Yes I will. Same time last year there was only a choice of Archos and Lenovo but both were with huge flaws and outdated hardware/software. Google for software + ASUS for HW seems a pretty decent mix if you ask me. And the price is right.

Yup getting the 8gig one to have a good play, it will be going to my gran as the magic “I can see my grandson when he is on the other side of the world thanks to the neighbours wifi” device.

IF it had a microSD card slot, I would be VERY tempted to get one. Unfortunately, without this, even at £159, it's a deal-breaker for me.

I wouldn't touch Apple with a barge-pole since I've had no end of trouble with 2 macbook pros and 2 mac pros at work, they just seem slow, expensive and completely unreliable, although some of their innovations are definitely positive for the market as a whole (even if their legal team is not…).

I already have a Playbook and an iPad in addition to my desktops and laptops, and my Samsung GS2, so I really have no need… but it does look nice and it is likely to rank highly on my list of recommended gadgets for others

it looks like a decent effort but shame no microsd slot, if they did a 10" version with an expansion slot for <£200 id consider it :P. Im personally waiting for MS surface just to see what the w8 sector looks at the end of this year, im in no rush at all!.

I think a tablet is not really something I need in my life. I do a lot of browsing and the same sort of stuff on my Desire HD. If that breaks I might get one of these plus a cheap phone to have when I'm out and about. The price is definitely right but hopefully give it a few months we might see some even better deals on it. No microSD is the biggest oversight but I think a tablet is more for in the house (where you can keep things on a hard drive) or for long journeys (where the 16GB would be ample for enough films/TV/apps to last as long as the battery will).

In summary: looks a great product at a great price but I don't have the need just now.

I'm a solid no on the Nexus7, I am intending on getting a tablet but no hurry, as it stands I'm planning on getting the Asus transformer pad infinity but I may be swayed toward microsoft once I see some reviews…

Roobubba
IF it had a microSD card slot, I would be VERY tempted to get one. Unfortunately, without this, even at £159, it's a deal-breaker for me.

I wouldn't touch Apple with a barge-pole since I've had no end of trouble with 2 macbook pros and 2 mac pros at work, they just seem slow, expensive and completely unreliable, although some of their innovations are definitely positive for the market as a whole (even if their legal team is not…).

Ditto, if it had MicroSD, for sure, however, no.

Ordered mine already, the great price and good specs sold me on the idea of a tablet to complement my PC at University; time will tell if it works out or not, either way it will get some good use.

larger screen, sd card, would be sold, as it is will look for a Samsung in the future, no rush on this as yet tho, my little wifi galaxy S running 2.2 doing its thing.

I will be getting one as asap, i find the size of ipads to be a pain so this sounds like perfect compromise on price/size. i enjoy android OS as well.

Yes, I've already got one on pre-order.

Every time, Google ruins the Nexus devices by omitting a card reader.

Oh, if I was to bother with a tablet at all, it'd have to be a 10"er.

I'm thinking no. I'm tempted, but it's not for me. If I have a Windows 8 slate and a new, ~4.7" phone I'm really not sure which niche the Nexus would be filling. Given I'll likely have those things later this year it's hard to justify buying one for a few months use (followed by an eternity as an eReader?).

Liking the poll and particularly liking the options provided… I was planted in the last option for a long time until I saw this deal and did some analysis of my computing needs at University.

Yep, It's dad material. He's been discovering the web recently and he'll love this. More so now he's discovered Skype.

I really like the look of Surface, and excited to see how good it is, but this looks like a steal to me. 8gb is fine for my needs for this size.

No memory card slot… no money from me.

Would have preferred the option of a bigger screen at least, too. 7'' seems too close to smartphone territory than tablet territory for my tastes.

Considering the amount of web surfing I do every day on my smartphone (3“ screen), I don't think a 7” screen is too small, however I don't think I will be buying this tablet.

The main reason is that I already have a 10" tablet (An HP Touchpad I got in the fire sale), and it gets very little use beyond basic web surfing and playing angry birds. I find that for most thing I early need a keyboard I can touch type on, and the soft keyboard on a tablet just does not cut it. I tolerate the lack of a physical keyboard on my phone because it is so small, but I think I would rather buy a small net-book than a tablet without a keyboard.

Same size as my playbook.

It's a good size for casual browsing and it will soon have Chrome.

Won't be buying one of these (although mightily tempted - especially if I could find a use). I've already got a large screen smartphone, a “free” (it came with my printer) 7“ non-Google tablet, and an Asus Transformer. So I'd suggest that when/if I get a Kindle (managed to resist so far) then that's all the possible uses for a 7” tablet covered by devices I already own.

chrestomanci
The main reason is that I already have a 10" tablet (An HP Touchpad I got in the fire sale), and it gets very little use beyond basic web surfing and playing angry birds. I find that for most thing I early need a keyboard I can touch type on, and the soft keyboard on a tablet just does not cut it. I tolerate the lack of a physical keyboard on my phone because it is so small, but I think I would rather buy a small net-book than a tablet without a keyboard.

The kids here got Touchpads (also in the fire sale) and I got them the HP bluetooth keyboard - maybe that would increase the use of the TP? Just a thought Of course you could always root it and put CyanogenMod 9 on it. http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/forum-507/announcement-24-cyanogenmod-90-rc1-released-2012-jun-26/

No. Not tempted at all.

First, max 16GB and no card slot. Really? :rolleyes:

Second, cloud does NOT make up for that for me.

Third, poor connectivity.

Fourth, too small for me.

Fifth, and frankly this would be enough for me even without 1 to 4 …. it's Google. They've got far too much data about everybody already, and after so many privacy issues, I do not trust them an inch.

Personally, and I don't expect much agreement with this, I wouldn't use such a device from Google if it was the best hardware spec on the planet and they gave it to me free of charge, and I'm not prepared to even risk gifting them any more.

So no, I won't buy one …. or accept one as a gift.

Got to agree with the other comments an sd slot (of any variety) would make this an insta buy. Actually a 32gb version at 250 would make it a pretty easy sell but 16gb? i have more than that on my phone and for me this would be first and foremost a music device to replace my dying and somewhat redundant ipod touch. I tend to encode at 320kbs and want at least 10 gb of music on any device and that really doesn't leave alot of room to play with for apps not to mention if i wanted movies i would probably need an external drive of some type. All in all google great job on the form factor now just add a little more functionality.

I'm getting the TF700 instead, I like the larger higher res screen for book reading, the dock acts as a screen guard for transport and I can write emails on it without hating my life, and it has hdmi + sd connectivity which the Nexus 7 lacks.

Already pre-ordered one for my wife. I was going out on Thursday evening to buy her an Asus Transformer TF300T for 400 quid but saw this in the morning and ordered it straightaway.

The 7" tablet is better for her anyway. It'll fit in her bag better. We'd seen other tablets but the only one with the technical specs I was happy with was the Transformer.

She doesn't need an SD slot. Virtually everything she does will be via wifi at home. I'll install a DNLA client on it if there isn't one already so she can stream movies etc from my PC and if we're going away 16Gb is enough if I load the movies on as avis.

Best of all the price tag has saved me 200 quid that can go towards my PC upgrade.

Hmm. Tricky. I don't generally ‘get’ what tablets are all about. I just know I wouldn't use it as an everyday device when I have perfectly good PCs / laptops already. They supposedly support USB kb/mouse, so it might make a passable netbook replacement, but lack of SD card slot makes it less attractive as a media player. Without keyboard the only times I might use one is when travelling, basically to take a bunch of ripped TV shows for when on the plane. Also might be useful as a GPS, which my dying Orange San Francisco does.

Yes, I will be getting one.

As others have said, if it had a micro SD slot, I might have considered it. As it is, it serves little function.

As others have said before really i would have liked to have seen a 10" version and either a sd slot or a full size usb so I can plug thumb drives/ext hdd into it as the main use would be music and movies while travelling and internet on the sofa at home.

No, I just don't see myself having any use for a tablet as I am content with my PC.

No (Micro)SDHC, so no sale. Unless the battery is vastly superior to the P 7.7 I would spend the cash to have a usable device for my needs with a slot. Then again if you can compress five hours to a gig for video it's not TOO terrible, and actively manage the music on it. I have a 64GB playbook (gift from BB). It might be crap, and I would never have bought it, but at least it has 64GB for music and vids so I don't need a sd slot…this on the other hand :-(

The main purpose for tablet usage is to run apps, surf the web and check email. An 8GB and certainly a 16GB is ample for those needs.

I tethered my Asus TF101 to my phone and watched the Euro footy on it when I was out and about waiting for the kids to finish their activities.

I have an SD card in my TF101 but it isn't used. Firstly because I don't listen to music much, and if I do I use Spotify, Vevo or Tune Radio. Movies, well I watch those on the big lounge telly with the family not on a tablet.

You also can't move apps onto the SD card on the TF101, might be the same on the Nexus 7.

If I need to copy files on or off the Tablet, I use either Google Drive or Dropbox, again no need for an SD card, as when I logon to my PC the files are synced and almost immediately available.

All those people that won't buy it because it hasn't got an SD card, must have large music/movie collections they wish to put on it.

If you don't have those needs then you will not miss an SD card slot at all.

I certainly intend to buy the 10" version when it comes out later this year as the kids and misses squabble to use the one we have at the mo.

Who is going to pay £600 for the Windows Surface RT, only business people and those with deep pockets who want the latest and greatest, that's who.

This Nexus 7 isn't competing with the Surface and not even with the iPad to a certain extent.

For us normal peeps, the Nexus 7 is perfect, it is still a luxury item, I just hope they now sell in their 10's of millions so we can get the Tablet App Eco system really cooking and something Google can be proud of.

Well for me the surface is a possiblity, why would i buy an ultrabook when i can get the same spec with a touch screen (useful on small screens, not desktops!) for less ? Id rather the surface :D. The nexus 7 competes with the lower end chinese tablets, i wouldnt call it a competitor to the kindle, personally im struggling to see how anyone can read a book on a tablet/smartphone and think its good, reading on an e-ink display (kindle etc) is great, no eye strain and just all round solid like a normal book but with the advantages of the digital age. The nexus 7 is merely a portable video player and web browser in my opinion, its a good price for what you get as you get the brilliant ASUS build quality alongside the great software support of Google, but it doesnt tick the right boxes for me.

If USB OTG with usb drive support (apparently its not supported…) was available it would make it much more apealing, its not so much the fact, oh only 8gb its the fact that it is a video player with a nice res display(for the size) and yet having 4gb films isnt going to allow much room? I dont mind having a flash drive around as i always have one and its easy to transfer onto that but i dont want to be tied into just having a few mp3s and a film or having shoddy quality films and then just browsing.

Nexus 10 with USB flash drive, for £200 - £250 im probably going to dip into the tablet market then. Until then my attention is on the surface just to see what it ends up like :D.

Pretty tempted, but I can't see a compelling use case for a tablet that is just a tablet.
I've almost gone for the Transformer Prime a couple of times, but now I'm going to wait and see what the MS Surface is all about.

Don't see the point in tablets to be honest. Just get a smartphone. It would be probably just as powerful, portable and just generally better.

Think I'll probably just buy a SSD for my netbook to get the storage speeds up a bit, and then I'll still have more functionality than a tablet, and most importantly I will still have a physical keyboard!

Akkanmere
Think I'll probably just buy a SSD for my netbook to get the storage speeds up a bit, and then I'll still have more functionality than a tablet, and most importantly I will still have a physical keyboard!

Yeah, I'm tempted to do a similar upgrade before I go for a tablet.

I would like one for photo browsing & apps, but that doesn't justify a nexus 7 … yet.

Hope that Google does another nexus tablet before too long - I'd like plain android rather than any skin if I do end up getting one.

Does the N7 have the capability for mobile internet?

Got a Xoom that I'm happy with atm so will hang on for a bit and see if they're as slow at getting JB out for it as they have ICS.

The disappointment for me is the lack of rear camera rather than a micro SD slot; my Xoom has got 22GB spare on it (of 32GB) so the 16GB model would be ample for me.

Singh400
Does the N7 have the capability for mobile internet?

Wifi only, so you'll need to tether your phone.

Jaffo
Got a Xoom that I'm happy with atm so will hang on for a bit and see if they're as slow at getting JB out for it as they have ICS.

The disappointment for me is the lack of rear camera rather than a micro SD slot; my Xoom has got 22GB spare on it (of 32GB) so the 16GB model would be ample for me.

According to The Verge you shouldn't have to wait too long for JB on the Xoom

I've got a Asus Transformer so I can't see a compelling reason to get a N7. Especially since I don't use my tablet that much at home, more of a travel gadget for the train etc.

No. Still not convinced a tablet fits my usage model. Hardware seems great value though - although lack of microSD would kill it for me (I don't have a problem with wifi only because a second data plan would be a hassle and wireless hot-spot from phone would be fine).

7“ just doesn't work for me. Hopefully the 10” rumour will be true and out for Christmas at a reasonable price point.

No Flash, no sale. I'm an Adobe slave.

Seriously, I really want it. It will be great for browsing, games and reading. The limitations aren't serious for my uses. I've been waiting for a while for a small size tablet with a decent resolution display at such a price.

I must say Jelly Bean does look like a nice improvement over ICS but the great thing about the Xoom is that it always gets the latest OTAs seeing that it was the 1st tegra 2 device so thank you motorola =) (though to make the most of it you do have to install the US version of ICS to get the updates)

Back on the subject, the nexus 7 is quite tempting as it clocks in at under £200 for a tegra 3 tablet. However I cant justify the update due to the fact that I have a Xoom.

Quite honestly I'm not even sure what I use my tablet for… If I had a 3G model I'd definitely use it more but my One X is better then my Xoom in every way (OMG the screen is mind-booglingly good) cept for the size

though I think for practicality's sake I'll stick with 4.7" as the absolute limit for a phone ;)

I pre-ordered mine earlier today, I honestly can't wait to get it!

friend of mine has just ordered £2000 worth of s line cases for these from china in various colours ;)

I love the idea that as a consumer you can see a product and go “we if it had a larger screen, double this, triple that, less of this and more of that and cost half the price I'd buy it!”

Tempted, but seeing as I justified buying a laptop to the wife as ‘I could get a tablet, but I’d get frustrated with it, cos i wouldn't do what I need it to do', I doubt if I'd get away with it. Unless I bought it for her… :rolleyes:

Like others, if it had an SD slot then would get it in a shot. Pity really :(.

Nope. Got a Galaxy Note. It's plenty fondleslabby for me.

However, if I some old phone with a puny screen, then I'd snap it up :)

It is very appealing, but without an SD slot of some sorts, I wouldn't have anywhere to store movies, therefore it's a pretty useless device for my usage. I would want one that I could take on holiday to a country that I won't have 3G or Wifi and still be able to use it for media…

I'll be holding out of the MS surface more than anything.

If you can plus a phone in for tethering, surely you can plug a USB drive in for extra space? Or does it tether by another means?

Looks interesting but my phone upgrade is due so may just have to grab the Galaxy Note instead.

Smudger
If you can plus a phone in for tethering, surely you can plug a USB drive in for extra space? Or does it tether by another means?

You need to root it, you can't do it by default. Once rooted, you can use USB OTG for mass storage.

I voted I'm not ill. It looks like a really awesome device but I just can't see a tablet sized space between my laptop/pc and my SGSIII.

Yes, just what I have been waiting for. Means I can have a simply phone, It's not to big, great price, perfect companion for my home PC, when out caravanning. Already on pre-order

Yeah i've bought/pre-ordered one.. I quite like my iPad most of the time but the OS is dumb as hell compared to android at times and I hate the stupid restrictions Apple places on it to prevent things from being better. That said, this isn't “for me” it's for another member of the household ;)
I do use the iPad a lot more than I thought I would - even with a GNex as a phone.

Not bothered about SD slots etc - never really made use of them on my phones and my GNex phone is mostly empty anyway.

I would seriously consider it only if it had SD or USB slot so I could connect either an SD card and move it between Nexus and my other PCs, or a USB flash drive. This way it's pretty useless as I don't want to upload/download stuff from the cloud all the time. It's ridiculous. According to Anandtech micro-USB slot can be used for external keyboard and mouse, and ethernet over USB only. And for charging the unit, of course. Really bad move Google. Losing loooots of customers over one tiny little, but huge, detail like that. I'll be waiting Nexus 8 when they come to their senses and put a SD or proper USB slot on it. ;)

SineWave
I would seriously consider it only if it had SD or USB slot so I could connect either an SD card and move it between Nexus and my other PCs, or a USB flash drive. This way it's pretty useless as I don't want to upload/download stuff from the cloud all the time. It's ridiculous. According to Anandtech micro-USB slot can be used for external keyboard and mouse, and ethernet over USB only. And for charging the unit, of course. Really bad move Google. Losing loooots of customers over one tiny little, but huge, detail like that. I'll be waiting Nexus 8 when they come to their senses and put a SD or proper USB slot on it. ;)

You can hack the port into taking a stick ;)

I don't see that a card slot is an important feature for me. A movie in AVI format is about 800Mb and I honestly don't think that on a 7" screen you're going to notice that much difference.
The one thing that's missing that I would have liked is 3g but we can live without it. She's mainly going to be using it at home for surfing or streaming video from my PC or at work were she'll be watching instructional videos on Youtube so no storage is required. The only storage requirements she will have will be for apps for which 8Gb might have been a bit restrictive but 16 should be fine.

I am seeing reports that the UK launch will not include some of the features currently available in the USA since Google have failed to complete on licence agreements for purchase of films and music although rented films will be OK. Does this take the edge off the launch?

Yes, I'll be getting one. My phone is an iPhone 4, which is now out of contract and therefore quite cheap on a lower priced contract. It's much cheaper to get this than a new phone, and with tethering gives me the best of both worlds.

I browse the web/Twitter/Facebook loads on my phone and it'll just be nicer on a 7“ screen than a 3.5” one. I'll also use it for storing PDFs which I use regularly, as well as trying it for books. Storage isn't an issue - I watch films on a 106" projector screen so can't imagine being happy watching a film on any tablet. I listen to most of my music through spotify.

I use my main PC for all office type stuff, gaming, and anything that most people would call ‘productivity’, but the tablet at £199 has the advantage of being able to sit on the couch and use it one handed, while looking after the baby for example. It will boot up much faster than a laptop, and is much cheaper. For what I want it for, it seems perfect.

Pre ordered mine from the play store, hoping to get it before my holiday next month.

If anyone's interested the All About Android podcast has some (detailed?) coverage of the Nexus7 - check out the video podcast available at http://twit.tv/show/all-about-android/66. They've got the “developer” units from Google IO with the white back - and I've got to say that it looks pretty neat. Got me thinking that if there was an all-white one then that would look very smart indeed.

Damn, even though I don't need one, I'm now very tempted, and one of the kids has been pestering for a Kindle Fire (when it launches here) but to my mind the Nexus7 is a better device on a lot of levels.

No MicroSD then no sale. I like to take a couple of 16Gb SD cards on hoilday loaded with books/magazines/movies, so this is a deal breaker!

And no I can't afford Wi-Fi in the hotels to access the cloud, much less the storage itself which I don't trust.