#call those... note tablet? it's the samsung galaxy note so i guess it's a note tablet idk but the point is that instead of getting myself

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* Honestly, you're not really sure what you were expecting...

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Sub-Standard, what a shame..

You will amaze how pandemic affects the quality services and products of the companies. Expected most of the SOHO does but never expected the big companies degraded so significantly.

Some sales with promotions or offers are always excited to most of the consumers, I’m one of them. I was looking some sales around the festival which often has great discounts. I was planning to replace my old Samsung LCD TV which it was served my family well over the years. An upgrade of size and picture quality will be just nice especially nowadays 2K & 4K are popular.

There were local online sale promotions for all home stuff on December 2021. I was pleasant to order a Samsung AU8000 TV from local Lazada due to it offered a Samsung galaxy watch 4 as a redemption gift. It’s a nice gift for my kid.

The delivered Samsung TV runs flawlessly and expected the galaxy watch 4 also. The delivered galaxy watch 4 was a pleasant to my kid and was excited about it.

After I took it out from its box, I found a sticker on the real side of the watch. I thought it’s a non-sticky label but it’s not. I took a closer look and found that it’s a permanent sticker. I was puzzle because all the products shouldn’t have any permanent stickers paste directly on them except, those rejected by quality control! When I bought my Samsung Note phones, I didn’t see this kind of sticker. There may has one or two non-sticky labels but never I seen they were pasted on the phone, regardless of the screen or any other part of it. Of course, except the screen protector.

I sent an email to Samsung customer care centre to query my concern and it replied that it will direct to the relevant party. As a customer, I expected this concern shall still under Samsung sale’s care.(at that lemon period.)

After a few exchange mails and I got few calls from Samsung sale and redemption section, it pushed to its customer care centre. There was no exchange offer even though it’s a brand new product.( I assumed..) The customer care centre suggested it will remove the permanent product sticker and ( Ya, that’s right. Samsung staff called and told me it’s a product label/sticker!) I have to bring it to the service centre myself. I told the staff it’s a brand new product and shouldn’t Samsung has a duty to exchange a flaw product but I got no answer from it.

Finally after two months of excuses, I got a call on Sunday from Samsung staff that Samsung decided not to exchange the flaw galaxy watch 4. This is the case numbers that I sent emails or calls during months.

I clocked total 4 case numbers; 36523836, 37728716, 39192173 & 1173936679

Some people may say it’s a redemption gift and shouldn’t expect much. My answer is “Yes” and “No”. “Yes” if it’s a pen drive I don’t even think twice, I will just trash it. “No” if it’s a much more high value product like galaxy watch 4. For example, just like other offers that a redemption, would you expect a permanent product label pasted on the 32” LCD TV screen? Or Tablet? My best guess you won’t if the customer care told you to bring it there for its technicians to remove whatever pasted on the screen.

Sadly, I did not see Samsung’s integrity and quality control at this present moment. It drops its standard significantly, pretty screw-up!

** Late note : I’m not sure those who ordered the Samsung TVs at the similar period also encountered such concern, or I REALLY an unlucky one?

[techbotic]

Android Weekly: What’s Coming in Android Q (and Some Other Stuff)

There was a lot of movement in the Android world the week of March 8th thru 15th. The Q beta landed with all sorts of new features, Vivo showed off a portless phone, and Google killed a bunch of services.

Android Q Feature Roundup

Let’s start with the biggest Android news for the week, shall we? The Q beta landed for all Pixel devices, and it’s jam-packed with all sorts of new features. Android Police and 9to5Google both did an incredible job of covering all the new stuff as it showed up—here’s everything so far.

The Android Q Beta is here. For Pixel phones, anyway. [Android Developers Blog]

The word on the street is that Q is also going to hit even more devices during the beta and developer previews this year. [Android Police]

With the upcoming demise of Google+, the Android Beta community has been moved to Reddit. [Android Police]

Android Q has a built-in screen recorder! But apparently, it’s broken right now. [9to5Google, Android Police]

There are more haptic feedback vibrations in Android Q. Okay then! [9to5Google]

Foldable phones are coming. Q is ready. [Android Police]

The always-on display in Q got a bit of a makeover. [9to5Google]

The Files app is all new, with an updated look and some nifty new features. [Android Police]

Google is cracking down on undocumented APIs to make Q more secure. [Android Police]

The sharing menu is getting faster and less crappy. Finally! [9to5Google]

Thanks to some ART enhancements, apps launching should be faster. [Android Police]

Android Q has a desktop mode! Which is…kind of confusing. Why does Android Q have a desktop mode? [XDA Developers]

Pixel Launcher on Android Q will let you replace removed items with a new undo feature. [Android Police]

Dual SIM and standby support on the Pixel 3 is live in Q. [XDA Developers]

There’s a little bell icon for new notifications now, so you can tell which one just pinged. That’s useful! [9to5Google]

You can share your Wi-Fi password with a QR code. [Android Police]

Remaining battery shows an estimated time in the shade now. [Android Police]

You can only dismiss notifications by swiping to the right in Q—the left is the action menu. Oof. [9to5Google]

So many new privacy features. [Android Police]

Accent colors and new icons shapes are tucked into Q’s Developer Options menu. Are more customization options incoming? [Android Police]

You can switch the audio source from the notification shade. [9to5Google]

Rounded corners and the notch show up in screenshots in Q. Yuck. [Android Police]

There are more options when you long-press a notification, which is neat. [Android Police]

Third-party camera apps have access to depth effects and more. [Engadget]

Call screening and emergency information apps are now part of Android’s Default Apps menu. Third-party options don’t exist yet, so this is telling. [Android Police]

Background clipboard access is blocked in Android Q, which probably means bad things for clipboard managers. [XDA Developers]

Smart Home and IoT connections are getting simpler in Q. [Android Police]

Battery Saver is more dynamic in Q, with the option to automatically activate based on usage. [Android Police]

There’s a new series of options called “Feature Flags” that lets users tweak all sorts of stuff. [9to5Google]

You can see all your disabled notifications in one place in Q. [Android Police]

It looks like Google is planning six betas in total, with the final release in Q3 of 2019. [XDA Developers]

In what’s sure to make some users upset, the Magisk dev says that Q could mean bad things for root access. Uh-oh. [9to5Google]

Vivo’s Portless Phone Shows Its Stuff

Chinese phone manufacturer Vivo showed off an absolutely gorgeous portless concept phone to a group of writers in Hong Kong. The shell of the phone is a unibody piece of glass—apparently, Vivo had to come up with a special production method to form, cut, grind, and polish a single piece of glass for the body of this phone. It’s wild.

You can read more about this forward-thinking handset at The Verge and Engadget.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Updates (And More)

All sorts of stuff happened with Samsung’s newest flagship this week. Some good, some bad. Some just neat. Here’s you go.

If you hate the S10’s hole punch camera cutout, these are the wallpapers for you. [XDA Developers]

Samsung pushes the one-handed gesture navigation app from One UI to the Play Store. This means it can be updated independently of the OS. Nice. [Android Police]

S10 owners can get six months of free Spotify Premium. The downside? Spotify is pre-installed on all S10s. You win some, you lose some. [The Verge]

Speaking of free stuff for S10 owners, they also get four months of YouTube Premium. Yay for no ads! [9to5Google]

In slightly less pleasant news, the S10’s face unlock feature easily can be fooled by a picture because Samsung removed the retina scanner. Ouch. [Android Police]

Verizon started pushing Android 9 Pie with One UI to the Note 9. Better late than never, I guess. [Android Police]

Similarly, Android Pie started hitting the Galaxy A+ this week, too. [XDA Developers]

Samsung wants to make a “perfect full-screen” phone with no cutouts or notches. Interesting. [Engadget]

What’s New with Google This Week

Google announced some stuff, killed some stuff, and maybe killed some other stuff. This is everything that isn’t the Android Q Beta.

Finally, Google released an Android Q feedback app. [9to5Google]

Google Fit is getting more battery efficient on Wear OS. All three of you who use Fit and Wear OS better be grateful. [9to5Google]

Google Home Hub and other Assistant smart displays finally got continued conversations. Finally. [Android Police]

Google teased its upcoming game streaming service. It’s going to announce plans at GDC next week. Exciting stuff. [Google on Twitter]

Speaking of, Google filed a patent for a game controller. [The Verge]

If you subscribe to Google Fi and bring your existing number and device, you get a free month of service. That’s better than a not free month of service if you ask me. [Android Police]

Deaths: Allo, goo.gl URL shortener, Inbox, and Google+. RIP, those things. [9to5Google]

Third-party Google Assistant speakers are getting phone calls. [Android Police]

Google shut down part of its hardware division focused on tablets and laptops, which is troubling. [9to5Google]

If you use Google One and pay for 2TB of storage, Google probably wants to give you a free Home Mini. [Android Police]

Google’s Lookout app for the visually impaired is now available for download…assuming you have a Pixel device, anyway. [The Verge, Google Play]

The Drive mobile apps got a facelift to match the web UI. It’s pretty. [Engadget]

Google Maps is getting more features from Waze, like speed trap and crash reporting. Nice. [9to5Google]

Good news: An adware app had almost 150 million downloads before Google realized it and pulled it from the Play Store. Also, I think I need to work on my definition of “good news.” [The Verge]

Chrome’s data saver on mobile now works on HTTPS sites, which is like 80% of the web at this point. I think that really is good news. [Android Police]

Shared Libraries on Photos moved to a more obscure place that still kinda makes sense? [Android Police]

Device Updates, App Updates, and Everything Else

There were a couple of major app updates this week, along with some minor device updates. Also, RED said some stuff about the Hydrogen One that pretty much confused everyone.

Pushbullet got a major update that brings bundled notification, quick replies, and some other stuff. [Android Police]

Facebook is testing a blindingly-white interface in its Android app. I’m sure that’s going to go over well if it gets released. [XDA Developers]

Spotify is testing an option to let users disable its dumbest feature: canvas videos. Good. [9to5Google]

Microsoft’s My Phone feature in Windows 10 is getting screen mirroring. [The Verge]

The Xiami Redmi Note 7 got its first MIUI update, which brings a low-light camera mode. [XDA Developers]

The NVIDIA SHIELD got a small update that brings Xbox Elite Controller support and some other stuff. [9to5Google]

You know the little dinosaur you see in Chrome when it’s offline? Well, you can buy a real one now. I need it. [Dead Zebra]

RED pulled the add-on modules for the Hydrogen One, then said some confusing stuff. [Android Police]

The Xiaomi Mi 8 got official LineageOS support. [XDA Developers]

T-Mobile’s OnePlus 6T got RCS messaging. So it begins. [9to5Google]

Firefox Fenix got its initial release. It looks neat. [Techdows]

Root Stuff: The 2015 Amazon Fire TV got rooted again. Go modders, go. [XDA Developers]

Root Stuff: GravityBox can be installed on Android Pie devices running the Xposed framework now. [XDA Developers]

Some details about Motorola upcoming Razr folding phone leaked. Curiously, it’s said to be using a Snapdragon 710 processor. Weird. [XDA Developers]

That’s a lot of stuff, but that’s how it goes in Google’s world. Something is always happening.

Android Weekly: What’s Coming in Android Q (and Some Other Stuff) published first on https://medium.com/@CPUCHamp

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There was a lot of movement in the Android world the week of March 8th thru 15th. The Q beta landed with all sorts of new features, Vivo showed off a portless phone, and Google killed a bunch of services.

Android Q Feature Roundup

Let’s start with the biggest Android news for the week, shall we? The Q beta landed for all Pixel devices, and it’s jam-packed with all sorts of new features. Android Police and 9to5Google both did an incredible job of covering all the new stuff as it showed up—here’s everything so far.

The Android Q Beta is here. For Pixel phones, anyway. [Android Developers Blog]

The word on the street is that Q is also going to hit even more devices during the beta and developer previews this year. [Android Police]

With the upcoming demise of Google+, the Android Beta community has been moved to Reddit. [Android Police]

Android Q has a built-in screen recorder! But apparently, it’s broken right now. [9to5Google, Android Police]

There are more haptic feedback vibrations in Android Q. Okay then! [9to5Google]

Foldable phones are coming. Q is ready. [Android Police]

The always-on display in Q got a bit of a makeover. [9to5Google]

The Files app is all new, with an updated look and some nifty new features. [Android Police]

Google is cracking down on undocumented APIs to make Q more secure. [Android Police]

The sharing menu is getting faster and less crappy. Finally! [9to5Google]

Thanks to some ART enhancements, apps launching should be faster. [Android Police]

Android Q has a desktop mode! Which is…kind of confusing. Why does Android Q have a desktop mode? [XDA Developers]

Pixel Launcher on Android Q will let you replace removed items with a new undo feature. [Android Police]

Dual SIM and standby support on the Pixel 3 is live in Q. [XDA Developers]

There’s a little bell icon for new notifications now, so you can tell which one just pinged. That’s useful! [9to5Google]

You can share your Wi-Fi password with a QR code. [Android Police]

Remaining battery shows an estimated time in the shade now. [Android Police]

You can only dismiss notifications by swiping to the right in Q—the left is the action menu. Oof. [9to5Google]

So many new privacy features. [Android Police]

Accent colors and new icons shapes are tucked into Q’s Developer Options menu. Are more customization options incoming? [Android Police]

You can switch the audio source from the notification shade. [9to5Google]

Rounded corners and the notch show up in screenshots in Q. Yuck. [Android Police]

There are more options when you long-press a notification, which is neat. [Android Police]

Third-party camera apps have access to depth effects and more. [Engadget]

Call screening and emergency information apps are now part of Android’s Default Apps menu. Third-party options don’t exist yet, so this is telling. [Android Police]

Background clipboard access is blocked in Android Q, which probably means bad things for clipboard managers. [XDA Developers]

Smart Home and IoT connections are getting simpler in Q. [Android Police]

Battery Saver is more dynamic in Q, with the option to automatically activate based on usage. [Android Police]

There’s a new series of options called “Feature Flags” that lets users tweak all sorts of stuff. [9to5Google]

You can see all your disabled notifications in one place in Q. [Android Police]

It looks like Google is planning six betas in total, with the final release in Q3 of 2019. [XDA Developers]

In what’s sure to make some users upset, the Magisk dev says that Q could mean bad things for root access. Uh-oh. [9to5Google]

Vivo’s Portless Phone Shows Its Stuff

Chinese phone manufacturer Vivo showed off an absolutely gorgeous portless concept phone to a group of writers in Hong Kong. The shell of the phone is a unibody piece of glass—apparently, Vivo had to come up with a special production method to form, cut, grind, and polish a single piece of glass for the body of this phone. It’s wild.

You can read more about this forward-thinking handset at The Verge and Engadget.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Updates (And More)

All sorts of stuff happened with Samsung’s newest flagship this week. Some good, some bad. Some just neat. Here’s you go.

If you hate the S10’s hole punch camera cutout, these are the wallpapers for you. [XDA Developers]

Samsung pushes the one-handed gesture navigation app from One UI to the Play Store. This means it can be updated independently of the OS. Nice. [Android Police]

S10 owners can get six months of free Spotify Premium. The downside? Spotify is pre-installed on all S10s. You win some, you lose some. [The Verge]

Speaking of free stuff for S10 owners, they also get four months of YouTube Premium. Yay for no ads! [9to5Google]

In slightly less pleasant news, the S10’s face unlock feature easily can be fooled by a picture because Samsung removed the retina scanner. Ouch. [Android Police]

Verizon started pushing Android 9 Pie with One UI to the Note 9. Better late than never, I guess. [Android Police]

Similarly, Android Pie started hitting the Galaxy A+ this week, too. [XDA Developers]

Samsung wants to make a “perfect full-screen” phone with no cutouts or notches. Interesting. [Engadget]

What’s New with Google This Week

Google announced some stuff, killed some stuff, and maybe killed some other stuff. This is everything that isn’t the Android Q Beta.

Finally, Google released an Android Q feedback app. [9to5Google]

Google Fit is getting more battery efficient on Wear OS. All three of you who use Fit and Wear OS better be grateful. [9to5Google]

Google Home Hub and other Assistant smart displays finally got continued conversations. Finally. [Android Police]

Google teased its upcoming game streaming service. It’s going to announce plans at GDC next week. Exciting stuff. [Google on Twitter]

Speaking of, Google filed a patent for a game controller. [The Verge]

If you subscribe to Google Fi and bring your existing number and device, you get a free month of service. That’s better than a not free month of service if you ask me. [Android Police]

Deaths: Allo, goo.gl URL shortener, Inbox, and Google+. RIP, those things. [9to5Google]

Third-party Google Assistant speakers are getting phone calls. [Android Police]

Google shut down part of its hardware division focused on tablets and laptops, which is troubling. [9to5Google]

If you use Google One and pay for 2TB of storage, Google probably wants to give you a free Home Mini. [Android Police]

Google’s Lookout app for the visually impaired is now available for download…assuming you have a Pixel device, anyway. [The Verge, Google Play]

The Drive mobile apps got a facelift to match the web UI. It’s pretty. [Engadget]

Google Maps is getting more features from Waze, like speed trap and crash reporting. Nice. [9to5Google]

Good news: An adware app had almost 150 million downloads before Google realized it and pulled it from the Play Store. Also, I think I need to work on my definition of “good news.” [The Verge]

Chrome’s data saver on mobile now works on HTTPS sites, which is like 80% of the web at this point. I think that really is good news. [Android Police]

Shared Libraries on Photos moved to a more obscure place that still kinda makes sense? [Android Police]

Device Updates, App Updates, and Everything Else

There were a couple of major app updates this week, along with some minor device updates. Also, RED said some stuff about the Hydrogen One that pretty much confused everyone.

Pushbullet got a major update that brings bundled notification, quick replies, and some other stuff. [Android Police]

Facebook is testing a blindingly-white interface in its Android app. I’m sure that’s going to go over well if it gets released. [XDA Developers]

Spotify is testing an option to let users disable its dumbest feature: canvas videos. Good. [9to5Google]

Microsoft’s My Phone feature in Windows 10 is getting screen mirroring. [The Verge]

The Xiami Redmi Note 7 got its first MIUI update, which brings a low-light camera mode. [XDA Developers]

The NVIDIA SHIELD got a small update that brings Xbox Elite Controller support and some other stuff. [9to5Google]

You know the little dinosaur you see in Chrome when it’s offline? Well, you can buy a real one now. I need it. [Dead Zebra]

RED pulled the add-on modules for the Hydrogen One, then said some confusing stuff. [Android Police]

The Xiaomi Mi 8 got official LineageOS support. [XDA Developers]

T-Mobile’s OnePlus 6T got RCS messaging. So it begins. [9to5Google]

Firefox Fenix got its initial release. It looks neat. [Techdows]

Root Stuff: The 2015 Amazon Fire TV got rooted again. Go modders, go. [XDA Developers]

Root Stuff: GravityBox can be installed on Android Pie devices running the Xposed framework now. [XDA Developers]

Some details about Motorola upcoming Razr folding phone leaked. Curiously, it’s said to be using a Snapdragon 710 processor. Weird. [XDA Developers]

That’s a lot of stuff, but that’s how it goes in Google’s world. Something is always happening.

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Google Nexus 7 Review and Some Tips

If you are considering buying a tablet and would like to learn some info on the Nexus 7 from a real user/tech guy then read below. I don’t side with Apple or Android or Amazon. So I try to compare everything fairly.

I’ve had the Google Nexus 7 tablet for about a week and it’s better than I expected.

I have had a bunch of Apple iPods and have a Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 (Android 2.3). So I might reference that one in a while in this article. Also, keep in mind I never used Android 3.0 honeycomb so if I say a feature is new it’s possible it was in Honeycomb, but I’m comparing it more to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is more of a phone OS. I have never owned an iPad but use them a lot at work so I am aware of how they function and their features. I may reference those once in a while. I have not used a Kindle Fire enough to comment on it.

Why buy this?

I never was able to justify why I would spend $500 on a tablet when I can get a laptop for $500 and do more on it since it has a keyboard and is a full operating system. But the price of the Nexus and the performance got my attention.

Part of me wanted to see how a 7″ tablets felt and what it can help in my daily life, but more importantly, I wanted something I can play music on to my Bluetooth speakers with a good sized screen. It works excellent for music, games web browsing, email, and the internet. Everything runs very nice and it seems Android fixed most issues from past versions. I also love the latest Google Voice feature. Apples’ equivalent which is Siri is something you currently can’t get on an iPad. That is one big reason why I’d get this over an iPad. I can do things like say “Set Timer”, “directions to” etc.

People don’t compare this to the iPad but actually now that I’ve played around with it I feel you can kind of compare it to an iPad. Initially, I really didn’t want the 7″ screen and would have preferred a 10″ but after owning it I do now prefer the 7″ because I can hold it in 1 hand. With a 10″ like the iPad, it’s not as easy to hold. It’s a nice size for games and traveling.

The Nexus 7 is just as good as an iPad for games and will save you about $200 over an iPad if you are looking for a tablet device. Most popular games are available for Android. Android tablets have not been popular so some apps you might find still need some catching up. Here are things I feel people might want to know or that I found important.

Home Screen:

Works nice and very smooth, they added the feature Home Screen doesn’t rotate but this app will fix that for you and allow you to rotate the screen when you turn the device horizontal. It’s called “Ultimate Rotation Control”.

Microphone:

This still annoys me with all Android devices I’ve tried yet! I thought they would have fixed it by now. If you yell loud into the microphone it gets all distorted more than it should. The Nexus 7 still does this. Now I’ve only tested it in full on the Samsung Galaxy player. Both distort and annoy me. Apple’s iPod touch can hand yelling and loud sounds a lot better than the Nexus 7. It takes a lot to distort Apple device microphones. When I say Apple devices I am talking about the Apple iPod and assuming their other devices have the same mic. I do know the old iPod Nano video did have a horrible mic but that is no longer around. Maybe there is a better Android app out there for recording, I’ll have to still look around but I think part of this issue might be the “AGC”. Some apps let you shut it off. That definitely helped on my Galaxy Player 5. I record me playing guitar and stuff with music on these devices which is why the microphone to me is important.

Speaker:

The speaker is pretty good but not blasting. It’s kind of like an iPad speaker I would guess, maybe a little lower. I don’t have an iPad with me to compare. The Nexus 7 defiantly is not louder than an iPad speaker from what I can tell. My Galaxy Player 5.0 has better speakers. They are a lot louder and more have a little more bass than the Nexus in my opinion. If you are using the Nexus 7 with Bluetooth speakers to blast music it’s not an issue. Don’t get me wrong you definitely can listen to music on the Nexus 7 you just can’t blast the heck out of a room with it like a stereo that no one can talk over. It’s a good volume.

Camera:

There is no flash on the Nexus 7. There is only a front face camera, no rear camera. There is no camera app on it, but you can download it from the Play Store, just search for “Camera launcher for Nexus 7”. Photos and videos are what you would expect from a 1.2MP. Nothing amazing but does take pictures and video if you have lighting where you are shooting. There is no flash.

Smoothness and speed:

Yes very smooth! They finally got the Android OS where screens slide and effects are smooth like Apple devices. It sounds like a big fix for this was in the Jelly Bean Android OS. My galaxy player doesn’t have that nice smoothness. The Nexus 7 defiantly runs apps and transitions to screens faster and smoother than the Galaxy Player 5.0. You can watch some videos to see the smoothness but I’d say it’s the same as the iPad smoothness. I haven’t used the latest iPad though so don’t take me up on that. Just know it’s smooth! One issue I notice though on the Nexus 7, which is minor. Is if I’m playing music using the default music player and I was messing around with some widgets, adding them to the screen and stuff. The music hung for a quick sec. I was using volume widgets. This makes me think they need to set CPU priority to the music better or something. But maybe it was just a poorly made app I was messing with.

Wallpapers:

It lets you use animated wallpapers on your home screen which is kind of fun.

Mass USB Connection Option:

It looks like they finally killed this. This was where you can see your Android device files on your computer like a USB drive. But you still can see all the files and copy files to the Nexus 7 but it’s as a device. (On Windows 7) It seems to have caused Double Twist to not work but I bought Double Twist Air and synced over Wi-Fi which worked OK.

Screenshots

Yes, finally you can take screen shots without a third party app. They may have had this in their previous version of Android too but it’s not in Gingerbread. For the Nexus 7 just hold the volume button and power button for a few seconds and it will take a screenshot.

Music

It has a built in the widget called “What’s this song” It works like Shazam and is built in for free. The music app seems to be like the previous Android Music app with some little improvements here and there.

Car Stereo

I tested the Nexus 7 with my Sony USB stereo in my car. It recognizes it as a mp3 player only, I’m not too clear on how you would look for songs and playlists, though. You probably can’t is my guess. I’d prefer to use the auxiliary jack on my stereo so I can’t control the music with the Nexus Interface. That works great for me there just no charging.

Vibration:

There is no vibration on the Nexus.

Battery

It doesn’t show you the exact charge percent when you have it powered off which would have been good. It only shows you an image that shows its charge in 25% increments. The Nexus battery life is very good just as the specs say.

I recommend charging the Nexus using their supplied wall plug that comes with your Nexus. The manual also says it will charge faster from the wall plug than a computer. This is defiantly true from what I found.

With the Nexus 7 on and connected USB to a Windows computer, it took me about 3.5 hours to get the charge from 17% to 46%.

Something that was strange was I left it plugged into my computer overnight and it never reached 100% charge. It was something like 92%

But I then tested charging the Nexus 7 with the supplied wall charger plug. And while the Nexus was turned on it went from a charge of 75% – 98% in 1 hour.

So when they say to use the wall plug charger you better just use that because it does charge faster. I do have an ASUS motherboard on a different computer I made that says its USB ports give off more power. So I bet that will charge it fast also but I didn’t test it on there. Most people won’t have that kind of computer.

Notes app

There is no pre-installed note taking app. There are plenty of free ones on the Play Store. I use AK Notepad.

Web Browsing

Web browsing is very fast and uses Chrome. I don’t have one to test next to but it’s at least the same speed as an iPad. Part of me wants to say it might be a little faster than the iPad 2 but don’t take me up one cause I don’t have proof.

Exterior

The screen is really nice and I like the grip like backing on the Nexus 7. It makes it feel like it won’t slip out of your hand. I can hold it well in one hand. I have average sized hands for a male.

Memory:

No SD card expansion slot which is a negative but get the 16GB because the OS uses a lot of space. I believe I had about 13GB free on the 16GB model. So I’d recommend you get the 16 GB model.

Apps:

Overall OK on the apps but some still are better on the iPad. For example, my cable TV company still doesn’t support watching TV on android devices where you can on the iPad. But I think now as Android tablets get more popular they will start making an app for the Android.

Conclusion:

So that’s about it, for now, I’ll stop there. So to sum it up, no need to worry about performance issues anymore on Android Tablets. For the price, you can’t go wrong if you always wanted a tablet but didn’t want to blow $500 on one. A unique thing about this tablet is the combination of having the new Google Voice, the screen size of 7″ and the nice smooth interface like an iPad but combined with a fast processor. All those things are what makes it a little different than other tablets including the iPad. And also I would definitely get this over the Kindle Fire. I don’t see any reason for anyone to buy a Kindle Fire over the Nexus 7. The Kindle Fire has a lot of stuff locked down.

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Google Nexus 7 Review and Some Tips

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Google Nexus 7 Review and Some Tips

If you are considering buying a tablet and would like to learn some info on the Nexus 7 from a real user/tech guy then read below. I don’t side with Apple or Android or Amazon. So I try to compare everything fairly.

The official Google Nexus & in Hand

I’ve had the Google Nexus 7 tablet for about a week and it’s better than I expected.

I have had a bunch of Apple iPods and have a Samsung Galaxy Player 5.0 (Android 2.3). So I might reference that one in a while in this article. Also, keep in mind I never used Android 3.0 honeycomb so if I say a feature is new it’s possible it was in Honeycomb, but I’m comparing it more to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) which is more of a phone OS. I have never owned an iPad but use them a lot at work so I am aware of how they function and their features. I may reference those once in a while. I have not used a Kindle Fire enough to comment on it.

Why buy this?

I never was able to justify why I would spend $500 on a tablet when I can get a laptop for $500 and do more on it since it has a keyboard and is a full operating system. But the price of the Nexus and the performance got my attention.

Part of me wanted to see how a 7″ tablets felt and what it can help in my daily life, but more importantly, I wanted something I can play music on to my Bluetooth speakers with a good sized screen. It works excellent for music, games web browsing, email, and the internet. Everything runs very nice and it seems Android fixed most issues from past versions. I also love the latest Google Voice feature. Apples’ equivalent which is Siri is something you currently can’t get on an iPad. That is one big reason why I’d get this over an iPad. I can do things like say “Set Timer”, “directions to” etc.

People don’t compare this to the iPad but actually now that I’ve played around with it I feel you can kind of compare it to an iPad. Initially, I really didn’t want the 7″ screen and would have preferred a 10″ but after owning it I do now prefer the 7″ because I can hold it in 1 hand. With a 10″ like the iPad, it’s not as easy to hold. It’s a nice size for games and traveling.

The Nexus 7 is just as good as an iPad for games and will save you about $200 over an iPad if you are looking for a tablet device. Most popular games are available for Android. Android tablets have not been popular so some apps you might find still need some catching up The Info Blog. Here are things I feel people might want to know or that I found important.

Home Screen:

Works nice and very smooth, they added the feature Home Screen doesn’t rotate but this app will fix that for you and allow you to rotate the screen when you turn the device horizontal. It’s called “Ultimate Rotation Control”.

Microphone:

This still annoys me with all Android devices I’ve tried yet! I thought they would have fixed it by now. If you yell loud into the microphone it gets all distorted more than it should. The Nexus 7 still does this. Now I’ve only tested it in full on the Samsung Galaxy player. Both distort and annoy me. Apple’s iPod touch can hand yelling and loud sounds a lot better than the Nexus 7. It takes a lot to distort Apple device microphones. When I say Apple devices I am talking about the Apple iPod and assuming their other devices have the same mic. I do know the old iPod Nano video did have a horrible mic but that is no longer around. Maybe there is a better Android app out there for recording, I’ll have to still look around but I think part of this issue might be the “AGC”. Some apps let you shut it off. That definitely helped on my Galaxy Player 5. I record me playing guitar and stuff with music on these devices which is why the microphone to me is important.

Speaker:

The speaker is pretty good but not blasting. It’s kind of like an iPad speaker I would guess, maybe a little lower. I don’t have an iPad with me to compare. The Nexus 7 defiantly is not louder than an iPad speaker from what I can tell. My Galaxy Player 5.0 has better speakers. They are a lot louder and more have a little more bass than the Nexus in my opinion. If you are using the Nexus 7 with Bluetooth speakers to blast music it’s not an issue. Don’t get me wrong you definitely can listen to music on the Nexus 7 you just can’t blast the heck out of a room with it like a stereo that no one can talk over. It’s a good volume.

Camera:

There is no flash on the Nexus 7. There is only a front face camera, no rear camera. There is no camera app on it, but you can download it from the Play Store, just search for “Camera launcher for Nexus 7”. Photos and videos are what you would expect from a 1.2MP. Nothing amazing but does take pictures and video if you have lighting where you are shooting. There is no flash.

Smoothness and speed:

Yes very smooth! They finally got the Android OS where screens slide and effects are smooth like Apple devices. It sounds like a big fix for this was in the Jelly Bean Android OS. My galaxy player doesn’t have that nice smoothness. The Nexus 7 defiantly runs apps and transitions to screens faster and smoother than the Galaxy Player 5.0. You can watch some videos to see the smoothness but I’d say it’s the same as the iPad smoothness. I haven’t used the latest iPad though so don’t take me up on that. Just know it’s smooth! One issue I notice though on the Nexus 7, which is minor. Is if I’m playing music using the default music player and I was messing around with some widgets, adding them to the screen and stuff. The music hung for a quick sec. I was using volume widgets. This makes me think they need to set CPU priority to the music better or something. But maybe it was just a poorly made app I was messing with.

Wallpapers:

It lets you use animated wallpapers on your home screen which is kind of fun.

Mass USB Connection Option:

It looks like they finally killed this. This was where you can see your Android device files on your computer like a USB drive. But you still can see all the files and copy files to the Nexus 7 but it’s as a device. (On Windows 7) It seems to have caused Double Twist to not work but I bought Double Twist Air and synced over Wi-Fi which worked OK.

Screenshots

Yes, finally you can take screen shots without a third party app. They may have had this in their previous version of Android too but it’s not in Gingerbread. For the Nexus 7 just hold the volume button and power button for a few seconds and it will take a screenshot.

Music

It has a built in the widget called “What’s this song” It works like Shazam and is built in for free. The music app seems to be like the previous Android Music app with some little improvements here and there.

Car Stereo

I tested the Nexus 7 with my Sony USB stereo in my car. It recognizes it as a mp3 player only, I’m not too clear on how you would look for songs and playlists, though. You probably can’t is my guess. I’d prefer to use the auxiliary jack on my stereo so I can’t control the music with the Nexus Interface. That works great for me there just no charging.

Vibration:

There is no vibration on the Nexus.

Battery

It doesn’t show you the exact charge percent when you have it powered off which would have been good. It only shows you an image that shows its charge in 25% increments. The Nexus battery life is very good just as the specs say.

I recommend charging the Nexus using their supplied wall plug that comes with your Nexus. The manual also says it will charge faster from the wall plug than a computer. This is defiantly true from what I found.

With the Nexus 7 on and connected USB to a Windows computer, it took me about 3.5 hours to get the charge from 17% to 46%.

Something that was strange was I left it plugged into my computer overnight and it never reached 100% charge. It was something like 92%

But I then tested charging the Nexus 7 with the supplied wall charger plug. And while the Nexus was turned on it went from a charge of 75% – 98% in 1 hour.

So when they say to use the wall plug charger you better just use that because it does charge faster. I do have an ASUS motherboard on a different computer I made that says its USB ports give off more power. So I bet that will charge it fast also but I didn’t test it on there. Most people won’t have that kind of computer.

Notes app

There is no pre-installed note taking app. There are plenty of free ones on the Play Store. I use AK Notepad.

Web Browsing

Web browsing is very fast and uses Chrome. I don’t have one to test next to but it’s at least the same speed as an iPad. Part of me wants to say it might be a little faster than the iPad 2 but don’t take me up one cause I don’t have proof.

Exterior

The screen is really nice and I like the grip like backing on the Nexus 7. It makes it feel like it won’t slip out of your hand. I can hold it well in one hand. I have average sized hands for a male.

Memory:

No SD card expansion slot which is a negative but get the 16GB because the OS uses a lot of space. I believe I had about 13GB free on the 16GB model. So I’d recommend you get the 16 GB model.

Apps:

Overall OK on the apps but some still are better on the iPad. For example, my cable TV company still doesn’t support watching TV on android devices where you can on the iPad. But I think now as Android tablets get more popular they will start making an app for the Android.

Conclusion:

So that’s about it, for now, I’ll stop there. So to sum it up, no need to worry about performance issues anymore on Android Tablets. For the price, you can’t go wrong if you always wanted a tablet but didn’t want to blow $500 on one. A unique thing about this tablet is the combination of having the new Google Voice, the screen size of 7″ and the nice smooth interface like an iPad but combined with a fast processor. All those things are what makes it a little different than other tablets including the iPad. And also I would definitely get this over the Kindle Fire. I don’t see any reason for anyone to buy a Kindle Fire over the Nexus 7. The Kindle Fire has a lot of stuff locked down.