Google's first tablet, the Nexus 7, is running the new Android OS called JellyBean and has inside a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor and 1GB of RAM, with the $200 model sporting 8GB of storage and the $250 doubling that to 16GB. Apart from the storage the models are the same, with a 1280 x 800 screen and a single micro-USB plug, no SD card slot at all. It also only has a single 1.2MP camera which will only let you send video, there is no camera app to allow you to snap pictures. Check out the usability of the new device over at TechSpot.
"Google has released a number of Nexus branded "hero" smartphones in the past, but the new Google Nexus 7 is the first ever tablet to bear the Google Nexus name. Built by Asus, the Nexus 7 also has the distinction of being the first device to run the Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" operating system.
While the Nexus 7 offers nothing to consumers that can't be found elsewhere – save for Jelly Bean – it offers a number of refinements to the Android tablet experience in terms of both software and hardware. And it does it all at a sub-$200 price point that is meant to dethrone Amazon's Kindle Fire as the reigning Android tablet of choice for consumers. With specs like a quad-core processor and a 1280 x 800 pixel display, that seems possible and likely."
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I got my 16GB Nexus7 on
I got my 16GB Nexus7 on Monday. I really liked how they are giving away 25 dollars on the google play store.
So far I really love it