Needs additional storage such as a SD card slot!

@ Max - It seems more and more common to not add any expandable storage option. :(
That said, this has some impressive specs...I might just buy it on Black Friday...if it's priced right.

I agree with Max. SD card access is a brilliant differentiator. I am gobsmacked that Google did not see fit to add it. Had they, it would have been game over for Ipad.
"Oh look - for an extra $100 I have access to Itunes".
Really?....................

Agree entirely about the lack of SD Storage. This is purely to allow manufacturers to charge a substantial premium for modest amounts of additional memory. I won't buy into it - the reason I ended a long run of buying HTC phones when they handicapped the HTC One-X by omitting additional storage. Fortunately Samsung didn't try the same trick with the S3 but I wonder whether they'll follow their clients Google with future models?

The author's comment, "For many shoppers, the most important category will be price." is not true. If that were true then all of the millions of iPad, iPhone, iPod buyers would have bought the cheaper knockoffs.
The fact remains that Apple has done such a great job of integrating their products together with superior IOS and services as a package deal that is difficult for the others to compete.
There's always going to be somebody cheaper or bigger or faster - but when combined - the iPad/iPhone/iPod is simply the best.

There's really nothing to compare here. One is overpriced with average spec's, the other is under priced with better spec's. Now which one did I want to buy again???...

I agree, not having an SD card or mini-USB is a deal breaker for both Ipad and Nexus. What about GPS? It would have been interesting to include Windows8 Surface with this review.

I was reading the article with enthusiasm when I read that it's available upto 32 gb. Maybe they will release the 64 gb version later. Still for anyone who have used the ipad and it's quality apps, I think the ipad will still remain in a league of its own, unlike the iphone. I am a regular HTC android fan. No this won't touch the ipad yet unless Apple makes a serious mistake like they did with the iphone.

Apple devices software just works, no antivirus is needed, companies need to work on the software rather than the hardware, a human is a vegetable without software.

Wow, I mean why is everyone so obsessed with microSD? For me, the nexus 10's 300dpi AMOLED screen is worth more than anything I've seen. Also, Exynos 5 which supposedly have destroyed many A9 based chips-A6X no exception- is definitly an amzing accomplishment. If you want additional storage, grab an OTG cable, a decent 256gb flash drive only the size of you thumb, and you have all the storage you possibly need! Not to mention free 50gb storage in GDrive.
"Apple devices just works" Well, newsflash for you, Android works too. I don't know why someone like you clearly never used an Android is making a comment like that. Also, iOS is not virus free, anymore. Any OS is susceptible to virus, ANY! The reason that there is more virus for PC and Linux is because they have larger user base.