[Rumor] Google set to reveal Nexus 7 tablet

[Bladexdsl]

might be time to trade in when this hits the town i'm not happy with the asus transformer it's touchscreen is crap!

 

[hova1]

I'm assuming that the price is low because this thing isn't coming out anytime soon.

it mentions shipping with jellybean so im guessing late this year maybe early next year since ics deployment took so long

The tablet is coming out next month and jelly bean is just an incremental update (It's Android 4.1), You are thinking of Key Lime Pie (Android 5.0) that is probably going to release with new Nexus phones later this year or early next year.

 

[shakirmoledina]

very nice, when it comes to google, they always rise fast. firefox was not able to beat ie in terms of users but chrome drops in and beats them both

but the big question is, will it come with android?

 

[Pleng]

but the big question is, will it come with android?

What? Are you serious?

 

[Sicklyboy]

very nice, when it comes to google, they always rise fast. firefox was not able to beat ie in terms of users but chrome drops in and beats them both

but the big question is, will it come with android?

That's pretty much the same as asking if the thing is gonna come with a rechargeable battery.

 

[Bladexdsl]

but the big question is, will it come with android?

seriously?

 

[chris888222]

7" is too small for me, but the price is sure appealing.

I mean, other than Kindle Fire what other tablets out there are $199?

I hope it has 3G though.

 

[lostdwarf]

but the big question is, will it come with android?

Their is no way will Google let Android run on Googles device

 

[SifJar]

I mean, other than Kindle Fire what other tablets out there are $199?

Blackberry Playbook (16GB) is down to that in the US I think.

8GB for a tablet is quite small, but if it is expandable by micro SDHC, you can bulk it out quite cheaply. Certainly less than $50 for an extra 8GB, although it'd probably be slower than internal storage (still fine for music or videos, leaving the internal for apps). [I have a 16GB blackberry playbook and with my music collection and a bunch of apps on it, I only have about 1.5GB free space left for putting videos etc. on it (leading to me only ever having a couple of episodes of TV shows or whatever on it at a time).]

Other than that, this looks like a great tablet for the price. 7" is preferable to me over 10", much more portable. Being a Nexus device, it will get great support from the developer community, you can be sure that all the big custom ROMs will be ported to it (CM, AOKP etc.), plus it'll come with a pure Google experience, which is superior to virtually every manufacturer UI anyway. IMO, Android is much better suited to tablets than iOS. The UI with it's widgets etc. make more sense than a few very spaced out icons. Plus stuff like the Chameleon homescreen [http://chameleon.teknision.com/] is only for Android.

In short, I think this could be a great device, but I almost certainly won't be getting one. I already have a tablet, and wouldn't be able to get enough money for it to replace it with one of these.

 

[chartube12]

7" is too small for me, but the price is sure appealing.

I mean, other than Kindle Fire what other tablets out there are $199?

I hope it has 3G though.

That price it won't unless you get it with a contract.

 

[ChaosAngel]

That price is pretty tempting, now I have to decide if I really need an ultra book or not..

 

[Joe88]

7" is too small for me, but the price is sure appealing.

I mean, other than Kindle Fire what other tablets out there are $199?

I hope it has 3G though.

Nook tab
Coby Kyros
hundreds of no-name china brand tablets

but you can also find 10.1" tegra 2 16GB refurb tablets for around $200 every so often
like toshiba thrive (see it alot of times for $200 on 1saleaday)
acer a500 ($210-240, even once for $160)
asus trasfromer TF101 ($250)

 

[chartube12]

The no-name chinas are only single core, half the ram and are clocked lower then the manufacturers' claims.

 

[shakirmoledina]

lol i cant believe we have so many sheldons on gbatemp are we just acting like him?

 

[chris888222]

7" is too small for me, but the price is sure appealing.

I mean, other than Kindle Fire what other tablets out there are $199?

I hope it has 3G though.

Nook tab
Coby Kyros
hundreds of no-name china brand tablets

but you can also find 10.1" tegra 2 16GB refurb tablets for around $200 every so often
like toshiba thrive (see it alot of times for $200 on 1saleaday)
acer a500 ($210-240, even once for $160)
asus trasfromer TF101 ($250)

Nook and Corby literally unheard of in Singapore.
Chinas are pretty unreliable.

 

[Sicklyboy]

7" is too small for me, but the price is sure appealing.

I mean, other than Kindle Fire what other tablets out there are $199?

I hope it has 3G though.

Goddd why? Just bluetooth DUN or WiFi hotspot your phone to the tablet. Bonus points (and speed) if you've got a solid 4G LTE connection on the phone (not sure what the availability of that in Singapore is though)

 

[Kioku]

I like 7" tablets. The Nexus might be my next buy. I currently have the Acer A100.. Nice little device. Runs nice and fast.. Seemingly faster than a few of the 10.1" tabs.

 

[chartube12]

just saw pics of it and the tablet has a lot of wasted space. Either the screen needs to be made larger or the bezel made smaller.

 

[Sicklyboy]

They're discussing the Nexus 7 at the IO Conference right now.

I'm throwing all of my money at the screen yet I don't have this tablet in my hand right now. Why is this?

 

[Satangel]

That price Very good news IMHO, I've been looking to get a tablet, and the more decent tablets there are, the better for the customers!