by Rachel Metz, Technology Review
Google has been paying close attention from the sidelines, and now it’s ready to join the party with the Nexus 7, a tablet it developed with the help of Taiwanese computer maker Asus. The Nexus 7, announced this week at Google’s annual I/O conference in San Francisco and due out in July, takes plenty of cues from the Fire, from its seven-inch display to its $199 price tag. Yet while the Fire is a great little tablet, Google’s ability to control the hardware, software, and app ecosystem make the Nexus 7 even greater. And since the Nexus 7 will be bundled with a $25 Google Play credit, the price is really more like $174. It will feature Google Now, Google’s answer to Apple’s personal assistant, Siri. To use Google Now, just press the virtual Home button at the bottom of the display and swipe upward. This brings up a page with a search box and a series of on-screen “cards” that you can scroll through to see things like local weather and traffic, nearby businesses, calendar appointments, and information on flights or sports teams you’ve previously searched for.
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