AppleInsider: Google reportedly planning to launch $99 Nexus 7 by end of 2012

[Cary Preston]

Google reportedly planning to launch $99 Nexus 7 by end of 2012

The race to offer the lowest-priced tablet on the market is rumored to reach a new level later this year, with Google reportedly planning to release a...

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[Luke Jaconetti]

Remember: It's only Evil when other capitalists do it!

 

Looking forward to seeing if this is true.  That's a heck of a price point if Google can pull it off with any hope of competing with Apple.

[Edward Crosby]

It could be a good, inexpensive digital comic book consumption device.
Me, I'm hoping to get a $250 refurbished Asus EePad Transformer 10" tablet for Christmas.

Edward
via Samsung Galaxy Nexus

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[Cary Preston]

They'll likely cut some corners, but price is a stronger factor than user experience for some customers. I wouldn't expect much from a bargain priced Nexus, though. 

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[Luke Jaconetti]

Well, what Ed says is pretty much exactly what I would get it for.  I use my (wife's) Kindle now as a cheap comic book and regular book device which I sometimes look up things on Wikipedia or post to Twitter from.  I'd be more than happy with that functionality in a device, especially if it meant no monthly data plan (I can live with WiFi).

 

I have said from the beginning of the tablet race that these things will only become dominant in an actual market share sense (and not just in a "golly gee!" sense) when the price comes down so much as to make them ubiquitous, as happened with cell phones.  This is another step in that direction.

[Van]

iPad 2 is now $399 new at Apple.  I'm planning to get my wife one for Christmas.

--Van