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| Review: Nexus 7 |
| By Thom Holwerda on 2012-08-11 17:22:34 |
| Nobody needs a tablet, but many people still want a tablet. This is still the core differentiator between a 'real' computer and a tablet. At least in The Netherlands, you can't function in society without a desktop or laptop connected to the internet, so people need a computer. A tablet, though? Hence, the most common thing people have told me when they played with my iPad 2 is this: I'd love to have a tablet, but not for hundreds of euros. Enter Google's Nexus 7, the first 'cheap' tablet that doesn't just validate Android as a tablet platform, but also gives the iPad a run for its money. |
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| G3 or G4? no! |
| By DaFreak on 2012-08-12 08:28:16 |
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The tablet doesn't contain an optional G3(UMTS)-module like the iPad and other tab's. For me that's a no-go coz I wanna be online on nearly every place and not only in my house or by paying wlan-access @ some places. Don't know what was the intension of Google to left it out... :/ |
 - Score: 1 |
| RE[2]: SDCards |
| By Fergy on 2012-08-12 09:03:52 |
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> Just curious - but what would you want to store on the tablet? The reason I'm asking is my Internet options where I live are zilch - I'm stuck using a rural phone carrier and only get 1.5 Mbps. I use Google Music for storing my music (my music collection hasn't surpassed 20,000 songs) and I use Google Drive for storing everything else. I haven't really ran into any problems with needing additional storage on the device. To be honest, I rarely watch movies on it, and if I do, it's either using Netflix or my Amazon Prime Instant account. I fully realize my needs aren't the same as everyone elses. Just curious about the desire for additional storage......... If you get 1.5Mbps on a 3G connection you have a really great connection. A great use of a tablet is watching movies and series away from home. If you don't want to load everything you might want to watch every day on your tablet 16GB is not enough. One season is already 8GB+. And I wish I could get netflix or amazon prime instant but most of the world doesn't have that. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Firefox |
| By NuxRo on 2012-08-12 09:46:53 |
| +1 Firefox, it's refreshing to see they improved a lot. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE[2]: SDCards |
| By tony on 2012-08-12 11:06:16 |
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> 1) 16 gig is plenty for local storage 2) it is meant for cloud based services more than local media 3) if you are in a situation where you need to have local media, 16 gigs is plenty. Oof, 16 GB is not plenty, especially if you can't count on a decent network connection. 16 GB downright sucks. |
| - Score: 4 |
| Comment by kovacm |
| By kovacm on 2012-08-12 11:07:17 |
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> One omission is a rear-facing camera, but in all honesty, I consider that a feature, not a bug. You should not use a tablet to make photographs, period. what a crap! You are really start to be worst than Apple fanboys... |
| - Score: -1 |
| RE: TheVerge & Firefox |
| By olejonbj on 2012-08-12 12:16:17 |
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Jelly Bean does not come with Chrome. It's only the Nexus 7. On my Galaxy Nexus, "Browser" is default, and Chrome must be installed manually. As a web-app developer, I can for sure say that "Browser" is better than Chrome in many ways. It supports things that Chrome either doesn't support or they are buggy. JavaScript performance is MUCH better in "Browser", and is actually worse in Chrome than in any other: http://img.gfx.no/1059/1059678/S... The purple, "Innebygd nettleser", is "Browser". It is best. Also, it is not Chrome's engine that is used when creating an app that shows a web page (WebView), but "Browser"'s engine. I don't understand why Google doesn't use "Browser"'s engine and just make Chrome a nice frame around it, like on iOS. On iOS, you know that if your web app works in Safari, it works just as good in Chrome (except for touch gestures like swipe in from left or right, where Chrome uses it to switch tabs). |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: Firefox |
| By olejonbj on 2012-08-12 12:20:25 |
| The new Firefox Beta (v 15) seems okay. Current stable (v 14) doesn't support basic stuff like fixed position in CSS, which makes it impossible to create good web apps with a native look & feel. The more people that uses browsers that doesn't support basic stuff like this (Opera Mobile for instance), the harder it is to be a web app/web site developer. You have use the user agent and browse-specific code, which shouldn't be necessary in 2012. Please don't use Firefox 14 for Android & Opera Mobile for Android. |
| - Score: 1 |
| RE: Comment by kovacm |
| By darseex on 2012-08-12 12:21:24 |
| You're right. What the world needs is even more Instagram'd pictures of people pointing their tablets into the mirror. |
| - Score: 2 |
| Almost |
| By Bobthearch on 2012-08-12 15:11:16 |
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In the mood for another gadget and finding the $200 price well within my toy budget, I was ready to push the button on the 8GB model. Already added to the store's "shopping cart" in fact. Then I realized there was no card slot. Deal breaker. I'd happily trade the silly camera, bluetooth, and some of the other features for an SD card slot or other user-upgradeable memory option. Of course I could buy the 16GB model, but $50 extra for 8GB of additional storage, and still no way to upgrade? Somewhere between $199 and $250 is a price point that caused me to start thinking twice about buying something I didn't really need. |
| - Score: 2 |
| RE: Comment by kovacm |
| By MysterMask on 2012-08-12 15:24:34 |
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Just the normal reaction of Thom. If it's Android, it's "a feature" or "you don't need it". If it's from Apple, you're in "danger of losing your freedom", "it's bad", "you're being patronized", ... I call that a hypocrite. E. g. "Save for the lower PPI screen and lack of a front-facing camera, the Nexus 7 holds its own against the iPad 3" Of course he omits the possibility to have an iPad with more than a meager 16GB of RAM. Without an option to expand memory with the Nexus (hey, hasn't that been a constant point of critic when talking about Apple products so far?), mobile usage is limited especially since there is also no UMTS option. And he also omits the screen size difference (its not just the resolution), the vast amount of tablet size optimized software, etc. etc. .. a typical Thom piece .. |
| - Score: 0 |
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