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I know this is an Aria forum, but I have a tablet question. Are there any Aria/Liberty/Gratis/Intruder users in this forum that also use Android tablets? We are considering gifting one and wonder how they perform in terms of reliability. A friend has the Coby one and gets force closes often and AppsLib sucks.
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
Funny... I was searching on ebay for one of those a minute ago. I believe they operate reliably. But I would deffinitely go with one that runs Froyo, less chances of finding bugs.
I am using my Gtab to send tis, as my Aria Tethers me to a connection here in the mountains of the Poconos. Its ony at EDGE speeds, but it works for now. I love my GTAB. The hardware is impressive, save one item. Its downfall is the LCD screen. It has bad viewing angles in Portrait mode. Other than that, I have since turned my laptop on twice in the last two weeks since I got the Tablet.
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I used to live in the Poconos. Well, in Gouldsboro, Pa.
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I have a GTAB too. The thing is junk out of the box but killer after switching to a different Rom. Look in the G Tablet forum on here and do some research. I like it because I'm already familiar with the Android system and how it works.
greenmonsterland said:
I have a GTAB too. The thing is junk out of the box but killer after switching to a different Rom. Look in the G Tablet forum on here and do some research. I like it because I'm already familiar with the Android system and how it works.
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This is exactly why I went with the gTab. Plus the cpu makes the gTab a device that will be around for a while longer than most portable devices running Android
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I know this is an Aria forum, but I have a tablet question. Are there any Aria/Liberty/Gratis/Intruder users in this forum that also use Android tablets? We are considering gifting one and wonder how they perform in terms of reliability. A friend has the Coby one and gets force closes often and AppsLib sucks.
My last Intruder was a Grumman A-6E.
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I have a Coby (rooted with gapps and the new android market installed).. It is a little slower than what I'm use to, but i have not have many force close issues or than with ADW themes..
What did you guys pay for your G-Tabs? $400? Did you get it locally or from Amazon?
I'm pretty interested in it, but with all the newly-announced tablets at CES, I'm wondering if I should hold off.
I'm going to wait for a suitable htc tablet, like the so called "htc scribe"
I like htc
911jason said:
What did you guys pay for your G-Tabs? $400? Did you get it locally or from Amazon?
I'm pretty interested in it, but with all the newly-announced tablets at CES, I'm wondering if I should hold off.
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I did get it locally, but I only paid 319.99. Heh, I was able to negotiate the sears rep at the store down from 400 by telling him I was just going to buy it online and pick it up since I could get it for 380. He then did some numbers thing and viola! It was on m receipt for 320
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Yeah I have a Nook Color with launcher pro and the Android Marketplace and it works very well with almost no crashing...EVER!
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Yeah I have a Nook Color with launcher pro and the Android Marketplace and it works very well with almost no crashing...EVER!
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i would get the Nook Color, but i'd like to have camera and GPS for road trips. would be nice to play around with Google Maps and navigation on a tablet.
I was all set to buy a Nook Color for rooting, then a friend on another forum told me that he had returned his because the edges of the screen were not sensitive to touch at all. That worries me... you had any issues with that anup?
Sorry for the late reply... I don't have problems at all with touchscreen unitl my hands get sweaty (I know it's gross). When that happens the screen becomes unresponsive and I have to lock and unlock the screen. Then it's all better!
I ended up getting a Nook color yesterday. Had it rooted within 30 minutes. I'm using Zeam as my launcher and I really like it. This Nook has to be the best Android tab for the money if you ask me.
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I have a Gtablet too
With the stupid att data limit, i have come close to going over with my tablet.
I am glad you got the nook color... I think that for 250$ it is the most sensable choice. Let me know how you like it!
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Hey guys, just wanted to know if anyone else is using the tablet for school. I see tons of kids with ipads and wanted to know if xoom will be able to function well for notes etc. will microsoft live apps work for onenote?
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I'm a student as well and plan to use the Xoom as my little studying tool. Right now, the iPad is definitely the best tablet for a student. It has some absolutely stunning applications, especially for history and chemistry. So far, I've seen nothing come even remotely close on android as far as quality goes, but I'm sure things will improve. As far as note taking applications goes, I'm not too sure what's available yet that's been optimized for tablets, but I'll find out on Thursday!
Not really. I personally hate using my laptop for taking notes, and I laugh at the kids in my lectures who pull out an ipad and start hammering away at the screen to write down. Frankly it's too slow.
It will be great for somethings, but to replace laptop like functionality in my opinion would be a no go
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Not really. I personally hate using my laptop for taking notes, and I laugh at the kids in my lectures who pull out an ipad and start hammering away at the screen to write down. Frankly it's too slow.
It will be great for somethings, but to replace laptop like functionality in my opinion would be a no go
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If you had a dock and a wireless bluetooth keyboard, that would be phenomenal in class. Only downside is that it would attract attention like you're a damn celebrity or something.
I'll be using it for school. Word is that it will come with quickoffice which will do any Microsoft Office thing you would need it for. It can open, save, and create new documents. Goodbye netbook
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If you had a dock and a wireless bluetooth keyboard, that would be phenomenal in class. Only downside is that it would attract attention like you're a damn celebrity or something.
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Depending on the classroom you might not exactly have room for that as some people can hardly put their laptops on the desk .
It won't be for everyone, someone people will love it for note taking, I for one still prefer hand writing my notes
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If you had a dock and a wireless bluetooth keyboard, that would be phenomenal in class. Only downside is that it would attract attention like you're a damn celebrity or something.
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Geez, you might as well get a netbook then =\
yep. Tablet+keyboard rocks. With quickoffice you can do almost anything needed in common use. I think there is onenote and other cool apps in the market. I personally use it in school, the only problem is that my school policy doesnt support non windows devices(which is stupid) and i have no internet.
G-Tablet works great so far.
Hope it helped.
"Geez, you might as well get a netbook then"
Netbooks are like poweless laptops. It is better to have a great device that can be both, a netbook and an entretainment system(With great software). XD
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yep. Tablet+keyboard rocks. With quickoffice you can do almost anything needed in common use. I think there is onenote and other cool apps in the market. I personally use it in school, the only problem is that my school policy doesnt support non windows devices(which is stupid) and i have no internet.
G-Tablet works great so far.
Hope it helped.
"Geez, you might as well get a netbook then"
Netbooks are like poweless laptops. It is better to have a great device that can be both, a netbook and an entretainment system(With great software). XD
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I may invest in a keyboard.
Anybody know if its possible for students to get any discounts with VZW?
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Geez, you might as well get a netbook then =\
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True, but a tablet is much more versatile than a netbook. If the Xoom was $600 it'd be the perfect purchase, but $800 is cutting it a little close, especially after taxes. I plan on returning and rebuying the Wifi version when it comes out.
I personally plan on using this tablet at school, but not as a laptop replacement. There is now way I could possibly type all of my bio notes without a keyboard and I don't have room to drag around my bluetooth keyboard. I will just type them in my laptop and then they will sync with Evernote onto my Xoom. I orderd a capacitive stylus the other day... I am hoping in can use it for drawing quick diagrams.
Lawl, you buy a tablet, then buy a bluetooth keyboard. You might as well buy a mouse after too.
See the irony here?
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Lawl, you buy a tablet, then buy a bluetooth keyboard. You might as well buy a mouse after too.
See the irony here?
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Lol. I'm putting the Xoom on my own plan in my name. My phone line is still under my dad's, he gets 25% off accessories, so I'll buy the accessories with his plan at the same time :S
yep, but you cant deattach the screen of a laptop and use it as a tablet when you like it, thing you can do it with a tablet, a good portafolio case and a wireless mouse.
Im thinking with the onenote sync, I will be able to use it with some type of keyboard with a dock attached but that folds easily. Im sure they'll make one if one isn't mad yet.
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PoisonWolf said:
Lawl, you buy a tablet, then buy a bluetooth keyboard. You might as well buy a mouse after too.
See the irony here?
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I see the ridiculousness, but it's not quite comparable. As someone pointed out above, you can't take the keyboard off of your netbook, the battery life is worse, you can't put it in your lap in bed to watch a movie or read because you have to worry about blocking fans and overheating, you can't carry and use a netbook in a portfolio and read it like a book, etc.
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I may invest in a keyboard.
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invest in Swiftkey as it seems to be really innovative
SFBPro said:
I personally plan on using this tablet at school, but not as a laptop replacement. There is now way I could possibly type all of my bio notes without a keyboard and I don't have room to drag around my bluetooth keyboard. I will just type them in my laptop and then they will sync with Evernote onto my Xoom. I orderd a capacitive stylus the other day... I am hoping in can use it for drawing quick diagrams.
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Tell me about it. Sooooo many notes in Chemistry, it's ridiculous. However, if you use your laptop for notes, what's the point of putting them on the Xoom?
I plan on using it for school as well and I don't plan on getting a keyboard with it cuz I've already bought swiftkey. If you haven't looked at that demo on the xoom I would strongly recommend it.
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Tell me about it. Sooooo many notes in Chemistry, it's ridiculous. However, if you use your laptop for notes, what's the point of putting them on the Xoom?
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I want to be able to hold my notes like I can with paper, but not waste my ink/paper + keep the benefits of electronic documents. Also, I like having backups of everything. Using Evernote means my notes are more protected than if they were just in one or two locations. This is how I imagine it: Laptops/Desktops = creating content; Tablets = content consumption
Alright im thinking of buying my wife a Iconia cause i hate to get her a iPad cause after going from iphone to my atrix i now belive iOS is crap. A few questions i got is 1. Does it have market support? 2. Does it have a unlocked bootloader 3. Is there root options or anything of that nature. Is there a better product out there for the money any insight will be greatly appreciated thank you
Yes to pretty much everything you just asked. All Honeycomb tabs right now are pretty unlocked and completely easy to root.
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Alright thank you i was reading where some tabs dont have market support and cant download from the market and it being my wifes i dont know if shes going to want me to root it and rom it and so fourth thank you
I haven't changed the rom on my a500, nor do I plan to but so far I love my tablet. The market works just fine although you may have to find alternatives for some Apps like Facebook. The annoying thing to me about the a500 is that sometimes the screen turns on by itself when not powered off and it kills the battery quickly. Also I don't like the short length of the charger cable. The use of a usb keyboard is great but I haven't tested out a mouse yet.
Like I said before, I love it (4.5 out of 5).
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Alright thank you i was reading where some tabs dont have market support and cant download from the market and it being my wifes i dont know if shes going to want me to root it and rom it and so fourth thank you
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Full market support, full connectivity (SD, USB, HDMI), can be rooted as easily as downloading an app and clicking once with your pinky. For the money, there's not a tablet put that comes close. Transformer needs $150.00 docking station for connectivity, GTab has no connectivity, Thrive is as big and heavy as your house, xoom has no connectivity either.
They can be had for under $400.00!
Edit: more cooked ROMs than you can shake your d!k at!
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Full market support, full connectivity (SD, USB, HDMI), can be rooted as easily as downloading an app and clicking once with your pinky. For the money, there's not a tablet put that comes close. Transformer needs $150.00 docking station for connectivity, GTab has no connectivity, Thrive is as big and heavy as your house, xoom has no connectivity either.
They can be had for under $400.00!
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+1 could not have said it better.
XBoxD00D said:
Full market support, full connectivity (SD, USB, HDMI), can be rooted as easily as downloading an app and clicking once with your pinky. For the money, there's not a tablet put that comes close. Transformer needs $150.00 docking station for connectivity, GTab has no connectivity, Thrive is as big and heavy as your house, xoom has no connectivity either.
They can be had for under $400.00!
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Sorry, I was curious about your comment. I'm planning on borrowing my stepfather's Iconia to play around with it, which is why I'm on the Acer forum, but when you say that the Gtablet (which I own) has no connectivity, what are you referring to? Everything you have in parenthesis exists on the Gtab, well, HDMI via the $42 dock. We have standard USB and mini USB, a micro SD slot and as mentioned, HDMI from the dock...
just curious, thanks!
EDIT: Don't take this as indication that I think that the Gtab is superior in any way. In fact, I'll never recommend one to anybody due to the poor customer support.
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Sorry, I was curious about your comment. I'm planning on borrowing my stepfather's Iconia to play around with it, which is why I'm on the Acer forum, but when you say that the Gtablet (which I own) has no connectivity, what are you referring to? Everything you have in parenthesis exists on the Gtab, well, HDMI via the $42 dock. We have standard USB and mini USB, a micro SD slot and as mentioned, HDMI from the dock...
just curious, thanks!
EDIT: Don't take this as indication that I think that the Gtab is superior in any way. In fact, I'll never recommend one to anybody due to the poor customer support.
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I think you answered the question yourself. It needs a dock for connectivity, whereas the Iconia doesn't need the dock. That's my take on it anyway?
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i now belive iOS is crap.
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And circle gets the square.
I don't think you have to worry about accessing the market with any of the newer tablets. That would appear to have been a problem with the older ones. My first Android device was the Archos 5 IT(which is still going strong with my sister) and you had to do a market hack to access the real market on it. My brother's horrible Gentouch78(seriously made the A5IT seem wonderful) also has to be hacked to access the market which is something I've still not gotten around to doing. Hmmm, compared to those 2 tablets, I love the Iconia despite my wifi issues.
Market.google market. Amazon app store. Gameloft.nook app and books.
Do a web search you will find alot of alternative solutions to not only Google's market.but of course they are not all equal.
What is ios again.oops its a caged child should be illegal
Well
ihave the EEE PAD tf101
i want to buy a keyboard
but today my dad offered me to buy the TF201 prime
i really dont know what to do
cause i want a laptop
but the prime is a gaming and video machine
what to do?
Take the "Prime TF201" and buy the new keyboard !!
Take the prime for sure...
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Dude, if your dad offers to buy you the prime, get the prime + keyboard. x_X, it's not just a gaming device, it's the tf101 upgraded..
forgot to mention
its 50\50
lol
here the prime costs around 700 dollars
means i pay 350
and the keyboard costs around 230 (cheap eh? haha)
and here i pay everything
edit:i wont be able to get the prime keyboard for a long time
what i think i would do is to buy the keyboard
and in the summer break ill sell the TF101 and buy the prime
what do you think bout that?
This makes no sense, what's the problem? Unless you wanted your dad to buy you a laptop then everything seems fine to me. Just sell the tf101 get the dock for the prone and call it a day. Wish I had someone buying me stuff...you bet I wouldn't be on here complaining about it... Merry Christmas.
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Well maybe all the other info would have been good in the op... Considering this new info, I would ask him to buy you a dock instead of half a prime
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Well maybe all the other info would have been good in the op... Considering this new info, I would ask him to buy you a dock instead of half a prime
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well he doesnt want to buy me the keyboard
he thinks its a waste
also my family kinda lacking money right now
so we cannot afford this right now
230$ is alot of money here
ihave around 300$
ithink ill go for the keyboard
So he'll pay 350 for the prime but not 230 for the dock... Tbh you would get more benefit from the tf1 with dock than a tf2 without... That is if you are looking for something beyond a toy. The dock really makes this tab practical for school and business use. I use it for school and business daily, without the dock it would almost be useless to me.
Tell you're dad it's not a waste, and you are trying to save him money and make your existing tablet more functional. It's the logical choice considering your needs and your financial situation... If he can't see that then you're stuck and may be the least of your problems. Good luck bud, either way it looks like you will get something.
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However, if you can sell off your tf101 for a decent price, I would say to get the tf201..
But, you said that this money isn't unnecessary fling, so I think I'd have to ask if you really need the dock at the moment. I like my dock because I can charge my tablet without connecting it to the wall, I have an actual keyboard for typing some sketches of ideas, I have a keyboard to type up random posts on threads in different forums, etc. but I don't need the keyboard for classes (because I'm a physics major, so typing notes wouldn't give me the full range of mathematical equations and ****, so a stylus has more productivity there).
So... ask yourself, do you?
well actually
the TF for me is videos gaming and surfing the web
for the guys that have it
can i surf facebook forums and stuff with the keyboard with no problems?
when you connect to keyboard the battery stays on 100% all the time until the dock battery runs out and then the battery starts to drop
or its just makes it better
it supports 3g dongle?
thanks for answering
It enhances just about everything you would need a physical keyboard to use. It will continually trickle charge the tablet until the dock reaches zero...keeping the tablet at 100%.
If you do even a little typing then the keyboard is clutch. Also if you watch a lot of movies it's great for the added battery life and that it doubles as a stand.
certain 3g dongles do work. I believe you need to root and flash a custom ROM though,I know revolver has a 3g dongle driver pack that you need to install.
Like I have said before, the keyboard is worth the cost (to me at least) personally, the only time my tab isn't docked is when its mounted in my truck... Other than that its usually docked.
I think some games allow you to use the keyboard as an input method as well, like wasd for movement and such, but I haven't looked in to that.
Merry Christmas
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So he'll pay 350 for the prime but not 230 for the dock... Tbh you would get more benefit from the tf1 with dock than a tf2 without... That is if you are looking for something beyond a toy. The dock really makes this tab practical for school and business use. I use it for school and business daily, without the dock it would almost be useless to me.
Tell you're dad it's not a waste, and you are trying to save him money and make your existing tablet more functional. It's the logical choice considering your needs and your financial situation... If he can't see that then you're stuck and may be the least of your problems. Good luck bud, either way it looks like you will get something.
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How do you use yours for school? And business? I just got mine and I can't really find any use for it.
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firefox3 said:
How do you use yours for school? And business? I just got mine and I can't really find any use for it.
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Pretty simple, I take a Lot of my classes online because my business requires me to travel frequently. I access all my class forums on the tab, as well as all the chat rooms. I take notes and write papers using polaris office and submit them... again on the tab. I take all my exams on the tablet as well.
My primary form of communication for my business is email, so I do all my email from my tab or my infuse. All my project work orders come in pdf form,I use ezpdf to read and add annotations. I use intuit mobile for writing/reviewing proposals and invoices.
Doing all that with out the keyboard dock would be torture,I wouldn't even bother with the tablet and would still be using my laptop. Its amazing how much more functional the dock makes the tablet.
If you can't find a use for it then either you don't need it or you don't have any imagination or ingenuity.
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well thanks guys i got the dock today im typing from it right now
its great much more than i expecte couldnt find games that uses the keyboard but i use my 360 controller and its working great on most games
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im on revolver and downloaded 3g pack
im trying to save APN settings but i cant any thoughts?
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well thanks guys i got the dock today im typing from it right now
its great much more than i expecte couldnt find games that uses the keyboard but i use my 360 controller and its working great on most games
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im on revolver and downloaded 3g pack
im trying to save APN settings but i cant any thoughts?
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You should ask in the revolver thread. Also the 3g addon is a big pile of bugs, unfortunately .
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You should sell TF101 and buy TF201.Its much more than gameing or movies. With the right programs is a work computer.
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So I'm guessing there are quite a few people with ICS now (awesome) but what I'm wondering is what is everyone doing with their TF101s and TF101Gs now that they couldn't do with HC?
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Run Chrome for Android
Update:
And having a working Bookmark Sync with Chrome for desktop...
Selling it. trully something I couldn't done with HC as I was wating for ICS release to check it out by myself before I sell it.
Use a web browser without wanting to punch my tablet for loading pages so slowly.
Chrome is pretty epic and browsing is a hell of a lot smoother. I really like the landscape layout of chrome and how similar it is to the desktop version.
@mikelt89 If you don't mind me asking, why are you selling it? Upgrade? Bored of it?
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@mikelt89 If you don't mind me asking, why are you selling it? Upgrade? Bored of it?
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Need to buy a notebook for studying, the tablet was just a waste of time.
Sending it back to Asus on an RMA. I'm one of the poor fools that had their tablet go into an endless loop when I tried to bring it back from sleep after the ICS update. When I get it back I'm going to ebay it and try another brand. Two RMAs within a 6 month period (one for a dead power button, now this) has convinced me to wait for the iPad 3. I'm sure it's just the luck of the draw but every Apple product I have ever purchased has worked perfectly - the build quality of the Transformer, at least in my case, has soured me on messing with Asus any more.
finally able to actually use the browser, and now i have chrome as a bonus.
honestly, i love it even more with a couple minor exceptions. still can't play high profile 720p mkvs, and none of my custom icon/shortcut apps are working properly.
You actually thought your transformer was going to replace a laptop? I find it ironic how there were all these people kicking & screaming like spoiled little brats wanting ICS. Now it seems that every post someone is complaining about ICS.
Is ICS prefect probably not, will it ever be? Hell no, what is perfect in this world.
I think there are a couple if big improvements. File Explorer is much improved. Also now there is a task manager widget built in that can be put on your desktop.
Now I still can't do a search on XDA with the stock browser.
jadesse said:
You actually thought your transformer was going to replace a laptop?
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I'm not sure wethever this question directed to me, I think it is so I will answer.
No, not for a second, just thought it would be nice to have something different as my studying device, found out tablets are just toys to show high technology (my thought) and where their actually none usefull at all.
jadesse said:
You actually thought your transformer was going to replace a laptop? I find it ironic how there were all these people kicking & screaming like spoiled little brats wanting ICS. Now it seems that every post someone is complaining about ICS.
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I'm willing to bet that the majority of computer users could easily replace their desktop or laptop with a tablet. Unless you are using some specialized, high-end software, tablets can perform most tasks.
It's been a year since I've needed my laptop and I can use my tablets for both work and play.
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