The monochrome, sunlight-readable displays remain largely synonymous with e-readers, but they're moving into other devices large and small.
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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