Ever since HP killed off webOS only to later make the project open source, we’ve been seeing it slowly show up for a few of our favorite Android devices. It was ported to the Galaxy Nexus, as well as the NOOK, but today the popular Nexus 7 tablet is getting a taste of webOS — even if it isn’t too functional. Obviously this is completely a work in progress, and a total hackjob at this point but the Nexus 7 manages to have a few useful working features already. If for some unknown reason you want to ditch Android 4.2 Jelly Bean (maybe just for a day) the webOS port is coming along quite nicely.

While it’s a mostly unstable port at this point in the venture, a few key features appear to be working just fine. Those include the web browser, WiFi, keyboard, brightness, and gesture features. Audio might be a tough one, and the same goes for any sort of hardware acceleration. Here’s a quick look of it in the alpha stages:

webOS Nation reports that the developer managed to get all this done in under a week while enjoying a Christmas vacation from college, so we can expect some serious improvements over the coming weeks and months as long as the developers have the time. Obviously this isn’t Android, the best mobile OS ever, but it sure is nice to see someone keeping the webOS alive and kicking on awesome tablets like the Nexus 7. I’m sure this isn’t the last we’ve heard of it, so stay tuned.

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You may have seen that “Happy Holidays from Android” clip and noticed a Nexus 10 dock in it. Yup, it looks like something of that sort is in development and from what we can tell, it seems ready for the prime time. Not to make dock designers’ work irrelevant – but “it’s just a dock” so it should’ve been released months ago. And it’s also a product many Nexus 10 owners would love to get.

We’ve no idea when Samsung and/or Google will start selling these and can only hope that will happen in the next few days or weeks. Hopefully we won’t have to wait for CES to be able to grab one. And judging by the Nexus device prices, the dock shouldn’t break anyone’s bank… though you never know.

Anyway, here’s the “happy holidays” video again. The Nexus 10 starts its ride around 1:00 in, and you can see it again at 1:14.

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The buzz around the Google Nexus 7 tablet is slightly down, but the device that was announced in late June and launched just over a month ago is still the hottest tablet in town. Google is expected to sell as many as 8 million Nexus 7 units this year, and what better way to reach such numbers than by launching the Jelly Bean tablet in as many markets as possible.




After being officially launched in the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia, the Nexus 7 is getting ready to descend in Europe starting with France, where the tablet will arrive on September 3, according to available information.







Initially, only the 16GB Nexus 7 version will hit French stores including Fnac, Darty and Boulanger, and it will cost 249.90 Euro, or around $312, including local VAT tax. Pre-orders are not available at the moment with either retailer, although Fnac mistakenly started to accept pre-orders.




While Fnac stopped the pre-order process for the time being, those registered sales will be honored, with a customer service representative mentioning September 3 as the release date for the tablet. As you can see in the screenshot above, Fnac is still listing the product, as well as its price on its official website.







Considering that Google is ready to attack France with its Nexus 7 tablet, it wouldn’t be unexpected to see the tablet hit other EU countries soon, especially since Google’s most important rival in the budget-friendly tablet market, at least until Apple launches its own model, has not brought the Kindle Fire to these regions. And Google certainly wants to beat Amazon to market in these regions.




Spain, Italy and Germany are other possible countries that could soon see the Nexus 7 – rumors already exist suggesting that the first two will get the tablet soon.




It’s also unclear at this time whether Google will sell the Nexus 7 in France via Google Play, as it looks like retailers will have to have physical stores in the country to sell such devices.




On a different note, we’re very interested to hear whether more Google Play content will be available to European buyers, an issue both Google and Amazon have to deal with when making plans to launch such devices in non-U.S. markets.

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