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I don't know if anybody here has heard, but Acer just teased a new tablet, amazing sounding one, to say the least, and I was just wondering everybody's opinion of Acer's build quality, and how well they update their devices currently, and just the overall performance that you get out of this tablet.
Here's the article for anyone who wanted to see:
http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/08/acer-shows-new-iconia-tab-with-quad-core-processor-1080p-display/
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Oh my! as much as I don't want to spend more money, I might need to THIS LOOKS TO BE QUITE AN UPGRADE ..
To answer your question Acer has good quality for the bucks in your bank. I like Acer as this is my fist Acer product matter in fact the only complaint I have is the microphone it stinks.. but if they have fixed that which I'm sure they have ill be sure to pick this up!
Thanks for the link!
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Mic isn't bad at all, just not very loud... Some voice chat programs (including skype and gtalk, unfortunately) mess things up, though, giving you weird background noises (not on all devices, though, it works for me). Other than that, the Acer devices are very well worth their money.
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I don't know if anybody here has heard, but Acer just teased a new tablet, amazing sounding one, to say the least, and I was just wondering everybody's opinion of Acer's build quality, and how well they update their devices currently, and just the overall performance that you get out of this tablet.
Here's the article for anyone who wanted to see:
http://www.phonedog.com/2012/01/08/acer-shows-new-iconia-tab-with-quad-core-processor-1080p-display/
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If you Google Acer A700 you'll see that the specs on that tab have been out for awhile. I'll be waiting to see if Acer delivers ICS to this tab first. If they drop support on this tab, there's no way in h3ll I'll be purchasing another Acer tab. If they do give us ICS on our tabs, I'll be grabbing the A700, as it seems it's going to be the best "bang for the buck" among the 2012 tabs
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If you Google Acer A700 you'll see that the specs on that tab have been out for awhile. I'll be waiting to see if Acer delivers ICS to this tab first. If they drop support on this tab, there's no way in h3ll I'll be purchasing another Acer tab. If they do give us ICS on our tabs, I'll be grabbing the A700, as it seems it's going to be the best "bang for the buck" among the 2012 tabs
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I agree 120% with this .. I have a birthday coming in MAY .. Giggles..
if my a500 does not get the support it should.. i might just wait and get a win 8 arm tablet.. and Dual Boot it .but there is always battery issues with windows . we will see what the tech word brings us in 2012.. for now my a 500 meets all the HAVE to have needs.. as if i really NEED a tablet.
Acer always seems to be giving the best bang for your buck, whether it is laptops or not tablets.
One gripe I have against acer is their bloatware. Some may like it but others (like myself) can't stand it.
Also keep in mind that acer is releasing the A200 soon. It's pretty much the same spec wise as the A500 but apparently has no rear facing camera. The pricing looks quite attractive though. I'm still happy with my A500. I actually have no desire to replace it with something newer and better, and I usually drool over the latest and greatest in technology.
I've had an a500 since november and the build quality is great. They have been providing adequate updates so far, and I expect them to provide ICS, but we will see.
Ive been wanting to get a second tablet bc my daughter always has this one and wouldn't hesitate to buy another acer.
Other than build quality ill be looking at development on market app as well as on xda
Gameloft and other game developers choose a500 as a flag ship for development another reason I choose this tablet over Asus, Samsung, and Mototrola. I contacted Gameloft before I picked up a 10.1 tablet around September and asked them what tablet to pick up they told me Acer Iconia because Acer has been the only company that was helping them out the most with developmental needs.. so of course when I went to best buy they were out of a500s and I had 300 bucks from trading in my Droid incredible and I didn't want to wait so I picked up the thrive because of the nice stuff included with it.. but ended up having nothing as far as xda & others so picked up tf101 loved it but it kept slipping out of my hands.. lol so bestbuy finally called me to tell me the Acer was in so I picked it up answer fell in love with it. So that my awesome story and we lived happily ever after
So I will most likely pick up Acer if top devs do aswell.
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Thanks for the replies guys! I still have plenty of time to think this over. Acer is definitely a huge choice now though, and I like this community, way friendlier than the original Asus Transformer. Back before the Prime came out, I made a thread like this, asking about Asus and what to expect in the tablets, and it was immediately hostile responses. Terrible, but glad I didn't have enough to buy that Prime, so much bad reports about it. My choices are now this A700, thanks to your responses and some research, and the Asus TF700T.
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Oh, also something else, is Acer good with the bootloader? Like is it locked, or is it somewhat easy to root? Not a big deal, but just curious
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Lol your welcome too root is simple as long as u dont update u will just install an app that do it 4 you but if you dont know much about rooting you better search thses forums
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The Acer bootloader does some checksumming and stuff that makes rooting hard on the newer FWs, but there's a rooting method around that works (downgrading isn't much of a problem). As has been said, just use the search.
Alright, I was just wondering though, different company's products usually have completely different rooting methods than others; I've only ever rooted all my HTC phones, but thanks.
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Just thought some would find this info helpful..
UPDATE: Looks like this is indeed the A700. The folks at The Verge managed to find the new Iconia Tab lounging around in Vegas and discovered that it's packing a 1.3GHz quad-core Tegra 3 processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, as well as the aforementioned 1080p display. It's also got Bluetooth support, a microSD card slot, and an HDMI port. As far as release details go, the A700 is said to be landing sometime in the second quarter, but no other specific launch information is known just yet.
Hey guys
I've been a gtab owner since January this yr, and I'm very pleased with it.
But now with the recent horde of tablets incoming I was wondering whether I should sell this now while I still can get a decent amount for it and buy either the tf pad 300 or the tab 2 - if its quad core.
Wat do u guys think?
Shall I keep my tab and wait for ics? Or sell now, and buy one of the new Samsung or Asus tablets.
Thanks
Adam
PS. This is just opinions, so no flaming please
I'm actually in the same boat, and I've decided to keep it. Unless you really want to play "demanding" games.
There's always going to be new better devices getting released, just something you have to accept.
I'll be keeping mine until the higher resolution tablets appear, especially the next Samsung one.
Then I'll pass this tablet to my girlfriend who doesn't care about such things.
Hmm yeh you've got a point. I wish Samsung would hurry up with the ics update. :L
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I'm hoping for a google branded 10-incher with 3g, which would hopefully bring more timely os updates and no annoying vendor skinning. Failing that, I'm happy enough with my (pershoot cm9) 7500 to keep it a good while longer.
the galaxy tab 2 has the same specs as this. Samsung says the hardware is still good.
Jay Rock said:
the galaxy tab 2 has the same specs as this. Samsung says the hardware is still good.
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As wat? The gtab?
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As wat? The gtab?
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Yes.
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Yes.
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I thought the tab 2 had quad core?
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I thought the tab 2 had quad core?
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Nope. Do some searching. That rumor is false. Samsung confirmed they will still keep the dual-core.
Jay Rock said:
Nope. Do some searching. That rumor is false. Samsung confirmed they will still keep the dual-core.
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Oh ok then.
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Nope. Do some searching. That rumor is false. Samsung confirmed they will still keep the dual-core.
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But, the Tab 2's might not be all there is. There's a bunch of rumors about "Espresso" 10.1" and 7" tablets that could potentially have quad-cores and HD displays becoming Samsung's iPad fighter/premium line. A tablet may be announced at the May 3 Galaxy event in London and that should provide some clarity.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Wake...spresso-7-tablets-to-launch-this-June_id29071
For those looking at tablets, here's something to think about. They may all look the same but they aren't designed and built the same way. I've been following the Prime and while Asus represents great value there's tons of compromise in the process. Like AzureWave (vs. Broadcom) radios with no 5Ghz support, HannSpree displays riddled with dead pixels and LCD bleed, and truly questionable build quality. Here's a tear down of the Prime. You get what you pay for.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cr...ardown-solid-tablet-but-not-without-flaws/399
To get the price down, it'll be interesting to see what types of compromises Samsung accepted with the Tab 2's.
The transformer pad 300 has been announced, £399 pounds from early may. That is tempting, quad core keyboard dock and ics for 399. :L
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But, the Tab 2's might not be all there is. There's a bunch of rumors about "Espresso" 10.1" and 7" tablets that could potentially have quad-cores and HD displays becoming Samsung's iPad fighter/premium line. A tablet may be announced at the May 3 Galaxy event in London and that should provide some clarity.
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Wake...spresso-7-tablets-to-launch-this-June_id29071
For those looking at tablets, here's something to think about. They may all look the same but they aren't designed and built the same way. I've been following the Prime and while Asus represents great value there's tons of compromise in the process. Like AzureWave (vs. Broadcom) radios with no 5Ghz support, HannSpree displays riddled with dead pixels and LCD bleed, and truly questionable build quality. Here's a tear down of the Prime. You get what you pay for.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cr...ardown-solid-tablet-but-not-without-flaws/399
To get the price down, it'll be interesting to see what types of compromises Samsung accepted with the Tab 2's.
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yeah im aware of that. I just dont understand the need for the same device re-released when there's something new already coming.
I think it's Samsung's way of selling the OS.
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I'm in the same boat too. I think I'm gonna wait for the 1920x1080 (1080p) tablets to come out from Samsung, Sony, Asus, and Acer and then decide on one of those. I hope one of them will have double the ram at that resolution or at least 1.8 - 2.0 Ghz Tegra 3 processors to push that res. They'll need it.
I'm returning this tablet, I just bought it three days ago. The lag on it kills me I already dislike touchwiz. Returning tomorrow and ordering the Asus tf300t. Plus better for less $$.
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Sarius24 said:
I'm returning this tablet, I just bought it three days ago. The lag on it kills me I already dislike touchwiz. Returning tomorrow and ordering the Asus tf300t. Plus better for less $$.
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Im getting that aswell. Put my gtab on ebay. Couldnt stand the lag and ics seems like a world away so :L
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I would like to request a forum for the care and feeding of the Asus Transformer TF300T:
http://amazon.com/Transformer-TF300-T-B1-BL-10-1-Inch-Tablet/dp/B007P4YAPK
The Asus Transformer TF300T is the first quad-core Android tablet that is widely available. Unlike its predecessor, the Prime, the TF300 is affordably priced and comes with ICS pre-installed. It will be a mainstay of the second generation of Android tablets.
There are few enough 2nd-gen Android tablets, that I think a forum for the TF300's discussion and development would be fruitful toward XDA's goal of advancing Android development as a whole. Asus has been among the foremost supporters of Android, and its tablet deserves a space here.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
+1 for ASUS Transformer Pad TF300.
+1 for the TF300 specific forum. There's quite a few people over at the Prime's forum that have bought one, I will be getting mine soon (monday or tuesday). My guess is that in a week or so there will be a lot of people looking for ideas, help, root, tweaks, etc. for the TF300 (including me).
+1 for ASUS Transformer Pad TF300 (+ docking)
+1 mine shows up Monday
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+1, Getting mine this week as well.
+1 Already have mine. It's a very good tablet.
+1 lets get this im getting mine in 2 hrs.
+1 this certainly will be a popular tablet with lots of discussion.
lmao There's alot of fluff in that OP, E.mote.
seriously, good looking out though. we need these 300 owners out of Prime section add my request for their own forum also. the sooner, the better.
demandarin said:
lmao There's alot of fluff in that OP, E.mote.
seriously, good looking out though. we need these 300 owners out of Prime section add my request for their own forum also. the sooner, the better.
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Don't hate on us, we are ASUS brothers now
+1
+1 for the new forum for the TF300.
+1 new 300 forum please
+1 for Tf300 forums
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+1 mine's arriving next week!
Yes Please!!!!
+1 Got mine in the mail today
Yes, please!
+1 for TF 300 forum
I'm in Germany now... I'm looking for the release in Europe of the Transformer Tf300t without the dock which is about 399€.... on the other hand I have the Iconia A700 in preorder in amazon for 480€ (that i guess i will have it as latest for middle of June, what do you think?).
Which one would you pick and why?
Thanks...
I picked the TF300, cause I'm on a budget and really wanted the keyboard dock. LOVE the dock. Don't see me ever buying a tablet that doesn't have something comaprable.
Imagine the resolution on the A700 is nice though.
If money isn't an issue, perhaps you should wait for the TF700. Get the high resolution, high specs, and a dock.
When the tf700 comes out I plan on selling my tf300 and pick up the tf700. Once having the dock, can't picture going back to Acer.
one thing i'm afraid of, is in the Iconia A700, what will happen with all those apps not prepared for that high resolution? and another thing will be: will the tf300 look much more portable rather than the Iconia A700?
I think i prefer the A700 but i want it now!! jeje
I bought the TF300, it is an awesome tablet, and I really can't afford what they are going to charge for the 700. Other than a full HD screen, I don't see any advantages to it.
i'd buy the a700 but since i do heavy typing the tf300t is more for me.
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I have this decision to make now and it seems to be a very difficult one. They are at the same price for the 16G tf300t vs 32G A700.
I don't mind having less storage as I do plan to get and extra sd card, however I do intend to use the tablet for gaming while on travels. I still read lots of posts about the Acer being slow and laggy in some games. I don't know how updated these reviews are. Maybe it got fixed, maybe there are patches. Would love the A700 as I think the high res screen will look nice for movies and general browsing.
However, I would overlook the high res and more storage If I could know for sure that the TF300T would perform better in the latest games.
Erm how about actually using them yourself??? I HATE people that buy stuff because others tell them too. When I buy something I do my homework, I go & test the unit myself & even play games on them if I have to. Thats how I decide.
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Erm how about actually using them yourself??? I HATE people that buy stuff because others tell them too. When I buy something I do my homework, I go & test the unit myself & even play games on them if I have to. Thats how I decide.
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User experiences and reviews can be a great help. There might be someone out there who has used X device and you may not have the chance to do so
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Yes, and put the two devices side by side, they are both ok and fast. So the obvious choice would be the A700 because of the screen and storage space. However, I cannot go into a shop and expect to be able to install one of the new, full, 3D, games on both of them to see which lags more. That is what I would expect to clear from an answer here.
Office depot $329 this week for the Asus tf300 32g
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Not cool man... I mean I am happy for you guys in the US for having such prices for unexplained reasons. The 32Gb version of the TF300T in a store in France is 434 euros at the moment. The 16Gb is 399e.
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Not cool man... I mean I am happy for you guys in the US for having such prices for unexplained reasons. The 32Gb version of the TF300T in a store in France is 434 euros at the moment. The 16Gb is 399e.
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Its being phased out. Hardly any stock left or sold out. Any stores that do have them only have 1 or 2 so prices are dropping to get rid of old merchandise.
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Office depot $329 this week for the Asus tf300 32g
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My ad from the sunday paper has it $299, supposed to pick mine up from best buy later this week, so i'll try and get a price match and save myself
$50.
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My ad from the sunday paper has it $299, supposed to pick mine up from best buy later this week, so i'll try and get a price match and save myself
$50.
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Just say the office max price $299. Again in store only with limited quantity.
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I only paid $299 for my 32GB TF300T. Ended up getting the blue dock for $49.99 too.
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TF300T
I tried them both and by far I prefer the TF300T. The keyboard is a huge plus, and the Asus seems a bit snappier. The only thing I liked better about the acer was the onboard usb port.
AW: Which one would you buy, Iconia A700 vs tf300t
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Yes, and put the two devices side by side, they are both ok and fast. So the obvious choice would be the A700 because of the screen and storage space. However, I cannot go into a shop and expect to be able to install one of the new, full, 3D, games on both of them to see which lags more. That is what I would expect to clear from an answer here.
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As far as I'm concerned they're both quadcore - which 3d game shouldn't work? If it lags or doesn't run as expected there's always the chance to unlock and get a recovery in order to flash a custom rom.
I myself had to decide between these two tablets just recently - I took the TF300T, simply because of the keydocking - would be a pain in the ass to write things down while being in a lecture without keyboard...
But I don't see no reason why any 3d game shouldn't work - hell, even my old Desire HD did a good job on Mass Effect Infiltrator
Though some people thought the screen resolution of the A700 wouldn't be too good - don't know why they thought it, maybe they expect Apps which are not optimized for this resolution to be too tiny to even be used properly, I don't know...
If it helps you, I decided to buy the tf300t and although I don't really play 3d games that often, I have to tell you that I fell in love with this tablet
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I only paid $299 for my 32GB TF300T. Ended up getting the blue dock for $49.99 too.
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Same here, my dock is black but no biggie. Question is now do i want to unlock and root my tablet. On the fence about it. But i suppose i will get to it eventually.
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Same here, my dock is black but no biggie. Question is now do i want to unlock and root my tablet. On the fence about it. But i suppose i will get to it eventually.
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The performance increase is substantial. Trust me when I say that once you end up rooting, you'll kick yourself in the butt for not doing it sooner.
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Good news, TF700 has cleared the FCC (engadget), Wifi-only for now.
So ... will you upgrade when she comes out ?
Can't you make it a simple Yes/No/Maybe poll? I can't vote for any of those - while I *will* be buying the TF700 when it's released, I do *not* trust Asus 100% and refuse to say so!
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How about adding a "wait and see" and "other (specify)" choices?
bacon
It will be either the TF700 or the Padphone for me, with the latter being my first choice.
But I will be waiting for some feedback and reports for both before I decide.
I do really like their hardware and they had excellent support with HC, it's just ICS that's made me sour. So I am looking forward to any devices actually built from scratch to support ICS. I will still take the wait-and-see approach, but I would be wary if Jellybean came out and Asus was rushing to be one of the first to get their hardware supported.
A little bittersweet for me.
Yea i have been waiting for this bad boy. Ill be waiting for at least a month after it comes out though. I want to make sure all the kinks are worked out in the initial shipments including hardware and software.
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If I had the money (or a job!) I definitely would since I'm a gadget freak and love to have the newest tech toys, but I'll stick with the ol' TF101 since there's nothing wrong with it.
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Will you Buy a TFT700
Yes I will
Has my experience with ASUS TF101 been 100% good? NO
But, more than ANY other company out there right now, ASUS has the hacker spirit, and I'm more prone to go in that direction than any other.
pharrisworth
60 is the new 16
I plan to upgrade to a new tablet. I am not perfectly satisfied with my tf101 but no one else really makes a tablet with the same keyboard dock combo.
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Asus will have to work hard for my money now, brushed aluminum and hd display will not be deal makers for me. I still don't see a boatload of apps for the Tegra 3 as promised by Nvidia. So I'm sitting this one out, maybe Win 8 has a surprise coming. We shall see.
If they unlock the bootloader and don't pull the Sbkv1-049-2150842502185 bs they did with this tab.. Of course!