[clue] Google Nexus tablet

[Vincent Randal]

Hello everybody,

I have been following this thread with a lot of interest. Earlier this year with some reluctance I bought a Motorola XOOM (wifi only) directly from Motorola. The price had come down to $399 and they threw in a speaker docking station and gel pad. But it was still over priced in my opinion since it was a year old now.

I bought this particular XOOM because it's the one mentioned on Google's developer page. I wanted to test a little Android I app I wrote. The app tested out OK. But I wish I had sent the XOOM back to Motorola for a refund :)

What size is this new Nexus 7 tablet? I wish I had waited to get one of these. My XOOM runs ICS (Android 4.0.4). My Galaxy Nexus phone got the 4.1.1 update a few days ago. I have no idea if my XOOM will get updated to Jelly Bean when that comes out.

I guess I should google Google for the Google Nexus 7 :) I would like to know if they put any I/O ports like micro usb or memory card slots - dang a card reader even. I think that is something that's missing from these tablets. Not everything has wireless connectivity. Take my camera for example. I would love to be able to look at my photos right on the spot when I am out shooting pictures. My camera has a tiny little screen but the bigger screen on the tablet would give a lot better idea if I got a good shot.

Anyway, I don't have much use for my XOOM now. Before the Nexus 7 was in the works I got a great deal on an iPad 2 which I just had to have to run "Stuck on Earth" - I'm a Trey Ratcliff fan. The iPad 2 is an all around superior device compared to the XOOM. I wonder how it compares to the Nexus 7.

All in all I have my doubts about tablets since they definitely are not a substitute for a laptop.

Vincent Randal


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 From: "dennisjperkins at comcast.net" <dennisjperkins at comcast.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 9:27 AM
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Unfortunately, I'll probably be visiting a customer that week.

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From: "Dan Kulinski" <daniel at kulinski.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 8:51:15 AM
Subject: Re: [clue] Google Nexus tablet

If JB is out for my Touchpad by August meeting, I'll bring it in.  I
probably will anyway for my presentation notes.

Dan

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:49 AM,  <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
> Jelly Bean should look pretty good on it.  I don't know how it differs from
> ICS.
>
> I might give a presentation on the Nexus after I finish exploring it.
>
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> Sent: Friday, July 20, 2012 7:41:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [clue] Google Nexus tablet
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>
> Yeah, the touchpad is a 10" tablet.
>
> Dan
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 7:37 AM, Dennis J Perkins
> <dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
>> This is a 10-inch tablet?
>>
>> Dan Kulinski <daniel at kulinski.net> wrote:
>>
>>>I'm looking forward to Jelly Bean on my HP Touchpad.  The latest
>>>information I ran across was that it will be released in the next two
>>>weeks.
>>>
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 10:19 PM, Dennis J Perkins
>>><dennisjperkins at comcast.net> wrote:
>>>> On Friday, July 20, 2012 12:10:13 AM Conrad Constantine wrote:
>>>>> On 7/19/2012 11:45 PM, Dennis J Perkins wrote:
>>>>> > I got my tablet tonight.  Pretty nice.  It's a tad difficult to get
>>>>> > the
>>>>> > box out of the sleeve, but if you tap on the box with your knuckles,
>>>>> > Leatherman, or something similar, you can nudge the box out until you
>>>>> > can
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>>>>> pffft!! doing it wrong.. use knuckles/leatherman to *DESTROY THE
>>>>> INSOLENT BOX!* that is impeding access to that awesome tablet. :D
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>> I considered it. :)  I had already heard that people were having
>>>> difficulty so I
>>>> wanted to see how difficult it really is.  It took a couple of minutes.
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