Introducing Nexus 7 = google android tablet

micks_address

Cyrus wrote: »

so lads, any news of any stock in HMV?

Phoned this morning and they saying tomorrow...:(

WeleaseWoderick

micks_address wrote: »

Phoned this morning and they saying tomorrow...:(

Just phoned HMV Dundrum and was told that it was unlikely they would have them tomorrow but probably will have them for the weekend. I asked about preordering and was told that they couldn't take preorders and that it will be first come, first served.

belmulletman

Anyone find any good cases about for them? (official or other - i.e. Samsung Tab 2 7.0 / Playbook cases should also work)

balkieb2002

A few caught my eye in online stores, none that I like though in any brick & mortar store! Hopefully stores will start seeing stock soon as I do worry that I may drop it.

lmlr

Hi guys,

I am going travelling in a month and was thinking about buying one of these before going. Does anyone know if it is possible to transfer photos from a camera directly to this and then upload them to the web.

I will be taking a lot of pictures over the year and rather that carrying multiple SD cards with me I would prefer to store them online. Will this be possible without a SD slot?

balkieb2002

lmlr wrote: »

Hi guys,

I am going travelling in a month and was thinking about buying one of these before going. Does anyone know if it is possible to transfer photos from a camera directly to this and then upload them to the web.

I will be taking a lot of pictures over the year and rather that carrying multiple SD cards with me I would prefer to store them online. Will this be possible without a SD slot?

Everything with the nexus is done wireless/bluetooth etc so unless a camera has these functions, I don't think you would have much luck there.

Only possible way to do this would be to use the USB OTG hack and USB reader but not sure how reliable that would be. Once they were on the Nexus then you would have plenty of online options for storage.

Sephiroth_dude

Never had any interest in getting a tablet before until I saw this little beauty,I take you can download books to read on it ya?

balkieb2002

Yeah there quite a bit of talk about using book on it a few pages back (pg38).
I'd say using the Kindle app if you have that type of book content, just store them in the cloud (drive, dropbox).

Google Books store is unfortunately not available in this country so you can't buy them on the device unless you use the workarounds myself and Captain Morgan are using.

Speaking of which I "bought" some free books from the Play Store on my pc to download to the Nexus after work. I was on my SGII a few minutes ago and found installed APKS of the Google Play Magazines and Google Play Books apps I had forgot about. I logged into my account and up popped the free magazines from last night as well as all my books including the ones I just got. The book I was reading on my Nexus last night even opened on the same page I had stopped reading on!. Gotta love the cloud

Sephiroth_dude

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Google Books store is unfortunately not available in this country so you can't buy them on the device unless you use the workarounds myself and Captain Morgan are using.

well that's a darn shame

Also I was looking at online stores for it and nowhere seems to have,at one stage I was confusing it with the samsung one

super_furry

You can transfer over books you own using Calibre though, right?

DeadParrot

quick one for adding flash
Download Adobe Flash Play 11.1 apk here or download it from XDA Developers. After the file has downloaded open and install it. Please be sure that “Install from unkown sources” is checked off in the Android settings for the Nexus 7.
Install Firefox Beta browser from the Android Market.
That’s it, now you have Flash support on your Android 4.1 (JellyBean)

easy peasy

balkieb2002

DeadParrot wrote: »

quick one for adding flash
Download Adobe Flash Play 11.1 apk here or download it from XDA Developers. After the file has downloaded open and install it. Please be sure that “Install from unkown sources” is checked off in the Android settings for the Nexus 7.
Install Firefox Beta browser from the Android Market.
That’s it, now you have Flash support on your Android 4.1 (JellyBean)

easy peasy

Extra info regarding the above:

1. This will NOT work with the current build of Google Chrome. A dev may fix this in the future but Google nor Adobe will be adding Flash support to any future builds of Android. I’ve also tried the plugin with ICS+ Browser and Dolphin Browser HD, both of which don’t work with the method used above. FireFox seems to be the only browser currently that works with the flash plugin in Android 4.1.

2. By default FireFox Beta has plugins set to “on demand”, which can cause some minor inconviences, however you can remedy this problem by going to:

FireFox Beta settings (three dots to right corner) -> Settings -> Plugins -> Select: Enabled

I use the custom rom that I linked to earlier (which I really recommend you at least try it out as I'm finding it excellent), as flash comes preinstalled and working with the ICS browser which I prefer.

irishgeo

i read somewhere flash is being removed for google play market in September.

Professey Chin

irishgeo wrote: »

i read somewhere flash is being removed for google play market in September.

Yep. Developer apks will still be available on Adobes website though

zefer

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Hey

Looking for some help. I've done the above, so have 2 profiles (my usual one and a 2nd one with the $25 credit. I can only see the credit with the 2nd one though? How do I get the first profile to recognise it?

thanks in advance

BrookieD

Just came to the UK for a few days. Then thought to myself "borrow the mums credit card and put the details into Google Wallet", reset the device, and set up again and POW, £15 free credit, free books, free Transformers movie., RESULT. use a VPN on the device to make sure i still use the free credit.... love this device. ;-)

Mimikyu

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RogerThis

irishgeo wrote: »

Tesco will have stock on the 29th July but no price info yet.

Argos is still up in the air but their website says 30th july but you cant reserve or pre-order.

HMV is Thursday or Friday i think. i not too bothered as i don't have one near me.

Argos have updated their delivery date

Order now for delivery on 16th August 2012.

Still no stock in any store, and you can't order it for delivery :-S

Mimikyu

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lil5

Declan fron Currys/PC World has just issued a heads up that PC World Liffey Valley ( the one in the retail park ) has 15 units in stock. Shop opening at 10:00 -
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056686662&page=31

TheDoc

Captain Morgan wrote: »

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Massive +1.

I've been looking for something like this for AGES.

Ideally also want something that lets me read and reply to my texts through PC.

Its weird, but when your gaming as much as I do the effort of having to pickup the phone and text, alt tab and reply with keyboard sounds much fasteer and less of a nuisance

Kenny Logins

lmlr wrote: »

Hi guys,

I am going travelling in a month and was thinking about buying one of these before going. Does anyone know if it is possible to transfer photos from a camera directly to this and then upload them to the web.

I will be taking a lot of pictures over the year and rather that carrying multiple SD cards with me I would prefer to store them online. Will this be possible without a SD slot?

AFAIK the OTG cables do work but it won't mount flash/SD storage without root access and this app - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.stickmount

TheDoc

TheDoc wrote: »

Captain Morgan wrote: »

Came across and app called Tablet Talk.

Syncs texts from on your phone to your tablet letting you read and reply from your tablet. Also shows incoming calls.

Massive +1.

I've been looking for something like this for AGES.

Ideally also want something that lets me read and reply to my texts through PC.

Its weird, but when your gaming as much as I do the effort of having to pickup the phone and text, alt tab and reply with keyboard sounds much fasteer and less of a nuisance

Mighty Text

TheDoc

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Mighty Text

Tried that for a few weeks, was extremely buggy and was a bit of a nuisance, might try again if its sharpened up

TheDoc

TheDoc wrote: »

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Mighty Text

Tried that for a few weeks, was extremely buggy and was a bit of a nuisance, might try again if its sharpened up

Ever since it came out of beta I've been finding it quite smooth. Might be worth another go!

Mimikyu

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TheDoc

Cant get in today due to work so someone picking it up for me, like a kid at christmas.

Just out of curiosity asked did they have them and what were stock like. Said they are here ready to go out and they have units for general sale. Didnt check on quantity, thats the Swords branch.

Sound bunch in there, if your hunting drop them a call and ask them to throw one aside I'm sure they can sort you out.

Cyrus

TheDoc wrote: »

Cant get in today due to work so someone picking it up for me, like a kid at christmas.

Just out of curiosity asked did they have them and what were stock like. Said they are here ready to go out and they have units for general sale. Didnt check on quantity, thats the Swords branch.

Sound bunch in there, if your hunting drop them a call and ask them to throw one aside I'm sure they can sort you out.

wheres this?

balkieb2002

I'm fairly positive that TheDoc had pre-ordered his in HMV Swords.

It seems that quite a few places are getting these into stock i.e. random PC World/Currys shops and HMV

Medu

balkieb2002 wrote: »

I'm fairly positive that TheDoc had pre-ordered his in HMV Swords.

It seems that quite a few places are getting these into stock i.e. random PC World/Currys shops and HMV

HMV on Grafton street said they weren't getting them in until tomorrow and had only a few left unreserved.(<5)

eboarde

HMV Grafton Street are saying they will have stock tomorrow (Friday). Probably only have stock to cover pre-orders.

EDit Medu got there ahead of me.

irishgeo

TheDoc wrote: »

Massive +1.

I've been looking for something like this for AGES.

Ideally also want something that lets me read and reply to my texts through PC.

Its weird, but when your gaming as much as I do the effort of having to pickup the phone and text, alt tab and reply with keyboard sounds much fasteer and less of a nuisance

check out airdroid app it allows you to control your phone and send and read text messages through a web browser as long as everything is on the same wifi network.

Sephiroth_dude

Anywhere online selling them?

TheDoc

Yeah sorry just noticed I hadn't specified in my post

HMV Swords.

I see alot of mention of airdroid, and was involved in its first beta test, where you needed an airdroid server component running on your PC. It was an absolute mess and the frustration and conflict with drivers and connections just made me drop it.

Will revisit it again if its solely browser based. Tried it there but its blocked in work , even being on the same wifi : /

Ste-

TheDoc wrote: »

Yeah sorry just noticed I hadn't specified in my post

HMV Swords.

I see alot of mention of airdroid, and was involved in its first beta test, where you needed an airdroid server component running on your PC. It was an absolute mess and the frustration and conflict with drivers and connections just made me drop it.

Will revisit it again if its solely browser based. Tried it there but its blocked in work , even being on the same wifi : /

Maybe they have that port blocked ?
Can you change the port it listens on ?

marcbrophy

TheDoc, you could try MyPhoneExplorer also!

I've been using this for years with no complaints.

Julius Seizure

Cyrus wrote: »

TheDoc wrote: »

Cant get in today due to work so someone picking it up for me, like a kid at christmas.

Just out of curiosity asked did they have them and what were stock like. Said they are here ready to go out and they have units for general sale. Didnt check on quantity,thats the Swords branch.

Sound bunch in there, if your hunting drop them a call and ask them to throw one aside I'm sure they can sort you out.

wheres this?

Swords :rolleyes:

Julius Seizure

Ste- wrote: »

TheDoc wrote: »

Yeah sorry just noticed I hadn't specified in my post

HMV Swords.

I see alot of mention of airdroid, and was involved in its first beta test, where you needed an airdroid server component running on your PC. It was an absolute mess and the frustration and conflict with drivers and connections just made me drop it.

Will revisit it again if its solely browser based. Tried it there but its blocked in work , even being on the same wifi : /

Maybe they have that port blocked ?
Can you change the port it listens on ?

Well I think the port is 5555. Maybe air droid.com is blocked, go into the apps settings and add a manual password, then go to the device [url]http://IP:port[/url], for example 192.168.0.102:5555

balkieb2002

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Swords :rolleyes:

You do realise he was asking what store i.e. HMV and it was answered 2 times already :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Cyrus

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Swords :rolleyes:

:eek:

:rolleyes:

TheDoc

Funny that

Da just rang to say he went in and girl behind the till said they hadn't received the order yet, and will most likely be tomorrow.

This is after speaking to a fella this morning, who you woulda thought would have mentioned this to save me sending the father in.

Disappointing if this is the case

He said hed go in and ask for some definitives and then ring me back.

*Just rang me back, seemingly girl behind till rang someone, they said it would be in tomorrow. Few people had joined the disappointment crew aswell so there was a few unhappy bunnies.

O well, I guess its the price to pay for atleast knowing I'm getting one, supply seems horridly short. A little pee'd I'd to send me da all the way in for nothing, he bumped off work for me like. You'd think your man woulda said this morning " listen we havn't got them in yet, if you want to maybe ring in later on to check" as I specifically rang to ask was it OK if my father picked it up for , as I couldn't get into the store.

le sigh

Julius Seizure

balkieb2002 wrote: »

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Swords :rolleyes:

You do realise he was asking what store i.e. HMV and it was answered 2 times already :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Whoops, I thought we were on the topic of HMV anyway, and my phone hadn't reloaded fully to show the replies. Sorry though!

On another note, to anyone who has the tablet, are you noticing any instabilities with chrome? I have it on my 1x and I'm finding when I resume the app it reloads, (making me think I'm up to date) but it actually doesn't? And aswell at least once a day it loads most of the way, then shows a white screen for any webpage. Stays that way until I force stop. Don't get me wrong I love chrome, it just still feels beta and could be risky pushing it out as the only option (stock) on these tablets...

balkieb2002

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Whoops, I thought we were on the topic of HMV anyway, and my phone hadn't reloaded fully to show the replies. Sorry though!

On another note, to anyone who has the tablet, are you noticing any instabilities with chrome? I have it on my 1x and I'm finding when I resume the app it reloads, (making me think I'm up to date) but it actually doesn't? And aswell at least once a day it loads most of the way, then shows a white screen for any webpage. Stays that way until I force stop. Don't get me wrong I love chrome, it just still feels beta and could be risky pushing it out as the only option (stock) on these tablets...

No Prob, this thread gets confusing

Regarding Chrome.. I'm having no issues with it at all. Been using it since I got ICS on my SGII and this latest release just feels smoother.
Just did a few tests there. Opended up a few webpages. Closed application and re-opened - chrome loaded up previous page I was on straight away and loaded up rest of tabs in background.
When using multi-task to switch between a few programs - all tabs stay fully loaded.

GrumPy

My cover arrived today. Decent fit, and seems like good material for a cheap early third party product. The stand function isn't the greatest though and the delivery was expensive to Ireland considering what it is. Still, I wanted to get a decent cover asap because I will let this thing fall and the screen will get destroyed if I don't cover it up.

mise

Dubhaltach wrote: »

Whoops, I thought we were on the topic of HMV anyway, and my phone hadn't reloaded fully to show the replies. Sorry though!

On another note, to anyone who has the tablet, are you noticing any instabilities with chrome? I have it on my 1x and I'm finding when I resume the app it reloads, (making me think I'm up to date) but it actually doesn't? And aswell at least once a day it loads most of the way, then shows a white screen for any webpage. Stays that way until I force stop. Don't get me wrong I love chrome, it just still feels beta and could be risky pushing it out as the only option (stock) on these tablets...

I'm having the same problems in my SGSII, regularly enough for me to go back to the default browser. I'm on ICS too. I might try to reinstall it, tho the whole phone does seems to occasionally lag a bit since I've started using Chrome.

the whole year inn

Custom roms which ones are best and well is it worth leaving stock?

balkieb2002

GrumPy wrote: »

My cover arrived today. Decent fit, and seems like good material for a cheap early third party product. The stand function isn't the greatest though and the delivery was expensive to Ireland considering what it is. Still, I wanted to get a decent cover asap because I will let this thing fall and the screen will get destroyed if I don't cover it up.

How much did it cost you in the end? Does the magnetic area of it work?

I'm hopefully won't regret it but I'm going to hold out till better selection of are available, was tempted to get this one as seller was from Ireland and looks decent.

the whole year inn wrote: »

Custom roms which ones are best and well is it worth leaving stock?

100% recommend MoDaCo Custom Jelly Bean ROM for the Nexus 7. Been using it for past couple of days and it feels exactly like the stock rom but with quite
a few advantages over stock i.e. flash, google apps, keyboard, landscape etc. You can read more about changes on the site or I can give you a more personal view of it

belmulletman

GrumPy wrote: »

My cover arrived today. Decent fit, and seems like good material for a cheap early third party product. The stand function isn't the greatest though and the delivery was expensive to Ireland considering what it is. Still, I wanted to get a decent cover asap because I will let this thing fall and the screen will get destroyed if I don't cover it up.

I was thinking of getting this exact same cover.
Any good? Would you recommend? I see they are like 9pounds now! :-D

GrumPy

belmulletman wrote: »

I was thinking of getting this exact same cover.
Any good? Would you recommend? I see they are like 9pounds now! :-D

Magnetic feature works well, postage is expensive though! But happy with it. It ended up costing 18 Euro in total.

apope8

Very easy step by step here for the $25 credit just did it there myself took all of 5 mins

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792592&highlight=credit

Only have this tablet an hour and already in love with it!!