The office-supply retailer’s site is accepting orders for the Nexus 7, which is expected to begin shipping on July 12. It’s currently selling the Nexus 7 with 16GB of storage for $249.
Staples is one of the first major retailers to announce plans to carry the Nexus 7, the first Google-branded device in the 7-inch tablet market. GameStop has also said it will sell the device. That chain is taking pre-orders for the 16GB model as well, which it sells for $250.
The Nexus 7 is built by Asus. It’s designed to compete with other 7-inch slates that have proven popular with consumers, particularly Amazon’s Kindle Fire.
Other major retailers–both online and off–are expected to sell the Nexus 7 in the very near future. Presumably, Amazon won’t be among them.
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