And we have some Gen 1's that are great too. We tried a few other than Google tablets and found oddities that made development harder. So we removed all those from developer setups, and only pull those out for testing.
For dev work, a Gen 1 will do fine.
Bob
Hi. I'm looking for a nice tablet around $100-$200... I want to use it mostly as an e-reader and as test platform for developing...I want to get into android. I Live outside of US, and I don't have a credit card to buy stuff online, so Online shopping is out of the question.
Anyway, on my quest I found :
LG G pad 8.3 (~US$250)
Nexus 7 2nd Gen (~US$200)
Asus Fonepad FE170 (~US$112)
Asus Fonepad FE375 (~US$190)
Among these 4, Nexus 7 is the most praised, I have tested it personally (a friend's), and is in my budget (~$200), but I'm afraid that it might not stood against the year...It's a 2013 tablet, and I'm going to use it in 2015. It seems to be the best option, though. I have no interest in phablets nor >8" tablets, so nexus 9 is not in my radar. (too pricey anyway).
Sorry for the long post, I'm just confused. so is the Nexus 7 still the best budget tablet for 2015?

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