The recently launched Google tablet, Nexus 7 it may still surprise us while it is not yet officially in stores. Every day we discover new secrets that make its $ 199 price seem cheaper and cheaper. Nexus 7 may be compatible with a smartcover o smart cover very similar to the iPad 2 and the New iPad.
One of the testers of Android Police He has subjected the tablet to a magnetic check and has found that it has a smart case magnetic sensor. The magnetic area discovered at the bottom left of the Nexus 7 causes the tablet turns on and off when coming into contact with another magnet. You can see it in this video that someone has posted on YouTube in which you can see how he performs this test.
The truth is that Google is selling cases for Nexus 7 on the Google Play website in the US. If we try to enter to see them with a Spanish IP they will tell us that this part of the web is not yet available in our country and that we have patience. What we can see is the reference made in ASUS website compared to an optional protective sleeve. On that website we see the shape of the cover and we doubt that it can fulfill all the functions it assumes the iPad, which can be used as a pedestal to stand the tablet upright or as a podium for more comfortable use of the keyboard, in addition to for him auto power off and on with which there is speculation here.
Apple has a patent on Smart Covers, although it is so specific to the iPad that it seems easy to avoid getting into trouble with plagiarism. In fact, Microsoft Surface will come with a smart cover which provides the option of a much more comfortable keyboard. It would be very rare for Google to violate the Apple patent and they had to see the faces in the courts, although lately these legal wars are not at all unusual.