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Hey guys,
here's my review of the iconia tab and my thoughts on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ApcE0dLLF8&
Could you guys let me know if i should keep it or send it back and find a tablet with unlocked bootloaders?
also, any tips on the reviewing would be appreciated too
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Hey guys,
here's my review of the iconia tab and my thoughts on it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ApcE0dLLF8&
Could you guys let me know if i should keep it or send it back and find a tablet with unlocked bootloaders?
also, any tips on the reviewing would be appreciated too
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Keep it , until the honeycomb code will be released there will be no good roms for any tablet
And its just about time for working recovery for our iconia.
second guessing yourself
Sending a item back or not.I do believe that you should think about what you have.does the iconia do what you bought it to do.if you are thinking you bought the wrong tablet you will likely never be totally content with the iconia.
For me I can't seem to put mine down. So no second guessing here. Just buying time and the kinks and customs roms will be Available
Erica
Thank you guys for your replies, im gaining more and more confidence in this tablet.
@erica i am actually content with it now but i get bored with technology alarmingly fast and I tend to splurge. for example, my phone keeps me entertained because of all the development. Before I got it I was spending way too much moving from phone to phone.
I was reading about both the transformer and A500 when i bought it and mixed myself up and thought that it was actually Acer who had released the source code and not Asus.
....doesnt help that their names are so similar either LOL
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For meI don't get bored with tech stuff often unless its bad device.I bought a Archos 9 it was lame heavy and slow. But this I have loved it. I use it on the couch in the van sitting at doc office.even onced used it to look up price on something at walmart. And showed sales person and got better price.
I have a cheap cell phone on a even cheaper network. So to me its not having the latest and greatest.I have a Acer 11.6 inch well gateway notebook and its flawless and well built.so I think this tabwill do my for very long time.
I just wish it did not look such a guys device. If you find a nice femmme case out there I would be so happy
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looked up a price in walmart eh? lol yeah that is handy, did u tether it to your phone? and yeah i know what u mean, the more i use this thing, the more i love it, like i just used it to write a long email to someone with no form of discomfort, this is not the case with the galaxy tab i have.
plus the screen is an absolute delight. I dont want to deal with the transformer's light bleeding. just gonna keep this one for the length of my 14 days to see how much in love i fall with it lol. then i'll make a decision, but its looking pretty good at the moment.
The eLocity A7 is a 2.2 tablet, so it is being eclipsed by the new 3.0 tablets. But the current A7 prices ($180 used, $240 new on eBay) are much lower than the 3.0 tablets. So I've been contemplating picking one up for noodling around while I am riding around on mass transit. Basically playing Angry Birds, Plants versus Zombies, listening to MP3's, reading Kindle books, and watching videos. As an unlocked device it might also be fun to try other ROM's too. So I am curious about current user's perceptions.
Would you buy your A7 again at current prices?
How usable is it out of the box versus needing to install Dexter's ROM's?
As I understand it, the A7 isn't true multi-touch, but does support pinch to zoom. How limiting have you found this?
Dexter appears to be hard at work on A7comb, but there are bugs. Have user's found this a viable way to use Honeycomb on the A7?
I just bought one the other week for 240 off of ebay and am loving it. Don't feel like there is anything in the same price range that can do what it does. I simply wanted to be able to play nes, snes, and psx roms on the go with an xbox 360 controller, as well as play HD videos and output it through HDMI. So I am happy with my purchase.
I would definitely recommend putting on dexters mod as well as the xbox patch if you have a 360 controller.
I feel though if you don't want the 360 controller support there might be better options for you in this price range that still have hdmi support.
Thanks good to hear. I had heard about the 360 controller support, but I doubt I would use that during the commute.
I would buy the A7 at current prices. I paid $300 when they first appreaed on Amazon becuse I wanted Tegra performance with plenty of RAM and Storage. I would definitely use Dexters ROM becuase it gives you the market. (Three Cheers for Dex)
I use Dolphin HD for a browser and A7 Zooming works just fine just by touching the + - screen icon.
I use the Nook Reader, do email and calendars, surf the web and listen to my favorite MP3. Except for the reader, these are activities I used to do on my little droid. These are much better on the A7.
I also use a Tega2 which is a 10.1 tablet which will run Android or Windows. Right now I am running Win7 Professional and it does everything a Netbook would do. If Windows 8 meets my expectations, I will use it on the Tega2 10.1.
I will be upgrading my phone soon. I am considering a an HTC Thunderbolt setup to take advantage of Verizon's very fast 4G. The Thunderbolt will also act as a mobile Hotspot for my A7 and make it truley mobile.
Price is what you pay; value is what you get. I am satisfied with the value of my A7.
I do have one gripe for StreamTV, makers of the A7. I don't think they understand or appreaciate the value of the Dexter's of this world. Their hardware would be so much more valueable if they cooperated with the XDA community and Dexter and help him realize the full potential of the hardware. I keep hoping StreamTV managment will wake up one day and empower the XDA community with A7's code. Doing so would only enhance the name and value of StreamTV.
I do have one gripe for StreamTV, makers of the A7. I don't think they understand or appreaciate the value of the Dexter's of this world. Their hardware would be so much more valueable if they cooperated with the XDA community and Dexter and help him realize the full potential of the hardware. I keep hoping StreamTV managment will wake up one day and empower the XDA community with A7's code. Doing so would only enhance the name and value of StreamTV
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I know they don't know jack, i talk to two differen person there a lady and guy and none of them have any idea about what is going on with their own product, i mention to the guy about dexter and xda because they have a piece on dexter and xda on their site and they still don't have a clue..
Oh and i would recommend to get the a7 anytime...
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I do have one gripe for StreamTV, makers of the A7. I don't think they understand or appreaciate the value of the Dexter's of this world. Their hardware would be so much more valueable if they cooperated with the XDA community and Dexter and help him realize the full potential of the hardware. I keep hoping StreamTV managment will wake up one day and empower the XDA community with A7's code. Doing so would only enhance the name and value of StreamTV.
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StreamTV/eLocity are not the manufacturers of this device. The manufacturer is Compal, and eLocity is just a branded reseller.
Also I REALLLLLY suspect that they don't have anything to do with any coding at all, never mind releasing more than they already have... Remember back to when they were releasing kernel source. They blamed the delays on their "overseas programmers". Sure it takes a little reading between the lines, but they couldn't provide anything because the actual manufacturer hadn't supplied them with anything.
Not so much...
It has been a special experience getting these various ROMs that have been giving a much needed level of usefulness to the Elocity A7. If I knew it was going to require all this to get some basic enjoyment out of this device, it would have never been purchased with my tech dollars. Kudos to Dexter and others for making it worth more than a Frisbee but, Archos seems like it may have been a better choice or simply waiting for the dust to settle before buying anything at all.
Multi-touch, which is very standard now and was even on lower powered handsets when this Tab came out, just seems like a must have.
We know tablets work differently than phones but, having affordable large MicroSD cards but a poor access and management solution just blows, perhaps this device was rushed to shelves too soon.
Nice bright 7" inch display with non-backlit keys...this has been aggravating on numerous occasions.
Every once in a while I take a look at that docking port and mumble "one day, one day".
There has been occasions when a daydream about what could be done if the SIM card slot wasn't blocked would pop into my head then that too fades away.
Very grateful for the ear-buds that were included, they really make up for the low volume of the built-in speakers.
There are many great aspects about this tablet but, it's not without it's flawS.
I recently got another tablet, Acer Iconia A500 which i started supporting..
and i can say, that i suspect knowing where the latest COMPAL "picasso" went
Iconia A500 is another COMPAL product, but fully 3.1 compatible and probably 2nd/3rd gen. of compal products..
so if you find a compal picasso dupe, it is probably compatible with acer's latest product. but the devices are now locked (but they can be semi-opened), so its not easy to modify, but it is possible.
anyways, i think thats why the new products are delayed probably where compal put its focus now.. making 3.x tablets..
and to keep topic,
is the IconiaA500 in US, not compable pricewise to $300 ?
Honeycomb on A7, folio100,Vega etc.. are all using semi-GL drivers, which does not work 100% which makes it not perfect, but A7 works prety ok (i havent installed the original mod since my honeycomb install).. but since its not getting drivers made and any new kernel compiled, a real update is far from being made..
Dexter, the Iconia A500 is $450 in the US. If I was going to spend that amount I would likely opt for the Asus at 400 as I think there build quality is usually pretty good.
If I understand the driver issue. StreamTV released the kernel source, but the drivers remained closed source? So the 2.2 binary drivers aren't fully compatible with Honeycomb?
Even with it's super sensative screen and horrible built in speakers I would still go out and buy another one if I had to. It's HDMI out, super fast processor and great price are a good deal IMO.
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Dexter, the Iconia A500 is $450 in the US. If I was going to spend that amount I would likely opt for the Asus at 400 as I think there build quality is usually pretty good.
If I understand the driver issue. StreamTV released the kernel source, but the drivers remained closed source? So the 2.2 binary drivers aren't fully compatible with Honeycomb?
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In Denmark Acer is actually cheaper ($15), but it has the extra builtin usb device port. and it seems now that the "dolby" feature acer got, it much preferred over assus when it comes to audio.
A7,
the drivers are there, and source is ok. but its an old one, and nvidia adapted drivers differently..and im no that "hardcore" when it comes to drivers conversion where needed..
but it is all there, 2.6.32.9 kernel source is ok, i compiled and used it for some ports.
So dexter the A7 reach its potential with updates, vizio or asus will be my next choice..
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Even with it's super sensative screen and horrible built in speakers I would still go out and buy another one if I had to. It's HDMI out, super fast processor and great price are a good deal IMO.
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Agreed 100%
For the money, it's a great device.
I find every last complaint about it unfounded... If people wanted all the features of a $700+ tablet, then they would have bought one. Don't spend less than half of that and complain because it doesn't have a couple of the same features lol
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Agreed 100%
For the money, it's a great device.
I find every last complaint about it unfounded... If people wanted all the features of a $700+ tablet, then they would have bought one. Don't spend less than half of that and complain because it doesn't have a couple of the same features lol
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The A7 is a super sweet tablet. My eyes are not what they used to be and I really needed something with a larger screen so I bought the WiFi Xoom, and my daughter promptly stole the A7 from me. Size-wise, the A7 is really great (nice and light and a good size for many games) but hard for me to use on the road for work because it has such a small screen. Also battery life is too short, but with the Pal Energizer power pack 8000 (supports 19 v) that can be fixed (though one more thing to carry). Multi-touch is nice but my Xoom is almost too sensitive.
I think each tablet has it's own ups and downs, but I love them both.
Both are also greatly improved by being rootied and customized, so huge thanks to all the developers!
I'm sold, compared to the resistive screen tablets which are not much cheaper, the A7 sounds like a better option. I know about the short battery life, but I plan to use on the T, charge, then then use on the way home.
I'll reply when I become a user which should hopefully be soon.
A7 is a good alternative for now, at the price you can get it! 110%..
if you dont mind the small limitation of android2.2 or semi-3.0 i have given the added value of a A7. its a nice tablet, and i have used it more often than my folio100 ever was in my living room..and it kinda light weight
An aside for anyone thinking of buying a used A7. I've watched several eBay auctions (and won one last night). A 3 month old A7 with case went for $168.50, another a7 failed to meet its reserve and the auction ended at $157.50.
I won an auction for an a7 with case and 16 GB SD card for $190. I figured the SD card and case made it worth a bit more.
So all of these prices are inline with my observation that a used A7 is going for about $180 US.
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An aside for anyone thinking of buying a used A7. I've watched several eBay auctions (and won one last night). A 3 month old A7 with case went for $168.50, another a7 failed to meet its reserve and the auction ended at $157.50.
I won an auction for an a7 with case and 16 GB SD card for $190. I figured the SD card and case made it worth a bit more.
So all of these prices are inline with my observation that a used A7 is going for about $180 US.
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Lucky.
I paid a little over $300 for my A7, plus a new 16bg mircoSD, plus a case
Well new has a warranty while used is a risk. But if I have a working A7 a week from now (that keeps working) I will feel lucky.
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Well new has a warranty while used is a risk. But if I have a working A7 a week from now (that keeps working) I will feel lucky.
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Best of luck.
As long as you keep your expectations of it realistic, you'll love it.
Do you still love your thrive ? I still really like my tablet . Enjoying skype on it . I haven't had any issues with it so far . Waiting for the roocase slim black due to be realed the 17th . 6.6Grams weight . Figured id post this question for those who want to share some thoughts about your new toshiba thrive . I kinda wish woulda got the 8gb ultrahigh the 16gb will be better for resale .
Sent from my AT100 using XDA Premium App
I like mine even more now that it is rooted and all that bloatware has been frozen by titanium backup, all I can see is great things happening for this tablet now that root has been done!!!
how hard is it to root, what are the advantages/disadvantages?
Just got mine in the mail yesterday, reformatted my 500gb portable drive threw a few hundred ripped movies on and fell in love with the full usb. Unfortunately the screen has frozen on me in excess of 30 times since I got it and I'm ready to destroy this pos. I installed the sod fix, but this is a seperate issue I believe. I hate this thing
I just got my Thrive, had it for a few days now, and I LOVE it!!! My friend and I just took some video at Disney and I edited it on the way home. I love the full size ports and support for up to 128GB SDXC.
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Just got mine in the mail yesterday, reformatted my 500gb portable drive threw a few hundred ripped movies on and fell in love with the full usb. Unfortunately the screen has frozen on me in excess of 30 times since I got it and I'm ready to destroy this pos. I installed the sod fix, but this is a seperate issue I believe. I hate this thing
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Yeah that happened to me. Just send it back. My second Thrive has been nothing but bliss especially since the sleep wake problem has been resolved.
I really wanted it at the start, but frankly, its slower than my phone. My Atrix runs Aliens WAY faster, and the ergonomics are terrible for the thrive. I love Android phones, but the app store on the Thrive isn't anywhere close to that on the phones. This tab was a big disappointment. Thank God I saved my receipt. We need Ice Cream Sandwich already.
Considering buying a Thrive.
Wow, lots of good info here.
I'm torn between this and The Acer Iconia.
I think I need to wait and do more research.
Root is always nice to have and SD is cheaper than micro sd.
If they say the sleep lock is fixed then that another thing going for it.
I do have Toshiba Regza HDTV and the build quality and picture is excellent.
Its been out a month and i see no Custom Roms, that makes me a sad Panda, but i guess maybe you won't need a custom rom, more like need a custom kernal to overclock and undervolt.
I'm so in love with my evo, and spoiled by their development and updates and roms and kernals and kinda jealous of my in laws, stupid 1st genration Ipad, thing doesnt even have a camera, y'know. My kids light up though when they play angry birds on it though.
Does anybody miss having a flash for the camera ?
Has anybody taken pictures indoor in low light situations? Was it grainy, unusable?
I feel I am missing other important questions but will edit as necessary.
dinoman22 said:
Wow, lots of good info here.
I'm torn between this and The Acer Iconia.
I think I need to wait and do more research.
Root is always nice to have and SD is cheaper than micro sd.
If they say the sleep lock is fixed then that another thing going for it.
I do have Toshiba Regza HDTV and the build quality and picture is excellent.
Its been out a month and i see no Custom Roms, that makes me a sad Panda, but i guess maybe you won't need a custom rom, more like need a custom kernal to overclock and undervolt.
I'm so in love with my evo, and spoiled by their development and updates and roms and kernals and kinda jealous of my in laws, stupid 1st genration Ipad, thing doesnt even have a camera, y'know. My kids light up though when they play angry birds on it though.
Does anybody miss having a flash for the camera ?
Has anybody taken pictures indoor in low light situations? Was it grainy, unusable?
I feel I am missing other important questions but will edit as necessary.
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I have owned the Acer Iconia and the Toshiba Thrive. I liked the Iconia, but returned it because of the GPS not working correctly. No Iconias were available, but the Thrive was, so off I went with the new toy. You would not go wrong with the Thrive. For all the reasons you said. Toshiba is working the sleep issue and if you look, other manufacturers have also had this issue since thier 3.1 update. As for the camera, I personnaly do not miss the flash, but that is also because I do not use the camera very often. I have a camera for pictures and it is much easier to use than any tablet. In low light, it has problems, but mostly due to the auto focus. If you set the focus to infinity, it does OK. There is one debloated ROM out for the Thrive. We do have it rooted and working quite well.
Going to love boxing it back up for a return here shortly and looking at another manufacturer instead. The volume issues suck and it's not native to just this tablet. Poking around it seems Toshiba has similar issues on their Satellite laptops as well.
Good riddance to this thing and anything else from the company in the future.
Had the A500 and did not like the weak wifi and the device kept waking up when should be in sleep mode. Also the slick surface reminded me of the slippery iPad 1.
Thrive has much better wifi, display, surface grip and works great with 64gb and 128gb sdxc cards. A500 does not have a full sd slot so can not support sdxc.
A500 is a good tablet none the less, but the Thrive IMO is a much better device. It also had a sleep issue that was fixed with the newest update.
I've had my thrive for about 6 weeks and use it heavily. I love it! I got it as a laptop replacement and it's worked out perfectly. Yes, there are some additional things on my wish list, like NTFS support, and a simple VPN solution, but it does more than I had originally hoped for...and it's given me no problems.
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I've had my thrive for about 6 weeks and use it heavily. I love it! I got it as a laptop replacement and it's worked out perfectly. Yes, there are some additional things on my wish list, like NTFS support, and a simple VPN solution, but it does more than I had originally hoped for...and it's given me no problems.
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Word Brotha!
I am an IT Professional, or atleast thats what I call myself normally... Truth is I am a 23 year old techie who has a knack for tech and really just does enough work to get by!
I bought this Thrive about 2 weeks ago with every intention of hating it... I also had buyers remorse after reading some negative review. Thinking to myself "why did I buy this piece of ****".
After receiving it in the mail I could not put the damn thing down, when it's not at my side I feel like a wolf who lost his wolf pack. Seriously this thing can do way more than I expected. I constantly travel for my job and HATE lugging around my laptop this thing has replaced it entirely. Not only have I wowed people with presentations (thanks to the full HDMI) but its just plain cool. I was out to lunch with a client 2 days ago (mmm Pho) and showing them the progress I made on the project I am doing for them and the mofo wanted to check his yahoo answers on there. He also kept calling it an iPad but that's because he is pretty stupid when it comes to tech.
Not to mention I do a lot of riding on trains so I can always catch up on my TV shows, I just need a Netflix app that works! Mine isn't root it as I don't see a point other than Netflix it already does more than what I need it to do.
blorenzo said:
Word Brotha!
I am an IT Professional, or atleast thats what I call myself normally... Truth is I am a 23 year old techie who has a knack for tech and really just does enough work to get by!
I bought this Thrive about 2 weeks ago with every intention of hating it... I also had buyers remorse after reading some negative review. Thinking to myself "why did I buy this piece of ****".
After receiving it in the mail I could not put the damn thing down, when it's not at my side I feel like a wolf who lost his wolf pack. Seriously this thing can do way more than I expected. I constantly travel for my job and HATE lugging around my laptop this thing has replaced it entirely. Not only have I wowed people with presentations (thanks to the full HDMI) but its just plain cool. I was out to lunch with a client 2 days ago (mmm Pho) and showing them the progress I made on the project I am doing for them and the mofo wanted to check his yahoo answers on there. He also kept calling it an iPad but that's because he is pretty stupid when it comes to tech.
Not to mention I do a lot of riding on trains so I can always catch up on my TV shows, I just need a Netflix app that works! Mine isn't root it as I don't see a point other than Netflix it already does more than what I need it to do.
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If you can't see the point in rooting it then you are not that much of a "techie" as you think...
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If you can't see the point in rooting it then you are not that much of a "techie" as you think...
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Maybe your right.
But is rooting it going to make it easier to code HTML, PHP, Ajax or Javascript? Most likely no and its prolly never something I'll do on a tablet... What are the benefits of rooting or hacking? Generally to gain access to content or software not originally offered by the manufacturer. (Or pirated software)
Which is why it was worth hacking my PSP back in the day as that little guy became so much more awesome. I guess my point is that the Thrive already takes care of me as is and from my research I haven't seen any super amazing benefits from rooting my Thrive. (Unlike rooting the Nook Color or G-Tablet both of which have exponential advantages) The only reason I would consider rooting is perhaps in an attempt to gain early access to Icecream sandwich or to gain the ability to recognize and connect to Ad-Hoc networks. Like the one my TP2 transmits so I can piggyback on my data plan whenever I want.
In short the Thrive is already more than capable without rooting it, now when Toshiba drops support to the unit that's when its time to root.
I just ditched my Acer Iconia A500 for the Thrive, and I love it. Seems so much more durable better wifi and GPS and the full size HDMI is a plus, although there does seem to be a bad lag between typing and the words actually appearing on the screen.
I just rooted my Thrive. I did it to get 3.2 early and to remove the bloatware that came preinstalled.
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Maybe your right.
But is rooting it going to make it easier to code HTML, PHP, Ajax or Javascript? Most likely no and its prolly never something I'll do on a tablet... What are the benefits of rooting or hacking? Generally to gain access to content or software not originally offered by the manufacturer. (Or pirated software)
Which is why it was worth hacking my PSP back in the day as that little guy became so much more awesome. I guess my point is that the Thrive already takes care of me as is and from my research I haven't seen any super amazing benefits from rooting my Thrive. (Unlike rooting the Nook Color or G-Tablet both of which have exponential advantages) The only reason I would consider rooting is perhaps in an attempt to gain early access to Icecream sandwich or to gain the ability to recognize and connect to Ad-Hoc networks. Like the one my TP2 transmits so I can piggyback on my data plan whenever I want.
In short the Thrive is already more than capable without rooting it, now when Toshiba drops support to the unit that's when its time to root.
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That is absolutely NOT why you want to root your device. We don't root to steal software, we root to freeze all the extra crap that comes on it that we don't want, to edit the system files and streamline our experience. We root to give us access to everything on our tablet. It IS ours afterall. -- I have 20 years experience in IT as an actual PROFESSIONAL.
You can just tether your tablet to your phone using your phone's software usually.
blorenzo said:
Word Brotha!
I am an IT Professional, or atleast thats what I call myself normally... Truth is I am a 23 year old techie who has a knack for tech and really just does enough work to get by!
I bought this Thrive about 2 weeks ago with every intention of hating it... I also had buyers remorse after reading some negative review. Thinking to myself "why did I buy this piece of ****".
After receiving it in the mail I could not put the damn thing down, when it's not at my side I feel like a wolf who lost his wolf pack. Seriously this thing can do way more than I expected. I constantly travel for my job and HATE lugging around my laptop this thing has replaced it entirely. Not only have I wowed people with presentations (thanks to the full HDMI) but its just plain cool. I was out to lunch with a client 2 days ago (mmm Pho) and showing them the progress I made on the project I am doing for them and the mofo wanted to check his yahoo answers on there. He also kept calling it an iPad but that's because he is pretty stupid when it comes to tech.
Not to mention I do a lot of riding on trains so I can always catch up on my TV shows, I just need a Netflix app that works! Mine isn't root it as I don't see a point other than Netflix it already does more than what I need it to do.
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Netflix pushed a BIG update about 3 weeks ago I think... did this add support to the Toshiba Thrive? I would like to know... if not, I still have a couple "altered" versions I used on my HTC Inspire before it was supported... maybe I can give those a go...
...and oh, I just ordered my Thrive online, in case anyone cares (I know I do)
I love my thrive. I started with an iPad then a galaxy tab. This is a sturdy piece of hardware. The USB port has been a huge plus for me. Its definitely more reliable. After updating and tweaking there has been no issues.
I think if you have any amount of tech or geek blood in your body rooting the device is the second thing you do after first taking it out of the box
**sent from my Thrive using Tapatalk**
I've loved the concept of tablets for a long time, but two things that were always keeping me from replacing my laptop with a tablet - full sized ports and a video editor.
I've tried iPad and iPad2 - too limited
Galaxy tab (7 inch) - LOVED it, but couldn't justify keeping it anymore
Xoom - It was great, but didn't really have a use for it.
Acer Iconia - Really liked it, but again didn't do everything I wanted.
Toshiba Thrive - So far, I'm thinking I'll be able to replace my laptop. I can even hook this thing to a TV or monitor (with adapter) and use a full sized keyboard and mouse, external hard drive, game controller, whatever.
For what I do on my laptop, since I don't really develop anymore, I can do just about everything on the Thrive.
Even the movie editor, although basic, is working out for me so far..
Granted I've only had it a day and a half, but so far so good.
I played with all of the top rated tablets before I purchased my Thrive. And as far as I'm concerned, the quality and features of this tablet are among the best of all the currently available choices. But what blows me away is the total lack of interest from the xda development community. That and Thrive owners, including myself, had to literally beg for an xda forum. This is a total mystery. And they've left us no clues. Because I never have seen any negatives on this tablet, period. But what has scared away all the developers is aparently a well kept secret. I had high hopes when I first purchased my Thrive. But up until now only 1 and maybe 2 persons are qualified(?) developers, and have taken interest in the Thrive. And things are just plain dead right now, even at thriveforums.org. What a bummer! So I will probably end up selling it, even though it is a great tablet, and getting something that has more developer interest, such as the Asus Transformer. Because I like to play.
9-29 UPDATE: Rumor has it that the next Thrive update is going to make things more difficult for everyone, as Fastboot has been removed. If Toshiba does this, it will make it a lot harder for us to "play."
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I played with all of the top rated tablets before I purchased my Thrive. And as far as I'm concerned, the quality and features of this tablet are among the best of all the currently available choices. But what blows me away is the total lack of interest from the xda development community. That and Thrive owners, including myself, had to literally beg for an xda forum. This is a total mystery. And they've left us no clues. Because I never have seen any negatives on this tablet, period. But what has scared away all the developers is aparently a well kept secret. I had high hopes when I first purchased my Thrive. But up until now only 1 and maybe 2 persons are qualified(?) developers, and have taken interest in the Thrive. And things are just plain dead right now, even at thriveforums.org. What a bummer! So I will probably end up selling it, even though it is a great tablet, and getting something that has more developer interest, such as the Asus Transformer. Because I like to play.
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Man Lexus One. You should hang in there. We may not have any love from the XDA crowd, but those of us working on the Thrive are doing great things. I think you will see a lot more come along when ICS is released. This device by far is running smoother than any of the others. Tweaks I have made to the boot image for memory management has really stepped it up. Guys like to overclock to make the device run smoother, but right now, I do not think we need it. dj_steve is porting ROMs and giving you guys that like custom ROMs the ROms to play with. I am keeping those of us that like the stock feel what we need. I do not think going to the Asus will make you any happier. Development has slowed down for all the tablets. I think all are looking for ICS release and the source to go with it.
I am getting one of these soon (from the AndroidAndMe contest) and was excited about the ports and goodies and all despite the thickness. It also made me sad there is barely any development tho.
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Man Lexus One. You should hang in there. We may not have any love from the XDA crowd, but those of us working on the Thrive are doing great things. I think you will see a lot more come along when ICS is released. This device by far is running smoother than any of the others. Tweaks I have made to the boot image for memory management has really stepped it up. Guys like to overclock to make the device run smoother, but right now, I do not think we need it. dj_steve is porting ROMs and giving you guys that like custom ROMs the ROms to play with. I am keeping those of us that like the stock feel what we need. I do not think going to the Asus will make you any happier. Development has slowed down for all the tablets. I think all are looking for ICS release and the source to go with it.
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You could be right about things improving for the Thrive. However I think you are operating more on faith than on the facts. Because if things don't start picking up soon, the new quad core tablets will be popping up, and interest in Thrive development will probably diminish even more. Sorry to be so negative, but it's hard for me to have your faith right now. But I am thankful that the Thrive has got people like you and dj_steve to keep things interesting and fun. And everyone else who has helped in the area of development.
I just bought one last week when Was visiting the US (in fact am typing this on it!!) And have to say I love it. My wife bought an I pad, and I think she secretly wishes she got the thrive instead!! Love the connectivity and Android is far superior to iOS. As for the thickness, I don't even notice it now. The latest rom seems to have fixed the sleep of death issue.
And the price was great, worked out about £260, which is pretty cheap for honeycomb tablet.
All in all highly recommended!
Cheers
ayster said:
I just bought one last week when Was visiting the US (in fact am typing this on it!!) And have to say I love it. My wife bought an I pad, and I think she secretly wishes she got the thrive instead!! Love the connectivity and Android is far superior to iOS. As for the thickness, I don't even notice it now. The latest rom seems to have fixed the sleep of death issue.
And the price was great, worked out about £260, which is pretty cheap for honeycomb tablet.
All in all highly recommended!
Cheers
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Glad to here you like it. I enjoy mine also. At least when I can get it away from the wife. She's hooked on Angry Birds.
Every day there's something I like more about it.
Just last night I was messing with ES File Manager, mapped a drive to my windows share that has all my media and tried to launch a video (something I haven't been able to do over the network on other devices).
Boom, WMV, AVI, MP4.. all played flawlessly.
I didn't have to do anything special but download the file manager.
I'm putting my laptop on Craigslist.. this thing is officially a replacement for me.
.. let me rephrase that, for me, it is a laptop replacement.. not that it's a replacement for me.
..although if I was a tablet, my wife could push my buttons all she wanted.. haha
Glad you are liking it. You might want to check out thisone.org.
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Glad you are liking it. You might want to check out ThriveForums.org.
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I've been following XDA for years, since I first bought my Samsung i760 and fell I love with it. Its a great phone that I always consider bringing back into service! Then when I jumped to HTC I found this the place to be, now I'm like wtf... how is the thrive so neglected? The potential this device has with full sized USB is insane! Why wouldn't devs take advantage of it? I feel like no one cares about the thrive, Toshiba turned around and made a tablet that all the fanboys on here ***** that the ipad doesn't have... the ipad doesn't have expandable memory, it doesn't have full sized USB or HDMI out, the web can could be better.... ppl flamed the ipad so much and Toshiba turned around and took all these ideas and put them into a tablet and granted its bigger than normal but its not overly so.
Toshiba went above and beyond making this tablet and so many people turned around and **** on it and ignored it... so now we may never get another tablet like this again. Soon we will all be told how much storage we need and be forced to upgrade when we either don't have enough or our batteries can't hold longer than a 5 minute charge...
Sigh, I'm ranting but I'm gonna start moving away from xda now I love their dev's and the projects they embark on but I can't take the forum as much anymore. Even the mods are getting on my nerves, like the post that's in the Toshiba dev thread in here... the mod says its not his job to keep a thread cleaned and organized... what crack are you ****ing smoking? If your not a dev or project manager it is your ****igng job you retard, why else are you a ****ing mod? Ive been a forum mod, IRCop, NetAdmin and if that's your attitude your just being unreasonable and I see that more and more here at xda. Kids these days are so backwards, I fear for future generations. I think I'll be spending more time over at thriveforums.org.
Anyway sorry for ranting...
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I wonder if people fear the Toshiba name? When I got my galaxy tab the Thrive had just come out. I had minor interest only because it was a 10" tablet. When I ditched the tab and went shopping I was struggling between the Xoom and the 10" tab. The guy showed me the Thrive. I played with it for almost half an hour. The price was right...and having reward point certificates didn't hurt either I transferred files over using my USB thumb drive which was cool. Haven't tried the HDMI yet. I've been thru a few devices and this is by far the best one.
I'm very satisfied with my Thrive.
**sent from my Thrive using Tapatalk**
pcdebb said:
I wonder if people fear the Toshiba name? When I got my galaxy tab the Thrive had just come out. I had minor interest only because it was a 10" tablet. When I ditched the tab and went shopping I was struggling between the Xoom and the 10" tab. The guy showed me the Thrive. I played with it for almost half an hour. The price was right...and having reward point certificates didn't hurt either I transferred files over using my USB thumb drive which was cool. Haven't tried the HDMI yet. I've been thru a few devices and this is by far the best one.
I'm very satisfied with my Thrive.
**sent from my Thrive using Tapatalk**
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I love my Thrive too. Just purchased it last nite. Enjoying every minute of it. Still learning all the ins and outs of it.
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Just got mine today and I love it. Viewing angles are better than any tablet I had before.
Just got mine yesterday coming from the viewsonic g tablet. WOW what a difference.
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I love mine you should look into, Toshiba Thrive forum, lots of good information.
Sent from my Thrive, rooted and looking for more.
Love Thrive!!
I gave the NookColor to the kids for games, videos and Netflix after I purchased the Thrive AT100 on Saturday. Love it!!!!!!!!!!
I looked at a ton of different comparisons: Transformer, Jetstream, Galaxy Tab 10.1 & iPad2 vs. Thrive. None is a match!
From the standard SD slot, to the Full size USB & HDMI; to the great screen; nice weight and solid performance --- I'm in love!!!!!
I know the AT200 is out 'soon' so I'll upgrade then -- I have a 30 day return policy..... AT200 is a monster! Great job Toshiba! They came to the dance when they had a great product; rather be late to arrive then to be Dead-on-Arrival like so many others who came out fast with gen1 pieces of half-assed junk.
Love Thrive! I haven't even rooted; not certain I'll need to.
Cheers m8s.
Hi y'all!
So I just bought myself an A7+. I'd looked at the original A7 last year, but the lack of multi-touch pushed me away and in to the arms of a Dell Streak 7. Eventually I moved to an Acer A500 because I badly wanted a USB host port.
The A500 was great but 10" was a bit akward for me.
I started looking around for a new tablet. Smaller but with a USB port and preferably a wsvga or better screen.
Eventually I settled on the Archos 80. I had good memories of my first Android device, an old Archos 5, and it seemed to fit my needs. But still, $350 was a fair bit of cash, so I decided to wait a couple more months.
But then I found the Elocity A7+ for only $100.
Well, never one to turn down a deal, I snagged it.
So the hour or so of "shiny new device time" was fun, but then it was time to get down to work.
The next half day of trying to get the tablet running "right" was pure frustration, but eventually I got the market running well and my settings tweaked nicely.
Well, long story short, I'm really enjoying the tablet mow, in spite of FroYo and I've decided to put my Archos plans on ice for the time being.
I modified the market setup that's listed in the "app" section here, removing no-essential bloat and adding a modified build.prop for more apps availability in the market.
It's still a work in progress, but I'll post what I have so far shortly.
I'm also going to write a post of my other mods too.
This is a really great device, so I'm hoping I can help make it even better.
Sent from "Mighty Mouse", my Elocity A7+
Here is my accessories post. It's just getting started, so expect a lot of updates on it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630652
Sent from "Mighty Mouse", my Elocity A7+
Glad you're here!
Hello
Glad to see someone else taking an interest in these cool tablets
Look forward to your insight!
I'm getting mine in a few days from FactoryDirect.ca . $109
Can you point me to the links for setting up Market access. This will be tricky without a tether. (that's how I did it with my Velocity Cruz)
Dan
Encomb said:
Hello
Glad to see someone else taking an interest in these cool tablets
Look forward to your insight!
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Glad to be here. I hope I can contribute in a meaningful way
Sent from "Mighty Mouse", my Elocity A7+
techristian said:
I'm getting mine in a few days from FactoryDirect.ca . $109
Can you point me to the links for setting up Market access. This will be tricky without a tether. (that's how I did it with my Velocity Cruz)
Dan
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That's where I got mine too.
I just need to tweak my market mod and I will post it.
Which Cruz did you have? My very first tablet was a Cruz reader.
Sent from "Mighty Mouse", my Elocity A7+
Can you list your modified build.prop here for the A7+. Many Thanks.