Awwww YEAH

[MikeLip]

An upbeat Nexus 7 post - don't pass out from shock;

I gave up on my pre-order and went to Sams Club. I had ordered an 8Gig, and all Sams had was 16Gig. That was fine with me. I should have bought 16 in the first place. I called Google and after 45 minutes on hold I told them to cancel. They said why no, we can't cancel! The shipping process is too far along. What shipping process? There is no update on my wallet account...

Anyway, I told him I'd just refuse shipment and began playing with the 7. The display is awesome, I love the backing material, the display is awesome, it's FAST, the display is awesome....

I like the display

I loaded up my pile o' apps and started playing. Excellent touch response. The display is... (oh, shut up, Mike). The device seems a bit lighter than my Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 Plus. And it's faster. Display is not as bright as the Samsung, but it's clearly higher pixel density. It looks to me like a Retina display on an iPad 3, or the high density display on an Acer A700, both of which are beautiful. Everything is smooth and clean.

I keep thinking I want the new 7" iPad when it comes out, but I don't use my current iPad - I use my Android tabs, especially the Asus TF201 and 301. They just seem better in terms of OS (both running ICS). Which is a complete turnaround because I despised Android when I first tried it a few years ago. Now I love it.

JB is going to take a bit of getting used to. I don't really like Google Now - I tend to use my tablets for fixed purposes (math and analysis, reading, netflix, notes - rarely searches), and I seem to set off Now accidentally all the time. Can I disable that? The transitions are slick and attractive. Everything works well, seems well made, and none of the problems being reported that I can see. No dead or stuck pixels, lines, display delamination, light leaks, etc.

Minor things - the grid density is higher, so I don't need to run a launcher to get my icons up there. I like the portrait locked home screen. I could wish for a brighter display, but it's adequate. No rear camera? Thats fine.

 

[Unicorn Rancher]

What do you think of the display? I love mine.

 

[MikeLip]

What do you think of the display? I love mine.

It's not bad

 

[keithz]

What do you think of the display? I love mine.

Honestly, I thought I wouldn't be able to see the pixels, but I can.

That said, still better than the $400 iPad 2. And I still think the device as a whole is fantastic.

 

[Cigar-Junkie]

I love the fact that I can put in my back pocket when I go to get a beer . And I just said this into the microphone.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

 

[mc511]

Im am still not sure. Do you like the display or not? You were not very clear about that. LOL. Yeah i love the backing as well. I carried it around the mall today and it was nice to hold and such.

 

[jschu22]

how well does dictation work on this device?

pretty good it seems because I'm using it right now.

 

[MikeLip]

how well does dictation work on this device?

pretty good it seems because I'm using it right now.

Well, things are now not quite so rosy. I ran Kindle, and the white background of the reading display shows off the LEDs to the left like little floodlights. The top left corner is in shadow and lighting is very uneven. It wasn't apparent from colored and darker backgrounds but is glaringly bad on Kindle. It goes back today. I've never seen a display that poorly lit. Hopefully the next one will be better.

As for dictation, I haven't tried it on the Nexus. However it works extremely well on my Razr Maxx, so I would expect nothing less here. Best voice recognition I've ever seen. Good job there, Google.