Google announced Android 4.4 KitKat on Tuesday, and it has become tradition for the company to erect a new statue on the lawn of its Mountain View headquarters with every major Android release. So we weren’t surprised to see the search giant upload a video of the statue’s unveiling to YouTube.
However, we were surprised to see what looks like Google’s next-generation Nexus smartphone towards the end of the video.
Alcatel has today announced the One Touch Hero, a 6-inch phablet with some really nifty features. It has a 1080p display and other high-end internals, plus an intelligent stylus like the Samsung Galaxy Note. But its special feature is its special covers, one of which features an E Ink display that will let you read books and more without using the phone’s power-sapping full HD display.
The new Moto X is expected to join the Nexus 4, the Galaxy S4, and the HTC One on Google Play next month, allowing consumers to buy the device directly from Google. It’s already available from AT&T and Verizon, but according to a leaked screenshot from T-Mobile’s inventory, its model will only be available from Google Play.
As the undisputed King of Internet Video, it’s kind of hard for YouTube to make any big changes without the public noticing, but over the last 10 days, YouTube has slowly rolled out a redesigned logo, first on its iOS and Android apps, and now to Twitter and Facebook as well.
The new logo ditches the old, thick, bubbly font that’s been in use since the company first started out in 2005, for a flatter, more simplified look that prominently features the YouTube Play button. Curiously, YouTube hasn’t rolled out the new logo to its website yet, nor announced any official changes, but now that it’s in the official YouTube apps, it looks like it’s safe to say this change will be permanent.
Here’s a higher-res version of the new logo:
Verizon has today begun selling the new Moto X online for $199 with a new two-year contract, just under a week after it made its debut on AT&T. The device is available in black and white with 16GB of storage, but it’s not yet available to purchase in your local Verizon store.
