Chromecast....Any opinions? At $35, I might have to pick up 3 of these.

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-medi...html?ttag=fbwp

 

Chromecast....Any opinions? At $35, I might have to pick up 3 of these.

http://reviews.cnet.com/digital-medi...html?ttag=fbwp

 

Depends on what you want. You have to measure the content you watch between this and a Roku box. I've heard of You Tube Roku hacks but the phone remote usage is cool. It looks like there is a power cable connected to it though from what I'm reading. Honestly I just use my laptop and 10' long HDMI.

 

Yea requires a power cable. Thought it was powered by the HDMI port. But anyways.

Basically it's a device to push videos to, so you'll have to use another device to push from.

Depending on what I'm doing, I'd rather had a dedicated device. Otherwise I'll have to plug in whatever device I'm using.

 

done wirelessly so your not plugging in per say.

And yea power comes from a/c adapter, or plug it into tv usb port.

So for the nexus 7, or just tablet users in general. Is 16gb enough or would you recommend 32??

 

If I had a tablet and I wasn't taking photos/videos with it, I'd stick with 16. I stream my music so really only apps will clog the hard drive. YMMV

 

I meant plug in as in charge. Ie say I'm at 5-10% battery.

 

anyone know or heard if there will be a Nexus 10 replacement? Or are they dropping it? It didn't seem to sell very well. I've yet to see one in person

 

Thats what i'm thinking too. My GS3 will be a better shooter anyway so I wouldnt use this to take photos/videos. Music would be from the cloud for the most part. I'd put some movies on there but that i can switch around. So i guess 16 is enough.

Nexus 10 is gonna be released most likely in october/november with the nexus 4/5

 

Netflix is gonna support 1080p playback on the Nexus 7. Cool and I'm getting 3 months free with chormecast

Other devices will be supported later.

 

I'm thinking if i should preorder at best buy or do you think when its released on the 30th if one of the retailers will have some sort of deal?

 

Thinking of getting a Chromecast from Amazon. Still have my gift card so I might as well use it on that. I hope more apps use it in the future. Would love to be able to just push any content to any television screen with an HDMI input. I can already imagine people hacking the device to be more than a device for receiving input...For $35 its a pretty good deal.

 

$35 plus 3 months netflix, its like the thing costs $11!

ALso I think it should pick up support cause it seems like a lot of people are buying it

 

just bought the 16gb N7

and I'll be picking it up today

 

I heard that Best Buy has them in stock

 

Stupid country...

 

Staples has a $30 off coupon for the Nexus 7 today. Check Slickdeals. You can probably price match it to Best Buy. So tempted to get one but my Nexus 7 is still serving me fine. Must resist temptation.

 

The new Nexus 7 got a pretty good review on TheVerge.

http://mobile.theverge.com/2013/7/26...-7-review-2013

 

I wonder if they will rate how hard it is to get it out of the box.

 

which is what i did
I did store pick up and they said its available for pickup, better not get rid of mine gotta wait till after work.

should leave...

Wow could have shown me this before! I dont think they price match with coupons though? I'll try it when I pick it up

 

Molly Wood's was my favorite...

 

Got my yesterday opened it just earlier today!!

This screen is amazing!!
I like how I can hold it in one hand and use swype make it so easy to type!
Gotta play around with it more and I'll let you guys know how it is.

 

My buddy picked up a new one as well. Gonna play around with it tonight when I meet up with him. He's been holding out for a tablet for so long and I told him to wait it out until the new N7 got released.

 

Meh, keeping my old 7.. F you all.

 

I can't root 4.3

 

Changed my mind, getting a Sony Xpera Z.

 

Roots just like every other Nexus device as long as your Bootloader is already unlocked and have ADB/Fastboot drivers installed. Takes less than 5 minutes.

- Download CWM or TWRP for the Nexus 7:

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

http://teamw.in/project/twrp

- Also download SuperSU and place it at the root of the SD Card:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1538053


- Reboot to bootloader and open a command prompt on your computer with the same directory as the recovery file from above then enter the following:

- Reboot into recovery. Flash SuperSU. Reboot. Profit. Don't forget to install BusyBox if the apps you use require it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ricson.busybox

*Note that this method works for every Nexus device. Just flash the correct recovery image. All of them use the same SuperSU file for rooting.

 

Did that multiple times, every time said it worked but failed root. Got tired of it.

Selling my Nexus 7 and a BB Playbook someone gave me and putting it towards the Sony Xperia Z Tablet. Thats a sexy tablet.

 

From what I understand the new Nexus 7 uses an underclocked Snapdragon 600 that is badged as S4 Pro (different from the S4 Pro in the Nexus 4 and other devices).

 

I work at Best Buy, we got in 12 Chromecasts the other day, and I come back 2 days later and they're all gone...everywhere. Said to be the bomb

 

N7 is awesome btw!

The speakers are nice and 4.3 has virtual surround sound and its actually pretty legit!
The screen is amazing. This thing is really fast. I love it so far!

 

Quick...Sony Xperia Z Tab or Nexus 10?

 

Got the Sony Z Tab. Its nice but man does 4.1 suck.

 

i snagged the Nexus 7 on saturday. pretty neat little tab

 

Its no Xperia Z

 

Your complaining about 4.1 right now, I wonder what will happen when KLP comes out Hoping thats this October/november

 

2023

 

Is it worth upgrading from the old Nexus 7? I mostly use my Surface Pro for all my computing/browsing now though.

 

yes

 

then no.

I came from the first generation asus transformer.
but if you dont use the n7, why would you want another?