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Google makes the Nexus 7 tablet official Android 41 Jelly Bean and a $199 price
Some of the mystery has been taken out of it, but Google has officially taken the wraps off of the Nexus 7, its first reference-grade tablet. The 7-inch slate is the first and currently only device shipping with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and takes advantage of its optimization for smaller tablet screens, magazines and movies -- it's also the first to ship with a finished Chrome for Android. Like was widely suspected, the tablet is built by ASUS (shades of Eee Pad MeMO ME370T, anyone?) and mostly draws our attention in terms of what we get for the money: that quad-core Tegra 3, 1.2-megapixel front camera, NFC and 1280 x 800, IPS-based LCD are traits we'd normally look for in a pricier tablet. How much pricier, you ask? Google is asking just $199 for a dainty 8GB model and $249 for a 16GB version -- that's a lot of speed for the money, especially with a $25 Google Play credit and a slew of bundled content. There's no SD card slot, however. We'll test the Nexus 7 as soon as we can, but you can swing by Google Play (and possibly local stores) to order one in Australia, Canada, the UK and the US with a mid-July shipping window.
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Looks good real good.
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I wouldn't be so displeased with the microSD slot. Plus, it's quite predictable that Google would do that considering what they did with the Galaxy Nexus.
Why?
They want you to use their cloud products, Google Drive primarily.
It's really not that much cheaper than the 7" Samsung Galaxy ($250 for 16gb). 10" Tablets are still pushing $300+. It just seems cheap because its <$200 haha.
true, but does the quad core make that much of a difference? (legit question)
I'm still on the TF101 and it's still pretty damn snappy. I haven't touched anything quad core nor can I judge it properly without using it under real world conditions.
^ This is significantly better than a Kindle Fire, though. Can't make the other OEM's happy to have to compete with a $200 tablet running Jelly Bean. At that price Google can't be making any money.
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