Pre-order a Nexus 7? Google says it’s shipping them now

As we reported during the I/O conference, Google unveiled its own tablet, the 7 inch Nexus Tablet.

I have a full review here, after spending a few days with it.

The price for the tablet is a very reasonable $199 for the 8GB version. As we noted, this is not simply a “competitor to the iPad”, but another way for Google to get more users downloading apps and content on Google Play.

Thanks to the Google Nexus team for alerting everyone over Twitter:

RT @googlenexus: Locked and loaded, ready to play: we’ve started shipping +Nexus 7 pre-orders today! google.com/nexus/#/7

— Paul O’Brien (@PaulOBrien) July 13, 2012

It should take about 3 business days to get to you, and let us know what you think once they arrive, especially if you shoot your own Ninja unboxing video.