Tracking Google’s 10/4 event: Everything from Google I/O is finally ready

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Enlarge / Google’s event invitation.

Are you ready for some hardware? On October 4 at 9am PT (Noon ET), Google is hosting a big launch party for its new phones and possibly all sorts of other Google Hardware devices.

Given the fact that Google kept its event invite appropriately vague, the rumor mill has been in high gear. So with less than a week until the big day, it’s time to sort through it all and determine the plausibility.

First up: Hype. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s SVP of Android, Chrome OS, and Google Play, has been talking this event up in the strongest possible terms. He compared the event to the launch of Android 1.0 eight years ago, and “has a feeling” we’ll be talking about the 10/4 event eight years from now. That’s basically promising this event will be up there with one of the most significant events in Google’s history. Strong words.

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Source: Ars Technica – Tracking Google’s 10/4 event: Everything from Google I/O is finally ready