Nexus 4 shortage traced to 'scarce and erratic' supply by LG

The highly desirable but indefinitely unattainable $309 Google Nexus 4 flagship smartphone has been in notoriously short supply since it launched a month ago. The devices have been out of stock for the most part and while they have been made available on occasion, supplies sell out within minutes.

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Over 2 million iPhone 5's sold in China on opening weekend

Apple announced it has sold over two million of its new iPhone 5 in China, just three days after its launch on December 14. iPhone 5 will be available in more than 100 countries by the end of December, making it the fastest iPhone rollout ever.

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SourceCode: 7-inch Android tablets fighting it out in the $150 space

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I remember forking over $649 for a first-generation 16GB  Samsung Galaxy Tab (granted it was a WiFi + 3G version) back in 2010, I also bought a 64GB BlackBerry PlayBook in 2011 when these were discounted for $300 and was all too happy to pay $250 for a quad-core Nexus 7 earlier this year. Now Lenovo and Samsung are offering their entry-level 7-inch tablets at $150 in time for the holiday shopping season.

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Amazon.com Announces Best-Selling Books of 2012

Amazon.com announced the top 10 best-selling books of 2012 overall (print and Kindle combined), as well as the top 10 Kids & Teens books. Unexpectedly, “Fifty Shades Freed: Book Three of the Fifty Shades Trilogy” takes the top spot, and thriller “Gone Girl” comes in at number two; “The Mark of Athena (Heroes of Olympus, Book 3)” is the best-selling Kids & Teens book. Hit jump for the full list of most popular books of 2012.

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