Why I Should!
Beautiful hardware. Like most of the world, I haven’t gotten my mitts on the thing yet, but everyone says it’s gorgeous to feel and use. My thoughts on a 7″ tablet are mixed after reviewing Samsung’s Galaxy Tab last year as it wasn’t big enough to be productive and wasn’t small enough to be, well, my phone. Regardless, those who were at Google’s I/O conference enjoy it and it’s going to be a while before retailers start displaying it.
Beautiful software. I love Android 4.0 just as it is and 4.1 Jelly Bean, while not a huge leap, boasts better visual performance and Google Now, which seems like a nifty personal assistant. I don’t know how useful that’ll be without 3G, but no one cares about 3G on their iPads anyway.
The price. At $199.99 for the 8GB model and $249.99 for the 16GB model, the thing is priced to move with the aforementioned quality to boot. You (well, I) would have to be a sucker not to get it.
Why I Shouldn’t!
I don’t need a Nexus 7! Let’s be fair here, I can’t think of how I’d fit a 7″ tablet into my life. I guess I could keep it handy by night stand when I need to get a little reading or surfing done while I’m awake in bed. I guess I could use it for that rare instance I want to watch a movie or listen to music and I don’t have my phone or laptop handy, which is never.
My phone is getting Jelly Bean here, uh, well… The advantage of being a Nexus device is getting that mainline supply of straight-up nubile Android as it’s rolled out. I already have a stock ICS-based phone whose GSM sister models have already been getting the Jelly Bean update, but I have no idea how long the Verizon tax is going to take on my prospects. That said, Jelly Bean and Google Now on my 4G-enabled device seems far more appropriate than having it on a wi-fi tablet.
Well, the world will continue to spin and hopefully Google sells a few of these things because it’s obvious that an army of Google-blessed device is exactly what we need.
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