It looks like the Android device that will be given out this year at Google I/O -- and probably the next Nexus device -- is the new 10.1" Tegra 2 tablet from Toshiba.
The answer to today's challenge is "PRISMATIC", and that lines up with the only Android tablet that has a "prismatic Li-ion battery", the . (Prismatic batteries are supposed to have 3x the battery life.)
These tablets may be given in addition to a Nexus S as prizes for the @googlenexus challenge, but at the very least, it's likely they will be given out at Google I/O, since the @googlenexus challenge ends the day before Google I/O. The Toshiba tablet will probably be announced in the keynote the first day. [N.B. This para edited to reflect comment about prizes in the comment from Evan]
In fact I'll hazard a guess as to the name: "Nexus T".
- T for tablet
- T for Toshiba (last time with the Nexus S, it was S for Samsung)
- T = S + 1.
This is all total conjecture, so take it with a grain of salt, but it makes sense.
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I'm not sure why you keep saying that they haven't announced what the prizes are yet. They clearly did when they announced the contest: https://twitter.com/#!/googlenexus/status/63748476701388800
Not disagreeing with your conclusions, just pointing out that you seem to have missed that.
Oops, you're right, I missed that. Still, I think that's a red herring.
Android Tip Guys picked up your story:
http://androidtipguys.com/toshiba-honeycomb-tablet-is-the-google-nexus-tablet/
Wish you were right. I'd much rather win a tablet than a phone that's not compatible with my current network.
Well the current release of the Toshiba tablet is Wifi-only, so it's a moot point :-)
What is Prismatic Battery? Why does it have 3x battery life more than normal tablet, I think it too overkill for that statment
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=prismatic+battery
From what I can tell it's just a Zinc-air battery, but scaled up to tablet-battery-size.
AFAIK, from my limited googling, "prismatic" just refers to the form-factor of a battery cell, not anything inherent in the chemistry. It's either "prismatic" (rectangular) or "cylindrical" (well, you get it). "Prismatic" has been used by battery manufacturers to describe Li-ion as well as Ni-MH cells, so I believe it's an erroneous conclusion to think it has anything to do with Zn-air.
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