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Google Play is now home to 700,000 Android apps.

Since its debut back in 2008, Apple’s iOS App Store has held the crown for the largest library of mobile apps and games available. That’s no longer the case, however, as its biggest rival, the Google Play store, has now caught up. Today Google announced that it now offers over 700,000 Android titles.

Now that Google has unveiled its Trifecta of Nexus devices, I can’t help but feel underwhelmed. I can’t exactly pin-point why I feel this way, but alas, I do. Perhaps my perception of what a Nexus device should represent has become misguided. I’m not sure when I began to expect more than just a Vanilla experience, but the latest batch of Nexus devices has knocked me back to the reality that “Nexus” means nothing more than having an untainted Android OS with certain end-user freedoms and timely updates.

Last on the list of announced Nexus devices is a refresh of the popular Nexus 7. The 32GB Nexus 7 was probably the least secret of all the new devices announced. Retailers just couldn’t keep this thing under wraps and even went as far as to sell a few before Google ever had the chance to announce its existence. Nevertheless, Google has finally got around to giving us the full details and they’re just as expected.

The Nexus 10 is next on our list of Nexus devices announced by Google today. Unlike the smaller Nexus 7 tablet, the Nexus 10 features 10-inches (10.55-inches to be exact) of WQXGA 2560 x 1600 display (300 ppi) goodness. This, of course, increases the price of the device, taking it well out of the sub-$300 tablet category that’s been spoiling us.

Today, Google announced two new Nexus tablets — the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 — which will go head-to-head with more established competitors like the iPad, the iPad mini and the Kindle Fire HD. But how do they stack up?

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