Google has showcased the "killer" Apple iPad, the tablet Nexus 7. Tablet with 7-inch screen size is made by Asus. It costs U.S. $ 199. The tablet is ready for sale in mid-July.
Google hopes it will beat the iPad tablet. The tablet is also ready to compete with Microsoft Surface tablets which opened last week. Flagship Android tablet Amazon, Kindle Fire, ready well beaten.
Google tablets will be available in two versions. You can choose the size of 8GB of storage for U.S. $ 199 and 16GB for U.S. $ 249. For comparison, the latest iPad with 9.7-inch screen priced at U.S. $ 399 for 16GB capacity.
"It's always been the goal Nexus program to provide the best experience. We want to design the best enjoyment of Google's user experience," said Google Product Management Director, Hugo Barra.
"Nexus 7 made for Google's Play. Content you into the forefront and focused," he said as quoted by the Daily Mail.
This new device has a 1280x800 HD display. The inside is supported with a quad core chip Tegra 3 graphics processor with 12 cores. It weighs only 340 grams. According to Google, this tablet can play video for 9 hours with a single battery charge.
Google hopes that a more compact size, the Nexus 7 will counteract the popularity of the iPad. According to Gizmodo, the Nexus 7 measuring 198.7 x 120 x 10.45 mm.
"The tablet has portability pack as light as paper. This is also supported by cloud storage," said the Google, Chris Yerga.
Direct nexus to the latest version of Android, Jelly Bean. For support, Nexus has invested 1.3 GHz quad core CPU and 1GB RAM. NFC is also the latest technology ready in it. You can use the 1.2 MP front camera for video conferencing.
Google says there are 600 000 Android applications available in the Google content store Play. The company also will begin selling movies, TV programs and magazines.
According to Google, the latest version of Android Jelly Bean is much faster than previous versions. "Jelly Bean store so much improvement. We touched each side of Android," said Barra.