured January 2014 release date, bannered by the latest Android build or KitKat 4.4.

Apple has admitted that the supplies of iPad Mini 2 to hit the market may not be sufficient to meet the demands and the likelihood is, it will be a long-wait for those planning to snap up the iOS 7-powered slate this Christmas.

Now that Google has finally unwrapped the candy bar KitKat or Android version 4.4, device users on the mobile platform wonder when will ever they get the new operating system, vanilla or skinned.

This is inevitable – that the next iPhone build will replicate the remarkable engineering displayed by Apple with the iPad Air. Hence we now get a thin and slim iPhone 6 that is fittingly labelled as the iPhone Air on release date.

No official word from Apple yet but the Retina-toting iPad Mini 2 is likely set for a Nov 21 release date, in time for the shopping excitement that builds up going into the numerous 2013 Black Friday gadget deals.

Will Samsung rush the supposed Feb 2014 release date of its next flagship, the rumoured Galaxy S5, as the company’s third-gen phablet, the Galaxy Note 3, reportedly shipped out some five million units two months after its debut?

The Google house has been a busy hive in the past few days, apparently prepping for a major product to break out before the current week ends – that of the very much anticipated LG Nexus 5 release date.

The verdict is out and most experts are singing the same tune – that the new iPad Air is the best iPad ever and it has the makings of a compelling buy for the holiday season or for the earlier gadget bonanza that will come with the 2013 Black Friday.

Rumours of the Galaxy S5’s February 2014 release date continue to flare up with a new report insisting that the Galaxy S4 successor is a gadget in steroid thanks to a 64-bit Exynos processing chip and a capacious 4GB of RAM.

The LG Nexus 5 did not materialise on Google’s Oct 29 event but Android fans remain hopeful that the KitKat 4.4 device release date is happening before this week ends, possibly on Nov 1.

Samsung’s two 2013 flagships, the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note 3, are gaining more battery mileage thanks to a free application from Qualcomm called BatteryGuru.

The new Nexus 7 shipment batch coming off Google’s warehouse this holiday season is likely preinstalled with the latest Android build, KitKat 4.4 that is, new reports said.