victreeb3l
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eh, no SD is a dealbreaker. ill hold on to the nook tablet for now
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Nexus 7 |OT| Google's $199 7-inch tablet by Asus
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hyp
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agreed. no way in hell i would pay $300 for it.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
The hardware is capable, but noone cares enough to even attempt.
How is the hardware capable of emulating a gamecube or better yet a wii?
Diprosalic
Banned
look interesting, hopefully the retina display looks nice.
ThatObviousUser
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You don't think $300 for a 10" tablet is a good deal?
Felix Lighter
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Kind of off topic but does Amazon make any money from Fire hardware sales? I'm just wondering if it is worth it for them to be competing in this cut throat hardware market.
Well, 7 inch is kind of a weird size for a device made for content consumption.
Not small enough to put in a pocket, but too small to be enjoyed for long stretches of time when you'd be better off grabbing something with a bigger screen.
It's a great deal but they wouldn't be able to price it like that especially seeing they are probably making slim ass margins on these tablets(or a loss on the lower end one).
If they were to price the 10 inch at 300 the 250 7 inch would just sit in warehouses.
Why would you do that?
Member
This would be cool if you could play media straight from the device (which it doesn't seem like you can). I'd be very inclined to rip my Blu-Rays and play them that way if I could.
That's what I see after a quick look on eBay.
wow.. some of the things you say sometime. This is a kindle fire competitor that easily out does it in specs and will run on a slighty smoother OS (cause ICS is pretty smooth to begin with despite the haters) full of customization, improved media content, and a lot of other new features on top of ICS for $200..
It's a perfect size for me except for the keyboard which takes some getting used to. The screens are a vast improvement from a phones and I find 10 inch tablets are too unwieldy for me.
The Prime movie streaming is great too. My only gripe is I'm used to 3G on my phone and other Kindle, so tracking down a wifi connection is annoying.
So I have to be on wifi to access any of my music or movies? That is a joke.
Please asus releas the memo soon
You can cache them to the device for offline use.
SirChained
Banned
No SD slot=ouch.
My entire music or movie collection? No chance. A tiny sleeve with MicroSD cards could.
Nearly everyone makes cheap android tablets with a sd reader. Even the nook color has one!
This is a gigantic failure of the device. Asus showed off the memo 370t at ces for 250 with 16gb with the exact same specs except it had a sd card slot. This nexus better not have replaced it.
has there been any word about it?I was all ready to buy this, I can't believe how badly Google messed this up. If the memo is still on track for 2012 that will be mine.
BFIB
Member
Wow, a joint venture with Asus and Google? Might be time to move on from my Kindle Fire (though I expect them to announce something within the next couple weeks).
Since the Fire's resolution wasn't the greatest when it launched, this is going to look fantastic. I wonder if I could get $150 for my Kindle Fire and case?
Since the Fire's resolution wasn't the greatest when it launched, this is going to look fantastic. I wonder if I could get $150 for my Kindle Fire and case?
Why would you do that?
Member
If it's anything like the way the TouchPad and Kindle Fire are set up, there will be some space on the device for your own files, and you can just connect via USB and copy your files to it.
My entire music or movie collection? No chance. A tiny sleeve with MicroSD cards could.
Nearly everyone makes cheap android tablets with a sd reader. Even the nook color has one!
This is a gigantic failure of the device. Asus showed off the memo 370t at ces for 250 with 16b with the exact same specs except it had a sd card slot. This nexus better not have replaced it.
I was all ready to buy this, I can't believe how badly Google messed this up. If the memo is still on track for 2012 that will be mine.
Plug in a card reader to the usb.
The Abominable Snowman
Member
Samsung Galaxy S runs Dreamcast at almost full framerate, on an old unupdated, unoptimized port of a PC Dreamcast emulator.
This thing has a 4-core Tegra 3 and a 12-"core" GPU. it's at least 8-10x faster on paper.
But that isn't on the go. You are stuck relying on your computer.
ThatCrazyGuy
Member
I have a touchpad with ICS. I might switch to this. No SD card is tough though. Might wait for the new Fire, or get a Acer A100 or something. Touchpad is too heavy sometimes, haha.
Thats the thing, even with streaming services there are plenty of just everyday apps that take up 500+ mb or more. 8gb is just not enough for tablet use.
I've still got a good chunk of space free with plenty of apps, games, ebooks, etc on my Kindle Fire and it's still working fine for my needs.
YMMV, I supppose.
There are tiny little microSD card readers that plug into the micro usb slot? Everything I find requires a microUSB to USB converter cable which means you have to have a ugly cord dangling from your device with a sd reader plugged into the full USB cord to use this which basically defeats the whole point.
This is the device to get, I hope Asus didn't scrap it for the Nexux:
http://www.engadget.com/photos/asus-eee-pad-memo-370t/
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
When I saw the thread, for a moment I thought it was some Google's appreciation of one of the best Amiga demos ever made. Sigh.
Nexus 7 by Andromeda
Nexus 7 by Andromeda
That doesn't help you when you're not offering a 3G/4G model. You can't expect people to use these things exclusively at home.
Requiring a wifi signal makes the cloud service pretty useless for everything away from home. It is not good for travel and not to mention most free storage (like the drive) is only 5 gb. I can't store all my movies on google drive or drop box. I'd be paying in the hundreds every month for that kind of storage.
No they don't, they are using it to push Amazon's digital services. It worked too, developers make more on Amazon's marketplace than they do on Google's, I doubt Amazon is anything but happy with the Fire. If anything it's questionable if Google should be here since like with Surface this is just going to kill OEMs but unlike Surface not going to make them any money. This is to get the Play store off the ground which is risk being so open to potentially better digital shops like Amazon.
Anyway the device suite on this looks great. GPS is killer in the wifi only market as is a magnetometer, camera, and NFC. Nice looking tablet.
Why would you do that?
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Does this device have TV Out? That would close to solidify my decision to get one.
Ah, I see. Still, you don't need wi-fi to access your media if you copy them to the device.
I have been in situations where I wish I'd be able to plug in my camera's SD card and copy photos, but that's rare for me. My computer holds all of my media, so I always copy from there. Perhaps your situation and needs are different, which I can understand.
Ah, I see. Still, you don't need wi-fi to access your media if you copy them to the device.
I have been in situations where I wish I'd be able to plug in my camera's SD card and copy photos, but that's rare for me. My computer holds all of my media, so I always copy from there. Perhaps your situation and needs are different, which I can understand.
SirChained
Banned
Google has said it won't favor Motorola products. They bought them only for patents to protect the OEMs and itself.
It's just if I am getting a 7 inch tablet it is kind of unreasonable to expect to be able to have your computer at all times to transfer files. Especially when 16 gb will hold 2 HD movies at best. Kinda crazy for travel purposes.
ThatObviousUser
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Micro USB only. Maybe get a converter cable or something. Do they have those?
http://allthingsd.com/20120627/excl...onney-shih-on-how-they-cooked-up-the-nexus-7/
Lol, let's be real. Other Android tab makers are fucked and can't sell devices at cost.
That's the standard Tegra 3 GPU. Not sure why people are making a big deal about it.
ThatObviousUser
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And it's not like it is a money reason. Even the extremely low-end cheap android based tablets like the nook have them. Even sub 200 ones. It's done purely out of a desire of google to keep it more closed rather than open to have people rely on their services. A very Appley sort of move which is disappointing since you'd expect Google to be for more open.
This was what the CFO said last week:
With Motorola Mobility still undergoing restructuring due to the acquisition, I think there will be some time before we see major movement in that area, and probably not in the direction of Google tying itself to its own hardware. I also hear that under Google, the software side of MM employees has more perks than the hardware side... so yeah, go figure.
Lv99 Slacker
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Aren't the Fire/Nexus and iPad/Surface for two different markets though? At least, that's how I'm seeing things. The former is for those on a budget.
Nearly perfect tablet.
7 inch size, one hand holding
Vanilla Android
Jelly bean
Nexus (guaranteed vanilla OS support for 2 years?)
720p IPS high quality screen
Quad core Tegra processor
Good, simple design
250 game changer price
Deal breakers are no micro sdslot. 16gb is not enough. Lack of camera is understandable for the price. Even if the price was $50 more for an sd slot it would've been worth it.
I'll wait for either a revision or something from another manufacturer after this becomes successful (and it will be successful). God 7 inch is so awesome
7 inch size, one hand holding
Vanilla Android
Jelly bean
Nexus (guaranteed vanilla OS support for 2 years?)
720p IPS high quality screen
Quad core Tegra processor
Good, simple design
250 game changer price
Deal breakers are no micro sdslot. 16gb is not enough. Lack of camera is understandable for the price. Even if the price was $50 more for an sd slot it would've been worth it.
I'll wait for either a revision or something from another manufacturer after this becomes successful (and it will be successful). God 7 inch is so awesome