The next generation Asus tablet known as the Nexus 7 2 has popped up online for pre-order with price details over at Best Buy and Sams Club, there is hope now that this tablet will be unveiled tonight at the Google event kicking off at 5pm UK time.

The Nexus 7 2 seems like it is the real deal now considering you can pre-order from Best Buy, The 16GB Nexus 7 (ASUS-2B16) is priced at $229 and the 32GB (ASUS-2B32) is $269.

Best Buy have also listed the specs as well, and these include a 7-inch HD 1920×1200 display, 5MP rear camera, 1.2MP front camera, 2GB RAM, Adreno 320 GPU, the same quad-core .5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor that the Nexus 4 smartphone has, it also comes running Android 4.3 and 2MB L2 cache.

Other Nexus 7 2 features include 802.11a/b/g/n wireless LAN, 10-finger capacitive touch screen, IPS technology with 300 cd/m² brightness and 178° viewing angles, scratch-resistant glass, Anti-fingerprint technology, 16GB on-board flash memory, plus Micro USB 2.0 port with SlimPort, Bluetooth 4.0.

This tablet will also come with pre-installed apps including Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search by Voice 2.1, YouTube, Android Market, Google Street View, Google Talk and many more. Sorry for the short news article, we will reveal more a little later after the Google event.

Will you be pre-ordering the Nexus 7 2 today via Best Buy?