*New* Nexus 7 - Your thoughts?

BokehBokeh Member Posts: 1,636 ■■■■■■■□□□
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Just curious what others are thinking about the new tablet. I finally found a 32gb model yesterday (most places sold out, backordered, etc). Haven't had a whole lot of time to play with it yet, but so far I am impressed. Good color on the screen, quick reaction to what ever gestures Im trying. Wish the sound could have been a bit better though.
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  • Mike-MikeMike-Mike Member Posts: 1,860
    do you have Skillport? this sounds dumb, but as I put in another thread, the Kindle Fire formats the books from Books 24x7 perfectly, if it does that, then I may get the Nexus instead
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  • binarysoulbinarysoul Member Posts: 993
    I'm also planning to buy one, but not sure if it will be good for reading/watching material from Safari Books membership site. We hope that you will tell us :)
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I want to get a smaller tablet but I was not happy with the first Nexus 7. I will wait a few months to see what issues if any are found after people use them for a while. I see the new one has TRIM support now.
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  • zxshockaxzzxshockaxz Member Posts: 108
    I'm curious what made you dissatisfied with the first one. I love mine.

    The first nexus, imo, is great for books and videos. So i assume the new one will be just as good/better. what were your thoughts on those two areas, tpatt?
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  • jamthatjamthat Member Posts: 304 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I think I'll be deciding between either this or the new Nexus 10 whenever it's announced. Leaning towards the 7 though, already have an iPad 2 available for me to use..but we'll see.
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    zxshockaxz wrote: »
    I'm curious what made you dissatisfied with the first one. I love mine.

    The first nexus, imo, is great for books and videos. So i assume the new one will be just as good/better. what were your thoughts on those two areas, tpatt?

    Chrome was terrible on it, scroll lag/stutter. I checked the Android forums and everybody kept saying to switch browsers. Except I wanted Chrome because I sync everything with it. At the time I bought it as my second tablet for reading and web browsing. I tried Dolphin browser but it didn't work properly with some web forums I went to back then.

    Also at the time for a while app developers didn't know about the Nexus 7 so apps I used said "your device is not supported". Then the tablet just started slowing down as I used it but I see Google fixed this with TRIM support to address the slow down.

    I did check the Play store for apps I regularly use on iOS and see that children's educational apps are coming out. That was kind of a big bummer for me was none of my son's apps he liked on iOS were available for Android but I see some are finally coming to Android.
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  • xXErebuSxXErebuS Member Posts: 230
    What do you guys thinking about the rooted Nooks? Thread made me look into it; looks like I'll be picking up a used Nook Color for $50 and rooting it with JB for the toddler in the home whom kills my phone battery on Hill Climb.
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  • ally_ukally_uk Member Posts: 1,145 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I'm getting one when it's released in UK :)

    Currently I have a Hyundai T7 Chinese tablet specs wise it's faster than the original Nexus but the only downfall is the battery life. I have rooted it and got with of the Chinese bloat not a bad tablet for the price :)

    I want a new nexus 7 for studying and taking notes
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  • JustFredJustFred Member Posts: 678 ■■■□□□□□□□
    It's a shame Europe is never a priority for these tech companies. The wait is just awful
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  • Asif DaslAsif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
    Updated Ars Technica review here. Engadget review here.

    I'm getting one but the screen real estate is a concern for me compared to the iPad Mini - if you look at this Wikipedia photo.. probably getting both but I still think I'd like it to be a bit wider.
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  • Asif DaslAsif Dasl Member Posts: 2,116 ■■■■■■■■□□
    JustFred wrote: »
    It's a shame Europe is never a priority for these tech companies. The wait is just awful
    That's why I use Shipito.com!
    You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. - Naguib Mahfouz

    The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
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  • About7NarwhalAbout7Narwhal Member Posts: 761
    I have had mine for 2 days now and I love it. I loved the older one as well, but this one blows it away. The speakers alone are enough for me to justify the purchase.
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  • tpatt100tpatt100 Member Posts: 2,991 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Asif Dasl wrote: »
    Updated Ars Technica review here. Engadget review here.

    I'm getting one but the screen real estate is a concern for me compared to the iPad Mini - if you look at this Wikipedia photo.. probably getting both but I still think I'd like it to be a bit wider.

    Yeah that was something I found was comic books in full page view made the text uncomfortable for me to read, the iPad mini was just right, a 10 inch tablet is optimum. The best thing for me was to use smart panel view for comics but that only works if I buy them from Comixology.
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