I agree. The screen is set up wrong
This is the first, and so far only, problem I noticed with mine.
The screen is washed out. I tried reducing the brightness but it made no difference. There is a world of difference in the contrast and colour rendition of the Nexus 7 compared to my Galaxy S2. The colours are richer on the S2 and black text on a white background has a much better contrast. On the Nexus this appears as grey text on a white background.
I don't have any of the other problems though (yet).