Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews

[Kid_Eternity]

Apple do actually like to make profit from their hardware.

If such a device is coming then Id expect it to be somewhere between £199 and £249, I don't think Apple have much cause to make it cheaper than the Nexus 7.

With them buying up companies in the supply chain it wont be long before the economies of scale kick surely?

 

[skyscraper101]

Well, this was leaked today. Looks a bit square to me but it is just a crappy picture.

 

[elbows]

Isn't that an iPod nano?

 

[skyscraper101]

It was on engadget today so I guessed not, but know knows.

 

[skyscraper101]

Interesting. Someone's just discovered an unpublicised feature of the Nexus 7. There's a magnetic sensor on the side which has the ability to turn the srceen off when in the presence of a magnet.

http://www.slashgear.com/nexus-7-reveals-potential-for-magnetic-accessories-11238173/

 

[Radar]

Parcefarce delivered on time for once and my oh my it's smoood

Rooted it in 30 mins, directions here, it was pretty painless apart from having to use non-standard usb drivers as I'm running 64 bit windows 7

Now to see if I can get Amazon marketplace on it

 

[Radar]

Interesting. Someone's just discovered an unpublicised feature of the Nexus 7. There's a magnetic sensor on the side which has the ability to turn the srceen off when in the presence of a magnet.

Think it's assumed to be for a cover

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Smart Cover law suite bait?

 

[Radar]

Smart Cover law suite bait?

Oh god, have they got a patent for that too ?

 

[elbows]

The Guardian reviewer got a bit obsessed over the lack of landscape homescreen icons. They seemed to like it other than that, well apart from some questions about the battery, and lack of storage/connectivity/non-US music cloud stuff. Actually they spend a lot of time moaning considering they still gave it 4 stars in the end.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2012/jul/13/google-nexus-7-review

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Oh god, have they got a patent for that too ?

Wouldnt surprise me, probably pending.

 

[Radar]

The Guardian reviewer got a bit obsessed over the lack of landscape homescreen icons.

Yep, the home widget and application screens don't rotate, but the google home screen does.

 

[skyscraper101]

I really don't see what that's such a big deal.

 

[grit]

Parcefarce delivered on time for once and my oh my it's smoood

Rooted it in 30 mins, directions here, it was pretty painless apart from having to use non-standard usb drivers as I'm running 64 bit windows 7

Now to see if I can get Amazon marketplace on it

Are you in the US?

 

[Gingerman]

Looks pretty tidy for the price.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I really don't see what that's such a big deal.

It would annoy me intensely to have to switch orientations whenever I went back to the home screen - it does even on the iPhone, and apps on that are mostly portrait.

 

[thriller]

i want to get this. But just like the new ipad before it, everytime I am about buy it, I stop and think: surely the next version will be better. will have more memory and faster processor. So I never end up buying any tablet. must stop doing this. will buy nexus 7. i prefer this size. ipad is too big (and I dont like apple, anyway) so is the samsung 8.9. this is more my size.

 

[Chz]

Word is that the manufacturer, Acer, will release their own version that includes HDMI and an SD card slot. Not sure how long of a lead they're contracted to give to Google though. It's happened before with the N1/Desire twins, though almost nothing changed between those two.

 

[mack]

Word is that the manufacturer, Acer, will release their own version that includes HDMI and an SD card slot. Not sure how long of a lead they're contracted to give to Google though. It's happened before with the N1/Desire twins, though almost nothing changed between those two.

I believe you can hook up a usb stick so storage is not going to be an issue and the HDMI thing I had on my old LG O2x..I think I used it 2 or 3 times.

 

[editor]

I really don't see what that's such a big deal.

Loads of free launchers let you do it anyway.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

It would annoy me intensely to have to switch orientations whenever I went back to the home screen - it does even on the iPhone, and apps on that are mostly portrait.

It's a really odd omission, can't work out the logic of forcing that on people tbh.

 

[Callum91]

Just ordered myself the 8GB model direct from Google, £169 with P+P. The £15 of apps they give you will come in handy

 

[thriller]

whats the big deal with HDMI? Who the hell wants to stream whatever they have from the tablet to their TV? Can't see the fuss. for me this tablet will surf the net. download a few app games and watch movies/tv series on way to work. nothing more.

 

[Divisive Cotton]

Techcrunch have given it the BIG thumbs up: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/15/omg-he-likes-it-he-really-likes-it/

 

[Callum91]

whats the big deal with HDMI? Who the hell wants to stream whatever they have from the tablet to their TV? Can't see the fuss. for me this tablet will surf the net. download a few app games and watch movies/tv series on way to work. nothing more.

Streaming YouTube to my TV is something I've always wanted to be able to do.

 

[mack]

Looks like it will shipping soon..£209 just been charged to my card!

 

[editor]

Techcrunch have given it the BIG thumbs up: http://techcrunch.com/2012/07/15/omg-he-likes-it-he-really-likes-it/

And some - amazing considering he's a die hard Apple fanboy!

More broadly, the 7-inch tablet further opens the door to true mobile computing. I find myself constantly using it while walking around the house (as opposed to sitting on the couch). And I don’t think twice about shoving it in my bag when I take off for the day (as I sometimes do with my iPad when I have my laptop with me). Many could say the same about the iPad, but in my view, the 7-inch tablet is more desirable in many circumstances simply because it’s — shocker — smaller. 9.7 inches versus 7 inches may not seem like a huge difference. But it is.

 

[Kid_Eternity]

Streaming YouTube to my TV is something I've always wanted to be able to do.

Yup I do this via my xbox360 very neat.

 

[editor]

Still, Apple will no doubt soon be along to "invent" the 7" tablet.

Be hilarious if they got sued to fuck as a result

 

[peterkro]

whats the big deal with HDMI? Who the hell wants to stream whatever they have from the tablet to their TV? Can't see the fuss. for me this tablet will surf the net. download a few app games and watch movies/tv series on way to work. nothing more.

I stream the footy from my phone to the TV,although I choke at paying Sky for anything it's well cheaper than any other way.(other than buggering about with P2P streams et al)