De battle for 7"

[Microsoft]

Nexus 7 launch...Samsung Galaxy 2.0 7in...think 3.0 not far leow...Samsung oso confirm building Tablet PC running on Window 8...Ipad Mini and Window 8 tablet announce/launch in Oct...Amazon Kindle Fire...not popular in sinkieland but quite ok in US...although it's a dark horse...say to be able to do 80% of wat an Ipad can at 40% the price...Galaxy Note 2...First 5.2 now 5.5in...will it go above 6in or more?

Battle of Tablet is turning white hot...




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[TD="width: 784, colspan: 2"]Google launches Nexus 7 tablet in Japan
Posted: 25 September 2012 1520 hrs
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Google product management director of Androir Hugo Barra displays the Nexus 7 tablet computer in Tokyo on Sep 25. (AFP/Yoshikazu Tsuno)[/TD]
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TOKYO: Google said Tuesday it was launching its Nexus 7 tablet computer in Japan, aiming to take on Apple's iPad in one of the most lucrative markets in the world.

The Nexus 7's 16 gigabyte model, powered by the latest generation of Android software is available for order at Google Play starting Tuesday and will hit store shelves on October 2.

Priced at 19,800 yen ($255), it comes in around half the price of the lowest spec third generation iPad available in Japan.

Speaking at an event at a Tokyo hotel, executive chairman Eric Schmidt said the rapid-fire growth of its Android operating system would help Google's seven-inch tablet catch on in Japan.

"Android has grown so fast it's hard to keep up," he said. "There are now more than 500 million Android users around the world."

A survey Google conducted showed 75 percent of Japanese smartphone owners use their devices for shopping, he noted.

"That points us to the next enormous growth business in Japan," he said, adding there was "a new wealth that can be created around the Japanese shopping experience".

Google's Android operating system is the mainstay for many of Apple's rivals in the lucrative smartphone industry, growing rapidly around the globe.

In a bold, and expensive, move to tap into that growth, Google itself paid over $12 billion to buy the Motorola Mobility handset business.

But that move raised questions over how Google would balance its own mobile device hardware with supplying the operating system for companies that are now rivals in the intensely competitive race to catch up with Apple's hit iPhone.

Google has launched Nexus 7 in other markets such as Australia, Canada, Britain, and the United States.

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[seesuatah]

The cheapest model doesnt come with memory expansion slot and HDMI connectors.

For the half of that price you can get a cheaper CHN tablet with more features and comparable speed.

 

[Cestbon]

China tablet screen sensitivity and battery suck.
With all function and socket also useless.

 

[Microsoft]

The cheapest model doesnt come with memory expansion slot and HDMI connectors.

For the half of that price you can get a cheaper CHN tablet with more features and comparable speed.

China tablet screen sensitivity and battery suck.
With all function and socket also useless.

Agree with Cestbon...moi had a ah tiong colleague who bought along a set few mths bk...while it is identical to Galaxy Tab functions...de screen is very unresponsive...got to swipe a few time b4 the screen move...sian haf leow...

Oct is gonna be interesting...Samsung Galaxy 3 user getting Jellybean official update...Launch of Galaxy Note 2...Apple launch Ipad Mini to hammer Galaxy Tab 2 7in...Microsoft entering the race with phone/tablet/note book running on Window RT...and Window 8 itself...to hammer everyone...