On the given away Nexus 7 tablet from Google I/O 2012, there are 28 preloaded apps (including the Google Wallet, it got installed later in an update). Here is the list of apps that can be used by user when there is not network connection.
1. Calculator
2. Clock
3. Downloads
4. Earth (some features would need network connection)
5. Gallery (some features, such as sharing or sending, would need network connection)
6. Gmail （Gmail could work offline allowing user to check downloaded email)
7. Latitude (It would ask user to log into Google account, but user can skip it to view map)
8. Local (partially, user can view map, but not search)
9. Map (partially, user can view map, but some other features would not work without network connection)
10.Navigation (partially)
11. People (partially)
12.Play Music (partially, for files on device)
13. Play Books (for downloaded books, but would need a Google account)
14. Play Magazines (for downloaded magazines, but need a Google account)
So part of those preloaded apps would not fully work if there is not network connections,
these reloaded apps are heavily rely on network connection for user to use,
which means the data user would like to use is totally online, either provided by Google or other content and/or service providers.
But this model of Nexus 7 is Wi-Fi only version.
For users on the way without Wi-Fi hotspot to use,
this tablet is not very useful.
Even though there would public Wi-Fi network allowing users to get online,
users would have concerns of privacy, because the types of data and services they would be used via those preloaded apps.
It would be much better if Google is going to provide a model that can use wireless data services provide by carriers/operators.
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