Nexus 7 review: The best $200 tablet you can buy

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 3:30 AM UTC

esolyt wrote: post #81

ajross wrote: post #44

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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.

The problem is you will always want to put the tablet on the internet, because it is useless without it. It is an extra burden to take your phone out and turn tethering on everytime you want to pick up your tablet.

Post by CrazedGeek » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 4:02 AM UTC

superskrull wrote: post #83

majorlazer wrote: post #79

In 2008, when the Eee PC was revolutionizing the computing world and driving every manufacturer to make cheaper and smaller laptops, Sony washed its hands of the whole thing. The "race to the bottom," the company said, would profoundly impact the industry, killing profit margins and flooding the market with cheap, terrible machines. Sony was wrong, its stance lasting about a year before joining the competition with i…

The best $200 tablet you can buy is a refurb iPad 1.

Post by ajross » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 5:02 AM UTC

esolyt wrote: post #81

ajross wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The problem is you will always want to put the tablet on the internet, because it is useless without it. It is an extra burden to take your phone out and turn tethering on everytime you want to pick up your tablet.

Post by Ecio78 » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 6:49 AM UTC

moe wrote: post #73

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Cell modem would easily add $100 to the price; not to mention having to pair it with a carrier (which Google doesn't seem willing to do just yet). They could do unlocked, but contract-free, tablet only SIMs aren't very common in the US yet. Plus, don't believe Asus has shipped many cell-equipped tablets yet. Am a bit surprised they didn't do some sort of "instant tethering" feature: tap your phone and tablet, they pi…

I think many people are still not aware of MiFi[1] and the ilk. If you are amongst those who miss 3G in $device then check them out now, you might be in for a pleasant surprise. (personally I have a huawei 585 and can recommend it wholeheartedly, it's even smaller than the MiFis!) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiFi

Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Fri, Jun 29, 2012, 6:55 AM UTC

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bookwormAT wrote: post #31

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"Sorry! Devices on Google Play is not available in your country yet."

I thought they were selling for cost price. AU249 for 8Gb and AU299 for 16Gb.