Google Keluar Tablet Nexus 7

Google Inc berkata ia akan menjual komputer tablet sendiri, Nexus 7, berdasarkan sistem operasi Android.  Google adalah pencabar terbaru kepada Apple, pembuat iPad popular. Tablet baru juga akan bersaing secara langsung dengan Api Kindle Amazon.com Inc.

Berikut adalah melihat perbezaan utama antara peranti baru, Bomba Kindle, iPad dan lain-lain pesaing utama. Nexus 7 akan boleh didapati pada bulan depan.

Google Inc.'s Nexus 7

• Price: $199 for 8 gigabytes of storage, $249 for 16 GB.
• Screen size: 7 inches diagonally
• Screen resolution: 1280 x 800 pixels
• Weight: 0.75 pounds
• Cameras: Front-facing, 1.2 megapixel camera
• Battery life: 9.5 hours
• Operating system: Google's Android

Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire

• Price: $199 for 6 gigabytes of storage
• Screen size: 7 inches diagonally
• Screen resolution: 1024 by 600 pixels
• Weight: 0.9 pounds
• Cameras: none
• Battery life: 8 hours.
• Operating system: Modified version of Google's Android

Apple Inc.'s iPad

• Price: Starts at $499 for 16 gigabytes of storage, goes up to $699 for 64 gigabytes, more for versions with cellular data access. (Apple still sells the older, iPad 2 for $399.)
• Screen size: 9.7 inches diagonally
• Screen resolution: 2048 by 1536 pixels
• Weight: 1.44 pounds
• Cameras: 5-megapixel camera on back and a low-resolution camera on front, for videoconferencing
• Battery life: 10 hours.
• Operating system: Apple's iOS

Samsung Electronic Co.'s Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

•  Price: $400 for 16 gigabytes of storage
•  Screen size: 10.1 inches diagonally
•  Screen resolution: 1280 by 800 pixels
•  Weight: 1.24 pounds
•  Cameras: low-resolution front camera, 3-megapixel back.
•  Battery life: 11 hours.
•  Operating system: Google's Android

Barnes & Noble Inc.'s Nook Tablet

•  Price: $199 for 8 gigabytes of storage, $249 for 16 gigabytes
•  Screen size: 7 inches diagonally
•  Screen resolution: 1024 by 600 pixels
•  Weight: 0.9 pounds
•  Cameras: None.
•  Battery life: 11.5 hours.
•  Operating system: Modified version of Google's Android

Microsoft Corp.'s Surface

•  Price: Not yet announced. Storage options will range from 32 to 128 GB
•  Screen size: 10.6 inches diagonally
•  Screen resolution: Not yet announced.
•  Weight: About 1.5 pounds for low-power version, 2 pounds for version running PC-style Intel processor.
•  Cameras: Front and back cameras
•  Battery life: Not yet announced.
•  Operating system: Microsoft's Windows

Sumber : AP