Google's new Nexus 7 continues its conquest of the European tablet market, as the widely favored Android tablet is finally widening its reach and becoming available in more European countries. The 7-inch slate running on Google's latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is now available in France, Germany, and Spain, via Google's online storefront.

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Until now, the Jelly Bean slate had been limited to the U.S., Canada, the UK, and Australia, and early demand following the tablet's debut at Google I/O 2012 was so overwhelming that online orders took weeks to arrive. Google has since addressed the shortage issues, and orders are shipped in due time.

The Google Nexus 7 now available in France, Germany, and Spain comes with a €199 price tag for the 8GB model and €249 for the 16GB model. Taking conversion rates into account, this means that European customers will be paying a bit more for the slate than U.S. customers do, but this is a common practice for foreign releases. The 8GB model is still sold as a Google exclusive, with third-party retailers able to sell only the 16GB version.

Unfortunately for the lucky three European countries to get Google's Nexus 7, Play Magazines and Play Music are still U.S.-bound; however, Play Movies and Play Books are currently available for all three of the new countries. Since the device is largely intended as a portal to cloud services and Google Play Store content, having a large chunk of content unavailable may seem counterproductive. Google has not offered any official launch timescale for those services to become available outside the U.S.

Google's Nexus 7 is currently one of the hottest Android tablets available on the market, as it offers some impressive specifications for such a low price tag. Meanwhile, Google's biggest rival in the 7-inch tablet market is Amazon's Kindle Fire slate, which is available only in the U.S. Amazon is also expected to release the next-generation Kindle Fire in early September, while Apple is rumored to join the 7-inch game with an iPad Mini to debut in October.

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