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2GHZ Motorola coming in 2010

Apple may have had its big day or two to take in the spotlight and make the competition look bad with its fancy new iPhone 4 and iOS 4.0, but Motorola isn’t going to sit there and just take it. Sanjay Jha & Friends are bringing everything they have to the smartphone party and calling all bets by publicly stating the company’s intent to launch an Android device with a 2 GHz processor by the end of this year.
That’s right, Motorola is planning a new device that is twice as fast as the iPhone 4 and faster than most capable netbooks (running 1.6 GHz or slower processors, that is). It’s clear to see what HelloMoto’s vision is for the upcoming years in the mobile industry, and the company intends to be on the front lines of this onslaught of superphones.This statement came out of Jha’s mouth yesterday at the Executives Club in Chicago and discussed his vision of the future having a focus on highly-capable smartphones that take the place of, and be mostly responsible for the demise of, mobile computing devices such as notebooks and netbooks (would this include the iPad though?). Which naturally led him into sharing this golden nugget of information.
But here’s another kicker. Another anonymous Motorola executive told Conceivably Tech that this new powerful device will essentially include everything that is “technologically possible” in any smartphone today. It will include a gyroscope and a powerful new Nvidia Tegra-based graphics processor complete with full Flash 10.1 hardware acceleration. Oh yeah, this exec also talked about 720p HD video output, HD screen resolution, and camera with more than 5 MP. This has me drooling already.
So what does this mean for you, consumer who is on the fence about iPhone 4? Could this be enough to sway you in either direction?
If Motorola truly comes out with this superphone, it quite possibly could show up as a new Droid (or similar branding) for the holidays. It would make sense, though it’s too early to predict whether or not it will be exclusively on Verizon. No matter what, news like this is what makes me so excited for the future. We have a lot of great things coming, and we’re just barely scratching the surface of what’s actually possible in the future.
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I'm going to go out on a limb here and say: Unless it has a mini-nuclear battery plant it in, it's going to last about 2 hours 39 minuets and 3.5 seconds.
There comes a point when you don't need anymore power in a phone, because as it is, we're nearing the point of them being able to run Windows 7 Starter!
Actually, lets just carry iPads around and talk on them.

Hrshycro said:
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say: Unless it has a mini-nuclear battery plant it in, it's going to last about 2 hours 39 minuets and 3.5 seconds.
There comes a point when you don't need anymore power in a phone, because as it is, we're nearing the point of them being able to run Windows 7 Starter!
Actually, lets just carry iPads around and talk on them.
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haha thats funny hrshycro... can you link me to the windows 7 starter.. Also id be curious to see anything if theyve been able to get win xp on here yet.. ive heard about ubuntu already. Ill search also thx

dsh897 said:
haha thats funny hrshycro... can you link me to the windows 7 starter.. Also id be curious to see anything if theyve been able to get win xp on here yet.. ive heard about ubuntu already. Ill search also thx
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Snapdragon is faster than a lot of outdated desktop CPU's.

jerryparid said:
Snapdragon is faster than a lot of outdated desktop CPU's.
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Yeah, my EVO is faster than my first dell desktop was (it's still running perfectly for my Grandma), my EVO also has double the ram.
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haha thats funny hrshycro... can you link me to the windows 7 starter.. Also id be curious to see anything if theyve been able to get win xp on here yet.. ive heard about ubuntu already. Ill search also thx
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Here's the linky
It's just a chopped down Win 7 for netbooks, I wouldn't be to surprised if they couldn't get it running on a smart phone, however, the architecture of the CPU is wrong.
Didn't att have a 6 inch phone running Win XP last year?

dsh897 said:
Apple may have had its big day or two to take in the spotlight and make the competition look bad with its fancy new iPhone 4 and iOS 4.0, but Motorola isn’t going to sit there and just take it. Sanjay Jha & Friends are bringing everything they have to the smartphone party and calling all bets by publicly stating the company’s intent to launch an Android device with a 2 GHz processor by the end of this year.
That’s right, Motorola is planning a new device that is twice as fast as the iPhone 4 and faster than most capable netbooks (running 1.6 GHz or slower processors, that is). It’s clear to see what HelloMoto’s vision is for the upcoming years in the mobile industry, and the company intends to be on the front lines of this onslaught of superphones.This statement came out of Jha’s mouth yesterday at the Executives Club in Chicago and discussed his vision of the future having a focus on highly-capable smartphones that take the place of, and be mostly responsible for the demise of, mobile computing devices such as notebooks and netbooks (would this include the iPad though?). Which naturally led him into sharing this golden nugget of information.
But here’s another kicker. Another anonymous Motorola executive told Conceivably Tech that this new powerful device will essentially include everything that is “technologically possible” in any smartphone today. It will include a gyroscope and a powerful new Nvidia Tegra-based graphics processor complete with full Flash 10.1 hardware acceleration. Oh yeah, this exec also talked about 720p HD video output, HD screen resolution, and camera with more than 5 MP. This has me drooling already.
So what does this mean for you, consumer who is on the fence about iPhone 4? Could this be enough to sway you in either direction?
If Motorola truly comes out with this superphone, it quite possibly could show up as a new Droid (or similar branding) for the holidays. It would make sense, though it’s too early to predict whether or not it will be exclusively on Verizon. No matter what, news like this is what makes me so excited for the future. We have a lot of great things coming, and we’re just barely scratching the surface of what’s actually possible in the future.
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Jesus christ!!! I wonder what's going to be available when its time to upgrade ?

So when exactly did they launch a 2GHZ cell chip? Are we sure they didn't mean 1.2 as in qsd dualcore?

EtherealRemnant said:
So when exactly did they launch a 2GHZ cell chip? Are we sure they didn't mean 1.2 as in qsd dualcore?
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Ummm....what? Did you read it? Future releases don't have to have anything out in the wild yet, planning stages are planning stages.

After reading the leaked FroYo response and hearing about all the C&D letters Moto legal dept has been spewing out. I'm not sure I would buy any Motorola device unless they lightened up a bit.
I guess I am too much of a newbie to post links so see this engadget article for more on my point...
engadget.com/2010/08/30/motorola-says-leaked-droid-x-android-2-2-build-wont-be-updated/

Stoichiometric said:
After reading the leaked FroYo response and hearing about all the C&D letters Moto legal dept has been spewing out. I'm not sure I would buy any Motorola device unless they lightened up a bit.
I guess I am too much of a newbie to post links so see this engadget article for more on my point...
engadget.com/2010/08/30/motorola-says-leaked-droid-x-android-2-2-build-wont-be-updated/
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I'm with you dude. if Motorola is going to keep building kill-chips into their handsets, i don't want it.

Considering we're 4 months away from the end of the year and 3 months from the start of the Christmas shopping season, I would think that anything like this would have to be about to start production. I've only heard rumors of dual core and 2 GHz processors, nothing to my knowledge has become available yet. I've heard a lot of news about random tablets and stuff using the Tegra but this is the first I've heard about a Motorola phone. I don't doubt they'll make one but my suspicion is that it won't be available till around Q2 of 2011. Anything like this should be well beyond the planning stage by now if it were going to be released by the end of this year.

aush30 ,
I do have to agree with you that i dont think we will see the phone this year but i am planning on a 2ghz phone being released early in '11
As far as motorola lighting up im not soo concerned with this fact, For the sole reason that if they launch this phone ATT, SPRINT, TMobile will all have to release 2GHZ phones or push theyre research departments. Its an ARMS race with phones..
dave

dsh897 said:
aush30 ,
I do have to agree with you that i dont think we will see the phone this year but i am planning on a 2ghz phone being released early in '11
As far as motorola lighting up im not soo concerned with this fact, For the sole reason that if they launch this phone ATT, SPRINT, TMobile will all have to release 2GHZ phones or push theyre research departments. Its an ARMS race with phones..
dave
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The reason I say Q2 at the earliest is because of the electronics conventions at the beginning of the year. They'll probably show something off in January-February but it won't become available until at least a couple months later. I could be completely wrong but that seems to be the trend.

We will see when in 2011

yeah, unless there is a major breakthrough in batteries I just don't see this being a good thing

Me thinks it's a tab, not a phone.
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And what android app would take full advantage of 2ghz of processing power???

I'll bet it will make a dandy hand warmer also.

Hrshycro said:
Yeah, my EVO is faster than my first dell desktop was (it's still running perfectly for my Grandma), my EVO also has double the ram.
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It's just a chopped down Win 7 for netbooks, I wouldn't be to surprised if they couldn't get it running on a smart phone, however, the architecture of the CPU is wrong.
Didn't att have a 6 inch phone running Win XP last year?
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I saw pocketnow showing Windows 95 running on a nexus one.
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I'm for more power if the batteries can handle it and provide good battery life.. 1ghz is definitely enough for what we have, but never know what the future is going to bring on.
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Google changed direction for ICS? No longer Tegra 2?

I could not get it ...
http://pocketnow.com/android/android-ice-cream-sandwich-to-be-optimized-for-texas-instruments
And even rumor to use Qualcomm for the "J" iteration.
Well, for me it is fine to have it on any kind of SoC platform.
But the thing that I REALLY REALLY REALLY HATE is the situation like now with Tegra 2, fragmentation on SoC based apps! The famous Tegra Zone Games.
Google, are you killing the Android platform?
I hope that news is incorrect, or at least Google will not make TI or certain platform something special!

Just because they are focusing on optimizing for TI doesn't mean they will remove old code drivers that were optimized for Tegra2 et al.

Supermighty said:
Just because they are focusing on optimizing for TI doesn't mean they will remove old code drivers that were optimized for Tegra2 et al.
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Exactly and Ice Cream Sandwich will most probably support existing phones/tablets because it is a unifying platform. So if there is some extra optimisation code then no big deal.
Still the folks here are more concerned about the release of the 10.1 then of a rumoured development in a future Android operating system.

Eclair/Froyo - Snapdragon
Gingerbread - Hummingbird
Honeycomb - Tegra 2
They use different reference designs for different android versions, this is nothing new and doesn't really change anything.

Well... first of all it sucks that I was wrong :-( and GT 10.1 retail will have Tegra 2 inside (I wonder who will put out there first honeycomb tablet with something different than T2).
I still have a bit hope left for 3G enabled version... but not much.
Now... I would not put to much into this optimisation.
As far as I remember from the firs leaks of honeycomb (even before we knew Moto was the chosen company) and from Google Honeycomb presentation, whole system was redesigned, kernel... al of it... and Tegra was reference platform, and blah blah blah...
Who remembers firs opinions about how Xoom was laggish, sluggish, not smooth, etc?
Now... we would know if there is any difference with A 3.1 on different SOC if there would be different SOC out there to compare
But judging from ports to devices like Nook I'd say this whole - "You are the chosen one TI, for this" is just marketing bull****.
It will run fine on all ARM SOC - better on more powerful constructions and worse on cheaper (less powerful) ones.
Since GT 10.1 seems like a complete disappointment (no sd slot and tegra inside) I am switching my focus on next gen of tablets that will be able to replace my netbook for entertainment.
Kal-El/Xoom2 - how soon can u be here? ;-)

Want a bet?
Rumors will start around August September ...
Prototype will emerge or better leaked or teased around October and November ...
Device will be announced on December together with Google Release of Android ICS ...
Show of and hands on will be on January 2012 ... During CES show ...
Another show on Mobile World Congress on February ...
That would be the most plausible release scenario ...
Don't expect sooner, because most major manufacturers have just released new products. Some are not even available yet!
Except HTC, but usually they will use Snapdragon.
Xoom 2? They even cannot come up with current Xoom LTE update, SD card activation, what not ...
In the mean time, I will enjoy my GTab 10.1 for few months. Then sell it when the Google Nexus Tablet released
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Well... first of all it sucks that I was wrong :-( and GT 10.1 retail will have Tegra 2 inside (I wonder who will put out there first honeycomb tablet with something different than T2).
I still have a bit hope left for 3G enabled version... but not much.
Now... I would not put to much into this optimisation.
As far as I remember from the firs leaks of honeycomb (even before we knew Moto was the chosen company) and from Google Honeycomb presentation, whole system was redesigned, kernel... al of it... and Tegra was reference platform, and blah blah blah...
Who remembers firs opinions about how Xoom was laggish, sluggish, not smooth, etc?
Now... we would know if there is any difference with A 3.1 on different SOC if there would be different SOC out there to compare
But judging from ports to devices like Nook I'd say this whole - "You are the chosen one TI, for this" is just marketing bull****.
It will run fine on all ARM SOC - better on more powerful constructions and worse on cheaper (less powerful) ones.
Since GT 10.1 seems like a complete disappointment (no sd slot and tegra inside) I am switching my focus on next gen of tablets that will be able to replace my netbook for entertainment.
Kal-El/Xoom2 - how soon can u be here? ;-)
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gogol said:
Want a bet?
Rumors will start around August September ...
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In the mean time, I will enjoy my GTab 10.1 for few months. Then sell it when the Google Nexus Tablet released
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I suspect that your timetable is about right. I remember when tablets were teased back in 2010 (and iPad killers were promised) and look at the date and what is in the shops.
Of course this can change because of CPU manufacturers... no one wants to be last but first so if one company will present new gen. of soc as production/orders ready things might be coming to market a bit faster.
I would think that the best period to start sales would be around x-mass. But that would meant that product would be teased now... unless a company will FINALLY do things Apple way and will present ready product mid November and sales will start in December - but I would be really surprised.
Regarding your last sentence... I wish it would be so easy
Since it took me a while to gather funds for tablet I am afraid I will not be able to cover up difference to get the next gen of tablet.
Not to mention that as things are this would be a wasted cash with me :-( - No netflix (i am using it daily), no mkv high profile 720p (tha same).
I would still have to keep netbook :-(

Why Google is dumping Nvidia?
Because quite soon we will see Microsoft buy Nvidia!
And since MS has/will have an OS that will compete with Android the less nvidia knows about the coming ICS the better

Kal-El....No Pototype? Watch! Quad-Core Tablets not coming out this year? Not true!

Here is a prototype running Kal-El!
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/nvidia-kal-el-development-platform-hands-on-video/
Edit: Browsing with Kal-El -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yab7mv9yOm8&feature=player_embedded
Edit: Benchmark -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATNyBTPltI&feature=player_embedded#at=36

Having a prototype running proves absolutely NOTHING about when it'll come on mass market!

Ya you're absolutely jumping the gun on this one. That's not only old news but doesn't prove (or even claim) anything we don't already know.

I really don't think we'll see them until 2012. If we do see them earlier, great. I want Tegra 3 AND Android 4.0 though. So unless the late 2011 ones have Ice Cream Sandwich, I'll still hold off. I don't trust any manufacturer enough to let them promise me an ICS upgrade. Maybe Motorola since they're all buddy buddy with Google.

muqali said:
I want Tegra 3 AND Android 4.0 though.
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I'm hoping someone will buy me one as a present. Maybe that Fluffbutt, hmmmmm..

WereCatf said:
I'm hoping someone will buy me one as a present. Maybe that Fluffbutt, hmmmmm..
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I just buy my own presents. More reliable and I always get stuff I want.

.. though there are reports of Asus Padfone with Tegra3 & ICS due out for the Holidays - I'm not holding my breath though.

We wont have Android 4.0 for a while. The next version is supposed to be 2.4.
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its a real shame that tegra2 is out there now and there really arent so many apps/games for it .. and now they are prepping to get another cpu out ...
it kinda makes fell sorry for buying this tablet.

The same happens with all computer hardware. If you wait until the next great thing to come out, you'll never buy anything.

fxandrei said:
its a real shame that tegra2 is out there now and there really arent so many apps/games for it .. and now they are prepping to get another cpu out ...
it kinda makes fell sorry for buying this tablet.
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I'll probably be selling the A500's in Mexico once the Kal-El models come out. I'll be able to sell it for about what they sell for now in the US. I'll make money and it'll be cheaper than if they bought them new here. Win-Win.
I'll have a "Looking To Buy" post in the general discussion, just keep an eye open for it around the turn of the year or when Tegra 3 tabs are available(in stores, not vaporware)

im waiting for Samsung to release a tegra 3 myself. Their tablets are expensive, but they actually support their hardware *demonic glance in Acers direction* and it actually works *laughs at motorolas non functioning micro SD port* and doesn't have so many hardware issues (read: transformer light bleed issues and failing docks)

ohhh my
I just want a new pair of heels.And matching skirt.
OK for real i do not think Acer will support this tab past honeycomb.The same goes for other oems as well.but only time will tell the truth.

erica_renee said:
I just want a new pair of heels.
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Heels... pfft. They're way too girly for me. I use New Rock platformers myself.

The Odom Project said:
im waiting for Samsung to release a tegra 3 myself. Their tablets are expensive, but they actually support their hardware *demonic glance in Acers direction* and it actually works *laughs at motorolas non functioning micro SD port* and doesn't have so many hardware issues (read: transformer light bleed issues and failing docks)
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I may go that route myself, Samsung generally makes good products. Quality near Sony's without the megalomaniacal "make our own standards" in every package. It really sucks the patent crap between Apple and these devices. I'm really hoping that existing patent laws get annihilated soon, but considering politicians are all on the dole I don't see it happening.

muqali said:
I may go that route myself, Samsung generally makes good products. Quality near Sony's without the megalomaniacal "make our own standards" in every package. It really sucks the patent crap between Apple and these devices. I'm really hoping that existing patent laws get annihilated soon, but considering politicians are all on the dole I don't see it happening.
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Ibwouldnt worry too much about patents, no one ever goes anywhere with them. As soon as one company thinks they have the other pinned, something new comes up.

Second version Fire coming soon?

Rumor: Amazon may be releasing the current Fire to try and get in on the holiday sales. A new version may already be in the works:
http://gdgt.com/discuss/oh-one-more...econd-better-version-is-coming-very-soon-g9k/
Personally, I am waiting to see if CM7 or other roms are possible before buying.

i remember there being an article saying they wanted to beat the ipad 3 before it shipped and were working on an quad core device...
when i awoke to engadget i thought today was the day but it wasnt

i have cm7 on my phone, and love it...but putting a gingerbread rom to replace a honeycomb one doesn't make sense to me.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/28/is-a-10-inch-kindle-fire-coming-amazon-says-stay-tuned/

glitterbug said:
Rumor: Amazon may be releasing the current Fire to try and get in on the holiday sales. A new version may already be in the works:
http://gdgt.com/discuss/oh-one-more...econd-better-version-is-coming-very-soon-g9k/
Personally, I am waiting to see if CM7 or other roms are possible before buying.
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Besides being rank rumor, since when do the adventurous forego spending $200 hard earned cash for fear of the next best thing being 4-6 months away...

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Personally, I am waiting to see if CM7 or other roms are possible before buying.
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R U Serious!?
you haven't even seen how it works, and you already want to change the OS... I get the feeling that some people just are after the names, not the quality.

Can't Wait to Run Windows 9 On This Unreleased Device!!!

Supposedly Amazon's next tablet will be more of a true iPad competitor. It's supposed to be about 10" and will be one of the first tablets with Nvidia's quad core kal-el SOCs.
It's crazy, in the span of less than 2 years we've gone from single core sub-1ghz mobile chips to quad core 1.5-2ghz chips. Where will we be in 5 years?!

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R U Serious!?
you haven't even seen how it works, and you already want to change the OS... I get the feeling that some people just are after the names, not the quality.
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You are putting words in my mouth. Stop it.
I have not been impressed with Sense, TouchWiz, Motoblur, etc. If the default OS sucks, I want the OPTION to be able to load a different rom on it.

"It's going to get rooted, and what you do after you root it is up to you," said Jon Jenkins, director of Amazon's Silk browser project.
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so, they know its going to be rooted, theyre not going to stop you
I would want to throw stock android on the tablet or possibly Honeycomb if someone can get a goot port working
But at $199 having a custom amazon OS couldnt be all that bad either

TF2 will be around soon.

Compatible with existing docks and will have ICS.
http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/42382/asus-eee-pad-transformer-2

Ha I just got this info myself from another source that will not mention here...
Dang glad i didn't buy one now.... cause I did find a B60 in my area..and had them put it aside..for this week...
http://tablets-planet.com/2011/10/0...t-will-be-499-no-price-cut-for-transformer-1/

well isnt that just great. Ive had mine for one day. A quad core? Damn!

this is all well and good but im still gonna keep my tf1 with a smile. im sure ICS will be on the tf1 shortly after its available. not worried

Ditto - I can't see quad core being necessary for some time to come. I'll upgrade next year.... when it's six or 8 core for the same price

I think it would make sense for Asus to ditch Android and wait for Windows 8...
Sorry, but I think Windows 8 > Android Honeycomb.

xTRICKYxx said:
I think it would make sense for Asus to ditch Android and wait for Windows 8...
Sorry, but I think Windows 8 > Android Honeycomb.
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Wow win 8 ok... I'm def buying one or two.

would you's recommend i wait for this or go for the galaxy tab 10.1? I really like the docking keyboard but i also like the look of tab 10.1. thanks!

Windows 8 <<<< Give me a break
I would wait for the TF2.... think about it Quad Core<<<<

how was the build quality of the first gen compared to samsung products?

I can say the TF3 will be out in June of 2012 too, but that doesn't mean it's going to happen. This is the beginning of media hype. The same thing happened with the original Transformer as well. How many months was it until we had a concrete date, much less hardware in hand? For god sakes, they were showing off hardware 3+ months before it hit stores! Having the CEO say they're preparing, is like me saying I'm preparing for Christmas now.
When we have a date, fine, post threads. But until we have a date, whats the point of having thread, after thread, after thread with every little stupid article about the TF2? It's all hype and nothing more.
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how was the build quality of the first gen compared to samsung products?
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It was sorta a crapshoot. In a way...I mean, as you probably are well aware, the people that got bad units (or are just too picky when it comes to backlight bleed) complained the loudest. When you consider the fact that they were selling 100k+ per month, having even 100 people complaining is still only 0.1%. Outside of that, I feel it's good. I have a B50 unit (not one of the even older B40 units) and it's build really solid, I can't complain unless I expect everything to be better than perfect.

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would you's recommend i wait for this or go for the galaxy tab 10.1? I really like the docking keyboard but i also like the look of tab 10.1. thanks!
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If you're after the looks, why not try the ipad 2? I don't even ow why people will buy the tab for $500.

mrloltime said:
would you's recommend i wait for this or go for the galaxy tab 10.1? I really like the docking keyboard but i also like the look of tab 10.1. thanks!
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If you can find a B60 or below tab I'd go for it. B70 series are hit and miss when it comes to being able to root. Even if you NEVER root it, it's good to have the option IMO.
Quad-core? Not necessary for functioning apps at present. The dual-core TF1 performs beautifully. "Less is More" axiom applies here I believe.
I'd jump to the quad-core ONLY if dual boot with Win8 were an option. Never been a gamer so playing games mean diddly to me. (Win8 option would help with work interface).

Its not going to be thinner? Different Color? More aesthetically pleasing w/ a new dock to match? Only hardware is the difference?
I am dissapoint. I was really hoping that they would have created a more badass version of the TF2. They might as well just called it the TF1S and saved the TF2 monicker for the real deal.

I honestly think Asus, like Lenovo, are going to be in the Tablet races a long time. However, I think the tablets running Android will be short lived. I want a fully featured, robust, heavily developed OS. Windows 8 is just that. If anyone is not excited about Windows 8 competing with Android, then they are not excited for any innovation.
The Transformer 2 will most likely run Windows 8.

xTRICKYxx said:
I honestly think Asus, like Lenovo, are going to be in the Tablet races a long time. However, I think the tablets running Android will be short lived. I want a fully featured, robust, heavily developed OS. Windows 8 is just that. If anyone is not excited about Windows 8 competing with Android, then they are not excited for any innovation.
The Transformer 2 will most likely run Windows 8.
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Windows 8 should be able to run on Tegra 2 so we should have the dual boot capability on the TF1.

xTRICKYxx said:
I honestly think Asus, like Lenovo, are going to be in the Tablet races a long time. However, I think the tablets running Android will be short lived. I want a fully featured, robust, heavily developed OS. Windows 8 is just that. If anyone is not excited about Windows 8 competing with Android, then they are not excited for any innovation.
The Transformer 2 will most likely run Windows 8.
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source?
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xTRICKYxx said:
I honestly think Asus, like Lenovo, are going to be in the Tablet races a long time. However, I think the tablets running Android will be short lived. I want a fully featured, robust, heavily developed OS. Windows 8 is just that. If anyone is not excited about Windows 8 competing with Android, then they are not excited for any innovation.
The Transformer 2 will most likely run Windows 8.
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It won't. It will run IceCream Sandwhich. - If there is one thing I've learned it is to take all posts with a grain of salt. Usually it's peoples' personal opinions or prefrences instead of facts.
http://androidcommunity.com/asus-ee...ice-cream-sandwich-expected-in-q3q4-20110623/

If it doesn't have digitizer stylus I'll pass. I need the tablet for taking hadwritten notes at work, Transformer 1 is not good for it.

multiple places are reporting that the CEO of Asus has stated that transformer 2 will be coming out shortly (meaning by the end of the month or early next month).
http://androidandme.com/2011/10/news/asus-the-fire-isnt-hot-enough-transformer-2-going-for-499/
http://www.techradar.com/news/mobil...nd-gen-eee-pad-transformer-on-the-way-1031351
however, the price point says $499...hopefully they are referring to the 32GB model and not the 16GB model. I was really hoping to get this as soon as it came out but if 16GB is at $499..i might wait until closer towards the end of the year to hopefully get a better deal on it once samsung and others come out with their kal-el models.