*** The Official Google Nexus 7 Thread ***

[uniQ]

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Cheers. eBooks look perfect, Chrome demo was a bit short but I found another video of Chrome beta on another android device and was very impressed tab switching looks very good.

Going to read a few more reviews but this device so far seems ideal for me.

If you want to read books (not comics or textbooks) for any amount of time then grab a Kindle or other e-ink reader. Backlit displays really suck in comparison for reading books.

I disagree, I do a lot of reading on my iPad and have no problems with the backlight, but would prefer the smaller form factor of the Nexus, but not just books, magazines, email, browsing etc so all round e-ink is not what I'm after.

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Dont think its been posted....
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/

Certainly looks very impressive.

Can i just confirm that i can get one of those OTG? adaptors to plug in a usb with media on if necessary?

 

[Robbo]

Dont think its been posted....
http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/28/nexus-7-review/

Nice, hadn't seen that!

It really is fantastic value for money.

 

[geuben]

How does the Tegra 3 in this match up to the Exynos in the S3? Really tempted to get one (the price is too good), would want them to be a similar in performance as possible really.

 

[yashiro]

Can i just confirm that i can get one of those OTG? adaptors to plug in a usb with media on if necessary?

Until someone gets a working unit you won't get any real confirmation.

 

[spudbynight]

I don't think this is a threat to the iPad.

I think this is a thread to the Kindle, the Nook, the Kobo and any other ereader.

Why pay £100 or so for a black and white ereader when just a little bit more gets you an 8GB Nexus

 

[molinari]

Can i just confirm that i can get one of those OTG? adaptors to plug in a usb with media on if necessary?

Not yet. There was a link posted earlier which said it should be possible, but nothing has been confirmed yet as far as I know.

 

[Biz.Kid09]

Until someone gets a working unit you won't get any real confirmation.

Not yet. There was a link posted earlier which said it should be possible, but nothing has been confirmed yet as far as I know.

Thanks guys. Will wait and see what happens.

16gb is quite a lot anyway. Can just update every week or so like i do now

 

[Robbo]

How does the Tegra 3 in this match up to the Exynos in the S3? Really tempted to get one (the price is too good), would want them to be a similar in performance as possible really.

The Tegra 3 isn't as good as the Exynos 4212 in the S3 (CPU and GPU wise), but it's perfectly capable. I imagine they'll feel fairly similar in use.

 

[geuben]

The Tegra 3 isn't as good as the Exynos 4212 in the S3 (CPU and GPU wise), but it's perfectly capable. I imagine they'll feel fairly similar in use.

Cheers. My S3 can play videos straight from my DSLR. Would like this to be able to do the same.

 

[Robbo]

Cheers. My S3 can play videos straight from my DSLR. Would like this to be able to do the same.

It should be fine doing that, if not then you'll be able to get a video player from the Play Store that can.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

The forthcoming Kindle and the well established Galaxy Tab (7.0) series will obviously be fighting for sales with the Nexus. Having owned the Galaxy Tab 7.0 for three months it was a joy to use but was surplus to my requirements hence I why I sold it.

The Nexus has nothing to fear from the Kindle, I imported a Fire for £160 and its exactly the same hardware as the Blackberry Playbook, weak dual core, 7" 1024x600 running an extremely gimped version of Gingerbread with Kindles awful UI over the top.

This is leaps and bounds ahead of the Fire and almost half the cost of the Galaxy Tab 7.7.

Engadget have also confirmed it supports MHL so that means you can get ah MHL adapter for HDMI out, you can pick one up for £5, looks like ill be buying one.

 

[cymatty]

like there's 10% margain in this...probably 5-6%....

True, not my issue. Tesco will probably take the hit.

 

[Ol!ver]

Why?

The site is buying it.

 

[-Mike-]

Engadget have also confirmed it supports MHL so that means you can get ah MHL adapter for HDMI out, you can pick one up for £5, looks like ill be buying one.

Parden my stupidity mate - MHL?

 

[Sho]

Parden my stupidity mate - MHL?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_High-definition_Link

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Storage problem solved then!

More tempted now!

Get a job ! Get some cash !

 

[Skellig]

I'll look for the 16gb Nexus when I'm in Hong Kong

Don't really like the £200 price though. Was hoping £160ish for 16gb. It's really just going to be a couch web browser companion for me so £200 is a little hard to swallow.

If the Ainol Aurora II can be found for £100 in Hong Kong when I'm there, I'd definitely just get the cheapo Chinese tablet and flash make it stock ICS.

 

[TheLegendOfMart]

Parden my stupidity mate - MHL?

Since it doesn't have a built in HDMI port you can buy a microusb to HDMI adapter so you can output the tablet to your TV/Monitor.

 

[sarge78]

Engadget have also confirmed it supports MHL so that means you can get ah MHL adapter for HDMI out, you can pick one up for £5, looks like ill be buying one.

Thankfully, ASUS's proprietary connector found on the Transformer tablets doesn't make an appearance here, but neither do we get a dedicated HDMI output, which is a bit of a bummer. (You can, of course, use an MHL adapter if you like.)

I wouldn't call that confirmation, just a rather bad assumption. Google would've listed MHL instead of micro USB in the spec list. They probably haven't included it to save money -MHL chips cost a bit- and push the Q.
Even USB OTG isn't confirmed, it's just all wild speculation until someone tries it out/Google say something.