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GigaPeon posted:The Nexus 7 is back on the Staples website and shows out of stock everywhere around me :/ Keep an eye on it, because their stock availability updates instantly. Sometimes stores can get units in stock in the afternoon. They will be your best bet.
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Stopped by my staples today just to look. They still have a piece of paper up that says if you want to pre order the nexus 7, please speak to an associate. That piece of paper is the only thing in that store that references, Nexus 7.
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Jul 20, 2012 19:29
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rotaryfun posted:Stopped by my staples today just to look. They still have a piece of paper up that says if you want to pre order the nexus 7, please speak to an associate. This is still 10 times more than any other android tablet promotion
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Jul 20, 2012 19:33
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Yeah a 7" is exactly what I needed. I like using my iPhone and all but a small rear end screen is not always the best thing to read on. With the N7 I can just slip it in my pocket and head to work. As much as I like my ipad as well it's big as hell. It's a mobile Google Reader in my pocket that I don't have to squint at that also has Pandora, Steam, and a browser!
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Jul 20, 2012 19:34
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Sulk posted:Keep an eye on it, because their stock availability updates instantly. Sometimes stores can get units in stock in the afternoon. They will be your best bet. So Walmart stores aren't carrying them yet?
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Had mine for a few days. Things I like: - The 7" form factor. Love it or hate it, I love it. Easily held with one hand and it doesn't tire you out. 10" is just too big to use comfortably and any situation where I find myself wanting a 10" tablet I have a laptop ready to go and to be honest I'd rather use that. - Build quality is superb. The news of ghosting and screens lifting had me worried but I'm not seeing either. The seams between the screen, side plastic and rear are almost nonexistent. Side buttons have a very satisfying click, not mushy and don't wobble around in their cutouts. - The feel. Good, solid weight. The non slip, textured back cover is actually quite nice. It's not overly tacky but you don't ever get a sense it's going to fall out of your hands. - The price. $250 for a 16 gig. Not any negatives there. - The speed. This thing screams and not a single stutter out of it. I'm sure some of that comes from Jelly Bean but the specs in it sure don't hurt either. Things I don't like: - As much as I hate proprietary plugs the micro usb connector just feels flimsy for such a sturdy, well built tablet. - Google's insistence on non tablet specific apps. They believe things should scale. Noble goal but it just doesn't work. No one wants a 7" phone so why in God's name would we want to scale an app for such low real estate (3.5-4.3) to something that's larger? What's worse is that even they can't even be consistant about it. GMail uses the tablet interface. Nice! Google Talk uses the phone interface and stretches. Not so nice! I'm just hoping Google Play developers start dual packaging apps for different screen sizes. - The official case. It's a cheap rubber sleeve covering a very nice device. The button covers are sloppy and mushy. The screen cover registers taps on the screen when you close it. Skip it and pick up a nicer cover that utilizes the screen idle magnet. - Speaker could be a touch louder. - Google's customer service. Or lack thereof.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:Build quality is superb ... The seams between the screen, side plastic and rear are almost nonexistent.  Can you take some screen shots of the stretched phone apps. People only ever link the Skype one looking like poo poo.
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Jul 20, 2012 19:54
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Almost nonexistent in that there are seems like everything have but not huge gaping holes that plague most Android devices. I am very bad at words. I'll get some screens up in a minute.
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Jul 20, 2012 19:56
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Phiberoptik posted:How well do flash videos work on Android? Im thinking fo picking up a nexus 7, a big reason I don't want an iPad is a lot of sites I use still do not have flash alternatives. If you absolutely have to have flash then well, android is the only real option (other than blackberry playbook). But really flash is dead. If sites ever require a newer version than android has right now then you wont be able to use it. Your porn and anime sites will probably move to html5 before long.
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Jul 20, 2012 19:57
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Oh thank gently caress, Lynda.com finally has HTML5 video rather than flash for Android. If only they could stop being lazy and get an actual Android app I'd be fully happy. They've had an iOS app since 2010.
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Jul 20, 2012 19:59
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Biodome posted:Can you take some screen shots of the stretched phone apps. People only ever link the Skype one looking like poo poo.   This is just baffling to me because other Google apps use the nice double pane views like G+ and GMail.
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Maker Of Shoes posted:
I had a feeling this would be the case.  Now to wait for decent ones to come out.
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randyest posted:Has anything changed since this? CBS News   CollegeHumor   CNN:   ESPN:   eBay:   Facebook:   TBS:   Twitter:   Vevo:   Wikipedia:  CNN is basically the only good tablet interface there. I would love to know if it's changed as well in the last few months, because I use that article as an important reference when people ask me about Android tablets.
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Jul 20, 2012 20:34
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Android... no shortage of lazy programmers. The capabilities are there to make beautiful apps. It's the developers that are dragging their feet to the max. apps done right: awful betamax  google+  youtube 
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rotaryfun posted:Android... no shortage of lazy programmers. When did google buy flipboard?
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:CNN is basically the only good tablet interface there. I would love to know if it's changed as well in the last few months, because I use that article as an important reference when people ask me about Android tablets.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:CNN is basically the only good tablet interface there. quote:I would love to know if it's changed as well in the last few months, because I use that article as an important reference when people ask me about Android tablets. 
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Jul 20, 2012 20:57
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Don Lapre posted:When did google buy flipboard? Dunno, but the new Google+ app is awesome. makes me wish more people used it.
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Athenry posted:Dunno, but the new Google+ app is awesome. makes me wish more people used it. this but about my penis
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Pissflaps posted:this but about my penis oh hey it's pissflaps
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Jul 20, 2012 21:18
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Got an email from Newegg today advertising 20% off Toshiba tablets. Obviously they're having a hard time selling them. I went ahead and clicked it to see which ones were in the sale and now 3 of the models are sold out. Newegg coded it ToshibaFiresale. The 10.1" 16GB Tegra 3 model would have ended up going for $312. Did anyone get one?
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Jul 20, 2012 21:42
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Don Lapre posted:If you absolutely have to have flash then well, android is the only real option (other than blackberry playbook). There's browsers on ipad that support flash. Now it seems like the flash playing field is leveling out with everyone losing support from Adobe.
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Jul 20, 2012 21:52
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OK, we've got Skype, CBS News, CollegeHumor, ESPN, eBay, Facebook, Twitter, Vevo, and goodreads. Congratulations Apple fanboys, you found 9 apps which don't have tablet layouts on Android. Screenshots and everything! No doubt this will finally convince the masses that Android is bad, and stop the wave of demand for Android tablets which is now so strong that the Play Store website sold out of the 16GB model. It's a good thing too, otherwise all those people might have purchased one and enjoyed the literally thousands and thousands of apps which do have tablet support. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Rastor posted:Congratulations Apple fanboys Clearly he's an Apple fanboy.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:CNN is basically the only good tablet interface there. I would love to know if it's changed as well in the last few months, because I use that article as an important reference when people ask me about Android tablets. This makes me think two thoughts: 1. Not a surprise that the Android versions are frequently slapdash garbage considering the size of the market. 2. Supposedly, HTML5 will make apps obsolete in many cases, especially media sites. It's interesting, since I haven't spent a lot of time with iPads, I don't have any expectations for design quality and just use it. I think a lot of people that aren't invested in iOS care all that much. Different market. Maybe.
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SouthLAnd posted:I decided to put ICS on my Kindle Fire, although now I'm thinking I should have thrown on a Jelly Bean rom, this is pretty fun so far though. I'm sorry, this was from yesterday I think, but is there a link to this wallpaper? I reverse Googled and came up with nothin'. Thanks for any help.
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Walked into my closest Staples. All sold out of the Nexus 7. Few hours later walked into another one and got the last one in stock. Thought they were going to withhold it from me when I refused their $100 accident protection warranty.... I'm an Android noob (other than helping my Dad setup some basic apps), and as a less than enthused iPhone owner, I must say this is a fine piece of hardware and just feels perfect in my hand. Very smooth too. Night and day from my experience with other Android tablets on display that I've fiddled with.
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Nother I don't know android question. How do I talk Google Now into populating with something other than the weather? I want flight info, and local news, and stuff on there, and places and appointments, per the "sample cards" it shows. But All I've got is weather, and a little information bit on the alarm that is currently going off, not things in my calendar for tomorrow.
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Slo-Tek posted:Nother I don't know android question. How do I talk Google Now into populating with something other than the weather? I want flight info, and local news, and stuff on there, and places and appointments, per the "sample cards" it shows. From what I've heard/read so far, it seems like there's no way to "force" a specific card to come up. You basically need to feed Now information so it can start to populate. So, for stuff like flights and news, ask it for flights and news. It thought I was asking for directions to a place when I was playing around with it on the first day and now it WILL NOT STOP asking me if I want navigation info to this drat building. (I know there's a way to kill cards if they're unwanted, by swiping to the left/right, I think?) I know at least for appointments, you need to have everything filled in, including an address, for it to trigger warnings like "accounting for traffic, you need to leave now to make it to this thing."
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Slo-Tek posted:Nother I don't know android question. How do I talk Google Now into populating with something other than the weather? I want flight info, and local news, and stuff on there, and places and appointments, per the "sample cards" it shows. I had to enable "show recent searches" under the privacy and accounts section of Google Nows settings. The only thing that added for me was sports scores...which would not show up automatically without that option checked. Maybe it impacts other cards as well.
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BunLengthHotDog posted:I had to enable "show recent searches" under the privacy and accounts section of Google Nows settings. The only thing that added for me was sports scores...which would not show up automatically without that option checked. Maybe it impacts other cards as well. Just search for stuff. I've looked up addresses on my desktop and had directions and traffic information show up on a card. It did take a couple of searches for things to start showing up.
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So far I like the Nexus 7 a lot, I definitely prefer the 7 inch form factor to the iPad's 10". I do wish the side bezels were larger though. While holding it, my thumb tends to hit the screen by accident a bit too often.
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Slo-Tek posted:Nother I don't know android question. How do I talk Google Now into populating with something other than the weather? I want flight info, and local news, and stuff on there, and places and appointments, per the "sample cards" it shows. Make sure you have Web History enabled via Google Dashboard.
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rotaryfun posted:awful betamax Is this format only available to the "not phone" interface? I love the thread list on the side.
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Siroc posted:Is this format only available to the "not phone" interface? I love the thread list on the side. Yes. I'm pretty sure on the N7 you can get both depending on if you have it portrait/landscape.
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I haven't seen that view on my nexus 7, is there something special you have to do to get it?
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powderific posted:I haven't seen that view on my nexus 7, is there something special you have to do to get it?
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Don Lapre posted:I think you have to change your dpi so it gives you tablet apps. From the Awful App theread Geekner posted:
So yeah you can try hacking the DPI but don't expect everything to work properly
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dissss posted:From the Awful App theread He did say he'd get something working soon for the N7 users though, so there is that. It does work fine in phone mode, but I miss that tablet layout from my xoom.
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