Nexus 7 on Google's homepage

Photo from Google Play

Today, Google did an unanticipated (and also weird) move and placed a Nexus 7 ad on his homepage. Putting such an overt advertise on Google's homepage is a really rare action. Obviously, Google is proud of his new Nexus and will not lose any chances to bring more attention to it. 

Nexus 7 with its great hardware and impressive design is a turning point for Google. A point that Google can use to change the rules of the game. This market is so tempting that even Apple couldn't resist and want to introduce a 7 inch tablet at the end of summer. In the other hand, Amazon is trying to take back the market by the new Kindle Fire. This game is going to be very hot!

Anyway, if you check Google's homepage today, you can see this advertisement.

Nexus 7 advertisement on Google's homepage.

Google Nexus 7 by videos

The new Nexus 7 tablet. Photo by Google Nexus

Two weeks ago, Google announced a new tablet in Google I/O 2012 that impressed all users. What's coming next is a video trail that covers some of important features and highlights of the Google's new tablet. First, lets take a look at the specifications:

STEP 1 - Google/ASUS Nexus 7 Specifications (data from Google Nexus official website)

• 7” 1280x800 HD scratch-resistant Corning glass display (216 ppi)
• 1.2MP front-facing camera
• Quad-core Tegra 3 processor + 1 GB RAM
• 8 or 16 GB internal storage
• Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) OS

The device has a 4325 mAh battery that keeps charge for 9 hours HD video playback/10 hours web browsing/10 hours e-reading or 300 hours in standby mode. It's weight is only 340 grams and has 198.5x120x10.45mm dimensions, a micro USB port and 3.5mm headphone jack. Nexus 7 only uses WiFi [802.11 b/g/n] to access to the Internet (no 3G or 4G). Other features include: bluetooth, microphone, built-in NFC (a.k.a. Android Beam), accelerometer, GPS, magnetometer and gyroscope.

STEP 2 - Introducing Nexus 7 (Google Nexus Channel)

STEP 3 - Google Nexus 7 Unboxing (PhoneDog channel)

STEP 4 - Google Nexus 7 First Impressions & OS Tour (TechnoBuffalo channel)

STEP 5 - Nexus 7 review (The Verge channel)

BOUNCE STEPS
Introducing Google Now (Official Android Channel)  /  Siri vs. Google Search (TechnoBuffalo channel)

Google Now is one of the Jelly Bean's new features. It's supposed to "get you just the right information at just the right time"; e.g. traffic data, appointments, flights, weather, translation, currency etc. (more information on Google Now landing page). Another Android 4.1 impressive feature is the new voice assistant currently called Google Search or Google Voice Search that somehow is a part of Google Now. In the review that has been done by Jon Rettinger from Techno Buffalo, Google Search responses a bit faster than Siri and its voice is more human like.

You can pre-order Nexus 7 from Google Play. More information about Google's new tablet and other Nexus devices here: Discover Nexus Devices