Asus to build the upcoming Galaxy Nexus tablet

[garyopa]

Delivering in May



[u]The new Galaxy Nexus 7 inch tablet will be made by Asustek and will arrive before the Google I/O event.[u]

We have more information about the mysterious Galaxy Tablet that Google is preparing. It appears that the screen size is going to be something between 7 and 7.7 inch diagonal and will be made entirely by Asustek. The new tablet is expected to be ready in May.

According to 9to5Google:

Google appears to be ready to go after the smaller tablet market according to a report today. The next lead device will be a 7-7.7-inch tablet built by Asustek and will be delivered before Google I/O in June. The timing seems a litle strange and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it delivered at I/O -hopefully to all of the attendees.

As more and more reports of this Google 7 inch product hit, it seems more and more real. I think Google has to go with a 720P display to beat Amazon’s Fire which frankly is eating the 7-inch tablet lunch at the moment. Google, also needs to keep prices below $200 to keep pace with Amazon’s product.

If you’ve had a chance to check out Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 7.7, you know it is a really nice form factor.

One thing to note about 7 inch 16:9 tablets compared to bigger 10 inch 4:3-ers is that they can be held with one hand from behind – so they don’t need that same huge bezel that most tablets currently employ. I’d like to see a 7.7-inch tablet with the bezel of a Galaxy Note and lots of thinness all around.

NEWS SOURCE: Galaxy Nexus 7-inch Tablet to be built by Asus delivered in May (via) 9 to 5 Google

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[msanchez]

I'm surprised they would call it Galaxy Nexus, samsung can't be too happy about the "galaxy" part of the name; at this point I think it could create confusion as to just who made the tab.

Anywho, I was actually looking to get a B&N tablet (better screen, more ram, external sdcard), but if there's going to be a Nexus branded tablet, in the $200 - 250 range then no question I'm getting that as soon as it's out.