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SOLD!... Selling eLocity A7

4/7/11 UPDATE:
SOLD!
4/4/2011 UPDATE:
Well, eLocity informed me that they where having supply issues with getting displays. So they decided to send me a new unit from their stock as I have already been waiting over a month and a half. It shipped out Friday and should arrive soon.
I was thinking of keeping it but decided I'd be better off selling it and getting some cash. so if anyone that has already expressed interest still want it let me know.
A7 with original accessories (charger, headphones w/ mic) $210 shipped.
Thanks.....
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Well, out of a job and need cash more than toys.
Have to sell my A7. It is currently running Dexters v1.3 ROM and come with a case (see here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895353).
I have a second A7 that is currently at eLocity to have the screen at sat on replaced. They say it should be four weeks. I may sell that one too once I get it back.
Anyone interested PM me.

Dude, that sucks.
Good luck in the hunt.

Timmy2b's said:
Dude, that sucks.
Good luck in the hunt.
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Thanks,
If there is no interest I may list it on ebay tomorrow. I really rather not deal with ebay and some technically challanged buyer who won't know how to make the A7 work.

Wish you'd have posted this earlier. Just dropped the coin on a new one after finally making my decision. It will be here tomorrow. GLWS

jtodaro said:
Wish you'd have posted this earlier. Just dropped the coin on a new one after finally making my decision. It will be here tomorrow. GLWS
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such is life, what can you do. I finally made the decision to part with it.
Hope you enjoy your new tablet.

i'll take it if you decide to ship abroad

convergefan said:
i'll take it if you decide to ship abroad
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Well, where are you? Are you willing to help with shipping?

RojasTKD said:
Well, where are you? Are you willing to help with shipping?
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i'm in australia and i expect to pay for whatever the shipping costs are if that's what you're referring to.
cheers

convergefan said:
i'm in australia and i expect to pay for whatever the shipping costs are if that's what you're referring to.
cheers
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Australia... cool. Always wanted to visit.
I'm about to go work out, but send me a PM and we'll we how we can work it out.
Thanks...

Still available....

Interested. I am reading on this forum how many people are having problems wit the Dexter mod. How is yours running on this tablet?

crucesrev said:
Interested. I am reading on this forum how many people are having problems wit the Dexter mod. How is yours running on this tablet?
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I don't think there is a problem with the Dexter ROM. Dexter's ROM is the Official eLocity ROM with Market and Google Apps added. As far as I'm aware the issues are inherent to the official ROM.
The only issue I've seen in my use are:
1. with the current ROM, in setting it does not show the the MicroSD card as there. The card is there and can be used though. Pictures show up in the gallery and the MicroSD card can be navigated with a file explorer app (i use Astro).
2. Not 100% sure but think apps can't be run from the MicroSD card. Someone said they moved app to the SD card recently, but I haven't tried.
any specific problem your referring to?

The issue with not reading the sd card, not being able to access to usb thumbdrives and numerous apps which will not install and run properly. I am a newb, BTW.

crucesrev said:
The issue with not reading the sd card, not being able to access to usb thumbdrives and numerous apps which will not install and run properly. I am a newb, BTW.
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Like I pointed out above, when you go into the setting menu it doesn't show the SDcard as mounted in the latest firmware. But it is there and accessible. I put movies, pictures and music in mine and all are accessible.
I have no issues using USB drives. That's how I move the Update.zip file onto my internal SD card. I download it to my USB drive via my PC. Plug it into my A& then copy the Update.zip file to my internal storage from the USB drive using Astro file manager.
Yes, there are apps that won't work. AS there are app that won't work on my g tablet either. Not sure if it has to do with the apps not yet supporting the Tegra 2 processor or tablets or what. For example Google earth won't run on either my A7 or the viewsonic g tablet.
I guess it all depends on what the user wants the device to do. For me e-mail, Internet, Skype and google calendar are the main use. Don't really use my device for games (occasional Angry Birds or paper toss).

Now $195 shipped (USA only)

Interested and in the US. PM sent.

All PMs replied to.
Sale Pending.

Hello, please let me know if your pending sale works out. If not I am interested.
Thanks

stephangrell said:
Hello, please let me know if your pending sale works out. If not I am interested.
Thanks
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Will do, I believe you would be third in line if it falls through.

PMs responded to. Thanks.

How To Root An Acer Iconia A500

Good Evening from the uk
earlier on today a bunch of devs managed to actually root this tablet using a modified version of gingerbreak
below is the walkthrough of how to root this device
1. make sure usb debugging is turned on and unknown sources is selected
2. have a micro sd card inserted and turn the tablet on portrait and lock it with the switch to fix it in portrait
3. download and execute the attached apk. (i had to download from my comp and transfer to the tablet for it to work)
4. once the apk is installed run the root procedure within the app which was installed
5. wait and you will receive full root access
Edit to add original dev and thread
A BIG BIG thank you to monki-magic who provided the modified apk and the original thread is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046277

Acer Iconia A500 Rooted

Thanks!!! So glad the a500 is getting some love

how would one go about unrooting this device?

thesilverhawk said:
how would one go about unrooting this device?
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Select unroot under gingerbreak apk

thesilverhawk said:
how would one go about unrooting this device?
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Select unroot under gingerbreak apk

thats fantastic! great job guys! i will still be returning for asus though, lol. ips ftw

thesilverhawk said:
thats fantastic! great job guys! i will still be returning for asus though, lol. ips ftw
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have fun
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Fantastic job! I got my Iconia A500 rooted.
I could run the file without having to transfer from PC.

hmm it gave me a pharse error when i downloaded it straight to the tab

Beautiful!
Easy, easy, easy!
Thanks to the devs for making this happen so soon.
Loving my Acer A500 even more.
(Eee transformer? *yawn*)

Anyone working on building a cifs.ko? I'd love to be able to use cifsmanager to mount Windows drives and access them from any Android application (comic reader, movie player, etc.)??

Wow that's fast. I will try this tonight.
Many thnx for this.

thesilverhawk said:
thats fantastic! great job guys! i will still be returning for asus though, lol. ips ftw
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Good luck with that, and the IPS on the transformer is not that great, kind of choppy for games. People are expecting an iPad2 style ips and it is NOT. The refresh rate is too low, the color is just a tad crisper then the Acer. Barely noticeable to the eye. Friend got his and sold it on ebay for the Acer, the USB was more important then the ips, and ips is great for graphic designers but gamers, not so much. Why do you think in every review people complained about choppy video... It because it is a cheap ips with a cheap refresh rate. Hence the price. Just my $0.02. Glad the Iconia got some love with their own section. It will be about June before you get one.

Thank you very much the root work perfectly , really appreciate your sharing.

Thanks....I´m going to try later and let you know how it worked!!!!
Let´s make this tablet work better!!!!
(waiting for Honeycomb update....)

donated $5 (more than i've spent on any app), thanks!

and... rooted! much easier than my desire... awesome job guys!
thank you very much!

freaking awesome!
so simple to root. downloaded from the tab and installed from it. no pc needed! awesome. installing rom manager now but no clockworkmod for this yet... only 1 acer device is listed... any brave people willing to try it?.. jejeje

Is that it?
Really?
Those five steps.
No preparation, nothing else needed.
Just turn on my device, follow those five steps and it's done.
Why do I feel like there's something I am missing here?
If it's five steps to root then I am dead impressed!

[HELP]GingerBreak cannot break my tablet!!!Acer A501 ICONIA NEED TO BE ROOTED

Hi guys,
I have an Acer ICONIA A501, the Android version is 3.0.1
I tried to use GingerBreak v1.2 to get root.
After I clicked the get root, it stops in pop-up window.
To clarify, it is not non-responsible, but just cannot go further.
even 20 mins awaiting.
Please help me~~~~
I really want to get root.
Hungry Jacks

franva said:
Hi guys,
I have an Acer ICONIA A501, the Android version is 3.0.1
I tried to use GingerBreak v1.2 to get root.
After I clicked the get root, it stops in pop-up window.
To clarify, it is not non-responsible, but just cannot go further.
even 20 mins awaiting.
Please help me~~~~
I really want to get root.
Hungry Jacks
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Did you mean A500, if not where did you get an A501?
Try this:
Search the forum for 'IconiaRoot 1.2'
Works fine on HC 3.1 and no orientation BS to worry about. Also much faster and does include UNroot option.

Thanks a lot, I'll try it and give you the feedback.
No, it's A501.
I got it in my hand since the last friday.
It's not a unreleased product anymore.
I bought 3 A501.
Cheers

Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.

There is an A501
Digiguest said:
Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.
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There is an A501 - it has a 3G radio. It was due out in Europe by the end of July. I
guess they kept thier promise. No A501 for the US yet, though

Digiguest said:
Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.
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Wrong. Maybe you should look at Acer's product portfolio, hmm?

Thanks a lot!!!
It works perfectly!!!! hahahha
But my a501 cannot found the ad hoc hotspot.
I did the modification exactly following the instruction, but why it still doesn't show up the ad hoc hotspot???
Have any idea?
Cheers

Check youn permissions on the ad-hoc file or the program on the phone you are tethering to.u use wireless tether switched from barnacle. As it seems faster.but cost ten bucks
Guys check the web the 501 is available but I think limited areas

FloatingFatMan said:
Wrong. Maybe you should look at Acer's product portfolio, hmm?
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Everyone loves a SMARTASS like you I guess. For your information I asked my contact at Acer and he knew nothing about it. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.
kwparker80 said:
There is an A501 - it has a 3G radio. It was due out in Europe by the end of July. I
guess they kept thier promise. No A501 for the US yet, though
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Thank you. At least YOUR post was helpful unlike FATmans there. I will try my other contact and get some information on it.

1. Did you make sure USB Debugging is turned on?
2. Did you make sure Loading from Unknown Sources is turned on?
3. Make sure when you run Gingerbreak, the tablet is in Portrait mode...Gingerbreak will crash if it is run in Landscape mode.
I had that issue last night rooting my replacement A500. I realized I forgot to turn on USB Debugging. If that's the case, turn on USB Debugging and restart the tablet, then run GingerBreak again.
franva said:
Hi guys,
I have an Acer ICONIA A501, the Android version is 3.0.1
I tried to use GingerBreak v1.2 to get root.
After I clicked the get root, it stops in pop-up window.
To clarify, it is not non-responsible, but just cannot go further.
even 20 mins awaiting.
Please help me~~~~
I really want to get root.
Hungry Jacks
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Digiguest said:
Sry but there is no 501....just A500.
You have three A500 units.
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Nice one smart ass lol. Its not real cause I haven't heard of it
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how much did you pay for the a501
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Digiguest said:
Everyone loves a SMARTASS like you I guess. For your information I asked my contact at Acer and he knew nothing about it. Shove that in your pipe and smoke it.
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Acer "launched" the A500, A501, A100 and A101 tablets all at the same time, at the various electronics shows around the world. All the news sites online carried news of all 4 models, and their website lists them as well, even in the support section (and the A100 series isn't even available yet).
There's no way an Acer employee wouldn't have known about it if they had anything at all to do with the mobile devices division.

hi there,
if you are still using stock rom on your a501, just dont flash any custom rom from dev section... u will lose 3g functions
but then i think u can help the dev by giving the dumping of your stock rom, maybe to help we a500 users get easier and better 3g

Yes I am sure I did what exactly they told on their articles.
Now I solved that problem with ICONIA Root,so Gingerbreak is crap...

franva said:
Yes I am sure I did what exactly they told on their articles.
Now I solved that problem with ICONIA Root,so Gingerbreak is crap...
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Y'know.. It's REALLY impolite to call something which some guys worked really hard on, did everything they could to help a bunch of freeloaders set their tablets free and didn't ask for a DIME in recompense, a piece of crap.
How about you try to do better, hmm? And when you do (ha!), I'll call it a piece of crap and see how you like it.

interqd said:
hi there,
if you are still using stock rom on your a501, just dont flash any custom rom from dev section... u will lose 3g functions
but then i think u can help the dev by giving the dumping of your stock rom, maybe to help we a500 users get easier and better 3g
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yeah...and that was my fault..x(
i lost the UMTS/3g functions and now i want the old stock rom for HC3.0.1 back...
even more i didn't make a backup for that rom...
do any of u guys...help me out there gettin my 3g functions back...?
my a501...has now the a500 HC3.1 custom rom in it....
is there a way to do a downgrade...or rollback...?
thx

If you want 3.01 back here is my CWM backup: http://www.multiupload.com/36GQ8XP8KS or
If you want 3.2 flash the custom rom from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1232545.
Both have working 3G
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GTA 3 - 10th anniversary

Its that day finally... Downloaded this morning , and started playing... its like going back in time... the controls are not to bad, but i can see the six axis app being a great help...
GTA3 Market link
anyone else playing?? what do you think?? any cheats for all weapons yet???

Dead link

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Dead link
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the link works fine for me... but shouldn't this thread be in the themes and apps forum?

i couldn't figure out how to play using the sixaxis app but what controllers are compatible?

the link is working, but I can't download because it is saying that none of my devices are compatible with the game. The A500 is in the list of compatibles devices.
Does anybody known how to resolve this?

I was using the Thor rom and couldn't get the game because it kept saying my device was incompatible. I switched over to the Honeylicious rom, the game downloaded fine and it runs without a problem.

cradve said:
I was using the Thor rom and couldn't get the game because it kept saying my device was incompatible. I switched over to the Honeylicious rom, the game downloaded fine and it runs without a problem.
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I'm on stock 3.2 unrooted. Any ideas?

Not sure why you wouldnt be able to get it on stock 3.2... Im on a rooted 3.2 and it dled without any issue...

I'm still running stock 3.2 and it downloaded with no problems for me.

me too, market says my acer iconia is incompatible when I checked just now. I remember that it was still compatible a couple of days ago when it was released. I should have downloaded it then.
Any reason for rockstar to remove a500 in the compatible list?

It happenned to me also. I was on Lightspeed 1.7 , I switched to Honeylicious and same problem.

It works very well on the Acer tab a500. Don't know why it's not available on the Market.
Hopefully, the apk is available elsewhere...

works well with my iconia (lightspeed 1.0.7) and xbox 360 controller

Nacktmulle said:
works well with my iconia (lightspeed 1.0.7) and xbox 360 controller
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Where did you get it from?
Is it available for you in the market or did you get it from other sources?
I'd hate to go to the tpb when i'm willing to pay.

bbarou said:
Where did you get it from?
Is it available for you in the market or did you get it from other sources?
I'd hate to go to the tpb when i'm willing to pay.
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Same here, no GTA III : 10th AE for me. A501 from frys.com. 3.0.1 on board. It shows in Tegra Zone, but after redirecting to Market it says it cannot be found or sth like that.

Brutalpanda,
As everybody knows, they're other places than the Android Market to get apps for android devices on internet...

This was a very poor decision by RS Games. I bought the game on December 15 much like many other people on here probably did. I still have the game installed and everything runs well, but I would now be forced to backup the apk in order to make sure I can reinstall it later if I were to switch roms or whatever. Hopefully they bring support back soon, would be nice being able to download future updates.

I a company makes it harder (and really in this case impossible) for me to purchase something from, how could I feel guilty for obtaining it surreptitiously?
p.s. pirate bay is wholly unnecessary
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=grand+theft+auto+iii+.apk
I believe I went with the third link, but first looks the same

Ok enough with the BS.
I got it, it runs fine on my Iconia.
I don't know what incompatibilty there is, but I've been trying for three days to get it from the android market. three days!
I flashed several different roms on my device including asus and motorola based ones! I even unsuccessfully tried to change my build.prop.
Nobody can say I didn't try.
I got it from a famous link site, I should have started there, i would have played the game the whole week-end instead of flashing roms.
Nicely done Rockstar.

bbarou said:
Ok enough with the BS.
I got it, it runs fine on my Iconia.
I don't know what incompatibilty there is, but I've been trying for three days to get it from the android market. three days!
I flashed several different roms on my device including asus and motorola based ones! I even unsuccessfully tried to change my build.prop.
Nobody can say I didn't try.
I got it from a famous link site, I should have started there, i would have played the game the whole week-end instead of flashing roms.
Nicely done Rockstar.
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Which is exactly why I changed my rating from a five to a two.
"I currently have the game installed in my Acer Iconia Tab A500 and everything works perfectly. It seems that Rockstar Games has decided to remove support for my device at least for the interim and I don't really appreciate that. It works very well for my particular device and Rockstar Games is now shooting itself in the foot since some people with unofficially supported yet capable devices will be unable to obtain the game legitimately which means their only option will be piracy."

New toy

So I am getting a transformer for Christmas... Where should I start as of root and rom?
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The SEARCH box.
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spidey01 said:
the search box.
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ditto
10chars

Lol well what would be the best rom and stuff my area is phones rights this will be my first tablet with honeycomb
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I am running the Prime 2.1.1 ROM and it's good. I have had trouble with the Revolution HD ROM (didn't restore apps automatically, Market crashes, some apps are shown as not compatible etc.). I will wait until the first ICS ROMs come out before I try anything new (e.g. the KRAKD ROM looks promising).

So maybe i play honeycomb and wait for the ICS roms to drop then cause that works
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I have tried revolver, prime, and revolution HD for me revolution is the most stable and the battery is amazing on it. the only thing I don't like is how really stock it is. Revolver is really customizable rom you can do alot tweets but the battery drains fast. Well prime, I was getting alot of fc so I didn't play with it to much.
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First off, make sure that you always make a backup of what you have working on the tablet. This will save you much frustration if something goes wrong. Nandroid backups are the ones that will restore a whole ROM for you. As for backing up apps with data, you can use Titanium Backup (requires root).
The two main firsts are that you should get it rooted (very easy now) and install CWM (Clockwork Recovery Mod). CWM will allow you to flash ROMs, make backups of the ROM itself and handle various memory functions.
Read through the Stickies in the Android Dev section, they will tell you all information you need to know.
As mentioned above, if you run into any kind of issue, before you post, use the search function and see if it is something that has been asked and answered before. If you are following the steps to whatever you are doing and you get stuck, chances are good someone else has done the same thing and gotten help with it.
Another thing to note is when you choose a ROM, look through its feature list, and if available, the bug list. Looking through both of those should aid you in deciding if that specific ROM or Kernel is something you want to use. If you get as far as flashing Kernels, make sure it is one that is compatible with the ROM you are using, otherwise the tablet probably won't boot and you'll have to flash a Kernel known to work with whichever ROM you chose.

Read thru the stickies above.

First thing you'll need to do is check the serial number on it and make sure you even have the choice of rooting it. AFAIK, most serials after the B60 series have a locked bootloader that hasn't been cracked yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't read anything to the contrary yet.

bbond said:
First thing you'll need to do is check the serial number on it and make sure you even have the choice of rooting it. AFAIK, most serials after the B60 series have a locked bootloader that hasn't been cracked yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't read anything to the contrary yet.
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Please check your facts before you post things that are incorrect as truth!

Rumbleweed said:
Please check your facts before you post things that are incorrect as truth!
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Well that's why I said I hope I'm wrong and haven't read that I was. Are all TF's in fact now rootable?

bbond said:
First thing you'll need to do is check the serial number on it and make sure you even have the choice of rooting it. AFAIK, most serials after the B60 series have a locked bootloader that hasn't been cracked yet. I hope I'm wrong, but I haven't read anything to the contrary yet.
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You sir, are very wrong.
I rooted my B90 with razorclaw without a hitch.
This has been common knowledge around the community for about a month now.... :/
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Just a month? Back when I rooted my TF we had to walk uphill in the snow both ways just to get the documentation on the process.
Anyways, back on topic...I use the latest PRIME! and I rarely have issues. Good luck when you get it!

I know im so happy I get one she was at first gonna get me an acer a500 but the transformer was on a door crashers sale for 299 minus the the dock for it and they was sold out here in london with in 2 hrs but she in yellowknife and her store didn't open till noon a i am only assuming she was able to scoop it up... But I'm more then it's the one she got... Now if it is should i get the dock or would be fine with out it
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Buckii said:
I know im so happy I get one she was at first gonna get me an acer a500 but the transformer was on a door crashers sale for 299 minus the the dock for it and they was sold out here in london with in 2 hrs but she in yellowknife and her store didn't open till noon a i am only assuming she was able to scoop it up... But I'm more then it's the one she got... Now if it is should i get the dock or would be fine with out it
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You okay there Buckii?
Anyway, I would recommend getting the dock. Sometimes it is nice to have a physical keyboard, plus the additional battery adds hours of use time.