The Google Nexus 7 was unveiled earlier in the week at Google I/O with a new operating system and features. But is the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers? (Images credit: Google)
The Nexus 7 weighs in at 12 ounces or 340 grams and has a 7 inch screen, runs Android 4.1 called jelly Bean. According to Fox News and Hugo Barra, director of product management for Android -
Google demonstrated several neat features of the Nexus, including improved mapping features thanks to a built-in gyroscope and accelerometer, a Google Play magazine app that works like a newsstand, and a variety of games that take advantage of the device's powerful graphics hardware. Users of the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers will also find a front-facing camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity. Google is promising that with the device you can get 9 hours of video watching and 300 hours of standby time with a fully charged battery. It does not feature 3G connectivity perhaps to make it more affordable. The Google Nexus7 will operate at 60 FPS, and “will be able to predict where your finger will be before you touch the screen”! The tablet will even allow for sharing photos with another Jelly Bean device by tapping them together, and a similar method used to pair a Bluetooth device.
Google also appears to be touting the tablets e-reader and video play back abilities. The e-reader abilities can be especially handy with magazines given its interactive functions. However with its 12 core GPU the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers is a real option. For games with great graphics and first person shooters the Nexus 7 may well be worth your consideration. Google demoed a game called Horn and Madfinger's Dead trigger all of which performed quite fluidly. Take a look at the introductory video below. Is the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers a real alternative I guess only time will tell. It certainly may be an alternative when on the go and is probably going to be a strong contender against the Amazon Kindle Fire given its price point of $199, but only with a whole raft of games being made available on Google Play will the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers be a real alternative as a far as tablets go.
The Nexus 7 weighs in at 12 ounces or 340 grams and has a 7 inch screen, runs Android 4.1 called jelly Bean. According to Fox News and Hugo Barra, director of product management for Android -
The Nexus 7, which was built for the company by Asus, has a 1,280 x 800 display, a chipset from nVidia with a quad-core CPU, and a 12-core graphics processor. “That’s basically 16 cores,” he noted. Few modern computers exceed four cores.
Google demonstrated several neat features of the Nexus, including improved mapping features thanks to a built-in gyroscope and accelerometer, a Google Play magazine app that works like a newsstand, and a variety of games that take advantage of the device's powerful graphics hardware. Users of the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers will also find a front-facing camera, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC connectivity. Google is promising that with the device you can get 9 hours of video watching and 300 hours of standby time with a fully charged battery. It does not feature 3G connectivity perhaps to make it more affordable. The Google Nexus7 will operate at 60 FPS, and “will be able to predict where your finger will be before you touch the screen”! The tablet will even allow for sharing photos with another Jelly Bean device by tapping them together, and a similar method used to pair a Bluetooth device.
Google also appears to be touting the tablets e-reader and video play back abilities. The e-reader abilities can be especially handy with magazines given its interactive functions. However with its 12 core GPU the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers is a real option. For games with great graphics and first person shooters the Nexus 7 may well be worth your consideration. Google demoed a game called Horn and Madfinger's Dead trigger all of which performed quite fluidly. Take a look at the introductory video below. Is the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers a real alternative I guess only time will tell. It certainly may be an alternative when on the go and is probably going to be a strong contender against the Amazon Kindle Fire given its price point of $199, but only with a whole raft of games being made available on Google Play will the Google Nexus 7 home network tablet for gamers be a real alternative as a far as tablets go.
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