Google Nexus 7

[highway61]

had one only a week now and love it, am not able to afford the top end tablets and thought nexus would fit the bill, and it certainly has thus far

 

[happypig]

Had mine a while and still finding it very useful and portable (I'm typing this on it in Turkey).
As for the slowing down, I get it occasionally but I use Advanced Task Killer to free up memory when it does.

 

[Superphil]

"Google Play Edition" actually. Both already released in the States.

I cant work out if there a difference between the "Play" edition and the type I read about here? http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/July2013/htc-one-google-edition-vs-samsung-galaxy-s4-google-edition.html.

I also read that the S/W is available if you know where to look, and you can install Google (Play) Edition onto other Android phones too. I take your point on them not being 'Nexus' and in all honesty, they are so expensive anyway, I'm not really sure what their market is. I was looking to upgrade my 3GS and couldn't really see myself affording an iPhone 5 hence looking at alternatives. Think I'll just save up for the 5.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

I've had Jelly Bean 4.3 pushed to my device this morning, it will be interesting to see if the slow running bug has been fixed.