Same here. The fact that I can slide the Nexus into an inside jacket pocket makes it so much more practical than the iPad, which you have to explicitly carry.

I bought a Nexus 7 for dev purposes, and I also use it more now than my iPad (3rd gen), mostly due to the size. It's a lot easier to hold for long periods of time.

But truthfully, all the Nexus 7 really did was make me want an iPad mini, because the device itself is very frustrating. Reading a PDF? Half the screen is a garbly mess since only one page gets rendered nicely. Drives me nuts.

Even Chrome (which runs plenty fast) has a terrible time recognizing taps on links. I find myself tapping, and tapping, and tapping, and finally, it does something.

I'm ordering an iPad mini for personal usage, and expect it to sell crazy numbers of units, if my experience is at all typical. The size difference is so important that for a month now I've put up with crappy UX even as my larger iPad was in arm's reach.

Also, every iPad I've bought has had cellular; I'm surprised Google doesn't offer that for extra $$$ on the Nexus 7. The only place I do use my iPad now is in the car, and the iPad mini (with LTE) will replace both devices.

I dunno, I like Chrome's zoom tap ability, which activates when the tap covers too many inputs.

It's much nicer than accidently hitting a link, then have to hit back after a second or two.

Agreed, that feature's great.

What's annoying is when it doesn't pick up taps on links that stand alone, which is the case, on, e.g. HN. The tap "targeting" for Chrome seems particularly poor.

I was disappointed in PDFs at first too; install an alternate app, they don't have the same issue.

Google is supposedly releasing a new Nexus tablet with cellular in next week's event. I would wait to see what they come out with before buying an iPad mini.

My reaction was "I want a giant phone." I love reading with it and it's the perfect size to hold but it's an ironically poor size for typing. Too small to use with more than two fingers (like an ipad) and too big to type like a phone. Maybe the ipad mini's extra inch makes it a little more typing friendly (for people with smaller fingers).

My GF loves her Note 2. Of course she carries it in a bag, but if you want a giant phone, that's the one to go for.

I tend to grip my Nexus 7 with my left hand and use all the fingers on my right to type. It's faster than typing on a phone and I find it easier than trying to grip with 2 hands and thumb-type.

For a phone I want the exact opposite. Give me an iPod Nano sized phone and I would be extremely happy.

Me too. The trend towards bloat-phones is very frustrating, because they seem to be replacing smaller phones rather than being offered as an alternative...

It's called a Samsung Note.

I feel the same, and was excited when the Nexus 7 was released.

But no LTE on a portable device is just ridiculous. I'm going to jump on the iPad mini as soon as it releases.

I'm not sure how representative of any market I am, but Google could have had me as a customer from day 1 if they had had LTE on the Nexus; instead, I'll be giving more money to Apple.

There are rumours that one of the devices to be released on October 29th will include a 3G Nexus 7.

Yeah but by October 29th I'll have an iPad mini pre-ordered :)

Don't you also have a phone? I can 1-click tether my Nexus 7 to my iPhone (which is always on me). In fact that is how I'm composing this reply. It doesn't seem necessary for every device to have its own cellular connection when they're so easy to network.

Not everyone has network service plans that are tether-friendly :(

Upgrading to one that is will generally be cheaper than paying for a second device.

I manage to rely on the fact that there's a wi-fi enabled coffee shop every few yards or so, but I guess not everyone lives in Seattle.

Unless carriers start offering me several SIMs on one account then I'm not going to pay twice for mobile data.

It's a couple of taps to tether to my phone. I'm already paying for a mobile connection and I can't use two accounts at once.

I love my Nexus 7. I have multiple Windows Phone, iOS and Android devices (and develop for all three), but for me, the shared, non-sandboxed file system on Android is the huge productivity win (despite the security risks). It's very easy to copy files in and out using SMB, ftp, Dropbox, etc. and then use them in apps. Intents for different data types are also mostly a win for Android compared to iOS URL schemes, though Windows 8 / Store 'contracts' are pretty well-designed.

Yeah... this is exactly why I sold my ipad 2 and just got a new 11" macbook air to pair w/ my Nexus.