Nexus 7 Tablet

Nexus 7 Tablet

Google's Breakfast with Sundar event is underway and the biggest news so far is the announcement of a new Nexus 7 tablet. Yep, it's real, and is already available for pre-order at Best Buy. Taking a look at the new Nexus 7 tablet (pictures) 1-2 of 18 Scroll Left Scroll Right As expected, the new Nexus 7 is a 7-inch tablet running the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system. The 16GB Wi-Fi-only version will be available for $229.99, with a 32GB Wi-Fi-only model coming for $269.99. A 32GB 4G LTE (unlocked) version will retail for $349. Among the key features are an HD screen (with 1,920x1,200 resolution); front and rear cameras (1.2 and 5.0 megapixel, respectively); Bluetooth 4.0; a 1.5Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor; 2GB of RAM; HDMI output; NFC; and an Adreno 320 GPU (the same one that's graphics chip used in the Samsung Galaxy S4). There's also support for Dual band 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and wireless charging using any Qi-compatible charger. The large top and bottom bezels from the first generation Nexus 7 return. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) The new Nexus 7 is the first device to support the latest version of OpenGL ES: 3.0. The new version includes support for higher quality reflections and lens flares. Of course game developers will actually have to program these new graphical features into games before you'll see any notable difference. Hopefully, with support for the latest version of OpenGL, framerates on the new Nexus 7 will be higher than other devices using the same S4 processor, such as the Sony Xperia Tablet Z. It's not a slow processor by any means, but in my testing, the S4 comes nowhere near Qualcomm's own Snapdragon 800 or Nvidia's Tegra 4 in raw performance.

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