Waiting for Local Storage

[Chisaki]

Yes and no. There is a program called stickmount which lets you do this. However, to install stickmount, you need to root the Nexus 7.

Using sd adapters and stickmount could I watch movies from a sdcard or would I have to download them to the Nexus 7 first?

 

[Rick83]

A tablet to me is a companion device for quick use. I don't feel that there isn't a tablet that could replace my laptop especially for traveling for a period of time. If I'll be away for an extended period of time I'll have my laptop with 500GB of media which I can transfer media when needed to my tablet.

 

[rwent1]

And some of us use their tablets on planes. Google cloud really isn't an option at that altitude.

 

[59Martins59]

Using sd adapters and stickmount could I watch movies from a sdcard or would I have to download them to the Nexus 7 first?

With 4.1.1 rooted and with stickmout you can play videos without having to copy them to your nexus, and although I think this could already be done in 4.1 I don't think you could use the default player like you can now with 4.1.1.

 

[pageo]

In particular, it would be good to view and store camera pics (from SD and CF cards) without requiring a computer/cloud. A separate device is fine (eg card reader attached via WiFi or bluetooth) because I'm already carrying camera gear.
In general, it's disappointing there is no support for removable storage.