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Hi. First does anyone have any insight on the Diamond vs the x7501 (Pros & Cons so I can make up my mind) I have a 7501 that's 3 months old. It has the normal keyboard scratches from opening and closing. I have had a "Clear Protector" screen cover since new so there are absolutely no scratches on glass, has never been dropped or near water or rain. I have the original box with all paperwork and acc. I will sell it with all accessories including 4gb SD card, extra battery, docking station that charges phone and extra battery, 4 in 1 cable, 3 cases including a metal one that's brand new, car charger and extra stylus's. Anyone interested Plz email me. I will send pic's to interested parties...TJ
TrekkerJmm said:
Hi. First does anyone have any insight on the Diamond vs the x7501 (Pros & Cons so I can make up my mind) I have a 7501 that's 3 months old. It has the normal keyboard scratches from opening and closing. I have had a "Clear Protector" screen cover since new so there are absolutely no scratches on glass, has never been dropped or near water or rain. I have the original box with all paperwork and acc. I will sell it with all accessories including 4gb SD card, extra battery, docking station that charges phone and extra battery, 4 in 1 cable, 3 cases including a metal one that's brand new, car charger and extra stylus's. Anyone interested Plz email me. I will send pic's to interested parties...TJ
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In my opinion keep it!
The Diamond is a very nice device but it cant come close to what an athena can do, not to mention the screen size!
If however you like a smaller device and the screen size is not of a cocern to you then you should get the HTC touch pro instead of the Diamond! It has by far better specs and also a keyboard, video out, flash light for the camera, sd card slot and last but not least 288 mb of ram!
I have seen a video of the touch pro in action and it is much much faster then the diamond, as you probably know diamond has some difficulty handling the touch flo3d, and it becomes very slow after a while! That is not the case with the touch pro however, from what I have seen!
Hope this helps!
Hi and thank you for your valued opinion. I will look into the "Touch" to see if it is what I'm looking for. I also heard about the "Lag" with the Diamond and that concerns me...TJ
Has anyone tried fitting the Diamond battery and battery cover onto the Raphael? If so how much size did you save, and could you post some pics showing off the slimmer width?
the camera part of the phone is as wide as it is. A new battery or cover wont reduce that. The TP cant be made smaller.
Haha yeah, the North American casing of the Diamond is all that's thicker because of the battery cover, you can slim down with that and a smaller battery if you want. As for the Touch Pro, it has something that makes it a tad bit thicker than the Diamond... A full keyboard. :O
Jiggs1337 said:
the camera part of the phone is as wide as it is. A new battery or cover wont reduce that. The TP cant be made smaller.
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That's too bad, I was really hopiing the smaller diamond battery and battery cover could shave some of the Touch Pro's fat.
I'm up for an upgrade on my ATT account, and I really can't figure out whether to upgrade to the Touch Pro and sell my Touch Chruise for a small profit or to just sell the Touch Pro for a huge profit. Clearly the TP is the better device, but it isn't a leaps and bounds upgrade, with the keyboard being the only real substantiative upgrade. If the Touch Pro had a larger screen like the X1 or was as slim or slimmer than my Touch Crusie, this would be such an easier decision...
Why not sell both and get a Diamond? It does most of what the Pro does, and it's smaller than the Cruise.
Smaniac said:
Why not sell both and get a Diamond? It does most of what the Pro does, and it's smaller than the Cruise.
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Because the Diamond doesn't have an SD slot. I use my phone as my mp3 player, and I honestly need over 16GB to be able to fit everything I want. I get annoyed at the limited storage on my 8GB card as it is.
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Because the Diamond doesn't have an SD slot. I use my phone as my mp3 player, and I honestly need over 16GB to be able to fit everything I want. I get annoyed at the limited storage on my 8GB card as it is.
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I see, for some people 4 GB just isn't enough, and I'm also one of them, the lack of a card slot is a very serious drawback.
Thinking of customizing my current G1.
It's the black G1.
Looking for a class 6 Memory card. With AT LEAST 8GB or higher. For cheap..
A new Battery Cover.
Maybe a nice design or something.
Then a nice phone clip holster or something.
TUrn my swag oonnn.
Any ideas?
SD Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208463 OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211378
Belt Clip: http://www.amazon.com/T-Mobile-Leat...1_46?ie=UTF8&s=apparel&qid=1243967793&sr=8-46
Skin: http://www.amazon.com/Superstar-Des...60?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1243967976&sr=1-260
Back Battery Cover:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...E&N=2010070068 1053131144 1053313634&name=8GB
Theres a nice selection of 8g cards. i own 2, bought a transcend right away when i got the phone and just bought another one (screw the 16g one. its not a class 6 and its overpriced imo)
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http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...E&N=2010070068 1053131144 1053313634&name=8GB
Theres a nice selection of 8g cards. i own 2, bought a transcend right away when i got the phone and just bought another one (screw the 16g one. its not a class 6 and its overpriced imo)
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This good? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820208463
You know what I want? I want a polished metal battery cover similar in style to the ones on the old iPods. That would be sick.
tr.slate said:
You know what I want? I want a polished metal battery cover similar in style to the ones on the old iPods. That would be sick.
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Then buy an iPhone. =\
So with all the issues around, is there anything positive from those who have actually managed to get the Venue Pro about the device itself ?
Pros -
Solid construction
Sharp and vibrant screen
very nice keyboard
Cons -
Camera - poor / useless in low light
Overall after using the HD7 now for a week I am longing for my Venue Pro back. The unit feels good and solid in the hand and the 4" screen seems to be the perfect size.
Can't wait to get the call from the Microsoft Store to be able to go pickup a working unit.
Its one of the best devices I used so far. The WP7 OS feels great. The keyboard is good to have. Camera sucks, but I am not a big phone camera fan any way its just a utility thing. The curved screen is so good that in direct sunlight it feels good. The battery life is decent, I use a lot of phone (and I mean a lot over 7000 mins per month) and it lasts till 6:30PM or 7:00PM and I have to charge it a little bit to get me till bed time. I charge the phone overnight and unplug it around 7:30AM. The device is a bit heavy but thats exactly what I want. Makes me feel strong, ha ha ha. But overall if Dell can go thru the labor pains I think that this baby will look great and all the babies that follow.
I love the phone...
Battery life is something to be desired, but hopefully that improves...Camera is really poor...my Sony X1 had a better camera, get blurred pictures all the time and the settings reset whenever I start up the camera, which is annoying.....
In direct sunlight, its really hard to see the screen, so i'm looking for an anti-glare screen protector, so hopefully I can find one that sorts out that problem
I originally had the 16gb DVP, but gave it back and got the 8GB instead and will look to convert to 32gb (waiting on the class 2 sd card to come in the mail), but have a lot less hangups than before, and it only stalls when connected to wifi and d'loading large files (youtube hd or big Xbox Live games)....
Keyboard is fantastic, windows 7 as an OS is good, but has a lot of things that it needs to implement and quickly if it should catch up on everyone else...
I find it weird that they omitted glaringly obvious things (custom ringtones, inability to back up the phone or use it as a USB drive and SB cards that cannot be removed)...its as if they took two steps back and only one forward....
I'd give it 7/10....mainly for the bad camera and limitations of windows phone 7, but give multi-tasking and some sort of device manager (still shake my head that I have to e-mail a Microsoft word file to my own phone to view and edit it) and proper connection to skydrive, then it will def jump to an 8/10...but by that time I would have probably sold this phone for a post-Mango wp7 model
I love the phone....
I've had the HD7 and been able to play with the LG and Samsung in the US. I prefer the Dell. It fits my hand well, solid and sturdy. With the 32g card it rocks. I've moved all my music over to the Dell and purchased a Jabra Cruiser 2 for transmitting it in my car.
Signal strength is good, wifi coverage is good, battery life (as I use it) is easily acceptable.
it's heavier than the other phones, but I'm not sure I really care.
If I had to do it all over again, I might have paid for the 8g and upgraded card instead of the 16g....but whats done is done.
I agree too. I just dropped my phone and the DVP screen cracked. I went back to the HD7 which I had before the DVP. I understand Dell was making PDa's while HTC was still in diapers but HTC's HD7 just toooooo many issues.
My only issue with the DVP was wifi and once I turned it and left it off my phone was great. I am really traumatized by the loss of my DVP. Dell offered to replace for $249 but I can't make that investment again.
Does anyone know of an online retailer I can send the phone too, to have the screen replaced cheaper?
Hi All
Could you advise on MicroSD support on Asus Smart? what is maximum capacity you have been succesfully using?
Ausu mentioned MiniSDXC up to 32GB but on some reviews I read that 64 are supported as well, on others that there were some issues with it..
What cards and what capacity you can recommended as working without issue?
What do you think about this sandisk?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDS...KM30/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360367319&sr=8-1
I use a Sandisk micro sdxc 64GB (same as the one you linked) and it works fine. Also worked with Surface RT. It's fast enough for 1080p video which is all that matters to me, I don't use it for programs.
Thank you for your answer. I have ordered this sandisk as well. Now one last thing to find the case. Otherwise all is ready and waiting for ME400 delivery. Can't wait
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Thank you for your answer. I have ordered this sandisk as well. Now one last thing to find the case. Otherwise all is ready and waiting for ME400 delivery. Can't wait
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Case is the one thing I have not found. Amazon have the BlueRex for $15 but no picture yet and no ETA.
I've had my Vivotab Smart ME400C for a couple of weeks now. Lovin it.
DEFINITELY glad I did not go with an RT device. IMO, if you're going to go RT, might as well get an Android tablet.
From what I can see, the form factor is nearly identical to the Vivotab RT. So I shopped (my wife actually) for a case that is compatible with the RT. Seems that searching on Amazon also brings up results that reflect that the RT is compatible with the Transformer? Haven't looked in to it.
Judging by the images (I know they can be deceiving), it looks like the case should fit the ME400. Case also rotates.
The case also comes with a neoprene carrying pouch.
Hopefully, it will arrive in less than a week. Also ordered a matte screen/anti glare screen protector. These two items for less than $30 + $7 or so for shipping.
I've also ordered a 64GB Micro SDXC Sandisk memory card and OTG cable.
Asus seems somewhat inconsistent. SOME of their sites (various countries) show just SDHC and some show SDHC (SDXC compatible memory cards). And from what I've read here, I'm going to go with SDXC works for our ME400. (Crossing my fingers!)
Keep y'all posted on the stuff I've ordered.
Here are links to the items I've ordered for your reference/opinions/input.
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00AXW5W08/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B00B6AI7XA/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.ca/SanDisk-MicroS...AJTO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1361537292&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.ca/eForCity-Compa...3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1361537569&sr=1-3
My experience with those 360 degree cases are not pleasant. That one could be different but it looks identical to the one I got for my Nexus 7. It was very cheaply made, and the rotation was simply a button-clip design so I could spin it in a circle continuously if I wanted. Stability when it was in portrait was not strong. It would slowly start to bend backwards due to the flimsiness of the case.
I've ordered a few of the matte protectors from ebay that were for the RT Vivo. The only major difference I can see is the ME400 is ~1mm thicker than the RT version. Not sure how much that would affect cases for it. Some maybe, other's not.
goofball2k said:
My experience with those 360 degree cases are not pleasant. That one could be different but it looks identical to the one I got for my Nexus 7. It was very cheaply made, and the rotation was simply a button-clip design so I could spin it in a circle continuously if I wanted. Stability when it was in portrait was not strong. It would slowly start to bend backwards due to the flimsiness of the case.
I've ordered a few of the matte protectors from ebay that were for the RT Vivo. The only major difference I can see is the ME400 is ~1mm thicker than the RT version. Not sure how much that would affect cases for it. Some maybe, other's not.
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I know what you mean. I've played around with a few cases from those kiosks in shopping malls. Not really thrilled with the build quality, I agree. I'm not expecting the best for sure. However, considering I have dropped my ME400 twice already (low level), but has chipped the outer bezel on both corners (one corner per drop, lol), I need to get something asap.
The thickness...well with the ME400 being slightly thicker, I'm hoping it just makes for a tighter fit.
I just hope the screen protector has the proper areas exposed, ie camera, light sensor etc. Don't want to do a hackjob on the screen protector.
Hi Guys
I got myself this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B007SGV26U/ref=aw_d_var_2nd_clothing_img?vs=1
And I am really surprised by its quality. It fits perfectly and provides quite good level of protection. It's rather stiff and has those jelly bubbles inside.
Still will be looking for portfolio case.
In this matter I am waiting for MoKo case which is already available in US but still not in UK.
It looks quite nice.
Unless somebody is willing to buy me one off US amazon page and sell it to me on eBay
Ordered a folio style case that is for the Vivotab RT from amazon. Other than 1mm thickness difference, they are identical. Will let you know when it arrives how it fits.
Amazon tracking has told me my Sandisk Micro SDXC 64GB card has been delivered.
2 more hours of work to go before I can trek home and plug this baby in.
Crossing my fingers!
It's working just fine I have been using sandisk 64gb for a while without any problems.
Andrew_j said:
It's working just fine I have been using sandisk 64gb for a while without any problems.
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Throughly enjoying the 64GB SDXC. I was worried because the Asus site was a little flakey in terms of information. Some of their sites show just SDHC, some sites show SDHC (SDXC compatible).
Now...just waiting for my cheap aftermarket case, anti-glare screen protector and OTG cable.:good:
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Andrew_j said:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00BL0DPGO/ref=mp_s_a_1?qid=1361977638&sr=8-3&pi=SL75
Just ordered. Will update you when it will arrive
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Hi guys
I have received this case and I will describe it in one word AVOID!!!!!
This is scam, this case is for some device but for sure not for ME400C. Additionally I saw a cow in my life and I don't remember it to be made of cheap plastic. Or I don't know how leather looks like.
Just to summarise I am sending it back, quality is a joke, windows button is covered same as ambient light sensor and volume down rocker.
I have attached some photos below
Probably best off with just getting the official case from ASUS
Looks more like a case for the Transformer TF600. That might explain the extra cutouts and the covering of the windows button?
This is what I thought. Still if you are in need for a case you cad go for TF600 cases if you don't mind few things not be perfectly in line. Side wise those two devices are almost same.
Andrew_j said:
This is what I thought. Still if you are in need for a case you cad go for TF600 cases if you don't mind few things not be perfectly in line. Side wise those two devices are almost same.
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I ordered a case that was for the vivotab RT, hopefully everything is still accessible.
goofball2k said:
I ordered a case that was for the vivotab RT, hopefully everything is still accessible.
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Same here, should arrive next week. Will post results.
Vivotab RT Screen protector arrived, which I ordered for my Smart. Dimension wise it fits, camera hole is a little off centre, so I had to do a little hackjob. for $5 and change, free shipping, no harm done. Will order an official one from Zagg probably soon.
I've already dropped my Smart twice. Top left and right corners of the bezel are already chipped. Thus I need my case (even if it's not 100% the right one) asap, and is also why I opted to get the RT screen protector for the time being.
Got mine in. The Greatshield case is nice but it does cover the volume down button slightly. Since it is for vivotab RT, I wasn't expecting a perfect fit. The light sensor is almost covered as well. It can't go into the lower stand case, it can only do the high stand style. There is no smart cover-style feature on the vivotab smart so the magnets don't put it in sleep mode. Overall, a nicely built case.