Google Nexus 7 tablet targeting Amazon’s Kindle Fire, says Asus exec

Florin  By on 27 Jun 12

An Asus executive has confirmed to Reuters what everyone was already thinking about Google’s first own tablet: it will be targeting Amazon and its affordable Kindle Fire.

Launched in November 2011, the Kindle Fire runs a modified version of Android, features a 7 inch display, and costs only $199.99.

Google’s tablet, likely called Nexus 7, will also have a 7 inch display. It will probably run Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, and could be officially announced later today, at Google’s I/O conference. According to Reuters, the tablet will be co-branded with Asus (which is its actual manufacturer). Specs-wise, the Nexus 7 is far superior to Amazon’s current Kindle Fire, offering a 1.3GHz quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, 1GB of RAM, NFC, 1.2MP front-facing camera, and 8GB or 16GB of internal memory. The 8GB version should cost $199.99, and the 16GB one $249.99.

In the meantime, it looks like Amazon is readying a new Kindle Fire, possibly called Kindle Fire 2. This could be launched at the end of July.

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