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View Poll Results: Does lack of SD card support effect you're buying of the Nexus 7? | |||
Yes, I'm not buying because of this. | 101 | 41.91% | |
No, not a problem at all. | 61 | 25.31% | |
I'm buying the 16GB because of this. | 34 | 14.11% | |
I'm not in the market for a tablet, but I like to vote. | 45 | 18.67% | |
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08-06-2012, 04:12 PM | #376 |
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Is there any app that allows you to access to a HDD connected to a WiFi router?
If that exists then perhaps the lack of SD card slot wouldn't be such a bummer. |
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08-10-2012, 05:13 PM | #378 |
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The inability to read external storage devices had turned me off from the Nexus 7. I finally settled on an Archos 80 G9. It not only has a MicroSD card slot, it also has a full size USB port hidden in it. This is designed to take its USB G3 card holder but other users have reported that it takes even USB powered HDs. Also the proprietary video player is very good, reading all kinds of formats, including MKV and TS.
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08-11-2012, 03:59 AM | #381 |
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Only by "rooting" the device. I really don't want to have to do that in order to get basic functionality which should be there out of the box.
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08-11-2012, 06:36 AM | #382 |
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You are right about it defeating the purpose of a small tablet. For me, it is the "possibility" of attaching one when, if ever, I needed it. The Archos 80 G9 actually comes in 2 versions. One with a 16 GB flash drive and the other with a 250 GB HD. I did not get the one with the HD though it cost only 40 euros more. It would have pushed the weight of the tablet from 450g to over 600g and the reason I did not get an iPad was the size and weight. By the way, I was able to play videos from my old full size SD cards by using a SD card reader plugged into an USB OTG adapter to the microUSB port. A few SD cards are all that I ever need carry around.
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08-11-2012, 07:47 AM | #383 |
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That what is so disappointing about the faulty design of the otherwise quite competent N7. Instead of a no external power required postage stamp sized several gram weight 32GB or 64GB SD or microSD card, a clumsy higher powered and exponentially heavier kludge is required to get any decent storage. IMHO, the decision to forgo the much simpler SD expansion that is normal with most Android tablets was a political move to encourage more use of the cloud storage strategy that is the current vogue with Google.
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08-11-2012, 01:31 PM | #384 |
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True, but rooting a nexus device is a 2 minutes process. The longest part is downloading the SDK if you don't have it. I have rooted several GNs and it's a piece of cake.
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08-11-2012, 02:21 PM | #385 |
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It's not just a matter of how long it takes or how difficult it is. It's also partly a matter of principle, and partly not wanting to rely on unofficial, unsupported hacks, and partly the risk of have to address interfering with other functions. (For example, if you root your Kindle Fire, Amazon Video stops working.)
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08-13-2012, 10:12 AM | #387 | |
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I know all the workarounds. I have them on my Fire. I see problems. You are pretending to be blind to them. There are hoops to jump through to accomplish anything. Better to not need to. And it IS a hack by classical definition. Making the system work better by manipulating the internals at a level beyond what a normal user would know. |
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08-13-2012, 12:02 PM | #388 |
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I see opportunities to make a good tablet great, not problems. I do not see it as a hack because it is not changing the standard behaviour of the device (as replacing the kernel or a core library would). Adding 2 binaries to the system, in my eyes, is an enhancement (adding a functionality that was not there), while changing none of the existing functionality. The fact that 3rd party apps can detect the presence of root and act differently is beyond the point, as those are 3rd party apps and hence not part of the system as designed - hence the behaviour of the system is unchanged, hence not hacked.
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But even if it doesn't break anything, the mere fact that it's NOT a supported hack--er--'enhancement' means it is not the best choice for most consumers, and add to that the fact that rooting is still significantly harder than stripping DRM, and some people can't even handle that. Plus, while hacking--er--implementing unsupported system ehancements--is fine for hackers--er--unofficial ehancement implimentors, requesting that the feature we want be official, and making purchase decisions based on those supported features, helps drive the market in the direction we want it to go, much like buying DRM-free ebooks is a good thing, even if stripping DRM is trivial. Last edited by ApK; 08-13-2012 at 10:13 PM. |
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