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[REQUEST] Toshiba Thrive (AT100) Tablet

Would like to request a forum for the 10.1 inch Toshiba Thrive (Android) tablet, due to be released in Australia end of this month (June), Mid July US, and August Canada.
Some great features I really like; full sized SD card, USB and HDMI ports, removable back cover.
Reviews:
http://www.blognotes.in/toshiba-thrive-android-tablet-price-specifications-and-review/
http://www.mobile88.com/cellphone/Toshiba/Toshiba-Thrive/video.asp?title=Toshiba Thrive Demo&id=3712
http://www.gadgetsera.com/toshiba-thrive-tablet-pc-review/

Yes, need forum for this tablet. Other forums are currently being hijacked for discussion. Plus, the threads are lost as they are under different tablets/brands.
I too have been excited about the Thrive. Really looking forward to its release.

Toshiba Thrive
This post is to kindly request a sub-forum for the up coming Toshiba Thrive Android Tablet. Or, subsequently scold me for requesting the forum incorrectly.

Pretty Please!

Yes, please!
Another vote for Thrive-related forum here.

A forum for the Thrive would be awesome. I already preordered mine.

Must have!!!

Ditto on that. That's going to be (first) tablet!
EDIT: Correction. It IS my first Tablet. It would be nice to get a forum for it.

still waiting
I had received an email advising it was added to the list o forums to be created. Still waiting for it to spring into existence.

hobbiteer said:
I had received an email advising it was added to the list o forums to be created. Still waiting for it to spring into existence.
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WOOT!
I'm enjoying it so far. The release in Australia has only come with 3.0.1 and hopefully that will be fixed.
Has it been released anywhere else yet?

lichbane said:
WOOT!
I'm enjoying it so far. The release in Australia has only come with 3.0.1 and hopefully that will be fixed.
Has it been released anywhere else yet?
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Japan had some released. But most release dates were pushed back so they could have 3.1 loaded on I was reading

Where's the love? This is an awesome tablet with the best connectivity of anything on the market.

I too would like to see a Thrive forum. It may boil down to having moderators, etc to cover said forum. However, I see that the LG G-Slate (no interest) never got any love either it would seem to me.

we need it please.

Just ordered mine from newegg and overnight delivery. Can not wait
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Yes please as it has at least in theory the connectivity I want and need hopefully without issues

I would also like to see a sub-forum for the Thrive.

ADD me to the list as well....

I would like to see a Thrive forum also.
Thank you

I'm really surprised this device doesn't have a sub-forum yet. I'm sure there's enough interest in it.

non us japan 3.1 update here!

another popular xoom forum say japan have got the 3.1 update

According to one Russian forum this 3.1 Japanese update supports SD card! There is directory /sdcard-ext, which is actually SD card.
It has build number: H.6.4-15. Kernel 2.6.36.3 [email protected]#1 and it has Firmware configuration version string: GAS_ASIA_HUBKDDI_P007

interesting indeed...
maybe 3.2 for US xoom's will include sd support after all...?
see also here https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/410288 ?

Sooo, if you've updated to US 3.1 it's worth changing back to UK just for SD support.

For slower updates for 3.2 etc. I am thinking not still...
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Nah, if you've already updated to 3.1 and need SD support, you're better installing Tiamat kernel.

isn't the japanese version a wifi only?

does it matter? its sd card support

its been said that Non-US xoom will get sd card support.. and good thing is, it is suppose to be rolling out as we say..

Any chance we could see a full system dump?

so far, i think the rollout only started in japan today, with a "special" build for japan/asia
i think europe will follow in the next few days.
just checked on my euro 3g xoom in germany and there is no update available at the moment

http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...-rolling-out-and-it-includes-sd-card-support/
android police on it too

I wonder when Canada will get it, they make no mention of Canada besides saying *non-us* I'm hoping its soon.
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msavic6 said:
I wonder when Canada will get it, they make no mention of Canada besides saying *non-us* I'm hoping its soon.
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sound same time as UK/EU I'd say.
I remember aaaaaaages ago that MotoCA on Twitter said something about the SD card support coming soon and sparked a lot of rumours then
Canada are non-US too

Lothaen said:
sound same time as UK/EU I'd say.
I remember aaaaaaages ago that MotoCA on Twitter said something about the SD card support coming soon and sparked a lot of rumours then
Canada are non-US too
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"you could always port a french version !"

Can somebody link me to the Jap version so I can have a root through it?
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Relax Fellow US Xoomers
i think we the US Xoom will still get the SD support. it is just a matter of time. this 3.1 update was given to us about a month or so ago. and it is just now hitting the rest of the world xoomers. so let hang in there, as stated in other thread. the US Xoom is a GED (Google Experience Device) so all the updates are coming from google directly. and the Xoom will be the US Xoom's will be the first to get any direct update from google.
this 3.1 update that is now rolling to the rest of the world was the same 3.1 we got with a few tweeks from motorola which implemented the SD fix. that's becasue the international Xoom is not a GED. it is MED (Motorola Experience Device). so all updates will come from Google to Motorola to International Xooms. i can bet that we will get the 3.2 fix soon, and it will take another month or so before the rest of the world gets it. that's just how it's going to be.
the US Xoom is the best experence you will get from Google. and in the future i can see Google making some feature exclusive to US Xoom. that's all part of the GED. i am going to wait it out, becasue i still have a good 15GB on my Xoom, even after a total of 515 apps install. i keep my media in the cloud, so i don;t have to worry about media files taking up space.

Confirmed : Non-US 3.1 DOES enable SD Card support

Finally some good news for anyone outside the US!
"The non-U.S. 3.1 update does include SD card activation"
https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/410341
Post from Motorola forum manager
Still no news on when we'll get it in the UK, but good news in general

More news on the Motorola forums:
Should get within the next few weeks
"Good news!
The 3.1 update for the Motorola XOOM™ outside the U.S. has started. Owners in Japan started receiving the update today (June 21). Owners in other regions can expect updates to start over the next several weeks until the roll out is complete.
Motorola has responded to the widely-expressed desire to have the SD card activated on Motorola XOOM. The 3.1 update for non-U.S. devices, in addition to many other improvements, also includes an SD card activation solution. Release notes for this update will be made available in each region. Please note that functionality varies by region."

So...when do US users get SD support?!

i would like for someone with a non US Xoom to confirm that it works.

good for those non-US XOOM owners...but I'm pretty sure that the largest % of XOOM owners are based in the US...so why push the SD support to all other regions excluding the US is beyond me....
I'm sure US will get it shortly after you guys...but it would be the smartest thing for Moto's Marketing to just push the SD support update to all XOOM owners in ALL REGIONS...

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good for those non-US XOOM owners...but I'm pretty sure that the largest % of XOOM owners are based in the US...so why push the SD support to all other regions excluding the US is beyond me....
I'm sure US will get it shortly after you guys...but it would be the smartest thing for Moto's Marketing to just push the SD support update to all XOOM owners in ALL REGIONS...
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ahhh....because they were releasing anyway...and it was an easy way to get to the next step. My bet is the US will see 3.2 with SD card support...and bug fixes based on the NON US 3.1 release.
Dev for things like this never stops....they fork the tree and keep going. Sounds like the fork was....US/NON US. eventually the forks come back together.....and eventually they will fork again...with each new release.
It will be interesting to see if the 4g implementation is 100% HW based....most likely...but...who the heck knows...

from matt at motorola forums
The solution being used outside the U.S. is developed by Motorola. Non-U.S. Motorola Xooms are not GEDs. Given that they are getting updates later than the U.S. Motorola Xooms, we elected to provide our solution now vs. waiting for the Google solution.
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alodar1 said:
ahhh....because they were releasing anyway...and it was an easy way to get to the next step. My bet is the US will see 3.2 with SD card support...and bug fixes based on the NON US 3.1 release.
Dev for things like this never stops....they fork the tree and keep going. Sounds like the fork was....US/NON US. eventually the forks come back together.....and eventually they will fork again...with each new release.
It will be interesting to see if the 4g implementation is 100% HW based....most likely...but...who the heck knows...
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I know this was a little far fetched for even me but I was really hoping that at the very least the SD support aka HC 3.2 update would come a lot sooner than later (was really hoping to have the SD support before I go on vacation this saturday)...oh well looks like I'll have the update either during or after my vacation...
It almost makes sense that they pushed the 3.2 Update/SD Support to the non-US regions 1st since US was the 1st to get the 3.1 update...still say that Moto should have put the foot down by now and just released the update to all regions...but I'm sure there is a ton of work to allow all features to be working and released in their own regions...
I'm really interested to see how quickly the 4G LTE hardware/software upgrade comes to us after the 3.2/SD support update is released? hhhmmm....

T0LLPHR33 said:
I know this was a little far fetched for even me but I was really hoping that at the very least the SD support aka HC 3.2 update would come a lot sooner than later (was really hoping to have the SD support before I go on vacation this saturday)...oh well looks like I'll have the update either during or after my vacation...
It almost makes sense that they pushed the 3.2 Update/SD Support to the non-US regions 1st since US was the 1st to get the 3.1 update...still say that Moto should have put the foot down by now and just released the update to all regions...but I'm sure there is a ton of work to allow all features to be working and released in their own regions...
I'm really interested to see how quickly the 4G LTE hardware/software upgrade comes to us after the 3.2/SD support update is released? hhhmmm....
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Well I certainly can I say Android development is new to me. With GED and non GED. I understand the base releases of the OS and its updates....and in general understand the Branded skinning that has to take place. Not sure if those terms are appropriate. I think its hard as a consumer sometimes to think that a company is NOT working on a fix to your problem....specifically. They are instead working on whats next....and included in the whats next is x% bug or issue fix from the previous release. That is, of course, if the bug is not destroying sales.. IF the bug is a show stopper, then all hands on deck to get it fixed. With the SD card implementation, it has been a future investment. Because the investment can come in 2 different flavors....GED and NON GED, the timeline is different. I 'assume' the Xoom is a GED and as such, cannot, by contract, implement a NON GED resolution....without the goodwill of Google.
To my knowledge 3.2 doesn't mention a SD card resolution. If it does, then the answer is clear. Otherwise...development continues. Dev of 4.0 is not waiting on 3.x. 3.1 was most likely not waiting on 3.0 to release...but, could be incorporating some 3.x fixes, etc.
Since Matt over in Motorola says this is a NON GED implementation....3.2 falls back into the guess category...where we can add as many fixes and features as we wish...and be radically disappointed when it does release.

alodar1 said:
Well I certainly can I say Android development is new to me. With GED and non GED. I understand the base releases of the OS and its updates....and in general understand the Branded skinning that has to take place. Not sure if those terms are appropriate. I think its hard as a consumer sometimes to think that a company is NOT working on a fix to your problem....specifically. They are instead working on whats next....and included in the whats next is x% bug or issue fix from the previous release. That is, of course, if the bug is not destroying sales.. IF the bug is a show stopper, then all hands on deck to get it fixed. With the SD card implementation, it has been a future investment. Because the investment can come in 2 different flavors....GED and NON GED, the timeline is different. I 'assume' the Xoom is a GED and as such, cannot, by contract, implement a NON GED resolution....without the goodwill of Google.
To my knowledge 3.2 doesn't mention a SD card resolution. If it does, then the answer is clear. Otherwise...development continues. Dev of 4.0 is not waiting on 3.x. 3.1 was most likely not waiting on 3.0 to release...but, could be incorporating some 3.x fixes, etc.
Since Matt over in Motorola says this is a NON GED implementation....3.2 falls back into the guess category...where we can add as many fixes and features as we wish...and be radically disappointed when it does release.
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Not entirely correct. XOOM in the US is a GED which gets updates direct from google and which as of now still does not have sd card support. Xoom outside the US are not GED and as such get updates from Motorola. Motorola is getting a hard time since google didn't implement sd support and so they are / have implemented their own fix. This means that those of us outside the US have to wait longer but we get the added advantage of Motorola devs going a few rounds with our updates before the bell. As such, the update we are about to receive (3.1) is the same google version with additional changes by Motorola, namely SD support.
This could be seen as a good or a bad thing, either way, its entirely possible (and quite likely right now) that the rest of the world will see official SD support before the US.
Macbots drool as I XOOM through the Galaxy to my hearts Desire.

They're probably just releasing the "Motorola" version of the Tiamat kernel.

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They're probably just releasing the "Motorola" version of the Tiamat kernel.
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Ah yes... the TED variant is blessed with many goodies
...xoom posted...

robbiev80 said:
They're probably just releasing the "Motorola" version of the Tiamat kernel.
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I thought the same!
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Hmm. It's a shame that Moto have to go down the path of implementing their own fix. Obviously this means that for the US Xoom to stay a GED they will need to wait for Google to provide a solution and CANNOT roll out their SD fix to US Xoomers.
Here's my take on things:
US gets 3.1 first, way ahead of Rest of World
ROW get 3.1 weeks/months later but with Moto SD fix
US will NOT get Moto SD fix
US gets 3.2 way ahead of ROW (with SD fix??? I certainly have not seen evidence that this is the case)
Moto probably ignore ROW for 3.2 and concentrate on ICS.
Looks like a mixed bag of good/crappy support for the Xoom.

I postulate that the SD card update will be available for download and/or installed when LTE upgrade happens.

burden010 said:
Hmm. It's a shame that Moto have to go down the path of implementing their own fix. Obviously this means that for the US Xoom to stay a GED they will need to wait for Google to provide a solution and CANNOT roll out their SD fix to US Xoomers.
Here's my take on things:
US gets 3.1 first, way ahead of Rest of World
ROW get 3.1 weeks/months later but with Moto SD fix
US will NOT get Moto SD fix
US gets 3.2 way ahead of ROW (with SD fix??? I certainly have not seen evidence that this is the case)
Moto probably ignore ROW for 3.2 and concentrate on ICS.
Looks like a mixed bag of good/crappy support for the Xoom.
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probably - although moto fix and google fix for sd may be different things - meaning that as you said, moto will skip 3.2 or they'll be an EVEN LONGER delay in applying it to ROW

china's xoom has sdcard support!

model: xoom for china (nt sure is z606 or z608)
from a chinese forum i just know that china's version xoom has sdcard support and a motorola apps market for tablet apps! wth? how about us? we get nothing except waiting!

Wow that sucks big time!
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all xooms outside of the US are not GEDs so they can get retrofitted support. there is a certain method that google and moto have to adhere to in order to get SD card support on the MOTMZ600.

B & N version 1.5

What ever happened to the version 1.5 promised by B&N?
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andbroe said:
What ever happened to the version 1.5 promised by B&N?
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What do you think happened?
They probably gave up on the idea.

Hope not.
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andbroe said:
What ever happened to the version 1.5 promised by B&N?
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It was never promised by B&N. I was just a media rumor.

straygecko said:
It was never promised by B&N. I was just a media rumor.
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It may not have been promised, but it was more than a rumor. They had promotional materials all ready to go.

bradpitcher said:
It may not have been promised, but it was more than a rumor. They had promotional materials all ready to go.
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Source? I'll I've seen is articles that all lead back to a Techcrunch photo of a "leaked memo" with no mention of promotional materials.

I saw it here. I suppose it could be fake, but does that really happen?

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I saw it here. I suppose it could be fake, but does that really happen?
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That references the Techcrunch photo of a "leaked memo", not anything official that would be a "promise" from B&N nor any promotional materials. If you have ever worked for a big company you know that lots of ideas get floated around and taken to different stages of completion for discussion and approval. If the photo is real it could have been a draft someone prepared for a project proposal that never took off or got canned along the way. Or it could be fake. Some poeple do like to feed BS to the media. In any event there was no official B&N announcement therefore no promise to deliver any newer firmware by B&N.
Mark Twain said something like "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." It applies just as well to modern digital media outlets. Don't believe rumors published in the media.

BN Sucks
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Im very waiting a higher android version for my reader, the 2.1 android a little bit old.
straygecko said:
That references the Techcrunch photo of a "leaked memo", not anything official that would be a "promise" from B&N nor any promotional materials. If you have ever worked for a big company you know that lots of ideas get floated around and taken to different stages of completion for discussion and approval. If the photo is real it could have been a draft someone prepared for a project proposal that never took off or got canned along the way. Or it could be fake. Some poeple do like to feed BS to the media. In any event there was no official B&N announcement therefore no promise to deliver any newer firmware by B&N.
Mark Twain said something like "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." It applies just as well to modern digital media outlets. Don't believe rumors published in the media.
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This may be good news for B&N moving forward with updating the devices.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57599307-93/barnes-noble-backpedals-on-dropping-color-tablets/