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Nexus 7 teardown reveals similarities, better hardware than Kindle Fire

I just got my nexus 7 a week ago and absolutely love it! I was a long time user of ipad at my previous job and when i changed i felt that a tablet kept me going in airports, airplanes, out and about, etc, so i went ahead and bought the Nexus 7. Pretty much all the apps that I used on a day-to-day basis from itunes are available on Google Play.

One of my reservation is not with the Nexus 7, but with Google Play and why they require a credit card for open domain books...but that's a different thread altogether!

I have installed, tweaked, and tried throwing everything I've done in the past with my ipad at this little guy and it has handled it beautifully. For me, the great thing is the size. For those who don't hold their ipads or 10" tablets, it gets heavy after 30 minutes. This 7" screen is phenomenal and is so much easier to handle for reading/viewing/typing purposes. The default keyboard is lacking in that it does not split like the ipad's, BUT that was easily and quickly resolved with "FloatNSplit Tablet keyboard" available on the Google Play for free. and it's very customizable.

Again...Loving my Nexus 7....and I have been using the Nexus S 4g with Sprint. Learning curb was nearly zero!!

However...it NEEDS a memory card slot. that's one of the things I NEVER liked about the ipad2. and I continue to struggle with being limited on space to only the onboard drive space.

What happens if the copper alloy shielding gets torn. I'd like to be able to order and replace that myslef if it happens?

I want a Nexus 7, but I'm thinking that I'll wait for the next release. For every system I've owned, eventually the configured storage capacity becomes too small. I upgraded my Evo 4G card to a 16Gb card and now I have to shuttle movies in and out before flights so I have something to watch. I have a sense that 1Gb ram will be too small too in a year.

For the same reason, I don't see ever upgrading to the Retina MBP, because I've upgraded my memory and twice since I bought the thing in 2009. The system feels like new, but now I'm deleting things on my 750Gb drive so that I stay above 200Gb of free space. I should have purchased a larger SSD for the OS too. My 128Gb Crucial M4 is plenty for the OS/etc, but I'd like to be able to put my VMs there too.

I love the Nexus 7 idea. If I didn't have grown up priorities impinging on my toy funds, ... //smile

KIndle Fire is how old compared to the Nexus 7? Of course the Nexus will probably have better hardware. That's like comparing the Samsung Galaxy III S to an iPhone 4S - the latter is older and pronbably has inferior/slower/older hardware.

Nice, clear article, Bill. A good fight is brewing. Good for all of us!

And, yeah, I know, all everyone needs is another grammar monitor. But, here's the correct way to write your article title:

Nexus 7 teardown reveals similarities with, better hardware than, Kindle Fire

Or...

Nexus 7 teardown reveals similarities with and better hardware than Kindle Fire

And this one is probably an internal rule, but still wrong (and wrong everywhere it is presented this way), but all titles should use capital letters except for minor words:

Nexus 7 Teardown Reveals Similarities With, Better Hardware Than, Kindle Fire

Thanks for the insight on this fine piece of tech.

Great new tablet, but not fair to compare to older design Kindle Fire.

I know most people are not computer geeks but what if you could at least build to order and even make them so you could add it later. Get your say Acer as a basic starter tab and then add a cam later. DIY upgrades. Seems to me the tablet could be another learning platform for kids to build on. I think Velocity Micro ought to take that on.

Hi all... Im here cuz this is the most complete list of Nexus 7 parts I found. I got mine last monday and I totally love the divice, it feels very responsive, image quality is great and Im totally loving it. But earlier today while reading at it I dropped it and the screen got broken. Since the screen updates when I wake it up and even showed my face on it when trying to unlock it (face recognition) I am pretty sure the camera and the display work. speaker is working and the everything seem to work (since I hear the notification when a new email comes in). I want to know the "touch glass" part number (or touch digitalizer as in the HTC nexus phone) so I can replace it myself (im leaving overseas and not google not nexus are going to help me. Maybe the part is already listed and i just failed to recognize that. So either Bill or any of the readers can help me with pointing out the part number so I can look for it. Thanks so much in advance for the help guys!!!