[citation][nom]teh_chem[/nom]*Cue shameless promotion of the Nexus and comparison to a near-year-old Kindle Fire*I appreciate the review, but at the same time I take every word said with a grain of salt as there's no mention of the short-comings. It's just one "this is awesome" aspect after another. Having multiple android products, I refuse to believe that everything about the Nexus is awesome. I look forward to proper reviews (sure, I get it--this is just an unboxing and initial impressions).What's more interesting is how Amazon's upcoming tablet products will compare. I'm not at all a fan of the OS Amazon decided to use for the Fire (I hate it, in fact), but it's much more applicable, especially given the rumored spec's that the next gen Fire/Amazon tabs will be sporting.[/citation]
I am an Android fan, maybe to a fault. I love my Droid X which is two years old, but it does freeze, lock up, etc. However, the Nexus 7 with the Tegra 3 and Jellybean feels a whole lot more like a finely developed product. It is super fast and responsive, and the only things that hang up are some apps that haven't been updated for Jelly Bean. So far it has been a great experience and I'm looking forward to getting a faster Android 4.1 phone. Android is very different on a cheap device with Froyo or Gingerbread, vs. a faster higher end device with ICS or JB.
The only reason they compare this to the Fire is because it's the only direct competition for now. I believe the newer Samsung Galaxy 7 would be a better comparison for the sake of the article.