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Here is the link below. BS!
http://www.technobuffalo.com/reviews/asus-eee-pad-transformer-video-review/
Meh, he hated the Xoom, a lot of bloggers hated the PlayBook. I for one, am one of the few who actually thought it was good.
EDIT: I DON'T CARE IF MY CAPS LOCK IS ON, WE NEED THAT BACKGROUND, I NEED THAT THING ON MY XOOM, that thing looks gorgeous!
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Its already on here
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Wow could that guy be more objective. Only thing I liked was the wallpaper which I have. Keyboard... if I really want a keyboard to carry around I would prefer my Bluetooth. Much better when xoom is connected to my TV. No led flash? He stated performance over and over. I have had no problems with performance. Asus has price advantage that's about all I got out of that.
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Consumer Reports rated the Xoom the second best tablet behind the iPad 2.
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Lol. The only thing I got out of that review was that the I PS display is nicer which I already knew. Other than that the xoom wins with 3/4g. Nice review.
And the keyboard is optional...costing an extra $150.
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And the keyboard is optional...costing an extra $150.
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I ordered a 16GB Eeepad Transformer with the dock for $550. Can't touch a 32GB WiFi only Xoom for that.
The guy did give a very shiny review, and may not have been completely fair to the Xoom since it has had updates since he reviewed it... but the Asus does have some value for it's price.
As someone mentioned on another forum, Moto is going to have to reevaluate the price point. When they first came out, they had no real competition in the Android tablet market. The Xoom could only really be compared to the iPad, which is pretty insanely priced.
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I ordered a 16GB Eeepad Transformer with the dock for $550. Can't touch a 32GB WiFi only Xoom for that.
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Really think you should compare apples to apples rather than oranges. The 32GB Transformer is $500 so still $100 cheaper than the Xoom. With dock it's $650.
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Really think you should compare apples to apples rather than oranges. The 32GB Transformer is $500 so still $100 cheaper than the Xoom. With dock it's $650.
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if you include the official kb for the xoom at retail - not special reduced price - it's $670 with no dock or anything included to hold it up.
minus would be no usb port for the transformer without the dock. if i were docked i'd love to hook a hard drive. minus for xoom is that you won't have usb host without root.
Hey ... What is the name of that background?
And how to get it? Via Market?
That's very nice ...
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Hey ... What is the name of that background?
And how to get it? Via Market?
That's very nice ...
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It's in the Themes and Apps section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048959
With speech to text, which works quite a bit better on my Xoom than on my Android phone, keyboards are not nearly a necessity as they used to be. I showed a die hard Apple guy at work how STT worked on my Xoom, and he was stunned. I made sure to point out iPad and iPhone didn't have that capability.
Even tough he shouldn't have slammed the the Xoom so hard; I fully agree in his right to state what he likes best and whatnot.
The reviewer failed to understand that he was comparing against the original android version on the Xoom not the updated version that we have today. He also failed to notice the glitches in the keyboard dock that was found in the anandtech review which was a far better assessment. The build quality is not up to Motorola's level. Why do some reviewers often compare prices of a wifi only product with the 3G Xoom? Checkout the below link. Take note of his final words.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4277/asus-eee-pad-transformer-review
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Why do some reviewers often compare prices of a wifi only product with the 3G Xoom?
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Because a $300 premium is too much to justify just a modem.
I do agree with your other points regarding Honeycomb software versions on the Xoom. At the same time, I believe the anandtech reviewer stated that the dock was running a preproduction firmware and that Asus said that would be addressed in th final firmware.
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if you include the official kb for the xoom at retail - not special reduced price - it's $670 with no dock or anything included to hold it up.
minus would be no usb port for the transformer without the dock. if i were docked i'd love to hook a hard drive. minus for xoom is that you won't have usb host without root.
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Thank you. I was about to point this out.
The Eee Pad Dock = $149 (includes extra battery, ports, trackpad)
Moto Keyboard - 69.99 + Moto Portfolio Case - 39.99 = $110
So the difference is really $40 and you're actually getting something for that money.
I just got extremely lucky, I purchased a brand new xoom wifi on ebay. For $485. So I'm happy with the price. And for that price it's beats the 16gb transformer any day.
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Because a $300 premium is too much to justify just a modem.
I do agree with your other points regarding Honeycomb software versions on the Xoom. At the same time, I believe the anandtech reviewer stated that the dock was running a preproduction firmware and that Asus said that would be addressed in th final firmware.
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Sorry, but it's $210 more for the 3g/4g Xoom than the wifi Xoom, not $300.
The wifi Xoom (at $590) is $90 more than the 32gb Transformer (at $500).
You can't compare the $400 16gb Transformer to the $800 32gb 3g/4g Xoom.
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Reviewer clearly just can't afford the XOOM and is slamming it to justify his purchase of the underdog.
Leave him to it, who cares if he likes it, hardly the most respected tech sitei n the world
I've really been looking around for a tablet. I don't want to spend any more than $300. I would like a tablet that has good dev support but is also a nice device. I don't care if I have to buy it off of ebay for me to get it in my price range. I like 7" and 10" preferably with a dual core. Any suggestions?
Edit: I would also like for it to most likely be able to run honeycomb in the future. Official or not.
The Acer Iconia A100 just came out with an MSRP of $329, I'm sure it will get a lot of attention by the development community.
At that price, the nook color is probably you're best bet.
I personally am a netbook user.
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The Acer Iconia A100 just came out with an MSRP of $329, I'm sure it will get a lot of attention by the development community.
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It's getting pretty mediocre reviews so far.
+1 at the price mentioned, nookCOLOR running CM7
Normally I would agree with the NC, but only if trying to spend around $200. For $129 more (new vs recert), you get:
Dual core 1Ghz processor (vs NC single 800Mhz)
Mini-HDMI
Honeycomb 3.2
1GB RAM vs 512MB
Front and rear camera
Is the Nook Color rooted with CM7 worth buying? Or is it better to pony up a little more for one of the more robust tablets?
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Is the Nook Color rooted with CM7 worth buying? Or is it better to pony up a little more for one of the more robust tablets?
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Depends on what you want to do with it.
You can browse the web, play games like Angry Birds, watch Netflix, listen to Pandora or Google Music, read epub books...
I recommend buying recertified to get the most value. I bought mine from Overstock and you could not tell it was not new. $199 shipped. Ebay has them for $180 shipped.
Nook Color with CM7 is your best bet if you can live without Bluetooth. (Well technically there is an on board bluetooth chip that has been enabled in CM7 but without an antenna it's range is about 2 inches
No cameras....but the only time I have heard of a camera being used on a tablet it was a punchline in a comics joke.
Bottom line, Nook Color is the best $200 I ever spent. Only missing piece for me is bluetooth.
What about the gtab. Do you think its a good buy if I can get one for 240 with a dock?
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Asus Transformer hands down. Laptop dock, SD card slot, HDMI out, honeycomb, front and rear camera. Beautiful tablet and dirt cheap at 299
Edit: can't find it for that prize anymore but it's worth the extra 50 at Amazon or target
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DirtyShroomz said:
Asus Transformer hands down. Laptop dock, SD card slot, HDMI out, honeycomb, front and rear camera. Beautiful tablet and dirt cheap at 299
Edit: can't find it for that prize anymore but it's worth the extra 50 at Amazon or target
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For that price, he'd be better of going to staples.com using the 100$ rebate off tablets, then get a toshiba thrive for 329 [after 100$ off] for the 8gb model, then just use a bigger sd card, along with all the full ports.
Asus is 16gb
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You can get the HP touchpad right now at staples for around $325
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You can get the HP touchpad right now at staples for around $325
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That is mighty tempting I really enjoy web os.
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I don't own any Bluetooth devices...don't even use one on my phone. No loss for me.
I think I'll look into getting a refurb Nook color.
The Amazon Kindle Fire was my first tablet and a great one as well. Thanks to awesome developers such as JackpotClavin, HashCode, Lithium, and everyone else the Kindle Fire is a great choice for budget and size conscience individuals.
Anyway, I just purchased a 4G LTE Motorola Xoom 32 GB on Ebay for $200 and sold my Kindle Fire for $150. I recently realized that the Xoom was a Google Experience Device and is going to be updated to Jelly Bean by Google!
Once again thanks everyone for making the Kindle Fire such a great device!
that thing is, heavy lol. I had one, a looooong time ago. briefly. enjoy it
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That's an excellent upgrade! I'm surprised you could sell your Fire for $150
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That's an excellent upgrade! I'm surprised you could sell your Fire for $150
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haha yeah. I put up my kindle fire on ebay with a good description an $89.99 starting bid price and a $150.00 buy it now option and it was sold within 12 hours.
im really excited for the xoom since there will be official jelly bean for it
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That's an excellent upgrade! I'm surprised you could sell your Fire for $150
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They sell easily for 150.
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They sell easily for 150.
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That's a surprise, considering they sell new for $199 in the USA. I got them from an Australian importer for $261 including case and adaptor.
Even with the next generation kindle tablets on the horizon people are buying up kindle fires on eBay. I suggest if any of you want to upgrade to sell now before the kindle fire 2 comes out and drops the resale value of the original.
So looks like Best Buy will be selling a new 16GB TF300 on Black Friday for $279.00. The dock is an additional $99.00
What's new about this TF300 is that it will be black, a color that Best Buy is touting as an exclusive.
You can see it here (jump to page 15):
http://blackfriday.com/stores/best-buy/flyers/black-friday
And they will probably only have a hand full available to the few lucky people that get there first.I'm glad I have a buddy that works there
Look around for a pristine TF201 and you'll have a far better deal than the plastic body, crappy screened TF300
That to me sounds like a fair deal but not a complete door-buster.
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For $20 more, Office Depot is offering the 32gb TF 300 at $299.99 http://www.2012blackfridayads.com/officedepot/
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For $20 more, Office Depot is offering the 32gb TF 300 at $299.99 http://www.2012blackfridayads.com/officedepot/
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Yep, that's the one I ended up with. Took the 16gb back to Best Buy the next day and got the one from Office depot. 16 more gb's for $20 was a great deal. I'll be checking with Office depot from now on.
Got mine 32gig for $269. I got the manager to match the price of Groupon. They didn't know what is the difference between the 16 gig and 32 gig
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Got mine 32gig for $269. I got the manager to match the price of Groupon. They didn't know what is the difference between the 16 gig and 32 gig
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That is similar to what happened to me. I got mine from Staples and had the clerk price match to the best buy deal. It wasn't until I got home that I realized the clerk had given me the 32gb model which my local Staples was selling for $399.99. Regardless of the price, I am very happy with my purchase. This is a great tablet and I am excited to get back into the android dev world!
WM had them for 319 for two days. That's where I got mine.
Nice to see that quite a few people have purchased the tf300t.
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Got mine at Sams Club. Com, 1$ cheaper than Best Buy. SAVINGS!
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For $20 more, Office Depot is offering the 32gb TF 300 at $299.99 http://www.2012blackfridayads.com/officedepot/
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I got a similar deal off amazon. It was a 32mb for $319. The office depo deal would have been around that once you add tax. I am VERRY happy with this tablet!
In case anyone was wondering Bestbuy.com was selling the black tf300t for $279 all weekend with free shipping and they never sold out. Amazing deal! I purchased mine on monday.
I just got my $300 refurbished TF300 16GB and keyboard dock bundle from woot.com I ordered just before Black Friday.
Hate to say it, but I'm kinda regretting the purchase. Unfortunately after using higher DPI 7 inch tablets and an iPad 3, I am struggling with the fonts on the TF300. It's not just web browsing, but fonts almost everywhere look terrible. Twitter is making my eyes bleed.
And the tablet is surprisingly slower than I expected. I set it to performance mode, but couldn't see a difference.
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I just got my $300 refurbished TF300 16GB and keyboard dock bundle from woot.com I ordered just before Black Friday.
Hate to say it, but I'm kinda regretting the purchase. Unfortunately after using higher DPI 7 inch tablets and an iPad 3, I am struggling with the fonts on the TF300. It's not just web browsing, but fonts almost everywhere look terrible. Twitter is making my eyes bleed.
And the tablet is surprisingly slower than I expected. I set it to performance mode, but couldn't see a difference.
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Now that's strange because mine are great. I'm also running a custom ROM with an overclocked kernel and my tablet is fast as can be. I'm getting some great benchmark scores too.
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Now that's strange because mine are great. I'm also running a custom ROM with an overclocked kernel and my tablet is fast as can be. I'm getting some great benchmark scores too.
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I have compared the tf300 to an Amazon kindle fire (which has a damn high pixel density)
I prefer the screen on the tf300
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I have compared the tf300 to an Amazon kindle fire (which has a damn high pixel density)
I prefer the screen on the tf300
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DPI on the Kindle Fire isn't that good either. You mean the Fire HD? I have the Fire HD and to the screen is a helluva lot better on that the TF300.
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Now that's strange because mine are great. I'm also running a custom ROM with an overclocked kernel and my tablet is fast as can be. I'm getting some great benchmark scores too.
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Yeah, I'm gonna need to get a custom ROM and kernel on this. Stock experience is pretty slow for something with a Tegra 3 in it.
Kindle fire and the iPad 2 have same dpi
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I'm somewhat new to the "tablet" world. I bought a Xoom when it came out, needed the money so I sold it off. I'm an android fan (of course) and have the GSIII. Anyhoo, I have a chance to purchase a TF300T 32GB model today for $180. Is that a good deal? Is it worth me doing it?
I would appreciate any review/advice.
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I'm somewhat new to the "tablet" world. I bought a Xoom when it came out, needed the money so I sold it off. I'm an android fan (of course) and have the GSIII. Anyhoo, I have a chance to purchase a TF300T 32GB model today for $180. Is that a good deal? Is it worth me doing it?
I would appreciate any review/advice.
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Are you kidding me? I had to pay 400€ for Tablet+key docking
Go get it! And consider buying a key docking as well
Using this device for few weeks now and I really appreciate having it. Replaced my netbook and offers me so much more features to it. And as far as I know it's the only tablet that offers a key docking as well - which is really useful
Thanks for the input! Looking at keydocks now. Know of any good case/portfolio for it? I'm about to start browsing.
Thoughts on this:
http://www.amazon.com/MiniSuit-Tran...=8-15&keywords=transformer+tf300t+accessories
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Thanks for the input! Looking at keydocks now. Know of any good case/portfolio for it? I'm about to start browsing.
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This one is a really good case for the TF300T, It can either be used with just the tablet or the tablet and dock. Nice and interchangeable
http://www.asus.com/Tablet_Mobile_Accessories/VersaSleeve/
For that price, you need to get it ASAP! I paid $299 for my 32gb tf300t and $49.99 for a blue dock. I thought that was a very good price. $180 is a steal for a 32gb.
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Go for it especially if you are in to mobile games it's great and that price is a steal! Are you getting that from a friend?
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For that price, you need to get it ASAP! I paid $299 for my 32gb tf300t and $49.99 for a blue dock. I thought that was a very good price. $180 is a steal for a 32gb.
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Do you mind sharing where did you get that $299? I got mine arrived yesterday and got it from newegg for $349 with -$20 coupon code...
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Go for it especially if you are in to mobile games it's great and that price is a steal! Are you getting that from a friend?
Do you mind sharing where did you get that $299? I got mine arrived yesterday and got it from newegg for $349 with -$20 coupon code...
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I bought it from Office Depot the day after Black Friday. I originally bought the 16gb from Best Buy for $279 but after reading here, I found that Office Depot had the 32gb for only $20 more so I took it back and went to Office Depot.
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