Maybe that's because you can get double what Gazelle offers by selling your iPad on eBay or craigslist. How many iPads are traded into Gazelle anyway?
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Google's New Nexus 7 Fails to Attract iPad Owners
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Maybe that's because you can get double what Gazelle offers by selling your iPad on eBay or craigslist. How many iPads are traded into Gazelle anyway?
No, most definitely not "just like". I'm sure far more Nexus owners will be buying an iPad than iPad owners buying a Nexus. (in relative numbers, of course, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised if it were in absolute numbers as well.
But no matter how you look at it, the balance between the two will not be similar.
Its all very 'my dad's bigger than yours' . The new nexus 7 looks good and provided its not laggy like the last one I will happily give it a go. I'm ios but android is looking attractive these days.
I suddenly had the badger song pop into my head...
bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, ANDROID!, ANDROID!, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, bezel, ANDROID!, ANDROID!
rinse and repeat ..
I wish Apple would take sound quality seriously.
I'd buy this over an iPad mini as a media playback device. Mono sound sucks, and Apple needs to up their game.
I'd buy this over an iPad mini as a media playback device. Mono sound sucks, and Apple needs to up their game.
Take another look at the sparse landscape of Android apps out there that are optimized for tablets, it's hardly looking attractive at all. That's why Android doesn't have much of a foothold in the tablet market, they simply don't have the tablet apps to compete (not to even mention the lag & issues with build quality of the first gen Nexus 7).
I have a perfectly good tablet already, why do I need to ditch it and pick up another one?
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Headphones are beautiful things.
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Headphones are beautiful things.
I was discussing this with someone recently and there are no real choices in the tablet Mamet, unlike the phone market. Well there is the choice between iPad and iPad mini I suppose, but when it comes to me seriously looking at tablet options I don't see any legitimate alternatives. This seems to indicate that the N7 goes to contrarians and people who are invested into the ecosystem. Android has had a much tougher time breaking the tablet barrier compared to the smartphone barrier.
One of the key reasons is an android smartphone does not have to be smart to sell. If it can make calls and text people will happily walk out with their "free" smartphone. Tablets are different. People buying them expect more out of them so low end and essentially incomplete tablets get no traction or market share like they do in smartphones.
One of the key reasons is an android smartphone does not have to be smart to sell. If it can make calls and text people will happily walk out with their "free" smartphone. Tablets are different. People buying them expect more out of them so low end and essentially incomplete tablets get no traction or market share like they do in smartphones.
In reality, it's sad that the iPad mini has a 1024 x 768 resolution like my windows desktop from middle school.
No it's a laggy turd
I have a galaxy s3 and an iPhone 5 and the s3 is slow compared to my iPhone
First, how old are you, and second, did your windows desktop in middle school have an 8" display?
You know what I wanted to like the new Nexus 7. My ipad 3 is getting long in the tooth, ipad2mini retina is seemingly never arriving - this nexus 7 has great resolution and I would prefer something smaller
......but my God that thing is butt ugly. No thanks google. Keep your Nexus Bezel thank you very much
......but my God that thing is butt ugly. No thanks google. Keep your Nexus Bezel thank you very much
Bezel & Other Thoughts
This article is rather ridiculous ... like I or anyone else would judge the potential success of a tablet, before it is even released, based on the trade-in figures of one, out of what is many, sites and companies to offer such a service. This is besides the fact that I would never take the low-ball amount of money Gazelle would offer compared to selling the device on e-bay or through other channels.
As for the Nexus 7, I own one. At first I sort of thought the same thing about the bezel before purchasing it but now that I own it, I never think twice about it. The picture in this article is very deceiving however as it is hard to see that there is a black bar along the bottom (where the menu buttons are) and a black bar along the top (where the notification icons are) which make those bezels look bigger than they really are -- by a great deal. The "big" part of the bezel is actually on the sides of the picture (landscape orientation) but for most of the time, they would be on the top and bottom (portrait orientation.) Regardless ... it is a 7" 1080p HD display, all in a package that fits in a coat pocket. Not too shabby.
For better pictures and comparison, check out: http://www.androidcentral.com/pictures-two-generations-nexus-7
This article is rather ridiculous ... like I or anyone else would judge the potential success of a tablet, before it is even released, based on the trade-in figures of one, out of what is many, sites and companies to offer such a service. This is besides the fact that I would never take the low-ball amount of money Gazelle would offer compared to selling the device on e-bay or through other channels.
As for the Nexus 7, I own one. At first I sort of thought the same thing about the bezel before purchasing it but now that I own it, I never think twice about it. The picture in this article is very deceiving however as it is hard to see that there is a black bar along the bottom (where the menu buttons are) and a black bar along the top (where the notification icons are) which make those bezels look bigger than they really are -- by a great deal. The "big" part of the bezel is actually on the sides of the picture (landscape orientation) but for most of the time, they would be on the top and bottom (portrait orientation.) Regardless ... it is a 7" 1080p HD display, all in a package that fits in a coat pocket. Not too shabby.
For better pictures and comparison, check out: http://www.androidcentral.com/pictures-two-generations-nexus-7
DAH..... It takes a genius to figure that out? My wife got an email today, she says; "wow! $300 for a brand new Dell laptop!" I said hell to the niz-o... Apple or nothing, I only wanna buy something like a computer once.
I agree with what you say, needfx. It makes me wonder why Apple does not try to more to exploit this.
I recently bought a 1st Gen 32GB Nexus 7 when Staples was selling them for $169. It's a fine little tablet for $169, but I wouldn't pay more than that. I still prefer my iPad 2.
Maybe I've become a Steve Jobs fanboy and just don't want to admit it. The screen size of the full-size iPad really is ideal for a tablet. I can see why he was hesitant to commit to a smaller version.
Well that's strange! I left iOS for Windows Phone and never looked back! And I probably never will!
Windows Phone was a breath of fresh air.
what about the many people, including me, that want iOS without the stickiness and no restrictions? I'd gladly 'voluntarily' not have to accept the 'only one app store' terms
I'd rather really own my device
This is why people make fun of apple apologists.
Most of what you are calling "bezel" is the bottom and top menubars on the screen.
See this image:
ipad mini on left, new nexus 7 on right. adjusted contrast so you can see where the screen stops and the bexel begins. Side bezels are nearly identical. I feel like I should point out that the Nexus on the right has twice the DPI of the ipad mini next to it, and an extra 1.2 million pixels of real estate. But yeah, go ahead and talk about how clunky it is compared to the ipad.
apparently you don't need a retina display because your eyes (and many others on here) can't tell the difference between the screen and the bezel.
I completely agree with this. Samsung seem to be more concerned about overclocking their processors and adding bullet points to comparison sheets than engineering, you know, useful things.
Umm. No. try Google.
The phrase would be: "iPad mini stereo speakers"
Nice try though...