I'm a bit picky with cases. Must:
1. Not cover the bezel
2. Not add too much bulk or weight
3. Turn into a stand.

When I first got my N7 I bought one of the cheap Ebay magnetic smart cases that people were talking about on XDA. Sounded perfect.

But alas, quality control (if it actually exists) isn't so good.  Both cases have ended up with cracks in the corner of the case.

It's a pity as this stand suits me prefectly  

Of course there's probably 100s of Chinese factories pumping out the "same" cases so I could order from another seller and get a good one but then again I might get a worse one.

Still on the search for the "Goldilocks" case

My experiences with this case here:
http://the-gadgeteer.com/2012/11/01/ebay-slim-magnetic-smart-cover-hard-case-stand-for-google-asus-nexus-7-tablet-review/

Already have my Thinkpad Tablet if I want a 10" tablet, but it hasn't seen much light since I've got my Nexus 7 :p

Custom Timbuk2 Eula ?

http://www.timbuk2.com/tb2/custom#/features/12

Right size for your tablet and a few bibs and bobs and you can customise to your color requirements.

My Gadgeteer review: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2011/10/30/timbuk2-custom-eula-messenger-review/

Try going into Recovery mode and clearing your cache.  This works sometimes, worth a try

Try Juice Defender

Been using for a long time.

I've charged mine with a 500mA notebook USB port, a 1A external battery pack and the supplied 2A ac charger. :-)

All seen to work fine unlike my Thinkpad Tablet.

To me as long as upgrades contain improvements, then I've got no issue. Improvements can be performance, functionality or whatever.  If they're going to release an upgrade with say just new icons, or a crappier version of maps then they can keep it.

Obviously the nice thing about Android versus a more fruity option is that you can select whether you want the upgrade or not, or accept the upgrade and ( if rooted) always back out easily to a previous edition.

In addition the fact that the developer community can improve over Google's improvements is the other reason I'll never buy a product by the other major alternative

Of course for those of us who are serial rooters and rommers then all they're doing is making more work for us. For example yesterday I went to stock, loaded 4.1.2 update, then went back to Paranoid Android 2.17, then upgraded 2.17 to 2.2 without a full wipe, then did a full wipe an loaded 2.2 Sheesh...you'd think I had something better to do with my time