Google jumped directly into the
tablet battle when it will sell its Nexus 7, based on its Android operating system, pitting it directly against Apple's iPad, Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire and Microsoft's Surface.
Priced at $199 for
8 gigabytes version and $249 for 16 GB, the Nexus 7 will be available next month.
Features of Nexus 7- 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
(With AP inputs)
Hugo Barra, Director of Google Product Management, holds up the new Google Nexus7 tablet at the Google I/O conference in San Francisco, on June 27, 2012. 
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