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At the top of the home screen sits the Google Now bar, with a handy introduction to the Google Now search services, and a microphone icon for initiating voice searches. One more change for the better: The Google Nexus 7's native image gallery has improved image rendering as compared with Android 4.0 and 3.2. I noticed that images regained full sharpness more quickly than before, 7 inch tablet a critical feature when you actively use the gallery to show off your pictures.
Unfortunately, Nexus 7 also shows one of Android uglier sides--the pain of OS and device fragmentation. I encountered some tablet apps that wouldn't work on the Nexus, raising the old issues involving Android's app availability and compatibility. Android 4.1 goes a long way toward improving Android's usability--in spite of the aforementioned portrait mode and nav button mess--but it doesn't solve some of the underlying problems, either.
Google succeeds at shooting Amazon's Kindle Fire out of the sky; the company has delivered a superior piece of hardware at the same starting price. The Nexus 7 also beats out the same-priced Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (an Android 4.0 tablet with lesser performance and half the storage, Zenithink ZT280 but with a MicroSD card slot), and it beats out Barnes & Noble's limited Nook Tablet (which adds a MicroSD slot, but is restricted by B&N's custom Android version and the apps approved for it). I like the feel and design of the Toshiba Excite 7.7 better, but that model costs twice as much as the 16GB Nexus 7. Google hasn't positioned the Nexus as an iPad killer, but it's worth noting that the Nexus's price is a 38 percent savings over the cost of getting a larger-screen, same-size iPad 2, and a 50 percent savings over a third-generation iPad.
The Google Nexus 7 tablet is simply the best 7-inch tablet you can buy today. Zenithink C91 It performs well, but its mixed display performance and lack of a MicroSD card slot prevent it from eliciting unequivocal enthusiasm. Ultimately, I would describe the 8GB Nexus 7 as the best tablet you shouldn't buy today--even though its relatively low price will soften the blow when you outgrow the Nexus 7's limitations and want to step up to another model in six months' time. At 16GB, the Nexus 7 becomes an affordably priced starter tablet that provides terrific battery life, solid performance, and the latest full-court version of Android. But beware of the storage limitations; they might be a deal breaker for anyone with a large media collection or a desire to download movies and TV shows from Google Play.
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