I've yet to have my device delivered but I played with one in a retail store (why did I preorder then if stores get it before me?).

Anyway, it seems from my time playing with the one in the store that Chrome lacks a major feature in a 7-inch tablet browser... full screen mode. The screen area on a 7-inch tablet is relatively small, you have to optimize UI as much as possible, and keeping the tabs at the top, and the system bar at the bottom is a waste of space in my view, especially in landscape. Ever seen a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 plus/2? With the browser and the status bar, 20% of the screen is lost when surfing online in landscape mode.

The Honeycomb browser has an option of getting rid of the tabs and address bar at the top, with a half-circle of controls you can bring up by sliding from the edge of the side of the screen. Unfortunately, Chrome doesn't seem to have it. Sometimes I wonder if 7-inch tablets should just stay with Android 2.X, which allowed for full screen mode much better. Or maybe Google should make the status bar disappear when using apps, bringing it up by swiping from the bottom, or have an option to make it transparent inside apps.

Anyway, I think Dolphin has the full-screen mode. Opera Mobile is nice, but doesn't have it. Maxthon got it too.

OK, I'm raging now. Don't misunderstand me, my Nexus 7 8GB has been shipped and is on the way. But the real reason I'm raging is that I have just been in the Staples next to my workplace, and what else did I see but a Nexus 7 16GB on display? If I had not preordered the 8GB from Google, I could have just bought it today (or yesterday... or sooner) for 40$ more than I would have, with a 16GB version instead of the 8GB I bought.

I preordered from Google expecting that we consumers who have opted to buy directly from them would have been treated preferentially and getting the devices sooner than anyone else. Turns out those who just went into retail stores not only didn't have to pay shipping costs, but could get their devices earlier than those who preordered. Why even preorder then? I could just have went to my local Staples and asked them to put a copy aside for me instead, would have been better in the end for me, I would have had it cheaper and earlier.

This is not how you create loyal customers Google.

Hi everyone,

Just wondering if anyone outside the USA who ordered from Google Play have had devices dispatched yet?

I ordered on the 27th and still nothing.

Cheers,
Dave.

I'm in Canada, ordered it on June 28th, not shipped yet, but... last night Google tried to charge my credit card for it, and failed as it had expired just days beforehand, though I had added the new replacement card to Google Play and obviously Google has added no algorithm to alert users of when their cards expire nor of defaulting to other cards on the same account.

Anyway, if they tried to charge the card, it was because they probably aim to ship them very soon. I just hope my g****mn credit card didn't bump me off to the end of the wait list.