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Google's Nexus Tablet To Be Unveiled Next Week

Posted by Soulskill on from the jumping-into-the-race-for-second-place dept.

zacharye writes "Google chairman Eric Schmidt revealed in December that the company was working on its first own-brand tablet, and the 'Nexus 7' slate will finally be unveiled next week during the Google I/O developer conference, according to multiple reports. The latest reaffirmation comes from DigiTimes, which has reported a number of details surrounding Google's upcoming tablet that will seemingly prove accurate."

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  1. 7-inch? by nurb432 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Smack in the middle of the market that currently B&N and Amazon hold. Seriously, 7" is e-book territory. They should have made an actual tablet. 8" or greater.

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    1. Re:7-inch? by Daetrin · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I actually quite like my 7" Nook, i can actually stick it in my pocket if i'm wearing cargo pants/shorts. I'm not sure i'd be able to do that if it was much bigger though.

      Also, i forgot to mention it above, but i suspect Google is probably quite interested in blunting the momentum of the Kindle Fire if they can. Amazon rolling their own version of Android and cutting Google out of the market and ad loop is perfectly legal under the licensing terms, but that doesn't mean Google is necessarily pleased with the idea.

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    2. Re:7-inch? by recoiledsnake · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Here is what I learned by Googling that seem to be key differentiators of the 7" Allwinner.

      3. My A10 based tablet did not come with market, how can I install Market?

      If you are using Gingerbread (Android version 2.3.X) use Tasselhoff's Script. it can be found here
      2.3.x Topnotch Tablets A10 scripts download Page

      If you are using Ice Cream Sandwich (Android version 4.0.3) use Lordsbm's script. it can be found here
      Lordsbm's script for all allwinner A10 tablets

      If you are using Ice Cream Sandwich for Android version 4.0.3 you might need to use a 4.0.3 variant to get market. http://www.sappasit.go.th/android/ner_ics4.0.3.zip
      (Before flashing you might want to read Question 10 below for script customizations), Onda owners have provided positive feedback thus far for this script.

      If you are using 4.0.3 plus and the newtech25 script does not work. The final options is the
      XxLorxX Cleaned ICS Script
      For most tablets newtech25 seems fine. The Cleaned ICS script should only be used if the above fails. Novo 7A owners have provided positive feedback for this script.

      4. My A10 based tablet did not come with Google Maps/other google apps? Can I install it?

      If you are using Gingerbread (Android version 2.3.X) use the Automod Script. it can be found here
      2.3.x Topnotch Tablets A10 scripts download Page. Beware to _not_ use the build.prop from that script as it's compatability may not be good for all tablets. In that package you will find all the google apps in the apks subdirectory. copy them either into your tablets memory or on an sd card and install them.

      If you are using Ice Cream Sandwich (http://www.sappasit.go.th/android/ne...r_ics4.0.3.zip
      (Before flashing you might want to read Question 10 below for script customizations)

      How is this competitive?

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