http://mailing.enews.pcmag.com/read/archive?id=25453&mid=1121969

Not to imply that I think PCMag has any particular genius in its vetting of tablets.

On a related note, I finally picked up “Our Favorite Webmaster’s” recommended Nexus 7 “sight unseen” – because apparently no bricks and mortor retailer actually carries the thing, and what I find is that our webmaster’s hysterics on the issue is way overblown.  The Nexus 7 has not suddenly become my favorite tablet, for the simple reason that I hate how books, including PG books, appear on its screen.  I don’t like “lightweight” fonts, such as the Nexus 7 and the IPads have – I prefer heavier looking fonts, such as printed out by HP laserjet printers.

Further, I do not in practice find the Nexus 7 to be “less locked down” than Kindles say.  Unfortunately all tablet manufacturers seen to be playing “lock down” games.

The bottom line, IMHO, is that one needs to actually get a tablet into one’s dirty hands, and actually be able to read books on that tablet, preferably PG books, in order to make an informed sensible decision of what to buy.  I suggest the actual reading experience is probably going to trump other aspects of tablet marketing and design for the typical PG activist.

The goods news is that now I have a Nexus 7 Google has ended its BS embargo on letting me download and read books from the Google Books “digitized from your local public university and then destroyed” collection.