Introducing Nexus 7 = google android tablet

eboarde

HMV Grafton Street are saying they will have stock tomorrow (Friday). Probably only have stock to cover pre-orders.

EDit Medu got there ahead of me.

irishgeo

TheDoc wrote: »

Massive +1.

I've been looking for something like this for AGES.

Ideally also want something that lets me read and reply to my texts through PC.

Its weird, but when your gaming as much as I do the effort of having to pickup the phone and text, alt tab and reply with keyboard sounds much fasteer and less of a nuisance

check out airdroid app it allows you to control your phone and send and read text messages through a web browser as long as everything is on the same wifi network.

Sephiroth_dude

Anywhere online selling them?

TheDoc

Yeah sorry just noticed I hadn't specified in my post

HMV Swords.

I see alot of mention of airdroid, and was involved in its first beta test, where you needed an airdroid server component running on your PC. It was an absolute mess and the frustration and conflict with drivers and connections just made me drop it.

Will revisit it again if its solely browser based. Tried it there but its blocked in work , even being on the same wifi : /

Ste-

TheDoc wrote: »

Yeah sorry just noticed I hadn't specified in my post

HMV Swords.

I see alot of mention of airdroid, and was involved in its first beta test, where you needed an airdroid server component running on your PC. It was an absolute mess and the frustration and conflict with drivers and connections just made me drop it.

Will revisit it again if its solely browser based. Tried it there but its blocked in work , even being on the same wifi : /

Maybe they have that port blocked ?
Can you change the port it listens on ?

marcbrophy

TheDoc, you could try MyPhoneExplorer also!

I've been using this for years with no complaints.

Julius Seizure

Cyrus wrote: »

TheDoc wrote: »

Cant get in today due to work so someone picking it up for me, like a kid at christmas.

Just out of curiosity asked did they have them and what were stock like. Said they are here ready to go out and they have units for general sale. Didnt check on quantity,thats the Swords branch.

Sound bunch in there, if your hunting drop them a call and ask them to throw one aside I'm sure they can sort you out.

wheres this?

Swords :rolleyes:

Julius Seizure

Ste- wrote: »

TheDoc wrote: »

Yeah sorry just noticed I hadn't specified in my post

HMV Swords.

I see alot of mention of airdroid, and was involved in its first beta test, where you needed an airdroid server component running on your PC. It was an absolute mess and the frustration and conflict with drivers and connections just made me drop it.

Will revisit it again if its solely browser based. Tried it there but its blocked in work , even being on the same wifi : /

Maybe they have that port blocked ?
Can you change the port it listens on ?

Well I think the port is 5555. Maybe air droid.com is blocked, go into the apps settings and add a manual password, then go to the device [url]http://IP:port[/url], for example 192.168.0.102:5555

balkieb2002

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Swords :rolleyes:

You do realise he was asking what store i.e. HMV and it was answered 2 times already :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cyrus

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Swords :rolleyes:

:eek:

:rolleyes:

TheDoc

Funny that

Da just rang to say he went in and girl behind the till said they hadn't received the order yet, and will most likely be tomorrow.

This is after speaking to a fella this morning, who you woulda thought would have mentioned this to save me sending the father in.

Disappointing if this is the case

He said hed go in and ask for some definitives and then ring me back.

*Just rang me back, seemingly girl behind till rang someone, they said it would be in tomorrow. Few people had joined the disappointment crew aswell so there was a few unhappy bunnies.

O well, I guess its the price to pay for atleast knowing I'm getting one, supply seems horridly short. A little pee'd I'd to send me da all the way in for nothing, he bumped off work for me like. You'd think your man woulda said this morning " listen we havn't got them in yet, if you want to maybe ring in later on to check" as I specifically rang to ask was it OK if my father picked it up for , as I couldn't get into the store.

le sigh

Julius Seizure

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Swords :rolleyes:

You do realise he was asking what store i.e. HMV and it was answered 2 times already :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Whoops, I thought we were on the topic of HMV anyway, and my phone hadn't reloaded fully to show the replies. Sorry though!

On another note, to anyone who has the tablet, are you noticing any instabilities with chrome? I have it on my 1x and I'm finding when I resume the app it reloads, (making me think I'm up to date) but it actually doesn't? And aswell at least once a day it loads most of the way, then shows a white screen for any webpage. Stays that way until I force stop. Don't get me wrong I love chrome, it just still feels beta and could be risky pushing it out as the only option (stock) on these tablets...

balkieb2002

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Whoops, I thought we were on the topic of HMV anyway, and my phone hadn't reloaded fully to show the replies. Sorry though!

On another note, to anyone who has the tablet, are you noticing any instabilities with chrome? I have it on my 1x and I'm finding when I resume the app it reloads, (making me think I'm up to date) but it actually doesn't? And aswell at least once a day it loads most of the way, then shows a white screen for any webpage. Stays that way until I force stop. Don't get me wrong I love chrome, it just still feels beta and could be risky pushing it out as the only option (stock) on these tablets...

No Prob, this thread gets confusing

Regarding Chrome.. I'm having no issues with it at all. Been using it since I got ICS on my SGII and this latest release just feels smoother.
Just did a few tests there. Opended up a few webpages. Closed application and re-opened - chrome loaded up previous page I was on straight away and loaded up rest of tabs in background.
When using multi-task to switch between a few programs - all tabs stay fully loaded.

GrumPy

My cover arrived today. Decent fit, and seems like good material for a cheap early third party product. The stand function isn't the greatest though and the delivery was expensive to Ireland considering what it is. Still, I wanted to get a decent cover asap because I will let this thing fall and the screen will get destroyed if I don't cover it up.

mise

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Whoops, I thought we were on the topic of HMV anyway, and my phone hadn't reloaded fully to show the replies. Sorry though!

On another note, to anyone who has the tablet, are you noticing any instabilities with chrome? I have it on my 1x and I'm finding when I resume the app it reloads, (making me think I'm up to date) but it actually doesn't? And aswell at least once a day it loads most of the way, then shows a white screen for any webpage. Stays that way until I force stop. Don't get me wrong I love chrome, it just still feels beta and could be risky pushing it out as the only option (stock) on these tablets...

I'm having the same problems in my SGSII, regularly enough for me to go back to the default browser. I'm on ICS too. I might try to reinstall it, tho the whole phone does seems to occasionally lag a bit since I've started using Chrome.

the whole year inn

Custom roms which ones are best and well is it worth leaving stock?

balkieb2002

GrumPy wrote: »

My cover arrived today. Decent fit, and seems like good material for a cheap early third party product. The stand function isn't the greatest though and the delivery was expensive to Ireland considering what it is. Still, I wanted to get a decent cover asap because I will let this thing fall and the screen will get destroyed if I don't cover it up.

How much did it cost you in the end? Does the magnetic area of it work?

I'm hopefully won't regret it but I'm going to hold out till better selection of are available, was tempted to get this one as seller was from Ireland and looks decent.

the whole year inn wrote: »

Custom roms which ones are best and well is it worth leaving stock?

100% recommend MoDaCo Custom Jelly Bean ROM for the Nexus 7. Been using it for past couple of days and it feels exactly like the stock rom but with quite
a few advantages over stock i.e. flash, google apps, keyboard, landscape etc. You can read more about changes on the site or I can give you a more personal view of it

belmulletman

GrumPy wrote: »

My cover arrived today. Decent fit, and seems like good material for a cheap early third party product. The stand function isn't the greatest though and the delivery was expensive to Ireland considering what it is. Still, I wanted to get a decent cover asap because I will let this thing fall and the screen will get destroyed if I don't cover it up.

I was thinking of getting this exact same cover.
Any good? Would you recommend? I see they are like 9pounds now! :-D

GrumPy

belmulletman wrote: »

I was thinking of getting this exact same cover.
Any good? Would you recommend? I see they are like 9pounds now! :-D

Magnetic feature works well, postage is expensive though! But happy with it. It ended up costing 18 Euro in total.

apope8

Very easy step by step here for the $25 credit just did it there myself took all of 5 mins

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792592&highlight=credit

Only have this tablet an hour and already in love with it!!

one man clappin

What format does the Nexus 7 use for videos please?

I have a number of videos in iTunes that I would like to transfer to the 7.

micks_address

What the odds of hmv actually having stock tomorrow I wonder? Lunch time today they said it was being shipped from UK today so they would have it in store lunchtime tomorrow or Saturday morning

balkieb2002

one man clappin wrote: »

What format does the Nexus 7 use for videos please?

I have a number of videos in iTunes that I would like to transfer to the 7.

Most formats I think, just make sure use a decent free player like MX Player.

Most of the films I watch are .mkv and that plays them fine. The above player is also able to play mp4, avi etc..

A paid example is DicePlayer which plays AVI,MOV,MKV,FLV,AVI,3GP,3G2,ASF,WMV,MP4,M4V,TS,MTP,M2TS

Actually DicePlayer also come in an Ad Version which is free so either player would do you fine. Unlike Apple products your not limited to your viewing format. Most even work with subs!

dregin

Had a play with the display model in PC World in the Jervis Centre and was very impressed. The guy there told me they weren't expecting another delivery for 3 weeks Thinking of heading to HMV Grafton St. before work in the morning...

marcbrophy

So, hmv are due to sell these tomorrow then?

ceegee

marcbrophy wrote: »

So, hmv are due to sell these tomorrow then?

Was in hmv swords last night, guy there said either today or monday but couldnt say for sure. will be calling in this morning, will post if ive an update

TheDoc

ceegee wrote: »

Was in hmv swords last night, guy there said either today or monday but couldnt say for sure. will be calling in this morning, will post if ive an update

Bout to ring myself in the next few minutes....

dregin

Dropped into HMV Grafton Street just before 9 this morning and they hadn't arrived. Today, tomorrow or Monday they expect to have em in.

Put my name on their waiting list, but no idea how far down that I am

TheDoc

TheDoc wrote: »

Bout to ring myself in the next few minutes....

HMV Swords fella just said he had them in his hand as the delivery just arrived.

So Father going again at lunch to grab it for me

balkieb2002

TheDoc wrote: »

HMV Swords fella just said he had them in his hand as the delivery just arrived.

So Father going again at lunch to grab it for me

Hopefully he has more luck then yesterday