OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/26116/Nexus_7_is_this_Google_s_new_Nexus_tablet_ Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2013, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sun, 19 May 2013 17:14:27 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com "Nexus 7"? http://www.osnews.com/thread?523787 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523787 So... where are Nexus 6 models, and how can I get one? Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments RE: "Nexus 7"? http://www.osnews.com/thread?523788 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523788 You can't get a Nexus 6. They were buggy as hell and cause so much grief Google hunted them all down and "retired" them ;) Edited 2012-06-25 21:48 UTC Mon, 25 Jun 2012 21:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (galvanash) Comments Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523789 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523789 Neither CPU nor GPU put it ahead of last year's iPad. It major selling point is 7" for those who want that size and Google-branding which means guaranteed updates, but based on price alone I can see people paying the extra $100 and getting a 16GB iPad for $399. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hussein) Comments Sorry http://www.osnews.com/thread?523790 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523790 > or for all Android devices.

It is technically impossible. Microsoft force some standard technologies for use with WindowsRT, but Google does not for Android. So, given the fact that Linux modules/drivers are not backward/forward compatible, there is no way they could support all devices at once. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:17:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Elv13) Comments Comment by stabbyjones http://www.osnews.com/thread?523791 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523791 Google already handles Nexus software updates, that's the point of getting a Nexus.

I'm buying this as soon as they're out. Mon, 25 Jun 2012 22:38:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (stabbyjones) Comments RE: Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523802 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523802 New IPads start at $499, but I know what you mean. Getting last years...
The 1GB in a 7 inch tablet was also already done last year by the Playbook. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 00:24:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (libray) Comments RE: Comment by stabbyjones http://www.osnews.com/thread?523810 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523810
Google already handles Nexus software updates, that's the point of getting a Nexus.


I'm not sure if that's 100% true. With the last Galaxy Nexus, there seemed to be a handsets running different firmware. Search for "yakju" over at the XDA forums.

Some models got updates straight from Google, while others got them from Samsung, which were often slower. Samsung said that it was done at the request of carriers. I recall a few threads at various Android forums dedicated to owners users with the yakju-alternative firmware flash back to yakju-stock. Not sure about prior Nexus devices though. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:13:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (gan17) Comments RE[2]: Comment by stabbyjones http://www.osnews.com/thread?523812 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523812 Same for the N1 and NS. It took 18 months before I got 2.3 and when I did, it bricked my N1. I have to use a few tricks to flash cyanogen as it would not boot anymore. I then installed 4.0.3, something that even google does not support, so if you want updates, Nexus or not, do it yourself.Edited 2012-06-26 01:29 UTC Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:29:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Elv13) Comments RE: Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523817 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523817 I don't know yet if this thing has an SD card slot. But if there was one, can you explain me why one would care about ridiculously overpriced internal storage instead of opting for cheaper and upgradeable external storage like on digital cameras ?

I mean, $100 for 8GB of low-quality flash storage sounds ridiculous to me. Pen drives of that capacity costed much less than that two years ago, and the market moves fast...Edited 2012-06-26 03:25 UTC Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:21:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Neolander) Comments RE: Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523832 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523832
Neither CPU nor GPU put it ahead of last year's iPad...


Actually the tegra 3 has a faster CPU than Apple's A5X, while the A5X has a faster GPU. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (nej_simon) Comments RE[2]: "Nexus 7"? http://www.osnews.com/thread?523847 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523847 What do you mean, "buggy"? Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:48:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments RE[2]: Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523857 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523857 I'm betting it won't since none of the Nexus phones have SD card slots.

As for why they don't make removable storage the "/home" partition for user data and applications, I have no idea. I can only speculate that the Android team expected better integration with Google then what's going on now.

The 8GB probably isn't where most of the cost is. That was probably a couple of dollars. Besides, you're supposed to use the Google cloud. ;) Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:42:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Flatland_Spider) Comments article states $249 for 16GB http://www.osnews.com/thread?523858 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523858 Makes a huge difference.... thats only a 25% price increase rather than a 50% Tue, 26 Jun 2012 12:44:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (FunkyELF) Comments RE: "Nexus 7"? http://www.osnews.com/thread?523864 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523864 There is no such thing as a Nexus 6. It's called Nexus 7 because it has a 7-inch screen. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (AnythingButVista) Comments RE[2]: Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523880 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523880 If it's a full-sized SD slot, that would be nice. Up to 16 GB cards are now under $1/GB up here, and the 32+ GB cards are hovering around $2/GB.

MicroSD cards are approx. double that right now (8 GB for just under $20 after taxes).

Obviously, these aren't the fastest SD cards around, but they aren't the crappiest either. Price goes up with speed requirements.

(Prices in CDN$.)

Absolutely amazes me that Apple can charge a $100 US premium for 8 GB of extra storage. Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:58:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (phoenix) Comments Comment by marcp http://www.osnews.com/thread?523887 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523887 Buying device from one of the biggest spies of all times. Yeah, sounds like an AWESOME IDEA! Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (marcp) Comments RE[2]: Not price competitive http://www.osnews.com/thread?523949 http://www.osnews.com/thread?523949 The A5X also has a lot more memory bandwidth than the Tegras, all of which are limited to a single 32-bit memory channel. ;) For all the graphics know-how that Nvidia has, they are really limiting/hampering/hobbling their mobile graphics solutions. Even at 1.6 GHz, with DDR3-1066 memory, the Tegra3 GPU is slow. ;) Just check out the benchmarks for the Asus Transformer Infinity (1900x1200 resolution @ 10.1") at anandtech.com. PowerVR GPUs runs circles around the Tegras. Wed, 27 Jun 2012 08:36:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (phoenix) Comments RE: Comment by marcp http://www.osnews.com/thread?524001 http://www.osnews.com/thread?524001 True... but someone who thinks Google is the biggest spy of all time is likely to know that Google devices are open, and you can do whatever you please with them. ;) Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (aorth) Comments Saw the presentation http://www.osnews.com/thread?524009 http://www.osnews.com/thread?524009 Me want! Wed, 27 Jun 2012 17:59:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Drunkula) Comments RE[2]: "Nexus 7"? http://www.osnews.com/thread?524126 http://www.osnews.com/thread?524126 I guess that's a whoosh? Thu, 28 Jun 2012 10:10:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (zima) Comments