Google nexus 7

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Chris Type R said:

I had the Nexus out in the garden recently and I'd say that it's too reflective to use in the sunlight for reading. The Kindle is much better in this respect.

Agreed I have both kindle is great for reading and the battery life is awesome I have the 3g version and is worth the extra. Nexus I use for movies/youtube/mail don't have or like fancy mobile phones.

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Chris Type R said:

I concur.

Tried on google play for the app. Where did you get it from?

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blank said:

Anyone got any recommended conversion settings for Movies using Handbrake?


I have a load of DVDs and Blurays ripped directly to mkvs (so 20 odd gb for some Blurays!).


I'd like to be able to get a few films on the Nexus 7 - Any decent settings for getting them to under say a gig for a typical movie without losing too much quality?

I have been using http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/products/dvd/free-3gp-...
Great free converter which you can have custom resoluion settings!

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What is going on with android/jellybean with deleting text. I make a mistype and want to delete a couple of characters and it deletes all the text in the chat box! It is doing my head in! This is the 4th time trying to type this and in the end gave up and switched on my PC in then!

No idea on blue tooth not tried it I am halftempted to try a bluetooth keyboard!

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Also when typing on pistonheads with the landscape keyboard, I can't see anything I'm typing, anyone have a fix for that?

you can move the top half of the screen while typing in landdscaape mode. forgive my spelling mistake i didnt want to press delete hehe

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Baron Greenback said:

What is going on with android/jellybean with deleting text. I make a mistype and want to delete a couple of characters and it deletes all the text in the chat box! It is doing my head in! This is the 4th time trying to type this and in the end gave up and switched on my PC in then!

No idea on blue tooth not tried it I am halftempted to try a bluetooth keyboard!

I have found the bug with deleting text in beta browser (using firefox).

http://forum.swype.com/showthread.php?6572-Cursor-...

The bug drive me nuts deleting all my text, I have to power up my computer to post things on PH or dont delete my typing errors!

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No idea, I love mine but I would be tempted with the new kindle fire that is coming out!

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I have the 16Gb which is worth the extra £. OK i don't load with music the occasionally dump some films. Storage isn't that much an issue for me.

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Tycho said:

I've read you can use a usb stick with it without rooting using Nexus Media Imported from the Play store.

Ooh didn't know about media import, ta, will do if I start running out of space!

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Tycho said:

NP, it is actually called Nexus Media Importer and is £1.87. Could be handy as I have loads of spare SD cards.

Shame it can't write to SD card but still very useful! There an another that can view images via SD non root alter also!

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I had that on the cable that came with it but found out it was just the cable in the end now have a longer cable.

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Yep I believe with Nexus Media Imported app from play you can read memory stick but no write with out hacking the unit! see page 13

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Ta didn't know there was expire date on credits. Don't know what to spend it on! Has any installed antivirus on the n7?

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Nope do most of my PH surfing in front of TV with it! Computer too noisy and uses TV as monitor!

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Whoop with cable/software now I have 1TB hard disk capcity with my nexus as long as I have a power supply for usb disk! works fine! Hats off to Nexus Media Importer software best couple of quid worth while!

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Gingerbread Man said:

With this in mind, is it worth getting the 16gb model over the 8gb model still?

The system is read only so the 16Gb is useful!

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Shame groove IP is USA or Canada only!

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Ginger I can remember it I also deleted it on quick Google found this http://www.informationweek.com/byte/personal-tech/... doesn't help much but has great ideas! Off to find more info as I would like it back now also!
Thee is a new media widget on play! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bbc....
Is this the one?

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Yah that what I thought!

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Good to know, want landscape on homepage is one I will like!