There are few things left to do for Nexus 7. If at first there could be suspicions of its quality due to its price, more typical of a low cost device than a powerful machine, the tablet Asus y Google it does not cease to arouse admiration wherever it goes. The awards and the sales figures endorse a truly revolutionary product, capable of taking absolute supremacy in the field of tablets. Android with only 5 months of life. Now we get a video of this little beast working as if it were a computer.
Hexxeh, a hacker known for his penchant for porting Chromium OS to all kinds of devices, he has surprised us greatly with his latest feat, in which he brings Google's PC operating system to a Nexus 7. At the moment, the project is in full development and it seems that the most worked so far are web browsing (via WiFi) and touch recognition. In addition, other means of input such as keyboard, which we see in the video.
As discussed in Engadget, Hexxeh plans to program a more stable and easy-to-install version, but he also claims that he will do it without haste and since this brilliant hacker works on it only as a hobby he cannot do much more. Quite interesting is what he has achieved so far: making it work Nexus 7 as if it were a small computer, with a desktop operating system and a built-in keyboard, almost making us remember for the moment the hybrid concept of Microsoft Surface.
On the other hand the tablet Asus y Google It never ceases to amaze us, not only for its great power but also for its enormous versatility and for all that it gives of itself in expert hands. Since it went on sale we have been able to see the device increasing its performance up to 2 GHz, improving the quality of its front camera up to 720p, or running a version of the Ubuntu system developed by Canonical. We are also sure that the new models launched a few days ago by Google will give much more play to this already formidable device.