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  • The headlines says $199… then the picture says $249.
    DroidLife couldn’t get that correct?
     

  • The price is nice but I’ll pass…I’m not really the biggest fan of nvidia processors

  • Dude I’m all in.  Gotta agree, seven inches wouldn’t please a thai street walker.  But, for the price, and (for us flashaholics) a pure google experience– This is the tablet I’ve been waiting to jump on.  I love my nexus, but have been wanting a tegra 3 device for all the sweet games I’ve been seeing.  

  • No point in 7″ tablet as far as I am concerned. 10″ would be the minimum. I really enjoy the Toshiba Thrive 10.1″ I recently bought.  

    • No way my 7″ kindle is a lot more confortable to use than my wife’s 10″ iPad. It certainly has it’s market.

      True the bigger screen is useful for somethings but sometimes 7″ is more than enouch. Surfing most websites, reading books, and even watching movies is just fine on it.

  • I’d be okay with up to 8″. 7 seems sufficient but 7.5 would be nice. I definitely wouldn’t go under 7…

  • Yes. In my opinion 7″ is the perfect size for me for a tablet and $200 at those specs is a good deal. I’d buy one on launch day with no hesitation. Where’s the pre-order page? I’ll take the Wi-Fi only version please.

  • there already bunch of 7″ tablet in market. why just pick one and stamp it with Nexus brand. 

      • why the hell would asus make a tablet for $200 and undercut their own tablets which at $250 is already cheap.

        i mean based on the teardown of a kindle fire, it costs $205 to build a fire which also doesnt have a front or rear facing camera and doesnt have a quad core cpu or 1gb of ram. 

        $200 for a state of the art tablet is a pipe dream.  google would be cutting the legs out from their own partners.   if its say $250 it woudl be believeable at least.

  • FIx the android market and you will sell more devices!!!!!!!  Apple wins because they have the software that people want to use!!! Bottom line!

  • Asus isn’t tops on my list. Neither is the Tegra 3, but I’d still buy it because it’s a Nexus.

    Dual boot with Win8 anyone?!

    • windows 8 sucks dude. seriously.  I was playing with it on my bud’s tablet and i just frikin hate it.  seriously

    • Yeah that is seriously all I want! And no Windows 8 is actually pretty awesome and has now possibly convinced me to wait for their tablets and not get an android one.  If anything, some one will figure out dual-boot from there

  • I will say the same thing i posted on the gizmodo post.

    I have been holding out for a tablet for 3 years, wanting one very badly. I almost bought a galaxy tab 10.1.

    in my opinion the tablet app market is far more mature for the iPad. I would buy into a $200 nexus tablet at 7″ if it has a FFC for video chat, I wouldnt care if it had no rear camera at all. But im ready to buy now. This thing needs to be announced, or “leaked” before the iPad 3 launch day or after two years of waiting to get a tablet, my money will go to apple.

    • If you go to Foxconn they will let you build your own IPAD3 and pay you $1.78 an hour !!!
      Book your vacation now !!!

    • I think $200 is a right price for tablet ($500 is not).
      There were a plenty of deals for a full functional 10″ Tegra 2 tablets for $200ish.
      $200 for Tegra 3 is a good price as well.

  • They should release a bunch of nexus tablets starting at 7.0″ then they start getting slightly bigger 7.1″ 7.2″ etc. etc. on up to 12″.  Then you could go into Best Buy and get custom fit for a nexus tablet.

      • i would like to know why as well, i have a transformer prime and i think asus put out the strongest android tablet to date.

      • Shoddy hardware.  Bad design that renders features useless.  Horrible wifi performance.

        The two TPrimes I ordered for users both had so many dead pixels in the display that I had to send them both back and one of the ones that I got back had backlight bleed so bad that a black screen literally faded to grey.

        Plus I’ve had nothing but issues with Asus PC hardware.  Their quality control sucks and they throw products out the door without adequate testing.

    • Dont know that I’d take a Pantech over Asus but I agree. they havent released a sucessfull fully working tablet since the OG transformer.  Google instead make the market better and get us better developers to get us better apps!!

  • this makes me wonder why the hell phones are $100 more (even more if you include the subsidy !!)

    WHY ?!?!

    • Sounds like Orcish mischief to me!!!……
      … I always wondered the same thing, my 10″tablet cost $500, but my new phone cost between $600-$800?

    • simple, supply and demand my friend.  almost everyone NEEDS a phone.  Not everyone needs a tablet.  Therefore need equals higher price.  supply and demand.  

    • Because of subsidies.  We don’t ever see the full price.  We get enslaved into contracts, because of this.

  • Google realizes that tying any tablet to a carrier is going to automatically result in very low, blunted sales. People DO NOT want a data plan or to have to sign another contract. This Nexus tablet, whatever it is and by whomever it’s made, will be Wi-Fi only and will be out either before or released simultaneously with carrier versions. Apple, as much as some hate them, have a good model with the iPad pricing structure. They make a mass-appealing tablet for a very low price on Wi-Fi only, then release a more expensive tablet with 3G/4G on board for the carriers. Carriers know their tablet versions won’t sell that well, but it’s still worth it to them to stock the tablets.

    I think they should make an 8.9″ tablet – it’s bigger than the 7 but isn’t as unwieldy as the 10.1″ tabs. Perhaps a 7.7″ size would be good, too… But 7″ is just a bit small, really.

    • I’d never buy a tab with a plan connected to it. Why would I? Pay twice for the same thing I’ve got on my phone? Stupid! I’ll use wifi and connect to my phone or home, thanks….

  • Hopefully they come out with cool docks and stuff for this thing.  Id love to dock it as a music player for example.  Or even use it as a GPS on road trips, haha.  

  • Please don’t let it be another 7″ tablet. There are lots of options in that price range already, a “pure Google experience” won’t be that much of a sell to the majority of the public. Now, if they can hit that price point with something in the 8-9″ range, I’ll be the first in line with my credit card out and ready.

      • But you have plenty of options at 7″ in the $200-$250 ballpark, some of which can be rooted and run custom ICS roms already. To me (and many other Android users), 7″ isn’t that much bigger than our phone (I have a Rezound) and the utility of a small tablet is low. What I want is something to replace my laptop for a good chunk of my time, 7″ just doesn’t cut it. I think you are right about the price though, but Google could easly get a 9-10″ tablet in our hands under $300.

  • if adobe touch apps start supporting 7″ screens, then yes. This sounds beyond phenomenal and I will be the first to get one at my local vzw/best buy/amazon. probably amazon…

    • you gotta wonder if amazon will even carry this item.  Its direct competition for the Fire.  

      • but not really… the UX is TOTALLY different… google is taking it to heart… but amazon… i dont think this will hurt their sales… they’re going to push the fire and just keep the nexus tab on the dl…

        • Hey i hope your right because i like buying most of my stuff from Amazon.  However if Best Buy has it for the same price (very likely) ill get it there because of the reward points.  

          • Buy it on Amazon with an Amazon card and get Amazon reward points. I really wish I could have written that with less “Amazon”s in it.

  • I love my TF101.  When this is available I will have a hard time keeping myself from switching.

    • i wish I/O was closer tho.  I dont want to wait that long.  My birthday is in june

  • I’m getting antsy to get a new tablet. Been looking at either Tabs,7 or 8.9 but the prices are hard to swallow. This would sway me definately towards the Googlet. Price is the key…

    • same here.  200 bucks is perfect for me simply because i dont have a lot of need for a tablet.  It would just be a luxury item that i would use to play games on and it would probably be my main music player as well.  

  • If they can put this together i WILL be buying one! cant wait to see if they do

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  • This would be a great gift for my girlfriend; however, if the Asus version at $249 comes with a keyboard as some speculation had pointed out, then that will still be the tablet of choice!

    • Sorry, comes keyboard ready/ with the option to buy. Obviously that price would not include a keyboard.

  • I’d buy it.  I sold my original transformer plus keyboard for enough to buy this (if the rumored price is true) and have money to spare.  7 inch size could be nice too.

  • YESSSS.  I couldnt be happier with them selecting ASUS as the manufacturer.   Basically what we are going to get folks is a re-branded MEMO 370t.  

    Basically it will be a Nexus tablet, how cool is that?  I cant wait to find out more as this will be my first tablet.  

    When is google I/O ?

  • I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. I’m making it rain on my monitor, please please please take my money!!!

    • Windows 8 is gonna be in a lot load of trouble if this happens. They want too much money for each license. Their tablets won’t be able to reach less than $300, even for the crappiest ones. I think most W8 tablets will be $499+

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