Google’s famous mobile operating system has already dominated the Smartphone world. It happened like flash and the main critical success factor was mutual understanding of handset providers and software services providers. Samsung and HTC came up with amazing hardware which could run Android smoothly and then only it could give a tight competition to main competitor Apples iPhone.
However there was lack of consistency throughout various android devices due to different source code customization done by Smartphone manufactures. After Android reach certain maturity level Google manufactured a reference model for Android Ice-cream Sandwich.
They did it with Samsung, the best android handset manufacturer and the device was very carefully designed to deliver the pure android experience to the user without proprietary customization.
Android for Tablets
Although android became matured in Smartphones it was far behind in Tablets. It’s true that there are many amazing android tablets, but nothing can give even a nearly good enough competition to Apple’s iPad.
From the very early stage Android was totally focused on Smartphones and only after Honeycomb it started working on Tablets. It’s true that Android Smartphones and Tablets are having identical hardware environment, but there is one major difference, the Display.
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However after releasing tablet optimized version of Android which is Honeycomb there was a positive trend for Android Tablets. Once the Ice-Cream Sandwich came out, lots of manufactures came up with amazing line of tablets with stronger hardware muscle and highly optimized software as well.
Same as with the Smartphones, Google is planning to release a reference model android tablet for the next version which is Jelly Bean. This time they are working together with the best Android tablet manufacturer, who introduced the concept “Transforming Tablets”, Asus.
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Expected Configuration
Processor and Storage
Most of the Android tablets are having Quad core processers already. So there is no reason for Google to not to include such in Nexus tab. It will have 1.3 GHz Quad Core processor running on Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset with GeForce GPU.
When it comes to RAM I don’t expect them to increase it beyond standard 1GB. In external storage they might release several versions with 32/64 GB. There is a higher probability to not to include microSD card slot since one poor quality SD card could ruin the whole user experience. They didn’t include expandable storage even in Galaxy Nexus Smartphone.
Display
The most popular display size for tablets is 7 inch. There is a higher probability for Google to use the same specification. Screen resolution will be 1280 x 800 which will give a pixel density of 215 ppi.
I have never seen Asus is using AMOLED like display technology for their tablets. But they have mastered the technology of IPS panel. So most probably Google’s Nexus Tab will come with IPS panel.
Connectivity
Tablets are coming with 3G and LTE technology, but most of the time it reduces the battery life drastically. So most probably Google Nexus tab will only support Wi-fi and other near field communication connectivity technologies.
If it will be a wi-fi only tablet and you need to go online with it, there is a solution and we talked about that before.
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- Make Your iPad Wi Fi an iPad 3G
Camera
Camera is not an essential feature for a tablet as Smartphone. But it will probably come with 5 MP camera with LED flash which is the standard configuration. Front camera will comes in handy for video conferencing, so there will be 2 MP front camera most probably. With this camera it will be able to capture still images as well as HD videos.
Battery Life
The most critical factor which they must pay very close attention to. Most of the previous Asus tablets were having great battery life so we can expect the same in Google’s Nexus Tablet as well. Since it comes with Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, its power saving core will do its job as well.
Wrapping Up
Google’s Galaxy Tab will be the launching device for Jelly bean which is the second totally tablet optimized version of Android.
If it comes with the above or similar configuration and after a careful controlled engineering process, it will be a jump start for Android to dominate the tablet world as well, same as they did it in Smartphone world.
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