Google to Release 'Tablet of the Highest Quality' Within Six Months

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Posted December 19, 2011 at 6:20pm by iClarified

Google's Eric Schmidt has told Italian newspaper Corriere della Sea that 'in the next six months we plan to market a tablet of the highest quality', reports SlashGear.

Exact details of the upcoming tablet were not revealed, and it's unclear whether the slate will be specifically branded with Google's Nexus nomenclature or be another manufacturer's model that the search giant will champion. A similar strategy was put in place earlier in the year, when Google worked with Motorola to launch the XOOM, the first Honeycomb tablet on the market.

Schmidt also praised Apple for transitioning the tablet from the enterprise markets to a consumer product.

"Steve Jobs was the Michelangelo of our time" he told the newspaper, "[he] realized the revolutionary potential of the tablet and has created an amazing product like the iPad." However, "our companies compete" he continued, "it is capitalism."

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Google to Release 'Tablet of the Highest Quality' Within Six Months

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Notch - December 20, 2011 at 11:36pm

They should subsidize the cost of the tablet, like amazon, since they folks that buy media tablets will be buying lots of media, or at least consuming ad-driven media. Like apple, step one is get the device in your hands. Step two is to take all their money through it.

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ian chen - December 20, 2011 at 8:42am

They should call it nexus XOOM

No Jews - December 19, 2011 at 10:33pm

Could be nice. If the scrolling is as smooth as Apple, connectivity better than Apple and it's under $500, £350, 400, then it'll compete...good luck Google.

Stew - December 24, 2011 at 1:59pm

Check that off the list of things I was cnoufsed about.