Everything you need to know about Google's new Nexus smartphone and tablet

The king of search unveils the latest in a line of products meant to take a bite out of Apple's dominant market share

Amid Hurricane Sandy chaos, Google introduced the Nexus 4 Android smartphone and the Nexus 10 tablet on its blog.
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Hurricane Sandy, which has shut down businesses across the East Coast, has also thrown a wrench in Google's best laid plans. The search king had scheduled a big New York press conference to unveil a series of products designed to challenge Apple in the smartphone and tablet wars. But that parade has been rained on, and with the big event scrapped, Google took to its official blog to announce several major upgrades in its Nexus product line, including a new smartphone and a new tablet. Here, everything you need to know about Google's new line of Nexus products:

What did Google introduce, exactly?

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