Jun 29, 2012
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Nexus 7: how a budget Asus tablet vanished — and reemerged as Google’s Kindle Fire killer
I’d be willing to bet that most people believe Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is a wholly new design: that Google contracted Asus to produce a $199 Kindle Fire killer in just four months, like Andy Rubin and Asus chairman Jonney Shih told AllThingsD last night. The truth is far more complex. The truth is that the Nexus 7 is the Asus ME370T, an Android tablet whose destiny has repeatedly changed. 

Nexus 7: how a budget Asus tablet vanished — and reemerged as Google’s Kindle Fire killer

I’d be willing to bet that most people believe Google’s Nexus 7 tablet is a wholly new design: that Google contracted Asus to produce a $199 Kindle Fire killer in just four months, like Andy Rubin and Asus chairman Jonney Shih told AllThingsD last night. The truth is far more complex. The truth is that the Nexus 7 is the Asus ME370T, an Android tablet whose destiny has repeatedly changed. 

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    probably for the best, but I was actively interested...ME370T (and, for that matter,
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