Nexus 7 Tablet and Nexus Q Media Player Outed Ahead of I/O
by Jason Inofuentes on June 27, 2012 12:06 PM EST- Posted in
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- I/O 2012
- Nexus 7
- Nexus Q
- Android@Home
Android Police broke this story, discovering assets for the Google Play Store that confirm earlier rumors that Google would be revealing a 7" Nexus branded Android tablet at their developer conference, I/O. Our Brian Klug is at the event and will be covering the keynote here. Pricing is not confirmed, but early speculation has it that the device will be priced at just $199, and feature a Tegra 3 SoC. From the leaked image, it's somewhat apparent that the new device, dubbed the Nexus 7, will be sporting Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean).
Alongside the Nexus 7, Google will expand the Nexus brand to media devices, it seems. Other assets found on Google servers indicate that a media player called the Nexus Q will also launch. The device is uniquely shaped for a device in this space, as just a sphere with a flattened bottom, and looks devoid of any on-device controls. Google actually previewed a similar device at I/O last year, in demonstrating their Android@Home home control initiative. The fact that these assets were found on the Play Store's servers could indicate that the initiative is finally making it to market.
Again, we'll have more as this story develops.
[Update] The Nexus Q website has launched and it covers some interesting details of this device, including pricing ($299). The hard specs are that this is basically a Galaxy Nexus sans screen. The OMAP 4460 we know and love is inside, along with 1GB of RAM, 16GB of NAND and connectivity is standard phone stuff (microHDMI and microUSB) complimented by less pedestrian ports like TOSLINK, ethernet and banana jacks for speakers. There's much more across the jump, but I'm jumping into a different keynote now, so follow along with Brian and we'll update later.
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EnzoFX - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - link
Seriously. The standard now for 7" is 1024x600, and last year it was 840x480?. 1024x600 should be more than adequate considering 1024x768 on 10" is what I use now =P. 1280x800 on 7" should look great! Not Retina great, but still great.mcnabney - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - link
If you hold a 1280x800 display 14" from your eyes it will be 'retina' quality. The quality of DPI is completely dependent on viewing distance.gorash - Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - link
A 13" Macbook Pro hhttp://www.anandtech.com/show/6047/nexus-7-tablet-... the same resolution. I guess nobody wants that.rabbisun - Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - link
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menikku - Monday, December 17, 2012 - link
here is no doubt that Google Nexus 7 is great. However,Google Nexus 7 also has a few drawbacks,like the storage space is not expandable and only one camera. Why not try Ainol Novo 7 Venus? Ainol Novo 7 Venus is a great alternative in my opinion. It is also powered by Quad Core CPU ACT-ATM7029 based on Cortex A9 that runs up to 1.5GHz,it has dual cameras,features the same 7 inch 1280X800 IPS screen as Google Nexus 7. One drawback of Ainol Novo 7 Venus is that it has 8GB Nand Flash,but expandable to 32GB - this is very important and matters,I like this.It's sold at $149.99 only from JSXL Technology. I share this just because I think the more choices of Tablet PCs,the better for us.