Google's 2012 Nexus 7 was built by Asus -- it ran on the Nvidia Tegra 3 processor, and it shipped with Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It's time for Google to get back into the mini tablet market and ...

Yesterday's Google Nexus 7 announcement is Google's statement of intent to become a major force in the tablet arena and move the market beyond the current binary choice of Apple or Android.