It could be called Nexus Tablet. But the internet giant has yet to confirm it. What its CEO, Eric Schmidt, did confirm is that Google is working on a touch tablet that will carry the latest version of its mobile operating system: Android 4.0. In addition, it has now been known that Asus could be in charge of its manufacture and that its price would be less than 200 euros.
The purchase of Motorola by Google in August 2011, suggested that the North American firm would be in charge of increasing the catalog of equipment from Mountain View, both in advanced mobile phones and in touch tablets. What's more, Motorola already has experience in both sectors; the latest introductions are the Motorola RAZR and the new generation of Motorola XOOM tablets.
However, Google could have caught the attention of the Asian Asus and its seven-inch Asus MeMo equipment that was presented during the last CES 2.012 fair. This tablet, which has a seven-inch screen, would cost around $ 250 (190 euros at the current exchange rate). And, apparently, Google would have contacted the manufacturer to see if it was possible to lower the production price and get it to cost 200 dollars or 150 euros to change. One of those changes would be to reduce its internal storage and rely - like good equipment with connections - on the new Google Drive storage service.
Google wants to prevail in the tablet sector and sees Amazon as one of the most serious opponents. Above all, since the presentation of the Kindle Fire, a seven-inch tablet that offers all the services of the largest Internet store. However, it does not offer Google services; you have to change your operating system and install a custom version.
On the other hand, another issue that had the followers of the Internet giant on edge is which processor they would use on their computer. And in the opinion, and as pointed the publication Android and Me , the quad - core processor from NVIDIA -the known as Tegra 3 would be the perfect candidate. In addition, to achieve a significant market share, Google must bet on the latest technologies of the moment.
On the other hand, the alleged staging of this supposed Nexus Tablet would be throughout the next month of April and its sale would begin in June. Although it is also pointed out that the Developer Conference at the end of June would be the exact date; that is to say next June 27.
Therefore, the characteristics being considered so far are: have a seven - inch diagonal achieving a resolution of 1,280 x 800 pixels; that is, in high definition. On the other hand, it would have the Android 4.0 operating system installed and with the serial interface; nothing customizable. NVIDIA Tegra 3 sounds strong to be the processor that moves the whole team together. What is still unclear is whether the Nexus Tablet will be a Google device or Asus will launch a new device in the purest Motorola XOOM style when Android Honeycomb, the explicit version for touch tablets, was introduced.
