At this point, it’s no secret that retailers across various regions will be adding the Nexus 7 to their tablet offerings but now Best Buy, Staples and Future Shop Canada have gone ahead and set up their pre-orders for the first Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet. Oddly, it seems retailers are opting to not offer the lower priced 8GB version and instead jumping to the higher priced 16GB version. Whether or not the 8GB version will make an appearance later isn’t known but either way, the $259.99 asking price isn’t all that bad no matter how you slice it for what you’re putting yourself into.
Of course, Google Play ordering is still the better option here considering you can get an additional $25 in apps when ordering direct but when these devices it hit stores, it should help those waiting to get a hands-on before diving in help decide if it’s everything they are expecting. Speaking of dates, Best Buy and Future Shops says they’ll be arriving in the warehouse on August 10th (bit late?) while Staples says July 14th. We’ll be keeping our eye on whom, exactly ends up with them first. In the meantime, have you read our Nexus 7 review yet? If not, what are you waiting for?
Sources: Staples, Best Buy, Future Shop