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what's up i'm brian Tong and welcome to google issues for everything google that we can pack inside of a show each week let's get to the show and this week there's going to be a whole lot of actin in the tech space we know about apple's event but google is also sending out invites for an october twenty fourth event in new york called a night out with google play alright so that doesn't sound like the hottest date but according to android and me sources there will be no hardware at the event even if the timing is perfect for some Nexus 5 or tit cat action and speaking of that Nexus 5 it's probably the worst kept secret right now after full high-res images and a 349 dollar price point appeared on the google play store for the 16 gig version of the phone it came with a caption capture every day and the epic in fresh new ways suggesting the camera feature improvements that we've talked about in KitKat and the Nexus 5 may not be coming in just black after images that first appeared at under kg com leaked online showing packaging of a possible white Nexus 5 as well and really this could be a total fake but the idea of a white Nexus 5 would be pretty slick and a new report from tutto Android claims that the nexus 5 will only sport a 2300 milliamp hour battery opposed to the rumored 3000 milliamp hour battery based on the amount of internal storage available for the battery but there's still nothing official on that front alright guys the new android tablet is shipping now and it's the latest from amazon with our kindle fire HDX 7 inch that starts at 229 so let's check it out with our hands on with what it has to offer the HDX is smaller thinner and lighter than the company's previous seven incher and has a 1920 x 1200 resolution screen both the power button and volume rocker have been moved to the back and while the buttons are easier to find and press compared to the previous fire having them on the back takes a little getting used to i do think it's really comfortable to hold one hand though it's well-balanced light without feeling too Airy the new version of the fire OS is more a refinement over last year's then something completely new the carousel returns but swiping up from the home screen now brings up an array of your installed apps and thanks to the higher resolution all menu items can now fit on the screen at once the web experience has finally been fixed now feels fast without the bugs and sluggishness that play previous iterations Mayday is Amazon's new customer service feature for Kindle Fire owners if you're having trouble with something tap the Mayday button and within 15 seconds police as Amazon's goal a real-time video chat window but customer service rep will appear thank you for using Amazon a fifth I see the rep can't see you but they can take control of the system they can also draw on it in order to illustrate how to do whatever it is you need to do it's a pretty cool feature but we'll have to see how well that 15 second response time holds up when thousands are tapping the button daily x-ray for music lets you sing along accurately to your favorite songs an x-ray trivia is a pretty effective way to learn more about your favorite movies or TV shows it seems Amazon finally got the horsepower to interface overhead balanced just about right thanks to the new Snapdragon 800 processor pages and menus are accessed near immediately gaming performance hits about Nvidia shield level may be a bit lower but definitely Trump's the new Nexus 7 in frame rate there are plenty of other small tweaks and changes I haven't even mentioned and we're still waiting for a few new features to be ready like Goodreads and the video fling feature before we can give them a fair assessment thanks Eric and I can't say that it's a tablet for everyone but if you're really locked into the Amazon ecosystem it's well worth it all right HTC they might have had some tough earnings recently but that's not stopping top HTC executives who spoke with the Financial Times and said that wearables is a critical segment for us and that they are excited about it and in fact HTC had already been working with Microsoft on a SmartWatch device several years ago kind of showing what they're thinking then they also talked about a return to the tablet market that will be something nice and disruptive at they're poorly received tablet lines in 2011 so just stick with something you know along the lines of the ACC one design in a I think you guys might have something there all right last week we asked you to send us your comments in favor of or against curved screen so here are some of them ronit roy says i don't think it's useful at all no curves michael stand on twitter says unnecessary manufacturing costs with little gain and Peter Vasquez says smartphone screens with curves would probably feel better in your front pocket the curb design might hug your leg nicely so you know what I'm just gonna start calling this trend of phones the thigh phones mmm all right that's gonna do for this week email us at Google issues at cnet com or tweet me at brian Tong and we'll answer what we can thanks so much for watching all the Google goodness i will see you next week for another fix of google Isha's good