i really like the idea, however I just see google loosing money.... how can they afford to sell these at 200 bucks?

the same way buying new printers are cheaper than buying ink. the consumables (Apps) is what makes your $$

you can only sell one device but the buyer can keep buying apps/services. make 0$ on machine, after that its all profit.

same as free online games.

might be true for printers as you have to buy ink... but theres a lot of people out there that doesn't especially android platform

I was reading up on this
http://gizmodo.com/5922043/you-cant-...y-losing-money

Yeah, I think this is what Google Play was built for over the past year or so. Renting movies for $4-5 a pop and selling e-books, they'll definitely make some profit

USB OTG is supported since Honeycomb days. Should be fine to support it on the Nexus 7

wow had to re-read everything after the merge...

16gb is nowhere enough for my tf101. When I'm on vacation, I move the photos from my camera to the tablet right away so I can view/edit them or show them to whoever I'm with. I have tons of books and comics on there that take up at least 8gb alone. After I include movies, I'm maxed out. I don't even have any music on there.

I think my apps alone use up about 2-3gb. 8gb will definitely not be enough for me.. Having a card is also easier for me to transfer stuff from my mac. Tried with the tf101 but it was pretty difficult/time consuming.

My phone on the other hand has probably 2 or 4gb. Can't remember but it doesn't really matter. I use it as a phone and that's pretty much it.

It is indeed sold at cost

Nexus 7 designed and manufactured in four months, sold at cost | The Verge

after OS and what not you are probably left with less than 6GB. Load up a HD video or two after having some apps and you are already out of space...which can be frustrating when you know you have a spare $30 32GB SD card just lying around.

I haven't tried streaming/tether HD videos or FLAC audio but I assume it's laggy as shit if you dont have LTE data..not to mention most people will probably hit their caps pretty soon if you do like an hour of that each day.

any word on when this makes it to a big box retailer?

I wonder if it will. Since google is not making anything on it I doubt big box chains would carry it (no money for them to mark up)

I will be coming to BB stores. Goole will be paying the stores to sell it.

You Can't Beat the iPad Just by Losing Money

Sweet. Confirmed for BestBuy? I have $50 worth of gift cards to use up.

was gonna buy it straight from google, then found out about a $19.99 shipping fee :fuckthatshit:

^ Yeah I was wondering how much shipping would be... Who's up for a group buy to save some shipping?

I'm sold

folks at RFD reported ordering 2 tabs and only getting 1 $20 ship charge. comes from Google Canada so no duties etc.

too bad there's no cool accessories for it yet.. That would push me to buy it.

looks like flash is pulling out of the mobile markets for good
No Flash for Android 4.1, no new installs after August 15 | Ars Technica

WTF! No flash!
I understand that they want to push HTML 5 but most sites are still using flash for their video streaming so this is a big no for me
Adobe: Flash will not be supported in Android OS 4.1 | MobileSyrup.com

edit: woops didn't see your post above me

I don't even know what their strategic reasoning is behind this... I doesn't make any sense for them to drop out of it.

or you know, they sell the expensive accessories and covers for the tablets.

Just download flash right now. you're g2g

Someone will probably release an APK to support it. I'm not too worried.

just ordered the 8gig one. Ended up being 254.07 after shipping and tax. Not too bad. Ive had the galaxy nexus for a while, and love it. Been wanting a tablet but the cost for anything decent was too much. Couldnt pass this up.

MHL and USB on the go denied.

Nexus 7 doesn't support MHL or USB On-The-Go, but that's partly Google's call | The Verge