'Amazingly fast' Google Nexus 7 wows tech pundits

Google launched its very own tablet the Nexus 7, which it co-manufactured with Taiwanese computer maker Asustek.

The tablet called the Nexus 7 because of a 7-inch screen, is seen as a potential threat to Amazon’s Kindle Fire because of its price range, (the Nexus 7 will cost $199). Google’s hardware offering is already getting some rave reviews in the initial responses.

The tech specifications of the tablet include:

• IPS (in-plane switching) screen, with a resolution of 1,280800 pixels.
• This is the first 7-incher to house a 1.3GHz Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core CPU, which includes a 12-core GPU.
• It also has a Micro-USB port, 1GB of RAM, a 1.2-megapixel front camera (no back camera included).

According to Google’s blogpost , the Nexus comes with a load of free content, including movies like__Transformers: Dark of the Moon_,_ Books like__The Bourne Dominion_,_ magazines like__Cond Nast Traveler_and Popular Science,_ as well as songs from bands like Coldplay and the Rolling Stones.

So what are the early reviews for the Nexus 7 like? The amazing speed at which Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is running on the tablet seems to have caught the attention of everyone at Google’s I/O conference where the Nexus 7 was released.

According to SlashGear ,

The Nexus 7 was made to be a device with which you download and consume media from the Google Play store - movies, television shows, music, books, and magazines - and of course games. The Nexus 7 has the bonus - if you can call it that - of having several hardware/software companies with vested interests in its success: Google, ASUS, and NVIDIA.

A faster OS means that users can download apps with at zip speeds and that appears to be a big plus point. The lack of an expandable memory is however being seen as disappointing news.

The device is also unbelievably light. The reviewers at _ CNET _write,

Built by Asus, the Nexus 7 feels lighter than the Kindle Fire and the soft, textured back makes the tablet comfortable to hold.Apps loaded quickly…The screen looks great, feels responsive, and the tablet already does a good job of demonstrating its power in games and movie performance.

In terms of sound and video, the device also comes up top. According to TechCrunch , HD videos look sharp. Speaker placement is a bit weird but audio quality sounds pretty good. The textured rear looks and feels high-end.

The initial reviews for the Nexus 7 are mostly positive. For those with a lower budget, Nexus 7 is a faster tablet, with Google’s latest OS and could be decent option. It won’t be a replacement for the iPad, but it could provide a much better, and reliable alternative to all those endless Android tablets that are there in the market.