Google Announces $199 Nexus 7 Tablet, $299 Nexus Q Media Streamer

[wolfpackfan]

Seems like Google is really trying to compete with Amazon's Kindle Fire with the Nexus 7. Same size, shape, and price. But it will be way better because it can get the Android Market without rooting for one thing! And, you can get the Kindle app as well

Exactly. That is what has kept me from getting a Kindle Fire or a Nook Tablet. With the Nexus 7, you will be able to ready books purchased both from Amazon, B&N and Google. You can't do that with either the Kindle or Nook. To me this is a biggie as I now do all my reading on the iPad using these apps and have purchased books for both.

 

[steviem]

What is it with you Britt's and Apple? Not being very Cheeky.
It's like Apple is a Bespoken Enemy?

Blimey, I'd say you were going to drop a Biggie over it Old Boy.

What's a Britt?

 

[gnasher729]

Because Google is a premium brand. Apple has become too ubiquitous.

Google is a premium brand? You make me laugh.

Nobody pays for anything with "Google" on it. To customers, "Google" is free (in reality, paid for with advertisement).

 

[Renzatic]

Can you explain to me why this trumps the ipad 2? It isn't obvious to me, in fact I think they are pretty comperable.

A just released 7" quad core Tegra 3 tablet for $249 vs. the older iPad 2 for $399 (comparing 16GB to 16GB here). If I were still out shopping for a tablet, I'd either get this as the best bang for the buck option, or spend the extra $100, and get an iPad 3.

 

[Fraaaa]

What use is NFC on the Nexus Q?

Probably to share stuff with the Galaxy SIII by touching it.

AAPL is no more no less than an hardware selling company...
iOS is just an anecdote to well serve the previous described purpose!

It's both, at most Apple is a software company providing their own hardware.

 

[mojothemonkey]

still no flash though?

As for your second point, smaller screen, no cellular and shorter battery life still make the ipad 2 a good competitor hardware wise, I'd say

the smaller screen is a plus for some people for portability. That's a preference issue.

Cellular-equipped ipads cost a lot more than the prices shown here.

battery life is still to TBD.

 

[tech4all]

You can tell schools out now!

I want to vomit. Loathe EVERYTHING Google does.

Oh get over it child.

Jelly Bean is slang for clitoris . . . seems a strange name choice.

Advertising slogan: You've got to be a complete and utter c*** to have a Jelly Bean.

Yea and pu$$y cat be another name for all of these big cats for OS X.


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Google is a premium brand? You make me laugh.

Nobody pays for anything with "Google" on it. To customers, "Google" is free (in reality, paid for with advertisement).

Still a brand though.

 

[Menneisyys2]

Do folks think these are for real or are we looking at another Zune-like failure?

The $200 tablet will sell like hot cakes, that's for sure. It's so much better than anything in the same or somewhat higher price category (Fire or Samsung Tab 2 7"). $200 isn't much money, particularly not for a IPS 1280*800 screen and a quad core CPU - even diehard iOS fans will surely think of picking up one.

 

[crawler1975]

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At its Google I/O conference today, Google unveiled several new products intended to compete in the tablet and home entertainment markets, squarely targeting Apple's iPad and its rumored push into the living room for which the Apple TV has served as a foothold.

Google's presentation began with a spotlight on Android, noting that it is now activating more than one million Android devices per day and showing off Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean". The new version of the operating system offers a number of enhancements, including a faster interface, cleaner home screen design with resizable widgets, offline voice dictation, a new camera app, enhanced notifications, Siri-like voice search, and more.

A new "Google Now" feature keeps tracks of users' locations to automatically offer information relevant to their real-life experiences, whether it be information on subway schedules, menu recommendations at a restaurant, or other situations.

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As for Google's hardware announcements, they leaked out ahead of time through the company's own Google Play site, which confirmed that the Google Nexus 7 will be an ASUS-manufactured tablet priced at $199 for 8 GB of storage and $249 for 16 GB of storage. The device's 7-inch IPS display offers 1280x800 pixels and a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera is included. The Nexus 7 will use a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and incorporate Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and NFC connectivity.

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On the home entertainment front, rumors from earlier this year are coming to fruition today with the introduction of the Google Nexus Q, a spherical $299 "social streaming media player". The Nexus Q will allow users to wirelessly stream music, video, and YouTube content to their home entertainment systems. Also serving as an amplifier, the Nexus Q can be connected directly to speaker systems such as Google's new $399 Triad speakers.

Google's keynote is still ongoing, and we will update this post with additional information as it is released.

Article Link: Google Announces $199 Nexus 7 Tablet, $299 Nexus Q Media Streamer

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I doubt if this will make a dent on Ipad sales... Personally I think the Surface have a fighting chance to compete with the Ipad...

 

[JohnDoe98]

A just released 7" quad core Tegra 3 tablet for $249 vs. the older iPad 2 for $399 (comparing 16GB to 16GB here). If I were still out shopping for a tablet, I'd either get this as the best bang for the buck option, or spend the extra $100, and get an iPad 3.

Do people care that much for hardware specs like quad core tegra 3? The ipad 2 still runs very fast, has a bigger screen, and better battery life. You are right regarding "bang for buck" though, but in the bang for buck considerations software plays a great deal. Anyway, I do foresee this beeing rather successful. By the time the surface comes to market, almost everyone will already have tablets. I'm concerned for Microsoft.

 

[Renzatic]

...battery life is still to TBD.

I'm expecting 8+ hours at least. Asus has the longest lasting Android tablet on the market with the Transformer Prime. I seriously doubt they skimped on this front for the Nexus, specially considering it's being used as Google's flagship tablet.

 

[JohnDoe98]

the smaller screen is a plus for some people for portability. That's a preference issue.

Cellular-equipped ipads cost a lot more than the prices shown here.

battery life is still to TBD.

Right, though I thought it was reported 8 hours battery.

 

[wovel]

Does anyone know where the OMAP 4 is made? I am pretty sure the only SoC made in the USA is the Apple A5 (at Samsung in Texas). My guess would be the SoC in the Q is made in Taiwan or Korea. Certainly the memory is. Maybe the sticker can say "everything but the hard stuff is made in the USA".

 

[quickmac]

It'll be dead faster than the Microsoft Zune.

And what's with this Q thing? $300 bucks for a wireless receiver and internet device? Apple TV is 99 bucks.

Less then 5 years, Android will be a memory and these Android devices finally gone.

 

[diamond.g]

True, even Dragon's latest requirements are in the Core 2 Duo era. (Having a dual core DOES benefit.)

That leaves the size of the dictation libraries and more so on a portable device.

Yup, we will see what Apple does (or to be more correct, when).

 

[gmanist1000]

It'll be dead faster than the Microsoft Zune.

And what's with this Q thing? $300 bucks for a wireless receiver and internet device? Apple TV is 99 bucks.

Less then 5 years, Android will be a memory and these Android devices finally gone.

They made it look pretty so they had an excuse to charge so much for it.

 

[Oletros]

It'll be dead faster than the Microsoft Zune.

And what's with this Q thing? $300 bucks for a wireless receiver and internet device? Apple TV is 99 bucks.

Less then 5 years, Android will be a memory and these Android devices finally gone.

And this is when the alarm rings and you wake and lose your sweet dreams

 

[olowott]

I just bought the apple TV

Damn am so happy it was cheap

 

[Larrywb]

I have a 2 year old son that loves watching movies on my iPhone. I need to buy a device to keep him occupied on a 16 hour flight to see his grandparents. Should I buy a iPod touch or this? The iPad is too big for him to hold (I'm not buying him one anyways) I'm wondering if this 7" will be great for movies - also wondering about the battery life....

Any thoughts? My wife is traveling alone with him, and he's a very active boy and I'm worried about the traveling.

 

[bossxii]

Not that I would buy one, but at $199 should sell a few tablets. The Q at $299 seems like an absolute joke. Either go at Apple TV with a $99 or forget it, why would you drop that kind of money for what a Xbox or PS3 or many sub $99 BluRay players will already steam. Netflix drives many/most (maybe a wrong assumption) people to buy a stand alone streaming device. Cheap gets you in living rooms for what another device in your house can do. Unless then offer in some kind of seriously affordable and broad access to media my money is against the Q.

I enjoy plenty of Google products but the Q imo is going to struggle.

 

[mkwilson68]

Big, big mistakes

Google is like a headless chicken right now, diversifying more and more away from its core strengths. These moves will prove to be spectacular mistakes. Google - get some focus and start doing core things right. A home media streamer? Really? A cheap tablet? Frickin' speakers???

Time to sell my Google shares - they've lost the plot.

 

[dawiyo]

Just pre-ordered the 16gb Nexus 7. We will see.

 

[w00master]

Gotta love MacRumors, the sure sign that apple fanboys feel threatened is when they decide to bash the opposition continuously. By the way this thread is going, apple fanboys are threatened. Similar to how the Surface thread went.

Don't even try to deny it.

Yup. Soon, you'll start seeing posts like: "This is Google news.... why am I seeing this stuff on MacRumors?"

To them I give this response: if you didn't actually care... why post?

There is a TON of insecurity that the Apple fandom has. It's truly bizarre.

w00master

 

[hot spare]

It'll be dead faster than the Microsoft Zune.

And what's with this Q thing? $300 bucks for a wireless receiver and internet device? Apple TV is 99 bucks.

Less then 5 years, Android will be a memory and these Android devices finally gone.

I exactly know what you are feeling right now -- inferiority complex

1 million Andrioid activation per day (yea, solid number announced today in IO). You will get over it. Let your anger settle down. You will realize that resistance is futile.

 

[lilo777]

Google is like a headless chicken right now, diversifying more and more away from its core strengths. These moves will prove to be spectacular mistakes. Google - get some focus and start doing core things right. A home media streamer? Really? A cheap tablet? Frickin' speakers???

Time to sell my Google shares - they've lost the plot.

Agree. It's just like Apple - a computer company - diversifying into cell phones. What are they thinking?