Google's Nexus smartphone program is well-chronicled, and
has produced some of the best Android phones to date. With Android
tablet sales lagging far behind the iPad, it looks like Google might be
adopting a similar program to develop a "Nexus Tablet." The device will
reportedly be out in July, and will be directly competing with the
Kindle Fire at a price between $199 and $249.
First Google tablet now expected in July due to price cutting effort
Google’s first foray into the tablet market with a co-branded Android device won't be with us until July at the earliest. The current design was ready to go for May, but Google pushed back the planned release so it could tweak the device, sources close to the project said on Friday.The Mountain View team plans to make some design changes and hopes to lower the price from the current $249. The tablet, made in partnership with Taiwan’s Asustek Computer, currently comes with a 7-inch...
Google to begin selling tablets directly to consumers this year, says WSJ
We've been hearing rumors that a Google Nexus-branded tablet was coming, but Mountain View may have even more ambitious plans in store. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google will open up its own online store, where it will market and sell tablet devices directly to consumers. In an interesting twist, it's said that the company won't actually manufacture any of the offered hardware itself, instead leaving that duty to partners (Samsung and Asus are both named). The tablets will...Asus pushing to be the top non-Apple tablet maker
Asus already has a strong grip on the tablet market, but now the company says it won't settle for anything less than second-best. Today, global vice president Xu Youjia told the China Times that his company would be looking to take the lead in tablets besides the iPad, citing its popular Transformer line as an example of its innovation. "Asus will not make 'me-too' products," Xu said. "In the tablet field, the goal is to rise to the top of the non-Apple group."To some extent, Asus is in a...
Google Nexus tablet: a 7-inch $199 Kindle Fire killer?
"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again," the saying goes.Or in the words of Android boss Andy Rubin, "double down."
The Verge has learned from sources that Google intends to launch a 7-inch tablet in the coming months for $199, echoing several other reports in recent days.
Rubin has made it clear that Google intends to make another run at penetrating the consumer tablet market this year — a market that Apple utterly dominates by every metric — and in order to do that, it's going...
Google-branded 7-inch Asus tablet coming as early as May, says DigiTimes
Asus wants the world to know how close it is to Google, but that could be closer than we'd ever imagined if reports from DigiTimes are to be believed. The site's sources claim that the two companies are to collaborate on a 7-inch tablet aimed at the Kindle Fire with a price tag of $199-$249. It's said to be the first tablet to run the Google Play store, and is set to debut in May. Google apparently selected Asus for its quality and ODM capabilities, and the company has indeed been working on...Google to 'double down' on Android tablets in 2012, says Andy Rubin
It's no secret that Android tablet sales have lagged far behind Apple's iPad, and Google's planning to do something about it. In a meeting with reporters today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Android chief Andy Rubin called the 12 million Android tablets sold thus far "not insignificant, but less than I'd expect it to be if you really want to win," and said that "2012 is going to be the year that we double down and make sure we're winning in that space."Rubin said that the biggest...
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