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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Holiday Gift Guide: Notebooks

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Notebook PCs are still very popular and key personal and productivity devices. Sure, smartphones and tablets might be the hotter products but a good notebook is something everyone can use. This season we're seeing the emergence of new convertible Ultrabooks, ever-thinner MacBook Pros with Retina Displays and even something unique from Google and Samsung in the Chromebook space.

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Google's Nexus 4 smartphone reappears briefly for Canadian buyers

Updated on Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at 11:38AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The much desired yet ever-elusive Google Nexus 4 smartphone was made available briefly yesterday at Google's Play Store. As a prospective buyer who signed up to be notified of the Nexus 4's availability weeks ago, I received an email at 1:35PM from Google stating that the Nexus 4 would be available for purchase starting at 3:00 PM Eastern time.

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Google's unlocked Nexus 4 sale fail

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Was it a case of bait and switch or did Google really not have enough stock of its anticipated Nexus 4 smartphones to sell to buyers. 

Either way, today's sale fail doesn't speak well of Google who announced the new devices on October 29, generated intense hype and interest and then failed to deliver on product stock.

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