Hands on with the Google Nexus 7 tablet

June 27, 2012

Hands on with the Google Nexus 7 tablet 4

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The Google Nexus 7 tablet was announced earlier at Google I/O and our boys Stacy Bruce and Ed Caggiani got some alone time with it. This is definitely one heck of a buy at $199 as it rocks a NIVIDA Tegra 3 and a 7-inch (1280 x 800) display. Made by ASUS, it's clearly head and shoulders above the Kindle Fire, but is Amazon going to sit back? Even with this amazing price, will the mainstream adopt it since it won't be in retail stores? I guess time will tell, but for now check out Ed and Stacy's hands on after the break.

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Robert Nazarian Author

Robert lives in upstate New York where he was born and raised. Technology was always his passion. His first computer was a Radio Shack TRS80 Color that used a cassette tape to save programs, and his first laptop was a Toshiba T1200FB that sported a CGA greyscale screen and two 720kb floppy drives (no hardrive). From the early 90’s through late 2011, he only owned Motorola phones starting with the MircroTAC all the way through to the Droid X. He broke that streak when he bought the Galaxy Nexus. Now he's sporting a Galaxy Note 4, and absolutely loves it. He has a wonderful wife and a 6 year old son. In his free time he enjoys sports, movies, TV, working out, and trying to keep up with the rapid fast world of technology.

4 comments

Nudo says:

June 27, 2012 at 8:40 PM

It’s all about the Nexus baby! pure

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Justin A says:

June 27, 2012 at 8:27 PM

now i know what will be replacing my kindle fire. Bluetooth and Camera were enough. But all the other makes me ready for pre-order… But to be safe I’ll wait and see what Amazon rolls out.

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1. KC says:
  
  June 28, 2012 at 12:37 AM
  
  You dun ve to wait. Just the NFC part alone is good enuff. No expensive accessories (media players,etc.) with obsoleting socket plugin of older iPhones, now totally incompatible with those of coming new iPhone 5. With NFc, it’s universal for all smartphones – any brand, so long as it has NFC.
  
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2. KC says:
  
  June 28, 2012 at 12:37 AM
  
  You dun ve to wait. Just the NFC part alone is good enuff. No expensive accessories (media players,etc.) with obsoleting socket plugin of older iPhones, now totally incompatible with those of coming new iPhone 5. With NFc, it’s universal for all smartphones – any brand, so long as it has NFC.
  
  Reply