Nexus 7 tablets arrive early in Taiwan
CNA 2012-09-12 16:04 (GMT+8)
The Asus Nexus 7. (Photo courtesy of Asustek)
Asustek announced Monday that it has started to deliver its new Nexus 7 tablet computers to distributors in Taiwan, earlier than the previously scheduled date in mid-September.
The shipments were made one week after Asus began taking pre-orders on Sept. 3. During that time, the company has received more than 10,000 pre-orders, Asus said.
The tablet computer, which was designed and developed by Google in conjunction with Asus, runs on the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. It features a Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core chip, a 12-core GeForce GPU, and a 178-degree wide-viewing angle IPS display.
The 16GB version has a price tag of NT$8,990 (US$302), according to Asus.
The Taiwanese computer maker recently adjusted its forecast of Nexus 7 tablet shipments to North America to 5 million units, from 3 million previously, thanks to higher-than-anticipated sales, the company said.
The company said its goal now is to make the Nexus 7 the bestselling Android tablet in the global market in the second half of the year.
