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Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews

Well, it is actually quite small - even a really compact keyboard is going to be noticeably wider, if it's usable and not some sort of netbook style RSI-machine. I wouldn't fuss too much about a keyboard case, I'd just get a small external keyboard (presumably those exist).
 
This doesn't look particularly elegant but seems remarkably cheap - £9.99 for a leather case with built in keyboard:
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008QBFFR8/
 
I might actually finish my app this week! Its come a long way since I first thought it was nearly done. Since it doesnt run very well on older hardware I've decided to make it require ICS or newer.
 
I seem to have bought one for £179 at Gatwick. I haven't managed to get my £15/ €20 play store credit as it's not liking my bank cards. I'm hoping that is because I'm in France. :hmm:

Anyway! I've got an app to force screen rotation. :cool:
 
Just sold my 8GB version to my dad for £100. It was nice for awhile but in the end I hardly ever used it, and on the rare occasions I felt myself reaching for the device I thought to myself ''I could be doing this on my smartphone/laptop''. It was nice whilst it lasted but it was a totally redundant product, to me.
 
I am thinking of selling my 16gb one to purchase the basic Transformer, it was my first tablet purchase and on hindsight I think a 10" would of been better suited to my needs, as well as the dock being a huge bonus...
 
FaradayCaged said:
I am thinking of selling my 16gb one to purchase the basic Transformer, it was my first tablet purchase and on hindsight I think a 10" would of been better suited to my needs, as well as the dock being a huge bonus...
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Interesting. Its pretty clear that 7" and 10" tablets are quite different beasts, and I can see why there may be a dilemma or wrong purchasing decision as a result.

I was talking to someone at whats left of the company I used to work for and she has borrowed both an iPad 2 & a Nexus 7, and cant decide which one, if either, she should buy.

Personally despite quite enjoying the nexus 7, the larger ones have a broader range of uses, and so Id find it very hard to give anyone advice confidently. I'm an app fiend and for that reason I really cant bring myself to recommend larger android tablets at the moment. Unless the core apps & functionality are what you mostly use the tablet for, 10" androids dont make the most of the larger screen size, not enough apps. My present buying advice (not that you asked for any!) is to wait for the windows 8 tablets and see how well received they are and whether they have an effect on the broader market.
 
wtfftw said:
Anyone thinking of getting one and wanting the £15 credit has to do it by the 30th. http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=2670129
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Doh, I should have finished my app quicker if I wanted to cash in on this. I was really hoping they would keep the offer going longer than this, and I get the feeling that despite nexus 7 sales probably being impressive this device isnt going to turn around Googles Play Store fortunes singlehandedly. I have a sinking feeling, perhaps prematurely but I just cant shake it. The fact I dont hear much more bitching about android apps might suggest I have atypical needs? I just spent an evening with an ipad again and its like night and day, the contrast is depressing.
 
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considering Asus's suppliers are at maximum production capacity and should be getting close to 1.5 million units per month by Christmas and still selling out between delivery's its bound to make a difference to googles play store just on sheer sales volume

I've seen quite a few places now advertising at £180 .... be a fairly long time before the MKII comes out methinks
 
I keep getting confused that it's not a phone. Not for talking but quite often I share stuff via whatsapp. :oops:
 
And it links into my NAS without even an app !....online 4TB drop box , music , photos.... the whole works , but Ill have to re organise my photo folders to be smaller , the NAS interface doesn't seem to work under android ....but the directory is visible ..... so it is accessible........ just not so pretty
 
This is rather nifty. The power's all gone from my house and - doh! - my laptop wasn't charged up, but thanks to a nifty combo of the Nexus, my phone as a wi-fi hotspot and an old fashioned Dell full-size keyboard, I'm pretty much able to work as normal.
 
The longer I own this N7 the more I love it.

Oh and the BBC have just released an iplayer app for it, and it's a bit rubbish but it is only the initial release.

Best purchase of the year!
 
What sort of battery life are people getting if they have the screen on a lot? I've mostly only used this device for great lengths of time with my app, and I was looking for a more general usage scenario for comparison - is it living up to the spec and the reviews about battery life which have mostly been rather positive?

Meanwhile my main complain about this device is that it seems to have come with a Jeffrey Archer book which is proudly on display in a widget - argh!
 
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