Google announces Nexus 4 smartphone, Nexus 10 tablet, Android 4.2

Google on Monday introduced a new Nexus 4 smartphone to take on Apple’s iPhone 5, a 10-inch iPad competitor named the Nexus 10, and launched a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet with cellular data connectivity.

The trio of new products all run Android 4.2, what the company called a “new flavor” of its mobile operating system code-named Jelly Bean.

The products were initially planned to be unveiled at a media event in New York, but Hurricane Sandy prompted the search company to cancel its media presentation. As such, the new products were simply unveiled via a press release on Monday.

Google Nexus 10 tablet, specs outed (Gallery)

Brief Mobile just posted a bevy of leaked images and specs for what it claimed is Google’s upcoming Nexus 10 tablet expected to be unveiled Oct. 29 in New York City.

A breakdown of the device’s specs—via the tech website’s “trusted source”—revealed a dual-core Samsung Exynos 5250 processor, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, 10.1-inch Super AMOLED display at 2,560-by-1,600-pixel resolution, 5-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED, front-facing camera, NFC, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth 4.0 capability, as well as Android 4.2 Jelly Bean preloaded