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Google has officially started shipping the Nexus 7. Announced during its developer conference, Google I/O, at the end of June, the pint-sized tablet will be the first to hit the market running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.
Google sent all Google I/O attendees home with a Nexus 7 and offered those not at the conference the ability to pre-order the $199 tablet starting moments after its official announcement with the promise to ship those tablets mid-July.
Friday it made good on that promise, announcing it had begun shipping pre-orders from Google Play via a post on Google+:
“Locked and loaded, ready to play: we’ve started shipping +Nexus 7 pre-orders today!”
Essentially Google’s answer to the Kindle Fire, the 7-inch tablet packs quite a punch in its small frame. The tablet has a 1280×800 HD display (216 ppi) and a 12-core CPU, the device packs a heavy punch under its exterior.
The Asus-manufactured tablet is also the first 7-inch tablet with a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor.
The Nexus 7 is also being sold at a number of other retail locations including GameStop and is available in a 8GB version for $199 and a 16GB version for $249.
Did any of you pre-order the Nexus 7? What do you think about the tablet? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
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The Nexus 7 is essentially Google's answer the the Amazon Kindle Fire -- a 7-inch tablet priced at $199 that's based around media consumption. In almost every respect, the Nexus destroys the Fire.
The Library widget on the home screen shows the media stored on the device. If you've interacted with any of it lately, those titles will be prominent.
Here's what the your app screen looks like on the Nexus 7.
All the Google-made apps are accessible from a folder on the home screen.
The video player is very responsive, and videos look good on the 1,280 x 800 display.
Here's what browsing movies is like in Google Play
The information you see when you select a particular title.
The magazine browser is fast and fluid.
Landscape mode allows for a few more titles to fit on the screen.
You navigate by pairs of pages, not single ones, an odd choice — until you realize it forces you to look at more ads.
Here's how a typical magazine looks on the Nexus 7. Although layouts look great, they lack some of the interactive features that some magazines on the iPad have.
If the layout of a magazine is bothering you or it's too unwieldy, you can switch to Text View.
Here's a magazine rendered in landscape mode.
The books on the device appear against a white background, with no shelves in sight.
Here are the options you see while reading a book. They disappear quickly if you don't touch the screen, leaving only the text.
This is how a book looks when you're reading in landscape.
The Google Music player isn't nearly as intuitive as iTunes, but it's passable.
You launch Google Now by sliding your finger up through the app-page icon.
The Google app automatically brings you local information and weather.
Google Now fits a little more on the screen in landscape.
This is how the Chrome browser looks on the Nexus 7.
Chrome helpfully lets you zoom in big on hard-to-tap menu items.
The Nexus 7 renders those 3D Google Maps just fine.
The execution here is very slick.
The leather-like back of the tablet makes it easy to hold.
The Power and Volume buttons are the only hard buttons on the device.
On the bottom, the Nexus 7 has a USB port for charging and data I/O.
Not much here, except for those four metallic dots, which could be used for future accessories.
Also very clean
Here's the Nexus 7 alongside a retina iPad.
The colors on the package are vibrant.
Asus' branding is smaller than Google's on the device, but the charging plug makes it clear who made the Nexus 7.
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Kinda expensive for a 7-inch? Seems so to me
…what? it’s the cheapest 7-inch you can get from a reputable brand.
…clearly has no clue.
Lets be clear on one thing. When ordered from the Google Play store, after checkout the Nexus costs me $230 after shipping and tax. The Kindle Fire on the other hand cost me $170 delivered after Amazon had a recent sale. I do think this is a better tablet than the KF, but it’s not a $200 tablet at all.
Lets be clear on another thing. You are supposed to pay state sales tax on all purchases, included those made on the internet that do not charge state sales tax. So Amazon technically does charge sales tax.
Also, people should accept paying a few bucks more for a better experience.
just as Louis responded I’m surprised that some people can get paid $7471 in a few weeks on the internet. have you read this web site (Click on menu Home more information) http://goo.gl/CLYii
someone knows something about the mexican market ? will be on mexican stores soon ?
I pre-ordered the Nexus on June 28 and haven’t been forwarded any information from Google (the only information I have found has been online that I have looked up). This will have to go down as one of the most over-hyped and messed up product releases. Big G has dropped a few notches with me (note: I own a Chromebook and am a person who has been a continuous advocate for Google apps, yet suddenly wish for the prescience of Apple).
You can sign into Google Wallet and it will show if the pre-order was received as well as if it has been shipped.