AT&T has stopped subsidizing tablets bought with a contract. According to leaked internal documents as of August 19, yesterday, tablet will only have no-commitment contracts without a share plan.
Today, we checked on the AT&T website and all tablets are shown as "No service commitment."
The tablets, however, can be included int shared data plans for an additional $10 a month. The data is shared across devices. See plans below.
Strategy Analytics reports that in 2012 there will be 24 million tablets with mobile data subscriptions in the world, equal to 12.5 % of the 192 million tablets. By the and of 2017 the will be 172 million mobile tablet subscribers.
Even though the Nexus 7 has some quality issues it is a success in the selling department with a gray market on eBay with some models priced for as much as $100 over MSRP.
The 8GB Nexus 7 was reportedly sold out from the Google Play store in the U.K. Meanwhile, online, Walmart has the 16B model in stock for 249.99 with options to of ship to store or 97 cent shipping BUY which should include the $25 Play store credit. Office Depot shows the 8GB as "Coming Soon" and 16GB as "Temporarily out of stock, check back soon."
Google will be entering into the tablet market very shortly with the Nexus 7 which could be in retail stores as to at this Thursday. Google is already accepting preorders and billing it as the new $199 tablet from Google and other online retailers are entering in the fray.
The 8GB Nexus 7 model is showing now that it ships in 1 to 2 weeks(which was previously 3-4 weeks) and for a limited time, includes $25 of credit to spend in the Play store. In the U.K. shoppers can get theirs as on July 19.
Another indicator that the Nexus 7 is coming soon is that Google is advertising on its search page "No cell service? No problem. You can take Google maps wherever you go with new off-line maps." Since the Nexus 7 is Wi-Fi only the offline mapping feature is needed. If you have GPS on the device, the blue dot will still work without a data connection so you know where you are. And what do you know the Nexus 7 has GPS while the Kindle Fire does not...
After months of rumors, Google finally announced their 7 inch Nexus tablet that will launch with Android 4.1 Jelly Beam. It is expected to be available in the next few weeks.
Dubbed Nexus 7, and priced At $199 for 8GB and $249 for 32GB , the website shows that it will ship in 2 to 3 weeks, you will have to pay for shipping which is calculated at the time of checkout. As an added bonus for a limited time you will get $25 of credit in the Google Play Store. They claim it's the first 7"-inch tablet with quad-core processor.