Google Introduces Nexus 7 Tablet, Starting at $199 for 8GB (Updated)

Google I/O kicked off with a keynote address Wednesday morning in San Francisco, and following the introduction of Android 4.1 "Jellybean" and Google Play updates, the search giant announced its own branded tablet, the Nexus 7.

Google took a bold leap into hardware manufacturing on Wednesday morning with the Nexus 7, the search giant's own stab at a seven-inch Android tablet which promises to go head-to-head with Apple's iPad.

Built in conjunction with Asus, the Nexus 7 features a 1280x800 HD IPS display with a 1.2 megapixel front-facing camera, 1GB RAM and 4325mAh battery. The seven-inch tablet is powered by a Tegra 3 processor running Android 4.1 "Jellybean," Google's latest operating system update revealed at the I/O keynote.

Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and NFC all come standard with the Nexus 7, which is capable of playing back nine hours of HD video and 300 hours in standby. Google Play is at the front and center of the Nexus 7, with all of your cloud-based content synced to a user's Google account.

Available in an 8GB model for a Kindle Fire-busting price of $199 or a 16GB model for only $249, Nexus 7 fans can also order a $19.99 cover for the device -- although the device is only available for residents in the U.S., U.K. and Canada at this time.

We managed to order an 8GB model for $199 before the keynote even started, although the tablet will arrive in mid-July. Purchases made from the Play Store include a $25 credit for content from Google Play as well as a free movie (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) and a selection of free magazine titles.

Android 4.1 "Jellybean" includes a number of notable features including better home screen arrangement, the new "Project Butter" for improving frame rates and improved search, which now includes Google Now for using a device's search history, calendar and other apps to help find information. Android 4.1 will be available as an over-the-air update on Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S smartphones as well as the Motorola Xoom tablet in mid-July.

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Adobe's Creative Suite is the be-all, end-all for creative professionals, so when a new version comes out, it's a very big deal. And this time around, Adobe made its juggernaut Creative Suite software available to the masses with a Master Collection available to access at just $49.99 per month after committing to a full year. So those of us regular folk who don't who just like to dabble with Photoshop and InDesign for personal projects can still get full access to all of the powerful features we love from Creative Suite without paying gobs of money.

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- Alert) has divided Office 365 onto six plans across three tiers, with another separate tier of two plans for “kiosk workers.” In totality, one can choose from eight different plans and this can get extremely confusing. This is completely different from the Google philosophy in which the company realizes the importance of the small business user and have kept things simpler to comprehend and more affordable.

Overall cloud experience

Making a move to Office 365 can be a little tricky, and customers are also not too happy Office 365’s dependence on SharePoint Online and the desktop version of Office 2010 in order to fully utilize Office Web Apps. Google Docs lets one utilize Drive or Office Cloud Connect, if they wish to use a hybrid cloud approach to document management. Thus, it is imperative that Microsoft makes the Office 365 less dependent on its desktop cousin.

Microsoft’s legacy background is an advantage

Office 365 also has certain benefits over Google Apps, especially in relation to Microsoft’s legacy background. With Office 365, Microsoft has capitalized on its knowledge of the landscape of enterprise IT.  Google Apps also lacks certain security features and in addition Shared Contacts API doesn’t do much since shared contacts (external global contacts) is missing completely in the Google Apps Control Panel. 

Conclusion

According to Derrick Wlodarz, both Office 365 and Google Apps are worthy platforms. However, Google Apps does breathe in new energy in the cloud platform market, whereas Office 365 is still clinging to its desktop roots. Office 365 will appeal to a more niched group of Microsoft loyalists, whereas Google Apps could have more of a more mass appeal.

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