With the Venue 7, Dell makes their play in an increasingly congested 7-inch Android tablet market. Is it a compelling impulse buy at $149, or are you better served spending more on a competitor device from Samsung or Google GOOG +0.98%?
Out of the box one thing immediately impressed me: The Venue 7 packs vanilla Android, with the sole exception of the pre-installed (and non-removable) PocketCloud. No overlays or custom UI tweaks here, which brings instant familiarity. Oddly, it ships with 4.2.2 Jellybean which feels outdated at this point. I’m not expecting Kit Kat, but a step up to 4.3 Jellybean — especially in light of the pure Android experience — would have been appreciated. (At the time of publication no system updates were available.)
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