Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews
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hiraethified
The tablet will keep on working if you drop it in the bath, in case you were wondering.
http://www.wirefresh.com/watch-a-nexus-7-and-ipad-being-dunked-in-a-bath-which-survives/
http://www.wirefresh.com/watch-a-nexus-7-and-ipad-being-dunked-in-a-bath-which-survives/
mack
Fact Me Till I Fart
That's the one I have, it arrived after a couple of days.
elbows
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I dont think they would have bothered with this project if they werent looking for very high demand from the get-go. I would not be surprised if the stuff about them being surprised by 16GB vs 8GB demand is true, since all these companies get a bit carried away with how much the cloud actually means to lots of people, especially where there are international weaknesses in their content offerings.
I still consider it a pretty big launch, with the initial announcement of the product being plenty high-profile, pre-orders being taken, etc. And as they dont have their own retail outlets its hardly surprising that we havent been treated to the sight of people queuing up for a dramatic highstreet launch.
One of the main reasons I still consider it a big launch is the amount of press attention the Nexus 7 has received. Given that some complained about how much sections of the media gushed over some of Apples wares, and considered it a factor in Apples success, I have no interest in downplaying the same phenomenon when observed happening with an android tablet. Whether this press attention will be sustained is another question, especially as some of the attempts at analysis still think androids tablet woes are not over, regardless of how many of these Google sell. Im sure I will drone on about that some more once I've recovered from sleep deprivation due to having to get up early to sit around waiting for mine to turn up.
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hiraethified
The point is that it launched to precisely zero TV or press advertising campaigns in the UK, and yet still garnered a lot of attention and - by all accounts - tons of sales.
It makes you wonder what will happen when the general public (i.e. those who don't keep up to date with tech blogs) find out about this little bargain.
Oh come off it, it's had massive exposure already.
There's been feature articles about it for weeks in pretty much every broadsheet, tabloid, and free rag.
I was at a family shindig over the weekend with a load of middle age folk, most of whom barely know how to even operate a smartphone or computer, and pretty much all of them had heard of the Nexus 7, and were asking me if it was worth getting over an iPad.
Kid_Eternity
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Have to admit I'm curious about the actual numbers sold. I see lots of fandroid hype about it selling out but not much on how many units sold to give its 'success' some actual context.
elbows
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Frankly I'd have been rather surprised if demand did not exceed supply at this stage. The early adopter/tech crowd are always likely to try to snap up more devices than are available in a particular country the first few weeks or months after launch, at least so long as the device is actually highly anticipated, which this one clearly has been since the day it was announced and it was clear how cheap it would be. Without any clue as to how much stock was initially available, I cant draw many conclusions yet, other than being able to rule out it being an inexplicable dud from the word go.
Sensible budget-concious consumers interested in smaller tablets should wait to see what the competition will respond with, and given the ipad mini and now some new Amazon tablet rumours, many probably will. Looking ahead to the key pre-Christmas sales battleground, there are still too many unknowns in terms of the competition to make any predictions, but if I were Google I would be hoping that a load more compelling 7-inch tablet suitable apps & games appear before then, as I remain somewhat underwhelmed by the Google Play store. For a start the game situation has not improved to quite the extent I was lead to believe. And the company behind Dead Rising just explained their price drop from 99p to free as being due to absurd levels of piracy on the android platform. Given that I've now taken a great risk by investing time & money into this platform, I remain nervous. From a dev point of view we need this tablet not only to sell real well, but to evolve android tablet users habits somewhat, towards actually buying some content more often. OK some devs can embrace other monetization strategies but the sort of apps and games I want to make myself and see others create for android tablets dont fit terribly well with these alternatives.
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hiraethified
Sure. But there's been zero TV coverage and that makes a huge difference.
elbows
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Mine arrived a few hours ago. Im too tired to do much with it right now but Im certainly finding the size fascinating. Since the days of mucking around with pocket pc's, windows phones, nokia N800 and Sony PSP I always wanted the screen to be a fair bit bigger on handheld devices. Despite vast improvements to resolution/pixel density this carried on into the modern smartphone era, where I knew I wouldn't actually spend all that much time doing the smart stuff with these devices due to the size of their screen. Switching from an iPhone to a Galaxy Nexus last year to get a bit more screen size was not quite enough of a difference maker to change this for me.
In the meantime I was very happy with the size of the iPad, especially for the music creation apps which have given the ipad most value to me. But when I got my mum a kindle (non-touchscreen, non-keyboard one) for christmas, I could certainly see the appeal of something more that sort of size. However I hadnt exactly spent hours obsessing over the size conundrum, and it was the price and possible mass appeal of the nexus 7 which caught my attention rather than the size or aspect ratio. But now I've actually got it in my hand the size really is the most striking thing, its solved an old desire that I forgot I even had.
Obviously I'll give it points for its weight and being able to hold it in one hand. Im hoping this also makes it less likely that I'll be embarrassed to whip it out in a range of situations, fnar fnar. Although the temptation to hold it to my ear and pretend its a comically oversized smartphone might be hard for me to resist, especially as I have large ears!
The size of screen looks like it will be great for a range of books and games, with some potential exceptions such as illustrated textbooks etc, or for certain 'multi player' scenarios which have at least hinted at their potential on the ipad (eg parent & child sharing some activity on the tablet) and wont translate quite as well to a 7 inch device like this one. And given that magazine-sized formats seem just a bit too cramped even on the ipad, I think its safe to say that content which is formatted specifically for a range of tablet screen sizes remains the more compelling. Right now I can already tell that much of what Im gawping at on this Nexus 7 is exactly the same as what I'd see on the Galaxy Nexus, just larger, rather than fitting more content in. I will be interested to see how much this changes in future. Not fatal if it doesnt, but not exactly going to help androids more general tablet app depth issues if devs just see it as a large smartphone.
Anyway thats enough waffle for now, time to lie down for a bit and see how much the speaker pleases or disappoints me. And zen pinball. I can already predict that Id like some clip-on physical controllers for this to fulfil my gaming desires.
In the meantime I was very happy with the size of the iPad, especially for the music creation apps which have given the ipad most value to me. But when I got my mum a kindle (non-touchscreen, non-keyboard one) for christmas, I could certainly see the appeal of something more that sort of size. However I hadnt exactly spent hours obsessing over the size conundrum, and it was the price and possible mass appeal of the nexus 7 which caught my attention rather than the size or aspect ratio. But now I've actually got it in my hand the size really is the most striking thing, its solved an old desire that I forgot I even had.
Obviously I'll give it points for its weight and being able to hold it in one hand. Im hoping this also makes it less likely that I'll be embarrassed to whip it out in a range of situations, fnar fnar. Although the temptation to hold it to my ear and pretend its a comically oversized smartphone might be hard for me to resist, especially as I have large ears!
The size of screen looks like it will be great for a range of books and games, with some potential exceptions such as illustrated textbooks etc, or for certain 'multi player' scenarios which have at least hinted at their potential on the ipad (eg parent & child sharing some activity on the tablet) and wont translate quite as well to a 7 inch device like this one. And given that magazine-sized formats seem just a bit too cramped even on the ipad, I think its safe to say that content which is formatted specifically for a range of tablet screen sizes remains the more compelling. Right now I can already tell that much of what Im gawping at on this Nexus 7 is exactly the same as what I'd see on the Galaxy Nexus, just larger, rather than fitting more content in. I will be interested to see how much this changes in future. Not fatal if it doesnt, but not exactly going to help androids more general tablet app depth issues if devs just see it as a large smartphone.
Anyway thats enough waffle for now, time to lie down for a bit and see how much the speaker pleases or disappoints me. And zen pinball. I can already predict that Id like some clip-on physical controllers for this to fulfil my gaming desires.
magneze
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Nice! Thanks for that.
elbows
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And now in english from a device with a proper keyboard. Regarding surfing the web:
Looks weird in landscape mode, like someone stole half the screen. Looks better in portrait surprisingly, but things are a bit too small to click on.
Not unexpected, no surprise that the ipad size & aspect ratio are a better fit for websites.
Looks weird in landscape mode, like someone stole half the screen. Looks better in portrait surprisingly, but things are a bit too small to click on.
Not unexpected, no surprise that the ipad size & aspect ratio are a better fit for websites.
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hiraethified
The browser should zoom right on in for small text links. It's very useful.
Gingerman
Is a great bunch of lads.....
Ordered one from Tescos yesterday,getting it today hopefully.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I need to get one in person rather than real life, preferably, because my pay went into the wrong (cash-only) account. If my daughter gets her birthday present late then she'll be fine with that, but I'm just going to try to get it in time for her birthday if I can. Never occurred to me there'd be such high demand - I started looking ten days before her birthday and that's usually ample time for a delivery. I also assumed I'd just be able to go onto Amazon and get a Prime delivery, but they don't even sell it.
skyscraper101
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Where can you get one in person?
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