{"id":1386,"date":"2012-04-20T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-04-20T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2020-12-24T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T08:19:00","slug":"googles-nexus-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/googles-nexus-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s Nexus tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed in an interview last December that the company was hard at work on bringing a low-cost tablet to market, with a \u201csix month window\u201d until the debut. Since then, trying to piece together the specs for the \u201cNexus tablet\u201d has been one of the industry&#8217;s favorite guessing games. Now with that six month window approaching its close, some of the details are more than mere guesswork.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/04\/logo3w.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1448\" title=\"Google Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/04\/logo3w.png\" alt=\"Google Logo\" width=\"275\" height=\"95\" \/><\/a>The biggest teaser so far is the price point: Google apparently plans to sell the tablets for just $149. That&#8217;s far below what consumers have been shelling out for the iPad, Thinkpad, Galaxy Tab, and other high-end models. It&#8217;s also less than what a Kindle Fire costs, which is currently the belle of the ball among the affordable tablet set. At that low of a price, does the Nexus tablet offer enough performance to appeal to consumers?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what we think we know about the Nexus tablet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7\u201d size<\/li>\n<li>runs Ice Cream Sandwich, aka Android 4.0<\/li>\n<li>Snapdragon processor (instead of the previously rumored Tegra 3)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aaaaand&#8230; that&#8217;s it. Not a lot to work with there, and definitely too early to tell whether the Nexus tablet is going to have enough horses under the hood \u2013 along with bells &amp; whistles \u2013 to appeal to upscale buyers.<\/p>\n<p>A lot of what we think we know is based upon a recent piece of vaporware, the ASUS MeMo 370T. This device, which was shown off in limited fashion at the 2012 CES, featured a 7\u201d display, 1GB RAM, and an 8 megapixel camera, all running on the Ice Cream Sandwich platform, for somewhere in the neighborhood of $250.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1449\" title=\"Closeup Tablet\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2012\/04\/tablet2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tablet computer close up\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Now the MeMo 370T has apparently been scrapped, because ASUS is Google&#8217;s hardware partner on the Nexus tablet. Moving from the MeMo 370T&#8217;s quad-core Tegra 3 processor down to a Snapdragon (ASUS is tight with the Qualcomm crowd) is the easiest way to find pricing wiggle room below the $200 threshold. At $149, does this imply less features and functionality? The guesswork might end as soon as the CTIA wireless convention that runs from May 8-10 in New Orleans \u2013 Google is expected to unveil the Nexus tablet to a crowd that is eager to finally get a look at what all the fuss is about.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230; what do you think? Is this the <a title=\"Laptop, tablet or ultrabook?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/technology\/laptop-tablet-or-ultrabook\/1258.html\">entry-level tablet <\/a>that some have been waiting for? Is it a good alternative for a small-scale property manager who has balked at the high price tag of <a title=\"The new iPad\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yardi.com\/blog\/technology\/new-ipad-arrives-what-can-it-do-for-you\/723.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the new iPad<\/a>? Will it take a bite out of the high-end market share held by Apple and its competitors, or is a battle with Amazon&#8217;s Kindle the only real fireworks likely to result? Does the Nexus tablet mark a turning point in the market away from models that strive to offer near-laptop performance and toward lower-end devices that provide just enough to get by?<\/p>\n<p>Most of all \u2013 is the Nexus tablet on your summer shopping list?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Chairman Eric Schmidt revealed in an interview last December that the company was hard at work on bringing a low-cost tablet to market, with a \u201csix month window\u201d until the debut. Since then, trying to piece together the specs for the \u201cNexus tablet\u201d has been one of the industry&#8217;s favorite guessing games. 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