Back about 6 months ago a lot of Verizon customers were a little miffed that the Nexus 7 wasn't available on their network.  Despite the 4G version of the tablet having the appropriate radios, the company refused to activate saying that it had not yet been certified on big red's network.  Well starting a few days ago, word has leaked out, via venerable website Droid-Life that the Nexus 7 had FINALLY worked its way through the certification process and that we'd soon see it available.   Up above you can see a picture of the Verizon version of the Nexus 7 complete with red Verizon logo and 'Verizon 4G LTE Certified' stamped right on the box.   While there's been no official announcement from the company yet, leaked docs suggest you can pick one up starting the 13th of February....just a few days away.   So...who's getting one?  Let us hear in the comments.

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It's back and again at the lowest price ever. The 2012 32GB 7 (manuf refurb) only $119.99 on Ebay Daily Deals today.  This is a great opportunity to pick up what is still one of the best 7 inch tablets out there with a still very potent Nvidia Tegra 3 processor and 1280 x 800 IPS display for less than half the cost of when it came out.  While it is the 2012 model it's still more than capable to run just about any Android app you throw at it and of course you get the latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat OS as well.  If you already have a 2013 model this is a great cheap backup device or you can get one for your spouse or kids.  Hit the link to grab one at this really low price before they sell out.

The Nexus 7 tablet is an awesome device.  With its Full HD 1920 x 1200 display, always up to date Android OS, fast Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with blazing GPU and stereo speakers, there's only a few areas where we see complaints and most of those tend to be about the lack of expandable memory.  Let's face it, while there's been lots of debate about the reasons for Google to not include a MicroSD slot on their Nexus devices, there's no denying it would be nice to have at times. The SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive solves this problem by providing an easy, portable expandable memory solution in a tiny wifi enabled drive that you can carry with you in your bag, pocket or case and that provides a ton of extra memory for your Nexus 7 or any other wifi enabled device to connect to wirelessly.   

Here's how it works:  The Wireless Media Drive has its own wifi networking chip so it creates a wifi network that you and up to 7 other mobile devices can all connect to simultaneously.   You can load pictures, documents, even stream movies from it and it has an 8 hour battery life per charge.  As the video below shows you can not only take your favorite catalog of movies or documents along but you can expand the memory by putting up to a 128GB SDcard in giving you a total of 192GB of memory.   That's the equivalent of 6 entire 32GB Nexus 7s in one tiny wifi streaming device. 


Now this isn't the first wifi portable battery powered drive we've seen, but it and its little brother, the SanDisk Connect Flash Drive are some of the smallest we've seen.  One trick the Wireless Media Drive can do that most others can't is that it accepts SD and MicroSd cards that can be plugged right in, say from a camera or other device and let you access your content on the go over the wifi network.  The SanDisk Connect Wireless Media Drive shown in the video above comes in 32GB or 64GB versions and there's also a smaller SanDisk Connect Flash Drive shown in the picture above that comes in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB for a little less cash .  One thing to note is that the flashdrive only has about a 4 hour battery life compared to the big brother's 8 hour and can only take MicroSD cards where its big brother can take full size SD as well.    The 64GB version of the SanDisk Connect Wirelss Media Drive can be found for $99 at Amazon at the link below with the 32GB costing as low as $79.99.   The SanDisk Connect Flashdrive is a little less with the 32GB version coming at $59.99 and a 64GB version at the same $99.

Both give you about a 150ft radius wifi network that multiple devices can connect to simultaneously but of course throughput is affected with multiple devices.  Our pick would be the 64GB version of the Wireless Media Drive.  While a tiny bit larger than the flashdrive, the additional 4 hours of battery life plus ability to take SD cards on the fly make it worth it.    Definitely a cool accessory for those that like to take collections of media on vacation or on the road with their Nexus 7.  We've linked to several of the options on Amazon below.

New Feature just added.   From now on you'll have a Facebook Like, Tweet and Google +1 button on the bottom center of the first post of all topics.  Should make it easier for people to share posts and articles they like.   I encourage everyone to do this as it helps get the word out about our forum.

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If you missed the sale last month, you can get the awesome Urge Basics Soundbrick Bluetooth Stereo Speaker for 44% off today..only $34.99.   These usually retail for about 70-80 bucks and pump out tremendous sound through a wireless bluetooth connection to your Nexus 7.   It also has a built-in microphone for speakerphone functionality and comes in various colors including black, white, red, blue and pink.  Has a built-in lithium ion rechargeable battery and compares nicely to the Jambox soundbrick which is 4x as costly.   Now this soundbrick is really great to pair up with your tablet because it let's you stream your entire music collection...or even watch movies and video while enjoying booming stereo sound that can fill an entire room or backyard with great bass that even the great 2013 Nexus 7 speakers lack.  Link below

If like me you sometimes do work on your Nexus 7 and you've been looking for a Microsoft Office compatible program for your tablet then you'll be interested in this latest holiday promo.   OfficeSuite Pro, which is an awesome suite of apps that lets you create, view, edit and print MS Word, Excel and Powerpoint documents on your Android device is half off for a limited time.  Usually it's $14.99, but right now it's just $7.49.   They even throw in their new font pack for free.  Definitely worth getting if you like to be productive on your tablet.