Nexus 7 to have Jelly Bean exclusivity for four months: Report

When Google announced the Android Jelly Bean and the Asus Nexus 7 tablet yesterday, the company promised that the update would soon come as an OTA to the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and the Motorola Xoom in mid-July. Today TechRadar is reporting that it has heard from UK-based retail chain Carphone Warehouse that the Nexus 7 will be the only tablet running Android 4.1 for the next four months.
This is a rather strange development considering Google itself announced that the update will be available for the Motorola Xoom in mid-July and additionally it has also announced a Platform Development Kit (PDK) which would be delivered to OEMs months before an OS release to ensure a faster update cycle for non-Nexus devices.
Another scenario could be that the Nexus 7 would be the only new tablet to launch with Jelly Bean out of the box and it would retain that exclusivity for four months.
Nevertheless, four months is a long exclusivity window period and could be related to the low-margins that Asus will get by selling the Nexus 7 in markets where Google doesn’t retail hardware via its online store. It is a little difficult to believe Carphone Warehouse’s statement and it is for moments like these that we always keep a rock of salt handy.