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Old 19-06-2013, 13:52
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I think the 7inch form factor works well for book reading and just usable as a browser. And very light and portable. Best in widescreen like the Nexus as it's usable with 1 hand.

It's also for me personally just about the smallest screen I could actually watch a film on.

the 10 inch formats are still good for reading on but make much more usable browsers and photo viewers, espcially if they have a high res screen. I think the 10 inch tablet format ( thats not widescreen ) works best in practice. The 10 inch widescreens are a little ackward to handle imo.

I've sold my nexus 7 as it was getting no use since I got a nexus 4 and was given an iPad 4 as a freebie from work, but would still rate this as the best 7 inch tablet around and being a nexus it's a pure android experience so the highest chance of software compatibility, where you will always be getting the latest version when released and isn't bloated with manufacture crapware.
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Old 19-06-2013, 14:56
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Not even slightly interesting.

Zero OS crashes on mine, the browser has always been slow from the moment I bought it. Overall response from the device is as good now as the day I bought it.

And from what colleagues with them have said, they're all the same as me - no problems.

Still by far and away the best tablet on the market.
Then you must be very pleased with your purchase, however, that doesn't mean the views of the author of that piece is less interesting. Different people have different experiences.
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Old 19-06-2013, 15:24
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that doesn't mean the views of the author of that piece is less interesting
Bums on seats journalism.

The pebble in the water style attracted you so it obviously works.
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Old 19-06-2013, 16:27
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Bums on seats journalism.

The pebble in the water style attracted you so it obviously works.
Can't see how the views given are any less or more valid than views given on this forum. Of course, one actual difference is the editorial was written by a named individual.
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Old 19-06-2013, 20:03
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Can't see how the views given are any less or more valid than views given on this forum. Of course, one actual difference is the editorial was written by a named individual.
I never said anything about 'views'.
Most of the stuff is creative journalism designed to get as many US readers as possible.
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Old 21-06-2013, 11:45
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I never said anything about 'views'.
Most of the stuff is creative journalism designed to get as many US readers as possible.
Yup. Journalism these days, especially in the tech arena really is pretty bad.
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Old 24-06-2013, 13:02
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So what happened to new updatd Nexus 7?
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Old 24-06-2013, 15:42
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So what happened to new updatd Nexus 7?
What, software or hardware updates?

Very little in the way of s/w updates (heck, my apparently unsupported Nokia 808 gets more updates than my Nexus 7)

No updated hardware has yet been announced, although there are plenty of rumours of a 1080p screen and some new faster processor (dual core, maybe even intel based?).
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Old 24-06-2013, 22:43
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Very little in the way of s/w updates (heck, my apparently unsupported Nokia 808 gets more updates than my Nexus 7)
I don't understand what you mean by that. The Nexus 7 is currently running version 4.2.2, which is the latest Android version, released in February 2013.

According to Wikipedia, v4.3 was rumoured to be released 10 June 2013. It hasn't happened yet, but I am sure the Nexus 7 will get it as soon as it comes out.
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