Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews

[elbows]

Here comes the tablet.

 

[skyscraper101]

All these speakers are so lame at public presentation

 

[maldwyn]

And if you look under your seats ...

 

[RaverDrew]

Google will tell you when the next bus or train will arrive?

Unless that's based on GPS tracking on each vehicle - it's about as useful as those countdown timers at London bus stops, or a timetable. Both largely inaccurate when traffic or other delays factor in. I've got an app in LA which uses GPS to tell me when the next bus is. And its awesome. But I can't see that working in London until GPS is put in the vehicles and enabled for developers to utilise the data.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07/bus_api/

 

[skyscraper101]

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/06/07/bus_api/

Why am I forever waiting at bus stops in London then, with the countdown saying my bus is 'due' when it's clearly nowhere to be seen

 

[skyscraper101]

Nobody bothered by 'what's this song' - cos everyone just uses Shazam.

 

[magneze]

340g eh. Interesting.

 

[maldwyn]

what's that then, internal street view?

 

[RaverDrew]

Why am I forever waiting at bus stops in London then, with the countdown saying my bus is 'due' when it's clearly nowhere to be seen

I use a free app called BusGuru and it works a treat every time

 

[skyscraper101]

They'll need that save offline maps feature because there's no sim version available, so useless without a wifi connection.

 

[maldwyn]

Flipboard does it better

 

[elbows]

what's that then, internal street view?

See the stains on the local bars floor. Its just like being there, except you can't order a pint or make eye contact with interesting humanoids.

 

[skyscraper101]

$199 is well cheap.

 

[magneze]

Available in the UK!

 

[elbows]

And now a new device, something that wasn't leaked, woooo.

 

[magneze]

No, actually this was leaked too. About an hour ago.

 

[skyscraper101]

wtf is THIS! Amazing.

 

[maldwyn]

Another British boffin

 

[skyscraper101]

Connects to your best speakers AND tv. Nice.

 

[maldwyn]

An Apple TV type thing

 

[skyscraper101]

NFC and bluetooth, and 1080p video out, and optical out. sweeet.

 

[maldwyn]

A tad over engineered

 

[skyscraper101]

Never mind Google Music.

Does it work with Spotify, and TuneIn Radio?

 

[wtfftw]

I want the pretty ball.

 

[wtfftw]

Can you list your own stuff on google play shiz or does it have to be purchased through the play store?

 

[elbows]

Too bloody expensive, fail.

 

[maldwyn]

over priced Q, but well done on the nexus 7.

 

[skyscraper101]

It's too expensive if it only works with Google Play Movies/Music.

if it works with Netflix, Spotify, TuneIn and potentially other cloud/streaming based apps, then I'm sold.

 

[skyscraper101]

Note the macbook air being discretely hidden as best as possible in the Google+ video.

 

[elbows]

From where Im sitting Google have 2 or 3 problems right now:

Their Google TV & Q hardware is too expensive.
They want to push Google+ integration on devices rather than Facebook, but Google+ isn't exactly setting the world on fire.

A year ago what I'd be griping about was the lack of cohesive store for Apps, media etc, but with Google Play hopefully they have solved that, although I still don't think enough people buy Android apps.