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Macbook Pro. Macbook Air. iOS in general. Hundreds of games that have become synonymous with mobile entertainment. And oh yeah, the smartphone revolution in general.

So zealous to answer a rhetorical question.


I seem to be the only one who cares that there's a GPS in the Nexus 7...

With offline maps, it'd function pretty awesomely as a gps device.
 
As someone who has always wanted a tablet for study purposes, the Nexus 7 seems like the perfect device. Great battery life, good screen size and light weight. I can store all my lecture slides on it, so it already saves printing out dozens of papers for each subject and carrying around an unorganised folder full of stapled notes.

Major worry is the software support us Australians will get...

With that said, bought!
 
Great keynote, I like that Siri clone/Google Now because when it comes to Search, no ones better than Google so I'm really looking forward to it

My impression was that its not like Siri, in the sense that it auto prepares info, so you don't have to ask for it. Like an app full of intelligently relevant info based on your past behavior and time and location.

Google Maps' offline mode is SWEEEET:

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You can adjust the size of the grid and it will estimate the amount of storage required. Seems the largest tile I'm able to create is just above 80MB.

How is it different from the previous option of pre-caching maps?

Anything good for people using Google services on Apple devices?

Google+ improvements is one thing.
 
Can someone make a seperate thread for the Nexus 7 tablet? I would if I could but my thread creating privileges were removed a long time ago and do not know how to get them back.

The $350 price on the Gnex seems tempting but I can get a One S for around that price with superior specs.
 
I don't understand what the hell Googles problem is but absolutely nobody wants a little sphere with cables sticking out. That's the worst thing ever.

It looks like a Skip-It.


Ugh. Sorry to be a negative nancy but it took me like 5 minutes to deven figure out what it was when I woke up this morning. Google is not taking that initiative seriously.
 
I seem to be the only one who cares that there's a GPS in the Nexus 7...

Huge feature for me. Virtually no device without cellular connections has GPS and I don't give a shit about cellular connections. The only downside is it's a tablet and thus fairly useless for direction finding. Google should really make a non-phone Nexus, I'd be very interested.

The Nexus 7 looks like great Kindle Fire competitor. It'll at least get some consideration in the running with Surface for my dollars. I do wonder how Amazon will respond, there's no way in hell they'll lose a price war meaning any future Kindle will be less expensive or better.
 
When my Touchpad eventually dies, something like the Nexus 7 will be its replacement.

$199 is the absolute most I'm willing to pay, so hopefully by then there will be a Nexus 10 for roughly the same price.
 
Comparing all these features to the iOS 6 keynote, Google is really turning up the heat.

Seriously, the 350$ Galaxy Nexus + 200$ tablet is the ultimate tech bundle.
 
Macbook Pro. Macbook Air. iOS in general. Hundreds of games that have become synonymous with mobile entertainment. And oh yeah, the smartphone revolution in general.

Macbook Pro and Air are like 10% of their profits. That has not done wonders for them. It's all the iPhone and iPad revenue. Not even so much from their ecosystem, but just their insanely large profitability.

Name 1 out of these hundreds of games.

Angry Birds. The sad thing is that I'm not even kidding.
 
Make one, the world is yours.

Personally I think Jellybean was the only interesting thing to come out of the conference.
Looked really, really sleek.

I would but it'll look ugly lol. Too lazy to make graphics right now

I'll start making one and see where this leads me >__>
 
Make one, the world is yours.

Personally I think Jellybean was the only interesting thing to come out of the conference.
Looked really, really sleek.

For Europeans it sure was. Nothing else they talked about is or will be available here in the foreseeable future (well, except for G+, but I doubt anyone found that particularly exciting even though events are a much needed addition).
 
Definitely need a separate N7 thread.

Thinking about ordering one. A little worried about the size though. Hard to read PDFs on a screen that small?
 
Macbook Pro and Air are like 10% of their profits. That has not done wonders for them. It's all the iPhone and iPad revenue. Not even so much from their ecosystem, but just their insanely large profitability.
Should YouTube and Android not be discussed since they're under 10% of Google profits?
 
Comparing all these features to the iOS 6 keynote, Google is really turning up the heat.

Seriously, the 350$ Galaxy Nexus + 200$ tablet is the ultimate tech bundle.

That's a good point. Didn't realize that the GNexus is only $350 off-contract and carrier bloatware free.

Interesting dilemma between something like that and keeping my G2X and going iPad.
 
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