I've been debating on the transformer or the Xoom....
now that the Xoom has SD access, will custom roms be next? Or is something still missing?
Yes, AFAIK still HC missing source code, although bits are starting to come out.
ugh I guess ill keep waiting...
Why wait once source gets released I'm sure the xoom will be the more worked on device
Who knows, alot of people were saying they were returning their Xooms
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Who knows, alot of people were saying they were returning their Xooms
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And a lot aren't
But the Transformer needs the source code as much as the Xoom does... so... it depends which one sells more and the Xoom has a head start.
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Who knows, alot of people were saying they were returning their Xooms
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Who's a lot of people you mean noobs that know nothing about developing or impatienet people that do nothing but bash the xoom
Plus the keyboard dock looks really tempting
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It's cute but if I wanted a netbook I would have bought one years ago.
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What has the better overall hardware?
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Most if not all of the people returning the Xoom for a Transformer are doing so because of such minor issues, which will be resolved soon anyway. Getting the Transformer for the keyboard dock is stupid IMO. Congrats, you just bought a very expensive netbook.
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Most if not all of the people returning the Xoom for a Transformer are doing so because of such minor issues, which will be resolved soon anyway. Getting the Transformer for the keyboard dock is stupid IMO. Congrats, you just bought a very expensive netbook.
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Most if not all of the people returning the Xoom for a Transformer are doing so because of such minor issues, which will be resolved soon anyway. Getting the Transformer for the keyboard dock is stupid IMO. Congrats, you just bought a very expensive netbook.
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Or you know.. Because it has a significantly better screen. Oh and wait, it's cheaper than the Xoom with a keyboard! Even if you don't use the keyboard, you still have it. Unless I'm mistaken and it doesn't come with the keyboard, because I have been not caring about the thing at all lol.
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Mainly the SD card not working. But also things like the UI lags, there aren't enough apps, its heavy (I know, not fixable). Crap like that.
And the keyboard for the Transformer is $150 I believe.
People choose Transformer because it has better IPS screen and cheaper, and that's important.
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Most if not all of the people returning the Xoom for a Transformer are doing so because of such minor issues, which will be resolved soon anyway. Getting the Transformer for the keyboard dock is stupid IMO. Congrats, you just bought a very expensive netbook.
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Hmm. I'm not trying to be dense here but for me at least, the IPS screen is not better. Going by the iPad screen anyway, for reading it's not that great, and that's a major part of what I'll be doing with the Xoom.
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Hmm. I'm not trying to be dense here but for me at least, the IPS screen is not better. Going by the iPad screen anyway, for reading it's not that great, and that's a major part of what I'll be doing with the Xoom.
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This is simply a lie coming from someone who owned both and now only Xoom. I pad screen is better at everything. Its brighter AND crisper so how can't u read?
Well, no it's not a lie. Thanks for calling me a liar though.
I've read on the iPad and it was OK but not brilliant, the letters just don't "pop" like they do in a book or ereader. I haven't seen a Xoom yet but I've been led to believe by reviews that it's better for reading than the iPad.
My opinion: the ipad is too bright, even when its toned down. Especially if your in bed at night try to not wake up the person next to you or land air planes on your bed.
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My thumbs are getting sore from using it too much.
Really happy with my purchase and really looking forward to flash and the active SD card.
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My wife hates the my zoom. She says I'd rather spend time with it then her.
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My wife hates the my zoom. She says I'd rather spend time with it then her.
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haha. mine too..."you like your new toy more than me"
I know mine just wont die. It just keep going for hours. I have already surfed the entire internet and there is still 52% left.
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I'm banned from bringing it to bed...
Just do what I did. Buy her one too Worked like a charm for me!
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Xooms = pr0.
i don't have a wife.
but i do have a girlfriend that feels loath to my love for mobile computing(;
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Just do what I did. Buy her one too Worked like a charm for me!
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I wish I could buy one for my wife as well, because keeps taking it and playing Fruit Ninja for hours on end. I swear, she uses it more than I do.
Sd card will be huge for me, I'll be buying a 32gb and just filling it with music.
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Just do what I did. Buy her one too Worked like a charm for me!
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Yup, did that too .... she still *****es
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My wife hates the my zoom. She says I'd rather spend time with it then her.
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My wife owns the Xoom now. She was very impressed by it and was excited to get it. I want a better screen but if no good contenders present themselves, I may pick up the Wifi only version.
I like it a lot more since she owns it and not me.
Wish I could trade my wife to a girlfriend so my xoom will not be interfering my personal life
Hehe, my wife already hates my phone, wonder how much more she'll hate the Xoom when I get it.
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No fights here, Galaxy tab and xoom we take turns.
My girl left me for my xoom I'd take it back but it stole my car and ran off to mexico. Wtf motorola
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mjpacheco said:
I'm banned from bringing it to bed...
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Classic hahaha
That's why I'm not dating. =P
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Sd card will be huge for me, I'll be buying a 32gb and just filling it with music.
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Same here. Once it's working I'm planning on ordering a Sandisk from Amazon and filling that puppy up with music or movies.
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No fights here, Galaxy tab and xoom we take turns.
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Same here. She has ur Gtab i got my Xoom.
The Xoom should come with a Surgeon General's Warning: "Using the Xoom will incur constant bickering from your wife."
http://briefmobile.com/android-honeycomb-has-potential-needs-time-to-mature
Pretty spot on, good read.
nice
my favourite bit has to be:
Apple markets the iPad as this magical, cute, family friendly device while the Xoom is marketed as this totally bad ass, rugged machine that can turn into a spaceship if you try to grab it.
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Finally someone who gets it.
There's one problem with this kind of thinking,you can't charge people $300 more than a much more popular ipad for a beta product.
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alex2792 said:
There's one problem with this kind of thinking,you can't charge people $300 more than a much more popular ipad for a beta product.
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What's even more hilarious is people will sit here and defend this price point.
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What's even more hilarious is people will sit here and defend this price point.
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What's even more funny is the people who will come to xda just to complain because they have nothing better to do.
The xoom is only $70 more than a comparable ipad2 while having better hardware and arguably a better base OS experience.
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A device is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
However, for $70 more than the equivelant model iPad I'm happy for the fact my Xoom eventually will have Flash and 4G.
Dave
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What's even more funny is the people who will come to xda just to complain because they have nothing better to do.
The xoom is only $70 more than a comparable ipad2 while having better hardware and arguably a better base OS experience.
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Amen!
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I really, really wish idiots would stop comparing the price of the 16GB wifi only iPad 2 to the 32GB 3G (soon to be 4G) Xoom. It makes no sense.
Got mine with a data package contract for $130 less.
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A device is worth what someone is willing to pay for it.
However, for $70 more than the equivelant model iPad I'm happy for the fact my Xoom eventually will have Flash and 4G.
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Also, to upgrade the ipad to 64gb, it's another $100 plus tax. To upgrade a xoom, it's the price of a 32gb micro SD and possibly missing that second part. Not to mention you can upgrade it on your own after you buy it. You're not forced to decide before you buy it.
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The guy didn't say the Xoom was worth the price, but rather Android Honeycomb is a really good operating system.
The xoom
The Transformer
Or the itampon
I live in spain I wanted to order of of amazon(damm you guys have cheap stuff) would anyone recommend amazon? Experiences?
They're about 400€ a pop.
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When you said itampon did you mean ipad?
It depends on what you use the device for also.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs
Just wanted to point out how old this skit is btw...it's from 2007
Well....
Browsing, books, videos the usual crap...
I dislike apple in general(read:hate with a passion) only they can charge 40bucks for a friggin sheet of plastic) and I can't think what I'll use It for other than games I have a ps3 for that...
I put it on the list mainly for.......yeah I got nothing... forget it change it for like the acer iconia tab
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Holy crap hahhaha I never saw it
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsjU0K8QPhs
Just wanted to point out how old this skit is btw...it's from 2007
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That was a good laugh thank you sir
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The xoom
The Transformer
Or the itampon
I live in spain I wanted to order of of amazon(damm you guys have cheap stuff) would anyone recommend amazon? Experiences?
They're about 400€ a pop.
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Well if those are my only options then I would choose the xoom but I'm biased. I own one. I think the Asus might be a good buy but seems doomed to fail with low stock. If you can possibly wait 2 months then you'll have more honeycomb tablet options. Google is rumoured to have a nexus tablet in the works, possibly from Toshiba and could be THE tablet!! But in the meantime, I'm absolutely loving my xoom.
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Well if those are my only options then I would choose the xoom but I'm biased. I own one. I think the Asus might be a good buy but seems doomed to fail with low stock. If you can possibly wait 2 months then you'll have more honeycomb tablet options. Google is rumoured to have a nexus tablet in the works, possibly from Toshiba and could be THE tablet!! But in the meantime, I'm absolutely loving my xoom.
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Intriguing. But I thought that the xoom was the tablet equivalent of the nexus/s
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Intriguing. But I thought that the xoom was the tablet equivalent of the nexus/s
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There is speculation over that.
I liken the Xoom to Android Dev Phone 1, or the G1, same phone really.
In other words, we're the first - but not THE device of Google. Right now, it's the "Apple of Google's Eye" D) - for now.
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There is speculation over that.
I liken the Xoom to Android Dev Phone 1, or the G1, same phone really.
In other words, we're the first - but not THE device of Google. Right now, it's the "Apple of Google's Eye" D) - for now.
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Much like the nexus one was the developers phone
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The original dev phone was ADP1. N1 came later...2 years or so.
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So the matrix pill scenario...xoom or transformer
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Hey is the sdcard slot working for the international wifi-only version of the xoom?
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Giggitty
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This should be nice.
cant wait!
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Source: linky
Typically how long after a device passes FCC does it get released?
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Can't Wait!
Will there be a physical keyboard?
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Will there be a physical keyboard?
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Didn't look like it to me... they talked about it only being a few mm bigger in places without a mention of the keyboard. Huge fail... Sprint has enough devices without keyboards to satisfy the people who like tapping away on glass.
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Didn't look like it to me... they talked about it only being a few mm bigger in places without a mention of the keyboard. Huge fail... Sprint has enough devices without keyboards to satisfy the people who like tapping away on glass.
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But not with a SAMOLED+ screen
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Typically how long after a device passes FCC does it get released?
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Evo 3D was exactly 3 weeks after FCC, but the WiThin hasn't even been announced yet, so you never know.
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Didn't look like it to me... they talked about it only being a few mm bigger in places without a mention of the keyboard. Huge fail... Sprint has enough devices without keyboards to satisfy the people who like tapping away on glass.
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Why ruin one of the thinnest phones with extra unnecessary thickness? I thought I'd use the Epic keyboard, but I use Swype. Swype is faster for me. If the Nexus was out when I got my Epic, I'd have gotten that.
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Why ruin one of the thinnest phones with extra unnecessary thickness? I thought I'd use the Epic keyboard, but I use Swype. Swype is faster for me. If the Nexus was out when I got my Epic, I'd have gotten that.
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Agree, i bought the epic for the keyboard but like typing on screen more now. I just hope this thing isnt a tegra.
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Agree, i bought the epic for the keyboard but like typing on screen more now. I just hope this thing isnt a tegra.
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+that
Here's to hoping for sammy's gpu
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+that
Here's to hoping for sammy's gpu
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& another + to that, I won't go near that thing with a 10 foot pole if it isn't packing a Exynos. Also noticed that it has a 1800mah battery with it too.
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& another + to that, I won't go near that thing with a 10 foot pole if it isn't packing a Exynos. Also noticed that it has a 1800mah battery with it too.
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That might just explain where the extra thickness came from.
I believe the original S2 was 1650mah
saweet! really looking forward to this
would love a keyboard on this thing. but probly wont happen.
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Agree, i bought the epic for the keyboard but like typing on screen more now. I just hope this thing isnt a tegra.
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Well, can't say for sure, but if the current Galaxy S2 sold outside the US is any indication, this is what it should have...
Using the Android System Info app (available for free on the Android Market), we found confirmation that the Galaxy S II is indeed running a 1.2GHz ARMv7 dual-core processor
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Source: Engadget review
On another thread, rdf says arm 11. I don't know how to tell from that document exactly what the phone has inside though. Anyone else know how to decipher all that info?
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xboxfanj said:
Why ruin one of the thinnest phones with extra unnecessary thickness? I thought I'd use the Epic keyboard, but I use Swype. Swype is faster for me. If the Nexus was out when I got my Epic, I'd have gotten that.
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Agree. One of the reasons I went with the Epic was because of the keyboard (coming from TP2), but once I started using Swype I have never gone back to the keyboard. I occasionally slide it open to clean out the pocket lint, but thats about it.
I broke my tablet and I was on Craigslist and I found this model in really good condition for $150, was it a good buy?
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It is!
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I would definitely say yes
I would buy a second one for that price!
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Thanks I'm glad I got it then, I read the reviews but since they were over a year old I wasn't sure, but for 150 it seems pretty good
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Thanks I'm glad I got it then, I read the reviews but since they were over a year old I wasn't sure, but for 150 it seems pretty good
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If you want to sell it to me for $150, I'll take it too...
You have a very good deal, man. Here in Toronto, most people are still selling a 32GB model for $300-$350!
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I would buy a second one for that price!
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Same here!
For all the aggrivation and problems ive had with the tf101, $150 is too much. I'd spend three times that amount to get a working device.
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For all the aggrivation and problems ive had with the tf101, $150 is too much. I'd spend three times that amount to get a working device.
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I was about to say the same, I would even hesitate if someone offered to pay me $150 to take another one, seriously.
6 months of this is enough for me, I have had enough with this company and this tablet
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I was about to say the same, I would even hesitate if someone offered to pay me $150 to take another one, seriously.
6 months of this is enough for me, I have had enough with this company and this tablet
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LOL. Yeah, it's like giving someone a curse. Such a shame too. Asus could have made this situation a lot better.
My Transformer was rock solid till I got greedy and wanted ICS on it. ICS on Transformer has been a nightmare.
That said I love this tablet when it works, it get's used and abused every day.
Just ordered a Nexus 7 yesterday though, gonna see how the 7 inch form factor works out for me. Still Asus made, so I have fingers crossed.
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LOL. Yeah, it's like giving someone a curse. Such a shame too. Asus could have made this situation a lot better.
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Yep, I feel like ASUS owe me and everyone else with the problems, some sort of partial refund at least. It's not like a laptop where you could install a different OS until they sort their stuff out.
Because of asus' incompetency, it has now been useless longer than it has been stable, imo that is not acceptable and if I could be bothered I would fight for a full refund and be done with them.
Since ICS, the tablet has sat unused the majority of the time because of the sheer number of bugs making it a chore to use rather than an enjoyment.
And what irritates me is all the feedback on the problems people on their FB page give, and asus completely ignore it and post childish "Happy Friday" etc comments as if they are some silly little school girl talking to her little friends
Company has gone from top 3 to never again for me
Is this problem only on the Tf101 with ics or on all the other ones as well?
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Well worth it.
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Seems half of you had a good experience and the other half didn't which makes me wonder, did the half that had trouble with it had it rooted and flashed with custom roms or was it stock? I've only had it for a couple of days and I love it, keep in mind my last tablet was a dell steak 7 which was kinda bad,
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Seems half of you had a good experience and the other half didn't which makes me wonder, did the half that had trouble with it had it rooted and flashed with custom roms or was it stock? I've only had it for a couple of days and I love it, keep in mind my last tablet was a dell steak 7 which was kinda bad,
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Endless problems here and 100% stock not rooted
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Seems half of you had a good experience and the other half didn't which makes me wonder, did the half that had trouble with it had it rooted and flashed with custom roms or was it stock? I've only had it for a couple of days and I love it, keep in mind my last tablet was a dell steak 7 which was kinda bad,
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I'm completely stock, and un-rooted. I have zero issues, and I use my tablet all day long. I also have about 100 apps installed. I had some minor issues on the initial ICS release, but they are long gone. If I had a fraction of the issues being reported, I'd have "eBayed" my TF a long time ago, or installed a custom ROM.
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Seems half of you had a good experience and the other half didn't which makes me wonder, did the half that had trouble with it had it rooted and flashed with custom roms or was it stock? I've only had it for a couple of days and I love it, keep in mind my last tablet was a dell steak 7 which was kinda bad,
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Stock, not rooted. Many hardware and software issues.
Great for me
hy there,
firstly in my country the transformer 16gb wifi still sels for about 300 usd - used not in a store. at the price you got it... i would buy another.
about problems.... mine is rooted and using revolution hd rom. no issues with it and it is used daily.
also i have the dock and it helps me with the transition from my laptop.
Megatron 1.1.6, Guevor Test kernel, dual booting Ubuntu (loopmounted) and I can say I've had zero problems since Guevor Test 15 or so, its a wonderful device if you get off the stock train. I'm currently selling mine on ebay for $360 with the dock, but only because I really need the money.