Gigaom: The $249 Asus MeMo Android tablet, which was shown off at January’s Consumer Electronics Show, is expected to be the first Google Nexus tablet with a lower price target of $149 to $199. A supply chain employee confirmed the development with Android and Me, an enthusiast blog that previously suggested a 7-inch Google Nexus tablet would launch this year.
Yet another piece of the puzzle is in place. The Nexus 9 FCC filing is another clue as to a possible release date.
DIGITIMES-"Google, following the launch of Nexus 7 tablet models in June 2012, will unveil a Nexus tablet model for US$99 later in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers."
Slate: In the fall of 2010, Steve Jobs made an unusual appearance on an Apple earnings call. He’d come to rant. The CEO had prepared a nine-minute broadside against Android, Google’s mobile operating system, and all of the Android tablets that were being rushed into production to take on the iPad. Many of those devices carried 7-inch screens, making them substantially smaller than the iPad, whose display is nearly 10 inches diagonally.
