I keep coming across horrible articles trying to compare Google's Nexus 7 to Apple's new iPad and Microsoft's Surface tablets (among others). This Washington Post's article (http://wapo.st/LDDk4B) is a prime example (FYI, I posted the comment from FakeDude2).
The Nexus 7 is aimed squarely at the less-expensive, smaller 7" tablet market; not the entire tablet market. Adding the Apple iPad, the Microsoft Corp's Surface and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 (all 10"+ tablets) to these reviews is akin to adding a Ford F-150 truck, a Chevy Silverado truck and a Dodge Ram truck when comparing trunk space/towing capacity for sub-compact cars. Plus they're all at least twice the price (given the Surface's expected MSRP).
Out of the remaining devices (Nexus 7, Kindle Fire, Nook Color and the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0), the Nexus 7 has the *fastest* processor, the *highest* resolution and the *largest* application store. The only device that might prove a worthy contender is the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, despite having a lower screen resolution, and only because it has a microSD slot and a (albeit weak) rear camera. But with cloud-based storage easily available and almost no one taking still pictures with a tablet of any size, these features shouldn't affect the Nexus 7's ability to become the 7" tablet market sweetheart.
I, for one, am seriously considering getting both the Nexus 7 tablet and the Galaxy Nexus phone. Check them out here: (http://www.google.com/nexus).
