Google unveils 7-inch tablet, new Android version

27.06.2012
Google today announced its first tablet product, the Nexus 7, fitted with a powerful quadcore processor and specifically designed to work with the expanding Google Play, the online media and apps site.

Unveiled today at the Google I/O conference in San Frncisco, the tablet has a 7-inch diagonal screen, with 1280 x 800 high definition display, with a pixel density of 216 pixels per inch (compared to 's Retina Display on the new of 264 pixels per inch). It's powered by a four-core Tegra 3 processor, including a 12-core graphics processing unit.

It's equipped with the Google Chrome web browser, Google Currents, which is a mobile magazine format for news feed with integrated Google Translate. The tablet has a front-facing 1.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth, a micro USB port and near field communication.

The Nexus 7 is priced at $199, and Google is offering several movies, books and complimentary magazine subscriptions as a starting package.