Googles Nexus 7 tablet discussion, reviews
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Yeah. They're even cheaper now
Well, not really once you include postage. My last one came in at £9.74 all in (with cheap bastard delivery)
Maurice Picarda
Actually, might as well flounce.
After waving my Nexus around on tubes and buses for months without anyone showing the slightest interest, now I am accosted daily by people asking me excitedly if it is an iPad mini.
Do they suddenly lose interest when you tell them what it is and put the knife away?
Oooh, hark at her
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hiraethified
The cod carbon fibre exterior combined with the mock suede lining really makes for an unbeatable combo.It also has a mock suede lining
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Saw my first ever Nexus 7 in the wild this morning. Literally never seen one in the wild before on public transport. Guy was reading the news...
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hiraethified
Looks like the Nexus 7 has sold around 3 million units to date, with sales picking up.
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/31/wh...s-nexus-7-sales-approach-1-million-per-month/
http://techcrunch.com/2012/10/31/wh...s-nexus-7-sales-approach-1-million-per-month/
elbows
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Popped into my former place of work today and discovered that someone had purchased a nexus 7 for home use and quickly sent it back out of disappointment. Apparently they had an ipad in the house already and it didnt compare. Being me I said 'because of the apps?' and they didnt instantly agree with my statement, but were not really able to explain what other factor could have been involved. They made some negative comment about the 'tv apps' for it not being so good. They mumbled something about getting an ipad for christmas instead, but they were not sure whether to go for the full sized ipad or the mini, so maybe they were just not sold on the smaller tablet size in general, I dunno.
Frankly despite droning on about apps I was still a little surprised to hear all this, and then I thought doh how can I mention this on u75 without it seeming just a bit too convenient given what I've been rambling on about recently. But its true, so Im going to risk posting this message
The person in question was a female who I assume is in her 20's, and I believe I've heard her describe herself as a geek in the past.
Frankly despite droning on about apps I was still a little surprised to hear all this, and then I thought doh how can I mention this on u75 without it seeming just a bit too convenient given what I've been rambling on about recently. But its true, so Im going to risk posting this message
The person in question was a female who I assume is in her 20's, and I believe I've heard her describe herself as a geek in the past.
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hiraethified
They're shifting millions of the things and customer satisfaction levels seem very high. I've no doubt some people find it's not for them but you really need to give up telling everyone that it's all down to apps, just because that's what you think.Frankly despite droning on about apps I was still a little surprised to hear all this, and then I thought doh how can I mention this on u75 without it seeming just a bit too convenient given what I've been rambling on about recently. But its true, so Im going to risk posting this message
There are many people who are very happy with what's on offer, particularly for the price.
elbows
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I did as good a job as I could of describing a conversation I had today, and I went out of my way to wonder what non-app factor may have been involved. Unless someone can convince me that there is another big factor that differentiates these devices, I have no choice but to stick to my thoughts about apps, especially as I freely accept that plenty of users may be happy with what is on offer.
Please do bear in mind that half the reason I keep going on about this is that otherwise people like yourself try to insinuate that only idiots who have a hard-on for apple or like to throw their money around would possibly choose the ipad mini over the nexus 7.
Please do bear in mind that half the reason I keep going on about this is that otherwise people like yourself try to insinuate that only idiots who have a hard-on for apple or like to throw their money around would possibly choose the ipad mini over the nexus 7.
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hiraethified
My girlfriend has just bought an Asus Transformer. She needs a capable machine for browsing, emailing, watching TV/movies, some web dev work, updating Wordpress etc etc., and after spending some time on mine decided that the Asus would be perfect.
So, no problem with apps there either.
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hiraethified
If someone has already invested a load of cash into iOS apps and doesn't mind paying a premium price for a small tablet, the iPad Mini is an excellent choice.
Not for one second have I suggested that anyone would be an 'idiot' for buying an iPad Mini, and I don't like you trying to put those words in my mouth, thanksverymuch.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Maybe I am missing out on something amazing but I have found apps to do everything I wanted with my nexus. The only one that bugged me was having to spend over £9 to get a decent app for editing word docs, but it is a great app. But I guess it depends on what you want out of a device. I image lack of inbuilt 3g would kill the deal for some but it doesn't bother me at all.
emanymton
A cat politely sat on the flaming gardener.
Whichever one is right for you.
elbows
Well-Known Member
I'll apologise for that because when I went back to find the post that sponsored my outburst, it turns out it wasnt about small tablets at all, it was a response to someone else going off on a tangent about using expensive laptops in a library. Sorry about that.
So I'll change my criticism to being more along the lines of you sneering about peoples income and how much money they have to burn. You've done that in the past, but hopefully your completely fair enough comment about premium price is the new standard for how you'll talk about this factor in future. Nothing wrong with that, and now perhaps I will shutup.
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