This article was written by guest blogger figure. The author is Blai, a real geek, podcaster in PasionGeek
After three years using tablets (iPad1, iPad2 3G, Nexus July 2012, iPad mini, BQ Curie) for a month I am owner of a Asus Nexus July 2013, a tablet that I like but equally disconcerting.
not intend to write a post full technical specifications, for that you can go to tab or googling, goes sensations. Yes complementéis I recommend you post this reading with my partner in Passion Geek @ __Martinelli, hung on his blog. Interesting point of view of a user of Apple with an open mind and the ability to analyze intact.
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Nexus July 2013
Blameless
. Finally a Nexus to match what is expected, matched by rivals, are of the same platform or other. Camera aside, like all tablets I know, finishes, materials, internal components and especially the incredible display make this device fly very high when you have it on hand. Very commendable progress in weight reduction (about 50 grams), the decrease in thickness (about 2 mm less), the feel of the back, the inclusion of Bluetooth 4.0 and WiFi standards.
Special mention increased RAM (1 gb becomes 2), the new Snapdragon S4 processor 4-core and new graphics.hand
team feels solid and exudes quality, fancy catch at every opportunity because it’s comfortable, not annoying or tiring to hold with one hand for a long time. No comparison with the Nexus July 2012 nor the Curie BQ, for example.
not fit on the screen saying nothing but praise, spectacular. A resolution of 1920 x 1200 with a density of 323 ppi (1024 × 768 and 163 ppi on both the iPad Mini as in BQ), much higher than the retina display iPad 4 (264 ppi), are proof of being in the that, quite possibly, the best screen tablet market. Clear display with real good viewing angles thanks to IPS technology is the perfect display for multimedia content consumption, thanks in part to its 16:9 format is ideal for this.
But …
Always
no buts, no perfect or binding device hard / soft rock solid, and Google being involved, this is emphasized. Let us explain by parts, we see how something as exceptional as the inclusion of a screen, while undressing so many shortcomings. Let’s start with the hardware, since we are in this section.
Sound
Owning a tablet
7 “16:9 implies horizontal hold so a lot of times, 100% of them if the use is multimedia. Problem? The speakers, timeless design flaw in almost all Android devices (except the HTC One), whether tablets or smartphones. When you hold the N7 with both hands, tops obstruct speakers and sound output due to bad location. Huge mistake when it comes to the biggest attraction of this device. In this photo so you can see:
conglomerate puzzles also screens for tablets Android market, there are from 7 inches up to 10’1 in 4:3, 16:9 and 16:10, with a thousand resolutions and different densities. A chaos.
Moreover, sound quality is more than sufficient. The maximum volume is not excessive or dazzle but no objections there, listens crisp.
House
About the cameras
little to say, are lazy, do by the hairs for uses that I have not very clear. The front allows video correctly, as it should be for what you have to do. The rear is mediocre, both in sharpness, as approach or colors. So what is it for a rear camera on a tablet? For that, mysteries that I can not decipher. With a sample will be worth:
The remaining hard, as I advanced, internally excellent. The external finishes compete with an iPad mini for example, so we closed the chapter of the hardware and giving a note high and attaching some pictures of the N7 with the iPad mini and Curie BQ.
In this second picture shows the back. 
At last we show the profile of the three tablets. 
July 2013
spoke before the deficiencies that are uncovered by including 16:9 format on this tablet at the hardware level. Let’s analyze the problems and use OS level.
Play any movie Youtube videos is a joy, the natural habitat of this tablet. But what about other uses? Here starts the problem. We draw up an email, for example:
size issues aside, the discussion of inches is ideal on a tablet another issue, the inclusion of this format will create serious problems as a user on a daily basis, overshadowing user experience. Write an email in vertical format not a major problem. Overview adequate space for writing and desahogados visible fields. All this really helps Swiftkey keyboard, possibly the best keyboard of any mobile platform.
swype function attached to the accurate prediction of words makes the wording is very fast and convenient, N7 holding with one hand and sliding the words with the other. But there comes a landscape mode, horizontal. Horrible, no field of view, you do away with the keyboard and turn continually to scroll to check the entered text, very annoying.
Letbrowsing the websites:
As you can see, as much of the same. Perfect in portrait mode, totally inadequate horizontally. What is all this important? Is it so difficult to rotate the device by use? Can you lock the screen rotation? Yes, no, yes.
The problem with this format is its bipolarity, extremism. The Archos N7 could be an old and limited to play mp4 and others. It could be a 16:10 and the office work could be 4:3 and serve around a bit, like the iPad or the BQ. They chose the most extreme form of something, for something …And here comes another lame leg, that something. Today, the N7 is a born consumer content, mainly of the owner, Google. Watch movies, videos, music, Youtube and others, is a joy.
But here comes the problem, when removed from Google ecosystem becomes insufficient, powerless. Why? Basically by the limitation imposed by the display both in their size and the ratio, and the absence of specific apps sonrojante. It is already clear that 7 “16:9 format is not to create content, especially the office, is tedious and complex, uncomfortable.
can supply it with an external keyboard and upright, but for these assemblies, if they are to be common, perhaps an iPad, one of Microsoft Surface and even a laptop, more convenient. And if the tablet itself difficult to create content, it torpedoed the OS directly. You can create and manage with Google apps, especially with Google drive and the integration of services already offered (possibly the best on the market), lean on evernote / dropbox / pocket / feedly / quickoffice, but there just quality and supply we encounter reality, no applications designed for Android tablets. We talked abo ut a few hundred, maybe a thousand, but not hundreds of thousands as in the case of iOS.This can be supplemented through the Android share feature, to versions of thousand Web services as well supports the Chrome browser, a delight-the ability to move and manage files … It can patch, but not ceases to be uncomfortable for many users, perhaps the majority, who do not know and / or do not want to complicate your life in this way. You can dip into apps for smartphones, which are rescaled to N7 screen, but this brings many problems, such as screen sensitivity problems, descuadres in design, etc … They are clearly things that worsen the user experience and him from the Android market for tablets, beyond other considerations such as dependency of Gmail, price, etc. …
operating system itself, when you look at the N7, you discover that not conceived thinking of a use in tablets and after several updates, I still think the same . That differs from something as basic as the curtains of notifications / settings bar on his brother smartphone makes clear that improvises in design, there is no clear direction is respected to the letter.
smartphone, a simple finger slipped from the top down notices and displays you the same gesture with two fingers, access to adjustments. In the tablet, notifications are displayed with a finger from top to bottom on the left side of the screen and the settings the same way but running his finger along the right side. Inconsistent.
landscape mode on the N7 main home with an inconsistent distribution of menu icons also makes clear that we have something improvised or impossible to control because of the large number of brands, screen sizes, resolutions, ratios and densities that swarm the Android market.
Android 4.3 Is it then a disaster N7? Not at all. In addition to the fluidity and speed of any Nexus, Android sharing menu, freedom to customize it to your taste, move files, to enjoy the most complete ecosystem of any mobile platform -Android/Chrome – in addition to all this, you have a gem that no one else has, profiles. What are profiles? Just as on a pc / mac, the ability to create different users full function access to the tablet and its apps, or create profiles that manages administrator restricted in a completely full giving or removing permissions / access completely individual so . It is the perfect solution to the problem of households with one tablet-or limited-economy and several different potential users based on age, needs, uses …
Autonomy
Another aspect that I loved and cared about me from my previous Nexus 7 is autonomy. At rest is slightly below a mini iPad, the industry benchmark, but in use with the screen on, is on par and even above.
And all this with a smaller battery compared to the previous version of the tablet, the year 2012. Great job with the optimization feature Google Nexus series and great job with Qualcomm S4 processors.
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Conclusion
Tablet excellent, unbeatable quality / performance vs. price, but not suitable for everyone. All those who are among the mere consumers of media content and advanced users with solutions to all possible problems / limitations, sometime find troubles on an Nexus July 2013, with limitations that worsen your user experience with lack of apps or scaled / redesigns infamous, with anarchy own Android platform. Difficult to solve when the problem comes from a bad approach.
shame because the N7 is an extraordinary product.
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