This afternoon Google is set to unveil its new Nexus 7 tablet and we’ll be live streaming the Nexus event, starting at 11am ET from New York City, below. Last week the execs at google dispatched invitations for the event that called for breakfast with Sundar Pichai, who just happens to be Google’s VP Android, Chrome and Google Apps, three critical components sure to be found in the Nexus. With so many recent leaked photos, videos, and press spots lately, it’s most likely that Google will unveil it’s next-generation tablet.
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Google has yet to announce or confirm any of the details concerning the Asus-manufactured tablet but after many thought the Nexus would debut back at the annual Google I/O conference, plenty of information has been unofficially made public. Underneath the hood the popular tablet will most likely run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor along with what Android Central assumes will be somewhere between 2GB of RAM and an impressive 4GB. It’s also assumed that the new Nexus will sport microUSB support for increased storage and memory.
A similar leaked press spot courtesy of Engadget shows the Nexus running on the Android 4.3 version of Jelly Bean, Google’s flagship mobile operating system, which coincidentally has also yet to be released. Keep an eye out for included features like NFC capabilities and a 4,000mAh battery with QI wireless charging.
As for hardware, we’re expecting to see a 7-inch a 1920 x 1200 display, a front-facing 1.2 MP camera and 5 MP rear, stereo speakers, and a SlimPort connector capable of full HD output to an additional external display.
An interesting thing to keep an eye on with the upcoming event is the possibility of Google putting its highly-anticipated Google Glass on display. Reuters published a report earlier this week that the search engine mammoth recently purchased a 6.3% stake in Himax Technologies, the manufacturer who produces liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) chips and modules, tiny devices used to project images in, for example, eyewear like Google Glass.
The funding will help ramp up production no doubt, but also hints at an imminent launch. Glass was thought to make its debut back at the annual Google I/O but didn’t to the chagrin of many in attendance.
As for price, the press render slaps 16GB variant of the device with a $229 price tag, an affordable $40 less than the supposed $269 for 32GB worth of storage. And as for consumer availability, some sources are pegging a July 30 date for the Nexus to hit the retail shelves.
