( Mashable ) -- Demand for Google 's 7-inch Nexus 7 tablet seems to have well exceeded the tech giant 's expectations . Last week , Google posted a message to its online store saying that shipments of the 16GB model were delayed one to two weeks . Now , the store has stopped taking orders altogether . Those who want to purchase the $ 249 version of the tablet are told to sign up to be notified by e-mail when it is back in stock . The 16GB version is also sold out at GameStop , Kmart , Sam 's Club , Office Depot , Staples , B & H , Best Buy in Canada and , according to The Guardian , Tesco in the UK . The only place to get the device online at this point may be eBay . Google is still accepting orders for the 8GB version however , which costs $ 199 . The 7-inch , Asus-built tablet , which began shipping earlier this month , is the first to run the latest version of Android , codename Jelly Bean . It has a 1280Ã—800 HD display ( 216 ppi ) and a quad-core processor . It has received widely positive reviews from the press â€ ” our own Peter Pachal called it `` the Android media tablet the Kindle Fire was supposed to be . '' Are you in the market for a Nexus 7 ? How are you planning on getting your hands on one ? More from CNN Tech : . Opinion : Meritocracy in Silicon Valley a goal , not re . Google buys Sparrow for 'new Gmail project ' Grum takedown : '50 % of worldwide spam is gone ' Microsoft could owe billions in another antitrust battle . © 2011 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
The Google store has stopped taking orders altogether for the tablet . The 8 GB version is also sold out at GameStop , Google , Peter Pachal 's Club , others . Kmart is still accepting orders for the 16 GB version , which costs $ 199 . The Nexus 7 tablet has received widely positive reviews from the press .