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That's process shrinking which is an amazing feat but it doesn't make phones smart. The word smart phone has largely been a misnomer until recently. Our current smartphones have really just been PC phones, not smart. But Google is starting to actually make our phones smart now. For instance...

That's a start. What if it were smarter and knew you were away from your home and turned it off automatically? To me smart means the computer has some intelligence. We're largely still at a point of telling our computers what to do. Something like the Nest, if actually worked, is where things...

Ever since these "smart" devices have been released, we've been hearing about how "magical" they are from device makers and some gulible journalists. But to me, in reality, today's smart phone aren't really that smart. Our phones are a feat of engineering but not entirely a feat of invention. If...

Even if you don't like the Kindle reader, get it anyways. From my findings, Amazon has the most deals of any of the bookstores. They also have free for a limited time books. Sometimes you'll find the first book of a series free as a way to get you to buy the next books, but for the consumer it...

2. The nexus 7 is a one handed device so a camera on it isn't as silly as an iPad camera. The iPad Mini will soon be the most popular tablet ever and you'll see many people using its camera. Sorry if that offends you. 4. You know only the first 5 GB of Google Drive is free right? Google isn't a...

Couple of reputable brands include iKlear and omnicleanz. They have reviews on youtube if you do a search for them.

There are rumors that Google is making an even lower end Nexus 7 with worse specs than the current one for $99. So multiple versions of the Nexus 7 could exist. Every added feature mentioned above will cost a little extra except the updated CPU/GPU since Tegra 4/Exynos 5 is expected to replace...

The Nexus 7 is a pretty good device for $200 but you can tell Google and ASUS had to take out a few features to make it so inexpensive. If they were willing to make a higher end tablet, it would add maybe $75 to the price. Some things to consider adding: 1. A high res screen (~300 ppi). We have...

You can just get any microusb to usb male cable. Monoprice sells some 3 ft and 6 ft ones.

I have both an iPad and a Nexus 7. Now everyone uses their tablets a different way, but for me, the iPad hardly gets used since it's not really any more portable than my laptop and the laptop does much more (such as quickly typing this reply while attached to a 27" monitor). The Nexus 7 I've...

You can get many ebooks cheap or free if you look for it. 1. Google Play has many popular public domain books. 2. The Kindle for Android app let's you get books from Amazon which offers many free books not in public domain. Plus it gives you an addition source to compare prices with the...

Okay, the iPad is better with that, but it could be the browser. And again, the iPad GPU is much better than the Tegra 3 so even if the software were the same, which I'm not saying they are, the iPad would beat it. Also, remember that one of the advantages of tailoring the software for a...

I have a iPad 3 and Nexus 7 with 4.2 and don't notice the iPad 3 to be any smoother when scrolling between screens. Games tend to run better on the iPad because it has a better GPU. The only thing with the Nexus 7 is very occasionally, there is a brief pause when opening a new app or performing...

Even though 64 GB is a lot, apps are also starting to get bigger. Avenger's Initiative is 2 GB. Bard's Tale is 1.7 GB. Google wants you on their cloud so you pay them $$$ which is why their Nexus devices won't have any sd card slots, but like many people I'd rather have at least a local copy of...

I'd love to see a high quality rear facing camera in the next Nexus 7. My iPad's camera is nearly useless because I agree that taking pictures with it is laughable but the Nexus 7 and other 7" tablets are one handed devices so it's not as dumb. I agree that if the next Nexus 7 does have a...