Google will release a refreshed version of the Nexus 7 tablet with a slimmer form factor on the one-year anniversary of the original tablet’s launch, according to sources that spoke with Reuters. According to these sources, the refreshed Nexus 7 will have a higher resolution display and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon SoC instead of NVIDIA’s Tegra 3. [...]

According to the Taiwanese-based original devices manufacturers (ODM) of the Nexus 7, sales are increasing month-over-month and will likely increase again in the next quarter. Digitimes reports that global sales of the Nexus 7 have increased from 500,000-600,000 units a month on average initially, to a run-rate of 800,000-900,000 units in November. Digitimes quotes sources [...]

By all accounts ASUS is an experienced OEM used to a demanding production schedule. In a recent interview, however, the company’s chairman admitted that working with Google on the Nexus 7 tablet proved to be, at times, beyond taxing. “Our engineers told me it is like torture,” Asus Chairman Jonney Shih told AllThingsD in an interview. “They ask [...]