Ordered one. This will be interesting to play around with.
Nexus 7 review: The best $200 tablet you can buy
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Re: Nexus 7 review: The best $200 tablet you can buy
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the Google Play store of course: https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nexus_7_16g...
"Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet."
I get the next worst result - the $200 tablet would be £130 at current exchange rates but in the age old tech rate-of-exchange it's £200. An apparent ~50% markup is a turn off.
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#44Had there been a microSD slot, it would've been an instabuy. Without it, however, I fear that in 6 months I'll be juggling which applications or media I want to keep on it. I understand that Google's "everything in the Cloud" is an answer to this. Why keep music and movies on the device when you can offload storage? Because I don't want to depend on connectivity, and the device doesn't have native 3G.
Meh, SD card isn't much to me. 3G on the other hand would be sweet
And that is why it has neither. At $200, you can't include throwaway features that don't appeal to a majority of your target market. For myself, I don't know why I'd care that my tablet was a phone. I already have a phone; if I want to put the tablet on the internet I tether it to the phone.
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#45I hope that having these sorts of things (decent display size) will help Google jump start the 'its not a phone' re-write for some of their 'mobile' products. A touch based, high resolution, device for accessing Google products. I use gmail and its not fun on the iPad, its fine on the iPhone. The difference is display size and real estate.
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#46is 7" really big enough for a tablet for most people? That's only slightly larger than my phone :/
I've never understood the 7" tablet argument. Yes, the size and price makes it far more appealing for kids. And women who want a Kindle++ that fits in the purse they already carry everywhere (but is too small for a 10" tablet) could make a stronger case than most. But, in general, half the size of a 10" tablet doesn't make it half as useful as a 10" tablet and thus worth half the price. Half the size makes it really…
I don't see how that works logically. A 7" tablet is just about exactly as much bigger than a 4" phone as a 10" tablet is bigger than a 7" tablet. Why is one quantum more important than the other?
I could just as well say "Double the size makes it really hard to argue that the iPad is notably better than a 7" tablet." with exactly the same justification.
I think it's very much taste-dependent. I've used an iPad and been broadly unimpressed with the form factor; you have to "put it on something" to use it, it's too big to hold for long periods in one hand. I've never used a 7" tablet but it seems like for simple browsing on a plane or whatever like it might be a better fit.
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Which... I don't get. Just because my PC came with a modem 15 years ago didn't mean I was tied to AOL, Compuserve or the local ISP. I gasp bought my service from whoever I wanted. Yes, a cell modem would add more to the cost, but a contract free 7" google-updated android tablet with 3g that I could use on multiple carriers, unlocked... what's not to like about that?
Just because my PC came with a modem 15 years ago didn't mean I was tied to AOL, Compuserve or the local ISP. I gasp bought my service from whoever I wanted. You do realize that there were laws protecting your right and ability to do that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System_divestiture
Hell, there were laws that had to be passed just to let you hook a modem in: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carterfone#Landmark_regulatory_...
Before this, you could only hook in an AT&T phone into the jack, and you had to rent that from AT&T.
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I suspect the lack of a 3G/LTE option is a power play on Google's part. One of the biggest failings of Android thus far is the poor distribution of updates, and carriers do not help the situation. Without a modem Google controls 100% of the user's experience, with a modem they're subject to the whims of AT&T, Verizon, et al. I'd be very, very happy if Google wrested some control back, it might mean sane support and u…
Which... I don't get. Just because my PC came with a modem 15 years ago didn't mean I was tied to AOL, Compuserve or the local ISP. I gasp bought my service from whoever I wanted. Yes, a cell modem would add more to the cost, but a contract free 7" google-updated android tablet with 3g that I could use on multiple carriers, unlocked... what's not to like about that?
The problem is, apart from T-mobile, other mobile carriers don't incentivize you to BYO phone. It's buy a $600 phone for $99 and be locked into a 2 year, $70 a month contract or BYO phone and be on a $70 month to month contract. With BYO, you're effectively giving the carrier an extra $20 a month due to lack of subsidy. Other countries have much saner systems where BYO plans are $20 a month cheaper.
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#49is 7" really big enough for a tablet for most people? That's only slightly larger than my phone :/
I've never understood the 7" tablet argument. Yes, the size and price makes it far more appealing for kids. And women who want a Kindle++ that fits in the purse they already carry everywhere (but is too small for a 10" tablet) could make a stronger case than most. But, in general, half the size of a 10" tablet doesn't make it half as useful as a 10" tablet and thus worth half the price. Half the size makes it really…
I own a 10-inch tablet (Transformer Original) and a 7-inch-tablet (Nook Color with CM7) and I can say that the 7-inch form factor more beautifully fits the hand, and is easier on the eyes (and grip) for things like reading, light browsing, and email.
And not being able to pocket the thing, thus necessitating a bag only raises the question of: is this thing good enough to justify bringing a bag when you otherwise wouldn't?
It fits in a purse, so that's only an issue for us guys (unless you're man enough to carry a man-purse and not give a fuck what people think).
My NC can slide into some large coat pockets.
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#50Not me. Google Wallet won't accept my credit card.