Comments on: Google Nexus tablet in next 6 months teases Schmidt

By: Tepgator

Tepgator — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:56:00 +0000

Exactly! Asus has a 250 quadcore tab, which I would kill for, releasing soon, but supposedly Google is making that the Nexus tab. They want theirs in the 149-199 range though….. I say cut memory and other smaller things and keep the quadcore! Or just keep it at 250 and cut the memory but add a front facing camera

By: Tepgator

Tepgator — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 20:53:00 +0000

Come on Google…… I need your tablet! I can’t wait more than 2-3 more months….. I’m either buying yours or Asus’ MeMo 370t (probz the same thing… Although I hope not because I would kill for a 250 quadcore…… KEEP THE QUADCORE IN) in the next 3 months or im going for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. Come on! Google!

By: guest33

guest33 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:05:00 +0000

“Right, except that you don’t have to upgrade hardware to update
software. And while Apple does software updates as well, they don’t let
you use the cool new things (siri) without having to buy the new
hardware…”

I hope your not including the current crop of Android manufacturers in that argument because they abandon their hardware twice as fast as they can make it. Go see the ‘expansive’ list of current devices slated for ICS upgrade. They certainly don’t outnumber the pissed off Android device owners who realize their device will be forever doomed to Gingerbread or earlier OS unless they wanna cough up another 500 between now and when Jellybean rolls out and they get to do it all over again.

And I don’t consider somebody cooking up a ROM for a single Android device an official release of any kind and any kind of support afterwards is a complete roll of the dice.

I currently have 3 Android devices and will be buying my time with them for the time being. When Windows 8 tablets roll out, I suspect enough people will be tired of the Android merry-go-round of no updates and forgotten models to banish Android from their lives and send it to the confines of Linux Land’s fragmentation-fest with the rest of the pet projects like SuSE, Red Hat, Ubuntu and the 1,001 other variants that don’t interoperate.

By: guest33

guest33 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:39:00 +0000

“Apple is the only player that can sit on a tablet for a year without updating it.
Lets see google do that with theirs.”

LOL There’s Android devices still on Froyo. Android manufacturers are undisputed kings of not updating, much to the chargin of their users. And people are learning what those cheaper prices gets you – like stuck on the aforementioned Froyo. Google is making its own tablet because its sick of manufacturers bullsh*t and if that makes them more Apple-like in getting OS upgrades out to the users, so be it. Because many Android users are sick of the BS with manufacturers too, and the security risks being 3 versions behind exposes you to.

By: guest33

guest33 — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:33:00 +0000

Many Android manufacturers leave you to the sounds of crickets and just plain being sh*t out of luck on hardware issues. (Hello, Toshiba Thrive!) Let’s not even get into OS upgrades, because I mean really….

By: CS Unitec

CS Unitec — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:29:00 +0000

I have a ‘believe it when I see it’ sort of feeling about this one.

By: Benjaminp

Benjaminp — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:52:00 +0000

I had to make an appointment to see a ''Technician'' and pay 100euros to have my gfs iphone fixed. Your right! no other company offers the after sale user experience that apple does!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:28:00 +0000

Google didn’t start that store. It’s an initiative by Telstra (a telco provider) and it is nothing more than some shiny new banners and plastic android puppets. The most ironic thing: 1 meter next to ‘android world’ there is massive propaganda for the iPhone 4S; sold in the same store. (ps. I’ve been there)

No other company offers the after-sales user experience that Apple does!

By: J. Williams

J. Williams — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:22:00 +0000

We need a minus button here….

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 01:21:00 +0000

Yes it’s so great to see a company so willing to sell you down the toilet as quick as they can do well. Go Go Go!!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:07:00 +0000

Come on guys, the newspaper’s called Corriere della Sera (not Sea). It means Evening Post in Italian.

By: Swift2

Swift2 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:56:00 +0000

“Wait’ll next year,” said minor-league manager Eric Schmidt. “We’ve got some good prospects in the organization, and next year promises to be a good one for the Google Astronauts.”

By: Michael Cobases

Michael Cobases — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:10:00 +0000

By the time Nexus tab will be released Google will fix all the issues related to ICS, so the tablets OS will more likely be stunning.

By: Dylan Blom

Dylan Blom — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:04:00 +0000

Nexus phones come out once an year and they have stuck to that motif. I don’t think that Google would change now. I think all the companies are starting to learn (except for Motorola) that phones don’t need to come out monthly. Also simply because it is a nexus would encourage most people to buy it based on the openness and vanilla stock operating system.

By: Zachary Koterba

Zachary Koterba — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:02:00 +0000

Right, except that you don’t have to upgrade hardware to update software. And while Apple does software updates as well, they don’t let you use the cool new things (siri) without having to buy the new hardware… I’m sure my Galaxy Nexus will be able to run Jelly Bean to its fullest potential (unless there is some truly innovative breakthrough in hardware) can you say the same about iPhone 4s and the new iOS (most likely no, based on them locking Siri down).

Plus, the whole idea of the Nexus line is to showcase their operating system. They usually have some latest/greatest specs (720 resolution) mixed with available current hardware (NFC, dual core processors, 5MP camera. Whether they sell their Nexuses or Samsung sells their tablets, Google is still winning.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:05:00 +0000

That’s not bad usage… I think my problem is that I stream iheartRadio for atleast an Hour and a Half on the way to work everymorning… and it EATS my battery LOL. Other wise the battery life is …. just okay. I usually take 4G off unless I want to download something or stream a video

By: Kcarpenter

Kcarpenter — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 17:17:00 +0000

I actually think it may not use ics, if 6 months is the timeline, that’s close to time for I/O right? And Google usually targets 2 releases a year, which puts it in the timeline for a 4.5/5 version of Android….but I’m usually wrong.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:50:00 +0000

I think the Nexus strategy isn’t to make the shiniest, most powerful device – it’s to showcase the latest in Android and inspire OEM’s to create bigger and better thereby spreading Android out even further.

For tablets, and many, many, many people have said this – content is king. Without access to games, movies and music the tablet is just a very expensive paperweight

By: Rt

Rt — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:44:00 +0000

Corriere de la se R a

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:41:00 +0000

I’d rather them not… I’ve pretty much lost faith in motorola doing anything right.

and while a vanilla tablet with good specs and an unlocked bootloader from motorola would be nice, I’d still prefer a transformable tablet with amazing battery. I don’t have much interest in a pure tablet.

By: Superdogt

Superdogt — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:39:00 +0000

Means nothing. Google will also have to sell new models every 5 months while they compete with other OEMS running the same OS on tablets and at cheaper prices.
Apple is the only player that can sit on a tablet for a year without updating it.
Lets see google do that with theirs.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:35:00 +0000

If they were to announce it in the next 6 months it will have to have a quad core clocked at at least 1.5ghz and 2gb ram and 32gb internal with micro sdxc slot and 3mp ffc for 1080p video chat nfc and probably at least 1080p screen or like @cgmc11 said the 1600p one and around 8000mah battery since they will probably have a vzw let one and mabye an att lte model too, but if that was coming out next year id give up my galaxy tab 10.1 for it

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:30:00 +0000

Or they could work with their own Motorola and finally teach them how to make a tablet.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:27:00 +0000

Google did start that “androidland” store in australia. Maybe they will move to the apple model yet.

Now they just have to work on the name of the store. Maybe, “The Nexus Store”? Or just Google Store.

By: Hwhitereese

Hwhitereese — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:26:00 +0000

Nexus* LTE*

By: Hwhitereese

Hwhitereese — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:24:00 +0000

My nexsus does pretty well on its battery in comparison to all other LET devices and im a heavy user!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:19:00 +0000

if they work with asus to make a nexus transformer, that would be the ultimate tablet

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:17:00 +0000

They’ll probably wait for Apple to unveil the iPad 3 and design their’s based on that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:17:00 +0000

If Google is planning on releasing this kind of device they are going to have to do LOT better job of marketing and public relations. Thus gar google has relied largely on word of mouth for its Nexus products, with very little advertising. Google hardly pushes the pure google experience and if you have a customer related issue with an Android device (even if it is a Nexus one), you have to either deal with a vendor (who rarely knows much about the device) or dig online for the information. apple on the other hand makes it so that you can call and ask for help or just walk into an apple store hand have them fix any issue you might have (as well as teach you how to get to know your device better). That aspect of the ownership experience trumps sheer power or capability for a very large number of people. I love my Galaxy nexus and have a Transformer prime on order and this lack of detailed customer service is an annoyance that I’ve learned to live with, but don’t necessarily enjoy. I suspect that users who are not as interested in learning for themselves would soon get frustrated with problems and end up running into apple’s hands (much like my wife did).

By: Kiril

Kiril — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:16:00 +0000

I’m not having problems with my Nexus. Granted, the first day when I giddy and using it all the time, I had to charge it twice during the day. But now, a couple of days later, I am back to just moderate use, it has better battery life than my Droid, which I had bough a brand new battery for two months ago. The Nexus lasts me all day (and yes, that’s with 4G turned on).

By: Phil Oakley

Phil Oakley — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 16:02:00 +0000

The Galaxy Nexus’ battery life is actually OK.

By: J. Williams

J. Williams — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:53:00 +0000

Great. As far as what the haters say, don’t worry about it. Go Google

By: Curt Gran

Curt Gran — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:50:00 +0000

If it sucks battery like the Galaxy Nexus phone you better glue a car battery to the bottom of it.

By: cGmC11

cGmC11 — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:32:00 +0000

Yes! with 11.3″ 2560×1600 Super Amoled Plus display.