Reasons not to buy a Nexus 7 Video

Reasons not to buy a Nexus 7 Video Transcript

Forget the iPad. The hottest tablet on CNET right now is the Google Nexus 7. It has the price of a Kindle Fire, and features like NFC, Google Wallet, and Android 4.1, that other tablets just don�t offer. But if you have no business buying a new gadget right now, I�m here to talk you down. In this episode of Top 5, I have the best reasons to skip the Nexus 7 and wait for something better. Starting off the list at #5: no rear camera. Personally, I don�t get why people want to take pictures with their tablet, but people are doing it. Like, a disturbing amount of people. If Apple comes out with an iPad Mini this year, you know it�s gonna have a rear camera. At #4: There�s no video output. That pretty much rules this thing out for giving presentations or hooking Angry Birds up to your TV. You could spend $300 on a Nexus Q for the privilege of wirelessly beaming a sliver of your tablet content to your TV, but that�s $100 more than the price of the tablet. Plus, the Q kinda looks like it will eat your children when you�re not looking. Still not convinced? How about #3: no Adobe Flash support. Adobe is giving up on Flash for Mobile and, as of Android 4.1, Android is giving up on Flash. And yet, there�s still a ton of Flash content out there on the web. Maybe what you really want is a killer Windows 8 tablet. At #2: there�s no cellular data option. Wi-Fi is great around the house, but a lot of people want the same pay-as-you-go data coverage offered on the iPad. But hey, at least it�s a refreshing change from all those 3G Honeycomb tablets that came on contract. Now, before we get to #1, let�s take a look at CNET�s list of Top Budget Tablets. Who would have guessed that the iPad would be facing so much competition from $200 tablets. As for the non-iPad tablets priced at $500 and up ...I hear they�ve started a support group. Poor bastards. Alright, and now, the #1 reason not to buy a Nexus 7: there�s no memory expansion. Considering that this was everyone�s biggest complaint on the Kindle Fire, you�d think Google would have thrown it in. And that extra $50 you�ll spend for the 16GB model won�t take away the sting when Samsung throws down a version with a microSD card slot any day now. So there you go, hopefully I�ve tempered your Nexus 7 enthusiasm just enough to help you make a sound decision. It�s still a very cool tablet, so be sure to check out Eric Franklin�s full review of the Nexus 7 over on CNET. For more Top 5�s like these, head over to Top5.CNET.com. We�re also on your TiVo now in HD. I�m Donald Bell, thanks for watching.