7-inch Google Nexus 7 tablet announced: quad-core Tegra 3 with 12-core GPU, 720p resolution for $199

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  • June 27, 2012 at 12:24 pm

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Google Nexus 7 tablet announced

 

No surprises here. Google has officially unveiled the first Nexus tablet, a 7-inch slate made by ASUS and called the Nexus 7. It will of course launch with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on-board.

The device comes with a quad-core Tegra 3 SoC with a 12-core GPU, 1.2-megapixel front camera and 1280 x 800 resolution IPS LCD display. The asking price is $199 for the 8GB model and $249 to up that to 16GB. You can order it today directly from Google Play and shipping in mid-July together with the launch of Android Jelly Bean.

It weighs just 340 grams and comes fully loaded with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPS, gyroscope and an accelerometer. Battery life is a decent 9 hours of video play.

The Nexus 7 is a direct stab against Amazon’s Kindle Fire, with Google putting content at the forefront of the experience. Oh and it will ship with the Android Chrome browser as standard.

Google is also putting its faith in the Nexus 7 as a portable gaming device, with that 12-core GPU, gyroscope and accelerometer proving a rich gaming experience.

 

You can watch the Google I/O 2012 keynote and the introduction of Android 4.1 Jellybean live right here

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  • June 26, 2012 at 1:57 pm

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Google I/O 2012 event logo

Mark your calendars, or even better set your automatic reminders. Google’s I/O 2012 developer event kicks-off on Wednesday 27th of June with the usual opening keynote. That’s where the search giant shows us what’s new and exciting in the Android world.

This year, the day one keynote will probably see the introduction of Android 4.1 Jellybean and a budget 7-inch Nexus Tablet.

We’re sure you won’t want to miss this event, and you can view the entire thing live right here.
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Google Nexus 7 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet confirmed by ASUS representative for June

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  • June 11, 2012 at 11:50 am

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Asus Eee Pad ME370T 7-inch tablet

We’ve been hearing about a Google Nexus tablet since the beginning of the year, with ASUS apparently being the manufacturer of the economical 7-inch slab that could be appropriately named, Nexus 7.

Well we now apparently have confirmation of the partnership between ASUS and Google from the mouth of a representative of the former at Computex in Taipei. The Nexus 7 tablet is expected to be ready for shipment by the end of June, happily coinciding with Google I/O running June 27-29 in San Fransisco, and the perfect platform to announce the next version of Android.

This will be the first tablet to carry the Nexus name, following the Nexus One, Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus smartphones, and you can be sure it will be carrying a stock version of Android. In fact it’s been rumored to become the carrier of the next big version of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (you can read more here about Android’s naming convention).
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