Educational Technology

November 11, 2012

Google Goes Large with a New Android Tablet

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:30 am

By Rachel Metz, Technology Review

As the popularity of tablet computing grows, the most successful tablets are likely to shape the way people access information and digital content. Google’s new Nexus tablets and smartphone put it in even closer competition with Apple and Amazon within this landscape. Google unveiled a 10-inch Android tablet, a new version of its seven-inch tablet, and a new smartphone on Monday. On Monday, Google unveiled a 10-inch touch screen tablet built by Samsung called the Nexus 10, priced at $399 or $499, depending on storage capacity. The new tablet follows on the heels of the seven-inch Nexus 7, which Google built with Asus and rolled out over the summer. The Nexus 10 will be available through the Google Play store starting November 13. The announcement comes just a week after Apple said it will start selling the iPad Mini, a compact version of the iPad with a 7.9-inch touch-screen and starting price of $329. The standard iPad’s screen measures 9.7 inches at the diagonal, and the latest model of that version starts at $499 (see “Live Updates from Apple’s ‘iPad Mini’ Event”).

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/506566/google-goes-large-with-a-new-android-tablet/

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