Tablets

Nexus 10

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TechRadar rating
4.5/5

For


• Powerful processor


• High-res screen


• Android 4.2


Against


• No 3G/4G option


• No expandable storage


• Muted colours for media


Google's budget tablet range gets a new big brother

Media is the lifeblood of any tablet so we'll say it straight off - the Google Nexus 10 does not disappoint in thatregard. Google Play will always be the first stop for media consumption. You can rent and buy movies and there's a respectable selection on offer. There are also thousands of books available to download.
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Movies and books each have their own dedicated apps too, in the form of Play Movies and Play Books. These are primarily players, but there are also links in them to the relevant parts of GooglePlay for all your purchasing needs, and they work really well.
The Play Movies app displays images of all your side-loaded videos, along with information, such as the run time and a synopsis. It also displays suggestions for things to buy or rent - that may or may not be a good thing depending on your outlook, but it's not very intrusive.
The Google Nexus 10 can also support a wide range ofcodecs, with anything from MP4 to H.264 to DivX playing happily on the device. We even got some AVIs chugging away on here, so you'll be fully stocked in a way Apple can't / won't manage on the new iPad 4.
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Once you actually play a video you get a progress bar along the bottom which you can drag or tap to move to different points in the video; tapping the video itself will pause it and an iconat the top right allows you to share it to supported services, such as YouTube.
It's a basic set of options but it covers the important stuff. More importantly HD videos look stunning on the Nexus 10 and they sound pretty good too, as even the internal speakers can reach a respectable volume, and being forward-facing mean the tablet can be happily used without headphones (as long as nobody elseis around to annoy).
You're not limited to the stock player either, as there are dozens more available from Google Play, many of which are a lot more fully featured.

Movie Studio and YouTube

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A 'Movie Studio' app also comes pre-installed and this lets you create video projects by filming or importing videos, then splicing them together, cutting bits and adding images and music or othersounds. It doesn't allow much depth, but again there are other video editors available to download, some of which are free.
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There's also a dedicated YouTube app included with the Nexus 10, putting the entire YouTube library at your fingertips. This is nothing unusual as most phones and tablets come with a YouTube app, but it's quick, easy to navigate and gives you yet another way toconsume media.
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There are so many other video apps available to download though. For example there's a Netflix app on Google Play, which gives you full access to the streaming service on your tablet - assuming you have an account.
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Play Books is pretty similar to Play Movies in terms of its features. There's an attractive display of all your books when you open it. Tapping on any of themwill take you to the point you last read up to and let you continue reading.
Once again the high resolution screen makes this a joy, as text is crisp and clear. You can read in portrait or landscape and reading in landscape gives a great impression of a real book, with two pages visible at once. You swipe to turn the page and an attractive page-turn transition accompanies it.
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You can havebooks read aloud, change the typeface and font size, add bookmarks and notes and more. As with most other things on Android you're not limited to the stock reader either, there are all sorts of others available from Google Play, including Kobo and Kindle, which have their own bookstores attached.
The Nexus 10 size, however, is not the most conducive to reading, as it's rather large and the...