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Upgrade is due soon. I was wondering which phone is best to get and use with the Xoom for when icecream OS is released for both moblies and the tablet? Would a motorola Moblie phone be the best to get?
I might personally in the same boat as you and I am looking at two options
1 least favourable the Nexus prime when it's released I simply Don't trust android non experience devices to get updates (I mean look at this so called experience device) I'm in the UK and only got the only some countries are experience devices after I brought it not that I regret it.
2 samsung galaxy s 2 with wp7 in whatever it's codename is anyway but I am really loving the windows phone action right now
That's assuming it comes to orange uk where my brother gets 40% off and that could change everything.
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im 110% going with the nexus prime. i am currently got the nexus s and was gonna go get the htc ruby but imma wait it out for the prime
When is Prime dropping?
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When is Prime dropping?
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Just in time for the holiday season, last I heard. Around Oct-Nov.
I'm currently contemplating myself whether I should get the Atrix now or bwait 2-3 months for the Prime. Decisions decisions!
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I see alot posts about ICS. Haven't read up on it at all. Perhaps I will. My question is what makes you think that it will be made available for current phones? As far I'm aware no 2.3 devices are upgradable to 3.0 or any version to version x. Maybe root and rom for a half feature os. I just think its overly optimistic. Seems were always forced to buying a new device that's shipped with it to get that os. I'm glad zoom got to 3.2 its not the norm that I've seen. Were talking about whole upgrade not .1
Your non-us Xoom isnt a GED sadly (unless you bung on the US image)
so Nexus Prime would be the obvious choice, second I'd guess the Nexus S
after that it's probably a bit of a free-for-all who gets ICS updates - Moto/Samsung will probably want to be first with having a bit of current trend of being in favor of google, moto for the xoom + being pwnd by Goog, and Samsung trying to make themselves look good with the Nexus S and probably the Prime
If Nexus One owners are lucky they'll get a hint of the action too
It's official! CyanogenMod 9 is coming to the eeePad Transformer!
CM 9 Progress Update
We’ve been hard at work on CM9 since Google released Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) into the wild last month, and things are slowly starting to come together. Google did a great job with ICS and added some really awesome features which in some cases replace or deprecate functionality that we had in CM7, so we are reevaluating all of our customizations. A number of devices are already up and running with CM9, and the focus is currently on getting as many devices ready as we can. The first devices (besides the Nexus S, which you can already get from Koush’s section on ROM Manager) that we’ll have ready will mostly likely be devices based on OMAP4, MSM8660/7X30, and Exynos. We also have some Tegra2 tablets in the pipeline such as the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus Transformer. Our goal is to provide continued support to all CM7 devices back to the QSD8250 series of devices such as the Nexus One. I don’t want to make any promises at this time, but that is the plan. And sorry Droid1 owners, we’re dropping support for you. Time to upgrade
There are a number of challenges that we are up against. Google has made some pretty major changes to the Android framework that break compatibility with older proprietary camera and graphics drivers in order to achieve some pretty insane performance, but I am confident that the team will be able to overcome these issues like we have in the past.
For those of you who like to build CM from source yourself, you probably know that the spin-up time when starting a CM7 build is absurdly long due to the high number of devices in our repository. Koush and Arcee have put together a solution to this problem that adds new devices on-demand to your local repository, saving on both bandwidth and the long startup time. Some other great enhancements are coming too, like a completely overhauled music app, a new file manager, and a new launcher based on stock 4.0.
If you have a Nexus S, you can check out the code and build for yourself today. More devices are on the way, and I’ll send out these status updates as we make more progress
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...I think I just came in my pants
Well.... Thats just f'ing awesome
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I'm sorry Roach/Prime... you were great but the wife is callin' me home.
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very good news.
xufuchang said:
very good news.
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I am so happy as soon as it is released I will donate to these guys!
Expected Release date ??
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Expected Release date ??
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First rule of CM: do not ask for an ETA.
I hope they don't wait until it works on all devices to release this. They are nearly finished it, i would use it now.
see and wait.
Hopefully it takes not to long.
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I'm sorry Roach/Prime... you were great but the wife is callin' me home.
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Exactly what I was thinking. I love Prime and the work roach has been doing, but when I can get CM on the tablet, I will go running.
what's the advantage of CM vs Prime rom ?
Its Vanilla ICS. Most stable best battery life and best performance.
You have to try it to actually realize the differance. Which is like day and night
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Well, if Roach and Gnufabio can't get any Transformer love after CM9 hits, they should know the Acer A100 forum would hail them as gods...
I did not expect we would get an official, so much as one of our brillant devs would probably do it unofficially lol.
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Expect a build of cm9 from Roach with his own tweaks and improvements
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I did not expect we would get an official, so much as one of our brillant devs would probably do it unofficially lol.
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It shouldn't be that shocking, the tablet sold *really* well. Xoom, GTab 10.1, and TF were basically the honeycomb tablets.
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Maybe we will see a tablet version of MIUI for us after CM9 hits.
I mean. The nook color got MIUI after it recieved official CM7 support. I dont see why we wouldnt. I cant wait
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the guys from Xiaomi (company behind MIUI roms) allready working on MIUI build on ICS so once they release first ICS MIUI it should not take long till we will see our first MIUI rom for TF
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Maybe we will see a tablet version of MIUI for us after CM9 hits.
I mean. The nook color got MIUI after it recieved official CM7 support. I dont see why we wouldnt. I cant wait
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othar said:
what's the advantage of CM vs Prime rom ?
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It'll be interesting to see what the difference is. CM is usually better than stock firmware sure so being as lean and cut-back as possible while still adding in extremely useful features.
Asus have done a great job of keeping their firmware bloat-free though, so it may not be too different, performance-wise. The biggest advantage will probably come from extended support. Asus probably won't upgrade the TF101 past 4.0 - having CM pretty much ensures that it will get every version of Android in the future so long as somebody is interested in getting it running.
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It'll be interesting to see what the difference is. CM is usually better than stock firmware sure so being as lean and cut-back as possible while still adding in extremely useful features.
Asus have done a great job of keeping their firmware bloat-free though, so it may not be too different, performance-wise. The biggest advantage will probably come from extended support. Asus probably won't upgrade the TF101 past 4.0 - having CM pretty much ensures that it will get every version of Android in the future so long as somebody is interested in getting it running.
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A lot of the "bloat" Asus has added is incredibly useful. Polaris Office is really nice, and unavailable if Asus didn't include it. Same with Supernote, which is pretty good for free. Splashtop, again, expensive software included for free.
The **** I hate is them bundling things like Netflix... it's freely available on the market, and only available in select regions, why on earth would you bundle that?
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Hey guys, so what do you think, which it the two is a better device?
Specs are almost similar with acer being 7" vs lenovo 10". Same processor, gpu and other hardware.
Better io options on acer iconia specially the USB and nini USB.
Screen better on Lenovo.
I am still confused on the scalibility, developer support and future proof ics on the chosen device.
Thanks!
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Anyone? Need to order one of the two today!
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I can't speak about the A100, as I have only owned an A500. It was a very good product, beautiful screen, many ports, good sound, etc. But I returned it and bought the ThinkPad, because I have owned many of those laptops, and they were always the best.
The A500 could be rooted if you had a specific serial number, but I don't know about the A100 -- I would check that. Why does rootability matter? So you can add apps and make customizations you cannot do with the stock tab.
As for root -- see for yourself in the A100 forums. The ThinkPad K1 probably won't see too many customizations, and Lenovo is not a great leader for innovation, but there is a work in progress for an ICS 4.03 update by forum members here, and it may eventually be applicable to the K1. Look into that for the A100.
Bottom line -- as you said, they are equal in specifications, so I would go with the tab with the most customization options. Please let me know what you decided.
I agree with above I'd look into development off the device first if your into that read user reviews in amazon and such retailers see what people gotta say about each
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I looked and seems like both have their bootloaders locked, hence not very active for the custom rom developers.
Both are rootable, so it seemed like on the forums.
Acer a100 was launched early last year and hence should be a lower priority for acer, since a200 has also been launched. Although official ICS is expected by april and leaked already available.
Lenovo K1 also officially releasing ICS around the same time, but a fairly neew release by Lenovo so I guess, the support life should be better. Plus very recently, around mid Feb, Lenovo released the source code for their devices which to me sounds like they are looking at a developer friendly model for their devices. I don't know if that would make the bootloader unlocked for full developer support and developer interest, so only time will tell.
For similar prices (a100 costing 20 cheaper) but 8gb vs a 32gb k1, opted for a k1. Costing 335 canadian dollars with the taxes.
Hope the decision is right, will only know once I start using the device.
Thanks!
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Thanks for the suggestions.
I looked and seems like both have their bootloaders locked, hence not very active for the custom rom developers.
Both are rootable, so it seemed like on the forums.
Acer a100 was launched early last year and hence should be a lower priority for acer, since a200 has also been launched. Although official ICS is expected by april and leaked already available.
Lenovo K1 also officially releasing ICS around the same time, but a fairly neew release by Lenovo so I guess, the support life should be better. Plus very recently, around mid Feb, Lenovo released the source code for their devices which to me sounds like they are looking at a developer friendly model for their devices. I don't know if that would make the bootloader unlocked for full developer support and developer interest, so only time will tell.
For similar prices (a100 costing 20 cheaper) but 8gb vs a 32gb k1, opted for a k1. Costing 335 canadian dollars with the taxes.
Hope the decision is right, will only know once I start using the device.
Thanks!
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The stock Lenovo firmware leaves a lot to be desired performance wise, but.....
I think the future is still bright for the K1
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The stock Lenovo firmware leaves a lot to be desired performance wise, but.....
I think the future is still bright for the K1
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I have been reading that, really hoping some developer adopts the k1 so we can see more activity on the device.
Not much action here on xda with the k1 - pretty surprising actually!
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I have been reading that, really hoping some developer adopts the k1 so we can see more activity on the device.
Not much action here on xda with the k1 - pretty surprising actually!
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It seems more chatter on rootzwiki for k1 in the ThinkPad Tablet section
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It seems more chatter on rootzwiki for k1 in the ThinkPad Tablet section
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Definitely a better resource for the K1 and TP.
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and the first rom has been released ... for the K1. Check the Devp section.
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and the first rom has been released ... for the K1. Check the Devp section.
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But still in beta. At this point I am only looking for a root for the most recent update and I noticed its not available yet.
Sad but I would really love to root this device so I can add the performance increases myself, instead of relying on someone to create a stable custom rom for this device.
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I just sold my A500 and will be buying a TPT 1838-25U as soon as I can. I liked the A500 but I tried numerous apps to try and write but to no avail. I needed something that I could write on, I know paper still exist, as well as other features that the TPT offers.
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I just sold my A500 and will be buying a TPT 1838-25U as soon as I can. I liked the A500 but I tried numerous apps to try and write but to no avail. I needed something that I could write on, I know paper still exist, as well as other features that the TPT offers.
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I would personally pick up a Samsung Note for that needs over any tablet, because of the same resolution, pen input and an almost tablet sized screen, with a phone pocketability - a confused personality between the two, but I will assume it would just be a matter of getting used to.
Good luck with your purchase.
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Thank just ordered it, it should be here early next week, now I just need to read up on root.
Can the Xoom after all these years handle the new Ubuntu tablet OS? I hope so because i just return my Galaxy note 10.1. I guess i need to order a nexus 10.1
I hope it will.
It looks like an awesome OS and I hope some of the amazing devs we have will be able to port it.
Ubuntu is open source and uses Linux kernel as Andorid does, so it should be doable.
Xoom's specs should be good enough to handle it, but until we don't put our hands on the OS we can't tell anything more specific.
However Nexus 7, that is one of the test devices for Ubuntu Touch has the same amount of RAM (1 Gb) as our tablet, so I am positive about it.
Xoom being non neon might be a problem. But that same issue is what cut off official support for 4.2+ versions of android, and I'm running a very functional 4.2.2 rom right now (EOS4).
it's already Work in progress....
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices
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it's already work in progress....
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/touch/devices
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we love howard chan!
I'd love to see Ubuntu on my Xoom!
It shouldn't be to hard since ubuntu touch os uses cyanogenmod as a base which we already have
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cool i would like to have it on my tablet xD
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it would be sooo f***ing great to have it on my xoom ! hoping for a soon availability
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it would be sooo f***ing great to have it on my xoom ! hoping for a soon availability
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https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Porting
It will be available as soon as you port it...
I started working on it a little last night but I'm getting a new computer next week so I decided to just wait. I don't want to spend the time to set everything up and have to do it again in another 5 days... Maybe someone else will start working on it in the meantime but honestly it still needs a lot of work. Right now it's worth flashing for about 5-10 minutes to satisfy ones curiosity and that's about it.
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Since there is least to nil development for xyboard 10.1 lte, will the xoom or xoom 2 ubuntu be used for xyboard, or can some developer port it for xyboard 10.1 i am aware this request is way to early but better early than late or never.
Oh I can't wait I know one of our genius devs will make it happen
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I believe pulled the motorola xoom to ubuntu developing
I setup the environment, and got the Xoom specific part to build but no boot joy. Im no dev but ill start trying to track down issues on my own. I also noticed the xoom is no longer listed on the devices page as a WIP.
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I setup the environment, and got the Xoom specific part to build but no boot joy. Im no dev but ill start trying to track down issues on my own. I also noticed the xoom is no longer listed on the devices page as a WIP.
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I was able to get it running on my Xoom, see this thread.
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My Transformer TF101 has been my primary working and entertaining slate for more than two years. Thank for the support from developers here, it still rocks these days. However, I am keen on getting a retina-display like screen for a while. Recently, Asus released its new generation of Transformer TF701t equiped with the latest Sharp IGZO display. The screen is gorgeous and Tegra 4 is fast like blaze. I immediate decided to upgrade my tablet. Now, I am quite happy with my new tablet except their are no custom ROM yet. TF701t is rootable and Asus has release JB 4.3 for it.
So, it is just a matter of time that new custom ROM will come out. I wish my comments will attract more TF101users to buy this tablet and more developers to work in it then.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
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My Transformer TF101 has been my primary working and entertaining slate for more than two years. Thank for the support from developers here, it still rocks these days. However, I am keen on getting a retina-display like screen for a while. Recently, Asus released its new generation of Transformer TF701t equiped with the latest Sharp IGZO display. The screen is gorgeous and Tegra 4 is fast like blaze. I immediate decided to upgrade my tablet. Now, I am quite happy with my new tablet except their are no custom ROM yet. TF701t is rootable and Asus has release JB 4.3 for it.
So, it is just a matter of time that new custom ROM will come out. I wish my comments will attract more TF101users to buy this tablet and more developers to work in it then.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
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Just upgraded to the TF701T myself - happy days - its amazing. screen unparalleled, speed unbelievable, UI unobtrusively polished.
Merry christmas indeed
Mmh, what I read about the TF701 is not really promising and it seems no one is creating a custom rom
for it by now.
cecilyen said:
My Transformer TF101 has been my primary working and entertaining slate for more than two years. Thank for the support from developers here, it still rocks these days. However, I am keen on getting a retina-display like screen for a while. Recently, Asus released its new generation of Transformer TF701t equiped with the latest Sharp IGZO display. The screen is gorgeous and Tegra 4 is fast like blaze. I immediate decided to upgrade my tablet. Now, I am quite happy with my new tablet except their are no custom ROM yet. TF701t is rootable and Asus has release JB 4.3 for it.
So, it is just a matter of time that new custom ROM will come out. I wish my comments will attract more TF101users to buy this tablet and more developers to work in it then.
Merry Christmas and happy New Year!
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I'm done with the TF line. I had a TF201, and it was a POS. I still have my TF101, which ASUS completely abandoned while it was still in production. I only still have it because timduru kept it usable with his KatKiss ROMS.
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I keep telling myself that my TF101 is just as good as the new ones, since it runs Android 4.4.2
Heh! Me too.
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