“The Playground is Open” – Google’s Nexus 7 Takes a Seat on the Homepage

• I dont want one but I want this ad off my home page.

• so how do i get rid of the ad????

  • Use Chrome. Never visit Google.com?

• Mini Ipad October

• It even shows up with my custom background. Usually that stuff doesnt

• can’t see it,

• I love how Google used a “scroll bounce back” animation as the N7 floats up from the bottom, as if to say, “SUCK IT, APPLE!!”

• This same discussion is up on Gizmodo. They are such hates and remind me of my little 2 yo always whining on what others are doing. Give it a rest Gizmodo…

• I want one but I don’t want to see it every time I launch of the page. Blocked it with Adblock in Chrome.

• I just bought my 16 GB from Staples online today as they were back in stock. Yay, free shipping! Boo paying sales tax:(

• I hope Google doesn’t start making advertisement this graphical on their homepage…

  As much as I love the Nexus 7, I don’t want anything but text banners for advertisements…

  • That was my first impression as well, a little put-off to see an advertisement on the Google homepage. But I think that in this case, I’m actually OK with it. Google isn’t making any money from selling the N7 (and might actually be losing a little at first, and I don’t know how they’re going to recoup the upfront costs). They designed and built it solely so that more people could afford a nice tablet.
    The only people this really hurts are companies that sell crappy tablets cheap, and companies that sell nice tablet for a lot more.

• I found several Nexus 7 tablets at my local Walmart Saturday, shocked to actually see any at all, I quickly grabbed an employee to unlock the case, bought it and am LOVING IT!!!

• I would never have seen it if it weren’t for you guys. I search Google through Chrome so I never go to the Google homepage.

• Are you sure that is a Nexus tab? It looks like an iPad.

• Can you use Microsoft Word on this thing?

  • Great comment, Corky.

• Still debating on getting one. Or maybe i shouldn’t……decisions decisions…

  • Oh no, you definitely should. It’s completely worth it for gamers, developers, and web browsers all alike.

• 有对我有用的，转到QQ空间了，嘿嘿

• The Nexus 7 link has been there before. I don’t remember the picture being there though.

• Anyone Notice the free $25 in play store money when you purchase one? I am highly debating it.

  • That’s been the case since it came out. I think you can still get the Transformers Dark of the Moon movie for free still as well.

  • What do you mean by saying you’re debating it, the tablet or if you will get the $25 credit? If you’re debating getting the tablet, go for it. I got the 16GB version and I couldn’t be happier. I have had zero issues with the tablet and it was completely worth the money. Also you will get a $25 Google Play Store credit when you first sign in on the Nexus 7 and the third Transformers movie will be added to you account.

    • You also get a few free magazines and a free e-book of the latest Bourne Novel.

    • only reaosn im debating is I already have a Xoom, grnated its older and outadated, but i have LTE and its running JB. Don’t know if i really want 2 tablets at this point

  • Mmm…Play Money….

• Google Nexus 7 FTFW!

  • Whoever disliked my comment owes me an apology. Now!

• OMG IT USES THE BOUNCE BACK!!!! NOOOO! sue sue!!

• Hopefully I’ll be getting mine tomorrow.

  I didn’t even notice it this morning, since I keep my browser window pretty small.

• I want one so bad. Screw the mortgage payment!

• As if they weren’t already hard to get a hold of, I went to Staples the yesterday to grab a new work PC, and overheard an employee telling a customer the shipment they received Sunday had already sold out.

  • Damn…still sellin’ out like coke! Or wait, I meant hot cakes…yes, hot cakes…

    • I think Coke sells faster than coke.

      • You can say that again. hahah

• Until Android supports gotomypc I can’t buy their tablet unfortunately, I have to still use the ipad and I hate apple 🙁

  • GoToMyPC has android tablet support

    • Yep it does. Right here: http://goo.gl/GO9Lr

    • However, the Nexus 7 is not supported. This app won’t work with the N7

• I just got my Nexus 7 on Saturday and I freakin love this thing! Anybody have any recommendations for ROMs?

  • ParaAndroid. Tablet mode FTW

    • Thanks, that’s actually the main one I was considering, looks awesome.

    • This. ParanoidAndroid is amazing especially on a 7 inch tablet.

  • BAMF Paradigm works really well.

• What a great way to market the best tablet on the market. By placing it square in the middle of the most used search engine on the internet.

  Genius

  • Good thing Google doesn’t have to pay for advertizing. 😉

  • I think it is only for certain countries, which makes sense. I am in Argentina and I can’t see it, even when I go to Google.com and not Google.com.ar. I also only have a super limited view of the Play Store here….

• I wonder how many iOS users have Google set as their homepage 🙂

  • Haha! I defintely wonder. It’s funny that Siri uses Google to search for images =)…

    • What are they supposed to use?

      • well since Apple went with their own Maps app and not Google Maps, you’d think they’d make their own search engine.

        • They already came out a year or two ago and said they have no plans to enter the Internet search area.

        • @GazaIan:disqus You are correct. I should have said: you’d think they’d at least intergrate the results into Siri itself rather than open up a Google Images in the browser.

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