The Nexus 7: A Comparison with the iPhone 4S and Other Devices

I must say that I'm loving my Nexus 7, more than I enjoy using my iPhone 4S. Unlike the iPhone 4S, which makes me wait for the words to appear on screen, the Nexus 7 shows me the words as they come up in real time, making it feel like a "speak and pray" kind of experience. While it's not perfect, I appreciate the ability to see my words appearing on screen.

I recently conducted a test to see how the Nexus 7 would perform with voice dictation. To my surprise, it was quite good! I installed an extra keyboard using swipe gestures, which required me to tap on certain phrases above the keyboard. While this may not be ideal, it's definitely a trade-off for the convenience of having a physical keyboard.

One feature that I'm excited about is the ability to launch apps using voice commands, which will be available in iOS 6 but not currently supported by the Nexus 7. However, I did try launching Instagram using voice commands, and it worked surprisingly well! The iPhone 4S, on the other hand, was unable to understand my voice commands.

In another test, I searched for information about who is taller, Bill Gates or Steve Jobs. To my surprise, the Nexus 7 was able to perform a Google search on its own, while the iPhone 4S required me to ask Siri to do so. The results were presented in a nice table view, with information such as birthdays, places of birth, and dates of death.

Overall, I'm impressed by the performance of the Nexus 7. While it may not be perfect, it's definitely faster than my iPhone 4S in certain regards, particularly when it comes to weather. The iPhone 4S, on the other hand, is more of a visual experience for me.

I also want to mention that I'm excited about the upcoming release of the new iPad third generation, which will have access to iOS 6. I'll definitely be doing another video comparing the Nexus 7 with the new iPad in terms of voice search and overall performance.

In conclusion, I've been enjoying using my Nexus 7 as a secondary tablet, and I don't see myself selling it anytime soon. While it may not be perfect, it's definitely a great device that has won me over. And who knows, maybe when the Nexus 8 comes out, I'll just use the money to upgrade to the next best thing!

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys how are you David DeFranco here from the franah hosting.com with another video on the Nexus 7 this time I am choosing to focus on voice search Alone by voice search I do mean Google search kind of like Siri on the iPhone 4S which is on the left side and obviously on the right is the Nexus 7 now before I put these two devices up against each other let me just say this quick disclaimer voice search on each device is two entirely separate worlds Siri from what I can see that's my email going off Siri from what I can tell is more of a personal approach and it gives you more data but Google search on the Nexus 7 is more Broad and it relies heavily on their search engine hence being a Google powered device so without further Ado let me just give you examples of exactly what I mean what is the current weather here's the forecast for now days okay so the Nexus 7 was definitely a little quicker but Siri gives you a more visual Approach at least in my opinion I mean this does not look bad at all the whole card view is very elegant but this on the left gives you more information in terms of the weather so it's definitely more balanced out siries more robotic but Nexus 7 gives you a more personal approach in terms of how she presents herself and yes I'm saying she because it's obviously a female voice but between the devices it's pretty balanced out and they both did an excellent job now check this out will there be any thunderstorms today yes in fact I think there will be thunderstorms today now this is an excellent example of exactly why I prefer Siri over Google search the Nexus 7 literally did a Google search for will there be any thunderstorms today that's literally what it did and it obviously gave me search results based on that query but Siri on the other hand actually answered my question she thinks there will be thunderstorms and she gave me an hourly forecast between 5:00 and 9:00 there are likely chances of a thunderstorm which in my opinion is good cuz I love thunderstorms so that's an excellent example of how these two search engines I shouldn't even say search engines search functions decide to approach your search queries if that's the best way of explaining it okay so let's back out of this and start all over let's get that running software wise instead of Hardware since there is a small delay on the left okay let's speak in terms of setting an alarm and or a timer now this is something I use every day I just use it today when I was making lunch I was making a little you know chicken cordon blue which I love and it took 30 minutes to cook so I told my iPhone to set a timer for 30 minutes and I told my Nexus 7 the same thing before but what did it tell me let's say set a timer for 30 minutes your timer is set for 30 minutes and there you go it actually set alarm now it backed out of it uh but I still prefer a series approach it's more simple it's more obvious at what it did and for whatever reason the Nexus 7 set the alarm but backed out of it now that's not necessarily a bad thing I guess that comes down to how you personally prefer your visual interface and how it presents itself but again in my opinion Siri did a better job but the Nexus 7 definitely shines in one area and check this out show me pictures of the Xbox 360 if you like I can search the web for pictures of the Xbox 360 360 I just found that funny for whatever reason now as you can see the Nexus 7 this time around was more visual because it did a direct Google search again of course because this is an Android device running pure Google software but Siri on the other hand once this search the web for me which requires another step so let's do that four pictures of the Xbox 360 and it'll go into Safari but the Nexus 7 okay first of all I should say Siri only took me to a regular search it wasn't even smart enough to take me to a Google image search by default but the Nexus 7 obviously did now if I tap into the pictures I can scroll through them with ease just because I asked her to show me pictures of the Xbox 360 this alone is awesome and it's a feature I really really appreciate about the Nexus 7 now let's do another example let's start this up show me pictures of the Nexus 7 if you like I can search the web for pictures of the Nexus 7 okay first of all the iPhone 4S understood me better than the Nexus 7 did the Nexus 7 thought I said Nexus send as an e n d which is weird because I did do a test before this video to see how it would read me but so let's try that again show me pictures of the Nexus 7 if you like I can search the web for pictures of she did it again she did Nexus send but as you can see some Nexus images still came up that's not the Nexus 7 but hey it tried okay so now let's do a test compos tweet using voice dictation which I got to say I'm loving on the Nexus 7 more than I enjoy on the iPhone 4S surprisingly because unlike the iPhone 4S the Nexus 7 actually shows me the words appear in real time where the Nexus 7 it's kind of like a speak and pray kind of thing you just kind of hope it shows up now is it perfect no but at least I can see my words as they coming up so let's do a quick compose here as I'm missing the buttons here we go where here we go this is a test tweet while recording my video period okay well I have a extra keyboard installed using swipe so it wants me to tap this but it did do a perfectly now interestingly enough it did not know to capitalize the first word like the iPhone 4S did So speaking in terms of a grammatical point of view the iPhone 4S definitely did a better job it required me to TAP done but then again the Nexus 7 required me to TAP one of the phrase above the keyboard but then again this obviously prefers on which keyboard you use so this could definitely differ per your experience but overall they both did great job now exiting and finally closing out the video let's talk about something that iOS 6 will bring and that's the ability to launch apps using voice commands which the Nexus 7 I believe does not do maybe there is something you could install from the Google Play Store I'm not sure again I am an Android Noob so I'm learning as I make these videos but let's see what happens launch Instagram ever so sorry squid boy I'm not allowed to do that yes my nickname is squid boy it's a family joke but as you can see they both understood me perfectly the iPhone 4S is just not capable of doing that cuz this is still running iOS 5 uh but again iOS 6 will be able to do this in a month or two whereas the Nexus 7 I'm really not sure if that's on Google's road map but hopefully it is and now going back how about we do one last search and let's make it a complex one what should I say okay here's one this is probably just going to be a simple Google search but it's still fun to do anyway who is taller Bill Gates or Steve Jobs let me check on that okay here you go okay so this is very very interesting the Nexus 7 literally just did a Google search whereas the iPhone 4S while she took a little longer Siri told me this data well not told more presented this data in a nice table view where Bill Gates is in one column Steve Jobs in the other with their birthdays place of birth date of death unfortunately for Steve Jobs case and even pictures so I got to say the iPhone 4S definitely wins in this round but closing out the video guys I got to say I'm impressed either way the Nexus 7 is definitely faster in certain regards in terms of weather but the iPhone 4S for me is more of a visual experience now this will be more interesting when the iPad has access to series starting this fall now I realize some people can run the iOS 6 beta already but me being oldfashioned I like to wait until the official release to enjoy it along with everybody else uh but you can definitely count on me doing another video of the new iPad third generation versus The Nexus 7 in terms of voice search and now I guess that closes out the video guys thank you so much for watching as always if you do have any more requests regarding the Nexus 7 versus the iPhone 4S the iPad iPod touch or whatever anything besides the kill the fire I can't stand that piece of crap but as you guys can hopefully tell I am loving my Nexus 7 and unlike the Kindle Fire I have no plans what's whatever of selling it um unless of course when the Nexus 8 comes out I'll just use that money towards that but for now I don't see myself selling the Nexus 7 anytime soon it's definitely a great secondary tablet and it's something I've been enjoying this past week very much and now guys I will let you go again thank you so much for watching if you do like this video please click that like button I really appreciate it your support means the world to me and I'll see you next timehey guys how are you David DeFranco here from the franah hosting.com with another video on the Nexus 7 this time I am choosing to focus on voice search Alone by voice search I do mean Google search kind of like Siri on the iPhone 4S which is on the left side and obviously on the right is the Nexus 7 now before I put these two devices up against each other let me just say this quick disclaimer voice search on each device is two entirely separate worlds Siri from what I can see that's my email going off Siri from what I can tell is more of a personal approach and it gives you more data but Google search on the Nexus 7 is more Broad and it relies heavily on their search engine hence being a Google powered device so without further Ado let me just give you examples of exactly what I mean what is the current weather here's the forecast for now days okay so the Nexus 7 was definitely a little quicker but Siri gives you a more visual Approach at least in my opinion I mean this does not look bad at all the whole card view is very elegant but this on the left gives you more information in terms of the weather so it's definitely more balanced out siries more robotic but Nexus 7 gives you a more personal approach in terms of how she presents herself and yes I'm saying she because it's obviously a female voice but between the devices it's pretty balanced out and they both did an excellent job now check this out will there be any thunderstorms today yes in fact I think there will be thunderstorms today now this is an excellent example of exactly why I prefer Siri over Google search the Nexus 7 literally did a Google search for will there be any thunderstorms today that's literally what it did and it obviously gave me search results based on that query but Siri on the other hand actually answered my question she thinks there will be thunderstorms and she gave me an hourly forecast between 5:00 and 9:00 there are likely chances of a thunderstorm which in my opinion is good cuz I love thunderstorms so that's an excellent example of how these two search engines I shouldn't even say search engines search functions decide to approach your search queries if that's the best way of explaining it okay so let's back out of this and start all over let's get that running software wise instead of Hardware since there is a small delay on the left okay let's speak in terms of setting an alarm and or a timer now this is something I use every day I just use it today when I was making lunch I was making a little you know chicken cordon blue which I love and it took 30 minutes to cook so I told my iPhone to set a timer for 30 minutes and I told my Nexus 7 the same thing before but what did it tell me let's say set a timer for 30 minutes your timer is set for 30 minutes and there you go it actually set alarm now it backed out of it uh but I still prefer a series approach it's more simple it's more obvious at what it did and for whatever reason the Nexus 7 set the alarm but backed out of it now that's not necessarily a bad thing I guess that comes down to how you personally prefer your visual interface and how it presents itself but again in my opinion Siri did a better job but the Nexus 7 definitely shines in one area and check this out show me pictures of the Xbox 360 if you like I can search the web for pictures of the Xbox 360 360 I just found that funny for whatever reason now as you can see the Nexus 7 this time around was more visual because it did a direct Google search again of course because this is an Android device running pure Google software but Siri on the other hand once this search the web for me which requires another step so let's do that four pictures of the Xbox 360 and it'll go into Safari but the Nexus 7 okay first of all I should say Siri only took me to a regular search it wasn't even smart enough to take me to a Google image search by default but the Nexus 7 obviously did now if I tap into the pictures I can scroll through them with ease just because I asked her to show me pictures of the Xbox 360 this alone is awesome and it's a feature I really really appreciate about the Nexus 7 now let's do another example let's start this up show me pictures of the Nexus 7 if you like I can search the web for pictures of the Nexus 7 okay first of all the iPhone 4S understood me better than the Nexus 7 did the Nexus 7 thought I said Nexus send as an e n d which is weird because I did do a test before this video to see how it would read me but so let's try that again show me pictures of the Nexus 7 if you like I can search the web for pictures of she did it again she did Nexus send but as you can see some Nexus images still came up that's not the Nexus 7 but hey it tried okay so now let's do a test compos tweet using voice dictation which I got to say I'm loving on the Nexus 7 more than I enjoy on the iPhone 4S surprisingly because unlike the iPhone 4S the Nexus 7 actually shows me the words appear in real time where the Nexus 7 it's kind of like a speak and pray kind of thing you just kind of hope it shows up now is it perfect no but at least I can see my words as they coming up so let's do a quick compose here as I'm missing the buttons here we go where here we go this is a test tweet while recording my video period okay well I have a extra keyboard installed using swipe so it wants me to tap this but it did do a perfectly now interestingly enough it did not know to capitalize the first word like the iPhone 4S did So speaking in terms of a grammatical point of view the iPhone 4S definitely did a better job it required me to TAP done but then again the Nexus 7 required me to TAP one of the phrase above the keyboard but then again this obviously prefers on which keyboard you use so this could definitely differ per your experience but overall they both did great job now exiting and finally closing out the video let's talk about something that iOS 6 will bring and that's the ability to launch apps using voice commands which the Nexus 7 I believe does not do maybe there is something you could install from the Google Play Store I'm not sure again I am an Android Noob so I'm learning as I make these videos but let's see what happens launch Instagram ever so sorry squid boy I'm not allowed to do that yes my nickname is squid boy it's a family joke but as you can see they both understood me perfectly the iPhone 4S is just not capable of doing that cuz this is still running iOS 5 uh but again iOS 6 will be able to do this in a month or two whereas the Nexus 7 I'm really not sure if that's on Google's road map but hopefully it is and now going back how about we do one last search and let's make it a complex one what should I say okay here's one this is probably just going to be a simple Google search but it's still fun to do anyway who is taller Bill Gates or Steve Jobs let me check on that okay here you go okay so this is very very interesting the Nexus 7 literally just did a Google search whereas the iPhone 4S while she took a little longer Siri told me this data well not told more presented this data in a nice table view where Bill Gates is in one column Steve Jobs in the other with their birthdays place of birth date of death unfortunately for Steve Jobs case and even pictures so I got to say the iPhone 4S definitely wins in this round but closing out the video guys I got to say I'm impressed either way the Nexus 7 is definitely faster in certain regards in terms of weather but the iPhone 4S for me is more of a visual experience now this will be more interesting when the iPad has access to series starting this fall now I realize some people can run the iOS 6 beta already but me being oldfashioned I like to wait until the official release to enjoy it along with everybody else uh but you can definitely count on me doing another video of the new iPad third generation versus The Nexus 7 in terms of voice search and now I guess that closes out the video guys thank you so much for watching as always if you do have any more requests regarding the Nexus 7 versus the iPhone 4S the iPad iPod touch or whatever anything besides the kill the fire I can't stand that piece of crap but as you guys can hopefully tell I am loving my Nexus 7 and unlike the Kindle Fire I have no plans what's whatever of selling it um unless of course when the Nexus 8 comes out I'll just use that money towards that but for now I don't see myself selling the Nexus 7 anytime soon it's definitely a great secondary tablet and it's something I've been enjoying this past week very much and now guys I will let you go again thank you so much for watching if you do like this video please click that like button I really appreciate it your support means the world to me and I'll see you next time\n"