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For anyone interested This Week in Tech episode 360 has some great commentary about Nexus 7 - http://twit.tv/show/this-week-in-tech/360 - as does All About Android episode 67 - http://twit.tv/show/all-about-android/67 .

Anyone know of other podcasts showing off the Nexus 7?

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Nexus 7 General Discussion / Maps on the Nexus 7
« on: July 11, 2012, 07:22:42 AM »
We'll know more about this when the N7 ships, but just curious if anyone has heard more about how the offline maps work or how much you can save.  Ideally I'd love to save maps for when I take roadtrips, but I hope Google lets us select what data we want to save... for example I'd only need roads, mile markers, etc and no landmarks, satellite images, etc. 

From the demo's I've seen it looks like you select Offline Map then draw a box around the area you want to save.  I'd think just this wouldn't use much space since I used to have a single CD-ROM with this back in the day.  One reason I got the 16 Gig N7 was for offline maps, so hopefully it's not overkill.

But even if Offline Google Maps is less than ideal at least with the GPS third party mapping apps can still be used at a cost.

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Nexus 7 Apps / Any app developers here?
« on: July 09, 2012, 03:28:11 PM »
I'm a developer by trait, but it's all in the world of Microsoft (yeah I know ... oxymoron much?), but I REALLY want to get into app development on Android.  I did some playing around with it a couple of years ago, but nothing concrete ever came from it. 

So any app developers looking to code for the N7 or Jelly Bean specifically?  I haven't looked at the new API to see what's new in 4.1, but from what I hear there's some neat new toys with this latest version.

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Nexus 7 Wallpapers and Themes / Live wallpaper on N7
« on: July 05, 2012, 10:49:44 AM »
Anyone know if live wallpaper will work the same on 4.1 and the N7 as it does on older Android devices?

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Can anyone confirm whether or not making calls via Google Voice will work on the N7?  I'd love to have the N7 work just as my DroidX does except use Google Voice instead.  This would be amazing if so.

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Firstly here's a link to the Nexus 7 Manual through Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=gKmQD47OvCYC

And after reading through it there are a few features I've yet to see anyone demo or highlight, and I'm not sure why.

The biggest is Google Actions (pages 34 and 35 in manual) which says the N7 will sample audio from the microphone every few seconds and if you say "Google" it'll instantly start listening to voice commands with no need to press the microphone button.  This seems amazing, and if the API allows third party apps to tie into this it opens some neat possibilities.  But I've yet to see anyone talk about it or show any demos. 

Also pages 59 and 60 shows using a VPN, so any word on how this works?  If it's compatible with our work's VPN this might be a great way to connect in when on the go given I can find a good RDP client for Android. 

Speaking of, page 67 and 68 mention mouse and keyboard support, which a mouse working on it is something very unexpected.  But the manual says "an arrow shaped cursor appears just as on a computer".  WOW!  Again, for RDP connections into desktop systems this is TOTALLY FTW!

Pages 80 and 81 mentions encryption which is another wonderful feature I've yet to see anyone demo, so I'd be curious to see how this works and whether or not it slows the system down.

So just a few things I've read that I've yet to see anyone who already has one cover.  Most people seem to be highlighting the obvious things, but I'd love to see someone demo these features.  I also have an N7 on order, so if I can't find any demos by then I'll do one myself :)

Take care --

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Nexus 7 Accessories / Cases
« on: July 02, 2012, 12:07:27 PM »
Anyone seen cases for the Nexus 7 yet?  Or know if it'll fit into any of the already available cases?

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