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BrotherTobious

#15
October 17, 2012, 02:41:46 PM
No cause you have update that as well, and IOS6 is flaky pile or poo.  But everyone knows my views on apple though
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#16
October 17, 2012, 03:07:23 PM
Quote from: BrotherTobious;360120No cause you have update that as well, and IOS6 is flaky pile or poo.  But everyone knows my views on apple though

IOS6 is the worst update to a product in the history of electronics!
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#17
October 17, 2012, 03:41:53 PM
I love IOS6... I can say to work "Sorry you couldn't get through to my work mobile my Iphone crashed..." what a shame =).
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Benny

#18
October 17, 2012, 04:16:05 PM
SO to save this turning into bash Apple. The unfortunate truth is, you plug it into iTunes, it works. You don't have to think.
It may not be everyone's favourite but for simplicity it's perfect.

If you're telling me there is a similar set up on the Nexus, brilliant. If it's out of the box functional and easy to set up. What I don't want to do is jailbreak/root/install new software/download 10 patches, but not the other 3. I'd be tempted if it was mine, but it's not. It's for a girl. Remember fellas, girls are the ones that smell nice but aren't that clever. You know, like Lib.
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BrotherTobious

#19
October 17, 2012, 04:46:06 PM
To be fair you going to have to do updates for whatever tab you look at mate and also the applications that she wants to use. The thing to do is to take your girly to a shop and let her play with the nexus and the ipad and let her make her choice .
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smilodon

#20
October 17, 2012, 07:00:29 PM
Agreed an update is an update. When one comes available you click Ok a few times are told to keep your device plugged into teh mains and not to turn it off. Then you're done. Nexus, iPad, windows Surface thing, it's all the same really. go with the best price point v feature set v what your wife will be happy using.
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Liberator

#21
October 17, 2012, 07:34:01 PM
I suppose the main thing is that the Nexus is the Google offering for it's own OS, so future proof for at least the next 3 or 4 releases on Android I would assume.

It's already head and shoulders above the clone market and shouldn't get abandoned.

rooting is just the same as jailbreaking an iPad, the only reason most people do it is to remove branding or install a tweaked rom with better interface or overclocking. So out of the box functionality shouldn't be an issue.

I'd expect the Google upgrade process to be just as easy as upgrading any device, most of the rooted handsets out there are using ROM manager software to upgrade and that's as simple as copying a file over and telling the thing to reboot.

And I don't really smell all that nice.

T-Bag

#22
October 18, 2012, 01:03:06 AM
Quote from: Benny;360119And this is where it goes wrong. I want it out of the box, no touch, no effort for me to do anything to patch/upgrade etc. It has to be simple because the Galaxy she has is crap and I can't be arsed to sort it out. Am I better off with an ipad?

OTA = Over the air. You click ok and you're done. It'll reboot and it's upgraded all your apps are there the same as 2 mins before. The only thing simpler would be an update that doesn't require pressing ok...

Having used iPads and Android I have to say an iPad is not worth twice the price let alone 4 times the price of an android tab. iPads cost the extra due to branding and not features. If after 10 mins you're not grasped the basics of web browsing and getting apps on an android tab it's a lost cause no matter which platform. My mother stuggled with an iPad because she couldn't remember her iTunes log in and the need to use iTunes etc. Whereas my last 3 phones haven't required even the slightest knowledge that PCs even exist let alone being plugged into one. As much as I'd love the "it just works" argument to be true, they have stores with "genius" staff for a reason.

If you log into her gmail account for her I doubt you'll ever have another technical question from a major android tablet (Nexus, Galaxy, Xoom etc). Budget ones with different apps stores are a whole other matter, but still only 5 mins of setup away from working like a charm.
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Benny

#23
October 18, 2012, 09:48:05 AM
Thanks T-Bag, what I needed to hear. Sounds like a Nexus then :)
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Penfold

#24
November 25, 2012, 11:08:27 PM
Did you get this Benny? Which one and what do you think?

sulky_uk

#25
November 25, 2012, 11:15:42 PM
just got a nexus 7 for 1 daughter for xmas and a samsung gal tab 2 7 for the other...cause they didnt want the same one but they wanted an android tablet. I will report back in a few weeks


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#26
November 26, 2012, 05:39:22 PM
I bought myself a nexus 7 last week - had already bought the mrs a kindle fire hd and after playing about with it decided to buy myself one.  And very impressed - everything run smoothly, videos sometimes a little jittery at start but it's minimal before streaming flawlessly.
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