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Any G-Tablet owners here?

I bought a G-Tablet from ebay for about $320 (shipped), but it hasn't arrived yet. I recently had bought the Nook Color and rooted it, overclocked it to it's max, and still was severely disappointed in its performance. My nexus one, *not* overclocked, although rooted but pretty much stock with launcher pro...blew it away in every performance measurement I used: flash videos in the browser, general browsing, video playing of non supported codecs through Rockplayer (worked flawlessly on the N1, was choppy on the Nook Color)
I guess I should have asked this question before I went ahead and actually bought the gtablet, but are there any Nexus One owners here who can make the strange apples to oranges comparison between the Gtablet and the N1 as far as performance? Once you've rooted and modded the Gtablet of course, I'm not looking for a stock to stock comparison (even though my N1 is nearly stock)

I still have a few days to return mine... They have a Honeycomb port on the evo. But things are developing rather slow for the gtablet. Gingerbread runs well but everything is still work in progress.
I can't knock it. But I can't say I'm completely satisfied either. I was also an early Nexus One adopter and it took me almost a year to love it. I bet I end up keeping the gtablet, it'll get there eventually.
The performance is like running windows 3.1 on a quad core. The hardware is amazing, software not so much.

I have both the N1 and the GTablet. The Gtablet is much faster with the correct ROM. My wife uses it mostly to read Manga. Every now and then I get my hands on it to tinker a bit Quadrant speeds are much higher on the tablet.
I think this would be a great tablet for Honeycomb. If I had the knowledge and was able to use it for more than about an hour I would work on a Honeycomb port.

I have both as well. I almost bought a Nook Color, but the hardware on the GTablet is more "Tablet" oriented. I flash a new ROM every couple of week so far. It is pretty quick with a custom ROM, but none of the current ROMs (based off of Froyo) are really utilizing the Tegra 2 to its fullest potential I think. I believe the devs are waiting for Honeycomb devices to be released (Xoom) and to get their hands on system dumps.

Wow $320? I was considering the nook but at this price point combined with the tegra2 and 10.1" screen this may be a contender!
http://www.viewsonic.com/gtablet/spec.htm
Things I noticed:
-The battery may appear weak @ 3650mAh, but this review says otherwise.
-No sensors? (accelerometer, magnetometer, light)
-No HDMI port, but a proprietor connector with a cable forecasted in the future.
-working bluetooth, dont know if the headset profile is supported
-100% need to nuke the default software and install CM7
Good review: http://www.linuxslate.org/Review_Viewsonic_G-Tablet_Android_Tablet.html

I have both an N1 and a G-Tab, and am running the VEGAn ROM on my tab. I love it, especially since it will allow me to bide my time a bit before taking the plunge on the new Honeycomb tablets, so that those prices can maybe drop a bit.
I have used my laptop maybe twice since I got the GTab, back just before Thanksgiving. I use it mostly in the evenings on the sofa while watching TV, to surf, IM/Twitter/Facebook, read e-mail, read Kindle books, and of course play Angry Birds.

Nexus One & GTab
I too have an N1 and a GTablet running the Adam ROM.
The tablet is a great piece of hardware, and it really only becomes cool once you get the correct ROM (VEGAN or ADAM) on it.
The speed is amazing.
I get almost 20-24 hours of charge out of the device.
I've even got more than 2.5 days of standby time (screen off, wifi off, but not in true standby mode)
I also have the dock for it (kinda pricey at $70), but hey, now I have a media tablet that hooks up to my HDTV, has a USB drive attached, and I can use a wireless keyboard to have some fun with it from afar.
All-in-all, I give the GTablet two-thumbs up!
That said, I'm getting a XOOM tomorrow to play with next!

Cyan has a ROM for it in beta testing
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I also have an N1 and a G Tab. Absolutely the first thing to do is install a custom rom. I'm running latest TNT Lite with Launcher Pro and this thing runs circles around my N1. I tried the gAdam rom also, but I think notionink needs to get their act together and fix their issues before we'll have a decent port. I stuck with tnt lite because it keeps a few of the cool tablet changes like the 3-pane settings area. I'm not sure if CM has this.
I've only had it a few days, but battery life is fabulous. Lasted all of yesterday with wifi all day, normal email, web, game, etc use and still had 40% when I went to bed. Such a far cry from needing to charge my N1 around 5pm.
Also, it does indeed have an accelerometer and a light sensor. Does not have GPS or Magnetometer (compass).

Buck Shot said:
Cyan has a ROM for it in beta testing
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Link please?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951822
It's not exactly CM... but it is based on it.
Anyways I also have a G Tablet. I am a huge fan of it, and use it every day. Tether it with my N1, and life is good =D. I am actually running the above rom on it right now. It's pretty good, it just needs some work on drivers still. Nvidia just released the gingerbread drivers for Tegra 2 though, so it will probably be in the next release of Vegan.

Is the viewing angle really that bad?

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/14637-cyanogenmod-7-for-g-tablet-v700-beta1-1192011/

teh_lorax said:
Is the viewing angle really that bad?
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It's not fabulous, but I read Kindle books on it all the time with no problem. Sometimes it's better to hold it upside down for a slightly better look. And it is true that laying it flat on a table and then trying to type will be pretty hard angle-wise. But if you're sitting somewhere, holding it in your hands, it's acceptable.
(All of this is said, though, with the understanding that N1 owners are very spoiled when it comes to display since the N1's is so beautiful, so it still might be an issue for you even though I don't find it any big deal.)

I was really torn over the GTab or iPad2. I purchased an iPad1 just to play with and while the OS is atrocious, the screen is bright, awesome, and responsive.
I plan to use a tablet for business to show off websites and draw up designs on the spot. While I really wanted an Android tablet, nothing really strikes my fancy regarding the screen. The GTab's screen size is odd too, making it really feel like an oversized phone.
I took the iPad back because of the iPad2 release next week. During which I bought a Nook to play with. Sure the Nook had a great IPS screen but the it was sluggish and wasn't responsive to my touches when trying to sketch, plus the 7" screen was too small.
I really need a 4:3 10" and it seems the iPad2 @ $499 is the best bet for me.
Like previously said, coming from a Nexus and playing with the iPad, the display is very important to me.

I've had a Viewsonic G Tablet since November 21st. I love it. I have mainly stayed with TnT Lite because it's the most stable custom rom.
Performance: Both are about the same. I'd give a slight edge to the G Tablet.
Screen: The N1 screen is slightly easier on the eyes. There are many reports about the G Tablet's poor viewing angles and quality. Personally, it hasn't bothered me as much as some other folks. I use the G Tablet in Landscape mode 99% of the time, and has been fine. I've watched movies, football games, and played angry birds for hours on end without getting major eye strain. When in Portrait mode is where you really see the poor viewing quality. TnT Lite includes a hack that provides a subtle improvement on the viewing quality. You really see a difference when reading books and comics on the G Tablet.
The key with the G Tablet is that it really is only usable with a custom rom. Although, Viewsonic recently made available a Unit Test version of their next stock rom upgrade (3991), and it seems really slick, especially in Classic Home mode. I expect when it's released, more users will start using the stock rom. Of course, everyone is anxiously awaiting for Honeycomb to become available on the G Tablet.

Acer Iconia Tab Overview

I have owned this tablet for about 2 weeks now and decided To so a quick overview of this Iconia.
First i will go over my first initial impressions, well when i first picked up the device i was in shock and awe picking up my first tablet. I had messed with the iPad before the tmobile g-slate and the 7 inch Samsung one, but this tablet right here blows them all away.
The g-slate has same specifications as Iconia minus ddr3. Ram and 3d capabillities. But i pared them side by side ran test etc. And my iconia actually performed slightly faster.
Blows iPad away apple restricts you way to much, i own a iPod touch 4th and was considering getting a iPad but its just a huge oversized itouch, in my opinion they restrict you way to much and no flash support. Unlike iconia has 10.2 support flawlessly graphics look absolutely gorgeous my favorite being Backbreaker THD my friends were left in shock when they saw my tablet i brought it to church last well and this previous has a crowd around, e ha they thought it was one of the coolest things they have ever seen. The girls were digging it also they found it to be very spiffy so Guys great for showing off
This thing i use daily to write i do that allot for creating sermons, notes letters emails FB, CNN YouTube music i use Pandora and light gameplay also. I stream videos from web sermons etc. Use heavy flash content works'as i said flawleslly.
I never experience shutdowns screen off etc, sluggish times on the device nor anything in that ares never happens thank God and 'm also rooted thanks to the fast community out there. Battery life has been amazing I attached a picture been rocking device for almost 14 hours and at 25% been using for games YouTube browsing web Facebook typing etc. On and off use.
Have also been streaming Pandora. In room for past 4 hours straight
Some errors in tablet though would have to be the screen that is my only complaint the grid that is highly noticiable under light and my God the fingerprints ha two minor issues other than that this thing is the ultimate champ at tablets in my opinion.
I also made a brief 15 minute overview of the tablet going over some of the features and so on check out link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L248Gf2rie0. Video should be viewable in a few minutes.
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l3giticonia said:
The g-slate has same specifications as Iconia minus ddr3. Ram and 3d capabillities.
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The Iconia A500 uses LDDR2 RAM, not DDR3. Anywhere you read DDR3 is making a mistake and likely mixed up the specs with the W500 which is a Windows machine and runs DDR3 memory.

Woops it said that on best buy and my box.
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favorite thing about 3.1 update

I really have to say, Google turned a tablet that I was ready to sell and buy a blackberry Playbok into a smooth running powerhouse that's almost ready for prime time (still waiting for sd card support from motorola) I chose not to root due to the problems people who rooted are having updating to 3.1. My favorite thing has to be the smoothness of the browser when pinching to zoom and when scrollng through blogs. What used to be a choppy experience that made me question if my xoom really had a tegra 2 processor or if they mistakenly dropped a snapdragon in there when I wasn't paying attention to something that beats I pad at its own game, browser performance. I say a close second has to be the USB host functionality...can t wait to hook up the 360 gamepad and play some emulator games....here's hoping that devs hop on board and put some top tier games on the xoom....my I pad played through dead space which was a awesome game with no stuttering whatsoever...I can only hope that devs take advantage of the extra horsepower of the xoom and truly make some games to blow our socks off

Things can only go up from here with the things talked about @ I/O that are in the pipeline for the next few releases you will be very happy with your xoom

Definitely the USB support....I've already plugged in my Xbox 360 controller and played emulators with em, it worked almost flawlessly(trigger keys not detected) it even moved around the regular Xoom screen lol

This is fantastic -- as I stated in another thread, this update to me is like when I updated my phone during the major updates that increased responsiveness and smoothness noticeably. I hadn't expected it to be so obvious, but it truly is! No longer will I show it to my dev buddies and have to try to brush off the sluggish loading. That commercial where the dude is playing his Xoom and it's like, instant fast and smooth, is becoming more and more of a reality. It's only a matter of time and development
I agree and can't wait for the future of Android. This is just a taste of what's to come

Resizable widgets are the best for me

[INFO] Pleased !

So i just got my TF today and I must say that i am pleased! I know many otbers have posted issues but i hope to start a trend of good reviews. Other than a slightly imbalanced speaker volume i have no issues so far on latest firmware. Build quality and screen are leaps better thanmy Acer iconia were! If i could find an app to just slightly increase screen sensitivity and right speaker volume it would be perfect! My acer iconia was a nightmare of force closes and stuff and finally would just boot loop. I also love the built in swype style typing on the keyboard. Can't wait till my dock comes! And i should note i haveno light bleed that i can notice!
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I have some light bleed that I can see when I turn the lights off but meh...it seems to be a common issue. Otherwise, I agree, I'm pleased too (hope i can say the same after 2+ weeks of use...)

I'm extremely pleased with mine too. With the exception of the HD videos in youtube, everything is PERFECT. Hopefully the battery doesn't disappoint me tho

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I'm extremely pleased with mine to. With the exception of the HD videos in youtube, everything is PERFECT. Hopefully the battery doesn't disappoint me tho
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I agree. Very impressed. I do believe with a bit of time this will be a great device.
Please fix HD. Thats all i ask

never been more happy with a mobile computer.

I too am impressed. My coworkers have the IPad2 and Blackberry playbook. All are impressed with the transformer. I would place is just a little behind the IPad2 due to the refinement of the OS but lightyears ahead of the playbook. I think i have had one or 2 force closes...other than that, silky smooth. I dont think i will ever be able to check the youtube HD because i have craptastic internet in Italy.

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I too am impressed. My coworkers have the IPad2 and Blackberry playbook. All are impressed with the transformer. I would place is just a little behind the IPad2 due to the refinement of the OS but lightyears ahead of the playbook. I think i have had one or 2 force closes...other than that, silky smooth. I dont think i will ever be able to check the youtube HD because i have craptastic internet in Italy.
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Agreed. Android just needs to catch up with the ios in terms of app selection.
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Spreading the love for the Asus Xformer!!!
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I too have been loving my TF...the ONLY thing that I could say that I didn't like was the lag...if you install a bunch of apps...keep an eye on the responsiveness....mine didn't like an app or two and began lagging....
A reset, and judicious reinstall of only those apps I needed fixed the problem.

Been using my transformer for the past2weeks. Therefore the occasional hangs, but for the first iteration honeycomb, its really impressive. This is coming from someone whos been using aplenty products for the past 4 years. Cant wait for further updates and optimizations
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I've had mine for a week and love it too a terrific gadget, so glad I didn't buy an iPad2 so much more versatile with USB and SD/micro SD

Definitely loving my TF. Just applied my skinomi yesterday..(not an exact fit, but i feel a little more at ease).
Havent had any hardware failures. no shutdowns, no unbalanced sound. responds well.
We need more of these threads..

After 2+ weeks use, I can honestly say I'm still super pleased every time I pick up my Transformer. I didn't think I would have a use for a tablet having just bought a MacBook Pro (I run w7 on it exclusively) but sure enough, I tote the trans every where I go and can do just as much as my MBP (serious gaming excluded.)
I take notes at work, browse the internet, and keep chat open all at the same time. Multi tasking is a treat on Honeycomb for me with the lovely notifications. On break, I have a serious amount of games then a near infinite library between SNES, PSX and N64...I will never run out of things to play or do on it!!
As far as hardware, the screen still blows my mind. Yes, I have a small light leak but only when I turn out the lights and crank up the brightness. The bezel on the right side creaks a bit but thats never bothered me. I've even had the sleep of death twice...all you do is plug it into the nearest computer and problem solve...whoopie, they'll update and fix that bug.
I just ordered a dock so I can only imagine loving it more when 3.1 hits and I can use an xbox360 controller on it to play my emulated games.
The grande finale to it all is that I paid $100-200 less than a certain other tablet on the market. Suck it Trebek!

I have to chime in as well. I am more than pleased with this device. I had the tablet for three weeks before the keyboard and I was impressed, as were most of my level-headed co-workers. (I have a good friend/coworker who is a die-hard Fruit fan). I've had the keyboard dock since Monday and WOW. This thing is aptly named, indeed.
It transformes into a very useful netbook with the keyboard and Splashtop is a VERY awesome tool that lets me leave the laptop at the desk literally ALL DAY. I'm in meetings a lot and a smaller form factor is more conducive for them. This thing seriously is my IDEAL device at this time. All I would like to see is a slightly faster processor, but it's 100% sufficient for my needs.
I heart my Transformer. EVEN moreso now that I have the keyboard dock. Seriously, it transforms this thing into something even more awesome than it is without it. It's crazy how giddy I am over this thing.

9646gt said:
So i just got my TF today and I must say that i am pleased! I know many otbers have posted issues but i hope to start a trend of good reviews. Other than a slightly imbalanced speaker volume i have no issues so far on latest firmware. Build quality and screen are leaps better thanmy Acer iconia were! If i could find an app to just slightly increase screen sensitivity and right speaker volume it would be perfect! My acer iconia was a nightmare of force closes and stuff and finally would just boot loop. I also love the built in swype style typing on the keyboard. Can't wait till my dock comes! And i should note i haveno light bleed that i can notice!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk
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Turn the lights off and go to a dark background. If needed, increase the brightness of the device a tad. I'm sure you'll see the bleed then.

akarol said:
Turn the lights off and go to a dark background. If needed, increase the brightness of the device a tad. I'm sure you'll see the bleed then.
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He said he sees no light bleed that bothers him, why try and find a light bleed? I am the same way, mine might (or might not) have light bleed, I don't go trying to find something to complain about. I use mine from everything to reading in the dark to watching movies on it and I have found no light bleed that sticks out to me. Why do people try to create problems, is life really that boring for some?

I've received my tf 2 days ago - I'm happy! !!
I am tired of those iStuff and glad that now we have alternative.
It's a bit disapointing that there are only few optimised apps, but it will be fixed soon.
Waiting for 3.1 to get even more happiness
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On the fence...

Hey Guys,
I'm on the fence on getting this for my birthday (Aug 6th) but I have a few concerns. I have done a lot of research but am coming up empty on these questions.
1.) eBooks. I love Kindle and Nook and as a full time college student it is imperative that I have access to these two apps. Are they available for the Tab with Tablet optimization?
2.) Application support. I love Netflix and I see that that it is not supported or available yet (even with the APK). This is the same for Hulu (sorry it's ridiculous that you need to root and use a hacked flash that will more than likely be blocked like most exploits for Hulu), so is there any chance that these apps will be available by year's end for the Tab?
3.) I love gaming as well, how is that for the tab? (I'm talk along the lines of Nova, Assassin's Creed, Plant's vs Zombies, etc...) While I like Angry Birds, I'm not spending $500 for something I can play in my Chrome Browser.
4.) Is it really worth it?
I detest Apple with a passion and thus I am trying to avoid getting an iPad 2, but with a fully working Hulu app and Netflix app it's tempting though I would like a tablet that will compliment my future Samsung Attain (Galaxy S 2 on AT&T when launched...whenever that is).
Thank You

1) Sure. Ebooks are no problem. My favorite (Mantano reader) also says it's honeycomb ready - so it should work. The display is awesomely sharp and beats the Ipad in display quality.
2) Pretty sure they will update Netflix for tablets, they have an official version out:
https://market.android.com/search?q=netflix&so=1&c=apps
3) Yes you can play on it, but thats and "app question" and android can't beat the Ipad on that one. If optimized for tegra, it blows the Ipad stuff away. More polygons and still more FPS. Those chips are from Nvidia...
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-zone.html
There are also more games for it but not tegra optimized.
4) You need to know the answer to this one. Do you really need/want a tablet or are you just hyped?

There is a tablet optimized version of nook and kindle. Netflix said that 10.1 is going to to be the first honeycomb tablet to get it soon. Its a great tablet emulator work nice, and the game loft games that they have made available work great. There is also a decent number of terra 2 optimized games. Ipad has alot of useful apps for college, more games, and higher quality apps in general. Lack of a flash player on the ipad is extremely annoying, and the UI is really boring and restricted. Can't run emulators on the Ipad because apple blocks them. Browser on honeycomb is really buggy when it comes to text entry, ipad browser is smooth and stable, but honeycomb has more features.
I have both and I use m galaxy tab much more. Just wish app development would pick up
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1. Haven't looked at the Nook app, but the Kindle app looks nice on Honeycomb.
2. Hard to say what Netflix and Hulu are doing. Netflix has promised more device support. But we have no idea when. And it's been a long wait already.
3. Android gaming is decent. There seem to be enough good games that I don't think I would shy away from an Android tablet for this reason. But I do believe iPad does have an advantage here in numbers and sometimes quality. Plants vs Zombies for example is lower resolution on Android, while iPad has an HD version. Also Anandtech.com did find the Apple A5 to be a more powerful processor than the Tegra 2 (Tegra 2 is older afterall).
4. In my opinion, Android 3 isn't ready for me. I've decided to return mine and hope Android 4 is more stable later this year.
I don't care much for Apple either. I bought my first Apple device last year, the iPad 1 because there were no good 10 inch Android tablets (Viewsonic G-Tablet and upcoming Archos 101 were pretty low end running Android 2.2 and no Google apps). So I folded and got the iPad. Probably took me a good two weeks to get used to all the things I can't do with it, and I'm still kinda hating iTunes. But the iPad has excellent apps and lots of them (100,000 now tablet optimized). And it's really the apps I use it the most for anyway.
If I had some assurance from Samsung that they would update to Android 4.0 rather soon after it's release this fall, I might have been willing to live with the GT 10.1. But I'm still waiting for Samsung to release Gingerbread on my Galaxy S Vibrant, so I'm not confident.

This tablet is a lot better with opera mobile installed. no more typing lag while browsing .

1. Yes Kindle is tablet optimized so it is on par with ipad 2 IMHO it exceeds it. There is also a wide variety of Ebook readers that are tablet optimized in the market place.
2.Well i actually believe there should be a netflix app for this tab soon. Remember that netflix for android is really new and is still barley rolling out for phones! so a honeycomb app shouldn't be all too far fetched. Remember, netflix is really trying to expand its streaming services and in order to do that it needs to sink into as many devices as possible that's why you see a netflix logo on all sorts of devices, ps3,xbox,ipad,iphone,blu-ray players, there is not reason a tablet version should not be possible especially with the popularity of the ipad app.
3. Gaming well its hard to judge it really depends on what you want to play. Yes there are games on here that you listed like NOVA and plants and zombies, there are also console quality games that are tegra optimized that blows the ipad games out of the water only problem is there isn't all too many but with the awesome color screen the 10.1 has they sure look better. And lastly there is tons of emulators in the market place for all kind of consoles so your tab can run Ps1,n64,gba,gbc,snes games with no problem!
4. hmm well i bought it in all the hype but i always wanted a tablet for some reason and i bought it and can honestly say it is worth it at the moment but i feel its will be way more worth it later on lets say android icecream sandwhich! but if you can get the tab now go for it!