yes pointless asking for opinions on which to go for when only one officially exists. You never know, there's an outside chance it will get a mention tomorrow at the iphone launch.
I can tell you a bit about my Nexus 7 though (much of this may apply to the ipad mini, you'll have to wait and see);
for a long time I was going to get a 10" tablet as a laptop replacement. Then the Nexus 7 popped up and it was cheap enough for an impulse purchase. Really glad I did now - what's great about the 7" form is that you take it with you. It's *always* in my bag. and if I don't have a bag with me, it's in my jacket pocket, or even in my back jeans pocket. Not quite to the "I'm just popping to the corner shop to get a newspaper" always, but any time I'm going on a bus, or a tube, or likely to have a few minutes spare I'll have it with me.
What I use it for:
- email, social networks,general surfing (DS)
- ebook reader
- occasional video viewing; iplayer/netflix in bed or sports/news reports when out and about.
- uploading my photos from my SLR; easy to transfer them with a card reader and from the tablet, easy to then upload to social networks or my website; also a good to show photos to people
- gaming; more as a timesink when travelling
- taking notes to remind myself of stuff, also used as my diary,syncing with online calendar.
- viewing instruction manuals/briefings in PDF form
- maps. I love using Google maps on a 7" screen. Great for navigating, seeing public transport lines, train lines etc. The Gmaps public transport navigation is good too, giving me a beep when my stop is coming up.
It can do video calling as well through Skype or google talk but I've never felt the need to do this on the move.
The other question I can answer for you:
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“which will work out cheaper for downloading/buying Apple store or google market”
Lots of big names are free in both. You're more likely to have to pay for an Apple app than a Android app though, like for like; Android apps are more likely free and ad supported.
Also, barring some very old games designed for low res screens, every single app I use on my Android phone works great on 7" screen, they're designed for a wide variety of screens anyway. (some people complain that there aren't many "tablet" apps in the Android store. The truth is they're not needed)