Google's Nexus tablet has a name: Nexus 7. That's according to the results of tests that have found their way onto the web. If the leak is correct, the Nexus 7, currently codenamed Grouper, will be a 7-inch tablet running Jelly Bean.
Android Police spotted the performance results on a database of benchmark tests of Android phones and tablets. The 7-inch Nexus 7 is built by Asus and is powered by a version of Android identified as JRN51B -- version 4.1, to be named Jelly Bean.
Codenamed Grouper, the tablet continues Google's streak of naming Nexus phones with fishy names while they're in development. The only previous flagship tablet, the Motorola Xoom, was codenamed Wingray and Stingray (in different versions) as it showed off tablet-only update Honeycomb.
And Jelly Bean continues Google's naming policy for bestowing each update with a different tasty treat for a moniker, in alphabetical order. The current version is Ice Cream Sandwich, and the next version after Jelly Bean is expected to be Key Lime Pie. Click here to see our guide to every Android update so far.
The Nexus 7 packs an Nvidia Tegra 3 processor clocked at 1.3GHz. The
7-inch screen has a screen resolution of 1,280x768 pixels. We've yet to
confirm whether it will die after four years, like the Nexus 6.
We expect to see the Nexus 7 and Jelly Bean take a bow at Google I/O, the Big G's annual conference for app developers. Rumours also suggest that there could be as many as five flagship Nexus phones and tablets unveiled.
Despite being nearly a year old, Ice Cream Sandwich has struggled to make it into many devices, to the frustration of phone fans. I can't help thinking Google should slow down its release schedule to avoid turning Ice Cream Sandwich into a lame duck, and stop the latest phones from feeling like they're already behind the curve before they even launch.
Are you excited to see Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7? Is it too soon for a new update when Ice Cream Sandwich is still on such limited release? Tell me your thoughts in the comments or on our Facebook page.
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shauney3 1 June, 2012 09:52
Isn't is obvious? Jelly bean is 4.1? Coming out first on a tablet... Jelly bean is the tablet version of ICS. Simples.
Naa joking its probably not. Comeee onnn weekend!!
anonymous 1 June, 2012 11:06
I'm looking at getting a Kindle soon, and an iPad in the New Year, but I would love an Android tablet... If this is cheap enough I may have to consider getting this instead of a Kindle, although it's probably pointless. I just love the idea of a 7inch Android tablet, ideal size IMO if all you do is read stuff/watch stuff, with 9/10in being better for productivity (I want an iPad for music production and editing documents/taking notes in classes).
With the Windows 8 tablets coming soon it's looking like the tablet market is about to get very good and competitive. Cheap but powerful and portable Android tablets, iPads, and Windows tablets for productivity. Finally a bit of choice and variety is coming.
anonymous 1 June, 2012 15:30
Get your act together! People are tired of waiting for updates which are ALWAYS late and often don't include the newest UI. What happened to the 2 year promise? Manufacturers hold off on the updates in order to sell more phones, do something about it! Perfectly adequate hardware are left undesirable and discarded due to the software, do something about it! Yes people are dumb and keep buying every 6 months, because of what you do, but show some sense and make people feel like they are buying quality products and maybe the image of Android will not be just an alternative to iOS.
anonymous 2 June, 2012 14:09
But this is Nexus, it will get the update a long time before anything else, and will be supported for longer. Google Nexus S got the ICS update before anything else, although there were problems and updates were postponed, allowing HTC to update their Sensation phones before the next updates for Nexus resumed (I think, not 100% sure on that though), but, more significantly, very few phones with such 'low' (by contemporary standards) as the Nexus will be updated to ICS, including the almost identical Galaxy S.
With Nexus you get a level of support and efficiency you won't get with other manufacturers.
The image of Android is being hurt by the phone manufacturers, not by Google, which is one massive reason for Google to launch a line of Nexus phones that will attract a wider range of customers. I've been saying this for months, and it looks like Google are about to do it.
A Nexus line is 100% the way to go for Google/Android now. Possibly even a switch to a Chrome mobile OS, making a Chrome line up of desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile phones that would rival Mac's approach (and Windows).
Android is great, but there is no doubt that the ICS has damaged the reputation somewhat among people who are not just casual users (although this could only account for a small percentage of users, I do not know).