Top widgets for the Nexus 7

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    Beautiful Widgets

    The top two widgets in this screen are both from Beautiful Widgets, which allows customization of the clock and weather info on the home screen.

    There are hundreds of free skins to download within the settings to make your Nexus 7 home screen your own.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    Beautiful Widgets

    Beautiful Widgets handles screen rotation beautifully, as demonstrated in this landscape screen. 

    Note that home screen rotation was possible due to the Ultimate Rotation app.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    Fancy Widgets

    Another clock/weather widget is Fancy Widgets. While not as many skins are available as in Beautiful Widgets, this one is quite good for customizing the appearance of the Nexus 7 home screen.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    Flipboard

    Many Android apps install widgets for use on the home screen, and the Flipboard widget is a great way to keep up with what is important to you.

    It can be set to automatically refresh at a specified interval or set to manual refresh by tapping the icon on the widget.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    Beautiful Widgets

    There are many whimsical skins available for Beautiful Widgets such as this Blackboard skin used on both the clock and weather widgets.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    Friendcaster Pro

    The Friendcaster app is a Facebook app replacement that takes good advantage of the big Nexus 7 screen. It installs a widget that works nicely for keeping up with Facebook friends on the home screen.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    HD Widgets

    Another clock/weather widget for the Nexus 7, HD Widgets is my favorite as it has several different sizes to choose from.

    Everything on this widget is customizable to make it just right. HD Widgets handles screen rotation nicely, as demonstrated in this and the following screen.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    HD Widgets- landscape orientation

    Here is the same HD Widget from the last screen rotated into landscape. The rotation was made possible on the Nexus 7 by the Ultimate Rotation app.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    Google+

    The Google+ app on Android is wonderful, and it installs this widget which is a great way to keep up with the world on the Nexus 7.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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    FlightTracker Pro

    The FlightTracker app is the best way to keep up with upcoming flights, and the Pro version syncs with TripIt.

    The app installs this widget which is a wonderful way to keep up with flights for frequent travelers.

    Looks like I need to get traveling.

    Caption by: James Kendrick

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Android means widgets, and the large, high-res display of the Nexus 7 is tailor-made for them. These are some good widgets to put on your Nexus 7 home screens. Widgets are great on the Nexus 7 due to the Jelly Bean version of Android, which allows resizing any widget to fit the way you prefer.

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Beautiful Widgets

The top two widgets in this screen are both from Beautiful Widgets, which allows customization of the clock and weather info on the home screen.

There are hundreds of free skins to download within the settings to make your Nexus 7 home screen your own.

Caption by: James Kendrick

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