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"Google just announced that it will produce its highly-acclaimed Nexus 7 tablet in the United States. " wow! I didn't know Google was doing this. The fact that they can sell that tablet at such a competitive price and make it in the USA is saying a lot.

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I could not find any references about Google's announcement to produce Nexus 7 in US. On the other hand, Nexus Q is indeed manufactured in the US. Is it possible that this is a typo on the part of the author?

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/google-and-othe...

Another Times article has some more info on the Q (it is being made somewhere in San Jose), but the exact location is being kept secret. Would it be surprising if they outsourced the 7 to the same manufacturer?

"Google uses a contract manufacturer to make the Q. Last week it was being assembled in a large factory 15 minutes from Google headquarters. The company declined to say how many people were employed at the plant, which can run as many as three shifts each day. However, during a brief tour, made with the understanding that the exact location would not be disclosed, it was clear that hundreds of workers were involved in making the Q."

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/technology/google-and-othe...

I don't understand how this would be possible. Nexus 7 is a device that is made in collaboration with ASUS. ASUS being a Taiwanese company, doesn't have any manufacturing capacity in the United States.

ASUS licensing out the HW design to Google and Google contracting with a US factory for production? Doesn't sound logical to me.

I think Googles plans to manufactor in the USA died with the Nexus Q. No one will buy something which is three times more expensive than competitiv products. In addition no one did care about the Nexus Q being made in the USA after seeing that price (300$).

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