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Tablets What Google will be unveiling at their event at the end of the month.
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Did everyone already know that the Nexus seven offers stereo speakers on the back? I didn't know. I always thought that the one speaker grill was mono only.
Edit: God iPad dictation sucks. I had to correct so many things.
Edit 2: This 20 min indepth review from heelsandtech pretty much just sold me on the Nexus 7. I'm going to look for a holiday deal and grab one. 32GBs, of course. http://www.heelsandtech.com/2012/08/10/google-nexus-7-review-user-experience/
Edit: God iPad dictation sucks. I had to correct so many things.
Edit 2: This 20 min indepth review from heelsandtech pretty much just sold me on the Nexus 7. I'm going to look for a holiday deal and grab one. 32GBs, of course. http://www.heelsandtech.com/2012/08/10/google-nexus-7-review-user-experience/
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Is the 32GB version by chance going to have a back camera? I doubt it just wondered if anyone heard anything different.
Don't think so.
Personally, I'm okay with that. Helps keep the price down. I can count the number of times I've used my iPad camera on one hand.
Man that is a great price.
Crap...i kinda want a tablet(wouldnt really be interested if not for the cheap price of $249 for a 32GB Nexus 7..maybe ill settle for a 16GB for $199), found a Laptop i want(Levono Yoga Ultrabook touchscreen) with Windows 8 and want a new Desktop and a Nexus 4.
Then I say leave the Nexus 7 for last, buy everything else then see if you can afford it. It's nice to have but you definitely don't need it when you have a new desktop/laptop/phone
Yeah I've been bummed about that all day.
My options are:
1. I want a new tablet. My iPad 1 is too slow. Nexus 7 and iPad mini are too small. I use my tablet as a laptop replacement for documents and all. The surface is too big I think. Too wide and portrait mode is not practical since its too large. Nexus 10 has super amoled and its made of horrible Samsung plastic. In the end its between the new iPad or the surface. The iPad has a much much better screen. Or maybe a Windows 8 tablet by Asus. The problem is... I hate Windows. I'm so glad I left and went with my iMac. I'm considering it because it would be nice to have a much more capable and powerful mobile OS than iOS.
2. Sell the SGS3 and buy the nexus 4, just because of better software. Or maybe wait for the next nexus. SGS3 is a good phone for now, but the nexus is the next step obviously.
1. I want a new tablet. My iPad 1 is too slow. Nexus 7 and iPad mini are too small. I use my tablet as a laptop replacement for documents and all. The surface is too big I think. Too wide and portrait mode is not practical since its too large. Nexus 10 has super amoled and its made of horrible Samsung plastic. In the end its between the new iPad or the surface. The iPad has a much much better screen. Or maybe a Windows 8 tablet by Asus. The problem is... I hate Windows. I'm so glad I left and went with my iMac. I'm considering it because it would be nice to have a much more capable and powerful mobile OS than iOS.
2. Sell the SGS3 and buy the nexus 4, just because of better software. Or maybe wait for the next nexus. SGS3 is a good phone for now, but the nexus is the next step obviously.
Strongly suggest you try Windows 8 and see what you think; it's seen radical design changes and you might like it now. If not, then get the iPad 4 as it will sync perfectly with your iMac.
Then I say leave the Nexus 7 for last, buy everything else then see if you can afford it. It's nice to have but you definitely don't need it when you have a new desktop/laptop/phone
Yeah I've been bummed about that all day.
I dont really need the phone either. I have a GS3. Just wanted to get a Nexus for plain Android and faster updates if the storage was good enough and then id sell my GS3.
With the 32GB Nexus 7 going on display in Office Depot stores, I wonder what this means for the Nexus 4.
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/2...ay-at-office-depot-for-249-16gb-drops-to-199/
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/2...ay-at-office-depot-for-249-16gb-drops-to-199/
Looks like the google event has been cancelled...
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/27/3563274/google-event-canceled-due-to-hurricane
http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/27/3563274/google-event-canceled-due-to-hurricane
You know what I love?
Apple fanatics are touting that the iPad mini has more actually screen space to use than the competition therefore it's better, but when it comes to the smart phone and people pointing out the benefits of competitors' larger screen device, then no! Suddenly there are all these reasons why a bigger screen is a terrible idea.
Gotta love them.
EDIT: At the Apple website, their official iPad Mini video at the 2:10 min mark says specifically that the iPad Mini can be picked up and used with one hand. So one handed use with a 7.9" screen, from apple? A-okay. One hand use with anything in the 4-5.5" screen from the competition? Impossible!
Apple fanatics are touting that the iPad mini has more actually screen space to use than the competition therefore it's better, but when it comes to the smart phone and people pointing out the benefits of competitors' larger screen device, then no! Suddenly there are all these reasons why a bigger screen is a terrible idea.
Gotta love them.
EDIT: At the Apple website, their official iPad Mini video at the 2:10 min mark says specifically that the iPad Mini can be picked up and used with one hand. So one handed use with a 7.9" screen, from apple? A-okay. One hand use with anything in the 4-5.5" screen from the competition? Impossible!
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You know what I love?
Apple fanatics are touting that the iPad mini has more actually screen space to use than the competition therefore it's better, but when it comes to the smart phone and people pointing out the benefits of competitor's larger screen device, then no! Suddenly there are all these reasons why a bigger screen is a terrible idea.
Gotta love them.
Well in their defense, people generally use phones one handed and while 7" tablets are small and can be held with one hand, we all know you can't do much on a tablet with one hand.
You definitely can't pull down the notification drawer on the Nexus 7 one handed. I can but that's only because I'm running Paranoid Android and have the tablet UI
I really don't get why it's not stock on the N7.
Well in their defense, people generally use phones one handed and while 7" tablets are small and can be held with one hand, we all know you can't do much on a tablet with one hand.
You definitely can't pull down the notification drawer on the Nexus 7 one handed. I can but that's only because I'm running Paranoid Android and have the tablet UI
Yah I fully expect people to point out that they're two different (and they are) but that defense would hold more water if their "issues" with large screened smartphones held any water. The impossibility of one handed use or the impossibility of fitting into one's pocket is, in most cases, imagined.
Another ridiculous thing is in the apple video of the iPad mini they say specifically that the iPad can be picked up and used with one hand. So one handed use with a 7.9" screen, from apple? A-okay. One hand use with anything in the 4-5.5" screen from the competition? Impossible to use!
Watch their official video from the website. The one that starts with Ive talking. (Starts around the 2:10 min mark.)
Watch their official video from the website. The one that starts with Ive talking. (Starts around the 2:10 min mark.)
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Not according to Apple. They said you can use the iPad mini with one hand ....lolWell in their defense, people generally use phones one handed and while 7" tablets are small and can be held with one hand, we all know you can't do much on a tablet with one hand.
You definitely can't pull down the notification drawer on the Nexus 7 one handed. I can but that's only because I'm running Paranoid Android and have the tablet UI
I thought in the video they say you can hold it with one hand. Didn't hear them saying you can use it one handed.
Good catch. He definitely said you can pick it up and use it with one hand. Lol