Google to unveil $199 Nexus tablet

Bangalore: Google plans to unveil a $199 tablet co-branded with Tawian's Asustek Computer Inc at its developer conference this week, taking direct aim at Apple's iPad, Bloomberg reported, citing two people familiar with the matter.

Rumours that the search engine giant planned to launch a tablet at its annual developer conference have been doing the rounds in tech blog posts for weeks.

The 7-inch tablet, running Android mobile software, will showcase new features of Android, according to one person, who said the latest version of the software is named Jellybean, Bloomberg reported.

Google plans to unveil a $199 tablet co-branded with Asus at its developer conference this week.

Google officials could not be reached for comment outside of regular business hours.

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