What is so great about the ASUS Nexus?

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Schadenfreud

24-08-2012

Originally Posted by Gooby:
“One simple reason - Blackberry has a special tariff for worldwide use. I travel to New Zealand for long periods of time and they have a tariff which I pay £15 a month and have unlimited data usage.

As you can get all the google apps working on blackberry then everything is seamless and affordable.

I haven't found another phone/carrier combo which comes close to this!”

Fir enough, it's been a while since I had a BB, didn't realise all the Google apps worked on it.
You learn something new everyday

Gooby

24-08-2012

Originally Posted by Schadenfreud:
“Fir enough, it's been a while since I had a BB, didn't realise all the Google apps worked on it.
You learn something new everyday ”

Yeah the three items work nicely alongside each other.

The laptop is my main work device which is plugged into the network wherever I happen to be.

The blackberry means that apart from when I am on a plane (or the golf course!) I am always contactable and can pick up emails/gtalks/calendar reminders etc.

The nexus 7 is my toy but it still has the google apps if I need to check calendar/gtalk etc.

Laptop and nexus do need wifi/network but the BB 3G keeps me going in between.

c4rv

24-08-2012

According to google page, there are 4 apps which are available on blackberry,

Google search app,
Google voice
Google maps (reduced functionality)
Google Sync

http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/

Gooby

28-08-2012

Originally Posted by c4rv:
“According to google page, there are 4 apps which are available on blackberry,

Google search app,
Google voice
Google maps (reduced functionality)
Google Sync

http://www.google.com/mobile/blackberry/”

Google talk is missing off that - I use that all the time on my blackberry.

Pretinama

29-08-2012

I have an iPad 2 and a Nexus 7. To me they meet different requirements. The Nexus 7 is a great tablet I'd say. I have been pleasantly surprised by JellyBean, and I'd say the build quality of the device itself is good. It could do with a back facing camera in my view, but I imagine that'd appear in the next iteration (you know, like it did with the iPad).

I can imagine popping my Nexus 7 in my work bag probably a bit more than my iPad, simply because it's a bit smaller, and has the same apps that I use on a regular basis (Kindle, Chrome, Twitter, Email).

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