The Nexus 7: A Closer Look at Google's Latest Tablet Venture

As we take a closer look at the Nexus 7, it's clear that this tablet is designed to provide a high-quality mobile computing experience. The device itself feels solid and premium, with a back made of shiny plastic that has a soft touch feel to it. The big Nexus logo on the front is accompanied by the Asus branding, giving it a distinct look and feel.

From a dimension standpoint, the 7.8 in x 4.7 in x 0.4 in size and weight of 11.9 oz make it easy to carry around. It's clear that Google has aimed for a device that is both functional and portable. The power button is located on the right-hand side of the device, and when pressed, the Nexus 7 springs to life with its 7-inch display booting up.

The display itself is an impressive 7 inches with a resolution of 1280x800, giving it a high-definition (HD) display at 216 pixels per inch. This makes for crisp and clear visuals, making it ideal for watching videos or browsing the web. The display also features IPS technology, which provides a wide viewing angle and vibrant colors.

Moving on to the performance, the Nexus 7 is powered by an Intel Atom Z2420 dual-core processor, clocked at around 1.3 GHz. This makes it capable of handling demanding tasks with ease. Additionally, the device comes equipped with 1GB of RAM and 16GB or 32GB of internal storage options. The lack of microSD card slot may be a drawback for some users, but overall, the performance is impressive.

When it comes to camera capabilities, the Nexus 7 features a 1.2-megapixel rear-facing camera, which is decent for its purpose. It also has an NFC chip built-in, allowing users to take advantage of Android Beam functionality. Furthermore, the device comes with Jelly Bean version 4.1 as its operating system.

Let's take a closer look around the device. On the left-hand side, there are only two pins and a noise-cancelling microphone port. The power button is located on the right-hand side, along with a lock button. Moving to the top of the device, we find volume buttons up and down. However, it's worth noting that there isn't a traditional headset jack; instead, the 3.5mm audio jack is located at the bottom.

Now that we've taken a closer look at the hardware, let's move on to the software experience. The Nexus 7 boots up with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean as its operating system, which provides a clean and user-friendly interface. Upon launching the home screen, it becomes clear that Google has aimed for a seamless transition between tablets and smartphones. We see Chrome now as the default browser, marking an end to the browser's beta phase.

Let's take a look at some of the applications and settings on the device. As expected, we find the usual Android apps and widgets, such as Gmail and Facebook. Moving down to the settings menu, we find the "Tablet" option that allows users to adjust various settings specific to tablet usage.

When comparing the Nexus 7 to its competitor, the Amazon Kindle Fire, it becomes clear that Google has put a lot of thought into designing this device with mobile computing in mind. The tapered edges and sleek design make it feel thinner and lighter than the Kindle Fire, despite being heavier. It will be interesting to see what Amazon does next to compete with the Nexus 7.

In conclusion, the Nexus 7 is an impressive tablet that offers a great balance between performance, display quality, and design. With its Intel Atom Z2420 processor, IPS display, and Android Jelly Bean operating system, it's well-equipped for a wide range of mobile computing tasks. The device also features a sleek design and user-friendly interface, making it an attractive option for those looking for a high-quality tablet experience.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhat's up everyone John rer from techno Buffalo here with an unboxing to Google's Android tablet savior this is the just announced Nexus 7 made by Asus this guy is rocking nvidia's quad core Tegra 3 got a 7-in display with the 1280 by 800 resolution a gig of RAM and a lot of Hope and a lot of hype let's go ahead open this box up dig in and see what it looks like all right so here we've got the box with the Nexus branding kind of cool it made the bezel look like a seven Nexus 7 on the side on the back made for Google Play full-fledged Android tablet and pure Google next to seven features a powerful quad core processor front-facing camera and Vivid 7-in HD display so you can play your favorite games video chat and watch videos in stunning Clarity let's go ahead and slide off the sheath and we've got a black box Google bestowed the 8 GB version on us which will retail for $199 and ship sometime in the middle of July uh if you want to pick up a 16 GB version uh it's going to set you back about an extra 50 bucks uh at $249 go ahead and open this up oh another sneaky piece of tape on the side I have not seen one of these yet in person haven't held one uh this is one of the devices that was given out to attendees at Google IO open there we go all right so there is the tablet sitting nicely in it's little uh sheath there uh it is running and will ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean wow it feels extremely light uh we've got a version in white which I believe uh was only made available to Google IO attendees uh black should be what initially ships at retail push it off to the side for just a moment see what else we're going to have in the Box all right in box number one we have books warranty information we have a sinking cable and that is the micro USB variety so pretty standard I'm guessing we've got a wall charger that's exactly what we have uh Asus branded wall charger with that USB port that looks to be about it and that's all we have in the Box let's take a look at the reason everybody is here this is the Nexus 7 pull off all the plastic very satisfying noise when you open up new electronics get that plastic whooshy sound um so first blush so on first blush this back looks to be kind of shiny plastic actually has sort of a soft touch feel to it big Nexus logo uh a little smaller Asus branding right there U from a dimension standpoint 7.8 in by 4.7 in by a pretty thin 4 in and this whole thing weighs 11.9 Oz let me go ahead and see if I can find a power button and turn put it on while we're talking there we go lives right there on the right hand side uh this display which is now booting up for us is 7 in has a resolution of 1280x 800 that's an HD display that's a 216 PPI in case you're doing the math at home uh it is a back lit IPS display take a look at the Jelly Bean launch sequence here uh battery it's a 4,325 milliamp Fair giving you about eight hours of usage uh it's a Integra 3 processor so it's quad core clocked at about 1.3 GHz uh on the front we have a 1.2 mapel camera for all your video chatting needs it also has NFC built in here so you can do your Android Beam you're going to get a $25 credit to the Play Store and Transformers Dark of the Moon uh going to be in here as well there's going to be a cover uh also available as well uh the GPU is a 12 core GPU uh what we're not going to have in here though is any sort of micro SD Storage let's take a quick look around the device on the left hand side really nothing except for a noise cancelling microphone port and four pins for presumably some sort of dock connector maybe something in the car or charging uh that'll be coming soon on the right hand side we've got power and lock sort of hidden off there uh and volume rocker up and down on the top nothing but we do have another noise cancelling microphone on the bottom that's where your charge and syn Port is going to live and 3.5 mm headset Jack uh let me go ahead and run through and do all the startup stuff here we'll take a real quick look at the home screen uh of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7 stop all right so here is the new home screen the first thing you're going to notice is Google Chrome is now the official browser of choice of Android uh it is now out of beta let's go ahead and take a look at applications you can see it's going to come standing on here uh mostly usual stuff we got the new currents on there the new YouTube widgets pretty much the same as Ice Cream Sandwich nothing really noticeably different there um let's go ahead and take a look at settings and just to show that this is indeed running a new fangled version of Android go ahead and go down to the bottom about tablet and there it is Android 4.1 uh it looks like a phone operating system but uh the phone and tablet os's have kind of merged here uh so it should be very familiar I've got the soft touch bottom soft buttons at the bottom as well so no capacitive home buttons or anything uh it's all standard Android here now go ahead and swipe those things off uh similar to what we saw introduced with Ice Cream Sandwich pull this down if I had any notifications they would show up there and they would be new fangled fancy notifications uh so I'm going to go ahead and use this tablet for a little while try and use it for at least 3 days and we'll come back with our full review of the Nexus 7 uh what do you guys think is this the tablet that you've been waiting for a price point under 200 bucks it's certainly very competitive uh perhaps its biggest competitor is this guy this is the Amazon Kindle Fire and putting these two next to each other at least front to front they look very similar however you see a big difference when you take them and make a tablet sandwich uh the tapered edges here on the Nexus 7 really make it feel thinner and it certainly feels noticeably lighter uh than the Kindle Fire but we're probably only a month or so away from a Kindle Fire 2 debing so very interesting to see uh what Amazon does to compete now with the Nexus 7 uh very excited to take a further look at this guy and use it as my daily tablet uh get it hooked up to the Nexus Q and see how everything works any questions or things you want to see about this be sure to leave your comments down below John rer from Tech no Buffalo and I'll see you next video bye-byewhat's up everyone John rer from techno Buffalo here with an unboxing to Google's Android tablet savior this is the just announced Nexus 7 made by Asus this guy is rocking nvidia's quad core Tegra 3 got a 7-in display with the 1280 by 800 resolution a gig of RAM and a lot of Hope and a lot of hype let's go ahead open this box up dig in and see what it looks like all right so here we've got the box with the Nexus branding kind of cool it made the bezel look like a seven Nexus 7 on the side on the back made for Google Play full-fledged Android tablet and pure Google next to seven features a powerful quad core processor front-facing camera and Vivid 7-in HD display so you can play your favorite games video chat and watch videos in stunning Clarity let's go ahead and slide off the sheath and we've got a black box Google bestowed the 8 GB version on us which will retail for $199 and ship sometime in the middle of July uh if you want to pick up a 16 GB version uh it's going to set you back about an extra 50 bucks uh at $249 go ahead and open this up oh another sneaky piece of tape on the side I have not seen one of these yet in person haven't held one uh this is one of the devices that was given out to attendees at Google IO open there we go all right so there is the tablet sitting nicely in it's little uh sheath there uh it is running and will ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean wow it feels extremely light uh we've got a version in white which I believe uh was only made available to Google IO attendees uh black should be what initially ships at retail push it off to the side for just a moment see what else we're going to have in the Box all right in box number one we have books warranty information we have a sinking cable and that is the micro USB variety so pretty standard I'm guessing we've got a wall charger that's exactly what we have uh Asus branded wall charger with that USB port that looks to be about it and that's all we have in the Box let's take a look at the reason everybody is here this is the Nexus 7 pull off all the plastic very satisfying noise when you open up new electronics get that plastic whooshy sound um so first blush so on first blush this back looks to be kind of shiny plastic actually has sort of a soft touch feel to it big Nexus logo uh a little smaller Asus branding right there U from a dimension standpoint 7.8 in by 4.7 in by a pretty thin 4 in and this whole thing weighs 11.9 Oz let me go ahead and see if I can find a power button and turn put it on while we're talking there we go lives right there on the right hand side uh this display which is now booting up for us is 7 in has a resolution of 1280x 800 that's an HD display that's a 216 PPI in case you're doing the math at home uh it is a back lit IPS display take a look at the Jelly Bean launch sequence here uh battery it's a 4,325 milliamp Fair giving you about eight hours of usage uh it's a Integra 3 processor so it's quad core clocked at about 1.3 GHz uh on the front we have a 1.2 mapel camera for all your video chatting needs it also has NFC built in here so you can do your Android Beam you're going to get a $25 credit to the Play Store and Transformers Dark of the Moon uh going to be in here as well there's going to be a cover uh also available as well uh the GPU is a 12 core GPU uh what we're not going to have in here though is any sort of micro SD Storage let's take a quick look around the device on the left hand side really nothing except for a noise cancelling microphone port and four pins for presumably some sort of dock connector maybe something in the car or charging uh that'll be coming soon on the right hand side we've got power and lock sort of hidden off there uh and volume rocker up and down on the top nothing but we do have another noise cancelling microphone on the bottom that's where your charge and syn Port is going to live and 3.5 mm headset Jack uh let me go ahead and run through and do all the startup stuff here we'll take a real quick look at the home screen uh of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7 stop all right so here is the new home screen the first thing you're going to notice is Google Chrome is now the official browser of choice of Android uh it is now out of beta let's go ahead and take a look at applications you can see it's going to come standing on here uh mostly usual stuff we got the new currents on there the new YouTube widgets pretty much the same as Ice Cream Sandwich nothing really noticeably different there um let's go ahead and take a look at settings and just to show that this is indeed running a new fangled version of Android go ahead and go down to the bottom about tablet and there it is Android 4.1 uh it looks like a phone operating system but uh the phone and tablet os's have kind of merged here uh so it should be very familiar I've got the soft touch bottom soft buttons at the bottom as well so no capacitive home buttons or anything uh it's all standard Android here now go ahead and swipe those things off uh similar to what we saw introduced with Ice Cream Sandwich pull this down if I had any notifications they would show up there and they would be new fangled fancy notifications uh so I'm going to go ahead and use this tablet for a little while try and use it for at least 3 days and we'll come back with our full review of the Nexus 7 uh what do you guys think is this the tablet that you've been waiting for a price point under 200 bucks it's certainly very competitive uh perhaps its biggest competitor is this guy this is the Amazon Kindle Fire and putting these two next to each other at least front to front they look very similar however you see a big difference when you take them and make a tablet sandwich uh the tapered edges here on the Nexus 7 really make it feel thinner and it certainly feels noticeably lighter uh than the Kindle Fire but we're probably only a month or so away from a Kindle Fire 2 debing so very interesting to see uh what Amazon does to compete now with the Nexus 7 uh very excited to take a further look at this guy and use it as my daily tablet uh get it hooked up to the Nexus Q and see how everything works any questions or things you want to see about this be sure to leave your comments down below John rer from Tech no Buffalo and I'll see you next video bye-bye\n"