Google released Nexus 7 its first branded tablet during the I/O engineer meeting. You can preorder one now, for delivery in a few weeks: $199 (8GB) or $249 (16GB). Maybe youre wondering if you should get one. Id like to help that decision-making process, having the privilege of using Nexus 7 since June 27.
Nexus 7 is the most important Android mobile released to date. The tablet represents a culmination of disparate product and cloud services development coming suddenly together hardware, Jellybean, Chrome, curated content, seamless sync and personal assistant Google Now, among others. The tablet is first and foremost for anyone living the Google lifestyle. If you use more than a handful of Google services, this mobile, or Galaxy Nexus, is for you. Well, with caveats. Those aside, if you dont want this tablet, you really should.
Ill start with the big caveat that should matter to everyone: size. As the name infers, Nexus 7 has a 7-inch IPS display, which pits it against tablets like Kindle Fire or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. Is the size right for you? Most other Android tablets, and iPad, have 10.1-inch screens. Those tablets are bulkier, but apps are better optimized for their display size.
Ive used the new iPad but will hone in on the experience compared to Transformer Pad 300. ASUS makes that tablet and Nexus 7, and Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor powers both. Overall, I find that many of my most-used apps, such as Feedly, lay out much better on the larger screen. Google Play now offers magazine subscriptions. I sampled Esquire, which fills the screen nicely but is way too small for me to read without enlarging. On the other hand, I have similar problem with Rolling Stone on Pad 300.
Something else: The overall usage experience is similar to Galaxy Nexus, which is good but raises question: Are they too close, meaning do you need a 7-inch tablet when you have a 4.65-inch smartphone? Wouldnt a larger tablet be better? I feel like Goldilocks in the Three Bears house using Nexus 7. In some ways its too small, others too big and nothing at first feels quite right. I wonder if Samsung has better idea by offering tweener 8.7-inch Galaxy Tab.
That said, I find Nexus 7 very comfortable to hold, and it feels super light. Its a perfect throw-in-a-purse-or-backpack size. The more I use the tablet, the more the size feels right. Like Kindle Fire, the size works well for reading books, although I do that comfortably on Galaxy Nexus already.
Size is going to be a matter of taste, but size for the price is just right at $199. I like the dimensions and feel enough that on Friday night I posted my Transformer Pad 300 to Craigslist.
Im giving up Pad 300 in part because of price purpose compared to Nexus 7. The difference is so stark, Im amazed that ASUS makes both tablets. I moved from new iPad to the Transformer and right out of the box observed many stops and stutters, which surprised comparing quad-core to dual-core processors and getting good Android. ASUS ships stock Ice Cream Sandwich there is no skin, like Samsungs TouchWiz UI, and OS updates dispatch fairly quickly. I expected much smoother operation than I got.
Nexus 7 purpose is superior in just about every way, and there Android 4.1 may be a big reason. Google claims to have improved overall Android purpose, by in part bringing more of the background operations in sync, such as processes and graphics, in what it calls Project Butter. The video below is Googles demonstration running Ice cream Sandwich and Jellybean on two Galaxy Nexuses.
But theres more. Like Galaxy Nexus and Samsung, Google worked closely with ASUS on Nexus 7, attempting to create an end-to-end experience hardware, software and services without actually doing the hardware. Thats a major reason why using Nexus 7 is so much like using a larger Galaxy Nexus, and that experience demonstrates Googles success meeting Apple without directly doing the hardware.
My Galaxy Nexus outperforms Pad 300 in just about every way, and Nexus 7 more so in part benefiting from Tegra 3 quad-core processor and superior graphics. This tablet is a screamer, which is part of the allure over 10.1-inchers then there is price-for-purpose consideration. You get all this buttery smoothness for $199 $200 less than Transformer Pad and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 or $300 less than entry-level new iPad. Anyone dissatisfied with purpose at this price needs a brain scan.
Should you choose Nexus 7 over Kindle Fire or new iPad? Yes and maybe, and Google absolutely competes with both companies. Apple offers a curated stack of content services, supporting the hardware. Apple makes money from selling devices, while Amazon profits more from selling digital content and everything else in the online store. Google seeks to preserve and to expand the Android ecosystem as part of larger lifestyle approach around information and supporting services. The company makes money from the stuff wrapped around search and ancillary products and services.
Amazon, Apple and Google share curation in common. Thats because each in a way sells a digital lifestyle connected to their larger businesses. Each offers curated content like ebooks, games, magazines and newspapers, movies, music and more. There, Amazon imitates Apple, but tied to its humongous online marketplace.
Google imitates Amazon. The initial Nexus 7 experience will surprise anyone who has used stock Android devices like Galaxy Nexus or Motorola XOOM. The tablet presents content widgets on the different homescreens, leading to, for example, magazines, movies, music and newspapers. For anyone having used Kindle Fire, the experience should be startlingly familiar. Google doesnt copy Amazons presentation but approach in concept, which is enough.
Nexus 7 is the most important Android mobile released to date. The tablet represents a culmination of disparate product and cloud services development coming suddenly together hardware, Jellybean, Chrome, curated content, seamless sync and personal assistant Google Now, among others. The tablet is first and foremost for anyone living the Google lifestyle. If you use more than a handful of Google services, this mobile, or Galaxy Nexus, is for you. Well, with caveats. Those aside, if you dont want this tablet, you really should.
Ill start with the big caveat that should matter to everyone: size. As the name infers, Nexus 7 has a 7-inch IPS display, which pits it against tablets like Kindle Fire or Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0. Is the size right for you? Most other Android tablets, and iPad, have 10.1-inch screens. Those tablets are bulkier, but apps are better optimized for their display size.
Ive used the new iPad but will hone in on the experience compared to Transformer Pad 300. ASUS makes that tablet and Nexus 7, and Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core processor powers both. Overall, I find that many of my most-used apps, such as Feedly, lay out much better on the larger screen. Google Play now offers magazine subscriptions. I sampled Esquire, which fills the screen nicely but is way too small for me to read without enlarging. On the other hand, I have similar problem with Rolling Stone on Pad 300.
Something else: The overall usage experience is similar to Galaxy Nexus, which is good but raises question: Are they too close, meaning do you need a 7-inch tablet when you have a 4.65-inch smartphone? Wouldnt a larger tablet be better? I feel like Goldilocks in the Three Bears house using Nexus 7. In some ways its too small, others too big and nothing at first feels quite right. I wonder if Samsung has better idea by offering tweener 8.7-inch Galaxy Tab.
That said, I find Nexus 7 very comfortable to hold, and it feels super light. Its a perfect throw-in-a-purse-or-backpack size. The more I use the tablet, the more the size feels right. Like Kindle Fire, the size works well for reading books, although I do that comfortably on Galaxy Nexus already.
Size is going to be a matter of taste, but size for the price is just right at $199. I like the dimensions and feel enough that on Friday night I posted my Transformer Pad 300 to Craigslist.
Im giving up Pad 300 in part because of price purpose compared to Nexus 7. The difference is so stark, Im amazed that ASUS makes both tablets. I moved from new iPad to the Transformer and right out of the box observed many stops and stutters, which surprised comparing quad-core to dual-core processors and getting good Android. ASUS ships stock Ice Cream Sandwich there is no skin, like Samsungs TouchWiz UI, and OS updates dispatch fairly quickly. I expected much smoother operation than I got.
Nexus 7 purpose is superior in just about every way, and there Android 4.1 may be a big reason. Google claims to have improved overall Android purpose, by in part bringing more of the background operations in sync, such as processes and graphics, in what it calls Project Butter. The video below is Googles demonstration running Ice cream Sandwich and Jellybean on two Galaxy Nexuses.
But theres more. Like Galaxy Nexus and Samsung, Google worked closely with ASUS on Nexus 7, attempting to create an end-to-end experience hardware, software and services without actually doing the hardware. Thats a major reason why using Nexus 7 is so much like using a larger Galaxy Nexus, and that experience demonstrates Googles success meeting Apple without directly doing the hardware.
My Galaxy Nexus outperforms Pad 300 in just about every way, and Nexus 7 more so in part benefiting from Tegra 3 quad-core processor and superior graphics. This tablet is a screamer, which is part of the allure over 10.1-inchers then there is price-for-purpose consideration. You get all this buttery smoothness for $199 $200 less than Transformer Pad and Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 or $300 less than entry-level new iPad. Anyone dissatisfied with purpose at this price needs a brain scan.
Should you choose Nexus 7 over Kindle Fire or new iPad? Yes and maybe, and Google absolutely competes with both companies. Apple offers a curated stack of content services, supporting the hardware. Apple makes money from selling devices, while Amazon profits more from selling digital content and everything else in the online store. Google seeks to preserve and to expand the Android ecosystem as part of larger lifestyle approach around information and supporting services. The company makes money from the stuff wrapped around search and ancillary products and services.
Amazon, Apple and Google share curation in common. Thats because each in a way sells a digital lifestyle connected to their larger businesses. Each offers curated content like ebooks, games, magazines and newspapers, movies, music and more. There, Amazon imitates Apple, but tied to its humongous online marketplace.
Google imitates Amazon. The initial Nexus 7 experience will surprise anyone who has used stock Android devices like Galaxy Nexus or Motorola XOOM. The tablet presents content widgets on the different homescreens, leading to, for example, magazines, movies, music and newspapers. For anyone having used Kindle Fire, the experience should be startlingly familiar. Google doesnt copy Amazons presentation but approach in concept, which is enough.
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