GOOGLE'S NEW NEXUS 7

 During a press event in San Francisco on Wednesday morning, Google unveiled the next generation of its popular Nexus 7 tablet. The first device to ship running Android 4.3, the tablet is both thinner and lighter than its predecessor, and sports a number of other improvements, including a forward-facing camera, a high-resolution rear-facing camera and a brilliant 1920 x 1200 display.

Brilliant Display & Screen Resolution

The Nexus 7 features a 1080p high resolution display, high-end hardware specs, and runs Google’s latest Android OS, Jelly Bean 4.3. Two key features this new OS offers are support for multiple users with restricted profiles — useful if you share a tablet — as well as Bluetooth LE for pairing with wireless accessories.

But the first thing you’ll notice about the Nexus 7 is its screen. It’s now the world’s highest resolution 7-inch Android tablet, with a 1280 x 1920 pixel display — that’s 323 pixels per inch. Google says the Nexus 7 display can show a 30 percent wider range of colors than the original. It can render true 1080p video, and the Netflix app was just updated to take advantage of that capability on Monday. 

Audio

To complete your 1080p movie watching experience, the Nexus 7 features stereo speakers, one located at either end of the device when you’re holding it in landscape mode.

Specs

Inside it’s got a 1.5Ghz Snapdragon S4 pro processor, which offers 1.8 times the CPU power and 4X the GPU capabilities of its predecessor. The tablet includes NFC, so you can share data with other nearby NFC-enabled devices. It also includes wireless charging. Both of these technologies are available in a growing number of Android and Windows Phone devices these days, but due to clunky real-life use cases, have proven a more gimmicky than useful.

And the Nexus 7 isn’t rough on the eyes, either. It’s dominated by “black on black” styling, with the same soft-touch texture as the original that provides a nice amount of grip in your hand. Google also slimmed down the new Nexus. It’s 2mm thinner and 50 grams lighter than before, with a thinner bezel around its edge. The lighter weight in particular should make holding the tablet for long periods (like when you’re watching a video on your commute) more enjoyable.

The Nexus 7 will be available starting July 30th from a number of retailers, including Best Buy, Amazon, Walmart and Radioshack. The tablet will initially come in two varieties: 16GB and 32GB Wi-Fi only for $229 and $269, respectively. A 32GB 4G LTE version of the tablet will be available in the future, unlocked for AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon customers for $349.

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