Tablet PCs have become quite popular these days. At a Google I / O event held in San Francisco, it was officially announced the production of the new Google Nexus 7 tablet, which will soon go on sale.
The new tablet will be a low-cost model manufactured by ASUSTeK. The basis of the new device is a single-chip NVIDIA Tegra 3. The technical data also includes: one gigabyte of RAM, eight or sixteen gigabytes of flash memory (depending on the model), a seven-inch IPS screen protected by glass (manufactured by Corning), screen resolution 1280 x 800 pixels. Also included in the equipment of the product is WiFi 802.11 b / g / n, there are Bluetooth, a camera with a resolution of 1, 2 Megapixels, micro-USB, a speakerphone, a microphone, an accelerometer, a GPS receiver, a gyroscope and a magnetometer. The device supports NFC (Android Beam). Dimensions of the tablet 198, 5 x 120 x 10, 45 mm. The set includes a 4325 mAh battery, which lasts for eight hours of operation.
The operating system is Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean), the device runs under it. Built-in are proprietary Google applications: Chrome, Google+, Gmail and YouTube.
The main task of the Nexus 7, as announced by Google, is the consumption of content. With this in mind, the new tablet has been adapted for the Google Play site, which contains "the world's largest collection of e-books, millions of songs, thousands of movies and TV programs, a growing collection of magazines, and more than 600,000 apps and games."
The price of the Nexus 7 is different depending on the modification, so a model with eight gigabytes of flash memory will cost $ 199, and with sixteen - $ 249. Preliminary acceptance of orders has already begun, mid-July is said to be the start of deliveries. Nevertheless, in the very near future, residents of the United States, Canada, Great Britain and Australia will be able to officially purchase the novelty. Google is committed to changing this situation as soon as possible. The starting sales base is the Google Play online store, also focused on mid-July 2012. Buyers are promised a gift of $ 25, which will be possible to spend on products on Google Play.
