The Nexus 7 spoiled me...
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I bought this as a replacement for my Nexus 7(2013) that I had dropped.  I chose the Lenovo Tab2 for its size.  I wanted a bigger screen so I it would be easier to play games and read while I was on the treadmill.

I will keep it simple.  It does seem to have the power of my Nexus 7 and was definitely not as responsive and that was frustrating.  The Nexus 7 was seamless, when I touch it responded no latency.  The Tab2... just a little delay navigating through apps.  I was instantly disappointed so I returned it and ordered another Nexus 7.  I would rather have a smaller screen with smooth action.
89507
This first generation Google Nexus 7 tablet was a very nice tablet.  I would have given it 4 or 5 stars.  I never really had any problems with it.  But recently I received the notice that Android 5 Lollipop was available, so I installed it.  After the installation it has been like a different tablet.  It may take 30 minutes to do something that I could do in 5 minutes previously.  Sometimes it spontaneously reboots.  Sometimes the screen just goes black 3 seconds after touching the screen.  Frequently it is non-responsive.  Other times it is just really slow.  Dragging your finger(s) across the screen to scroll or zoom may not change the screen.  The Chrome browser crashes a lot.  The new email app in Lollipop frequently says there is no connection although the wi-fi icon at the top of the screen indicates that there is a good connection  and Chrome is connected.  So it has been very frustrating.  Sometimes it will work OK for a bit, and sometimes I think it would be best to try doing a factory reset to remove Lollipop.

But for now I've started shopping for a new Samsung tablet.
487507
Ridiculously slow to open web pages using any browser. Major lag switching between apps and going in and out of app drawer. Slow to wake up. In one day, it rebooted itself 6 times with 70%+ battery left. Bought a Nexus 7 16GB (2013) two days ago to compare it to, night and day difference. The Nexus is blazing fast compared to the ASUS. Went with the Memo Pad 8 because it got good reviews for a budget tablet, now I see why it's a budget tablet. The Nexus was only $40 more. Sucks because I've always been a fan of ASUS products, hell the Nexus 7 is made by ASUS. Started return process on the Memo Pad 8.
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We have 4 tablets in the house (1 iPad & 3 Android) as well as 3 Android smart phones so I have a reasonable basis for comparison.

The good:
1) The TF700T is stylish & very well made.
2) The screen is amazing. At least as good as our iPad2.

The bad:
1) Sound: the speakers are poorly place and the volume is very low. ASUS should examine the Kindle HD and see how sound should be handled. ASUS isn't alone here. It seems most tablets are designed with headphone use over speakers.
2) The battery life is absolutely abysmal. I can literally watch the battery fall while casually browsing the internet. I removed all apps that might use battery power in the background, stop syncing accounts & still get only 4 to 5 hours out of it. The upside is that it charges quickly.
3) The whole tablet sometimes just slows down and I have to reboot or kill running processes. I have a Google Nexus 7 with similar RAM and processor and it NEVER has this problem.
4) WI-Fi. The TF700T right next to my Android phone & Nexus 7 will always have lesser signal strength unless very close to the router.
5) Quality. Less than 2 months since my initial purchase and I have to send my second one back for repair. (Note:I have a quality protective case and it has never left the house. It is used considerably less than my Nexus 7.)
5A) Return 1. The Bluetooth did not work right out of the box. ASUS tech support wanted me to return it to them for warranty repair. Luckily Amazon's 30 day return/replacement policy was still in effect. I had a new one from Amazon in a couple of days.
5B) Return 2. The TF700T just crashed when I woke it from sleep. The lock screen appeared, the device became unresponsive and then just died. ASUS tech support couldn't do anything so I now have to ship to them for repairs. On my dime with an expected return in about 3 weeks.

Bottom line. I wished I had delayed the purchase and gone with the Google Nexus 10.

Update 6/10/13
I did receive the TF700 back from ASUS on time. However, within a couple of weeks the replacement unit died. ASUS tech support again wanted me to ship it back to them on my dime. I was also told that there was a good chance that the part would not be in stock and that it would need to be shipped from overseas. No replacement unit just wait until we get around to getting the part, fixing it, and sending it back. I complained enough that I got a supervisor who arranged for free shipping from ASUS and promised that if it could not be immediately repaired that a new TF700 would be sent out. Everything worked out and I received a new replacement unit within 10 days.

Third time must have been the charm. This unit has performed flawlessly for over 6 months.  The pro/con points above still stand.
1) The screen is amazing. I think it is better than our iPad2.
2) Battery life is still so-so.
3) With Android updates from ASUS the problem of the TF700 slowing down seems to have stopped.

I should mention that the ability to add micro SD storage is a big plus. I have two cards: a 32 GB with music & a 64GB with video. Swapping up is very simple.

I've been satisfied enough that I recently purchased the Dock. Without going into a review of it the dock allows extra battery life, the ability to plug in a USB flash drive or SD card and a full keyboard.

As it stands I'd give my current TF700T a full 5 stars but the initial returns and ASUS support drop it down.
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I have had the device long enough to find that I like pretty much everything except the WiFi radio. First, it seems to suck battery more than the Nexus 7 I owned previously. I find that I must put it in 'airplane' mode when I am not using the network to get decent battery life. Worse, I find that the connection to my local wireless router becomes unresponsive after some amount of use. I find that I have to occasionally toggle the 'airplane' mode to get a good connection again. I don't have to do this often, but enough to be noticeable. Other than this, the device behaves as advertised.
705183
I bought a HP Slate 7 (3400US) with free T-Mobile 200 MB/month. The device itself seems reasonable for the money. Do not expect it to perform like a Nexus 7. We use it for simple games, browsing, email, music, it performs well. I use it over wifi mostly, and even with good internet speed sometimes is slow to render websites. I watched Netflix HD movie, and was happy with the performance. You must have broadband service to get HD quality, obviously.

The problem with this device is that there are not too many accessories (eg. a decent case). I bought a cheap one, it is clunky, but seems to do its job.

I added a total of three users to this device, and each gets to customize it without affecting other users. This is important for me, so my personal information is not accessible to other users, and hopefully you can control what apps my young kids play. JellyBean 4.2.2 Andrioid version is pre-installed, and don't expect to get 4.4 (kitkat) any time soon. HP is slow in pushing these. No wonder they are loosing money.

Note: This does NOT come with a headphone, but that is not a big issue for me.

T-mobile customer service sucked big time, they had not clue about this free offer. On the day I received the tablet, I was playing with the settings and got locked out of the device "SIM disabled. PUK lock required to unlock" or something similar message came up. Telephone support was useless, they directed me to go to store. Store person wanted me to buy a one month data plan so she could activate my tablet with T-mobile. After back and forth, I was able to get a new SIM card, as the SIM itself was locked out. I inserted the new SIM, and tablet started to guide me through the activation process with T-mobile. T-mobile did not ask me for a credit card, sweet! Next day, the tablet said "NO service" and I have live in this area for many years, and I know there is service here. I called T-mobile and once again was disappointed with C. The customer service tried to tell me that I am in a dead spot but looking at the service map online. However, over the last 10 days, I have not had that problem again, even during severe weather.

For the money I paid, $130, it is a no brainer especially when you add the 200 MB/mo free data. I added SQUARE Trade warranty, which I had to use on my Kindle Fire, and they are excellent.

I am adding a 32GB microSD card for movies on the go. Have yet to try Skype, which will be one of the reasons I bough. The camera quality is acceptable to me, albeit it is a bit lower resolution. Again, I look at the price I paid, and so can't complain much. Battery appears to hold well, will find out more when I take it for a road trip.
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I'll make it short and sweet: The Nvidia Shield is not ready for the prime time.

Hear me out. I bought the shield expecting a Roku-like experience. I had read some of the reviews and the hardware specs seemed promising, so I bought it thinking I could finally eliminate my Roku, Chromecast, and media center PC in one fell swoop. Well, I was disappointed. The specs were impressive on paper, but at the end of the day all of it was wasted as there isn't a purposeful software to exploit the horsepower the Shield brings to the table. The Shield is ready, but Android is not.

The hardware: beautiful 4/4
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Let's get something out of the way: Nvidia is a hardware company. This is what they do best. I would be extremely disappointed if I rated this segment anything less than a four, especially with a starting price of $199. The beautifully designed exterior houses a very power Tegra chip that makes the Android experience the fastest I've seen on *any* platform, be it phone, tablet, or otherwise. Hardware is Nvidia domain and they certainly showcase it here. The controller feels a little bulky for my taste. It has a few capacitive buttons at locations they have no business being in, and as a result you lose a certain level of tactile feedback that is especially essential when gaming. The optional controller on the other hand feels and looks sturdy and has a pretty nifty capactive volume bar in the center. The built-in microphone also does a good job of picking up voice commands from a 2-3 feet away.

The UI: snappy but rough: 3/4
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The UI is yet another place where Android TV shows its immaturity. Not a lot of thought has gone into the UI. Apps are laid across horizontally in annoying long rows that make it hard to locate and select what you're looking for. Setting menus look bland and confusing, with various settings strewn all over the place as if the developers couldn't figure out how to categorize them properly.

As far as responsiveness goes, the Tegra processor picks up a lot of the slack in making everything truly fast, despite the fact that all this processing power is wasted on accelerating a poorly thought-out interface

The Apps: nonexistent 1/4
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What apps? Android TV is very much in its infancy, and the Google Play store reflects that. Apart from a random assortment of games, the repository is virtually void of much of the familiar apps you've come to use and love on traditional Android platforms. Forget Facebook,  forget your favorite cable TV streaming app, and forget much of the apps you'll find on the phone/tablet variant of the Google Play store. Apart from a small percentage of well-written apps, much of the store is filled with foreign and downright useless apps.

Gaming/Streaming: 2/4
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This was something that shocked me. I figured, if all else fails, I would at least be able to enjoy 1080p gaming via Nvidia Gamestream. My main PC is a mammoth with an i7 4770k, 32GB RAM, and a 980Ti running through its veins, but there was a definite and noticeable latency between the time I input a command on the controller and I saw it on the screen. It's very subtle, mind you, but if you're doing anything other than casual gaming (solitaire), you WILL notice it and it WILL eat at you like an eyebrow in your eye. Mind you, the connection was running on a low-latency gigabit connection.

Another issue I ran into was that the during a Gamestream session, pressing some combination of buttons on the controller would bring up the Android menu, completely covering the game.

Just be smart and get a $49 Roku stick for now.
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The Nexus 7 can do alot! Especially if you know how to configure it--often not the easest thing to do because of all the "Google Crap" and  the Android op sys. This book needed to include what Google stuff could be deleated and how to work around what you're stuck with.
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When your first tablet is the original Nexus 7 you have high expectations. This fell short in almost every way except it had a larger screen. It's incredibly slow, it had a delayed response to touch, and the image quality was subpar. After the first month or so of owning this, I realized it's pretty much only good for reading my e-books. It finally failed me and could not read or detect any micro SD card. There are much better tablets out there for far better prices. I would pass on this and save yourself the disappointment.
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Overall the phone is grapes I would almost happily order another one if not for the Nexus 6 and it's superb battery life, quality, booming sound and screen. With that said the Nexus 5 is a good phone that's great for medium sized to small-sized hands the biggest gripe with me which is possibly the biggest reason to having a phone is the sound quality is horrible it's hard to listen to calls it's hard to hear the phone ringing and it's hard to hear music essentially this is a death knell
2394079
The tablet is nicely built but it is showing its age.

This tablet is actually slower than Nexus 7 2013.  The Nexus 7 doesn't stutter.
The tablet stutters on playing the Clash of Clan.
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The Nexus 7 seems like good quality, but I returned it because of the following:
-- it is way too small.  My LG G3 phone is just 1.7" smaller, so this was kind of redundant
--The charge lasts a long time, but it takes forever to charge!  And you can't use it until it's almost fully charged, unlike other tablets.
--it makes an annoying "ticking" sound when you tap. I couldn't figure out how to turn this off.

The #1 reason I send it back was that it was too small.
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I got this case right after getting my Nexus 7 for Christmas. I liked how it perfectly although the instructions were a bit vague I figured it out (just slides in and the last two corners clip on).

Overall everything was great until I folded the cover to the back and noticed it went to sleep (I failed to see all of those reviews before I purchased).... I thought of other solutions like magnetic shielding: finding the magnet and placing a small piece of foil or sheet metal over the location on the front so the magnet would only work from one side. I didn't end up having to do this, but if someone else wants to try they should see if this brings them resolution.

I also noticed that my Nexus seemed to have an issue of ghosting images. When I'd have an app open for even a minute or so and going to a dark screen I could still see a faint image of the previous app on the screen. The ghosting didn't go away for a long time and even lasted between charges. It was faint, but still kind of annoying. I researched online and found this is a common problem on these tablets... The fix is to root the device and do a command or exchange for a new one.. I tried everything from factory reset to charging to 100% and discharging... None of this fixed my device so I returned it today for a new one. Upon getting the new one; the ghosting issue is fixed and also the auto-sleep works as expected (only when I close the case normally; not when I fold it back for reading). I also noticed the screen construction on the other tablet was slightly flimsier: it was creak if I'd press around the edges.

The conclusion I've come to is that there are at least two different versions of this tablet on the streets. The earlier batch seems wrought with problems like the ghosting/washed out images/etc, and also the auto-sleep sensor position/construction.

If others have this issue look up and see if you also have slight screen ghosting or washed out images... Your best solution may be backing everything up and returning your tablet for a new one.

The only complaint I have about this case is when the tablet is in landscape mode it tends to slip out of the grooves. Other than that it's a great case!
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I bought the transformer with the keyboard and found that the battery life was great.  I took it to work with full charge and at the end of the day was at 99% battery.  Pretty impressive.  Now I didn't do much but read email but was cool.
Now for the not so great stuff.
The battery on both the transformer and keyboard was completely drained when I took them out of the box. They must have been on the shelf for a long time.
The version of honeycomb that was on it was out of date and was very slow especially web browsing.  I checking for updates in the settings but it said there was no updates.  What the heck?  I went to the Asus website and saw that it was several versions behind.  Again what the heck?  I had to Google on how to do a firmware upgrade.  It turns out I needed a microsd card to perform than manual firmware update.  What the heck?  Once I was able to get a micro sd card and perform the firmware upgrade, it then started to see other firmware updates and I did them.
Now that I was up to date everything should be cool right? NOPE!!
Flash support is great but it doesn't do high-def flash well.  On sites that does both flash and html5, the browser doesn't support html5 so I am stuck with flash??  i want html5 when available.  And there is no easy way of closing an app?  So many time the browser crashes and all I see are the tabs.  I have restart the tablet to clean;y quit the app?  This is the same of slacker and other apps. The calendar crashed on start-up every time.  I was never able to run the calendar app.  And this is a built in app!!!  I have the IOS products and was bored with them so I wanted to like android for all the reasons that people say.  Well you know what?  I gave up.  Sent it back.  My ipad was boring but it does what it does really well.
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My $75 Galaxy On5 works throughout my apartment, has a nicer screen, and the battery lasts a couple of days.  At first I thought the Nexus was not configured correctly as it didn't get any signal at all - then I realized it did work fine if I was outside or stood by the window in the apartment.
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It's a power house with too much sacrifice.  By far the biggest drawback is the absence of 4G LTE antenna, which is a problem if you use location services like maps (it can't do google maps well, and it never will).  The data/location/voice service is very so-so because of the weak antenna with fewer bands.  Also, the touchscreen is not highly responsive, and you'll find yourself stubbornly fighting with it at times.  Other than that, I do like the processing power and storage space, runs games and most apps without blinking, and the look is really nice, but...  I feel like I just bought a cheap tablet, not a useful phone I can use out in the field.
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Note Haven't bought this yet but pretty sure this is the one for my wife rather than another Nexus from Google. Here is why and why you should conder the Kindle over the Nexus.

I have and use the Nexus 10 by Samsung. Top quality, great product and all, its the programing from Google that has become an issue and why I decided to get my wife a Kindle Fire instead of the Nexus 7.

Here's the problem. Bought mine for traveling, watching movies, listening to music on plane. Just found out this week that my music library that I own and downloaded via Google Play to the Nexus now does not work. Here is the deal and they are cagey about this.
You can download your own library and play it IF YOU ARE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

That has changed. Now if you want to here the music on the plane or anywhere like the beach and there is no internet connection, YOU MUST PURCHASE GOOGLES MUSIC SUBSCRIPTION. What a rip off. I bought the nexus, bought the music and they have the Gaul to now want me to pay to use the Nexus I purchased and listen to music I own.  No way. Just say no to that.

Just found out while on the plane that my extensive music library