By on 29 Jun, 2012 at 10:15 AM
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Say Hello To Google’s Nexus 7

Google has lifted the curtain on its tablet, called the Nexus 7. It will run on Android OS 4.1 which is awesome not only because it is the latest Android software but mostly because it means that you can say your tablet runs on Jellybeans. The Nexus 7 ships in about 3 weeks time in the US so it shouldn’t be too long before we get it down here in SA. Pricing is currently $199 (R) for the 8GB version and $249.99 (R) for the 16GB variant. It’s also a 7″ tab packing a quad-core processor which pretty much amounts to dynamite in a small package.

Watch the commercial for the Nexus 7 above to find out more or take a gander at the specs below.

Screen

  • 7” 1280×800 HD display (216 ppi)
  • Back-lit IPS display
  • Scratch-resistant Corning glass
  • 1.2MP front-facing camera

Size

  • 198.5 x 120 x 10.45mm

Weight

  • 340g

Wireless

  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • Bluetooth
  • Memory
  • 8 GB internal storage
  • 1 GB RAM

USB

  • Micro USB

Battery

  • 4325 mAh (Up to 8 hours of active use)

OS

  • Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)

CPU

  • Quad-core Tegra 3 processor

Features

  • Microphone
  • NFC (Android Beam)
  • Accelerometer
  • GPS
  • Magnetometer
  • Gyroscope
Source: Game Informer

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  • MichaelMatusowsky

    Only 7″ screen… Lame. I’d have liked a 10″ on the tablet. Makes a big difference. Sticking with my iPad 2 thanks.

    • AG_Sonday

      I know what you mean about the difference but I like the idea that it’s small and fast and the thinking behind making it 7” is that it’s lighter and more portable and lietrally handheld.
      While they won’t say it, the raeson for going 7” as well is probably because Apple doesn’t have any share in market for 7” tabs. If Google had to make it 10” then they’d be competing with Apple and Samsung so less competition is part of the erason I guess. Maybe they’ll expand onto a 10” tab eventually.

    • CataclysmicDawn

      And it’ll be called the Nexus 10

    • AG_Sonday

      Smart boy

  • CataclysmicDawn

    That’s pretty awesome. Like the idea more than M$’s Surface to be honest.