News - QOTW: Will you be buying Google's Nexus 7 tablet?

[saltyzip]

The main purpose for tablet usage is to run apps, surf the web and check email. An 8GB and certainly a 16GB is ample for those needs.

I tethered my Asus TF101 to my phone and watched the Euro footy on it when I was out and about waiting for the kids to finish their activities.

I have an SD card in my TF101 but it isn't used. Firstly because I don't listen to music much, and if I do I use Spotify, Vevo or Tune Radio. Movies, well I watch those on the big lounge telly with the family not on a tablet.

You also can't move apps onto the SD card on the TF101, might be the same on the Nexus 7.

If I need to copy files on or off the Tablet, I use either Google Drive or Dropbox, again no need for an SD card, as when I logon to my PC the files are synced and almost immediately available.

All those people that won't buy it because it hasn't got an SD card, must have large music/movie collections they wish to put on it.

If you don't have those needs then you will not miss an SD card slot at all.

I certainly intend to buy the 10" version when it comes out later this year as the kids and misses squabble to use the one we have at the mo.

[saltyzip]

Who is going to pay £600 for the Windows Surface RT, only business people and those with deep pockets who want the latest and greatest, that's who.

This Nexus 7 isn't competing with the Surface and not even with the iPad to a certain extent.

For us normal peeps, the Nexus 7 is perfect, it is still a luxury item, I just hope they now sell in their 10's of millions so we can get the Tablet App Eco system really cooking and something Google can be proud of.

[Hicks12]

Well for me the surface is a possiblity, why would i buy an ultrabook when i can get the same spec with a touch screen (useful on small screens, not desktops!) for less ? Id rather the surface . The nexus 7 competes with the lower end chinese tablets, i wouldnt call it a competitor to the kindle, personally im struggling to see how anyone can read a book on a tablet/smartphone and think its good, reading on an e-ink display (kindle etc) is great, no eye strain and just all round solid like a normal book but with the advantages of the digital age. The nexus 7 is merely a portable video player and web browser in my opinion, its a good price for what you get as you get the brilliant ASUS build quality alongside the great software support of Google, but it doesnt tick the right boxes for me.

If USB OTG with usb drive support (apparently its not supported...) was available it would make it much more apealing, its not so much the fact, oh only 8gb its the fact that it is a video player with a nice res display(for the size) and yet having 4gb films isnt going to allow much room? I dont mind having a flash drive around as i always have one and its easy to transfer onto that but i dont want to be tied into just having a few mp3s and a film or having shoddy quality films and then just browsing.

Nexus 10 with USB flash drive, for £200 - £250 im probably going to dip into the tablet market then. Until then my attention is on the surface just to see what it ends up like .

[Animus404]

Pretty tempted, but I can't see a compelling use case for a tablet that is just a tablet.
I've almost gone for the Transformer Prime a couple of times, but now I'm going to wait and see what the MS Surface is all about.

[levedy1]

Don't see the point in tablets to be honest. Just get a smartphone. It would be probably just as powerful, portable and just generally better.

[Akkanmere]

Think I'll probably just buy a SSD for my netbook to get the storage speeds up a bit, and then I'll still have more functionality than a tablet, and most importantly I will still have a physical keyboard!

[iamlorro]

Think I'll probably just buy a SSD for my netbook to get the storage speeds up a bit, and then I'll still have more functionality than a tablet, and most importantly I will still have a physical keyboard!

Yeah, I'm tempted to do a similar upgrade before I go for a tablet.

I would like one for photo browsing & apps, but that doesn't justify a nexus 7 ... yet.

Hope that Google does another nexus tablet before too long - I'd like plain android rather than any skin if I do end up getting one.

[Singh400]

Does the N7 have the capability for mobile internet?

[Jaffo]

Got a Xoom that I'm happy with atm so will hang on for a bit and see if they're as slow at getting JB out for it as they have ICS.

The disappointment for me is the lack of rear camera rather than a micro SD slot; my Xoom has got 22GB spare on it (of 32GB) so the 16GB model would be ample for me.

[Akkanmere]

Does the N7 have the capability for mobile internet?

Wifi only, so you'll need to tether your phone.

Got a Xoom that I'm happy with atm so will hang on for a bit and see if they're as slow at getting JB out for it as they have ICS.

The disappointment for me is the lack of rear camera rather than a micro SD slot; my Xoom has got 22GB spare on it (of 32GB) so the 16GB model would be ample for me.

According to The Verge you shouldn't have to wait too long for JB on the Xoom

[Guppy]

I've got a Asus Transformer so I can't see a compelling reason to get a N7. Especially since I don't use my tablet that much at home, more of a travel gadget for the train etc.

[lkarunan]

No. Still not convinced a tablet fits my usage model. Hardware seems great value though - although lack of microSD would kill it for me (I don't have a problem with wifi only because a second data plan would be a hassle and wireless hot-spot from phone would be fine).

[Scainer]

7" just doesn't work for me. Hopefully the 10" rumour will be true and out for Christmas at a reasonable price point.

[ET3D]

No Flash, no sale. I'm an Adobe slave.

Seriously, I really want it. It will be great for browsing, games and reading. The limitations aren't serious for my uses. I've been waiting for a while for a small size tablet with a decent resolution display at such a price.

[wanny8888]

I must say Jelly Bean does look like a nice improvement over ICS but the great thing about the Xoom is that it always gets the latest OTAs seeing that it was the 1st tegra 2 device so thank you motorola =) (though to make the most of it you do have to install the US version of ICS to get the updates)

Back on the subject, the nexus 7 is quite tempting as it clocks in at under £200 for a tegra 3 tablet. However I cant justify the update due to the fact that I have a Xoom.

Quite honestly I'm not even sure what I use my tablet for... If I had a 3G model I'd definitely use it more but my One X is better then my Xoom in every way (OMG the screen is mind-booglingly good) cept for the size

[wanny8888]

though I think for practicality's sake I'll stick with 4.7" as the absolute limit for a phone