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Nexus devices

The 10-inch Nexus tablet starts at $400, $100 less than comparable versions of the latest iPad. Bray’s favorite favorite non-iPad of the year, priced at $199, is Google Inc’s Nexus 7. “It’s got a very fast quad-core processor, a vastly superior video screen, built-in GPS navigation and Google Now, a superb personal assistant program with outstanding speech recognition,” he said.