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I decided to pull the trigger on a Xoom last night. By pulling the trigger, I mean I happily purchased a Xoom, not that I got angry at it and shot it.
I've been eagerly anticipating purchasing an Android tablet for the primary purpose of developing apps. I've been following several devices over the past few months and narrowed my choices down to the Xoom, the Acer Iconia a500, Asus Eeepad Transformer, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
With all things being relatively equal, I whittled my choices down to the Samsung and the Xoom...Although I like Acer and have had good experience with their products (yes, even support...I am a teacher/IT specialist for a school district and always had fast turn around with repairs/replacements from Acer), I just didn't like the feel of the Acer a whole lot, combined with a small dev community in addition to (currently) locked bootloader eliminated it from the running....the Asus looks too gimmicky and plasticy/toyish to me.
The Samsung looks very nice, but I'm concerned about the potential lack of ports, backlight bleeding, slightly less responsive touch screen than the xoom.
The Xoom was the clear winner for me primarily because of 1.) a large, thriving development community, 2.) Build quality 3.) Tried and true: I have owned a motorola Droid, Droid X and am extremely happy with those products. 4.) Xoom has been out a few months and has had the chance to be thoroughly reviewed/tested/go through growing pains.
As I said earlier, I'm also a teacher, so I have my summers off...I plan on devoting my summer to Android development and I'm excited to be joining the Xoom community! I look forward to learning a lot and also contributing wherever possible.
Dollyllama said:
I decided to pull the trigger on a Xoom last night. By pulling the trigger, I mean I happily purchased a Xoom, not that I got angry at it and shot it.
I've been eagerly anticipating purchasing an Android tablet for the primary purpose of developing apps. I've been following several devices over the past few months and narrowed my choices down to the Xoom, the Acer Iconia a500, Asus Eeepad Transformer, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
With all things being relatively equal, I whittled my choices down to the Samsung and the Xoom...Although I like Acer and have had good experience with their products (yes, even support...I am a teacher/IT specialist for a school district and always had fast turn around with repairs/replacements from Acer), I just didn't like the feel of the Acer a whole lot, combined with a small dev community in addition to (currently) locked bootloader eliminated it from the running....the Asus looks too gimmicky and plasticy/toyish to me.
The Samsung looks very nice, but I'm concerned about the potential lack of ports, backlight bleeding, slightly less responsive touch screen than the xoom.
The Xoom was the clear winner for me primarily because of 1.) a large, thriving development community, 2.) Build quality 3.) Tried and true: I have owned a motorola Droid, Droid X and am extremely happy with those products. 4.) Xoom has been out a few months and has had the chance to be thoroughly reviewed/tested/go through growing pains.
As I said earlier, I'm also a teacher, so I have my summers off...I plan on devoting my summer to Android development and I'm excited to be joining the Xoom community! I look forward to learning a lot and also contributing wherever possible.
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Welcome aboard.
To my opinion tho the Acer iconia is the best looking one out of all 4. Nonetheless, the xoom might looks boring at first but its the build quality that wins everything. Its just so solid. Did you get the free portfolio case from Motorola btw? Idk if that deal is still on or not. But I have the case, its originally worth 40 dollars but its well spent money. The case adds protection and a very professional looking to the xoom.
PS: I never knew the Acer was locked down.
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I just picked up the motorola Xoom yesterday sunday at the best buy exchanging the acer iconia A500. The reason was because the gps problem also the rocker switch for the volume control not working and also the voice recognition mic was not working all the time. So far so good with the motorola. By the way congratulations on the Xoom.
I'm testing the Xoom on the way to work.
wang1404 said:
Welcome aboard.
To my opinion tho the Acer iconia is the best looking one out of all 4. Nonetheless, the xoom might looks boring at first but its the build quality that wins everything. Its just so solid. Did you get the free portfolio case from Motorola btw? Idk if that deal is still on or not. But I have the case, its originally worth 40 dollars but its well spent money. The case adds protection and a very professional looking to the xoom.
PS: I never knew the Acer was locked down.
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Thank you for the heads up on the case...I got a zagg for the screen, (some people don't like them, but I seem to have good luck with getting them on with no bubbles etc), but I was looking for a cover...I'll definitely check it out.
As far as the Acer, I agree it looked solid but the dev community was really small over there (been following a few weeks)...and still having trouble with getting clockwork running etc...
I just picked up the motorola Xoom yesterday sunday at the best buy exchanging the acer iconia A500. The reason was because the gps problem also the rocker switch for the volume control not working and also the voice recognition mic was not working all the time. So far so good with the motorola. By the way congratulations on the Xoom.
I'm testing the Xoom on the way to work.
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thanks! Oh...by the way, testing on the way to work only if you're a passenger.
Welcome to team xoom. I hope you had a chance to update to 3.1. It brings new life to the xoom. Check it out. Next will be the sdcard fix. Then we will have the best tablet on the market.
wang1404 said:
Welcome aboard.
To my opinion tho the Acer iconia is the best looking one out of all 4. Nonetheless, the xoom might looks boring at first but its the build quality that wins everything. Its just so solid. Did you get the free portfolio case from Motorola btw? Idk if that deal is still on or not. But I have the case, its originally worth 40 dollars but its well spent money. The case adds protection and a very professional looking to the xoom.
PS: I never knew the Acer was locked down.
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Quite opposite... I think ACER ICONIA looks so ugly... but that is pure personal opinion and I do respect your view on Acer =)
Xoom to me looks "Bold and solid", boring maybe another word to describe it but the full metal jacket is definitely something I like, again personal opinions =)
Welcome on board to OP!
I also picked up a Xoom this weekend. Got the Zagg screen for free with the promo Best Buy had on the website. Haven't had a chance to put it on. Screen definitely needs something on it with the print magnet that it is. The Motorola case intrigues me, anyone have a link to the case for free as mentioned above by wang1404?
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I also picked up a Xoom this weekend. Got the Zagg screen for free with the promo Best Buy had on the website. Haven't had a chance to put it on. Screen definitely needs something on it with the print magnet that it is. The Motorola case intrigues me, anyone have a link to the case for free as mentioned above by wang1404?
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What day did you buy yours? I didn't see the promo and paid full price for my screen protector...BB is very good with honoring things so do you have a link or something where I could check that promo out...I'd like to get my $30 credit.
You have to buy it through bestbuy.com to get the free screen protector.. I'm sure they would refund the price of the screen protector as a price match if you asked.
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nk you for the heads up on the case...I got a zagg for the screen, (some people don't like them, but I seem to have good luck with getting them on with no bubbles etc), but I was looking for a cover...I'll definitely check it out.
As far as the Acer, I agree it looked solid but the dev community was really small over there (been following a few weeks)...and still having trouble with getting clockwork running etc...
thanks! Oh...b
y the way, testing on the way to work only if you're a passenger.
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Yeah only in traffic jams... Use google maps to check traffic conditions worked great.
I unboxed the motorola Xoom in the parking lot, and install the 3.1 update worked great.
I unboxed the motorola Xoom in the parking lot and installed 3.1 update works great.
Dollyllama said:
I decided to pull the trigger on a Xoom last night. By pulling the trigger, I mean I happily purchased a Xoom, not that I got angry at it and shot it.
I've been eagerly anticipating purchasing an Android tablet for the primary purpose of developing apps. I've been following several devices over the past few months and narrowed my choices down to the Xoom, the Acer Iconia a500, Asus Eeepad Transformer, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
With all things being relatively equal, I whittled my choices down to the Samsung and the Xoom...Although I like Acer and have had good experience with their products (yes, even support...I am a teacher/IT specialist for a school district and always had fast turn around with repairs/replacements from Acer), I just didn't like the feel of the Acer a whole lot, combined with a small dev community in addition to (currently) locked bootloader eliminated it from the running....the Asus looks too gimmicky and plasticy/toyish to me.
The Samsung looks very nice, but I'm concerned about the potential lack of ports, backlight bleeding, slightly less responsive touch screen than the xoom.
The Xoom was the clear winner for me primarily because of 1.) a large, thriving development community, 2.) Build quality 3.) Tried and true: I have owned a motorola Droid, Droid X and am extremely happy with those products. 4.) Xoom has been out a few months and has had the chance to be thoroughly reviewed/tested/go through growing pains.
As I said earlier, I'm also a teacher, so I have my summers off...I plan on devoting my summer to Android development and I'm excited to be joining the Xoom community! I look forward to learning a lot and also contributing wherever possible.
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Welcome to the club!!!!! You will not be disappointed. Especially when you get 3.1 update. You just have to be a bit patient with support with regards to apps/games. My xoom has almost completely replaced my laptop which I did not think was possible and has also literally reduced my phone use to mostly wifi hotspot and txt. As for cases, I have the zoogue and think it is simply awesome. I would also suggest getting thumbkeyboard app. Happy xooming to you!!!!!
jjank11 said:
Welcome to the club!!!!! You will not be disappointed. Especially when you get 3.1 update. You just have to be a bit patient with support with regards to apps/games. My xoom has almost completely replaced my laptop which I did not think was possible and has also literally reduced my phone use to mostly wifi hotspot and txt. As for cases, I have the zoogue and think it is simply awesome. I would also suggest getting thumbkeyboard app. Happy xooming to you!!!!!
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Awesome! Thanks for the tips! I was actually wondering about keying...i used swype on my phone and nook color and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread until FlexT9 was the app of the day on Amazon app store Saturday... it's hands down better than swype and although it's great on my phone and i use my nook color primarily in portrait mode when reading/replying to forums/ emails, it just isn't going to cut it on a landscape tablet... even on nook color I might give it a try... certainly looks worth the small investment.
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I was about to buy the wifi model also checked craigslist and found a 3g for 500 I had to take it even if it was used
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Congrats and welcome. you are now officially a Xoomer.
I recommend Thumb Keyboard beta (its on a forum here in Apps). Best keyboard I ever used.
Dollyllama said:
Awesome! Thanks for the tips! I was actually wondering about keying...i used swype on my phone and nook color and thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread until FlexT9 was the app of the day on Amazon app store Saturday... it's hands down better than swype and although it's great on my phone and i use my nook color primarily in portrait mode when reading/replying to forums/ emails, it just isn't going to cut it on a landscape tablet... even on nook color I might give it a try... certainly looks worth the small investment.
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Like many others have said, the best way to type is using thumb keyboards. They are Thumb Keyboard which is available as a beta version in apps section, and Swiftkey . And I think the thumb keyboard is better than swiftkey even though they use the same method. The swiftkey version I have is the first beta, I haven't updated so Idk what has changed. But For why swiftkey is worse:
1. The keys are much smaller
2. Prediction is, well, not finished.
And others... lol
You might like the honeycomb city theme. It makes my xoom looks like its from the future.
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If you like Swype, try Slideit. *Really* like it on my Xoom. Its keyboard can be made about 66% smaller (towards the right side) with the 33% to the left useful for numbers and symbol drawing. I find the sliding on the smaller area easier in landscape mode, plus quick number entry in the draw area. Not available yet in the Amazon store, tho I've suggested it to the Slideit guys, only in the Android marketplace, but you can get a fully working 15 day demo to try it out before laying down the money. For some reason I'm all thumbs with Thumb keyboard
I was wondering how the scene is on the a500. I'm interested in one, but I know nothing about them to reallu distinguish what's what yet. Its pretty much between this, an xoom or the HP touchpad.
Sure this could be biased but I hope someone can offer me good advice based on knowledge not fan boys.
Can Netflix be played on all of those? Any other issues? I'd want to root whatever I get. I know HP TP isn't android.....yet
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Well the HP is out of the question as it's been discontinued. The Xoom is more expensive and offers nothing the Acer doesn't; yet the Acer has Standard & Micro usb and better sound. There are others reasons but really with the choices you provided the choice is clear.
Well, my opinion, and I had the HP TouchPad, and now the Iconia, is to go with the Iconia. The HP fiasco has messed up webOS enough that everything done to it will be from the after market so to speak. Plus to get Android on it will take a long time. I had it for a month and just was not happy with it.
Now I have the Iconia and love it compared to any other tablet mainly because of all the accessory ports. Development with the Iconia is a little difficult as there are many versions because of the world distribution. But the Roms seem to be multilanguage.
I don't now much about the Zoom but I have read complaints about it. Mainly expandability.
Short opinion, but hope it helps somewhat.
Yeah I have a 3.41 fw jailbroke ps3 that I'm looking to trade. They guy with the Acer said he rather get money than trade. I have someone offering a 32gb HP TP. So yeaH. Supposedly they are close to getting cm on the TP.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Just a small paragraph to say I'm pretty pleased with this tablet and honeycomb development.
As an early buyer of this tablet ( from the first day in Best Buy in NYC) and having sort the problems of 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 releases, I'm happy with the way this is working out.
Acer Iconia is a great tablet and it has been selled by far over Acer expectations. Now it is getting ATT selling it on contract.
As I see this in a very optimistic way, the more the merrier as Acer should respond to their clients and provide updates and improvements for us.
That's all for now...just a happy dude with his happy tablet ( by the way, my notebook has become a real dust buster as I have no longer use for it at home)
As a suggestion for the elder....please install mame emulator, download some roms, plug in your Xbox controller and have an excellent time!
Bye
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Yep. I'm a very happy owner too and thankfully didn't have any of the issues that others did off and on. This was my first Acer product, but it won't be my last.
Being an apple fanboy I was presented with the dillema of the Acer a500 or an ipad2. Having owned every iPhone from day one it made this choice much more diffifuclt than I originally thought. I spent about a week just reading comparison reviews and alot of them had many complaints about the Acer and not many complaints about the I pad. I've messed around with the ipad2 and I am extremely efficient/familiar with the ios system. Having worked as a regional manager for a T-Mobile dealer I was one of the first people to own the T-Mobile G1 and even had the very first review on the front page of wired and androidcommunity (Google kaziko android g1 wired). This had me familiar with android and so when it came down to choosing between the two, it was about hardware. After realizing the potential of the Acer a500's hardware ESP the full size USB port that is fully functional and the 100% mirrored HDMI out built in, I decided on the Acer. I must say its one of the best decisions I have made in the past years as far as technology. I have only been disappointed by the lack of apps in the market that are fully compatible with my tablet, but this is a problem that is temporary and not really a reflection of the device itself. This tablet is fast, responsive, fully featured and IMO it is an iPad1,2 killer. I also saved myself about $300 which I can use for other things now which is always a plus. If anyone is considering an ipad1,2 over this device, I advise you to take a deeper look. At half the cost and twice the capability its a no brainer that the Acer Iconia A500 is simply the better choice and will continue to prove itself as Honeycomb devlops and developers increase the amount of honeycomb compatible apps in the market
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Being stuck in a country where the tech is very limited. I made my decision on impulse and availability. I am happy that I did however, very happy with it. Only tiniest issue is the weight. It does get to feel heavy after long periods of use but with the price and the ports, it more than makes up for it.
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I just picked up a 16gb acer Iconia today and I've gotta say it has blown me away, it does everything I hope a tablet could as well as a usb port "yesss"
I did some serious looking around before picking it up, it's main competitor was the Galaxy tab and Transformer but those tablets lack in the port department which was my main deciding factor.
Acer does not disappoint.
For $299 it was a no brainer for me. I like Android and the full size usb was a nice addition to an already nice tablet. I too would like more tablet apps for honeycomb but as the market picks up for honeycomb I am sure we will see more just like Android.
I don't know if anybody here has heard, but Acer just teased a new tablet, amazing sounding one, to say the least, and I was just wondering everybody's opinion of Acer's build quality, and how well they update their devices currently, and just the overall performance that you get out of this tablet.
Here's the article for anyone who wanted to see:
http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/08/acer-shows-new-iconia-tab-with-quad-core-processor-1080p-display/
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Oh my! as much as I don't want to spend more money, I might need to THIS LOOKS TO BE QUITE AN UPGRADE ..
To answer your question Acer has good quality for the bucks in your bank. I like Acer as this is my fist Acer product matter in fact the only complaint I have is the microphone it stinks.. but if they have fixed that which I'm sure they have ill be sure to pick this up!
Thanks for the link!
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Mic isn't bad at all, just not very loud... Some voice chat programs (including skype and gtalk, unfortunately) mess things up, though, giving you weird background noises (not on all devices, though, it works for me). Other than that, the Acer devices are very well worth their money.
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I don't know if anybody here has heard, but Acer just teased a new tablet, amazing sounding one, to say the least, and I was just wondering everybody's opinion of Acer's build quality, and how well they update their devices currently, and just the overall performance that you get out of this tablet.
Here's the article for anyone who wanted to see:
http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/08/acer-shows-new-iconia-tab-with-quad-core-processor-1080p-display/
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If you Google Acer A700 you'll see that the specs on that tab have been out for awhile. I'll be waiting to see if Acer delivers ICS to this tab first. If they drop support on this tab, there's no way in h3ll I'll be purchasing another Acer tab. If they do give us ICS on our tabs, I'll be grabbing the A700, as it seems it's going to be the best "bang for the buck" among the 2012 tabs
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If you Google Acer A700 you'll see that the specs on that tab have been out for awhile. I'll be waiting to see if Acer delivers ICS to this tab first. If they drop support on this tab, there's no way in h3ll I'll be purchasing another Acer tab. If they do give us ICS on our tabs, I'll be grabbing the A700, as it seems it's going to be the best "bang for the buck" among the 2012 tabs
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I agree 120% with this .. I have a birthday coming in MAY .. Giggles..
if my a500 does not get the support it should.. i might just wait and get a win 8 arm tablet.. and Dual Boot it .but there is always battery issues with windows . we will see what the tech word brings us in 2012.. for now my a 500 meets all the HAVE to have needs.. as if i really NEED a tablet.
Acer always seems to be giving the best bang for your buck, whether it is laptops or not tablets.
One gripe I have against acer is their bloatware. Some may like it but others (like myself) can't stand it.
Also keep in mind that acer is releasing the A200 soon. It's pretty much the same spec wise as the A500 but apparently has no rear facing camera. The pricing looks quite attractive though. I'm still happy with my A500. I actually have no desire to replace it with something newer and better, and I usually drool over the latest and greatest in technology.
I've had an a500 since november and the build quality is great. They have been providing adequate updates so far, and I expect them to provide ICS, but we will see.
Ive been wanting to get a second tablet bc my daughter always has this one and wouldn't hesitate to buy another acer.
Other than build quality ill be looking at development on market app as well as on xda
Gameloft and other game developers choose a500 as a flag ship for development another reason I choose this tablet over Asus, Samsung, and Mototrola. I contacted Gameloft before I picked up a 10.1 tablet around September and asked them what tablet to pick up they told me Acer Iconia because Acer has been the only company that was helping them out the most with developmental needs.. so of course when I went to best buy they were out of a500s and I had 300 bucks from trading in my Droid incredible and I didn't want to wait so I picked up the thrive because of the nice stuff included with it.. but ended up having nothing as far as xda & others so picked up tf101 loved it but it kept slipping out of my hands.. lol so bestbuy finally called me to tell me the Acer was in so I picked it up answer fell in love with it. So that my awesome story and we lived happily ever after
So I will most likely pick up Acer if top devs do aswell.
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Thanks for the replies guys! I still have plenty of time to think this over. Acer is definitely a huge choice now though, and I like this community, way friendlier than the original Asus Transformer. Back before the Prime came out, I made a thread like this, asking about Asus and what to expect in the tablets, and it was immediately hostile responses. Terrible, but glad I didn't have enough to buy that Prime, so much bad reports about it. My choices are now this A700, thanks to your responses and some research, and the Asus TF700T.
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Oh, also something else, is Acer good with the bootloader? Like is it locked, or is it somewhat easy to root? Not a big deal, but just curious
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Lol your welcome too root is simple as long as u dont update u will just install an app that do it 4 you but if you dont know much about rooting you better search thses forums
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The Acer bootloader does some checksumming and stuff that makes rooting hard on the newer FWs, but there's a rooting method around that works (downgrading isn't much of a problem). As has been said, just use the search.
Alright, I was just wondering though, different company's products usually have completely different rooting methods than others; I've only ever rooted all my HTC phones, but thanks.
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UPDATE: Looks like this is indeed the A700. The folks at The Verge managed to find the new Iconia Tab lounging around in Vegas and discovered that it's packing a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, as well as the aforementioned 1080p display. It's also got Bluetooth support, a microSD card slot, and an HDMI port. As far as release details go, the A700 is said to be landing sometime in the second quarter, but no other specific launch information is known just yet.