US Internet giant Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt displays the company's tablet "Nexus 7", equipped with a 7-inch LCD display and a quad-core Tegra processor in its 340g body in Tokyo. (AFP photo/Yoshikazu Tsuno)
Google updated the Nexus 7 tablet released earlier this year. It increased
the storage on the $199 version of the device to 16GB from 8GB, and introduced a new $299 version of the Nexus 7 with a cellular data service option. Google also unveiled a new Nexus 4 smartphone, made in partnership with LG Electronics, that features a quad-core processor and a 4.7-inch display.
Nexus 7 specs
Operating System: Android Jelly Bean (4.1)
RAM: 1GB DDR3L
Storage: 16GB
Google Nexus 7
Camera: 1.2MP (front)
Battery: 4325mAh Li-polymer
Display: 7" WXGA (1280 X 800) LED IPS panel, 10 finger multi-touch
Interface: 1x Headset jack, 1x micro-USB, 2x digital microphone, 2x speakers, 1x docking PIN
Sensor: G-sensor, light sensor, gyroscope, e-compass, GPS, NFC, hall sensor
CPU: NVIDIA Tegra 3 T30L Quad-Core @1.3Ghz
GPU: GeForce 12-core, 3D stereo
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Asus, the Taiwan-based technology company responsible for manufacturing Google's Nexus 7 tablet, claims the device has just hit the 1 million sales a month milestone.
Released in July to universal critical acclaim, the Nexus 7 was Google's first tablet and until now, there have been no official figures as to how well it has performed in relation to its competitors. POPULAR NEXUS 7
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