Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews

[rich!]

What a fudge. If your PC is on you may as well stream directly from it and use your Xbox or whatever as a controller, and it's not much use if you're travelling.

You need to install Aqua mail. Works offline, does IMAP folder management and resyncs perfectly when reconnected. Spent an entire flight cleaning my email tree...

 

[Firky]

In airport last weekend, cracked and spent 179 on the 16gb version.

It fits a suit jacket inside pocket perfectly and runs all day on one charge.

*drools*

You wear a suit?!

 

[rich!]

You wear a suit?!

Well, it does fit my professional persona better than a "fuck bush" tee and combat boots...

 

[Firky]

Just more accustomed to seeing you with twigs in your hair, covered in mud, smelling faintly of scrumpy and in a high vis jacket and camos.

 

[rich!]

Just more accustomed to seeing you with twigs in your hair, covered in mud, smelling faintly of scrumpy and in a high vis jacket and camos.

Tend to only have the phone on me then though that might change with current tablet love...

Anyway, *scrumpy*?

 

[Badgers]

 

[elbows]

Finally got a video of my app done. Selling any copies looks like it will be a challenge!

 

[editor]

I think part of the problem is that you've offered no free trial (I hardly ever buy an app without trying it) and the graphics look like they should be fed on to a larger screen - and the Nexus is one of the few tablets that is incapable of doing this.

 

[elbows]

Yes, although there are numerous other factors too, and I've partly deliberately not done a free version yet so I can try to learn something about how much difference these factors make. Obviously I wont be able to draw too many solid conclusions about android in general from sales of a single app, but I've already found a few things that probably put some developers off.

Anyway I'll probably deliver more detailed thoughts on this stuff once plenty of time has passed, doesnt seem right to get too deeply into it at the same time as initially launching it.

 

[editor]

Yes, although there are numerous other factors too, and I've partly deliberately not done a free version yet so I can try to learn something about how much difference these factors make. Obviously I wont be able to draw too many solid conclusions about android in general from sales of a single app, but I've already found a few things that probably put some developers off.

Anyway I'll probably deliver more detailed thoughts on this stuff once plenty of time has passed, doesnt seem right to get too deeply into it at the same time as initially launching it.

I'm not sure your experience would be too representative as you've built an app for just one device that hasn't got the ability to do the one thing that your app would be best suited for. Add in the fact that you're offering no trial version and I'm not surprised that no one's buying.

Have you sent it out to reviewers?

 

[elbows]

I thought I'd already hinted that I am aware that my experience with one app is not suitable for making sweeping generalisations about selling android software. However during the process I discovered some things that do apply more generally, such as the way Google handle sales taxes, and the minimum pricing they have set in some currencies.

Although some potential users would probably like tv-out, I disagree that this is the one thing my app would be best suited for. But I wont bore you with the details right now, lets just say its mostly beyond my control for this particular app.

As for reviewers etc, Im taking everything very slowly, and it may make no sense to push it hard until there is a free version available.

Cheers.

 

[editor]

Although some potential users would probably like tv-out, I disagree that this is the one thing my app would be best suited for.

Well, I'm only one user, but it's the only use I'd have for it.

 

[skyscraper101]

I like the tune.

 

[hiccup]

Well that would be mildly irritating: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/17/3515604/nexus-7-32gb-price-rumor

 

[Badgers]

Well that would be mildly irritating: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/17/3515604/nexus-7-32gb-price-rumor

Good news for people who were waiting in the wings but a bit shit for the 16GB buyers

An anonymous tip on Friday revealed to Droid-Life that at least one other retailer listed the 32GB Nexus 7 for sale, and this one came with an expected ship date: Oct. 24. Following this revelation, Android Community reported that sending the 32GB Nexus 7's product number through Google produced multiple other listings for a 32GB version.

http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/32gb-nexus-7-could-ship-oct-24-1102377

 

[editor]

Well that would be mildly irritating: http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/17/3515604/nexus-7-32gb-price-rumor

Oh, I dunno. I got the Nexus for a great price and with just about all technology, it's only going to get cheaper/better over time.

 

[wtfftw]

If I hadn't got mine cheap and with the £15 play credit I'd be annoyed at that.

But then. I've got a white s3. It's not fair that early adopters are punished. :wail:

 

[Badgers]

They seem to be selling at decent prices second hand.
£165 (£155 with £10 postage) after 26 bids for this one on eBay today.

Given that these can be picked up for £180 delivered still that is very small drop in price from new tech.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

They seem to be selling at decent prices second hand.
£165 (£155 with £10 postage) after 26 bids for this one on eBay today.

Given that these can be picked up for £180 delivered still that is very small drop in price from new tech.

Why would anyone buy a second hand one, with all the risks that goes with it, for such a small saving?

 

[Badgers]

Why would buy a second hand one, with all the risks that goes with it, for such a small saving?

My point was people are buying them second hand for a fair bit of money.
Useful if someone was thinking they really wanted a 32GB after purchasing a 16GB then they can recoup a fair amount of what they spent.

 

[fractionMan]

what can I use to read .epub files? What's the best option? Will the supplied ebook reader do it?

 

[mrs quoad]

what can I use to read .epub files? What's the best option? Will the supplied ebook reader do it?

.pdf readers?

I've only googled goodreader (which I use with moderate consistency on my iPad), but that suggests it's .epub friendly and available on android.

Having said that, I can't remember whether or not it's free.

 

[Firky]

Battery life seems marginally better since the update.

 

[contadino]

what can I use to read .epub files? What's the best option? Will the supplied ebook reader do it?

I use Aldiko. It's pretty good for epub and pdfs

 

[emanymton]

Good news for people who were waiting in the wings but a bit shit for the 16GB buyers



http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/32gb-nexus-7-could-ship-oct-24-1102377

I have only had mine a couple of weeks so a little bit annoying, but that is the way it goes with tech. if you wait you will get a better item for the same price, but you have dive in at some point or you would never buy anything. Also don't forget the £15 free credit has stopped.

 

[Badgers]

My plan is thus...

Pick up a Google's Nexus 7 32GB when it is launched, hopefully for £200 if rumours are right
Switch my HTC DHD to a Three SIM Only monthly contract - £18.90pcm for unlimited internet and tethering with loads of mins/texts
Transfer all apps and such across from the HTC DHD to the Nexus 7
Then root the HTC DHD and use it to tether the Nexus 7 and make/receive the occasional calls I still get
When the Samsung Galaxy Note II drops to a sexy price then I will get that on a new contract and sell the HTC DHD
Nexus 7 will either be kept or sold depending on my financial situation and love of the gadget

 

[Badgers]

New Argos gift guide:

Also hints of a $99 version

 

[ddraig]

ooooh
any updates on a 3g version?

 

[tarannau]

Blimey, Google's shares have apparently been suspended after they were released early (accidentally apparently), revealing a drop in 3rd quarter profits of 20%. Share price rapidly down by 9%

It may help explain why Google are so keen to subsidise the Nexus mind. Early reports seem to suggest that the advertising revenue from searches is dropping unexpectedly quickly, catching the market unawares. One of the reasons suggested is that in app advertising is cannibalising revenue, which puts Google's efforts on the Nexus a little more into context

 

[editor]

How are Google going to survive?!!

Oh. They still made billions.

But while earnings were down significantly year over year, the company still hauled in over £1.3 billion of income on £8.7 billion of revenue. That’s got to count for something, right?

The release came earlier than expected; Google’s not holding a call to discuss the quarter until later, and the numbers usually roll out about an hour before that. But since they’re here, let’s talk about ‘em! Google and its affiliates brought in £7.1 billion in revenue, of which £4.8 billion came from Google-owned sites. Paid clicks were up 33 per cent (that’s good!) but cost-per-click, a crucial profitability metric, fell 15 per cent year over year (that’s bad!).

The company’s got over £28 billion cash on hand, which pales in comparison to Apple’s war chest but is still pretty darned impressive.

So why is Wall Street so hot and bothered, sending Google stocks plummeting 10 per cent already? Because the numbers, while generally strong, don’t live up to analyst spreadsheets. And that’s fine! Stock prices are based on guesses, and what we’re watching with the stock drop is reality setting in. But don’t read too much into it in terms of Google’s overall health. Most tech companies would kill for these numbers, expectations or no.

http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2012/10/google-made-way-less-money-this-quarter-than-everyone-thought/