effectual waitperson: Google's Nexus 10: 2,560 x 1,600, 300 ppi display and Android 4.2, shipping November 13th $399

Monday, October 29, 2012

Google's Nexus 10: 2,560 x 1,600, 300 ppi display and Android 4.2, shipping November 13th $399

Hurricane Sandy might be making her unwelcome tour of the Eastern Seaboard, but that won't abate Google's new product launch. It's announcing the Nexus 10, a Samsung-made 10.055-inch tablet (that appears to be based on the similarly-sized Galaxy Tab 2 10.1) that'll top out the company's range of in-house flagships. While Google's Andy Rubin hasn't gone into extreme detail just yet, he has said that it'll be packing a 2,560 x 1,600, 300 ppi display. The device promises to crank out nine hours of continuous video playback and 500 hours of standby on its 9,000 mAh lithium polymer battery, it's also got a pair of front-facing stereo speakers and, best of all, Android 4.2.

The official specifications match those that were leaked late last week, and inside the device is a dual-core, Cortex A15-based 1.7 GHz Samsung Exynos 5250 CPU. In addition, there's a Mali T604 GPY, 2GB of RAM, NFC, 802.11 b/g/n (MIMO + HT40) WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, with front-and rear NFC (Android beam) radios. 'Round back you'll find a 5-megapixel main camera and a 1.9-megapixel forward-facing shooter. Weighing 603 grams, it's 8.9mm thick and offers microUSB, Pogo Pin, microHDMI and the standard 3.5mm headphone jack. It'll be available from November 13th on Google Play in the US, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Spain, Canada and Japan -- with the 16GB edition costing $399 (£319 in the UK) and the 32GB version setting you back $499 (£389).

Gallery: Google Nexus 10 Press Gallery