Nexus7 First Impressions

When I was first shown the box for the nexus tablet, I could see that ASUS was not trying to compete with Apple on packaging. I almost didn't want to buy the tablet any more! Anyway, the Nexus7 is one amazing piece of hardware! You can find specs elsewhere but here's what it feels like. The device is incredibly light and whilst it is small, it means that it is very portable.

The rubber backing on the Nexus 7 makes it much more pleasant to hold and probably halves the chance of the device sliding off an uneven surface like an ipad. By the way, how many people do you know of with a cracked ipad screen?

Once you start the Nexus 7, the screen looks very familiar to anyone with an Android phone. Actually, it looks like one big phone. There are various gestures you can use, such as the swipe up from the bottom of the screen which takes you straight to Google Now, something in itself worth posting about another time.

The device looks very refined and whilst it may seem restrictive that you need WIFI to connect to the internet, it works well with a phone that has the ability to share the internet, which most phones can do nowadays. Since you are unlikely to ever be without your phone, then connectivity is not so much of a problem.

So what did you think of the Nexus when you got it? leave a comment, even if anonymously.