Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews
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elbows
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Sorry I havent taken you up on this yet. I forgot how easy it is to spend weeks refactoring and fiddling with code. Think Im well within a week of finishing it now, and on the plus side its about twice as fast as the initial version was.
How's it watching stuff on a 7 inch screen?
I'm not sure whether to go 7 inch or 10.1 inch. I'll probably use a table mostly for watching TV programmes and films whilst commuting, if I'm honest with myself. I'm tempted to go with small and cheap, but worried it might be too small (and not that cheap).
Also: 16GB does not sound like a lot of storage!
I'm not sure whether to go 7 inch or 10.1 inch. I'll probably use a table mostly for watching TV programmes and films whilst commuting, if I'm honest with myself. I'm tempted to go with small and cheap, but worried it might be too small (and not that cheap).
Also: 16GB does not sound like a lot of storage!
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hiraethified
I find it a near perfect compromise. A 10" screen would be too unwieldy (and heavy) to hold up in bed and I find the 1280 res big enough to feel a real immersive exerience.
I mean, I ended up sitting though the whole of Tranformers because the graphics were so good, ffs!
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hiraethified
No idea. I think it streamed.
Ah, bummer.
I don't have a fast enough connection for streaming, and wouldn't be able to stream whilst sitting on a train. I need to download files onto it.
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hiraethified
You can download it as well, but I've no idea how big the file is.
Oh, hold on. I think it's 1.3GB:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/go...ransformers-3-movie-streaming-downloaded.html
Cheers.
That's about 10% of the storage on one film. Which is OK, but a bit annoying. Why couldn't they have made a 32GB version or, better, 64GB?
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hiraethified
Because it wouldn't be so ridiculously dirt cheap. As it is, it's £159 or £199 and that's it. As soon as the extras start getting bolted on, the price rises and folks would probably start thinking they may as well get an iPad.
Just look at the reviews: it is an astonishing bargain.
It does review very well indeed.
Lack of storage puts me off all the tablets though, I have to admit. Because of the way I want to use them, which I fear is fundamentally not what they have been designed for -- i.e. downloading all my stuff onto them. For that reason, maybe I am better off getting a 16GB Nexus and using it at a low-storage device than a 64GB something-else and attempting to download lots of video onto it.
Lack of storage puts me off all the tablets though, I have to admit. Because of the way I want to use them, which I fear is fundamentally not what they have been designed for -- i.e. downloading all my stuff onto them. For that reason, maybe I am better off getting a 16GB Nexus and using it at a low-storage device than a 64GB something-else and attempting to download lots of video onto it.
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It's a bit like how I use my ipod classic. I just dump all my music onto it so I don't have to keep swapping out music or streaming. The tendancy though has been to focus on less local storage and more cloud storage these days. Which of course requires a connection at some point.
ddraig
kicking against the pricks...
'Docs to go'
Use an OTG USB cable & a flash drive?Balls to cloud storage!
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hiraethified
I think you can hook up a USB drive via OTG. I'll have a go later. I'm not really bothered about storage.
I can confirm that this works. I rooted the N7 and installed stick mount. My N7 can run files that are stored in my very cheap 32Gb USB stick.
This suddenly sounds like an excellent way to have a lot more memory than tablets normally have at a fraction of the price.
Why is memory so expensive in tablets anyway? How comes the iPad, for example, costs £80 to go from 16GB to 32GB and then another £80 to go from 32GB to 64GB, yet I can buy a 64GB flash drive for just over £20?
Why is memory so expensive in tablets anyway? How comes the iPad, for example, costs £80 to go from 16GB to 32GB and then another £80 to go from 32GB to 64GB, yet I can buy a 64GB flash drive for just over £20?
Crispy
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Profiteering, pure and simple.
hiccup
King of the Vagabonds
Apparently the Kingston Wi-Drive works well with the Nexus 7. Not the cheapest option, but a bit more elegant, in that you can keep the drive in your bag or wherever and stream media to your Nexus, and it doesn't require you to root your device.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B005KSXZR2/
Much as I like the idea of that, I fear that it is an over-engineered solution that may lead to annoyances. For example, it only has a four hour battery life.
I may go down that route anyway, mind.
hiccup
King of the Vagabonds
Hmmm, I don't know. Sounds potentially rubbish though.
Perhaps I was hasty in recommending it.
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