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I have a chance to trade my Transformer 16gb for a Xoom 32gb ...
Any reasons to stay away from the xoom ?
I owned a Xoom before switching to the Transformer. I can think of many good reasons to stay with the Transformer (better update support, IPS screen, keyboard dock option) and not a single good reason to swap for a Xoom (okay, maybe access to the latest Android update by a few days or a couple of weeks, but I still think Asus is doing a better job of supporting/updating the Transformer in general).
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I owned a Xoom before switching to the Transformer. I can think of many good reasons to stay with the Transformer (better update support, IPS screen, keyboard dock option) and not a single good reason to swap for a Xoom (okay, maybe access to the latest Android update by a few days or a couple of weeks, but I still think Asus is doing a better job of supporting/updating the Transformer in general).
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I agree. I own both and the TF offers many more features. Just inspect the TF you get for screen light leaks. Some are pretty bad. That is the only commplaint I have about my TF is those light leaks. The IPS screen is so much better than the Xoom even with the leaks... I notice the coming Xoom2 is promising a hi-res screen... Probably an IPS too as opposed to the current XGVA... Let us know what you choose!
I have a galaxy 10.1 right now but im not very happy wit it its laggy and the plastic back makes my hands sweat for some reason so my friend got a transformer and i fell in love with the tablet im thinking about returning the galaxy for the transformer what do you guys think? anything i should look out for or should i just keep the tab??
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If your only gripe is the plastic backing, you can just get a case for your Galaxy Tab. The defining feature of the Transformer is its keyboard dock, as otherwise it is functionally the same as every other Honeycomb tablet, just with a cheaper housing. If you don't plan on using the keyboard dock, there isn't much of a reason to switch.
Of course, with the Galaxy tab, you can name your tablet "Andromeda" or "SR830" or something like that.. With the Transformer, you can name your tablet "Optimus Prime" or something.
we should turn "Transformer vs" threads into a drinking game..
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If you don't plan on using the keyboard dock, there isn't much of a reason to switch.
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Well, I can think of three additional reasons - onboard MicroSD and HDMI ports, and, in addition, Asus seem quite a bit better than Samsung in getting updates out too.
Of course, if none of these matter to you, and/or you don't plan on using the keyboard dock, then I concur there's little reason to switch as the current generation of Honeycomb tablets are all based on the same Nvidia Ventana platform, and thus mostly similar at their cores.
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After splashing out £400 on a Asus Transformer, that doubles as a netbook and a tablet, I don't think I could ever splash out £400 on a tablet-only device (or £300 on a tablet-only device for that matter).
The Asus wins hands down. HDMI output, loads of ports and card slots, the dock (obviously), and the prompt updates by Asus are all reasons why the Transformer is a million miles ahead of the Tab.
Well, I don't have the samsung 10, but I own the galaxy 7 and the asus tf101.
IMHO, the galaxy is much better than the asus, but I think I can't compare a cyanamod rom with the stock rom of the asus.
But I was thinking that the asus was much better than this.
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I have a galaxy 10.1 right now but im not very happy wit it its laggy and the plastic back makes my hands sweat for some reason so my friend got a transformer and i fell in love with the tablet im thinking about returning the galaxy for the transformer what do you guys think? anything i should look out for or should i just keep the tab??
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Someone posted on the Tab 10.1 forum asking if they'd swap a Tab for a TF, might help you out if you're looking for a swap.
Another consideration is the screen. My understanding is that the GT 10.1 screen is a tiny bit better than the TF screen in terms of brightness and such, but the colors are (like all Samsung devices) a bit over-saturated. If you want more natural colors and a screen that's still outstanding, then the TF is a good choice.
thanks guys ill look for that thread in the tab forum but i got to play with the transformer again last night and surfing the web is more smooth than the tab i dont understand why since they have the same hardware but im leaning more towards the tf... and all the ports is definitely a plus
My samsung fascinate got stuck on android 1.6 , twilight zonish. No more samsung for me.
so i got the transformer this morning... man this thing is great the screen isnt as bright but i feel the colors are a lot more realistic and the feel of the tablet just feels better to me... i got a revision b60 so hopefully i have no problems with it in the long run... now its time to root!
Well I just bought an Asus transformer at best buy but my question was if it was really worth it or should I waited for the prime?
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Look at this way.
Original Asus Transformer - Entry Level with more features then most other tablets
Asus Transformer Prime - High Spec Level - More powerful, plays 1080p, slimmer, better looking.
Then decide what you want to do with it and if the advantages of the Prime are worth the extra cost.
I own the original Transformer and it does everything I need it for so I'm happy to wait a few months after the release of the Prime before I consider changing.
But if money is no object and you can wait another month then I recommend you wait for the Prime.
Money is definately a factor and as for the features on the prime the only thing I was very amazed by was the speed with its quad core Tegra 3 thingy
If I had the money before buying the transformer I would definatley wait but I only had 400 dollars and I really needed a tablet or laptop because I recently sold my netbook which was freaking slow (that's why I sold it)
So in conclusion I might wait a few months maybe 5 months to upgrade and right now I'm looking for a cheap docking station because freaking best buy still has them at 150 dollars
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Look at this way.
Original Asus Transformer - Entry Level with more features then most other tablets
Asus Transformer Prime - High Spec Level - More powerful, plays 1080p, slimmer, better looking.
Then decide what you want to do with it and if the advantages of the Prime are worth the extra cost.
I own the original Transformer and it does everything I need it for so I'm happy to wait a few months after the release of the Prime before I consider changing.
But if money is no object and you can wait another month then I recommend you wait for the Prime.
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It's not really an extra cost !! the Prime costs 32GB for $500 and 64GB for $600 !! Same as the old one except that there's no 16GB !!
I would've chosen the Prime... I bought my Transformer 5 Months ago and I feel like It's already outdated !! the new one is so much better !!
The thing is... I haven't had one bit of lag on my Transformer. And its not even OCd, its stock. Its perfectly fast.
And its going to be getting ICS, and the update after that too probably!
Also, you can already find reports of the speed of Tegra 3 being massively disapointing, not as fast as a quadcore should be. Whereas the transformer is faster than it should be in my opinion. Also, apart from being slimmer and lighter, the keyboard has the same layout, not inproved in my book, annoying!
I will be waiting for the next one anyway!
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The thing is... I haven't had one bit of lag on my Transformer. And its not even OCd, its stock. Its perfectly fast.
And its going to be getting ICS, and the update after that too probably!
Also, you can already find reports of the speed of Tegra 3 being massively disapointing, not as fast as a quadcore should be.
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If I recall, same thing happened with Tegra 2. "Software not optimized" and so on.
Regardless of that, I agree with post #2, it depends on your "level" desired.
It's like buying a Nexus S or a Galaxy NX, or maybe from SGSII and Galaxy NX
If you have more than enough with the TF101 16GB then you chose correctly (I'm on the same situation)
I hate to bring this up but perfect analogy is iPhone 4 vs 4S in my opinion.
My wife got me the transformer 101 for xmas. I based my decision on the fact that most reviewers found that the tegra 3 was somewhat disappointing with most saying it was not always even noticeable as far as speed was concerned. the only lag i notice on it is due to honeycomb and not the tablet's hardware. The custom roms seemed to have improved that to an extent. I have an almost fully working version of ICS on my g2 and judging based on that version I would say that ICS will really improve the lag issues and general experience of it. Of course ICS on the prime will probably really improve it as well but Im happy with my transformer it does everything pretty well and i am rarely frustrated with it.
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My wife got me the transformer 101 for xmas. I based my decision on the fact that most reviewers found that the tegra 3 was somewhat disappointing with most saying it was not always even noticeable as far as speed was concerned. the only lag i notice on it is due to honeycomb and not the tablet's hardware. The custom roms seemed to have improved that to an extent. I have an almost fully working version of ICS on my g2 and judging based on that version I would say that ICS will really improve the lag issues and general experience of it. Of course ICS on the prime will probably really improve it as well but Im happy with my transformer it does everything pretty well and i am rarely frustrated with it.
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The right choice!
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The Transformer 1 does everything that I need it to do, including providing the best screen on any tablet/laptop right now (aside from the expensive IPS Thinkpad Tablet).
I got mine with keyboard for $350 CDN. The Prime with keyboard, even if available, will be more than double that amount. I'd rather spend the extra $350 on necessities.
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most reviewers found that the tegra 3 was somewhat disappointing with most saying it was not always even noticeable as far as speed was concerned.
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I bet that it will be quite awhile before Android takes full advantage of quad-cores. By then, we will have much faster tablets anyway. For those who have the money, the Prime is a great upgrade, but for most of us, we don't need 4 cores or the extra GPU power. I don't play intense games on my tablet. I find controlling the touch interface too much of a hassle.
yeah this was a quote from the review on the verge from Joanna Stern on the tegra 3 and its use on the transformer
GENERAL OS, EVERYDAY PERFORMANCE
Going into this review my biggest question was does Android and the general software experience benefit at all from the extra cores and power? I soon learned that the answer to that isn’t that cut and dry. While Nvidia says the general UI and OS should feel faster, I have only found that to be the case some of the time. While you can see in the video that swipes across homescreens are swifter, the waiting that frequently occurs when opening menus or toggling between apps on Honeycomb tablets isn’t completely gone. I also didn’t notice much of a difference when it came to multitasking — it didn’t have a problem running multiple apps, but I didn’t notice a speed increase between the Prime and the original Transformer under heavy loads.
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Also battery life was shorter
So a big update on the battery life. On our standard test with brightness set at 65 percent and power saving mode switched on, the tablet lasted six hours and five minutes — exactly an hour longer than when it was set to normal mode. Still, that's an hour shorter than the original Transformer
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As you can see i think it is generally an OS related problem right now than anything else. All that being said I couldn't justify the 200 dollars more for it.
The Prime is more elegant and definitely more powerful. But it is not a huge step and the Transformer 1 will get all Ice cream sandwich benefits also (probably including some speed/ smoothness improvements).
I find it a bit disappointing that there is no 16GB Prime for a lower Price but I will stick to my TF101 anyway (of course I'd switch to the Prime if someone gave it to me for free), but I'll rather wait for the next generation with higher resolutions and maybe more RAM (or Android Jellybean...)
Thanks for sharing. Missed that part, honestly.
For anyone else interested, quoted from: Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime review By Joanna Stern on December 1, 2011 01:00 am
Thanks guys you made my day I was starting to feel bad but all those feelings are gone now:-D
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If you want a rooted tablet, then the PRIME is not for you..bootloader is locked, apparently. So, despite hardware limitations, I am glad to have chosen the TF101 over the prime.
Hey everyone, I heard that the transformer prime is supposed to have way more battery life, like 3hrs more, than the tf101. Is this true? Because that would be the only reason whether or not I would buy it??? Someone tell me the truth.
I just got a TF101 as well and learning today that the Prime's booloader is locked made me really happy I didn't fork out the extra cash.
My TF101 was so easy to root I couldn't believe it - the only device I've rooted before is my HTC Desire Z which was a lot more hazzle.
Very happy with my Transformer
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Hey everyone, I heard that the transformer prime is supposed to have way more battery life, like 3hrs more, than the tf101. Is this true? Because that would be the only reason whether or not I would buy it??? Someone tell me the truth.
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I would also want to know if this "feature" is true. It has been sad that it is because a 5th low voltage core (600MHz I think) does your background stuff, like when you have it on idle.
I also have this decision to make. 1st prime is still not available in stores in my country, but I wonder if the prime is worth the extra cash. I'm thinking like this for now prime is more cool, more powerfull, better battery, more expensive and have some troubles with wireless antenas (someone please talk about these problems, how bad is it?). For cool, it lasts few time I think, after a while, you will want to play with it rather than admiring his looks. Powerfull, dont think I'll need the extra juice, battery - Strong pro point, poor wireless reception - Strong con point
Im guessing for 500$ (or €) I can get the TF101 16 GB with dock, or the prime 32GB without the dock. But havent decided yet, but more likely going to the tf101.
also check the prime TF700T, it was thought to fix the wireless antennas problem among other improvements (e.g. higher res screen), but will be more expensive, starting at 599$
So who plans to upgrade to the tf700
Or whatever I'm within my 30 day bestbuy return so I probably will.
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Not me. Sure it would be awesome to have that powerhouse of a tablet. But the 300 does everything i need it to and more for a good price.
The problem is one of apps, not hardware. Too many phone apps not optimized for tablets. The T300 is more than good enough. :thumbup:
Still Charged Up
Holding my upgrade till i see some windows 8 goodness or badness in upcoming tabs.
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The Infinity 700 isn't suppose to be a successor, just a more expensive and more polished version. 300 is for top specs on a budget, 700 is for top specs without a budget lol. If you have to pay extra I'd recommend just staying with the 300. With all the new events and tablets coming out not to mention Windows 8 I wouldn't recommend swapping if you already have a solid tab.
I'm my opinion the only thing the 700 has that I want is a brighter screen. Don't even really care about the resolution that much. Definitely not worth the 150 bucks more though.
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I copied my other post to give you my opinion on the TF300 VS TF700.
IMO it isn't substantial enough. Ok bear with me here, the new TF700 looks pretty cool and all but I see a few potential problems with it in the future.
Ok when Apple went from the ipad 2 to ipad 3 and the way higher res screen they knew the needed to have a CRAZY overkill GPU because not only did the ipad need to run current high demand games but also games in the future. Egypt screen off tests show how insane overkill the GPU is vs any other platform, but with the screen on benches obviously it drops a ton due to that resolution.
Here's one possible problem. You've upgraded the resolution on the TF700 but done nothing to the GPU to support the insane amount of extra pixels you've just added (and the CPU isn't even a MAJOR upgrade by any definition). So now games in the possible future may run like crap because you need to run it at such a high res without the CPU/GPU to back it.
A possible example of this is already happening is with the Acer A700, they put that 1900x1200 screen on it but have just the standard 1.3 Tegra 3 in it and it is having some serious gaming issues on games currently out. Now the only other difference between the TF700 and A700 is the TF700 is using DDR3 ram (Which I've yet to see any bench on any tablet that showed DDR3 having any major performance benefits) and the TF700 is running at a faster CPU speed (Same GPU speed). I'm not sure if the A700 problem is a software issue or the Tegra 3 simply can't drive the 1080p screen for intense 3d games but if the only difference between a game running smooth and choppy is 300mhz from the CPU then I see the TF700 having gaming issues very soon.
Also you have to remember there are almost no (Possibly no) apps that take advantage of that high of a res yet and by the time they start to be out in any number you'll probably be buying a new tablet with an 8 core CPU. But I have to admit text does look really nice on the TF700 screen.
That's just my personal feelings on it, I hope the TF700 doesn't run into the issue above but there is a reason Apple put that insane GPU in the ipad 3 and the TF700 isn't enough of an upgrade IMO. The extra battery time and IPS+ is pretty sweet but I just see that 1080P screen as a possible handicap in the near future.
Eh... not worth it.
It is like double the price for some little features I don't care too much about.
My next tablet will probably be an expensive windows 8 one with like i5 processor lol...
Not worth it to me. The tegra 3 is a disappointment to me. My tegra 2 A500 was just as smooth. I won't let the marketing hype get me again. Don't get me wrong, I love my 300, but if I would have had a 101 I probably would not have upgraded.
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Lots of valid points I looked at the iPad today and was blown away by the screen. Tablets are coming so fast it's too much to keep up.
Honestly I haven't turned it on this week.
Got the GS 3 too busy playing with it.
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Yes, I'm also within my 30-day window so I'll be returning my TF300.
Then I'll bounce off the walls for a week till I can pick up my TF700 on the morning of July 16th!
I was waiting for the tf700 for the longest time, until I realized that I could get the tf300+dock and a new phone for the same price. So, I picked up the 300 on Tuesday and f***ing love it!
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I will wait until there is a more robust gpu to support 1920x1200. The 300 is IMO a better fit for the Tegra's gpu. Especially for game emulators like N64, PSX and MAME Reloaded.
Another nice thing about the 300 is the touch response is as good as my iPad 3.
Now, if I did not play game emus and not had an iPad 3, I would probably switch.
I'm in the same camp. I just bought my tf300 and I have found it to handle everything I want very well so far. I can't see myself upgrading in the near future. I don't have the cash anyway. Haha.
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I had the Prime since launch and recently decided to sell it to purchase TF700 but after waiting for it to release for sometime I started looking at TF300 and luckily I got a great deal on Tf300 + dock from a fellow XDA member, which I received today and so far I like it a lot more than Prime (except for the lack of brightness). So for now I'm going to cancel my preorder and enjoy TF300 while I wait for a newer model that is significantly different from Prime/TF300/TF700 to justify an upgrade.
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what about me? i don't have a tablet yet and i want one, but should i wait for the tf700 or buy the tf300, i can buy it on amazon for $384 (tablet only)?
can you guys give me some advices, please?
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what about me? i don't have a tablet yet and i want one, but should i wait for the tf700 or buy the tf300, i can buy it on amazon for $384 (tablet only)?
can you guys give me some advices, please?
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Unless you REALLY want a high resolution screen, I do not think that TF700 is worth the extra money, specially since TF300 works great for everything.
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I concur with the last post. This is enough to run all I throw at it very well.
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ajamils said:
Unless you REALLY want a high resolution screen, I do not think that TF700 is worth the extra money, specially since TF300 works great for everything.
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ajamils said:
Unless you REALLY want a high resolution screen, I do not think that TF700 is worth the extra money, specially since TF300 works great for everything.
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funnel71 said:
I concur with the last post. This is enough to run all I throw at it very well.
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Plus one..
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what about the gorilla glass 2, i heard you don't need a screen protector if the device has gorrilla glass, and does this mean the tf300 is easy to get scratch,
i usually don't use my finger to "touch" the screen but sometimes i accidentally do, should i worry about this or just buy a screen protector?
I really like the nexus 10 and I know this forum may be a little bias, but I am debating selling my tf300 with dock for a nexus 10.... thoughts/opinions welcome!
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Depends on what you really need. I had the infinity and the nexus 10 is miles ahead of it in my opinion.
300 pros:
-Keyboard dock with extended battery
-Expandable storage
-Insanely fast charging times
Cons:
-Slow I/o
-Rear speaker
-Tegra 3 (if you want to count this..)
Nexus 10 pros:
-Screen
-Battery (not comparing it to the Asus+dock)
-Front speakers
-Insanely fast
Cons:
-Slow battery charging (6 hours on full)
-Some games run slow due to the amount of pixels to push plus not yet optimized for the N10.
-No expandable storage
In the end it boils down to what you need, but I love my N10 and am not sugar coating it in any way. I tried the tf300 first, returned that for a 700. Decided I'd compare it to a note 10.1 and returned both and got the N10.
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Great info..thanks...
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Any other thoughts? My biggest issue with thw tf300 has been the web browsing, but thats not really anything new.
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Any other thoughts? My biggest issue with thw tf300 has been the web browsing, but thats not really anything new.
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Define issue with web browsing? Do you mean laginess or sluggidhness? If so the n10 has none. It loads web sites very fast and has no touch or input lag via on screen keyboard.
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Any other thoughts? My biggest issue with thw tf300 has been the web browsing, but thats not really anything new.
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I'll let you know. I currently use the TF300 (stock), but am annoyed with the sluggishness concerning web browsing, e-mail, etc. My Nexus 10 is coming tomorrow. Hopefully it will be better.
Although I must say that I was reading about the Boat Browser somewhere on these XDA forums, and I had never heard of this browser before. I installed it a couple of days ago and it definitely improves the browsing experience on the TF300. Give it a try.
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Define issue with web browsing? Do you mean laginess or sluggidhness? If so the n10 has none. It loads web sites very fast and has no touch or input lag via on screen keyboard.
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Yes the laginess or slugginess... it has gotten better since the past few updates, but not what it should be....I am hoping i can get $400 for my 32GB tf300 with keyboard dock and a 16GB micro sd card and bluetooth mouse
I really beleive the nexus 10 is the better device...
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I'll let you know. I currently use the TF300 (stock), but am annoyed with the sluggishness concerning web browsing, e-mail, etc. My Nexus 10 is coming tomorrow. Hopefully it will be better.
Although I must say that I was reading about the Boat Browser somewhere on these XDA forums, and I had never heard of this browser before. I installed it a couple of days ago and it definitely improves the browsing experience on the TF300. Give it a try.
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I am very curious to hear your thoughts.... I have used Boat Browser, in fact i think i have tried them all.. ill have to see if i can find some youtube videos of web browsing....
cdrshm
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Take this for what its worth....I am a geek and have had 5 different tablets over the past few years. The loved my tf101 w dock...I absolutely loved my transformer . I skipped the prime, my tf101 was still rockin....my transformer died and I saved up the money for the infinity tf700 with dock. I absolutely hated it. It was like there was always something slowing it down and it made me think I just had a bad unit. Did some research and found out that after the prime Asus had a bit of an io issue with the memory , the infinity inherited the issue.
Got my nexus on Thursday and I love it like I loved my transformer compared to a gtab ....the difference between the nexus and the infinity are like daylight and dark. I also have to say its really badass having aosp in a perfect state...no cm or akop issues....love cm love akop but you all know what I mean. My point is...I love this tab compared to the infinity...screen is beautiful , proc is next gen, and jb4.2 is smooth as butter on this device...so many little things cleaned up, this may be the best android version yet.
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I really like the nexus 10 and I know this forum may be a little bias, but I am debating selling my tf300 with dock for a nexus 10.... thoughts/opinions welcome!
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If storage is your main concern, stick with the TF300, or better yet upgrade to the TF700. If it isn't, upgrade to Nexus 10. I came from a TF700 and the difference is staggering. Screen is much nicer, sound is much louder (and stereo placement!!!).
I've also owned the original Transformer, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (still one of best tablet designs hands down), the Prime and only the GT10.1 comes close to the Nexus 10 in terms of build quality (I wonder why ).
I'd recommend the TF300 over the TF700 for a few reasons, and neither over the N10.
Why the TF300 over the 700? It's less expensive, it's far more comfortable to use for long periods thanks to the not-sexy but also not-stupid plastic construction, more resistant to wear and abuse as a result, and it's not trying to whip a Tegra 3 into running 1080p resolution it is not suited for.
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If storage is your main concern, stick with the TF300, or better yet upgrade to the TF700. If it isn't, upgrade to Nexus 10. I came from a TF700 and the difference is staggering. Screen is much nicer, sound is much louder (and stereo placement!!!).
I've also owned the original Transformer, the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (still one of best tablet designs hands down), the Prime and only the GT10.1 comes close to the Nexus 10 in terms of build quality (I wonder why ).
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I am not concerned about storage at all, just performance and beauty.... I have tried to put my tf300 in the marketplace but don't have rights, anyone know who I need to talk too?
Thanks
Cdrshm
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I'd recommend the TF300 over the TF700 for a few reasons, and neither over the N10.
Why the TF300 over the 700? It's less expensive, it's far more comfortable to use for long periods thanks to the not-sexy but also not-stupid plastic construction, more resistant to wear and abuse as a result, and it's not trying to whip a Tegra 3 into running 1080p resolution it is not suited for.
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For me its either keep the tf300 or sell for the nexus 10
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Anyone have an idea of what to sell my 32gb tf300 with dock and 16gb micro sd? Mint condition!!
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Anyone have an idea of what to sell my 32gb tf300 with dock and 16gb micro sd? Mint condition!!
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I'm selling my TF300 today on eBay. I put a couple of other TF300s on my watch list just to see what they were going for. It looks like the tablet is going for the low to mid $200's. I don't know about the keyboard as I don't have one so didn't put it on the watch list. Also, if you decide to sell yours before Monday, eBay is doing a deal where if you sell an item through the eBay mobile app, you can sell it for free.
I played with the Nexus 10 for about an hour or so this morning. My initial impressions are that it is very zippy compared to the TF300. I remember first getting the TF300 and turning it on. All my apps starting downloading in the background automatically and while they were downloading and installing, the TF300 got really slow and laggy. With the Nexus 10, it was doing all that downloading and installing in the background and it was still silky smooth.
Overall, it's a much better device. The screen is obviously sharper. It is very quick to switch screens, cycle through apps, etc. If there's any lag, I couldn't perceive it. Browsing with the Boat and Chrome browsers is definitely zippier. When you scroll down a page, especially one with pictures, you can tell it just scrolls much more smoothly. I never saw that annoying "waiting for the browser to respond" which I normally saw at least once or twice per hour on the TF300. Anyway, that's all I've really done with it. I only use it for browsing and e-mail (I don't game on tablets), and for those purposes it is definitely a nicer, smoother machine than the TF300- which should be expected for its price and the advance in technology over the older device.
Stay away from Asus and the Transformer line. I'm telling you. They don't know how to write software, and they don't support their devices. I gladly sold my TF201 for the N10 and it was the best decision I've made. You've been warned.
I had the TF700 and was very disappointed. The i/o power just wasn't there. Most noticeable on web browsing - major lag. I sold it and so far I am quite happy with the Nexus 10 performance.
I had a TF700T / Infinity for close to 2 months -- just returned it this morning to Best Buy (reward zone silver -- 60 days to decide). I went back and forth on this a lot before returning it. My Infinity and dock didn't have any of the build issues that some have described -- no creaking, no screen lift, etc. The overall build seemed excellent, and overall the Infinity looks and feels like an incredible premium device. I also really liked the expandable storage and the extra battery power in the dock, and it really has a great display. When it worked, it was sweet -- but I ran into frequent lags, browser freeze-ups, slow app updates and file transfers, etc. I knew it was possible to unlock, root and flash a custom ROM to get better performance -- but I really didn't want to HAVE to do that just to make the device usable, especially since the combination of tablet and dock cost me about $650.
Reading through the TF700 sub forums, it seemed that about half the users had good experience using NvFlash and custom ROMs, but a significant number of folks reported frozen devices, boot loops, etc -- more than I'm used to seeing in most XDA sub forums. It seems to me that the device really wasn't intended to be easily flashable -- and easily recoverable in the event of issues. If I'm going to be flashing custom ROMs to my tablet, I'd rather it be a device sold with this in mind. Having used a Nexus phone (Galaxy Nexus) for the past year, I can attest to the fact that it's virtually impossible to brick this beyond the ability to wipe and start over. I appreciate this about Nexus devices.
I wish the Nexus 10 had expandable memory, and it would be nice if a pogo pin based charger option would be sold soon. Despite this, everything I read convinced me to return my Infinity today and order a Nexus 10.
Well it seems pretty unanimous for the nexus 10, as expected!!! I took the first steps and sold my tf300, now just trying to sell the keyboard dock. I am stoked about getting the nexus 10. Cant wait for it to be back in stock... thanks again for all the great info and personal experience!
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jonstrong said:
Despite this, everything I read convinced me to return my Infinity today and order a Nexus 10.
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Where did you order yours from?
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