So, seeing as blogs are gone for the time being, I figured I'd talk about it here.
I bought a Nexus 7 last weekend and it arrived at my door yesterday, after playing with the device for 24 hours I think I want to give me initial thoughts on it and how I like the actual device itself.
Yeah yeah, I don't think I need to say that Android lacks proper tablet-optimized apps. But I'm making do with what I have(and it's working well!)
One thing I thought I'd hate is the 7" size, but it suits the needs of why I bought it: As a tablet to take to school with me. I like how the hardware actually feels in my hand, it feels sturdy, comfortable and welcoming. I'm a big fan of the faux-leather on the back, too.
The hardware specs are no slouch either, it's done everything I've needed it to do, and well. Not that I've been doing anything too intensive.
The first thing I did when I got it out of the box was OEM unlock the bootloader and root the thing, I wanted to install custom ROMs because I refuse to install any custom ROMs on my Galaxy Nexus due to reauthenticating Google 2-step verification is a long process and I'm really lazy. So I put CM10 on my Nexus 7. But I jumped back to stock for a little bit because I reallly wasn't interested in reinstalling all the Google Apps from the Play Store(the ones that weren't in the Gapps zip)
The screen is pretty nice, too.
I'm looking forward to seeing how my use of this tablet continues after a few weeks, though. Whether I go back to my iPad for school. We'll see. I also got this tabel for coding and development uses, so it won't go to waste
I bought a Nexus 7 last weekend and it arrived at my door yesterday, after playing with the device for 24 hours I think I want to give me initial thoughts on it and how I like the actual device itself.
Yeah yeah, I don't think I need to say that Android lacks proper tablet-optimized apps. But I'm making do with what I have(and it's working well!)
One thing I thought I'd hate is the 7" size, but it suits the needs of why I bought it: As a tablet to take to school with me. I like how the hardware actually feels in my hand, it feels sturdy, comfortable and welcoming. I'm a big fan of the faux-leather on the back, too.
The hardware specs are no slouch either, it's done everything I've needed it to do, and well. Not that I've been doing anything too intensive.
The first thing I did when I got it out of the box was OEM unlock the bootloader and root the thing, I wanted to install custom ROMs because I refuse to install any custom ROMs on my Galaxy Nexus due to reauthenticating Google 2-step verification is a long process and I'm really lazy. So I put CM10 on my Nexus 7. But I jumped back to stock for a little bit because I reallly wasn't interested in reinstalling all the Google Apps from the Play Store(the ones that weren't in the Gapps zip)
The screen is pretty nice, too.
I'm looking forward to seeing how my use of this tablet continues after a few weeks, though. Whether I go back to my iPad for school. We'll see. I also got this tabel for coding and development uses, so it won't go to waste