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An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by cdr »

Peaker wrote: post #61
w1ntermute wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had a Transformer Prime for several months and have been enjoying the supposedly unobtainable Android tablet experience that everyone is waiting for. It runs stock ICS and has a 10.1" screen, and I actually wish it had a bit more of a bezel. I really don't understand why people are ignoring the Transformer Prime. And the Transformer Infinity is coming out tomorrow, with a 1920x1200 screen, fixes to the Transform…

I bought a Galaxy Nexus phone for my girlfriend so we wouldn't have to worry about updates anymore. It's still stuck on 4.0.1 with no update in sight...

It's probably not the answer you want to hear, but you should root it. Rooting and upgrading my cheapo 2.3 phone to 4.0/CCM9 completely revitalized it. Rooting is the true magic of the Android ecosystem.

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by arpit »

ximeng wrote: post #67
vibrunazo wrote: post #60

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> iOS still kills Android for app availability though (especially when it comes to "tablet optimized" apps) I keep hearing that. But never seen it backed up. Based on exactly what does people say this? There's no efficient way to "count" Android tablet optimized apps. So how do you compare? Is it because there are some major apps that still works bad on Android tablets? If so, which ones? I remember when Honeycomb ju…

I use skritter.com for practising Chinese. They recently released an iOS app after several months work. There is currently no plan to produce an Android app, partly because there is a partial web / flash solution available on Android, but I assume also that the numbers didn't add up for putting the work in to porting the iPhone app. This is a must-have application for learning to write Chinese in my opinion, to the e…

>There is no equivalent for Android.

Have you tried MonkeyWrite? http://www.monkeywriteapp.com/

(Android only)

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by brohee »

pooriaazimi wrote: post #39
telcodud wrote: post #20

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iPad 2 has a dpi of 132, Nexus 7 213, and iPad 3 264. Nexus 7, while not "retina", is closer to iPad 3 than iPad 2.

No. You usually hold a 7" tablet closer to your eyes than a 10" one. So, for its pixels to appear the same to your poor eyes as pixels on an 246 ppi iPad 3, it must have a pixel density of 290 or so.

Your lap is closer holding a smaller tablet? That's awesome!

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by w1ntermute »

Peaker wrote: post #61
w1ntermute wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've had a Transformer Prime for several months and have been enjoying the supposedly unobtainable Android tablet experience that everyone is waiting for. It runs stock ICS and has a 10.1" screen, and I actually wish it had a bit more of a bezel. I really don't understand why people are ignoring the Transformer Prime. And the Transformer Infinity is coming out tomorrow, with a 1920x1200 screen, fixes to the Transform…

I bought a Galaxy Nexus phone for my girlfriend so we wouldn't have to worry about updates anymore. It's still stuck on 4.0.1 with no update in sight...

That doesn't sound right. I had to root and install a custom ROM to get Jelly Bean on my (Verizon) Galaxy Nexus, but I have family members with (also Verizon) Galaxy Nexuses that are unrooted and have locked bootloaders. They've already got 4.0.4.

Have you tried checking for updates in the settings? Maybe your girlfriend dismissed the update notice.

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by idspispopd »

cageface wrote: post #2

I have to give Siegler credit for actually posting an objective review of an Android device. No matter which side you favor in the tablet wars I think you have to agree that we're better off as hackers and consumers in a market with real competition. Rather than picking sides we should be happy that Apple and Google are pushing each other to improve their hardware and software at a rate we rarely see in consumer elec…

It's nice to see real discussion about good products, rather than hearing the opinions of thinly veiled loyalists.

As a person who is often mistaken for being an apple fan because I'd rather people discussed each platform factually rather than sharing false information that smells of a loyalists agenda, I'm pleased to see TC putting out a balanced review.

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by RobAtticus »

konstruktor wrote: post #74
Peaker wrote: post #61

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I bought a Galaxy Nexus phone for my girlfriend so we wouldn't have to worry about updates anymore. It's still stuck on 4.0.1 with no update in sight...

Jelly Bean is a development preview at the moment. I suppose that, like iOS 6, you have to enroll into the developer program to get it.

No it isn't? OTAs for Jelly Bean have been going on for a few days now.

http://thedroidguy.com/2012/07/google-releases-jelly-bean-ot...

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by DominikR »

pooriaazimi wrote: post #75
codeka wrote: post #58

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I didn't down vote, but how did you come up with 290 as a value?

I actually did the math in my head (Thales) and thought 290 might be just about right, but if you want to be more accurate, use http://bhtooefr.org/displaycalc.htm . The number at bottom-right is the distance "at which individual pixels will no longer be distinguishable", a.k.a Retina. Retina iPad 3: 2048x1536, 9.7" display, distance: 13", PPI: 263 A contrived Retina Nexus 7: 1700x1130, 7" display, distance: 11.75",…

And on what do you base your assumption that a Nexus 7 is held closer than an iPad?

All those numbers presented seem to be tailored to fit your "calculations". (11,75" vs 13" .. how do you come up with that?)

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by bookwormAT »

gurkendoktor wrote: post #97
vibrunazo wrote: post #60

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> iOS still kills Android for app availability though (especially when it comes to "tablet optimized" apps) I keep hearing that. But never seen it backed up. Based on exactly what does people say this? There's no efficient way to "count" Android tablet optimized apps. So how do you compare? Is it because there are some major apps that still works bad on Android tablets? If so, which ones? I remember when Honeycomb ju…

> could anyone please give me an objective argument I think it is really subjective and about the "long tail" of apps. If I say that OmniFocus locks me into the Appleverse, someone else will mention an Android-exclusive app and we'll (objectively ;)) discuss for hours. Carcassonne and Anthill may not have worthy Android ports, but I'm probably missing out on Google's best-in-class maps. The shopping experience may al…

IMHO all appstores actually fail when it comes to app discovery. It comes down to lists of apps and full text search in app descriptions, ranked by such poor metrics as number of installs or user ranking.

If you need an app for iOS or android, do the same thing you do when you need an app for the web:

ask a search engine!

http://goo.gl/kw8UK

http://goo.gl/66kVp

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by ximeng »

arpit wrote: post #112
ximeng wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use skritter.com for practising Chinese. They recently released an iOS app after several months work. There is currently no plan to produce an Android app, partly because there is a partial web / flash solution available on Android, but I assume also that the numbers didn't add up for putting the work in to porting the iPhone app. This is a must-have application for learning to write Chinese in my opinion, to the e…

>There is no equivalent for Android. Have you tried MonkeyWrite? http://www.monkeywriteapp.com/ (Android only)

Just tried it, nice enough, but not really on the same level. I'm up to 1,500+ characters on Skritter after hundreds of hours, I think that whole app with all the add-ons would take about 30 minutes to get through for me. Doesn't look to have spaced recognition like Skritter does either.

Re: An iPad Lover’s Take On The Nexus 7

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Post by jessriedel »

Tyrannosaurs wrote: post #106
jessriedel wrote: post #42

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Do you ever take hand-written notes on PDFs? This is my killer-app, and I'm desperate to find a tablet that does it well.

uPad on the iPad works pretty well for me for this though having tried a few different apps I quickly became aware that individual workflows and requirements vary massively for the seemingly simple requirement "taking notes on pdfs". http://www.appsafari.com/notes/16761/upad/

Have you used a tablet with a native stylus? I have heard that the iPad's capacitive screen doesn't handle this so well.
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