Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews
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usb2go cable plus a flash drive works just fine..
Well, I went down to Dixons to have a go on one and lunch but I decided that screen was just too small for what I wanted.
Then I noticed that they were selling a 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 for £249. So I bought one.
Now would be a good time to tell me if I've made a dreadful mistake! I thought the price was too good to pass up.
And will the flash drive trick work with this Android tablet too?
Cheers!
Then I noticed that they were selling a 16GB Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 for £249. So I bought one.
Now would be a good time to tell me if I've made a dreadful mistake! I thought the price was too good to pass up.
And will the flash drive trick work with this Android tablet too?
Cheers!
elbows
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At that price its hard to see it as an obvious mistake.
Its most obvious weakness compared to some other 10.1" Android tablets is that its only a dual-core processor rather than quadcore. But for quite a large range of uses I really doubt this matters, and although I havent done a comprehensive analysis of prices you are probably talking about £100-£150 more for the quadcore ones.
Now the Nexus 7 is a quadcore too and obviously a lovely price, but if the 7" screen isnt big enough for your needs then so be it.
The iPad 3 is much better in terms of software and screen res but is obviously lots more money, and people considering an android tablet likely have their reasons for not wanting an apple.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
I do hope so.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I reckon so.
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Sent from my iPad
gawkrodger
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can you d/l torrents on a nexus 7?
FaradayCaged
I like pancakes, do you like pancakes?
Been salivating over this since it was announced... finally in a financial position to get one. 2 weeks to pay day!! Woop Woop.
Dont know whether to get it from Google, get the £15 free Google Play vouchers but have to wait a day or two for it to be delivered or get it from one the the multiple retailers selling it and walk away with it there and then??
Apparently(i read somewhere) that Google/Asus are selling the 8gb version practically at cost but the 16gb version costs them only $5 more to make but are selling it for £40 more... I think thats why the price difference is so close, to make you just opt for the 16gb version as its only that little bit more.
Dont know whether to get it from Google, get the £15 free Google Play vouchers but have to wait a day or two for it to be delivered or get it from one the the multiple retailers selling it and walk away with it there and then??
Apparently(i read somewhere) that Google/Asus are selling the 8gb version practically at cost but the 16gb version costs them only $5 more to make but are selling it for £40 more... I think thats why the price difference is so close, to make you just opt for the 16gb version as its only that little bit more.
FaradayCaged
I like pancakes, do you like pancakes?
Yes. Its not whether you can on the Nexus 7 its more of whether you can on Android, and yes you can; just need to get a torrent app.
UnderOpenSky
baseline neural therapy
Been salivating over this since it was announced... finally in a financial position to get one. 2 weeks to pay day!! Woop Woop.
Dont know whether to get it from Google, get the £15 free Google Play vouchers but have to wait a day or two for it to be delivered or get it from one the the multiple retailers selling it and walk away with it there and then??
Apparently(i read somewhere) that Google/Asus are selling the 8gb version practically at cost but the 16gb version costs them only $5 more to make but are selling it for £40 more... I think thats why the price difference is so close, to make you just opt for the 16gb version as its only that little bit more.
That would make a lot of sense given the price of Flash memory. A crying shame that it doesn't come with a micro sd slot
elbows
Well-Known Member
Been salivating over this since it was announced... finally in a financial position to get one. 2 weeks to pay day!! Woop Woop.
Dont know whether to get it from Google, get the £15 free Google Play vouchers but have to wait a day or two for it to be delivered or get it from one the the multiple retailers selling it and walk away with it there and then??
Apparently(i read somewhere) that Google/Asus are selling the 8gb version practically at cost but the 16gb version costs them only $5 more to make but are selling it for £40 more... I think thats why the price difference is so close, to make you just opt for the 16gb version as its only that little bit more.
I didnt get mine from Google, I got it it from Tesco direct. And I got the £15 play voucher - its not a physical voucher but something credited to google account when first setting up the device.
The 15 pound voucher comes free whoever you buy From. Got mine from ebuyer. Odd thing is. I'm not a book person, but have started to read treasure island on it and found myself more interested in reading as opposed to having an actual physical copy. But I've been watching Grimm TV show on it the most.
gawkrodger
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Almost bought one today but was put off by the lack of USB port. I use a memory stick so much it's a real drawback for me. Any way round this problem (and I don't mean hosting all my files online)
N7 owners
To to Google search engine in chrome, you can now handwrite your searches. It reads everything but my S and Os, but it is learning.
I have a feeling if Google keep this up iPads are in for a bloody nose.
OTG cable and memory stick? Works with a flash drive.
To to Google search engine in chrome, you can now handwrite your searches. It reads everything but my S and Os, but it is learning.
I have a feeling if Google keep this up iPads are in for a bloody nose.
OTG cable and memory stick? Works with a flash drive.
You can get clients so I guess so. Haven't tried as I have a dedicated box for seeding and leaching Linux distros...
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
I wouldn't bet on it, iPads are nearly 70% of the tablet market without a 7" model and having already seen a reasonably popular 4/5 million unit selling Kindle fire barely make a dent in the market share...
gawkrodger
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So I've bit the bullet and bought one. Liking it very much so far. Expect a raft of questions soon !ha
elbows
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Yay my app now runs at 60 frames per second on the Nexus 7. That just using the equivalent of 100% of one of the 4 CPU cores, although compared to the dual-cores of my Galaxy Nexus phone it still seems to help since on android quite a number of other cpu tasks unrelated to my app seem to rear their head quite often, and cause notable framerate burps on the phone that I dont get with the Nexus 7. Anyway with the option to run it as less fps to save battery if the user so chooses also complete, I think my work on the performance side of the code is done.
Wont be too much longer until I stop being so vague about what my app actually does, honest. Unless I get stuck for ages trying to come up with a name for it, which I cant afford to do since Im nearly out of money.
Wont be too much longer until I stop being so vague about what my app actually does, honest. Unless I get stuck for ages trying to come up with a name for it, which I cant afford to do since Im nearly out of money.
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I still haven't ordered this for my daughter. The Tesco voucher doesn't seem to be working and I resent having to either pay for delivery (by sometime next week - a long time these days) or go to a store a way away to collect it despite living directly opposite a Tesco.
And nowhere except Google Play do the 8gb version; they charge for delivery and will also take a week, and all the problem tablets seem to have come direct from them.
So now I can't decide where to buy the bloody thing or whether to get it at all. It seems to be cursed. I think I'll end up buying something else altogether.
And nowhere except Google Play do the 8gb version; they charge for delivery and will also take a week, and all the problem tablets seem to have come direct from them.
So now I can't decide where to buy the bloody thing or whether to get it at all. It seems to be cursed. I think I'll end up buying something else altogether.
Ted Striker
Foot's on the other hand
scifisam
feck! arse! girls! drink!
I'd rather get the 8gig version. Nowhere else sells that.
The lack of a USB port is really putting me off. I don't really understand what OTG cable etc means.
The 8Gb version isn't even going to be launched in Italy, and the 16Gb version will be selling for EUR 279, so I got a mate in London to get me an 8Gb version last week. Ordered at 4pm, delivered before lunchtime the next day. From what I've read the screen issues are now resolved.
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