Google tablet Nexus 7 made by Asus has been unveiled

has unveiled the , its first own-brand Android tablet made by the Taiwanese company .

will be sold for $199 from mid-July pitching it directly against Amazon’s Kindle Fire. It is set to be released in mid-July.

The 7-inch device has a smaller screen than Apple’s bestselling iPad and is 340g meaning it is also lighter to hold.

It also features Google’s Chrome browser at its default option – the first Android device to do so.

Google has unveiled the Nexus 7 its first own brand Android tablet made by Asus 350x218 photo

Google has unveiled the Nexus 7, its first own-brand Android tablet made by Asus

The machine features a quad-core CPU (central processing unit) and a 12-core GPU (graphics processing unit).

Having so many cores means the machine can ramp up its processing power when dealing with complicated graphics or running several programs at once, but can use less at other times to extend battery life.

The first countries to get the device are the US, UK, Canada and Australia.

While the tablet had been widely rumored before the firms I/O developers conference in San Francisco, the unveiling of another product – the Nexus Q – proved a surprise.

The device is a small Android-powered computer without its own screen. Rather than be used as a standalone unit it is meant to be plugged into a stereo and television system.

It can stream music and videos from other devices allowing both its owner and others to play media files.

Google described it as the “world’s first ever social streaming device”.

 

Asus has presented Transformer Book, its Windows 8-based laptop-tablet hybrid device, in TaipeiAsus Transformer Book, world’s biggest tablet, unveiled at Computex 2012 in Taiwan Made in partnership with tablet-maker Asus, Google’s tablet could sell for as little as $200, and will have a seven-inch screenGoogle launches smaller and cheaper Android rival to iPad in May Apple has revealed its new smaller tablet iPad Mini with a 7.9 inch screen that is set to blow away its rivals in the tablet market this ChristmasiPad Mini unveiled in San Jose: Apple smaller tablet has a 7.9in screen and weighs 0.68 lbs Microsoft has unveiled Surface, its own-brand family of tablets, which will be powered by its upcoming Windows 8 system and contains a choice of an Intel or ARM-based processorMicrosoft Surface tablet powered by Windows 8 unveiled Google has revealed Jelly Bean Android 4.1, the latest version of its Android system softwareGoogle reveals Jelly Bean Android 4.1 New details about Google's eagerly-anticipated smart glasses have been released by the company in a YouTube videoGoogle Glass features unveiled in “How It Feels” YouTube video Samsung’s Android and Windows-powered touchscreen devices have been unveiled at the IFA trade show in BerlinIFA Berlin 2012: Samsung unveils Android and Windows devices Google's $12.5 billion purchase of phone maker Motorola Mobility has been completed days after it received approval from the Chinese governmentGoogle’s purchase of Motorola Mobility completed
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