Google's 7-Inch Tablet: $199, Coming In July

[newarkhiphop]

Google is making preparations to bring about 600,000 Android-based tablets to market by July, say sources cited by DigiTimes. The tablet will feature a seven-inch display and is expected to be made by Asus. Google has placed orders for about 2 million of the tablets for the remainder of 2012.
The device will probably be sold directly to consumers via the new hardware section in the Google Play Store, where Google already offers the Galaxy Nexus for $399. Google launched this new hardware sales portal last week, where it will sell other Nexus-class devices starting later this year.
Whether or not the DigiTimes sources are right about the timing of this device launch, the information meshes with what has already been reported about this Google-branded Android tablet. April reports from The Wall Street Journal and The Verge have provided a bit of detail.
The original target price of Google's first co-branded tablet was $249--half the cost of the entry-level Apple iPad, and competitive with products such as the Amazon Kindle Fire. The new tablet, which is being built by Asustek, will reportedly have an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, and Wi-Fi (only) for internet connectivity.
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Google changed its mind about the pricing, however. It wants to drop the price from $249 to $199 or less. Some had expected the tablet to debut before summer, but the change in price lends a bit of credence to Thursday's DigiTimes report suggesting a July launch.
Google wants to win tablet market share from Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle, and to do that it will sell devices that are co-branded with its hardware manufacturer partners. Rather than sell just one Google-branded tablet from a single OEM, the search giant will offer several devices from a variety of manufacturers.
Asus will likely have an exclusive spot as the lone device available for a short time.
Looking at the leaked specs and features, Google could get things right with this phantom Android tablet. The smaller display size has several advantages. It would require less power, allow the device to be smaller and more portable, and work well with scaled-up Android smartphone applications. The key component, however, is the Tegra 3 quad-core processor. I've used the HTC One X with the Tegra 3 and can attest to this chip's computing prowess. It delivers incredible performance and manages to sip power at the same time.
Sticking to Wi-Fi as the sole means of connecting to the Internet is also essential to keeping the device cost low. This approach should be just fine for most users, as very few people use wireless broadband networks to browse on tablets. The vast majority of tablet users browse via Wi-Fi.
As long as the display of this unnamed, unannounced device isn't garbage and battery life is good, it could be just what Google needs to gain traction in the tablet market.

Google's 7-Inch Tablet: $199, Coming In July? - Hardware - Handhelds/PDAs - Informationweek

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what up kindle fire

 

[Liquid]

Quad core and only $200 unsubsidized? That's incredible

 

[StatUS]

Goog Set! Goog Set! Goog Set! OWWWW!

 

[newarkhiphop]

Quad core and only $200 unsubsidized? That's incredible

my touchpad lookin flabby and sick right now

 

[Fckumeen]

 

[Golayitdown]

my touchpad lookin flabby and sick right now

if nothing else it got me in the tablet market.... I would have never bought a tablet of it wasn't for the fire sale.... still doing great too.....


But if they release a 10 inch version in the 250 range I'll bite...

 

[Liquid]

my touchpad lookin flabby and sick right now

Nah, still the best fire sale in history. Still holds up well actually.

 

[GoldenGlove]

if nothing else it got me in the tablet market.... I would have never bought a tablet of it wasn't for the fire sale.... still doing great too.....


But if they release a 10 inch version in the 250 range I'll bite...

Same here.

Would never EVER drop 500 to 600 on a tablet, but for 200 to 250 this is a good look. Can't go less than 10in for the screen though, my phone is going to be damn near 5 inches, so a 7 inch tablet is a bit redundant for me.

 

[Kemyran]

my touchpad lookin flabby and sick right now

Yeah, but you didn't pay much for it so no sweat, breh.

They're gonna sell a bunch of these but dammit..... I really hope this spurs more tablet-specific app development.

The devs don't focus on this much because nobody has a fukking Android tablet in any real numbers outside of the Kindle and the apps for it are pretty meh and uninspired, just like many of the apps for tablets on the Play Market.

They said they were "doubling down" on tablets, let's see what happens. The only thing is... if Apple decides to say fukk it and release an iPad Mini?

GAME OVERRRRYYYEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

 

[newarkhiphop]

Yeah, but you didn't pay much for it so no sweat, breh.

They're gonna sell a bunch of these but dammit..... I really hope this spurs more tablet-specific app development.

The devs don't focus on this much because nobody has a fukking Android tablet in any real numbers outside of the Kindle and the apps for it are pretty meh and uninspired, just like many of the apps for tablets on the Play Market.

They said they were "doubling down" on tablets, let's see what happens. The only thing is... if Apple decides to say fukk it and release an iPad Mini?

GAME OVERRRRYYYEEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!

apple is there own over priced gimped lane, an ipad mini would be nothing but a shrinked ipad and cost $400 or something

This tab with these decent specs will def. spur much more tablet development , i could already see this being HUGE on xda

I love my TP, but sometimes i feel like so much more could have been done with it if it had been a native android tablet

 

[Golayitdown]

apple is there own over priced gimped lane, an ipad mini would be nothing but a shrinked ipad and cost $400 or something

This tab with these decent specs will def. spur much more tablet development , i could already see this being HUGE on xda

I love my TP, but sometimes i feel like so much more could have been done with it if it had been a native android tablet

XDA is usually the key place to get app development going.... if they were smart, they'd give about 50 or so of these to XDAs best devs and groups like Cyanogen to get it going...

 

[newarkhiphop]

XDA is usually the key place to get app development going.... if they were smart, they'd give about 50 or so of these to XDAs best devs and groups like Cyanogen to get it going...

this thing will be rooted within the same day it drops, dev for this will be as big as it was for the G1,o.g EVO and the nexus

 

[RJY33]

LOL @ this bargain basement shyt. Another "ipad killer" i bet

 

[JoelB]

LOL @ this bargain basement shyt. Another "ipad killer" i bet

Nah they smart. They going after the Kindle. Companies know better than to go after the Ipad head to head.

 

[Golayitdown]

this thing will be rooted within the same day it drops, dev for this will be as big as it was for the G1,o.g EVO and the nexus

Hope google's gonna go the nexus route for the tablets