Introducing Nexus 7 = google android tablet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMQdfGFK5XQ

go ahead and start drooling

_Kaiser_

meh.. looks like one of those cheap iPad clones - some of which, like the Ainol's are getting pretty good and a lot cheaper than this will be?

"Quad Core" - so? I haven't seen my SGS2 and now Galaxy Note get stressed yet by anything I've thrown at it. Marketing spin.

Also massive bezel is massive which is funny cause one of them talks about the "end to end" display. If it actually WAS end to end (and bigger than 7") I might be more impressed... but then I'm looking at it from using a 5.3" as it is.

That's just me though.

unkel

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

meh.. looks like one of those cheap iPad clones

Are you joking?

ipad 2 - 1024*768 - dual core - $499
Google tablet - 1280*800 - quad core - $199

I'll finally be buying a tablet so

Buying a $99 device and paying $499 for it has never been something I could bare to do. Apples are not for me.

Professey Chin

I dont see the problem with the bezel since I need to actually hold it comfortably. Edge to edge screens dont make sense for anything you want to read on unless you create a dead space on the borders.
And multi-cores can be a lot more beneficial (when used properly). Operations spread out over 4 cores is better for your battery then 2 cores doing the same at higher frequency(and using more power in the process)
4 men can pull a cart easier and for longer then 2 :P

Ruffty^

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Also massive bezel is massive.

Agreed, it's small to begin with. The google presentation said it is very responsive, that's good because you will be doing alot more screen manipulation that is for sure. I would never have bought it anyway because I don't see the point of 7" tablets, considering the level phones are at. I would always go for 10".
I watched a hands on with the google nexus, there was no memory expansion slot on the 8gig one. I can't believe that. I guess google are trying to lock people into using their google play or other services they have. 8gig/16gig storage? I'm sorry, that is absolute tripe.

AlmightyCushion

It's a nice looking tablet but I'm not really a fan of 7" tablets. I'd go with a 10" one myself. Lack of expandable storage is a big turn off for me as well.

unkel

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

It's a nice looking tablet but I'm not really a fan of 7" tablets. I'd go with a 10" one myself.

I was set to go for a 10" because none of the 7" ones had a decent resolution. One has now though!

I'm just glad I haven't bought any tablet yet. None of the tablets for sale until now would have ticked the box for me. Decent spec, way overpriced? Nah. Low resolution, reasonable price? Nah.

Great resolution, reasonable price? Jay

AlmightyCushion

unkel wrote: »

I was set to go for a 10" because none of the 7" ones had a decent resolution. One has now though!

I'm just glad I haven't bought any tablet yet. None of the tablets for sale until now would have ticked the box for me. Decent spec, way overpriced? Nah. Low resolution, reasonable price? Nah.

Great resolution, reasonable price? Jay

I have to admit it is a cracking price. Hopefully, they're firing these things off the assembly line. Should bring a nice bit of competition.

Professey Chin

I hope they market it right.
Google have a bad habit of relying on nerd word of mouth to spread good word instead of marketing things properly (well until it has a foothold then they market it)

unkel

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Google have a bad habit of relying on nerd word of mouth to spread good word

Like in here?

Professey Chin

unkel wrote: »

Like in here?

Pretty much. Christ Im one of their head preachers :pac:

bpb101

what happened to nexus 1 through 6

unkel

The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Pretty much. Christ Im one of their head preachers :pac:

Well we will just have to live with the fact that millions of eejits pay silly money for inferior devices

AlmightyCushion

bpb101 wrote: »

what happened to nexus 1 through 6

I imagine they figured a 1" tablet wouldn't sell very well.

Professey Chin

bpb101 wrote: »

what happened to nexus 1 through 6

Nexus One

bpb101

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

I imagine they figured a 1" tablet wouldn't sell very well.

good point never noticed its a 7in tab
so what do they called the sec gen
nextus 7II

Sesshoumaru

I've been holding off buying a 7" tablet (my preferred tablet size) as I thought the current offerings were poor. My HTC One X had quad core, so I wasn't going to buy a tablet with less cores and less resolution on the screen. This tablet definitely hits the sweet spot on price and features!

beno619

With THD games it will be a killer gaming device and its alot cheaper than a ps vita with better battery life too.

steve_r

beno619 wrote: »

With THD games it will be a killer gaming device and its alot cheaper than a ps vita with better battery life too.

Kinda agree and disagree - depends on type of games, some games (IMO) are tougher with touch controls, e.g. GTA Chinatown is easier to control on DS/3DS than on IPad

Back on topic.....
I like the look of the device and that they are trying to be price competitive is great use for consumers. However 7" is that awkward middle ground, it's too big for a pocket but it's not big enough (IMO) to read things like magazines etc.

I presume that cause it's android you would share all your apps etc? I've an Ipad that doesn't talk to my old Android phone.........or at least I don't know how to anyway.

touts

When will it be available over here? The Kindle Fire never made it outside the US.

Nolimits

According to clove the £159 is excluding VAT http://www.clove.co.uk/nexus-7 bringing the price up to £190.80 and £238.80 for the 16gb

MackDeToaster

No sd-card means it's an utter fail for me. For the sake of a few cents worth of components that's just ridiculous. And no, I don't want to depend on the cloud thank you very much.

elderlemon

Over the last year I've looked at how my friends and family use their ipads/android tablets. None, i repeat, none of them ever ever took the tab outside the house and none ever ever used the sd card.

Some of them have nas drives, others just share from a laptop drive so getting extra space was never a problem. Throw in cloud space and I doubt they would ever miss the sd card.

tablets are primarily media consuming devices - they need to be connected to the net and if they are then why do they need much local storage.

I was firmly in the boat that an sd card was a requirement. Now I'm not so sure.

MackDeToaster wrote: »

No sd-card means it's an utter fail for me. For the sake of a few cents worth of components that's just ridiculous. And no, I don't want to depend on the cloud thank you very much.

listermint

elderlemon wrote: »

Over the last year I've looked at how my friends and family use their ipads/android tablets. None, i repeat, none of them ever ever took the tab outside the house and none ever ever used the sd card.

Some of them have nas drives, others just share from a laptop drive so getting extra space was never a problem. Throw in cloud space and I doubt they would ever miss the sd card.

tablets are primarily media consuming devices - they need to be connected to the net and if they are then why do they need much local storage.

I was firmly in the boat that an sd card was a requirement. Now I'm not so sure.

Ya i was the same with my samsung galaxy nexus. what? no Micro SD Slot! What?

It has made zero difference to my use of the device at all and it hasnt missed a heartbeat.

Atomic Pineapple

We're moving to a more connected world, people are going to have to get used to no SD cards sooner or later as it's going to become the norm.

elderlemon

Actually I think having an SD card on a phone is a little different. We carry our phones with us all the time so having lots of space for music, documents etc is great. Maybe in the future when we have cheap roaming we can stay connected all the time but right now we can't.

tablets on the other hand rarely make it outside the home. yes there are exceptions but the norm is that they sit in kitchens or living rooms and stay connected to the home wifi 24/7.

You don't even need to download music onto tablets now. Either store it on the nas drive or upload it to google music (if we had it in this country) or some other service. Same with photos and video. These are the major space consumers.

listermint wrote: »

Ya i was the same with my samsung galaxy nexus. what? no Micro SD Slot! What?

It has made zero difference to my use of the device at all and it hasnt missed a heartbeat.

Scruff

I have a Fire and the lack of SD card is a nightmare.
1) No Amazon store over here so cant consume from the cloud (without rooting for play store)
2) USB transfer is slower than usb 1.0 standard. The usb chip they used is completely ****e. it took me over 20 mins to transfer a 179mb video.
3) Doesnt support upnp\dnla so cant stream to it from a NAS.

So i just use it as an ebook reader, the occasional web browsing and for the young lad to every now and again watch the couple of cartoons i did copy onto it.
but as a tablet it is rubbish.

Atomic Pineapple

Scruff wrote: »

I have a Fire and the lack of SD card is a nightmare.
1) No Amazon store over here so cant consume from the cloud (without rooting for play store)
2) USB transfer is slower than usb 1.0 standard. The usb chip they used is completely ****e. it took me over 20 mins to transfer a 179mb video.
3) Doesnt support upnp\dnla so cant stream to it from a NAS.

So i just use it as an ebook reader, the occasional web browsing and for the young lad to every now and again watch the couple of cartoons i did copy onto it.
but as a tablet it is rubbish.

The Kindle Fire is well known for being rubbish anyway

Professey Chin

Designed & Manufactured in 4 months and being sold at cost O_o
http://www.theverge.com/2012/6/28/3122811/nexus-7-manufacturing-cost-design-time

Technophobe

listermint wrote: »

Ya i was the same with my samsung galaxy nexus. what? no Micro SD Slot! What?

It has made zero difference to my use of the device at all and it hasnt missed a heartbeat.

Plus one on that...

spr1nt3r

No news of availability in Ireland. Amazon don't have them either. It's going to be another fiasco with €199 device now sold for €250 because.. "what are you going to do about it? we charge what we want and we do know you have no other options!". Come on Amazon.. They are obviously busy making their own Kindle Fire (I do think it's on fire now since this is out in few weeks in UK and US) available in UK.