Google Nexus 7

[CheeseRolls]

Happy days, just a quick bounce to say, how much I am enjoying my new shiny gadget. Spent a tenner on a leather folding case and about 20 quid on apps, including an office suite and New Star Soccer and couldn't be happier. Very convenient size for commuting

 

[Skinthead]

Had mine about 3 weeks now & have to say s a great bit of kit! .
Can't put it down & haven't been on the laptop for ages, its just so much
Easier to use & such a good size to hold, graphics are great & is very fast.
Overall very impressed.

 

[Frutos]

I got myself the 16GB version this week and absolutely love it.

At £199 (including £15 quid of Google Play store credit), it's a budget pricetag for what feels and works like anything but a budget piece of kit.

 

[Stat Brother]

FFS [MENTION=4675]Frutos[/MENTION] why did you have to bounce this thread.
I keep forgetting I NEEEEEEED a tablet, I was better off when you started your own thread!.

Right I've read through this thread again, and I still don't understand, but hopefully I'm getting nearer.

If I neeeeeed t'internet anywhere, I could buy a google Nexus 7, for £200

But because it's only wifi, and I have no smart phone, or contract I will also need to update it to 3G with one of these:-
New Three 3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Sim Card 3GB Data for 90 Days | eBay

That will cost me £12.67.

There will be more questions to follow, so please keep your answers simple, we'll get through this a lot quicker.

 

[Frutos]

FFS [MENTION=4675]Frutos[/MENTION] why did you have to bounce this thread.

Sorry.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

Good piece of kit, when I'm away from home I tether it to my smart phone, works very nicely.

 

[Stat Brother]

Sorry.

Don't apologise, answer the bloody question

You very nearly got a long and whining PM about your new toy, and my failings to get my head around new tech.
Luckily I saw the error of my ways and threw myself back into this thread, in the hope people will realise I'm just stoooopid and not taking the pi$$.

Anyway one thing you can answer, if the boffins here can help me, where did you get yours from?

 

[Stat Brother]

Good piece of kit, when I'm away from home I tether it to my smart phone, works very nicely.

Right that doesn't help ME, does it Daddies.
Remember this is now all about me me me, we are now all concentrating on helping the man in the bobble hat. ME.

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

FFS [MENTION=4675]Frutos[/MENTION] why did you have to bounce this thread.
I keep forgetting I NEEEEEEED a tablet, I was better off when you started your own thread!.

Right I've read through this thread again, and I still don't understand, but hopefully I'm getting nearer.

If I neeeeeed t'internet anywhere, I could buy a google Nexus 7, for £200

But because it's only wifi, and I have no smart phone, or contract I will also need to update it to 3G with one of these:-
New Three 3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Sim Card 3GB Data for 90 Days | eBay

That will cost me £12.67.

There will be more questions to follow, so please keep your answers simple, we'll get through this a lot quicker.

Have just got my nexus 7. I don't think there's anywhere to insert a simple card so your idea won't work.

Have to say that I'm really liking it apart from one major thing - no flash support so no iplayer and the like. Also, no sky go support and it doesn't landscape unless forced to do so by an app.

However, these things should all be sorted in time and at £159 its great value compared to an ipad.

 

[Stat Brother]

So how would you access t'internet when out and about WITHOUT tethering it to a smart phone/contract.

 

[Indurain's Lungs]

A dongle? Sort of.

MiFi - Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi Dongle - Three

You can do it on contract or PAYG.

New Three 3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Sim Card 3GB Data for 90 Days | eBay

This is the only solution for you, I think.

 

[Frutos]

FFS [MENTION=4675]Frutos[/MENTION] why did you have to bounce this thread.
I keep forgetting I NEEEEEEED a tablet, I was better off when you started your own thread!.

Right I've read through this thread again, and I still don't understand, but hopefully I'm getting nearer.

If I neeeeeed t'internet anywhere, I could buy a google Nexus 7, for £200

But because it's only wifi, and I have no smart phone, or contract I will also need to update it to 3G with one of these:-
New Three 3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Sim Card 3GB Data for 90 Days | eBay

That will cost me £12.67.

There will be more questions to follow, so please keep your answers simple, we'll get through this a lot quicker.

I'm not sure, is the simple answer.

Purely on the grounds that there's nowhere in it to put said SIM card.

 

[Stat Brother]

You just said:-

I don't think there's anywhere to insert a simple card so your idea won't work

This isn't going to work if you think now's a great time to play:-
confuse the window licker

 

[seven stands]

Have just got my nexus 7. I don't think there's anywhere to insert a simple card so your idea won't work.

Have to say that I'm really liking it apart from one major thing - no flash support so no iplayer and the like. Also, no sky go support and it doesn't landscape unless forced to do so by an app.

However, these things should all be sorted in time and at £159 its great value compared to an ipad.

Installing Adobe Flash on Android Jelly Bean devices | IT PRO Tutorials

 

[Frutos]

Anyway one thing you can answer, if the boffins here can help me, where did you get yours from?

I got mine direct from Google.

Ordered it Friday lunchtime, with an estimate of 3-5 working days for delivery. It arrived on Monday morning.

 

[Stat Brother]

This is the only solution for you, I think.

So would I have to buy both things?
MiFi - Mobile Broadband Wi-Fi Dongle - Three
and
New Three 3 Pay As You Go Mobile Broadband Sim Card 3GB Data for 90 Days | eBay

 

[Stat Brother]

Installing Adobe Flash on Android Jelly Bean devices | IT PRO Tutorials

Eyes on the prize SS, we are working in reception class first

 

[seven stands]

Eyes on the prize SS, we are working in reception class first

On\off bottom top right ( or top left or bottom right or bottom left depending on which way round yo hold it )

 

[Stat Brother]

If we don't get this sorted tonight, we'll all be back when the next person bounces this thread, and I remember I NEEEEEED a tablet.

But I then remember as enticing as 'only' £200 is, I don't want to spiral that because of having to shell out x,y & z to make it work for me, because I don't know what I'm doing.

 

[seven stands]

If you only going to use it occasionally you could buy http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/phones/phoneDetails.jsp?productId=prod3300155 or something cheap like that and use that as a hotspot using a pay as you go Sim ( I think )

Edit: if you get a cheap android phone on 3 with WiFi on pay as you go could use the 3 Sim mentioned earlier. Phone needs to be android 2.2 and above ( which all new phones should be) with WiFi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcN7G8aaCdA&feature=youtube_gdata_player