Hi everyone. Does anyone know if we can use an android device's physical keyboard as a bluetooth keyboard for the Nexus 7?
I have a droid 4, and it would be extremely handy to be able to type emails using my droid 4's keyboard, and have the entire nexus 7 screen dedicated to remote desktop.
Thank you! And sorry if this has already been discussed (I can't find it on here)
You could try Droidmote but it's over WiFI.
I think this is what you're looking for.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS50b3VybmVzb2wudGFibGV0cmVtb3RlIl0.
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Hello everyone!
I have been a proud owner of a Samsung Galaxy S i9000 for almost 2 years (haha, proud owner...), and Asus Transformer Prime for 5 months (actually a pretty awesome device). I have just recently decided to sell both of these (getting a very amazing price for both) and deciding to go all Nexus, since I have been told that Nexus devices are the first to get updates and are generally the best investment.
Now, I am planning to buy the Galaxy Nexus and the Nexus 7 tablet. I have the following questions for both devices. Please reply with respect to each device:
- Can I transfer files from my PC to these devices, just like I have been able to do so with my previous devices?
- Do these devices have the same Android file management? I.e on my previous devices it was neccessary for me to make several different folders in my documents folder corresponding to my courses, and then transfer files such as PDFs, docs, pics etc. to them. Can I do the same with these devices? And also open them with some sort of file manager?
- Do these devices support TV-out? One of my biggest need for previous devices was Netflix streaming, and sometimes downloading torrents (hey don't look at me, Netflix's collection sucks ) and then playing them back to my TV. Can I do this with these devices?
And also need just a general opinion; I really only had the following combined primary uses of my devices: Web Browsing, Calls, Texts, PDFs notes, Games, and Netflix/movie playback onto my TV. Do you think with these two Nexus babies, would I be able to do all of these tasks?
Nexus devices are fantastic. after the nexus one i never looked back.
1) the galaxy nexus and the nexus 7 are MTP devices so yes.
2) yes they do. just use a file manager like es file explorer. of course you will need to be rooted to have full functionality though.
3) shouldn't be a problem with a rooted galaxy nexus but so far it's a no go for the nexus 7...we'll see...
you won't regret having both devices.
Crazypinoy9 said:
Nexus devices are fantastic. after the nexus one i never looked back.
1) the galaxy nexus and the nexus 7 are MTP devices so yes.
2) yes they do. just use a file manager like es file explorer. of course you will need to be rooted to have full functionality though.
3) shouldn't be a problem with a rooted galaxy nexus but so far it's a no go for the nexus 7...we'll see...
you won't regret having both devices.
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Thank you for your prompt reply. Just one thing; Why do I need to root the Galaxy Nexus in order to use TV-out? And is MTP confirmed on Nexus 7?
So, if all goes well and I get my hands on these, I will use Galaxy Nexus for Calls, SMS, Camera, casual web browsing, music, and Netflix/TV-out and Nexus 7 for PDF notes, heavy web browsing, Skype, Documents, and emails. That sounds fair enough for these devices?
rooting the device will not give you tv-out =( only use of USB drives
Now that a new semester of school is on the horizon, I realized that I need a physical keyboard in order to be productive with my Nexus 7. I was wondering if anyone has tried any keyboards that worked well with a 7" tablet ?
Plenty of discussions in the ACCESSORIES subforum.
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I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the vitalsource bookshelf app on the nexus 7. I am looking to buy a tablet specifically for use with this app because I need something for my study materials, but the reviews of the app are poor. It seems like a hardware hog so I figure that the Nexus 7 should be able to run it fairly smoothly but don't want to drop $250 to find out the app still sucks on it. Obviously I get to keep the tablet as a toy after...
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Hello, my college uses Vitalsource Bookshelf as well.
However, back when i was using it on Android, I had a galaxy tab 10.1. It did not run very well on that tablet, so I ended up trading it for what I could get...which was actually a windows tablet lol.
The reason the galaxy tab 10.1 was so bad is because vitalsource is a very resource heavy application and the tab 10.1 couldn't really handle it.
I think the Nexus 7 would handle it much better (I have no experience with it personally, just with the app). It has two more cores and a much better processor than my tablet had.
Go for it dude, worst case scenario is you gotta send it back for a refund right?
PoorCollegeGuy said:
Hello, my college uses Vitalsource Bookshelf as well.
However, back when i was using it on Android, I had a galaxy tab 10.1. It did not run very well on that tablet, so I ended up trading it for what I could get...which was actually a windows tablet lol.
The reason the galaxy tab 10.1 was so bad is because vitalsource is a very resource heavy application and the tab 10.1 couldn't really handle it.
I think the Nexus 7 would handle it much better (I have no experience with it personally, just with the app). It has two more cores and a much better processor than my tablet had.
Go for it dude, worst case scenario is you gotta send it back for a refund right?
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Thanks for the input. I searched "google nexus 7 and vitalsource bookshelf" and your post on XDA came up from early September which is why I was hoping you had found an answer. Unfortunately I didn't have enough posts to post in the developer forum.
This is a question, so you actually put it in the correct forum. If you'd put this in the development forum, you likely would've gotten only responses about how you're not supposed to post this kind of stuff there.
No problem on the input. If I could've gotten a Nexus 7 when I traded my Gtab away I probably would've but no big deal, my tablet runs it so I'm a happy camper.
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Hello All-
I was wondering if anyone has any experience with the vitalsource bookshelf app on the nexus 7. I am looking to buy a tablet specifically for use with this app because I need something for my study materials, but the reviews of the app are poor. It seems like a hardware hog so I figure that the Nexus 7 should be able to run it fairly smoothly but don't want to drop $250 to find out the app still sucks on it. Obviously I get to keep the tablet as a toy after...
Any insights appreciated
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I know, really old thread but what did you end up getting to run bookshelf? I have a daughter in grade school who has to use the exact same program for her books and it's a nightmare to use on a Nook Color (it hangs, crashes, and when it does work it's slow as hell).
It sounds like it's a poorly coded app that really doesn't work right on anything correctly so does anyone know of an alternate program to view these books? This forum seems to be all about workarounds, maybe somebody has something.
is there any bluetooth keyboard case for the nexus 7. I don't care if it is not made by Asus but has anyone bought one that they thought was good?
If so can you please provide a link. I am planning to use my Nexus 7 for typing notes in school. What is my best option. I want something that is contained in a case.
Thanks
Does the device with android 4.2 need to have a special chip set to do the new wireless HDMI out? Also what is this adapter that I need? I can't find very much information on this, seems like I'm the only one excited about this...
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I would hold off on buying an adapter.It seems only the nexus 4 gets miracast from the 4.2 update.Maybe one day we will see it on the N7 but for now nobody has shown it working on anything.
James-NC said:
I would hold off on buying an adapter.It seems only the nexus 4 gets miracast from the 4.2 update.Maybe one day we will see it on the N7 but for now nobody has shown it working on anything.
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Actually its been done using a Raspberry Pi