I stated earlier, that my next tablet would be 8″, 2GB and so on.
Well, no, that didn’t happen.
I betrayed my soul and bought instead Google Nexus 32GB + 3G 7″ tablet instead. And so far I haven’t been disappointed. Device works really nicely, screen is nice and storage space is plentiful. GPS works and I haven’t found any other complaints either so far. Also for filling up 3G, I took ”unlimited data” 3G sim card, so device works really nicely.
Only caveat emptor what I’ve so far seen is the fact that I might be survived without this 3G edition. Issue is that I’ve been for a while been checking for tablets to see if any other tablet would provide nice ”bluetooth PAN” support like in my old rusty Archos 70 IT. And so far I haven’t seen that logic existing anywhere. But surprisingly this Nexus tablet provided ”bluetooth PAN”, so I was able to hook tablet into net through my beautiful Nokia X3-02. That’s beautiful. But caveat is that I now wonder should I’ve just taken non-3G version, since then I would have save 70€ (+ 13€/month 3G data plan from operator). However, since this 3G in tablet has worked nicely I might keep data SIM on it, and utilize ”bluetooth PAN” only when going abroad, since this data plan what I got is not so cheap when being outside of Finland.
Other minus is that there was only ”beige” cases available for device. Since in such color all dirt will quickly became visible, such case color ain’t best possible. Of course, this isn’t real minus, since otherwise case works really well.
So would I recommend to get one of these devices? Yes, I can recommend.
Would I recommend either 3G or non-3G version? It depends, it might be that you don’t need to get 3G version if ”bluetooth PAN” works with your phone. Then you can save a bit of money. However, must be noted, built in 3G connects faster to net than ”bluetooth PAN”, thus 3G version makes sense.
Update: 4.4.2013
Tested Google Navigation during Eastern holiday, and I’ve say that I’m very disappointed. Navigation has multiple serious problems:
- Occasionally navigator tells you to turn right incorrectly, while one must be driving straight. Appearently navigator believes that sometimes you need to change line (to right) even if there ain’t line to change, but there can be of course actual right turning crossroad at same point.
- If there’s multiple turning points nearby each other, turning indication is inaccurate. I.e. it’s not clear which turning is meant.
- No indication which road should be taken from traffic circle
- Very often turning indication from traffic circles comes only after you’ve already turned.
- Inaccurate maps: Google decided that I had reached my final destination 400 meters before actual destination.
- Navigator useless abroad due to expensive data transfer costs.
In summary, I wouldn’t trust my life navigation wise into this device. And considering the fact that navigation software provided my another USA company is even worse than Google’s software. Well, what can be said. Except that my next navigator will be Nokia Phone or actual standalone navigator device.