Google’s day-one keynote from the 2012 I/O developer conference has officially wrapped up. We’ll have plenty of analysis directly from the show, but here’s a quick look at what’s been announced so far.
Nexus 7 Tablet
Google officially unveiled the $199 Nexus 7 tablet, built by Asus. Its feature list is as follows:
Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) operating system
7-inch, 1280×800-resolution touchscreen
Quad-core Tegra 3 chipset with a 12-core graphics processor
8GB of storage (16GB version available for $249)
Front-facing camera
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC
Nine hours of HD video playback
Weighs 0.75 pounds
Google says the Nexus 7 tablet is “optimized for Google Play” – meaning it’s geared toward consuming music, movies, games, books, magazines and more. The feature-set and price tag will certainly put a whole lot of pressure on similarly-priced (but less powerful) 7-inch tablets like Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Barnes & Noble’s Nook Tablet. It’ll be interesting to see if it’s able to lure away would-be iPad owners as well.
I’m writing this comment on an iPad and I have to say the nexus looks extremely good. I like the size. It looks like something you could put into you coat pocket. It looks like a mini iPad. I really think it will go far. Will it and it’s descendants replace apple iPads? Only time will tell.
I’m writing this comment on an iPad and I have to say the nexus looks extremely good. I like the size. It looks like something you could put into you coat pocket. It looks like a mini iPad. I really think it will go far. Will it and it’s descendants replace apple iPads? Only time will tell.