Is the Google Nexus tablet a done deal? Could be priced $149.-

WorldWide Tech & SCience. Francisco De Jesús.

Is the Google Nexus tablet a done deal? Could be priced $149.-

An anonymous tipster within the supply chain told  Android and Me  “It’s a done deal,” and  the target price is $149-199.

One Android Insider’s take on the rumor:

• Many are referring to the device as the “Nexus tablet.”
• Google is choosing a cheaper processor over the quad-core Tegra 3 processor, which the tablet was rumored to use. Since ASUS, which some are saying is Google’s hardware partner, has close ties to Qualcomm, the Nexus tablet might use a Snapdragon processor.
• The Nexus tablet might arrive at the CTIA wireless convention May 8 to 10 in New Orleans.

Other than the 7-inch display, no additional information has been provided on the specs. 

Source: Forbes  via Android and Me

2012: Google Nexus tablet will affect sales of branded Android 4.0 tablets PCs vendors.

WorldWide Tech & Science. Francisco De Jesús.

2012: Google Nexus tablet will affect sales of branded Android 4.0 tablets PCs vendors.

Google's plan to release its own tablet, the Google Nexus, in the next six months may cause conflict with branded PC vendors who are cooperating with Google to launch Ice Cream Sandwich-based tablet PCs in the first half of 2012, according to sources at the PC industry in Taiwan.

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt revealed the company's roadmap for the Google Nexus during a recent interview with the media in Italy.

A major concern of the local PC industry is that the Google Nexus is likely to run on Android 4.1, while those Ice Cream Sandwich models to be rolled out in the first half of 2012 are to be powered by Android 4.0 - a development which is likely to cause deferred effects in the purchase of Android tablet PCs by consumers, the sources argued.

Asustek Computer has launched Android 4.0 tablet PCs, with Acer and Lenovo to release comparable models in early 2012, the sources indicated. Those Android 4.0 models can be upgraded to Android 4.1 when the new OS is available.

However, the dominance of iPads in the tablet PC market and the successful launch of low-priced Kindle Fires and Nook Tablets have forced some PC vendors to review their strategies for their tablet PC lines.

Acer's recent decision to revamp its product lineups aiming to cut its product lines by two-thirds in three years will serve as a warning to the tablet PC industry.