Google planning Nexus-style tablet Dec 19, 2011 02:25 pm | Network World

Google planning Nexus-style tablet Dec 19, 2011 02:25 pm | Network World by Brad Reed You didn't really think Google was going to let Amazon hog all the Android tablet glory, did you? In an interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sea today, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said that the company planned to sell a tablet "in the next six months" that would be "of the highest quality." Schmidt did not provide any further details of what would set the tablet apart from other previous Android tablets such as the Motorola Xoom or the Amazon Kindle Fire. ANALYSIS: Android 4.0: A rundown of key features But Google has a good deal of experience releasing its own devices through its Nexus-branded series of smartphones. The latest such phone, Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, was the first to feature the Android 4.0 operating system, nicknamed "Ice Cream Sandwich." The Galaxy Nexus also features a 4.65-inch HD display screen with edge-to-edge 720p resolution, a 5MP camera that can shoot video at 1080p, a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and 1GB of RAM. Google released Ice Cream Sandwich this past fall with the hopes of unifying the Android experience on smartphones and tablets alike. Fragmentation among different versions of the Android OS has long been a problem for Android application developers who have complained that they have no way of knowing whether the apps they design will work effectively across multiple platforms.