Im sooooooo excited! I have been waiting for the extra $ since the TF was talked about and was finally able to get it today at Toys R Us!
Its charging now so don't want to play with it till its fully charged.
Question is:
What do you recommend I do the first few hours after is being charged? Any particular applications I should try? Should I root right away? If so what Rom should I install? What defects should I be aware of/check?
Any other suggestions will be appreciated ;-)
I know its a silly post, but I kinda got overwhelmed/intimidated the first 10mimutes after I turned it on!
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You would be wise to never root until you are SURE that you have a good unit.
Check the speaker balance.
Go into a dark room and put on a total black jpeg and this will allow you to look for major light bleeding or white "blobs" in the middle of the screen.
Update to the newest Honeycomb ( 3.1 UNROOTED FOR NOW )
The play with it for a few days. If you are happy THEN AND ONLY THEN should you root and heap the full benefits of the Asus Transformer.
1. Look for dust under screen, light bleed (particularly on corners and the lower left) and dead or stuck pixels. Make sure you ramp up brightness to the max before checking.
2. You might also want to note sound quality (is one speaker louder than another) and overall volume before applying any updates.
3. Now go and check if there are any updates using the Check for Updates option in the Settings.
4. Afterwards, check sound again. Note any changes to overall volume and balance.
5. If by this point you've hit none of the issues so far, I guess someone else will have to help you as to what you should do next. I haven't gotten this far since I had to send mine in to get it butchered within the same week I got it.
If however you find any of the issues above, cry and keep it to yourself or bring it to TRU and hope they do an exchange. Some fanatics on here will tell you QC issues don't exist and you're part of a conspiracy to pressure Asus into adopting better QC.
Toodles!
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Some fanatics on here will tell you QC issues don't exist and you're part of a conspiracy to pressure Asus into adopting better QC.
Toodles!
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OMG! They got to you too man!!!! RESIST DAMNIT RESIST!!!!
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Some fanatics on here will tell you QC issues don't exist and you're part of a conspiracy to pressure Asus into adopting better QC.
Toodles!
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I wouldnt say there arnt issues I just dont think that everyone has them. They could definatly have better QC
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Set the browser agent to Desktop to avoid mobile versions of websites. Also try turning on the labs features - they're pretty cool...
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Labs?
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Tubular said:
Some fanatics on here will tell you QC issues don't exist and you're part of a conspiracy to pressure Asus into adopting better QC.
Toodles!
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There are certainly issues with every product out there, including the Transfomer, but I think sometimes they get overblown a bit. Like the light bleed, mine has just a little, but is it enough to bother me? Nope. In fact, from what I can tell almost all IPS screens suffer from some amount of it (look at the iPad 2), it's just the way it is. Mine has been awesome, and I haven't had any major issues, maybe I just took more time out to "smell the roses"
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Labs?
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Google Labs-
http://www.googlelabs.com/
There are certainly issues with every product out there, including the Transfomer, but I think sometimes they get overblown a bit.
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I can accept light bleed if it was about a 2-3mm line of gray on a black background on the edges of the screen but in my case the band was inches, not mm. That's not overblowing it, that's reality. I don't overblow things, I call it as it is. Inches of gray screen on a black background is bull****! It kills the image quality and ruins dark movies.
If you haven't had that you wouldn't understand and of course the people who do have massive light bleeding look like crazies to the people who don't who think they're seeing the same thing we're seeing. I assure you it's different. How do I know? I have a friends unit to use as reference and the level of bleeding on his pales in comparison to mine.
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I can accept light bleed if it was about a 2-3mm line of gray on a black background on the edges of the screen but in my case the band was inches, not mm. That's not overblowing it, that's reality. I don't overblow things, I call it as it is. Inches of gray screen on a black background is bull****! It kills the image quality and ruins dark movies.
If you haven't had that you wouldn't understand and of course the people who do have massive light bleeding look like crazies to the people who don't who think they're seeing the same thing we're seeing. I assure you it's different. How do I know? I have a friends unit to use as reference and the level of bleeding on his pales in comparison to mine.
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Relax there amigo, nothing personal was met by that, and it's just a device, no need to get so worked up about it I'm sorry yours is so horrible, mine isn't, I hope you can find one that you like soon. Surely I can't be the only one who is enjoying mine though
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+1 best freakin' tablet optimized app out there! (not talking about games) I had my doubts if tablets in general can offer me anything to justify their existence. But this app shows in what direction future tablet apps can go.
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Relax there amigo, nothing personal was met by that, and it's just a device, no need to get so worked up about it I'm sorry yours is so horrible, mine isn't, I hope you can find one that you like soon. Surely I can't be the only one who is enjoying mine though
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+1 I've seen 3 transformers so far and they all have an understandable level of light bleeding but will never bother me in general uses...it's on par with my friend's IPad if not better..
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+1 best freakin' tablet optimized app out there! (not talking about games) I had my doubts if tablets in general can offer me anything to justify their existence. But this app shows in what direction future tablet apps can go.
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It's awesome huh?! News360 is also very good.
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+1 I've seen 3 transformers so far and they all have an understandable level of light bleeding but will never bother me in general uses...it's on par with my friend's IPad if not better..
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I've compared it to several iPad's as well, it definitely looks great in comparison, and we have all the extra goodies like HDMI out, MicroSD Slot and the Keyboard Dock I have to wonder if the light bleed is similar for all for the IPS Screens, but it just happens to bother some more than others, though I'm sure some did escape the factory with bad screens, like all hi tech devices the more complicated they get the more chance for mistakes. I have the Keyboard Dock and this is my laptop, in fact I sold my laptop to help pay for this, and I haven't looked back, this is just more fun to use PLUS I can leave the keyboard when I don't need it or the extra ports, try doing that with a laptop
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions!
Couple of questions:
I have MIUI as my daily Rom on my DInc and really got used to organizing my apps in different folders. Does honeycomb offers such feature? If not, how do you manage to organize your apps?
Also, im looking for defects on my TF and so far i cannot notice any light bleeds. How do i see whether one speaker is louder than the other? They both seem ok, but cant tell for sure.
Thanks!
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To be fair the speaker being unbalanced is a software issue (additional zero was added) not hardware. This can be fixed by rooting.
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Try..
I would give the Zinio app a try (magazines) and the CNN app as well!
Check http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1108 for a lot of apps. There are a lot of app threads about things to show off and stuff like that. It'll be a good start. You can also start by reading the stickied threads which has Tips & Tricks.
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Hi all,
Well it's been a good few months that you guys over in the States have had your hands on the Atrix.
The release is apparently 'imminent' here in the UK, so hopefully this thread and your feedback will help us decide whether it's worth pulling the trigger or not .
Whilst we are fortunate enough to be expecting either one or both of the HTC Sensation and the GSM EVO 3D by July, they are both 4.3" devices, and the Atrix - at the moment - still remains the only dual core device that we'll be getting here in the UK .
So, honest opinions, if you had your chance again now, would you go for the Atrix? Or hold out for something else?
Voting appreciated.
Pros/Cons would be ideal.
really loving mine. I have had two blackberries, 8330 and 9650 bold with os 6.0, all iPhone versions and numerous other stuff.
I love the Atrix for the 4" screen... the new 4.3" ers are too large for my hand.so 4" is the perfect screen size compromise in my opinion
the software is exteremely fast...
so yes, Im really loving mine to be honest.
David
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I love the Atrix for the 4" screen... the new 4.3" ers are too large for my hand.so 4" is the perfect screen size compromise in my opinion
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^ Exactly why I'm still contemplating the Atrix. 4" is juust perfect
However, talk of everything being locked down is disappointing. Having run a HTC Legend, I'm lucky that we've had some dev backing, which has enabled me to run CM7 and a few other ROMs. Without this kind of dev work/support, I'd still be on FroYo at best...
The Atrix really, really, seems to be lacking on the dev front - it seems to put so many people off, and more significantly, the developers
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^ Exactly why I'm still contemplating the Atrix. 4" is juust perfect
However, talk of everything being locked down is disappointing. Having run a HTC Legend, I'm lucky that we've had some dev backing, which has enabled me to run CM7 and a few other ROMs. Without this kind of dev work/support, I'd still be on FroYo at best...
The Atrix really, really, seems to be lacking on the dev front - it seems to put so many people off, and more significantly, the developers
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i agree ... more people need to be developing because as of right now im pretty pissed of with motoblur and how gay it is
I'm very pleased with mine. the best phone I have ever owned and I have been through them all. The bootloader is a bit of a bummer, but I know they will crack it it soon.
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i agree ... more people need to be developing because as of right now im pretty pissed of with motoblur and how gay it is
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LOL. Sounds like more people "need to be" LEARNING to DEV, or waiting until there's more dev support before purchasing!
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this phone is really nice with a quick response. much faster than that of the galaxy s. even the original rom is already good enough.
the high resolution is really nice to let you see more on the screen
but the poor thing is the screen lost touching after touching too long!
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I'm very pleased with mine. the best phone I have ever owned and I have been through them all. The bootloader is a bit of a bummer, but I know they will crack it it soon.
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Fingers crossed eh? Just hope its not too late for the developers... else they may have moved on to newer devices [there's a lot of dual cores due to the market soon enough...]
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this phone is really nice with a quick response. much faster than that of the galaxy s. even the original rom is already good enough.
the high resolution is really nice to let you see more on the screen
but the poor thing is the screen lost touching after touching too long!
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Can you please elaborate a little on the bit in bold please?
I really like the Atrix and have owned one from its release date. Very fast and has many useful applications right out of the box. The virtual keyboard is much better than other Android phones I've owned, though I must admit that I do still prefer a physical keyboard. I have owned the G1 and Nexus One and like this phone much more than those.
There is only these "regrets". I wish the boot loader and software was easier to circumvent for custom rom installation. And I wish CyanogenMod had a ROM available for it. He does such great work.
I'm going to try to be patient and wait for the Motorola released version of Gingerbread, but I might try Gingerblur if it takes too much time to get an official release.
Very fast, great handset functionality, nice keyboard, great size, and the screen is beautiful. No regrets buying one with the exception noted above.
John...
Yes very satisified!
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I do like the Atrix, but its Motorola thats the disappointment...
I mean, really Moto, how long does it take to get 2.3 out to the public, and its a darn dual core phone that cant use Live Wallpapers without massive lag....
As a result, I've got the Galaxy S II on pre-order waiting for delivery 5th May.
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I have owned the G1 and Nexus One and like this phone much more than those.
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Yes very satisified!
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The bit in bold - is that a p!ss take?
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As a result, I've got the Galaxy S II on pre-order waiting for delivery 5th May.
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...ouch...
I love my Atrix. It's the first Android phone I've had. The iPhone 3GS was a perfect fit in my hand, and the Atrix feels exactly the same, albeit the buttons are in different places. I prefer my Atrix over the iPhone, and have found that even with it being locked down, the opportunities for customization are still way above the iPhone.
Is the Atrix fast?............Yes...............How does it compare to other Droid phones?..............I can't answer that one.
^ Thanks - a Scotman in Boston?? Can you bring me a GSM Atrix on your way back to the UK
The screen is bad. PenTile matrix is more visible on Atrix than on Amoled PenTiles despite higher resolution. Small text is blurry with visible pixels. Blue/green colored icons etc has very visible pixels. Blacks are grey and the screen suffers from banding / not showing true color. Scrolling in menus with small text results in flickering and inability to read the text. Moving the phone, like giving it a short twist makes pixel-patterns temporarily occur in bright areas.
The power-button is among the worst buttons ever put on a mobile phone. It has no feel, almost no travel and is placed in a 45 degree angle which makes it even harder to press.
Pinch zoom in the browser and photo gallery is extremely(!) choppy, much worse than many single core phones.
The camera is not good with tons of noise. The front facing camera is almost a joke as it produces cartoon-like pictures.
Other annoying thing is that it isn't possible to turn of the vibration of the google-buttons.
I have no idea what the he'll you're talking about. Because the fact that the 3.5 mm jack is on the right hand side, they couldn't have put it there. The lock button is also a biometric sensor, which saves me alot of time. It's not awkwardly placed once you think about it. Because it's a 4'' phone, the form factor is rather large. Not having to stretch my finger joints out to the very top seems like a bit of an advantage, no?
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And most if the lagging issues are w/ Motoblur. Get rid of it, and problem solved. The camera is a bit weak, but i'm not here to complain. I prefer a standalone camera anyway.
Overall, an exceptional phone that's a bit rough around the edges, but that'll sort itself out soon enough. Either from Moto, or third-party.
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Wanna sell me that worthless thing for, $25.00?
I really like my atrix. I would buy it again.
Wife has an Iphone... She wants my atrix now.
Seems to be a lot of Professional phone users out here...
Hell, i'll take a second one. Never hurts to have a backup. If you want an awkward lock button, try the Galaxy S. That stupid thing is on the side. Whenever I use my friend's, I always end up locking the thing by accident or nearly ripping a hole in his USB port cover...
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Can someone please post a video with side by side comparison of these two devices?
Thanks!
What exactly would you want to see? One of my buddies has a transformer and I got the tab. I could possibly do something for you.
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What exactly would you want to see? One of my buddies has a transformer and I got the tab. I could possibly do something for you.
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1-Screen quality
2-side by side comparison(Dimensions)
3-Scrolling
4-Boot up time
5-Internet speed test
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okay, I'll see what I can do. Can't promise anything real soon though :-/
I'm looking forward for a Vs video too...I'm trying to decide between these two tablets...
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jon4lakers on YouTube should have one up pretty soon. They usually post videos every few days so hopefully sometime this week since it was a week ago that Noah did his impressions on the 10.1 and said Jon's Transformer is on the way to him for a head to head comparison.
Sceen wise, and this is going off other posts in this forum and my experience with my Transformer and iPad2, the Sammy screen should be the same as the Transformer but more saturated in color. Comparing my Transformer to my iPad2, it's more neutral in color but imo is a tad sharper due to the higher resolution. In another thread 2 members confirmed that the Samsung screen on their I/O 10.1's were a bit more saturated in color than the iPad2.
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okay, I'll see what I can do. Can't promise anything real soon though :-/
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Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've also been waiting for the Techno Buffalo comparison although I think it will be fairly predictable as each has it's pros and cons. In the end I predict they will conclude you need to check out both and can't go wrong with either.
I had the TF but it died after one day so I returned it and I'm now waiting for the Tab 10.1. I prefer something slim and lighter over having a built in USB/HDMI which I'd rarely use.
Also - FWIW and I think I'm an outsider here but I'm using a Xoom now (with 3.1) and it much snappier than the TF I was using, although the TF did die so maybe it had some hardware issues.
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okay, I'll see what I can do. Can't promise anything real soon though :-/
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How is the comparison coming along?
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How is the comparison coming along?
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I feel bad because I was hoping I could do one for you but unfortunately my friend who has the transformer is away at Indy this whole half week or something (I have no idea how long his indy trip is) until memorial day I'm assuming.
Found this video on youtube!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMp_n9016s
I'm curious which one has worse screen bleeding aka light leakage.
Another video from the same youtube account.. GT10.1's screen is definitely more vibrant which I really like. I always thought my Transformer, although a beautiful screen, was too neutral in colors for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8GggJuKe8
So I have had my TF for a couple weeks now and it has served me very well. The screen is gorgeous the TF is light and relatively skin and feels comfortable in my hand. The build quality is amazing and I am having absolutely no hardware issues including light bleed.
Honeycomb is also amazing. It's intuitive and the tweaks that asus made to it are awesome. Around 90% of the apps I have on my EVO work on my TF without any problems and look absolutely phenomenal on the big, ips screen.
I must say thus far, the TF has exceeded the high expectations I had for it and once development starts picking up the possibilities will be endless.
Oh and just because 90% of the people on this forum are complaining about issues with their Transformers does not mean that 90% of TF are defective, it just means people like to complain and troll on the internet. Check any other device forum on XDA and you will see the same thing. I can't understand why it's so hard for people to understand this simple concept... Common sense people.
And yes, this thread is absolutely useless like "90%" of all the other threads on here.
Im waiting for a paypal transaction to go through and then my TF will be on its way! Im looking foward to it since my elocity has been a bit of a disapointmet being non multitouch and manufacturer support is nonexistant. I hope this tab lives up to all the hype!
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So I have had my TF for a couple weeks now and it has served me very well. The screen is gorgeous the TF is light and relatively skin and feels comfortable in my hand. The build quality is amazing and I am having absolutely no hardware issues including light bleed.
Honeycomb is also amazing. It's intuitive and the tweaks that asus made to it are awesome. Around 90% of the apps I have on my EVO work on my TF without any problems and look absolutely phenomenal on the big, ips screen.
I must say thus far, the TF has exceeded the high expectations I had for it and once development starts picking up the possibilities will be endless.
Oh and just because 90% of the people on this forum are complaining about issues with their Transformers does not mean that 90% of TF are defective, it just means people like to complain and troll on the internet. Check any other device forum on XDA and you will see the same thing. I can't understand why it's so hard for people to understand this simple concept... Common sense people.
And yes, this thread is absolutely useless like "90%" of all the other threads on here.
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Agree! It's a great device and OS.
I'm very happy with mine...the small issues that I've had (a lag caused by certain apps, and dock death which was fixed by the update) haven't been show stoppers for me...I'm loving it.
If HC 3.1 improves it it will be that much better...
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So I have had my TF for a couple weeks now and it has served me very well. The screen is gorgeous the TF is light and relatively skin and feels comfortable in my hand. The build quality is amazing and I am having absolutely no hardware issues including light bleed.
Honeycomb is also amazing. It's intuitive and the tweaks that asus made to it are awesome. Around 90% of the apps I have on my EVO work on my TF without any problems and look absolutely phenomenal on the big, ips screen.
I must say thus far, the TF has exceeded the high expectations I had for it and once development starts picking up the possibilities will be endless.
Oh and just because 90% of the people on this forum are complaining about issues with their Transformers does not mean that 90% of TF are defective, it just means people like to complain and troll on the internet. Check any other device forum on XDA and you will see the same thing. I can't understand why it's so hard for people to understand this simple concept... Common sense people.
And yes, this thread is absolutely useless like "90%" of all the other threads on here.
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Please post a picture of your screen on max brightness under a dark setting. I highly doubt that you have no light bleed whatsoever.
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99% of users won't be using their TF in those conditions anyways so what does it really matter? I love this device whether it bleeds light in the dark on brightest setting or not.
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I really dont bother mentioning how much i love my transformer cause im too busy playing with it
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I really love my device. First I had these silly SOD, but they are now gone and its great!
super fast
great kindle app
surf the web from your couch
make notes at uni
play tegra 2 games with awesome graphics
watch pictures from your last holiday
This was a very hard decision for me to return my beloved tf700 as im loving the super high resolution on this unit and the all metal case but i still pulled the trigger and replace it with the note 10.1 . After readiing some negative review on this tablet im still optimistic that this tablet will exceed my expection and it did surpass my expectation on this tablet . I love this tablet, this is the only tablet that is almost as easy to browse as the ipad 3 in terms of smoothness almost lag free on the native browser , the pen is very usefull for sketching , the case even though its made of plastic it doesnt feel cheap at all .
The micro sd card is fast compared to the tf700
I love the speaker placement and you really hear the stereo separation.
The design is lovely specially in white.
Although the lcd has a lower resolution it still very bright with very good color saturation , never at all miss my tf700 higher dpi .
Build quality is very good , fit and finish is perfect.
No light bleed .
No slowdown even with multiple apps running on the background made possible by the built in 2gb system memory.
This in my opinion the only tablet that can really compete with the ipad . Overall im a very happy camper...
I'm really impressed with this tablet also. The display is actually very good. Wish I could find documentation on what each of those 3 different dpslay modes does. I can see the changes but want to see how exactly display is changed. I think dynamic mode gives best look so far.
Although plastic, it feels high end. Far from feeling cheap. Very well put together. I love the stereo speakers. I think no other tablet can compare, soundwise. Amazing sound. Especially if you use volume+ to increase overall volume & quality.
Everything moves very fluid. Virtually no lag.
If anyone finds the official PDF manual for wifi version, please post it up. I want to master this s pen feature. I know the manual will details things we don't know tablet could even do.
Yea I returned TF700 and decided to buy this one after searching for a new tablet.
It is so much better than TF700 in almost every way, with the only obvious exception being the screen. The screen is great except for lower pixel density which is especially visible when web browsing. But for me, Note 10.1 is a very easy win over TF700.
Agreed! The Infinity definitely felt more solidly built and the screen wins by a landslide but that's where the competition ends. The Note wins in every other way that I can see.
This thing flies and all the basic functionality (like WiFi and GPS) that didn't work on my Prime and barely worked on my Infinity works like an absolute charm on the Note.
Those of you concerned about the pixelation in the stock browser check out Maxthon Browser for Tablets. The text looks much better and believe it or not I think it may actually be faster.
I returned the tf700 also for this. This tablet is light years better than the prime and infinity performance wise. Those dudes in the tf700 forum are delusional thinking it out performs this.
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demandarin said:
If anyone finds the official PDF manual for wifi version, please post it up. I want to master this s pen feature. I know the manual will details things we don't know tablet could even do.
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Here you go:
http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...ng_Icecream_English_120803_PC/start_here.html
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/model/GT-N8000EAABTU-downloads
http://www.samsung.com/uk/support/download/supportGlobalDownloadPrdDetail.do
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.co.samsung.galexy.note10
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I returned the tf700 also for this. This tablet is light years better than the prime and infinity performance wise. Those dudes in the tf700 forum are delusional thinking it out performs this.
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I agree I am not looking back .....my prime had gps and wifi issues and green camera rma 'd it for a return and bought the tf700 I had it for 2 days i/o issues and the same browser lags as the prime .......hello galaxy note 10.1 :good:
Gave my tab1 to my mother(big mistake 300% more spam in my mail account ) bought the tab2. I've returned the tab2 for my note, now I'am happier than ever.
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Yea I returned TF700 and decided to buy this one after searching for a new tablet.
It is so much better than TF700 in almost every way, with the only obvious exception being the screen. The screen is great except for lower pixel density which is especially visible when web browsing. But for me, Note 10.1 is a very easy win over TF700.
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Try the Maxthon HD browser. It does fonts much better.
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demandarin said:
I'm really impressed with this tablet also. The display is actually very good. Wish I could find documentation on what each of those 3 different dpslay modes does. I can see the changes but want to see how exactly display is changed. I think dynamic mode gives best look so far.
Although plastic, it feels high end. Far from feeling cheap. Very well put together. I love the stereo speakers. I think no other tablet can compare, soundwise. Amazing sound. Especially if you use volume+ to increase overall volume & quality.
Everything moves very fluid. Virtually no lag.
If anyone finds the official PDF manual for wifi version, please post it up. I want to master this s pen feature. I know the manual will details things we don't know tablet could even do.
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Hey demandarian aren't you the guy who was so high on the prime? The one who wouldn't let anyone say anything bad about the obvious design flaws of that tab?
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richB7 said:
Hey demandarian aren't you the guy who was so high on the prime? The one who wouldn't let anyone say anything bad about the obvious design flaws of that tab?
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Who ever said it "DIDNT" have one? Meaning the metalback. That didn't stop me from having a good working unit though. That's where people get confused. No device is perfect. Just like now I'm seeing a screen light bleed thread in here and some other ones. No device is free from manufacturing flaws. Nothing man made is 100% perfect.
IM HIGH ON TECHNOLOGY my experience with Asus was a great one. So great I got me a Nexus7. Which is flawless and one of the best tabs out now. So it doesn't really matter if I liked Prime or not. This is Galaxy Note 10.1 forum. This is my new device. If I like it, which I do so far, ill keep it. If not, ill get my money back or just exchange for infinity pad. This device in testing phase for me. Simple as that.
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Who ever said it "DIDNT" have one? Meaning the metalback. That didn't stop me from having a good working unit though. That's where people get confused. No device is perfect. Just like now I'm seeing a screen light bleed thread in here and some other ones. No device is free from manufacturing flaws. Nothing man made is 100% perfect.
IM HIGH ON TECHNOLOGY my experience with Asus was a great one. So great I got me a Nexus7. Which is flawless and one of the best tabs out now. So it doesn't really matter if I liked Prime or not. This is Galaxy Note 10.1 forum. This is my new device. If I like it, which I do so far, ill keep it. If not, ill get my money back or just exchange for infinity pad. This device in testing phase for me. Simple as that.
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This +1
I will be trying mine out as well soon. If it does not meet my needs, I will exchange it for my 3rd infinity
I am also impressed with the note 10.1 I have been thru a few tabs . Archos, xoom, than TFR 101, got so frustrated with the probes with android bugs on th TFR I jumped ship and bought an iPad 2. I needed to judge for myself . At first I enjoyed the iPad alot. It was smooth and reliable. Rooted it and like it evenmore. Looking back i see i was always searching for ways to do tasks on the ipad2 that are easier and standard on android. I use my tablets alot for work and believe it or not it the ipad2 fit in well there. I was waiting for the note to come out and when it did i knew i needed it. First i hesitated with some of ther reviews. But than said i need to judge for myself. And I am glad i did bc those reviews are so wrong. This thing is amazing. Playing with it side by side with my ipad2 the display in my opinion is just as good and just as smooth. I hope there is not a huge delay in geeting jelly bean but even without it this is great. The pen feature blows everything else away. I was considering an adonit touch or jaja on the ipad but this is so much better.
I just dont understand some of those reviews.
In the end i am glad i got this and am happy with all of its features. Anyone want to buy an ipad2.
The note 10.1 and gs3 were the 2 devices that won my wife over. Had to stop working to pick hers up on release day. Coming from ipad3 she is wondering what took her so long to switch. All the extra functionality is blowing her.
Only thing is screen resolution. But its not a deal breaker.
demandarin said:
Who ever said it "DIDNT" have one? Meaning the metalback. That didn't stop me from having a good working unit though. That's where people get confused. No device is perfect. Just like now I'm seeing a screen light bleed thread in here and some other ones. No device is free from manufacturing flaws. Nothing man made is 100% perfect.
IM HIGH ON TECHNOLOGY my experience with Asus was a great one. So great I got me a Nexus7. Which is flawless and one of the best tabs out now. So it doesn't really matter if I liked Prime or not. This is Galaxy Note 10.1 forum. This is my new device. If I like it, which I do so far, ill keep it. If not, ill get my money back or just exchange for infinity pad. This device in testing phase for me. Simple as that.
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Oh I understand the perfect thing statement but the Prime was so far from perfect it was ridiculous.
Come on at least most devices can pick up WiFi and GPS, that's basic and the prime had difficulty doing that. I hardly call that debacle a manufacturing flaw it was flat out a design one.
Anyway good luck with the note. I've no light bleed whatsoever.
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So far my experience with my note is nothing lessthan spectacular my only regret is that i should have purchase the international versin with 32gb 3g version.
demandarin said:
I'm really impressed with this tablet also. The display is actually very good. Wish I could find documentation on what each of those 3 different dpslay modes does. I can see the changes but want to see how exactly display is changed. I think dynamic mode gives best look so far.
Although plastic, it feels high end. Far from feeling cheap. Very well put together. I love the stereo speakers. I think no other tablet can compare, soundwise. Amazing sound. Especially if you use volume+ to increase overall volume & quality.
Everything moves very fluid. Virtually no lag.
If anyone finds the official PDF manual for wifi version, please post it up. I want to master this s pen feature. I know the manual will details things we don't know tablet could even do.
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you bought a Galaxy Note 10.1? The sky is falling....
What happened to you getting your beloved TF700?
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sledgie said:
you bought a Galaxy Note 10.1? The sky is falling....
What happened to you getting your beloved TF700?
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He never had a tf700. He has a prime and nexus 7.
I was being snarky but I know that. He said multiple times in the Prime forums that he wanted to trade his prime or exchange it to gamestop for an Infinity TF700 but couldn't. I was being sarcastic to Asus top cheerleader btw. I'm just shocked that's all
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As far as I can tell the 3 different display choices effect gamma, warmth and saturation. I personally prefer the "movie" setting as it gives the blackest blacks while adding some warmth. The other two settings ccreate some activating around screen fonts.
Does anyone know of a good app that sets gamma independently?
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Figured I would write a quick review of this awesome tablet since I have seen many questions on XDA but no review.
Build quality: build quality as a whole is brilliant, it only creaks if you apply a lot of pressure to the device, and if you I like to squeeze your devices then you may have personal issues , this tablet is not for someone who likes beautiful pretty tablets, the design is for someone who likes build quality that screams power and has a very aggressive design.
Display: the display is not the best we all seem to have realised that, but its good enough and there is much worse out their. The colours seem washed out a lot but one positive (with mine anyway) is the white colour, its REALLY pure white, no yellowish hue or blue.
Camera: both are not good, front is unusable and back is OK but lacks detail. ALOT. Still can't find where the slow motion feature is.
Performance wise: this tablet is blazing fast, its the fastest tablet I have owned hands down, and I have has the nexus 7 2013 and Toshiba excite pro which also had a tegra 4 processor. Lag is non existent and apps open up faster than my galaxy S4.
benchmarks:
Geekbench multi core: 2503
Antutu: 35090
Stylus: I have had every single galaxy note device and the stylus on the tegra note is much more accurate and responsive, with the galaxy note the on screen cursor always lagged a couple millimetres behind the pen, but this tegra note is much more accurate, would of looked much better though if screen was Full HD.
Battery: battery life has been OK, I am currently on KitKat and I get the same screen on time as I do in heavy usage as I do on my S4, which is between 5 - 6 hours. Its enough for me but may not be for some. I always use it on the balance settings with low brightness, sync off and WiFi always on.
Software: KitKat update has been OK for me, I don't have a SD card inside so don't experience the issues with the SD writing. Its stock android and is buttery smooth.
My rating: 9\10
I love this tablet after all, probably would give it a 7.5 if it wasn't so cheap (got mine for £140)
Any sensible questions are welcome. Will be doing a video review on my YouTube channel soon.
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Nice review, I was torn between the Nexus 7 2013 and the Note and eventually went with the note and can't say I'm disappointed as yet. Little miffed at the moment with the SD card issue since the KitKat upgrade but hopefully will be sorted shortly.
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tystar said:
Nice review, I was torn between the Nexus 7 2013 and the Note and eventually went with the note and can't say I'm disappointed as yet. Little miffed at the moment with the SD card issue since the KitKat upgrade but hopefully will be sorted shortly.
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I was worried about the 1gb RAM but I haven't had any issues yet.
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The screen sounds worrisome how bad is bad???
We all have different definitions of screens my Galaxy Note 3 is seriously annoying I prefer the neutral Asus Memo Pad HD 7 is it neutral at least or does it look like 08-09 tech??? From the vids I've seen it seems fine but I know it's different in person.
The screen sounds worrisome how bad is bad???
We all have different definitions of screens my Galaxy Note 3 is seriously annoying I prefer the neutral Asus Memo Pad HD 7 is it neutral at least or does it look like 08-09 tech??? From the vids I've seen it seems fine but I know it's different in person.
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At 213 DPI, is somewhere just above the acceptable line, dead trigger 2 on high graphics and full brightness looks amazing, but kills the battery in under 2hours. So far from the best, but equally far from the worst possible, screen is fairly mediocre, but the extra power of the Tegra chip makes up for that with increased graphic fidelity.
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Screen is just OK.not bad not brilliant. Unless your a pixel peeper then you'll be happy with it.
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aliaksei said:
dead trigger 2 on high graphics and full brightness looks amazing, but kills the battery in under 2hours..
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Good info I'd check for something running in the background both of my devices get 8 to 9 hours either that's a typo or something is seriously wrong or maybe it's the cpu/gpu. Sounds a bit fishy to me.
guys please check out my video review of the tegra note 7.
sorry my editing skills are hit and miss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQoNAAdt6U4&list=UUUYlHn7aNxFv_OxHSsK8wpw&feature=c4-overview
Kenobz said:
Good info I'd check for something running in the background both of my devices get 8 to 9 hours either that's a typo or something is seriously wrong or maybe it's the cpu/gpu. Sounds a bit fishy to me.
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sorry typo, 4 hours that was meant to say, with it in high performance mode and nothing major in the background
AndroidInsanity said:
guys please check out my video review of the tegra note 7.
sorry my editing skills are hit and miss.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQoNAAdt6U4&list=UUUYlHn7aNxFv_OxHSsK8wpw&feature=c4-overview
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It was decent but overall a bore you were drone like the ceiling lamp/fan was bad and even worse it become apparent you recorded a voice over once the camera showed your face in the tablet reflection which showed still lips but a voice coming out. Starting with a demonstration is great only a few can relay specs and have their viewers not fast forward what they already know. Overall as I said it was decent.
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It was decent but overall a bore you were drone like the ceiling lamp/fan was bad and even worse it become apparent you recorded a voice over once the camera showed your face in the tablet reflection which showed still lips but a voice coming out. Starting with a demonstration is great only a few can relay specs and have their viewers not fast forward what they already know. Overall as I said it was decent.
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No you didn't. You said first it was overall a bore. You just condtridicted yourself buddy. Anyway thanks for feedback. I didn't have the proper equipment and I ain't no professional. I do now so I am back doing videos. But anyway please come across a bit more friendly next time you give advice
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No you didn't. You said first it was overall a bore. You just condtridicted yourself buddy. Anyway thanks for feedback. I didn't have the proper equipment and I ain't no professional. I do now so I am back doing videos. But anyway please come across a bit more friendly next time you give advice
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I'm fine with the way I gave/give advice except I missed a sum up just in case you didn't understand a/the paragraph.
-Drone like voice
-You tilted the device wrongly catching bad reflection
-Overall a bore but it was decent the bore comes from your voice and "default" spec talk
I said nothing about your equipment next time there won't be a next time the video was a snooze. As far as being a professional if it's a goal work at it there are a couple points already equipment is fine, your voice, constantly moving the tablet around, makes it a bit boring. Trusting equipment to catch you won't work I'd suggest you get the basics first. As far as nice I'm some where in the middle don't read to much into it either the effort is good or bad but with work you can become better.
Good luck.
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I'm fine with the way I gave/give advice except I missed a sum up just in case you didn't understand a/the paragraph.
-Drone like voice
-You tilted the device wrongly catching bad reflection
-Overall a bore but it was decent the bore comes from your voice and "default" spec talk
I said nothing about your equipment next time there won't be a next time the video was a snooze. As far as being a professional if it's a goal work at it there are a couple points already equipment is fine, your voice, constantly moving the tablet around, makes it a bit boring. Trusting equipment to catch you won't work I'd suggest you get the basics first. As far as nice I'm some where in the middle don't read to much into it either the effort is good or bad but with work you can become better.
Good luck.
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The voice was due to my poor knowledge with how to put the voice OVER the video itself and a bad mic, yes I did tilt it and got bad reflection I agree, and yes my voice was like a "drone" as you say. And it was pretty dull I must admit.
All your points I mostly agree with. And thank you for your honesty, but there are ways to be more positive with giving advice that's all I am saying.
Maybe I am just a British stereotype who get's offended easily, if that's the case I do apologise!
Thanks for the review and also to Android insanity for posting up the helpful video, I have just sold my galaxy note 8" tablet and was either going to spend the money on a ps vita or this note 7.
A question, when you install games does it automatically default to highest quality graphics or do you have to tweak things to get them.
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Thanks for the review and also to Android insanity for posting up the helpful video, I have just sold my galaxy note 8" tablet and was either going to spend the money on a ps vita or this note 7.
A question, when you install games does it automatically default to highest quality graphics or do you have to tweak things to get them.
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Yes, games automatically get set to highest graphics quality. I have played Riptide GP 2, Asphalt 8, Smash Hit, Real Boxing ( price dropped by 77%, I will buy it now!!!!! ) and all automatically get set to max graphics. Other games like Real Racing 3 automatically download the optimized data files for tegra 4.
There is also option in development section in setting to force 4X MSAA Anti-aliasing to all applications.
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( I would prefer to buy Note 7, it is new and has amazing stylus PLUS superb battery performance when playing HD movies over wifi - around 9 hrs. )