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Google's Own Nexus Tablet Leaks Into the Wild

Posted by samzenpus on from the show-me-the-details dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "Days out from Google's I/O conference, training documents have been issued to resellers all over the world detailing Google's new Nexus tablet. It's a 7-inch device with an optimized Tegra 3 chip inside and it's going to be the first device to run Jelly Bean, the new version of Android, that, among other notable features, will see Google manage device updates. The device will be priced at $US199 and is aimed as a direct competitor to Amazon's Kindle Fire."

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  1. Re:Hardware? by ChunderDownunder · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA, they're not - the thing is to be manufactured by Asus.

  2. Re:Motorola? by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is made by ASUS.
    Google does not control when phones are moved from GB to ICS. They can only update Nexus devices. They will update those devices from ICS to JB.

  3. nVidia Tegra 3 - any source code? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Hmm, seeing as nVidia doesn't have such a great track record with releasing source code in general (for which they deservedly received the Linus' finger) and a quick Google reveals that devs are still waiting for Tegra 2 source code, I wonder what drove them to choose the Tegra 3 for a "Nexus" branded device, which supposedly would mean a "developer friendly" device with all the features and hackability that the Nexus devices have come to be known for.

  4. Re:But will it run Linux? by Baloroth · · Score: 4, Informative

    All Google's Nexus devices have unlockable bootloaders, as they are designed partly for developers to play around with customizing Android.

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    "None can love freedom heartily, but good men; the rest love not freedom, but license." --John Milton
  5. Re:Motorola? (now, was Nokia) by h4rr4r · · Score: 3, Informative

    That is storage not RAM.

    Flash is not RAM.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_N9
    Has 1GB of ram and 64GB of storage.