[Nexus 7 General] Einride:
While I tend to agree that this might've been the case earlier, with the recent changes in ICS and Google going for a more streamlined and "standard" UI experience, I'd say that changed slightly when the Galaxy Nexus was released. And if this new tablet comes out at a $199 price? It'll sell like pretty damn good!

Anything that gets devs "up to speed" on designing proper tablet/high DPI support for apps is a good thing in my book. This will help the Android tablet market tremendeously. Of course, Google still needs a good way to let people know if an app has tablet support or not. The Play Store is a mess in that regard.

If they design their apps properly, this won't be an issue (http://developer.android.com/guide/practices/screens_support.html). And the lazy ones, well, let the sales numbers, reviews etc sort them out.

I'd love to see a proper Nexus 10" inch tablet with a 200+ dpi display. Here's hoping they get around to that soon. Maybe one from Motorola? That'd be nice.

Android (and iOS in particular) already have a great ecosystem for gaming, and it can only get better. And bigger. And I love the fact that Android supports other input devices but touchpads. Some games work great with touch controls, others not so much. Having that choice is great, IMO. Angry Birds for a quick session on the toilet (come on, who where doesn't do that? You don't? Liar! :D), connect the wireless gamepad for GTA, Shadowgun or whatever.

For the love of whichever-deity-you-prefer, do not get Nintendo involved in this. Next thing you know, I'll have to stand waving and shouting at my tablet to be able to play any games!

I agree, Google is getting a lot of competition here, but I don't see that as a bad thing. This means Google have to constantly improve or they'll be left out in the cold. Competition is good for us, the consumers. Amazon have made a great ecosystem out of their Kindle Fire. An upcoming Kindle Fire 2 means Google can't afford to get lazy.

I'm guessing Google will sell it in the Play Store as well as in regular channels. That Asus made it won't be important other than for us geeks who take interest in those kind of things. For most people, it'll be "that Google tablet. You know, the small one. Yeah, I want one of those."

Actually, I'm worried that this tablet won't have an expansion slot for microSD. The Galaxy Nexus did not have one. Google wants to promote their music service and video rental store. A "low" storage device will be perfect for the streaming services that Google offer. And most people will be okay with that, sadly, which is what matters. "Hey, it's cheap, I don't care".

I agree! And I think Google knows this. Here's hoping they can keep up with the competition. They are treading on Amazon territory though, and that won't exactly be a cakewalk on easy street.

I'm guessing it'll be like the Excite 7.7 since it's running ICS. Both the Galaxy Tab 7.7 and 10.1 are HC tablets, and while HC is/was the tablet version of Android, ICS has done quite a few changes to the UI for high density displays and large displays.

I'd say you'd prove your point better by using a web page or something to show how they differ in scaling. The Play Store on the HC tablets just looks weird when there's empty space around it to be honest. Why not just expand it out like on the Excite then? Looks more consistent to me, really.

Any chance you could show some comparisons using a web page, ebook? Something that actually has more content to show if allowed? Yeah, that sounded confusing, didn't it? I'm going to need more coffee...