Verge Video Review: Google Nexus 7

[b4u]

$209.00 in Canada available mid July

I might finally break down and buy a tablet. I like the 7" form factor and this blows away any 7" tablet to date....especially at this price.

 

[onthebottom]

Or not: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sean-x/the-nexus-7-tablet-will-n_b_1635013.html

I actually think it will follow the Fire trajectory.... very popular for a quarter or two.

OTB

 

[djk]

It'll be popular amongst Android users and tech enthusiasts.

Will it break the iPad stranglehold? Probably not.

 

[danibbler]

I'm definitely interested. The 7" form factor is great and it's from Google itself. My current 7-incher of an Android tablet is less than a year old but blown away by this machine. The 10 hr battery life promised by Google is going to be a real boon for those trans-Pacific flights!

 

[nottyboi]

I must say, this is probably the first time in quite a while Apple has reacted to a new product.. I think it's a nice device, I wish it had HDMI although some sort of DLNA streaming app will suffice.

 

[danibbler]

I doubt that Apple very much cares.

 

[onthebottom]

A balanced review IMO: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2587...iew_solid_but_not_revolutionary.html#tk.hp_fv

 

[Brotherman]

The tablet for Windows 8 later this year will be better. It comes with an expendable keyboard. You can also run windows and office, along with the tablet experience.

http://money.cnn.com/video/technology/2012/06/13/t-ts-windows-8-tablet.cnnmoney/

 

[Powershot]

I'm skeptical of those colorful microsoft case keyboards, they don't look like much oh an upgrade over on screen ones. Not like the Asus transformer

 

[onthebottom]

I'm wondering when someone will make one of those keyboards with the mag attachment for an iPad... would seem a natural accessory....

I don't mind the keyboard on the iPad but I don't do any serious writing on it... other than TERB posts....

LOL

OTB

 

[WoodPeckr]

What makes you think any of your posts are serious?.....:eyebrows:

 

[nottyboi]

This certainly will kill playbook. I simply do not see how they can remotely compete with Googles SW development pace. Since playbook has been release Goog has come up with about 3 revisions of Android.

 

[danibbler]

PlayBook's dead in the water. I haven't heard of any software upgrades since early this year.

 

[wetnose]

$209 is a sweet price for a tablet - hopefully will exert some gravity on ipad's prices.