The Nexus 7 "Real-user" Review: Part 2 - User Interface and Entertainment - Media, Gaming, Browsing and Jelly Bean

Welcome to Part 2 of the Nexus 7 review. We'll be covering the abilities of the Nexus 7 when it comes to Music, Video, Browsing, Gaming and Other Media. If you missed Part 1 of the review you can find out about Murray's Initial impressions, Design/Build quality, synthetic benchmarks and performance in actual-use right here

If you want to know how the Nexus 7 performs when it comes to media consumption then keep reading after the break

How to Root your Nexus 7

It's been with us since last Thursday.... Of course it was Rooted day one!

UPDATE 22/7/12 - Official ClockworkMod Recovery available, read on for details

It seems that the Nexus 7 will be arriving to peoples doorsteps at any minute, with shipping having already started on select pre-orders. Users after our own hearts here at AndroidNZ will no doubt be wondering how they can Root the device as soon as it comes out of the box, and like usual we're here to tell you how to do it. Make to jump to see how to makes your Nexus 7 truly yours...

The Nexus 7 "Real-user" review: Part 1 - Initial impressions, Design/Build quality, synthetic benchmarks and performance in actual-use

The first device to sport Android OS version 4.1, Jelly Bean, and a
serious salvo fired over the bow of Amazon - is it good enough?

So we come to part one of the Nexus 7 review. If I'm not very much mistaken a great many of you are watching this device eagerly, and I'm quite sure it is already well on its way to achieving its goal of making inroads for Android into the tablet market. But does it deserve to? That's the fundamental question here really. Is it good enough for the asking price to deserve your dollar, or do the inevitable compromises for cost harm the end result in the Nexus 7 too much?

Read on to find out whether our early impressions suggest this is the best way to spend your $200...

[Oh, and if you've already made the leap and purchased an N7 you might like to head to our guide for Rooting the N7 so you can start making the most of your shiny new toy]

Jelly Bean is here! And what a wonderful taste it is...

Editors note: On the eve of the Nexus 7 arriving here at AndroidNZ we thought we'd take a little look at some of the clutch features of the newest iteration of Android, Version 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Anyways, we'll let renowned Android ROM developer, and fresh AndroidNZ contributor CdTDroiD take it from here, since he has actually been doing some development work on a Galaxy Nexus and is the first of our crew to really get some hands-on with Jelly Bean...


Ever since getting into Android I must admit there was always some things that I wished I could have that the iPhone had… Super-fast scrolling was always an issue with Android, we could get it fast but not super “Buttery” smooth. The new SIRI got me a little emotional, I wanted a phone that would talk back to me and be accurate enough to actually be useful.

All this has changed with Jelly Bean, I no longer feel I’m missing out in certain aspects, Google has bought it even closer to the perfect device. So lets talk about Jelly Bean’s.