The Nexus 7- Google's 7 seven-inch tablet

Since the release of Google's Nexus 7 seven-inch tablet, the company has been putting heavy support behind it. Google has loaded the slim device with appealing apps, and provides over 600,000 more from their store.

However, that is not what is going to make the tablet a must-have item in many homes in the country. Google has found a surprising, although mundane use for the little device that will make many Americans keep it close at hand through many evenings for years to come.

When Google released the Nexus 7 in July 2012, many reviewers compared it favorably to Amazon's same-sized Kindle Fire. It costs $200 just like the Fire, but runs on a newer version of Android called Jellybean. The tablet has access to Google's store, Google play, where users can get books, magazines, applications, and games – many of them for free.
 

Although the Nexus 7 is wide for a hand-held device, it is slim and easy to hold. It is also loaded with features that make it one of the more desirable tablets on the market.. Google has given the device what it calls “butter enhancements” to make it run smoother and faster. Its1280 X 800 pixel screen gives it a great high-resolution display. It has a front-facing camera for video chatting.

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It has no 3G or 4G options, but can connect to the Internet through WiFi. One of the most fun features of the tablet is that Android Jellybean allows it to connect to Google Now, an online virtual assistant that will, among other things, verbally answer spoken questions about general knowledge, the weather or train timetables. While it is speaking, the tablet will also display a “card” on the screen so that the viewer can see the answer in print.

All of these pros make the Nexus 7 worth having, but none of them are what is going to make it or its heir a staple in American homes. Right now, Google is testing a new fiber optic broadband Internet connection in Kansas City.

This service, called Google Fiber, is pushing to integrate the Internet with television. As a consequence, it will offer lightning-speed Internet access, and, for a little bit more, HD television.  The television service will offer over 200 channels and hundreds of thousands of on-demand movies, concerts and shows.

As an extra gee-whiz feature, Google technicians will provide cable customers with a Nexus 7 to use as the television's remote control. Viewers will be able to scroll through icons displaying the myriad of choices and tap the picture that intrigues them the most.

Although it is primarily in the home as a remote control, the tablet will retain all of its other capabilities making it a wonderful gift from Google as part of the fiber optic broadband hook up. For those who don't want to subscribe to Google Fiber, the tablet has another app that duplicates the remote for DirecTV.

Families that are having trouble prying the remote out of Dad's hands now will face an impossible task when he gets the new Nexus 7 tablet/remote.

When looking through mobile phone deals, Laura found a perfect phone that came with a discounted Nexus 7.  So far, it seems to be the tablet to beat all tablets.

Faizan Ahmad

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