Here we go, day 3 of the 5 Days of Nexus! All week long, we’ll be handing out brand new Nexus devices to the greatest tech community on the planet. Yes, I’m referring to you, the readers of Droid Life. We have already handed out a Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, but we have more to come. Over the next two days, another couple of lucky readers’ days will walk away with Nexus 7s, followed by one last contest on Friday with a prize still to be determined. So let’s do day 3! 

Day 2 of the 5 Days of Nexus is upon us! Yesterday, we handed out a brand spankin’ new Nexus 4 (8GB) to one lucky reader in what turned out to be a massive contest. But we aren’t stopping there, no sir. We have four more days of giveaways to burn through! In today’s contest, and for the next three days, it’s all about the Nexus 7. We know how popular this tablet is, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that each and every one of you have had a chance to pick one up yet. Let’s see if we can’t change that, by rewarding another handful of DL readers will some awesome prizes. 

Welcome to the first of five contests for a week long series of giveaways we have dubbed the 5 Days of Nexus. With little interesting news coming out of Mobile World Congress, a stark contrast to years past, we thought it would be the perfect time to focus your attention elsewhere and reward the faithful Droid Life community with a bunch of free devices, all of which fall under the Nexus brand. That’s right, we are giving away nothing but Nexus phones and tablets to you, the DL reader. 

Google’s newest Nexus 7 ad just appeared over at the Nexus YouTube channel and I’m a fan. I’d try to explain the animations in some sort of design speak, but you should just watch it and enjoy. You will see the spot highlights the device’s 10 hour battery life and the access it gives you to tons of content in Google Play. 

For anyone looking to get concrete sales figures on the Nexus 7, Google has a habit about keeping those pretty private. Luckily for us, we have companies and mobile analysts like Benedict Evans who decided to dig a bit deeper. According to Evans, since the device went on sale, Google looks to have sold roughly 4.5 to 4.6 million Nexus 7 tablets. This figure, which was taken from sales reports out of ASUS and comments from their CEO, is pretty respectable in terms of being an Android tablet. 

Looking to score a new Nexus 7 with some other goodies thrown in, all for just $259? If you head over to eBay, one seller (with a good seller rating) , Buydig, is bundling a new 32GB Nexus 7 with some Xtreme audio ear buds, a $30 Visa gift card, and free shipping to top it off. Sounds like a #win in my book.

If eBay deals are your cup of tea, get on it.

Buy.

Cheers Henry!

Not that finding a Nexus 4 is as difficult as it once was, but Google still wants the process to be simple, especially for those who want to buy the phone in person, rather than via Google Play. Through their newly launched Nexus Store Locator, users can search for both the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7, to find stores nearby.

As one would expect, the Nexus 4 finder will only list T-Mobile stores for now, since that’s the only retailer currently selling the phone. For the Nexus 7, I came up with a bunch of Gamestop stores, though the device is available at other electronics dealers. 

The factory images for the Android 4.2.2 (JDQ39) update that was released this week to a number of Nexus devices have now been posted. We’re seeing images for the Nexus 4, Nexus 10, Nexus 7 (HSPA+ too), and Galaxy Nexus (both “takju” and “yakju”).

Be sure to download for your specific device, they may come in handy down the road if you ever need to restore your device to a factory state, flash a stock recovery, or save yourself from a ROM flashing misstep.

It also appears that 4.2.1 images have been removed. You can download the new images at the source link below.

Via:  Google Developers