7 inch Tablets: In the October 2012 edition of Wired

A few years ago 7-inch tablets were believed to be failures. They had low resolution screens and underpowered internals. They were basically bigger phones, but mobile hardware learns to adapt and now we are having a boom of new, small, thin and stylish devises coming out from companies like Asus, Google, Samsung, and Barns & Noble. Although reading, checking e-mail and browsing the web are more the 7 inch forte. But lack of screen area and connectivity dont make it the best for video streaming. There are 4 tablets that get reviewed in this edition the Nexus 7, Samsung Galaxy Tab 2.0, Barns % Noble nook Tablet and Toshiba Excite 7.7. The Nexus 7 wins the competition with a 9 out of 10. 7 inch tablets are great when it comes to content consumption, This will probably stay like this for another 10 years until a new categories as bold risky and interesting comes out.

In my opinion 7 inch tablets dont get enough credit. They are great for content consumption and day to day use. They are not the best for editing and creating documents but that is because of the size and power. They also state that there are not many apps that look ascetically pleasing with the size and resolution. This problem will sort itself out as developers start updating their apps. Also they should state that you are getting a lot of price per performance. The Nexus 7 is $200 while the Nexus 4 a phone is $350. This Shows a lot about the price of the product. I would highly recommend this article to be read but i would tell people to not take some points lightly one being low price and high performance and amazing for daily content consumption.

Reviewed by SSN, grade 9.
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