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Nexus 7 |OT| Google's $199 7-inch tablet by Asus
- Thread starter ThatObviousUser
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For those interested. Selling mine.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46902018&postcount=1390
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=46902018&postcount=1390
Thinking about selling mine too. If there's a new one in May, I will revisit it. If I don't buy a mini before then.
I have only had one charge cycle so far....but it actually worked. I know some are saying its actually a hardware issue, but that may not be the case for all of them. It looks like my problems could be traced back to the last update.
4.2 kinda sucked.
I have only had one charge cycle so far....but it actually worked. I know some are saying its actually a hardware issue, but that may not be the case for all of them. It looks like my problems could be traced back to the last update.
4.2 kinda sucked.
Oh damn, I didn't realise it something got separately. Awesome. Getting this for you my HTC now.
mattiewheels
And then the LORD David Bowie saith to his Son, Jonny Depp: 'Go, and spread my image amongst the cosmos. For every living thing is in anguish and only the LIGHT shall give them reprieve.'
Anyone else have a problem with downloads, even small files like jpegs, failing like half the time?
truthiness
Member
I like it, but I don't think it's better than the individual emulators you can find on the Play store yet. I've ran into a few problems on certain games (mostly GBA) where the emulation is much worse compared to my other GBA emulator, GBA.emu. The PSX emulator isn't nearly as good as FPSE either.
On top of the emulation issues, I really hate how the overlays work at the moment. At a minimum they need to automatically load the appropriate overlay for the emulator you are running, and I think they should go a bit further and allow more overlay customization from the menus as opposed to building your own overlay from a text file. Most of the emulators I use have options to change a lot of things on on the overlays, so having Retroarch just give me static pictures as overlays is kind of annoying.
With that said, I'm really excited to see how frequently this gets updated. I would love for this to be the "go to" application for all emulation on Android. It's already good, but it has a lot of room to improve before it is better than the individual emulators already released.
The Sega CD emulation handles Night Trap, whereas the almighty MD.emu cannot as of yet. Otherwise? I'm good with Broglia's .emu apps.
whooo!! jus picked one up from Staples!
decided to go for the 16 giga since I'm only using it for comics,
also bought it locally coz I was too cheap to pay $14 shipping lol.
anyways I jus wanna say the customer service at Staples is great!!
everybody there works with the work ethic that they're being paid minimum wage!
anywayz I wanna pack this into my backpack and go out tonite but I'm scared to...
I needa find a nice case now... or maybe I'll jus wrap it in a tshirt.
decided to go for the 16 giga since I'm only using it for comics,
also bought it locally coz I was too cheap to pay $14 shipping lol.
anyways I jus wanna say the customer service at Staples is great!!
everybody there works with the work ethic that they're being paid minimum wage!
anywayz I wanna pack this into my backpack and go out tonite but I'm scared to...
I needa find a nice case now... or maybe I'll jus wrap it in a tshirt.
The developer of Survivalcraft says his game runs best on the Nexus 7. He has a pile of Android devices he's had to buy in order to test his app.
http://kaalus.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/1-20-issue/#comment-10505
Kaalus is the developer.
Opus Angelorum
Member
Is there a way to lock the home screen in portrait but let apps auto rotate?
The only one that seems to do it is YouTube, anything else and I have to constantly turn auto rotate on and off.
The only one that seems to do it is YouTube, anything else and I have to constantly turn auto rotate on and off.
The Faceless Master
Member
turn auto rotate on and use a 3rd party launcher like Apex or Nova and set that to stay in portrait
Opus Angelorum
Member
I am using Apex, didn't know you could lock the home screen with it.
Cheers.
I'd wait if it was me.
It will probably be announced May 15th, during the Google I/O.
ATM Jekki Vanilla Android doesnt allow you to change the number of homescreens as far as I know. If you got the app Nova Launcher however, it would allow you to change the homescreen number if you wanted.
Nova might be a little much in terms of how many settings it has for a new user though, not sure if you would like it.
Nova might be a little much in terms of how many settings it has for a new user though, not sure if you would like it.
The Faceless Master
Member
don't really have to use all of those settings though. just gotta make it look stock and have just 1 home screen...
I have a giant digital clock widget with six time zones on my home screen (local, New York, London, Paris, Mumbai, and Melbourne) and the other four screens (two left and two right) are blank. I never see them because I never swipe left or right. If I accidentally swipe, I just tap the home button and I'm instantly transported back to the safety of my home screen.
I think most custom homescreen launchers allow you to delete the empty screens. That was never the case with stock android, though. I'm using ADW at the moment, but I think Apex and a few others do as well.
I'm a 1-screen kind of person.
I thought launchers might add too much overhead or get in the way somehow but there isn't anything like that, that I can notice. You may as well try out some launchers (I ended up sticking with Nova for the time being). Will probably end up customising the icons on the app tray at some point too, you can't do that with stock launchers.
Official Dock is waiting for me at home, will post review in 8 hours or so when I get home. If anyone is on the fence and/or has any questions, I'll do my best to answer.
Update Pics:
Update Pics:
Seems sturdy, can type on it without being afraid of the nexus tipping over, Dock audio out works fine.
Lagfix works pretty well for the nexus 7, Issues a TRIM command (google wtf why is this not automated?!) and gets rid of lag nicely. Needs root though.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix
These Nexus 7 sleeves are pretty sweet http://www.rickshawbags.com/laptop-ipad-sleeves/nexus-7-sleeves.html
The Faceless Master
Member
The Sega CD emulation handles Night Trap, whereas the almighty MD.emu cannot as of yet. Otherwise? I'm good with Broglia's .emu apps.
that's literally because RetroArch is free and MD.emu isn't.
the license for Genesis Plus GX was changed to not deny sale or commercial activity so poor Robert Broglia has to either code his own shit, get it from another open source emulator or make the emu free.
OneEightZero
aka ThreeOneFour
The dock looks pretty cool, but I'm gonna wait until in drops in price.
Where did you find it ? I'm looking to buy one in france but it's sold out everywhere
Where did you find it ? I'm looking to buy one in france but it's sold out everywhere
http://shop.asus.fr/shop/fr/fr-fr/home.aspx
He, thanks but I have Check4Change activated on the words "rupture de stock" on that site for 2 days now.
Was thinking about picking up a dock for work and possibly running daydream on it while I'm at my desk. Have you messed with daydream at all?
From what I've read, lithium ion batteries don't like to be kept 100% charged for months on end. As long as you drain it down to the 14% warning and recharge it at least once a month, I think you'll be OK.
The Faceless Master
Member
refurb is $180 @ 1saleaday
Running daydream with beautiful widgets as a weather/clock is awesome.
Lack of apps coded for daydream is sad. Beautiful widgets is not as customizable for daydream as for ordinary widgets, but the default theme is good. I'll post pics later.
Edit:
Try daydream set to run when plugged in. Prop the N7 up, and see if you like it.
So is that ASUS dock pretty much the best you can get?
Im thinking of ditching my alarm clock and just using my tablet from here on out. I dont even use my alarm clock as an alarm anymore so its sorta just a big glowing box that tells me the time. Id rather have my tablet next to my bed.
Im thinking of ditching my alarm clock and just using my tablet from here on out. I dont even use my alarm clock as an alarm anymore so its sorta just a big glowing box that tells me the time. Id rather have my tablet next to my bed.