[Discuss] Google's Nexus 7

[tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)]

The Nexus 7 and The Cloud Commit Conundrum: Google Wins (For Now)
http://battellemedia.com/archives/2012/07/the-nexus-7-and-the-cloud-commit-conundrum-google-wins-for-now.php?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nexus-7-and-the-cloud-commit-conundrum-google-wins-for-now

  ...your choice of tablet or phone is about much more than feeds and
  speeds or features and prices (for all that, see this Engadget
  review). It becomes a choice about what kind of a company you want as
  a partner in your digital life. Will the company let you export your
  data easily to other services? Will it be transparent about how your
  data is used? Will it have the guts to stand up to bad actors, whether
  they be governments or other corporations? Will the company create
  dashboards where you can see, edit, delete, and contest how your data
  is displayed?

  In short, will the company be a good partner in your digital life? If
  you're going to upload your digital doppelganger into this company's
  servers, can you trust it? I call this choice the "Cloud Commit
  Conundrum,"...

  For now, I'll just say this: while Google is far from perfect on any
  number of fronts, it comes far closer than any other in embracing a
  philosophy that I feel I can trust when it comes to the cloud
  commitment conundrum.
  [...]
  I'm not a hardcore tablet user, but I might become one thanks to this
  device. I found the iPad to be too large and heavy to use comfortably
  in casual situations (like reading in bed, for example), and too
  limited to use as a replacement for my laptop. By comparison, the
  Nexus 7 is just the right size for use anywhere - it's very similar in
  size to my daughter's Kindle Fire, but lighter.