Google announces the Nexus 7 tablet with Android 4.1 for $199, Available for pre-order today

Today Google announced the Nexus 7 tablet which is the currently the only device that will be shipping with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The 7 inch tablet takes advantage of magazines and movies and comes with tweaked YouTube and Maps apps. The tablet will have a quad-core Tegra 3, 1.2-megapixel front camera, NFC and 1280 x 800, and an IPS-based LCD. The tablet will set you back $199 for an 8GB model and $249 for a 16GB version, both don’t have SD card slots so you cannot expand the storage but have a pretty good price when you look back at the specs. The tablet will come bundled with a $25 Google Play credit and and some extra bundled content. The tablet is available for pre-order now from the Google Play store but if you are hesitant on buying one of these then make sure to check out our coverage once we receive one of these bad boys in mid-July, in the mean time check out the introduction video for the Nexus 7 after the break!

Source: Google Play