Nexus 7, Made for Google Play • Hacker News Board

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by ghshephard » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

guynamedloren wrote: post #18

Splines wrote: post #12

No SD card slot? Urgh. 8/16GB is not a lot of room, especially for a tablet that is not going to be online all the time.

but nobody complained when the original ipad didn't have one (with same internal storage).

Well, lots of people complained about the lack of an SD card - and indeed, one of the differentiators that people look to google for are things like replaceable batteries, USB connectivity, and SD card expandability.

Those people who are content to live in a walled off protected garden, might be well served in the Apple world. Those people who want to root their boxes, add USB accessories, and swap out SD cards previously could go the Google route.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by guynamedloren » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

I loooove Google, but I can't get over this "Play" nonsense. I get that it's short and (maybe) easy to remember, but it just sounds stupid. They certainly could have come up with a better name than that.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by mgkimsal » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:14 PM UTC

guynamedloren wrote: post #18

Splines wrote: post #12

No SD card slot? Urgh. 8/16GB is not a lot of room, especially for a tablet that is not going to be online all the time.

but nobody complained when the original ipad didn't have one (with same internal storage).

yes they did, but ipads still sold.

however, android has been adopted by many as the "anything but apple" crowd, and when google/android does things that apple has done (no SD card in this case), it disappoints the fans.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by stcredzero » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:19 PM UTC

UnFleshedOne wrote: post #16

btipling wrote: post #5

It ships with Jellybean... I've been waiting for the Samsung 10 inch tablet with the stylus, but it's already out of date and hasn't even shipped yet. I don't want a 7inch tablet and it is going to be years by the time a Jelly Bean 10 inch tablet comes out and by that time there will already be a new version of the OS! I already have a Fire and I can't read magazines on it, it's too small. I'm just going to give up a…

You mean they should stop working on the OS to save you some "not the latest" anxiety?

There's less anxiety about iOS 6 vs iOS 7. Numbers don't get the same feelings attached to them as a name like "Ice Cream Sandwich."

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by btipling » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:19 PM UTC

UnFleshedOne wrote: post #16

btipling wrote: post #5

It ships with Jellybean... I've been waiting for the Samsung 10 inch tablet with the stylus, but it's already out of date and hasn't even shipped yet. I don't want a 7inch tablet and it is going to be years by the time a Jelly Bean 10 inch tablet comes out and by that time there will already be a new version of the OS! I already have a Fire and I can't read magazines on it, it's too small. I'm just going to give up a…

You mean they should stop working on the OS to save you some "not the latest" anxiety?

Tablets are expensive. I cannot afford to buy a tablet every year. So I want a tablet that is future proof. The 10 inch tablets that others will release this year will have an outdated operating system on them and will still cost many hundreds of dollars. I do not want to spend hundreds of dollars on an outdated operating system. I love Android, but this terrible to the extreme.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by andybak » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:19 PM UTC

Splines wrote: post #12

No SD card slot? Urgh. 8/16GB is not a lot of room, especially for a tablet that is not going to be online all the time.

It does have USB (On the Go/Host whatever you want to call it) so someone could produce a slim card reader or USB stick.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by janardanyri » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:21 PM UTC

guynamedloren wrote: post #18

Splines wrote: post #12

No SD card slot? Urgh. 8/16GB is not a lot of room, especially for a tablet that is not going to be online all the time.

but nobody complained when the original ipad didn't have one (with same internal storage).

No, the original iPad was 16/32/64GB, just like the current one. That's why there is no gnashing of teeth. (I have a 64GB original iPad and never have hurt for space.)

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by colkassad » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

Cd00d wrote: post #19

Is this a Kindle killer? I have the original iPad (twas free!), which I've really loved, but the cost is significant compared to the newer 7" tablets. I use the 3g a ton, but suppose I could fix that with a personal cellular wifi solution. But, being a Kindle (e-ink) user since inception, I've always felt that if it were my dollars talking, I'd go with the Fire. I can't justify the cost of the iPad, but could with th…

If there were a "Trade your Kindle Fire" button on that page I would click it in a second. I like my Kindle Fire but it has issues. I'd kill for just a hardware volume control. It's hard to say without handling one, but my guess is to choose the Nexus over the Fire.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by georgemcbay » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:23 PM UTC

meh.

I don't really like the 7 inch tablet form factor (even as an 'Apple hater', I think Jobs was spot on about 7 inches being too small). Also lack of any sort of SD option is just another reinforcement of Google blindly walking down the path of Apple.

I guess I'm sticking with my OG Asus Transformer TF101 for now. I was hoping that with Asus' involvement in the Nexus there would be a transformer/hybrid variant (for more money of course), but they seem to just be trying to attack the Kindle here.

It seems more likely than ever that my next hybrid tablet/netbook will be running Windows 8 instead of Android. Pseudo-ironically at least I'll be able to write Go code on that device.

Re: Nexus 7, Made for Google Play

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Post by _ea1k » Wed, Jun 27, 2012, 6:25 PM UTC

btipling wrote: post #5

It ships with Jellybean... I've been waiting for the Samsung 10 inch tablet with the stylus, but it's already out of date and hasn't even shipped yet. I don't want a 7inch tablet and it is going to be years by the time a Jelly Bean 10 inch tablet comes out and by that time there will already be a new version of the OS! I already have a Fire and I can't read magazines on it, it's too small. I'm just going to give up a…

I don't think it will take "years" for a Jelly Bean 10 inch tablet.