Ask HN: What happened to the Nexus 7?

Over the summer I remember reading about the high anticipation for Google's Nexus 7 tablet. However, the launch itself seemed lackluster and I have never seen one in the wild.

Was there a flaw with the Nexus 7? Did consumers simply not adopt it? Is it successful and just under-publicized?

In my case, I was ready to pre-order a Nexus 7 but the fact that I had to use Google's payment gateway instead of just Amazon turned out to cause me enough hesitation that I did not purchase the product.

I've got one. It's nice. Not iPad nice, but nice. I think it's mostly forgotten because Google really doesn't know how to do e-commerce. Play.Google.com/store is a mess. And the order process was such a mess I was skeptical that the order went through until the box arrived - and then a day later I received the shipping number and order confirmation.

It's not like anyone has to invent e-commerce anymore. It's pretty much solved from the UX all the way down to the taxonomy.

It wasn't intentional - it was a question of convenience. I searched for the Nexus 7 on the Amazon app on iPhone after reading the story, but then found out that I needed to pay on Google. I didn't want to fill out the payment info for Google on my phone as a matter of convenience, and I never returned to Google's site from my laptop to follow through with purchasing.

Got mine a week ago. Absolutely love it. I haven't played with other tablets very much, so I can't offer a serious comparison. I thing the size is perfect for reading, browsing and watching videos just about anywhere. It's also perfect for handling my morning email over coffee without taking over my little coffee table.

Also, having Jelly Bean on my tablet makes my 2 year old droid incredible (cyanogenmod) seem _much_ older.

Not by any means useful data to people who don't know me, but the four people I know who own one love theirs as well. My GF uses mine almost as much as I do and is hoping to get one for herself.

It also didn't hurt to get a $25 Google Play credit along with the device.

What happened was the Kindle Fire HD series announcement. And then the Nook HD series announcement. And the continued rumors of an iPad Mini. Most people are not going to tear through a bunch of tablets. They will spend their money on the one they are willing to keep and use. And for most people, the rumor of the iPad Mini holds them back from buying anything else.