And that ipad owners are rude elitist.
Was sitting on the train. Playing a race car game. A guy sat down next to me and asked if what I had was an ipad. I said no this is an iconia. He said oh you have an immitation. He then got out his ipad 2.
Just googled and found this.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010...tes-critics-are-independent-geeks-says-study/
Dont know if he was joking around or he really thought I had one of those cheap ipeds. Sad.
While I wouldn't damn all iPad owners, I'd be pretty confident in calling that one an asshole and be completely personal about, with no consideration given to the device(s) he happens to be using.
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And that ipad owners are rude elitist.
Was sitting on the train. Playing a race car game. A guy sat down next to me and asked if what I had was an ipad. I said no this is an iconia. He said oh you have an immitation. He then got out his ipad 2.
Just googled and found this.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010...tes-critics-are-independent-geeks-says-study/
Dont know if he was joking around or he really thought I had one of those cheap ipeds. Sad.
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I would have just replied with "Yes, you have." and then ignored him.
Ipad owners seem to live in this fantasy world that the ipad is the only "real" tablet on the market.
By the way, I'm sorry to inform you guys. I just sold my iconia. Switching over completely to transformer. People will be looking at me funny for poking my "netbook" while I type. Haha.
Ok, enjoy you iPad 2+keyboard imitation
I had a friend of mine telling me about his great iPad, I told him I had an Android tablet. He said Android tablets were so horrible, why would I want one?
I showed him my Iconia, he was surprisingly impressed.
apparently he had previously bought a knock off $100 korean 'android' tablet and was so disgusted by it he gave it away and bought an iPad....
You should have told him to go **** himself and then directed your web browser to a site with flash on it.
its common, ipad users are mostly people with lower knowledge of technology, all tablet besides ipad considered immitation for them ...
I have had a couple of similar occurrences, one involved some jackass bragging on his iPhone maps, I said something like you mean Google Maps... you know the same guys that built Android. OK, it was an Apple employee and I couldn't help myself. They aren't as down with it as one might think.
Too many others, including my friends, I have had to point out that Apple didn't invent the smart phone, portable music, or the tablet. I'll give them props, they changed the industry, but i was playing MP3's at the gym before iPod was even a word. Archos has been putting out tablets for at least a decade.
Funny how the people who know what phone is best, don't know anything about it.
I purchased an Ipad2 just under two weeks ago. I used/played with it for about two hours. I was going to return it the following day, but my GF wanted to play with it. She loves it. I think its worthless. Was on Facebook and couldn't do video on the fly. No file management, and chained to ITunes...etc
Returning it soon. I'll try the Ipad 3 when it arrives. My GF is chomping at the bit. I however, am not.
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goodintentions said:
And that ipad owners are rude elitist.
Was sitting on the train. Playing a race car game. A guy sat down next to me and asked if what I had was an ipad. I said no this is an iconia. He said oh you have an immitation. He then got out his ipad 2.
Just googled and found this.
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010...tes-critics-are-independent-geeks-says-study/
Dont know if he was joking around or he really thought I had one of those cheap ipeds. Sad.
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You should have said "was this a joke? Oh it's an imitation!"
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I have had a couple of similar occurrences, one involved some jackass bragging on his iPhone maps, I said something like you mean Google Maps... you know the same guys that built Android. OK, it was an Apple employee and I couldn't help myself. They aren't as down with it as one might think.
Too many others, including my friends, I have had to point out that Apple didn't invent the smart phone, portable music, or the tablet. I'll give them props, they changed the industry, but i was playing MP3's at the gym before iPod was even a word. Archos has been putting out tablets for at least a decade.
Funny how the people who know what phone is best, don't know anything about it.
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You should ask him about the turn by turn directions they don't have. Google never put out Google navigation with the maps for apple.
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Well with android running on iPhone now I finally took the bait for an ipad for school. I hate apples closed mid but after using one in the apple store for about an hour testing all my major daily exercises I'm satisfied I can make documents for class, surf most sites (don't get me wrong there is still problems) and I can tether with my nexus for 3g. I absolutely hate Steve jobs, and can say if I never actually spent the time to do a thurough review myself I would have never naught one. I still have my laptop for torrents and such though.
The best part I can easily sell it on eBay should I love an android tablet I can do my school work on.
-Charlie
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Well with android running on iPhone now I finally took the bait for an ipad for school. I hate apples closed mid but after using one in the apple store for about an hour testing all my major daily exercises I'm satisfied I can make documents for class, surf most sites (don't get me wrong there is still problems) and I can tether with my nexus for 3g. I absolutely hate Steve jobs, and can say if I never actually spent the time to do a thurough review myself I would have never naught one. I still have my laptop for torrents and such though.
The best part I can easily sell it on eBay should I love an android tablet I can do my school work on.
-Charlie
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Looks like you typed that on your iPad.
you threw your money away lol.. what a waste.
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Looks like you typed that on your iPad.
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That's exactly what I was going to write. Haha.
nope actually I typed that on my nexus I was to busy watching the Orlando Magic stomp the Atlanta Hawks lol.
and obviously rejectedkid cannot read very well. Oh another thing I didn't spend a dime on it. It is productive enough for me and its not like I'm trying to watch ass loads of flash porn on the thing lol.
-Charlie
I played around with my friends and am tempted as well... I like the refinement of Apple's end products, especially Mac's. But I am not a fan of the closed doors that hamper development and a lot of the policies Apple has instilled. It is a double edged sword for me.
I love my N1, and would never trade it for an iPhone... actually, I sell cell phones and have a pretty low opinion of the iPhone as an actual phone, people are better off getting an iPod touch and a Razr... but man, if I had money, I would so get me one of these:
http://www.apple.com/macpro/
iPads look very nice! Even so, I'm waiting for Google's official tablet, I keep hearing it will run Android - then I hear it will run Google's Chrome OS. Either way its what I am anticipating.
i want one just because of how sleek it is and all the apps available for it..android market is okay, but apple appstore is great even if it is closed
did you guys know apple made the OPEN SOURCE webkit browser? i tleast thats whats i read
obviously rejectedkid cannot read very well.
-Charlie
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actually I understood you perfectly. regardless if you were to sell it in eBay or where ever the point I was making was you still spent the initial money on that useless pile of crap. it is an oversized pda plain and simple. hope you bought insurance on it. I love trendy people. sigh.
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Oh, I thought "ipadfir" was some sort of IP address fix, like maybe you could buy a static IP from AT&T or something. Got excited for a minute.
Even though I'm anything but a Flash fan, I wouldn't get an iPad simply because it doesn't have it. I think they would make a great mobile web browsing and content consuming device (maybe games too), but there's just to many flash heavy sites out there still. I felt pretty restricted on my old iPhone while browsing the web.
An android based tablet would be nice, but it will be hard to compete with Apple's polish. If the iPad handled flash I would definitely consider it.
The iPad is a pretty amazing device for what it does.
I went to the local apple store the morning it went on sale.
I just don't have a use for it. My commute in the morning is 5 minutes, no train/bus/subway and I'm always near a PC at work/home. N1 fills the need everywhere else.
Good for people who commute long distances and aren't driving, and students I suppose.
Great for media consumption.
Bad for productivity though.
Can't wait to see webOS and Android tablets.
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i want one just because of how sleek it is and all the apps available for it..android market is okay, but apple appstore is great even if it is closed
did you guys know apple made the OPEN SOURCE webkit browser? i tleast thats whats i read
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iPads look very nice! Even so, I'm waiting for Google's official tablet, I keep hearing it will run Android - then I hear it will run Google's Chrome OS. Either way its what I am anticipating.
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the Google tablet would only have "pinch to zoom, not multi touch...."
the webkit browser was open source before apple got involved with it. look it up on wikipedia
Why is this thread even in a Nexus forum? I fail to see the relevance
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Why is this thread even in a Nexus forum? I fail to see the relevance
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I'll be using the 2 in hand with each other with wifi tethering and flash video and sites when I cant get them on the iPad. Another reason is I see more unrelated Nexus threads in here all the time also. This has little but some relevance.
-Charlie
Lol.
Congrats on your 256MB RAM wielding , Phone OS powered, titanically overpriced, keyboard-lacking MONSTAH.
Now the first mod that you gotta do is attach a wooden stick to it, so that you can shovel snow in winter, or just scrub some dirt from your driveway.
Don't wanna bring you down.. but dude.. honestly.. Are you even aware of things like HP dm3, Acer Timeline, Asus EEE? For crying out loud... what were you thinking..
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Oh, I thought "ipadfir" was some sort of IP address fix, like maybe you could buy a static IP from AT&T or something. Got excited for a minute.
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I still don't understand the title of the thread....
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I still don't understand the title of the thread....
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got to read it with an accent:
"bought an ipad for my nexus" ?
lol
or maybe:
"bout an ipad fur... my nexus!"
... on the bus and we spent the rest of ride back conversating loudly about our awesome tablets, while being surrounded by iPad users. Shortest bus ride home ever...
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nice, its the best tablet no one seems to be talking about. I think people were waiting for the ipad and to be honest that underwelmed but folks are still going to flock to it
Some guy asked me "is that an iPad?" I said "no, its a Xoom." You should've seen the look of befuddlement on his face....
Its sad that people don't know about the Xoom. Even worse when the same people ask, "why didn't you get an iPad?"
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Even worse when the same people ask, "why didn't you get an iPad?"
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True, but I like "enlightening" them Sometimes I think they even understand
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True, but I like "enlightening" them Sometimes I think they even understand
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Trust me. They don't.
Just give it time. Motorola screwed up with opening with the most expensive model when they should have gone with the wifi only version out of the gate. Regardless it will only be a matter of a few short months when Android tablets will be everywhere...and then...the developers will come running.
IOS is a joke but it works and it is simple. Apple will not change that which means the software innovation will be left up to Google. As soon as Apple makes their system even slightly more confusing...all bets are off. Icons are for smart phones in 2008...it is 2011 and soon people will want more and they will want choice...
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Trust me. They don't.
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Mostly don't, some even asked me what's so good about android, I had to ask them the same thing about iOS and they can't even explain that to me xD
I was having dinner with some friends tonight and whipped out my XOOM to show off the NES emulator (the pattern on the table cloths looked like Tetris, so it was only inevitable.)
The waiter came over and was like "Wha...How did you get Zelda on the iPad??" and I was like "It was really easy, actually! I downloaded it from the Android market, because it's a Motorola XOOM. You can't do that with an iPad unless you jailbreak it."
He was in awe. lol
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Just give it time. Motorola screwed up with opening with the most expensive model when they should have gone with the wifi only version out of the gate. Regardless it will only be a matter of a few short months when Android tablets will be everywhere...and then...the developers will come running.
IOS is a joke but it works and it is simple. Apple will not change that which means the software innovation will be left up to Google. As soon as Apple makes their system even slightly more confusing...all bets are off. Icons are for smart phones in 2008...it is 2011 and soon people will want more and they will want choice...
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Agreed. Who wants multiple screens with a bunch of icons when you can actually make your screens look like a web site with various widgets with useful information that matters to you.
I feel it too. Everyone seems consumed by the *cough* ipad, that they don't realize tablets even exist for android. The xoom kills 'em all! Android is sooooo much better than the other *cough again* competitors. Once an "apple" lover sees the xoom in action they'll sure change to the better side!
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I would reply "Err what's iPad btw?" And let them explain then we can have fun asking the shortcomings
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Some guy asked me "is that an iPad?" I said "no, its a Xoom." You should've seen the look of befuddlement on his face....
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A girl at my school saw me playing fruit ninja on my XOOM and said "how did you get the iPad 2 already?" *facepalm*
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A girl at my school saw me playing fruit ninja on my XOOM and said "how did you get the iPad 2 already?" *facepalm*
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Should've said "how did you become a dumbass?"
might be a bit overboard, but it'd get the point across.
These people aren't dumb nor is it their fault that they're not aware of the Xoom. You should be more annoyed at Motorola's marketing. I have seen one commercial and quite honestly....it sucked.
I think Android will always have this problem...Apple is one company and Android devices are made by a number of different manufacturers. Makes it hard to market Android as a whole. I guess things will get easier once the market is flooded with Android tablets.
Best thing to do is point out the positives of Android vs IOS without being a d-bag.
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Really lame fanboy comments on here, but it's a Xoom forum so it's excusable i guess.
If you like your Xoom, then fine, why deride others who like their iPads? If nobody you've come across knows about the Xoom or keeps mistaking it for some sort of iPad-thingy, then whose fault is that? Those people are neither stupid or dumb like you all seem to think. I have an Epic and an iPad, both of which i like and use quite well. Won't be getting a Xoom, not interested, waiting to see the Galaxy tablet.
Where's the marketing from Motorola, where's the push from VZW? You'd think that these were the same folks who made a big push with the "Droid Does" phone campaign that brought Android awareness to all and sunder.
Walk into any BestBuy and see where and how they've displayed the Xoom. It's in some nondescript corner somewhere with no ecosystem of accessories around it (at least the NYC store here). Almost like an afterthought...just something else we carry. No eye-catching signage, no display props, very little employees who go out of their way to even know about it...
This is what kills me why does there need to be marketing for a product you already know about hand possibly own? Plus aple users tend to be vocal about their devices as well fanactical to some extent which is fine. Why do people feel the need to judtify their own purchases or need to bash one in order to like another? I have a xoom, bought an I pad that I never see(wife and kids's really) and think both serve their purpose. Also one of apples biggest strengths isn't their products but their marketing.
You must all be using some different kind of Xoom then me. I love android more then any other OS but this thing is the biggest piece of janky **** I have ever used. Nothing works, everything force closes. Coming from a galaxy tab this is a giant step DOWN. Granted it ran froyo, but it ran it flawlessly. My friends nook color runs honeycomb better then this. Every minute I use this thing I get more frustrated. Picked it up last night bringing it back within the hour. Huge let down.
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I understand where you're coming from, LordLugard, and honestly I don't think people are stupid because they think the xoom is an ipad. Its just my humorous criticism of how I hate apple! Lol. Why? Because apple sucks. Why? ...just because. Lol. Im not being negative towards anybody, but think its funny. And I can care less about the exploitation of the xoom. I actually like being a part of something that's not so trendy. However, Motorola is making a lot of mistakes by not marketing the device properly and shipping it off "incomplete". Also, the xoom is super expensive...but I am definitely a happy camper! Its perfect for school, play, and among other things. Xoom xoom baby!
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Really lame fanboy comments on here, but it's a Xoom forum so it's excusable i guess.
If you like your Xoom, then fine, why deride others who like their iPads? If nobody you've come across knows about the Xoom or keeps mistaking it for some sort of iPad-thingy, then whose fault is that? Those people are neither stupid or dumb like you all seem to think. I have an Epic and an iPad, both of which i like and use quite well. Won't be getting a Xoom, not interested, waiting to see the Galaxy tablet.
Where's the marketing from Motorola, where's the push from VZW? You'd think that these were the same folks who made a big push with the "Droid Does" phone campaign that brought Android awareness to all and sunder.
Walk into any BestBuy and see where and how they've displayed the Xoom. It's in some nondescript corner somewhere with no ecosystem of accessories around it (at least the NYC store here). Almost like an afterthought...just something else we carry. No eye-catching signage, no display props, very little employees who go out of their way to even know about it...
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NYC is very much an iPad "keeping up with the Jones" kind of place. I can hear the conversation now. "Have you seen the latest iPad, simply incredible, I must have one". "Wilfred will you hold Tootsey so I can run to the Apple Store".
Handguns and Xooms will probably be banned at Starbucks.
I was in my anatomy and physiology class today, and I had my iconia with me. I was on Google body and splashtop hd, when a kid behind me asked what tablet I had. So I told him and then he said oh and then pulled out is icrap and started messing around with it showing the person next to him all the things it does. About 20 mins later, the guy that he was showing his pad to asked him, "why is the kids( my iconia) is faster and what is the difference". And then I hear the guy with the I pad say, "oh that's a android tablet, its for poorer people who can't afford an ipad. Its like a cheep mockup. Its not faster it just seems like it because it only runs simple corny apps." He knew I heard him, he said it deliberately. I wanted to blow up after I heard him say that. >:-o
I'll stop there before I act like a troll, lol , just needed show you how much I love apple fanboys
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You should have put that punk in his place! What a complete loser!
I just laughed after instead of arguing. You know how apple arguments turn out though
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Doesn't this sound like an episode of South Park?
hehe
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Doesn't this sound like an episode of South Park?
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Screw the tablet talk, I would have turned around and cracked him in the face for trying to be a smart ass.
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Screw the tablet talk, I would have turned around and cracked him in the face for trying to be a smart ass.
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With his IPad just to show him how fragile it is lol
Screw the ipad I would of slapped him with my heavy aluminum iconia lol
I would have either stalked him after class in order to kick his ass, plugged my thumb drive into my Iconia, or simple said that iPads are for people too stupid to use Android.
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Why lower yourself to this persons level? If he wants to believe his iPad is the bees knees, let him. Just show those same folks the difference when he's not around and let them decide for themselves.
It has been my observation for some time now that while there are some people who use Apple and iOS purely for functionality, so much of the time it is about having the "in" thing and being able to show off to others. It is not that the iPad is better at all, it because it is like a fashion statement. This anecdotal tale reveals just one more example of it. People think they are hot snot on a silver platter but in the end they just show they are nothing more then cold buggers on a paper plate.
You should have loaded a flash animation type website. And asked him to do the sa.me.
Then show his friends.or play a videofor the flash drive in your pocket.take him thru all the settings configuration. Or GPS a map to his house.take a decent picture of him holding his ipad. There camera is lame
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plugged my thumb drive into my Iconia, or simple said that iPads are for people too stupid to use Android.
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Amen! How the OP kept his mouth shut is beyond me. There's no way I would have let that kind of ignorance fly around me. I probably would have fired up an emulator and started playing just to show off a bit
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You should have loaded a flash animation type website. And asked him to do the sa.me.
Then show his friends.or play a videofor the flash drive in your pocket.take him thru all the settings configuration. Or GPS a map to his house.take a decent picture of him holding his ipad. There camera is lame
Oops I guess you get the idea
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This happened to me, although unintentionally. I was somewhere with my cousin, where he already had wifi set up on the local hotspot, but I didn't. Someone else asked us to look up a web page, and naturally it took me a little longer cause I had to put in the wifi credentials.
Well, it turns out, he couldn't load the page cause it was mostly flash. I could. I wasn't smug, because he had already acknowledged that android was the superior product. Back when he bought his, iPad was the only viable option. He is also the type to technologically draw within the lines, so ipad fits his needs perfectly.
I've had the Mac vs non-Mac agrument before with other people, though. The sad thing is, you will never win this argument with reason. Mac addiction is akin to religious zealotry; they will go to any length or rational to justify the position that a Mac product is superior.
In addition to that, Mac simply has better brand recognition. You can build a tablet that is faster, thinner, lighter, better in every way and half the price; people will still walk right past it at the store because they want the one with the Mac logo.
They want to be able to tell their friends they have an iPad.
I've noticed that android phones are getting a little more public recognition now, though. This is anecdotal, but I've noticed that when I pull out my Samsung phone, most people know it's an android and can draw the distinction between android and iphone. I don't imagine it will be long before android tablets get the same treatment.
Give it time.
I don't know about you guys, but I don't have any problems finding apps on this thing. Sure there aren't as many as the iPad but after a while all you get are 50 versions of the exact same thing.
One thing I should point out is that there STILL isn't a facebook app for the iPad. There is one for the iPhone but no tablet optimized version yet, and after how long since the first iPad came out?
If I were you I would show him a random cool flash site and ask him to go to it on his ipad so we can see how it scales up(or smth like that) and when he fails at loading it I would laugh my ass off.
If I were you, I will not care at all. My Tablet serves me fine and I don't care about what others are using. I use the tools I need, not the tools others need, and for me Android is being fine. I use to have an iPad and it wouldn't adapt to my needs, so I got ride of it. Nothing wrong about the iPad, simply it didn't fill my needs. I'm not married to an OS, whatever it will be iOS, Android, WebOS, Windows8. I can't switch easily to another table if I find a reason to do it. I don't care about the OS but about the applications and be able to use all my potential with the tablet.
So enjoy your tablet, continue with life and don't pay attention to the background noise.
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I don't know about you guys, but I don't have any problems finding apps on this thing. Sure there aren't as many as the iPad but after a while all you get are 50 versions of the exact same thing.
One thing I should point out is that there STILL isn't a facebook app for the iPad. There is one for the iPhone but no tablet optimized version yet, and after how long since the first iPad came out?
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Same here, I can find any app that I need. Apple does have a lot of good apps but that's because developers go to apple first. But now that apple is making it a pain to upload apps ( especially if its better then theirs) to the store, dev are now going to android
In a year or even a few months android will be number one for apps
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Show off a porn app and ask him if Apple allows that on there App store..
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Show off a porn app and ask him if Apple allows that on there App store..
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Now you get a big ty for that.....not! lol
Beating iPad2.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15559778
Braindead media experts are in shock that their beloved Apple did not win it.
However anyone with any sense already knew this. I mean the Transformer beats the iPad2 in every respect.
* 7x the camera megapixel count.
* 20% more screen resolution.
* USB2 ports
* Dock with double battery life
* Lower cost
A win for great technology over average technology and slick marketing.
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"Despite the iPad 2 being a finer tablet in the purest sense, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer offers so much more," Stuff's consulting editor, Simon Osborne-Walker, told the BBC.
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:/ ifag much?
but seriously the TF deserves it
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Asus is expected to launch a successor hybrid device within the coming weeks. Analysts say the new version is likely to include a faster processor and the latest version of Google's Android system.
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are these so called experts living under a rock or something?
I'd love for them to define how it's actually "finer tablet in the purest sense,"..
I mean if any other company launched a tablet with a main camera with a pathetic 700k pixel camera, when even cheapo smartphones have 5Mpixels camera, they would be absolutely slated.
It's a vicious cycle of course, all these "experts" only know iPad2, because they simply can't be bothered to look elsewhere (and many of them get complimentary review iPad2 units to keep, so why bother..), so just assume that it's the best because it's best selling, and it's best selling just cements that further...
well personally i find alot of apple customers to be borderline obsessed with apple products..... its kinda scary, the power that marketing has on people with weaker minds :/
The Asus Transformer has won Stuff Magazine's Gadget of the Year award beating the iPad 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15559778
In reply to below. I checked before posting this. At the time this thread did not exist. We must have posted within minutes of each other. It happens. Millions of people in different time zones all with the power to press "Save"
Really dude. There is another thread one thread over from this one pertaining to this very thing. Please help keep the forum clean of endless, useless posts.
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well personally i find alot of apple customers to be borderline obsessed with apple products..... its kinda scary, the power that marketing has on people with weaker minds :/
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No ****, I'm married to one. She won't even consider Android anything anymore. She has made it clear her next phone will be the iPhone 5 and we sold the iPad and she is using my Transformer and *****es about it EVERY SINGLE DAY demanding she get an iPad 2. Yet...one of the main things she wants to do is Skype (with family) which is much better on the Transformer due to the camera but she just doesn't get it. Oh, did I mention she has never even used an iPhone before, but she said she just knows its better...
So, in an effort to stave off a domestic violence situation and/or divorce...we are buying a stupid iPad 2 today.
I love her in every other way...but her understanding of technology is a disappointment. I guess no one is perfect...well...except us here in the forums.
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No ****, I'm married to one. She won't even consider Android anything anymore. She has made it clear her next phone will be the iPhone 5 and we sold the iPad and she is using my Transformer and *****es about it EVERY SINGLE DAY demanding she get an iPad 2. Yet...one of the main things she wants to do is Skype (with family) which is much better on the Transformer due to the camera but she just doesn't get it. Oh, did I mention she has never even used an iPhone before, but she said she just knows its better...
So, in an effort to stave off a domestic violence situation and/or divorce...we are buying a stupid iPad 2 today.
I love her in every other way...but her understanding of technology is a disappointment. I guess no one is perfect...well...except us here in the forums.
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hahaha ... LMAO xD
well i totally agree with ya dude .. well im new in TF family .. have ordered my TF will be getting it on the 26th or 27th of this month ..
well now adays what i've experianced is .. when i ever i see an Apple user and i take my Galaxy S i9000 out .. and we start the debate ... and after all humiliation to that apple user .. they say .. STFU Apple is Apple ..
lol .. no wards to say nything ... and that makes me rofl
ExploreMN said:
So, in an effort to stave off a domestic violence situation and/or divorce...we are buying a stupid iPad 2 today.
I love her in every other way...but her understanding of technology is a disappointment. I guess no one is perfect...well...except us here in the forums.
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Who will pay? If you then do not buy! Ask him why Apple is the best and if the answer is so foolish, he is a believer in Apple. Apple fan boys and girls are the worst. Android is in many ways better than iOS.
yay for competition driving market improvements!
PatrikSelin said:
Who will pay? If you then do not buy! Ask him why Apple is the best and if the answer is so foolish, he is a believer in Apple. Apple fan boys and girls are the worst. Android is in many ways better than iOS.
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True .....
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No ****, I'm married to one. She won't even consider Android anything anymore. She has made it clear her next phone will be the iPhone 5 and we sold the iPad and she is using my Transformer and *****es about it EVERY SINGLE DAY demanding she get an iPad 2. Yet...one of the main things she wants to do is Skype (with family) which is much better on the Transformer due to the camera but she just doesn't get it. Oh, did I mention she has never even used an iPhone before, but she said she just knows its better...
So, in an effort to stave off a domestic violence situation and/or divorce...we are buying a stupid iPad 2 today.
I love her in every other way...but her understanding of technology is a disappointment. I guess no one is perfect...well...except us here in the forums.
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My wife is the exact same!!!!!!
Except her drama is with an HTC Desire Z (she "had" to have a hard keyboard lol). Which although she has never had an iphone, claims it has no problems and would work perfectly unlike the daily rubbish desire Z lol
The TF gets the same abuse, never used an ipad but claims it would be better because Polaris office doesn't have a spell check (to be fair it is a bit annoying but hardly a reason to condemn an entire device to the bin lol - oh and the browser's quick controls confuse her lol).
I dont understand these people what is wrong with them why have a slower processor less ram a crap camera updates that come out once in a blue moon and a market where almost nothing usefull is free and a system thats under more control than a chinese media centre
I admit time wise ios has the phd and android is still a student but that student is a prodogy
Maybe you're wifes and girlfriends will learn once they actally buy the iphone five and you have a kal el powered android phone
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lol i guess im one of the few lucky ones here my girlfriend and I swear by android
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lol i guess im one of the few lucky ones here my girlfriend and I swear by android
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I have to admit, sometimes I swear at android
Way to go Asus though. My transformer is the best gadget I've ever owned. I've finally been able to ditch my HP laptop for business meetings.
Because it's Apple; 'nough said. If I had so many froathy mouthed lunatic fans as the cult of the Mac' then I would invent a thermo-nuclear death ray and direct them to take over the world for me. Hehe.
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No ****, I'm married to one. She won't even consider Android anything anymore. She has made it clear her next phone will be the iPhone 5 and we sold the iPad and she is using my Transformer and *****es about it EVERY SINGLE DAY demanding she get an iPad 2. Yet...one of the main things she wants to do is Skype (with family) which is much better on the Transformer due to the camera but she just doesn't get it. Oh, did I mention she has never even used an iPhone before, but she said she just knows its better...
So, in an effort to stave off a domestic violence situation and/or divorce...we are buying a stupid iPad 2 today.
I love her in every other way...but her understanding of technology is a disappointment. I guess no one is perfect...well...except us here in the forums.
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I'm blessed, because my fiancee generally takes a "That's retarded!" view of such things; be it blind Apple Fanboyism (It's just better because it's Apple) or pretty much anything else like that. Wouldn't be surprised if she went iPhone should she someday take a smart phone, which is perfectly fine with me. It really is a major pleasure to have someone like I do, and knowing that the girl I love can apply her mind even there: rather than joining the mindless mob. I love that Firefly.
Differences like what you've got to deal with are probably ineveable in any relationship IMHO but at least you don't have to trade in all your crap for iCrap lol.
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iOS is only good if you Jailbreak it. Without Cydia iOS sux. It's slow and clunky. The true tech savvy person knows that Android rules over iOS in every aspect except for ergonomics. Apple still has the thinnest phones and pads.
Asus really won me over with my transformer, I have an iPhone 4 and i decided to go android for my tablet to get sense of them, now i can't stand using my iPhone it just doesn't do what I want it to do and I know my next phone will be a Nexu phone... except i have another ytwo years on my contract.... Damn you Canada and your 3 year contracts
ExploreMN said:
No ****, I'm married to one. She won't even consider Android anything anymore. She has made it clear her next phone will be the iPhone 5 and we sold the iPad and she is using my Transformer and *****es about it EVERY SINGLE DAY demanding she get an iPad 2. Yet...one of the main things she wants to do is Skype (with family) which is much better on the Transformer due to the camera but she just doesn't get it. Oh, did I mention she has never even used an iPhone before, but she said she just knows its better...
So, in an effort to stave off a domestic violence situation and/or divorce...we are buying a stupid iPad 2 today.
I love her in every other way...but her understanding of technology is a disappointment. I guess no one is perfect...well...except us here in the forums.
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I'm sorry to hear. My better half was the opposite. I really tried to convince her to get an ipad 2 since she was computer illiterate. But she wouldn't have it. She wanted what I had. So we went out to get her a tf.
AcIdC0R3 said:
iOS is only good if you Jailbreak it. Without Cydia iOS sux. It's slow and clunky. The true tech savvy person knows that Android rules over iOS in every aspect except for ergonomics. Apple still has the thinnest phones and pads.
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Without jailbreak you can change the socks and with jailbreak you can change shoes. So it's not a big deal. Without root allows you to do more than jailbreaked iOS device.
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Apple still has the thinnest phones and pads.
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Samsung Galaxy 10.1 is "much" thinner 8.6 mm (iPad 8.8 mm.)
I was waiting for an appointment when several of the people noticed my Galaxy Note. I was amazed at all of their comments about how great it was to have a phone like this that looks more like a tablet and could you actually use it as a phone. They all called it my little iPad, very funny! Not one of the women commented on it being too large for them to use. The owner of the shop asked me where I bought it and proceeded to go online to Handtech and buy one, he's an iPhone 4 user. Most all the comments were made with a note of amazement. I was surprised at the general public's knowledge about unlocked phones and their use outside of the United States. Just wondering how many of you guys have had similar experiences. Everyone there wanted to know when it would be available and from what carrier.
similar experience with my phone whenever people notice it, a buddy of mine thought he was top dog with his 4.52 inch samsung galaxy s2 epic touch.... he said he wanted to do an ETF and buy this phone. Everyone also calls the phone "a little ipad"
I've only had positive reactions, especially when I show them how easy it is to go in my pocket. 1 week on, it just seems like a normal sized phone until I see someone else's.
I, also, have only had positive reactions. Several people did make ipad references (come on people, learn the word tablet!) When people ask how much it was and I tell them a little over $700 they typically are shocked, so now I've started answering "about $50 or so more than an iphone." The average American just doesn't know crap about cell phones and the subsidy model our carriers employ has them thinking smartphones cost $200. So rather than taking the time to explain how cellphones, including the one they're holding, actually cost $600-$700 and they're paying for it spread out over months without even knowing it, I just answer in terms they understand. And sometimes I'll explain how I bought a $200 icrap, sold it, and used the money to buy the Note (even though it wasn't actually in that order.)
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I, also, have only had positive reactions. Several people did make ipad references (come on people, learn the word tablet!) When people ask how much it was and I tell them a little over $700 they typically are shocked, so now I've started answering "about $50 or so more than an iphone." The average American just doesn't know crap about cell phones and the subsidy model our carriers employ has them thinking smartphones cost $200. So rather than taking the time to explain how cellphones, including the one they're holding, actually cost $600-$700 and they're paying for it spread out over months without even knowing it, I just answer in terms they understand. And sometimes I'll explain how I bought a $200 icrap, sold it, and used the money to buy the Note (even though it wasn't actually in that order.)
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Lol! Nice one.
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Lol! Nice one.
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It's true. It sad though (their lack of calculative power)
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Here in Sydney, we love mobiles.
Everyone who sees the Note is amazed and interested.
One Samsung Nexus(old) owner said, Nah! Too big!
Only one person.
iphone users are mostly impressed.
Haven't struck a fanboy yet.
I can say this cause i have had almost all the latest phones out the note is the best out!!!!!!
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Xaddict said:
Here in Sydney, we love mobiles.
Everyone who sees the Note is amazed and interested.
One Samsung Nexus(old) owner said, Nah! Too big!
Only one person.
iphone users are mostly impressed.
Haven't struck a fanboy yet.
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I had two fanboy's come over to me today while I was using the Note at Best Buy, they kind of get sad,quite and a little depressed and walk away.
I'd say people either fall in love with it, or they are kind of not wanting to even try it.
I handed it to an iphone user whose first comment was, 'Wow, this keyboard is just wonderful'. (thumb keyboard 5" landscape).
One of my friends was mocking the size until I let him play with it and he started web browsing.
After some nodding he start mumbling, 'This form factor is quite nice, actually'.
My two best show off things are:
1) PDFs of the manual to show off text reading
2) playback of a movie trailer
I don't think you REALLY appreciate the note until you try to go back to a regular smartphone.
I started using my mytouch 4g the other day and after 5 minutes, I was thinking 'What is this? is this a joke?'
- Frank
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I had two fanboy's come over to me today while I was using the Note at Best Buy, they kind of get sad,quite and a little depressed and walk away.
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I'm starttng to feel sorry for them.
ChodTheWacko said:
..........I don't think you REALLY appreciate the note until you try to go back to a regular smartphone.
I started using my mytouch 4g the other day and after 5 minutes, I was thinking 'What is this? is this a joke?'
- Frank
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+1 lol. Nice one frank!
Get use to the comments. With my streak I am always getting questions. "Is that the new iPhone?", "is that an ipad? ", "is that really a phone?". Still get those questions and can't wait to get the with the gnote I just ordered!
i'm getting an extrange effect lately, most of my friends that have iphones don't seem to get them out of their pockets as often as they used too when I'm using mine.
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Get use to the comments. With my streak I am always getting questions. "Is that the new iPhone?", "is that an ipad? ", "is that really a phone?". Still get those questions and can't wait to get the with the gnote I just ordered!
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I used to get that with my Archos 70 (iPad?!) and now with my EP121 (iPad?!?!)... Eventually I won't get as mad as I do now!
Yesterday i met 2 Koreans in Germany and they where blown away.
They asked tons of questions and i was impressed by theyre reaction and my smile gets bigger and bigger
In my opinion they are 2 groups:
Group 1 fell in love with the galaxy Note.
The other group says its too big.
I was at the radio city music hall today - Two of the security guards approached me and were really interested in it. As they were pretty big guys, they were immediately attracted to the big screen.
My friends (all iphone users) totally flipped out when I first played them the immortals trailer on my phone.
- Frank
The usual remark i hear is that ots a phone on steroids...and 'wow thats a good screen..' even from apple reps wanting to know what its like.
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I just grabbed my note from the dude on craigslist in la and im in soo much love with this device i started another forum dedicated to this mean machine. i LOVE it more then any iphone and returning the ipad ive had. it seems to redundant to have the ipad and this. ill try it for a week but so far im doing my general battery drain and train to get the most out of this device. i am also still waiting on the device to get the ota 2.3.6 update.. lets hope the battery life is on par with what everyone is saying in the reviews.
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its all about the galaxy tab 7