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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Re: How's your Nexus 7 Experience ???
« on: December 03, 2012, 02:40:19 PM »
I just got my nexus 7 last week. After having played with it a bit, I am not all that happy with it.
The hardware from ASUS is great. It has a nice, bright screen. The OS looks nice, is snappy, and not too difficult to use. Its handling feel and weight is spot on, and I really like the thin design.
I bought the Nexus 7 thinking to buy a few and give them out as christmas presents as kind of an ipad-lite sort of thing. I gave out some kindle fires last christmas, and that worked out great. The old kindle fires are thick and clunky though, not like this slim, cool Nexus 7.
Unfortunetly, the Google play store is just awful. I looked up some movies and TV shows on Google Play that I use right now with my Ipad and old kindle fire and came up 0/8.
Also what irked me was downloading applications that weren't actually made for a nexus 7 and getting horrible low-res screens from them.
The nexus 7 is a great piece of hardware, but I wouldn't dare follow through with my plan of giving them out as gifts. They would just be demoralizing for people when they find they just can't find much for it. And Google's way of disgusing apps made for other devices (phones) as a nexus 7 app makes it not-so user friendly.
I guess I am going to keep mine and watch to see if things improve with it, but I wouldn't recommend it for others unless they have a lot of patience.
The hardware from ASUS is great. It has a nice, bright screen. The OS looks nice, is snappy, and not too difficult to use. Its handling feel and weight is spot on, and I really like the thin design.
I bought the Nexus 7 thinking to buy a few and give them out as christmas presents as kind of an ipad-lite sort of thing. I gave out some kindle fires last christmas, and that worked out great. The old kindle fires are thick and clunky though, not like this slim, cool Nexus 7.
Unfortunetly, the Google play store is just awful. I looked up some movies and TV shows on Google Play that I use right now with my Ipad and old kindle fire and came up 0/8.
Also what irked me was downloading applications that weren't actually made for a nexus 7 and getting horrible low-res screens from them.
The nexus 7 is a great piece of hardware, but I wouldn't dare follow through with my plan of giving them out as gifts. They would just be demoralizing for people when they find they just can't find much for it. And Google's way of disgusing apps made for other devices (phones) as a nexus 7 app makes it not-so user friendly.
I guess I am going to keep mine and watch to see if things improve with it, but I wouldn't recommend it for others unless they have a lot of patience.
