Monday, July 16, 2012

Google Nexus 7 Reviewed

By Heather Price


This has been on display in full form since the time before I/O took the first step, but only right now is it formal: the Nexus 7 tablet from Asus. Designed for Google Play, running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. It provides a 7-inch, 1280 x 800 HD display, a quad-core Tegra 3 processor with 12-core GPU, and 1GB RAM. Additionally there is a 1.2-mega-pixel front-facing camera and even all the sensors you'd assume from a modern day slate, together with NFC (there's no 3G / 4G selection). Google is hyping 9 hours of HD video playback and also approximately 300 hours of standby - nevertheless the product or service page quotes eight hours "of active use" on a 4325 mAh system - in a tool that's 340 grams.

In the event you had question what Google thinks a 7-inch pc tablet is beneficial to - plus who it feels its immediate competing firms are - the foremost push at the beginning is media utilization. Music, movies, books, magazines, apps, and then games. YouTube is still flawlessly remodeled, plus Google Maps has been enhanced having latest data overlays. Google on stage exhibited Horn, a fairly stunning-looking 3D game, and Madfinger's zombie shooter Dead Trigger. Google this is actually the first gadget that ships with Chrome as the typical browser.

The Nexus 7 tablet starts up at $199 for 8GB along with $25 credit for Play Store (limited time only) - a 16GB brand is out there for $249. You will be able to pre-order starting off today coming from play.google.com along with the tablet shipping and delivery mid-July. The British expenses are 159 and also 199, correspondingly, and also shipment all around the same time.

And sure, an endorsed Nexus 7 cover has already been out there for purchase at $19.99.

Update: Asus released its very own pr release on the Nexus 7, plus there are several particulars within well worth observing. Over the front of the Nexus 7 is a layer of Corning FIT glass, whilst the display itself illustrates Asus "TruVivid" technology. There is no particulars on what, if anything, which means in actuality - however the Nexus 7 gives you an IPS display that has a 178-degree browsing perspective. Asus furthermore claims roughly 9.5 hrs of life of the battery; that's a lot more than Google promises, thus we're going to need to see how it takes on in reality. And lastly, there was a bit more detail on the fresh new "smart cover" - it's polymer that has a matte texture, and will come in 6 distinct colors. Furthermore, have a look at Google Nexus Q.




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