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Nexus 7 Tablet Earns Accolades

The early reviews are in, and Google’s iPad-killer, the Nexus 7, is getting high praise from some the most respected voices in consumer technology.
 
David Pogue, New York Times tech critic and self-professed Apple fanatic, is calling the arrival of the Nexus 7 “ground shaking” -- likening it to the iPad in design quality, but at less than half the price ($200) of Apple’s tablet (which starts at $500).
 
“Hardware-wise, the Nexus 7 single-handedly beats the $200 tablet competition, especially on screen quality,” writes Joanna Stern for ABCNews.com. “I also prefer the design to the others.”
 
“The bottom line is that I think the 7" tablet is a great form factor, and I prefer it to the iPad for a bunch of reasons,” blogs star venture capitalist Fred Wilson. “It is more mobile. It is lighter and more comfortable being held in one hand.”
 
“Android tablets are nothing new,” Business Insider reminds us.” “But Google's hardware partners … haven't been able to come up with a true hit yet. So Google took things into its own hands … to come up with what it hopes to be the best Android tablet experience possible.”
 
That, however, might be the only real issue with the Nexus 7, according to NYT’s Pogue -- the likelihood that the device undercuts Google’s own Android-tablet competitors, i.e., all those phone-makers that use Google’s mobile operating system to run their devices.

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