No, not the api being pulled, the storage medium being pulled, or put back in.

Definately 4 is a step down, but it still tends to get the job done for the most part.

$217 down the drain. I really like having a 7″ tablet around, but now I’m torn between spending the extra to get an iPad mini or chancing it on the 16GB Nexus 7 that is now $200. 

Side note: had it not broken, I would be pretty pissed about the price drop after only 3 months [well, less than 2 months for me since I bought in September]. I recall Apple upgraded a product really soon after a previous version [can't remember what off the top of my head], everyone was pissed and they sent people refunds of like $100. I don’t see Google doing that for people who bought in July. Caveat emptor early adopter, sure, but 3.5 months is ridiculous. I doubt they can afford to refund people, though, since most tech analysts seem to agree they are making barely if any money off the thing.

Customer service and build quality are still worth something.

Thanks for the NewsRob recommendation. Nicer than the default Google Reader app, which I had been using, or GReader. I’d love to see a post from you on your favorite Nexus 7 apps. 

Do you do any writing on the Nexus 7? What app do you use for that? Do you use an external keyboard?

For a Twitter app that supports muting, try Tweetings.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dwdesign.tweetings&hl=en

The combination of the Open Android and really good specs and reviews were the deciding factor for me, your article just reinforces what I had already found.

I had one of the original Kindle Fires and while it and the access through Amazon Prime made it a pleasant enough device, I really wanted more true functionality and a reasonable ability to do my own thing with it.

Good excuse for learning Java and Android.

One small thought, our government these days is pretty much controlled by and always sides with business interests versus peoples interests.

They have been entirely subverted to this end.

And on a political note if Romney becomes president, what little importance individual rights still have is sure to be entirely displaced by corporate interests.

Contrary to popular Republican belief they are not the same thing.

Just tap the google widget seach bar at the top of every screen and type it there which is on the key with “/” beside the space bar.

I’ll tell you what, it’s a damn site easier typing the “at symbol” in on the nexus 7 than it is in this goddamned BoingBoing post.

It seems to me you’re trying to find obscure problems that don’t really exist in any practical sense.

Replacement seems to give the retailer more power, refund allows you to consider your options, walk away or start again from scratch.

Believe it or not, even Apple devices have niggles and annoyances.

I want to get a Nexus 7, but given that the next round of Nexus devices will be starting quite soon, a lot of me wants to wait and see who’s making what and how everything is.

WUT?

The Nexus 7 32GB has JUST been released, and the mobile data version is still a week or so away. The Nexus 4 has JUST been released. The Nexus 10 has JUST been released. WITIN THE LAST FEW DAYS.

Next round of Nexus devices starting quite soon? They don’t release at the same rate Apple releases iPads you know!

It’s cheap because Google makes no money from them which is pretty pathetic.

But ASUS make money from it. And since they manufacture it, it’s not really that pathetic now is it.

I get cranky when I’m tired too. Have a little lie down, it always makes me feel better.

It seems like, along with the pretty spiffy looking Nexus 10, it’s going to make that happen.

I’ve managed to stream media from it easily, but I find it’s often more useful to copy to local storage because of the way some apps works, especially with playlists.

The disadvantage is that without root, you’re limited to treating the ROM storage as ROM.

Still, it works as a way to boost your storage easily.

If you only cache the basic map data, which is vector based (as opposed to including satellite layers, etc with bitmap data) you can cache at least 50km square. And I’ve found it will cache an area bigger than you select.

It’s all rather good and deals very well with its limitations.

In addition, Cory says “you might come back to dozens of waiting updates, each of which has to
be tediously clicked through and approved. It would be much better to
have an “update all” option.”

The solution, Cory, is to go to the Play Store app, click the list of your installed apps at the top, and there’s an “Update All” button there. It doesn’t work where an app requests new permissions, as the Play Store requires you to at least look at the new list of permissions before you ignore them and install the update. But I think that’s a Good Thing™.

You can also set each app to update automatically from within the Play Store app.

And that is honestly the whole business here. There is an attitude internally at Android hq there the file system is scary and confusing, and best hidden out of the way of the user. It is a very paternalistic attitude, and one i more expected from a certain other company.