Even though we’ve been hearing for many months all sorts of rumors and speculations about a so-called Google Nexus Tablet, manufactured in cooperation with Asus and ready to hit the market this summer, the gadget hasn’t been officially confirmed by anybody involved in its making.
However, the tablet’s unveiling might be closer than anyone had thought, with Larry Page’s most recent statements just about confirming it. Page, one of Google’s two co-founders, made a public statement concerning the search giant’s latest quarterly earnings report and, aside from commenting on some pretty unsurprising figures, he talked a bit about “the lower end of the tablet market”.
According to Page, “there’s been a lot of success on some lower-priced tablets that run Android” and “we believe that there’s going to be a lot of success on the lower end of the market. It’s definitely an area we think is important, and we’re quite focused on it.”
Okay, he didn’t actually reveal any kind of specific plans that Google might have right now, but that “focus” on the lower end of the market could only mean one of two things, as far as I’m concerned. Either Page’s company is actually working on the Nexus Tablet, as all rumors and speculations point towards, or Google has some different plan to force its Android partners to cut costs and drop prices.
Of course, the first possibility is the more likely of the two, but unfortunately we don’t have anything new to report on that front.it is likely to hit the market in July at a price of $250 or less.
