After carefully experiencing the performances of Nexus 7 for three days I summarized the following 7 important comparisons with iPad. Nexus 7 may have some shortcomings that we can not ignore, but just the right size and low price will definitely help Google to grab a lot of users who do not need iPad necessarily. For example, if iPad is a wealthy daughter that needs special care and support, then Nexus 7 is the girl next door that can do everything for you with cordial and generous temperament but lacks a few glamorous beauties.
1. Shape-the body of Nexus 7 tablet PC mainly adopts plastic material, whose positive appearance is common, and doesn’t look very upscale. But when holding the black cover in hand, you will feel comfortable and soft. You do not need to pay too much attention to the appearance protection as much as iPad. Without putting up membrane to the tablet PC, you will barely see any scratches. On the contrary, for the iPad, if it is not armed to the teeth, the back will definitely has scratches.
2. Portability-The size of Nexus 7 is 7 inches which is suitable enough for carrying. Programmers can put it into the back pockets of their jeans, and female sales can easily put it into the satchels. What’s more, it will not be too garish when you take it out in public, so it is common when people use it in the subway and at restaurants. However the application range of iPad will be confined to bedroom and cabin.
3. A good tool for reading-a lot of people feel that it is a good tool for reading at their first sight of Nexus 7, so do I. But Google’s own books, newspapers and magazines shops almost have no Chinese content and do not support font scaling method. Fortunately the number of polymerization reading softwares suitable for lightweight reading is enough on the Android platform now. Getting up early to download offline news and some passionate MP3 into the tablet PC, you will feel happy when enjoying the music and reading the news in crowded subway. Of course the reading experience of Nexus 7 is not as that good as iPad.
4. On camera-For the Tablet PC and mobile phone, camera is not just a shooting tool, but the input device. Nexus 7 has no rear camera, which can not scan the barcode and 2D code and can not use most AR (Amplified Reality) applications.
5. Comfortability on visiting the websites-the result of 7-inch screen with 1280 x 800 resolutions is that the word is too small. Many sites have made iPad home page based on the iPad user's touch operation habits, but few websites have optimized the Android. So the experience of browsing the web by using the Nexus 7 is less good than that of iPad.
6. Presentation and sharing features- iPad’s large screen and rich accessories make it possible for iPad to have enough possibility in the presentation and sharing. But the Nexus 7’s 7-inch screen is not big enough for meeting show and multiplayer games. If Google can develop a few expansion accessories which are capable of projecting the Nexus 7 content onto the TV screen in the bedroom, it will be much better.
7. Video playback-The built-in player of Nexus 7 only supports MKV and MP4 format, Nexus 7 is suitable for 720P video playback but has pressure in palying1080P video which is in MOV format. We know that iPad mainly supports MP4 video. Considering the fact that both Nexus 7 and iPad has limited video format supporting system, a useful video converter which can easily convert videos among all popular video formats is necessary.
“Which tablet PC is suitable for me?” It is all up to you to decide and choose the most suitable tablet PC. Do you want to cozy on the couch watching the micro blogger, or listen to music and read news in the subway on the way to work? Which one do you prefer?
