GOOGLE NEXUS 7. The first Google tablet was launched

Google presented at San Francisco, the first tablet developed by the company, Nexus 7, with a 7-inch screen and starting price of $ 199, which should pose problems for products of the same price category and increase the popularity of Android on the market dominated by Apple iPad.

Nexus 7 price: The 8GB version is available for $ 199 while the 16GB costs $ 249.

 The new tablet is a serious competitor to Kindle Fire, device sold by Amazon. Wall Street Journal has made ​​a comparison:

Cheap tablet from Google, Nexus 7, comes with a gift too

Users can explore more than 600,000 applications and games available in the Google store Play. For a limited time, Nexus 7 comes preloaded with a $ 25 credit for purchasing Google Play movies, books, magazines and more.

The tablet has a 7 inch IPS screen (in-plane switching) at a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. It is equipped with a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 to 1.3 GHz, 12-core GPU. Specifications also include Micro-USB port, 1 GB RAM, 1.2 MP camera, gyroscope, GPS, accelerometer and microphone.

For the users seeking additional protection, Nexus 7 has a smart housing option, a hard polymer shell with a matte texture adhering protecting Nexus 7 from shocks and scratches, providing extra grip. The case comes in six different colors to allow users to choose the one that suits their lifestyle.



The Nexus 7 tablet is 10.45 mm and weighs 317 grams. The battery should take 9:00 to follow a HD video at 720p.

 

Nexus 7 - first tablet with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

 

The tablet will run the newest version of Android, called Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the company announced at Google I / O, hosted the annual conference that will run developers in San Francisco.

After they imposed on the smartphone market with Android, Google wants into force on the tablet segment, estimated at 66.4 billion dollars per year. Although on the market already exists tablets based on Android, produced by companies like Samsung, Asus, Motorola Mobility and Amazon.com, the Apple iPad still dominate sales, that will run a market share estimated at over 60% last year.

The tablets market will grow this year to 66.4 billion dollars, from $ 44.9 billion in 2011, estimates research firm Display Search, according to Bloomberg. By volume, the market could double in 2012, to about 119 million units, Gartner estimates.

Gartner research company estimates that iPad will remain the absolute leader in the tablets market at least until 2016, but will lose substantial market share in this period, from 61% this year to 46% over four years. In the same period, Android will grow from 32% to 37%. Estimates however do not take into account the launch of Microsoft Surface.