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Google picks HTC for Nexus [ITWeb](ITWeb Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Google has selected HTC to make its upcoming 9-inch Nexus tablet, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Google had been mulling HTC as a potential Nexus tablet partner since last year and HTC engineers have been flying to the Googleplex in Mountain View in recent months to work on the project, the report said. Google's decision to pick HTC reflects its long-term strategy of building a broad base of partners from device to device to prevent any one manufacturer from gaining a monopoly, the report said. That may also be one of the reasons why Google chose HTC over bigger rivals Samsung Electronics, maker of the Nexus 10 tablet. Google and HTC declined to comment on the report. (c) 2014 ITWeb Limited. All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info). |