Google Announces the Nexus 7" - Page 32

AnemicOak · 07-13-2012, 09:51 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Is there a list somewhere of shops that will sell Nexus 7? I am going to Chicago for Worldcon in the end of August and plan to buy a Nexus 7 then and wondered what shops would be best to go to?

I haven't seen any kind of list. The stores I know of in the US are...

Staples
Office Depot
Game Stop
Sams Club
Frys (not sure if in store or web only)

I'd think Best Buy will be carrying it since they are in Canada, but AFAIK nothing has been announced yet.

AnemicOak · 07-13-2012, 09:53 AM

Other B&M's carrying the Nexus 7...

Canada
Future Shop
Best Buy

Australia
Harvey Norman
JB Hi-Fi
Dick Smith
Bing Lee
The Good Guys
Retravision
Radio Rentals
Officeworks
EB Games
Costco
BSR

robertc88 · 07-13-2012, 03:42 PM

BB has a 14 day return policy on PCs and tablets; most anything else is 30 days. I have never incurred a restocking fee at my local store.

If one wants to test run this first and are concerned with any fee on return BB is the place afaik.

tubemonkey · 07-13-2012, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by robertc88

BB has a 14 day return policy on PCs and tablets; most anything else is 30 days. I have never incurred a restocking fee at my local store.

If one wants to test run this first and are concerned with any fee on return BB is the place afaik.

It's 30 days and no restocking fee.

SeaKing · 07-14-2012, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by afv011

8Mpx != 8MB, JPEG compresses very well, so the typical file will be well below 8MB, more like 2MB (incidentally, 8Mpx without compression requires 24MBytes, 3 bytes per pixel assuming your image is 24bits color).

I have a SLR plus compact for my travels, so my camera phone is pretty much irrelevant, but we're digressing. Anyway, I personally don't use digital zoom on any camera, the ones that have it have the feature disabled as I prefer to crop later on the desktop if I need to.

Your calculation is right on.
My sister just sent me 3 pictures straight from her iPhone.
The sizes were 2.12MB, 1.91MB, 1.8MB.
The image size of the larger one was 36" x 26.9".
I used PSP to reduce the pictures to 8" wide and about 95K each.

Still very nice pictures. It was of her youngest grandchild, 3 years old.

I gave her a Fuji camera some years ago with a zoom to take pictures of our mom, and then she got a Canon because it was easier or so she said, but I don't know why, and now she only uses her iPhone because it is easier still.
But the pictures have gone down in quality.

The nice thing about the iPhone for me is that she can just mail the pictures to me directly and I do get them from time to time.

I only got one batch of pictures from that Fuji and none from the Canon.

Delfic_Clearo · 07-14-2012, 02:41 AM

What if the idea is to have the user upload to a cloud? So extra memory is available, it's just not on the device. Ergo no card slot

Akin to some ultralight PCs which have no optical drive. Data is presumed to come from or go to a server via WiFi or whatever.

afv011 · 07-14-2012, 02:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Delfic_Clearo

What if the idea is to have the user upload to a cloud? So extra memory is available, it's just not on the device. Ergo no card slot

Akin to some ultralight PCs which have no optical drive. Data is presumed to come from or go to a server via WiFi or whatever.

you are a bit late to the party :-) the main argument from the pro SD party is that they don't want no stinky cloud as wifi is not always available.

MikeCL · 07-14-2012, 09:58 AM

The nexus 7 has everything I wanted in the fire but did not have.. ie GPS, bluetooth, orientation sensor and so on.

ApK · 07-14-2012, 10:05 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeCL

The nexus 7 has everything I wanted in the fire but did not have.. ie GPS, bluetooth, orientation sensor and so on.

Fire has an orientation sensor. I have a bubble level app on mine.

MikeCL · 07-14-2012, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by ApK

Fire has an orientation sensor. I have a bubble level app on mine.

True but the lack of bluetooth & GPS was a instant killer

ApK · 07-14-2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Delfic_Clearo

Akin to some ultralight PCs which have no optical drive. Data is presumed to come from or go to a server via WiFi or whatever.

Ultralight laptops with no optical drives also have usb ports, card slots, and huge local drives.

There are Chromebooks and the like, but they are not really taking off.

tubemonkey · 07-14-2012, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

There are Chromebooks and the like, but they are not really taking off.

I want a Chromebox. As soon as the prices drop, I'm getting one to replace my PC.

ApK · 07-14-2012, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by tubemonkey

I want a Chromebox. As soon as the prices drop, I'm getting one to replace my PC.

You want a tablet that doesn't depend on the cloud and computer that does?

Kumabjorn · 07-14-2012, 01:23 PM

Monkeys aren't necessarily rational. They just know what they want and what they won't.

tubemonkey · 07-14-2012, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ApK

You want a tablet that doesn't depend on the cloud and computer that does?

Computer stays home where there's lots of WiFi.

Tablet travels to locations where there's no WiFi.

07-13-2012, 03:42 PM	#468
robertc88 Fanatic Posts: 555 Karma: 1579999 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: none	BB has a 14 day return policy on PCs and tablets; most anything else is 30 days. I have never incurred a restocking fee at my local store. If one wants to test run this first and are concerned with any fee on return BB is the place afaik. Last edited by robertc88; 07-13-2012 at 03:45 PM.

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07-13-2012, 09:53 AM	#467
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 14,391 Karma: 54969924 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: iPad Mini 4, AuraHD, iPhone XR +	Other B&M's carrying the Nexus 7... Canada Future Shop Best Buy Australia Harvey Norman JB Hi-Fi Dick Smith Bing Lee The Good Guys Retravision Radio Rentals Officeworks EB Games Costco BSR

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Delfic_Clearo Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kindle	What if the idea is to have the user upload to a cloud? So extra memory is available, it's just not on the device. Ergo no card slot Akin to some ultralight PCs which have no optical drive. Data is presumed to come from or go to a server via WiFi or whatever.

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