Google Nexus 7 Tablet (16 GB) Review

Best 7-inch tablet so far
Genuine Shop - This is my 1st tablet, I uses it mostly for surfing with Chrome browser, Video watching with YouTube and Netflix, Video calling with Skype, playing game, and reading eBooks. This tablet so far, satisfied my needs. I like this tablet over iPad, Kindle Fire, Samsung tab 2 because of
- Portability, 7-inch size has less weight and rests comfortably in my hand. I have a lot of cargo shorts and pants and it fits in those pockets.
- Zippy quad-core processor and DDR3 memory give me smooth and responsive interactions
- The front camera video quality (720) isn't bad with Skype
- It has a GPS for the Google maps
- High resolution 7-inch screen (the other 7-inch tablet with the same screen resolution that I know of is the tmobile SpringBoard tablet but its price is much higher (wireless carrier rip-off)- Lastly, the rubbery back of the tablet gives me pretty good grip

There is 1 thing that I wished for but this tablet (and Samsung tab 7', Kindle Fire) does not have is the storage expansion. It doesn't have micro-SD card slot and it can't do USB-OTG (hooking up a USB thumb drive to its USB port). However, it connects well to my Windows 7 laptop for file transferring. Google, Amazon, Samsung, Apple want users to use their "Clouds" for streaming files and contents so they discourage the usage of the storage expansion slot. What if I'm on airplane flying for 6 hours and there is no wi-fi connecting to the cloud and the 16GB internal storage is not enough for my movies?

I'm planning to buy couple more 7-inch tablets for my wife and my sons and I will wait for the Kindle Fire 2, Samsung tab 3, Barn&Noble Nook 2 to see for any new features that will leap frog the nexus 7.

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