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I know this is total spam but I'm so excited and can't tell my wife as she doesn't know
how to break it to her?
just whip it out, duh
Just let her know you've bought your own birthday present this year so she doesn't need to look for anything.
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Just let her know you've bought your own birthday present this year so she doesn't need to look for anything.
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That's a bad idea. Make her buy the xoom a case as the present!
Anyways congrats on the op and welcome to our ship lol
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sell it to her as a replacement laptop that you can both use and it'll mean less time on the current laptop/pc - it also will save on energy costs as it lasts longer and you can take it away and watch movies etc. on it.... also it can be used in place of a DVD/Bluray/VHS as you can hook it up via a HDMI cable.........
best way to tell your wife is to get her a tablet also, duh!
Buy her some shoes. That's what i did.
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jewelry. Then it will be impossible for her to get mad at you every time she sees you playing with the Xoom.
I'm waiting for a Fuji X100 to be delivered. I am getting away with it by getting my wife new dining room chairs. I have to plan these things well in advance. But it does save me grief.
Congrats, the sales of the Xoom weren't as good as I thought they would be launch date; am glad sales are picking up bc it is a pretty cool device.
Best of the luck with the wife. I just bought my wife a G Tablet when I bought my Xoom. Seems to have worked wonders for me.
My problem was that my wife had bought me a Nook Color for Xmas last year. I rooted it and installed numerous ROMs but it didn't run quite as stable as I'd loved it to. So I got dragged into the Honeycomb tablet world and ordered my Xoom when Motorola had the 25% off glitch. Saved me two hundred bucks! I told my wife about the purchase when I held the device in my hands. BAAD IDEA! The only things that kept her from ripping my head off were the 25% discount and that over time she realized that the Nook has major shortcomings. But what do they say: It's easier to ask for forgiveness than permission? Anyway, my wife now uses the Nook and is fairly happy. She even took it well when I told her about my interest in the ASUS Transformer. She understood the benefits of having the full keyboard, better screen etc.
Bottom line: Just tell her and then get her something nice to make up for not telling her earlier!
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The unit itself has been on the market since February and its had its shortcomings...
It seems whenever I go to the store to play with tablets they all have their faults...however, the Xoom just feels like a real slate (great build quality)
My gf got me a Toshiba Thrive for my birthday. I didnt do any research before (testing them out in person) and I was really unimpressed with the build quality so we returned it.
Asus Transformer has great screen and decent build quality, but the sound is TERRIBLE. The IdeaPad was pretty nice as well - but the display was dimmer then the Xoom and its build quality was so so (lots of flex in a tablet - no go for me)
My real struggle is that the Xoom is still $499. It really is worth more like $449 and at that price I would get one.
Thoughts? Opinions? Please share.
You get what you pay for. If you want an android tablet, the xoom is still the standard. If you can wait until the fall there should be more options.
Shop around. They are turning up for $399 from time to time in some places.
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I just bought one a week ago. It is one of the best purchases I made. Price is always gonna be an issue because if all the tablets drop in price you'restill gonna be asking whether its worth the extra money. I love my Xoom... if I had had $800 when they first came out I would have found it worth it then.
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I just bought one a week ago. It is one of the best purchases I made. Price is always gonna be an issue because if all the tablets drop in price you'restill gonna be asking whether its worth the extra money. I love my Xoom... if I had had $800 when they first came out I would have found it worth it then.
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Yes, for my money, it's also the best tech investment I've made in years.
Thanks for the replies so far guys!
Ultimately these tablets will always be getting better - like cell phones.
But after a year or two im sure I can get something else if I really wanted it. At work I have an IPad 2 just for document purposes and display presentations and I dont like it at all.
Just wanted to see where everyone stands and if they are happy with the purchase...you do get what you pay for and the Xoom seems to have fantastic build quality with no flex.
I paid $399 for mine and I love it. I would deffinetly consider worth it for another $100 if you cant find it for that. I love it more than any device I own, including my phone. I even have my texts forwarded via bluetooth to my Xoom and use it for texting. I'm a student working part time minimum wage retail job so I don't have much money, yet I still don't regret dishing out the $400 for it.
Cheers!
I picked mine up for $399 refurbished from woot and I love it. As others have mentioned, there have been a few places to have them new for that price, but I would definitely be willing to pay the extra $100 if there's not a place to find it for $400. I was always a little skeptical about how useful a tablet could be but the techie in me took over and I kind of impulse bought it when it showed up on woot. I have to say that I'm very glad I made the purchase. I've been using it a lot more than I anticipated and I love it. I prefer the design and feel of the Xoom more than the other available tablets and from what I've seen, it has the best development so far. Though it's only been about 1 month or 2, I'd still pick the Xoom over any other tablet available.
The biggest question would come down to whether or not you think you'd use a tablet. If you think you'd use it, then I'd definitely recommend it, even at the $500 price tag.
Still you can get one on ebay for like 250-300 if you don't want to pay 400-500$.
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i got mine 10 days ago from amazon for $429, a new wifi one, not used or refurbished...plenty are available for $440-$450...3g models r a lil higher...+$50-$60...but ask urself do you realy need a 3g model...i personally dont mis it...i hav a dell streak 5 as a phone n do wifi tethering wen i need to...i got a belkin slim folio, zagg shield n alupen stylus from amazon itself...altogether cost me about $495...i consider it to b a snag....m in india, n here the xooms market price is still $700 so i got a steal...my fiance's in the US rite now so i just asked her to get me one... seriously i promise you, you wont regret it...its still the best... just go with xda n no galaxy tabs 10.1 or otherwise or even ipad2 comes close to it... i'm a happy camper...
What I also forgot to mention...
My GF bought me a Thrive and we returned it. Build quality was subpar - not stylish nor ergonomic at all.
NO Development community, although the tablet is new and that is to be expected.
Xoom seems to have custom ROMS and Kernels - although Im more of a purist anyway (AOSP on Phone) So I would probably be more interested in Kernel Dev than anything else.
I paid 750 for mine when it first came out. I'm happy with my purchase. Custom kernals and mods make it even better...and yeah,I could've waited and paid less...what's the fun in that?
I picked up a Xoom from Newegg last Thursday and I must say this thing is awesome. Newegg is currently selling them for $479 with free shipping and a $40 Newegg giftcard.
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I picked up a Xoom from Newegg last Thursday and I must say this thing is awesome. Newegg is currently selling them for $479 with free shipping and a $40 Newegg giftcard.
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also for 10 bucks more they toss in KASPERSKY lab Tablet Security
Im gonna buy a xoom I just cant decide on if I should get the wifi only or with the 3g ?
I thought it would be good to have just incase im in a area with no wifi
PS I was at Best Buy and there was a older lady playing with the tablets and got so frustrated and tossed her hands up in the air and said screw this I cant figure these things out
yes its worth it.
i started with a gtablet just to see if i would use it. wound up using it more than my desktop or notebook. i used the gtab for about 3-4 months
the screen on the gtablet is horrible. so i decided to buy a hc tablet with a better screen. my first choice was the acer iconia onsale at target. after 2 swapouts due to faulty hardware i bit the bullet and got the xoom. that was a week ago.
it blows any other tablet i tried out the water. i so do not regret it.
Dave
SuicideMyk said:
Im gonna buy a xoom I just cant decide on if I should get the wifi only or with the 3g ?
I thought it would be good to have just incase im in a area with no wifi
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If you have an android phone you may be able to bluetooth tether it to your xoom.
If you google "xoom tether droid" there's a how to several results down from androidcentral (since I can't link)
Android phones with Gingerbread installed support WiFi Hotspot tethering. You can turn your phone in an access point for your Xoom tablet.
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If you have an android phone you may be able to bluetooth tether it to your xoom.
If you google "xoom tether droid" there's a how to several results down from androidcentral (since I can't link)
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Doh'! It's been a very long week my mind just isn't thinking lol... yeah I have a HTC Inspire to tether with cant believe I didn't think of that
looks like I'm gonna order mine from New Egg this week and toss in the kasper for a extra 10 bucks and use that 40 dollar gift card for a case
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also for 10 bucks more they toss in KASPERSKY lab Tablet Security
Im gonna buy a xoom I just cant decide on if I should get the wifi only or with the 3g ?
I thought it would be good to have just incase im in a area with no wifi
PS I was at Best Buy and there was a older lady playing with the tablets and got so frustrated and tossed her hands up in the air and said screw this I cant figure these things out
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And hopefully you offered to help her...;^ )
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And hopefully you offered to help her...;^ )
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lol I actually did , she couldn't get the keyboard to pop up, I dunno if she bought the xoom, but last year I helped a lady buy a Toshiba laptop and I dont even work at best buy
don't think the sales man was happy I talked her out of having the geek squad making her back up disks for a extra 75 bucks ... I thought that was ridiculous of best buy to rip people off like that so i wrote down the instructions for her on how to do it her self for nothing lol
Recently got a TF101. Total surprise. My mom [52] called me a few week ago and asked me to start researching tablets. She kept insisting that they were for her, but being I'm 29, and in the XYZ generation she wanted me to do the research for her.
So last Friday my wife and i went to meet her at our local best buy, and i said "we'll lets go get your transformer" and she said is that the one you recommend and i said yes it is. So we went picked it out, paid for it, and she handed me the bag and said "merry Christmas, my Acer Iconia is at home. Still in the shrink wrap".
So Christmas magic comes though.
I'm not new to XDA or Androids, but i just wanted to drop a line and say hi, and if you see me lurking around, you'll know why.
Welcome and congrats on the new Transformer
Haha, that is really cool.
Welcome XD
Damn it, I want mine now! lol
I think I've been able to persuade the wife to let me have it Christmas eve with the reason of, it needs 8 hours charge before use
I was playing with the displays at best buy when a woman asked a worker there which tablet he'd recommend. He told her the ipad 2. She said her husband doesn't like it because there's no memory expansion. I interrupted and told her about the transformer and the upcoming prime. Turned out the sales guy had no clue about the prime or even the 1st tf. Probably an iFan. She went ahead and asked me about each one of the tablets on display. I'm actually one of the few people who have been through several tablets and know what's in what. After our conversation, she told me she'd definitely get the transformer for her husband. She said she'd talk to him to see if he wanted the 101 or the prime.
I just think its unacceptable to have a sales guy standing there who knows nothing about tablets other than the ipad.
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I was playing with the displays at best buy when a woman asked a worker there which tablet he'd recommend. He told her the ipad 2. She said her husband doesn't like it because there's no memory expansion. I interrupted and told her about the transformer and the upcoming prime. Turned out the sales guy had no clue about the prime or even the 1st tf. Probably an iFan. She went ahead and asked me about each one of the tablets on display. I'm actually one of the few people who have been through several tablets and know what's in what. After our conversation, she told me she'd definitely get the transformer for her husband. She said she'd talk to him to see if he wanted the 101 or the prime.
I just think its unacceptable to have a sales guy standing there who knows nothing about tablets other than the ipad.
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Do you honestly think Best Buy salesmen are interested in selling products? They only want one thing, to sell you warranties and installations so that they can keep their job. Best Buy doesn't hire technically competent employees because if they did, they wouldn't sell as many $80 HDMI cables and rip off warranties.
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goodintentions said:
I was playing with the displays at best buy when a woman asked a worker there which tablet he'd recommend. He told her the ipad 2. She said her husband doesn't like it because there's no memory expansion. I interrupted and told her about the transformer and the upcoming prime. Turned out the sales guy had no clue about the prime or even the 1st tf. Probably an iFan. She went ahead and asked me about each one of the tablets on display. I'm actually one of the few people who have been through several tablets and know what's in what. After our conversation, she told me she'd definitely get the transformer for her husband. She said she'd talk to him to see if he wanted the 101 or the prime.
I just think its unacceptable to have a sales guy standing there who knows nothing about tablets other than the ipad.
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This is all too true...Why would someone that has no interest in technology want to work at Best Buy? Personally, I would love a job there. Maybee the reason there are so many isheep is because of the retardness of sales people XD.
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Gary13579 said:
Do you honestly think Best Buy salesmen are interested in selling products? They only want one thing, to sell you warranties and installations so that they can keep their job. Best Buy doesn't hire technically competent employees because if they did, they wouldn't sell as many $80 HDMI cables and rip off warranties.
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It's really funny you mention that. I went to my local BB to buy a HDMI cable and they tried to sell me a Monster branded cable and i told them no. I wanted the cheapest thing they had. Since all HDMIs are the same. And it was forty dollars. Still a rip off so i told him I was going to buy them from Monoprice. He insisted that i wouldn't find one cheaper than that. Needless to say he was surprised when i showed him an invoice for 4 x 10 foot HDMI cables with a total price less than 20.00.
And i know for a fact that if the don't get x amount of people to sign up for the best buy buyers card per month they get wrote up.
That's a cool way to get a transforming Christmas tablet!
I know what y'all mean about the HDMI cables, every time I've looked at something like that in a Best Buy, it's always "WHAT THE ****!? I'd rather wait on the USPS."
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Welcome to the family bud! I hope you enjoy your tf as much as I do.
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False. They don't get written up. Former BBY employee here before I got a real job. Stores push the card apps but they are in no way mandatory.
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antuus said:
False. They don't get written up. Former BBY employee here before I got a real job. Stores push the card apps but they are in no way mandatory.
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Well My sisters fiancee lied to me then. #justsaying.
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I just think its unacceptable to have a sales guy standing there who knows nothing about tablets other than the ipad.
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If it makes you feel any better, there's a near-certainty that the sales guy knows absolutely nothing about the iPad either -- he just pushes that one because experience has taught him that being the most popular, it's the easiest to sell.
The salesman at big-box stores who knows even the vaguest facts about the products he's selling is a very rare beast indeed, and Best Buy in particular like to boil their products down to about 3-4 key specs at the most. As far as Best Buy corporate is concerned, anything that's not printed on their shelf card for the product is simply an opportunity to confuse customers and lose the sale -- if it's not printed on the card, they'd rather you didn't know it.
During a recent Technology purchase at a big box store, I asked about I/O ports. I was referred to their technical expert. His solution to answering my problem was to log into the store computer and give me access to the web to look it up myself. Although doing it this way assured me I got the right answer, I had to question the title technical expert.
Aich is why I make sure of data signal on store and keep a barcode scanner handy, but what does this havea to do with the OP?
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I ordered a Galaxy Note GT-N7000 (i9220) from 1saleaday.com on 03/15/12, and finally received the shipment yesterday (03/28/12). When I opened the shipping container, I discovered an unsealed Galaxy Note box (These were sold as BNIB) that contained all of the accessories, but no Galaxy Note. I have been in constant contact with them the last two days, at which point they tried to persuade me into purchasing today's deal on the Note, at which point they would refund my money and cancel my previous order. Unwilling to do this, because I am already out $584, and was not prepared to throw good money after bad to a company that does not even have a customer service phone number, I was finally informed at the end of their business day today (4:30 PM EDT) that I would NOT be receiving a refund, after all. You see, apparently I am not alone in this, and rather than them take care of the customers who have already tied money up in their shady venture, they now want to do an "investigation" into how widespread this may be. I signed a sworn affidavit attesting to the fact that I did not receive the phone, just the box and accessories, yet they still refuse to refund my money or send me the phone. I do not believe they do this to everyone, but I think they selectively choose random customers here and there when they think they can get away with committing fraud. So, consider this a heads up that doing business with these losers can leave you without the item you paid for or the money you used to pay for it.
I have bought quite a number of items from 1Saleaday and received everything in order including a BNIB HTC View 4G. Just file a dispute or charge back from your Credit Card. Hope you get your money/phone asap.
I have gotten a tentative refund from my credit card company, but this could easily devolve into a "he said, she said" mess, which I want to avoid. What I do not want to avoid is publicly defecating on their business name, which I am in the process of doing across the internet.
I bought a motorola Atrix lapdock from them a couple of week ago. Finally got it 3 and1/2 Weeks later. It was a b#$&h trying to communicate with them. It was only $55 but I was that close to calling my credit card company and filling a claim to get my money back. that's the first and last time I'm buying anything from 1 sale. Might be a good idea to call your credit card up and see what your options are.
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Already in process. I really want to make these scumbags pay, though.
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well when u think about it its not really their fault some employee probably at the shopping warehouse stole it and ofcourse the want to check into it, if they gave everyone a refund as soon as they got a complaint they would be in major trouble
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well when u think about it its not really their fault some employee probably at the shopping warehouse stole it and ofcourse the want to check into it, if they gave everyone a refund as soon as they got a complaint they would be in major trouble
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Exactly. I'm no fan of 1Sale either, but they can't just issue such a large refund immediately. If I were in charge, I'd want to investigate this claim as well.
Their internal investigation is of no consequence to me. They asked me to just sign an affidavit so they could issue the refund, I did so, and the minute I told them I was not interested in buying today's special, they changed their tune. Either state that I am getting it, dependent on some conditions, or tell me they need to look into the matter further.
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Since Last year i heard a lot of complains like this
about websites like
1saleaday.com
dailysteals.com
icemonkey.com
And you are very true about it.
They choose some random people to screw.
So far i had no problems of any kind. Even with high $$ or cheap stuff.
BUT
Always Pay with PAYPAL.
And like me always take a VIDEO when you open the package.
Tomorrow I am gonna get my GNEX from dailysteals.com
cross fingures nothing goes worng
thnx.
chilschils41 said:
Since Last year i heard a lot of complains like this
about websites like
1saleaday.com
dailysteals.com
icemonkey.com
And you are very true about it.
They choose some random people to screw.
So far i had no problems of any kind. Even with high $$ or cheap stuff.
BUT
Always Pay with PAYPAL.
And like me always take a VIDEO when you open the package.
Tomorrow I am gonna get my GNEX from dailysteals.com
cross fingures nothing goes worng
thnx.
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Words of wisdom, my friend. Good luck with yours.
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chilschils41 said:
Since Last year i heard a lot of complains like this
about websites like
1saleaday.com
dailysteals.com
icemonkey.com
And you are very true about it.
They choose some random people to screw.
So far i had no problems of any kind. Even with high $$ or cheap stuff.
BUT
Always Pay with PAYPAL.
And like me always take a VIDEO when you open the package.
Tomorrow I am gonna get my GNEX from dailysteals.com
cross fingures nothing goes worng
thnx.
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+1 for sure, I always set up my tripod and camera before I open the package, even if I'm super excited to get it. I've gotten a box of CD's and a few rocks instead of an XBOX on Ebay. I'll never make that mistake again.
I had an interesting experience with them as well when I was in the market for a 2nd computer to do some dev work on. Received the computer that I purchased from them and it had a bad power supply. Argued with them and it took 3 weeks after receiving the computer for them to issue me an RA and return shipping label, then another 3 weeks to get my refund.
I ordered 3 htc Evo views from them all came flawless. Also ordered 32gb cards a bunch of other things from then with no issues. Hope everything works out in your favor...
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I've dealt with 1saleaday on numerous occasions. They may be slow about sending stuff, but I've always received what I ordered. Willing to be they've got someone nefarious in their warehouse/shipping partner chain. Hope it all works out for you!
L4T
Thank God !
Well I got my GNEX today !
And its all good.
but while packing the rest of the stuff back in the box, i thought of
something. I think its not THOSE websites they are screwing people.
But their packaging department people probably trying to get away
with some stuff if they could, while packing.
Any way, I thank God that so far I have bought a lot of stuff from
these websites and never had any problem.
kennypow3rs said:
I ordered 3 htc Evo views from them all came flawless. Also ordered 32gb cards a bunch of other things from then with no issues. Hope everything works out in your favor...
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hey dude i also bought 3 EVO VIEW for 1saleaday.com. I send them to India and sold them for about $350 each.
what did you do with them?
thnx.
chilschils41 said:
Well I got my GNEX today !
And its all good.
but while packing the rest of the stuff back in the box, i thought of
something. I think its not THOSE websites they are screwing people.
But their packaging department people probably trying to get away
with some stuff if they could, while packing.
Any way, I thank God that so far I have bought a lot of stuff from
these websites and never had any problem.
hey dude i also bought 3 EVO VIEW for 1saleaday.com. I send them to India and sold them for about $350 each.
what did you do with them?
thnx.
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Chill, i pm'd you a message. Do you mind to check it out and help me.
Please and thanks.
PM replied!
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I have ordered 3 times from them . The delivery time was less than 2 weeks .
eowyn said:
I have bought quite a number of items from 1Saleaday and received everything in order including a BNIB HTC View 4G. Just file a dispute or charge back from your Credit Card. Hope you get your money/phone asap.
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I second this.
This thread should be locked. The merchant is very reputable and who tells us you didnt just tale the device sell it in the blackmarket. Ive never had problems with them and they dont care about stealing a $550 device+they have sold almost 1000galaxy notes nobody has complained
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She wants an "ipad" but by that she means a tablet. I can NOT justify spending $500 on a 16GB ipad or $400 on a 16GB Nexus 10 for that matter. The Infinity is really the only high end one that I would jump on but that is way overkill for what she is doing (pics, vids, music, web browsing, kindle). So I started looking for "budget" tablets and it was down to this or the Xoom. Xoom is $259-$270 manufacturer refurbished but we all know the TF101 blows it out of the water and Newegg/Tiger are selling them for $229 refurbished right meow. I trust Newegg and they have an amazing RMA policy AND they have extended returns all the way through January 1st no questions asked and free shipping. Kind of hard to beat.
Newegg deal $229 free shipping
Very excited to be getting this. She is not crazy big into rooting or ROM'ing but I'll be on here looking around so if she has any complaints that can be addressed by a ROM or something (like cleanROM on the Infinity) it'll be GTG.
Any advice for me before I wrap it up and leave it under the tree for her to wonder wth it is? Obviously going to test it as it is a Refurb so I have time to send it back and get a new one if its bad but is there like... MUST have mods to do to it or should it work fine for her out of the box stock ICS? Again, she is not an Android nerd like I am and only cares that it works and is fast for what she is doing. She wont' be doing any gaming minus light stuff to shut up our 4 year old in the car lol.
Thanks XDA
Any reason why you aren't considering the nexus 7 for her?
Size and expandable memory. Like I said she is going to be using it for pics, videos, books and browsing. Size matters to my wife. Lol
why are you not considering tf300? it's Tegra 3 and you can get a brand new one for around $270. There were a couple of deals in the last week for that amount and i'm sure there will be more of these...
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I've had a TF101 from day 1 and just got a Nexus 7 to replace it. The TF101 has been good to me but wanted something faster, that could playback high profile encodes, easier to hold and under 400 bucks. I strongly considered the Nexus 10 but 16GB isn't cutting it anymore and I'm not paying 100 for another 16 gigs. I prefer non-metal construction so I love the nexus devices. The metal corners of the TF101 cut into your skin after a few mins. The no SD card was a big deal to me too but then I learned you can mount external storage if you just get a USB OTG adapter. For movies and music, not apps. I will miss the back camera most of all for video chatting, showing people things and my 1 year old doesn't exactly sit still. You will enjoy the TF101. If you want another used one let me know
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why are you not considering tf300? it's Tegra 3 and you can get a brand new one for around $270. There were a couple of deals in the last week for that amount and i'm sure there will be more of these...
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Would love to see where. I can always return the tf101 to newegg no questions asked and have time to get a tf300.
scottyd035ntknow said:
Would love to see where. I can always return the tf101 to newegg no questions asked and have time to get a tf300.
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Here's one on bestbuy. Its 280 with free shipping
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Asus+-+...er_Sale_Tablets_and_EReaders_100929&cp=1&lp=3
They are also offering a 25$ cashback saving on this but thats only for today
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Global-...er/pcmcat288300050007.c?id=pcmcat288300050007
Haven't ordered it. Just saw it somewhere and thought I'd post it.
sdfghi said:
why are you not considering tf300? it's Tegra 3 and you can get a brand new one for around $270. There were a couple of deals in the last week for that amount and i'm sure there will be more of these...
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I agree here, return te TF101, while it is still a good tab, don't get me wrong, but getting her the 300 would actually be A LOT better in the long run. Less issues, JB out of the box, and only minimal mods to make it work fluidly. If she is a heavy texter, then I would suggest preinstalling a few apps like Tablet Talk (by one of our DEV'S here.) and maybe a few others that you think she might want to have on it.
But definately return the TF101 and get the 300. You're only a few bucks more into it, and in the long run it will be further supported. ASUS has already stated that they will provide KLP for the TF300 and up, where as the rest of us will be stopped at JB (for official ROM'S).
MasterDecker said:
I agree here, return te TF101, while it is still a good tab, don't get me wrong, but getting her the 300 would actually be A LOT better in the long run. Less issues, JB out of the box, and only minimal mods to make it work fluidly. If she is a heavy texter, then I would suggest preinstalling a few apps like Tablet Talk (by one of our DEV'S here.) and maybe a few others that you think she might want to have on it.
But definately return the TF101 and get the 300. You're only a few bucks more into it, and in the long run it will be further supported. ASUS has already stated that they will provide KLP for the TF300 and up, where as the rest of us will be stopped at JB (for official ROM'S).
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Oh yeah I had no idea the TF300 was available NEW for that price. And the nice thing about getting it at BB is I can get a 1 or 2 yr warranty on it. I think I could have with Newegg too but I like being able to take things to the store and talk to a person, even if it is the geeksquad...
Going to order the TF300 now and I'll RMA the 101 to Newegg when it comes in probably tomorrow.
Edit: Just ordered, picking up in store, $299 after tax, the TF101 REFURB was $246 after tax so an extra $53 for a MUCH better tablet. And factor in the $25 gift card and that makes it $274. I can use the $25 to get a present for my brother in law or something so with the gift card only $29 more to go to a new TF300 from refurbished TF101. You guys rock and THANK YOU SDFGHI for those links. Heck I almost bought two but I don't see myself using a tablet really that much. I think the screen on my smartphone is big enough and if not I got a lapdock for it for $50 last month that turns it into an 11" Android netbook. If I do get one for me I'll probably be a selfish ass and get the Infinity for me lol.
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Oh yeah I had no idea the TF300 was available NEW for that price. And the nice thing about getting it at BB is I can get a 1 or 2 yr warranty on it. I think I could have with Newegg too but I like being able to take things to the store and talk to a person, even if it is the geeksquad...
Going to order the TF300 now and I'll RMA the 101 to Newegg when it comes in probably tomorrow.
Edit: Just ordered, picking up in store, $299 after tax, the TF101 REFURB was $246 after tax so an extra $53 for a MUCH better tablet. And factor in the $25 gift card and that makes it $274. I can use the $25 to get a present for my brother in law or something so with the gift card only $29 more to go to a new TF300 from refurbished TF101. You guys rock and THANK YOU SDFGHI for those links. Heck I almost bought two but I don't see myself using a tablet really that much. I think the screen on my smartphone is big enough and if not I got a lapdock for it for $50 last month that turns it into an 11" Android netbook. If I do get one for me I'll probably be a selfish ass and get the Infinity for me lol.
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You are quite welcome from my end. At least we can see that you thought it through clearly and decided that a LITTLE more for NEW was better then a little less for refurbished. Correct buying it at BB you can get the extended warranty, get the ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE ALSO. Found that out with my wife's DSLR, strap holder broke, letting the camera fall from her neck and hit the iced over concrete. It looked like that scene from Terminator 2 when the liquid metal terminator got froze then shot and exploded.
Sadly (not really) they no longer made or had available the same camera I had initially bought my wife, so they had to *sigh* upgrade her to the next one up. Now if I buy something from them I make sure to get the max extended warranty and the accidental damage coverage.
Also as a side note, just root it before she even opens it. Set it up for side loading and all all ready.
I might root it... I dunno its all nice in the shrinkwrap right now and I'd like her to open something brand new. Then again I'd probably be better off checking it... And damn I completely spaced my own advice on getting the protection plan. Probably should gander on back and pick it up for the tablet. Either way she's going to flip **** because she says she doesn't really want anything for xmas but I KNOW she is dying for a tablet.