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iTunes

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but I've checked as much as I could. But does iTunes work on Windows 8? That's the second most used program by me other than chrome, so its kinda important. Thanks in advance
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wyattyoss said:
I'm sorry if this has been asked, but I've checked as much as I could. But does iTunes work on Windows 8? That's the second most used program by me other than chrome, so its kinda important. Thanks in advance
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most of the apps from win7 can work on win8... Try it! (Some apps needed .net framework v3.5.1)
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iTunes works. You won't get any fancy Metro layout, but it works. Odd ting is, it heats the hell out my laptop on Windows 8.

GazaIan said:
iTunes works. You won't get any fancy Metro layout, but it works. Odd ting is, it heats the hell out my laptop on Windows 8.
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U need cooling fan...
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GazaIan said:
iTunes works. You won't get any fancy Metro layout, but it works. Odd ting is, it heats the hell out my laptop on Windows 8.
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Thanks, since I don't have a flash drive or external hard drive and about 20gigs of music, is there an easy way to transfer my entire library?
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wyattyoss said:
Thanks, since I don't have a flash drive or external hard drive and about 20gigs of music, is there an easy way to transfer my entire library?
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Are you currently running Windows 7? You can just install Windows 8 on another partition and browse the partition with music in Windows Explorer. If you're upgrading (not recommended), then you can just upgrade and keep everything intact.

itunes works great but he can't find my brother's iphone --'
i said him "android is better" but he didn't listen to me...
so?? you've got the same problem?

Lol I'm glad I downloaded the google music beta
It uploaded my entire itunes library before I tried out windows 8 and it works beautifully streaming from the cloud.
That was one of the things stopping me from trying it out was that I would've had no music but now all is well
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Google drive is now available

Google's new cloud storage is now available in the play store. You get 5gb of free storage. Just wanted to share
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&hl=en
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when I run it, just says we will email you when your drive is ready lol.
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It took about 48 hours before I got the confirmation that my drive was ready.

What's funny is, it let me upload a file the first day, but I couldn't access it until today.
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scottinokc said:
It took about 48 hours before I got the confirmation that my drive was ready.
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Same here it took about 48hrs but well worth it 5GB of free cloud space. Add that on top of my 5GB of drop box space... sweet!
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pbailey212 said:
Google's new cloud storage is now available in the play store. You get 5gb of free storage. Just wanted to share
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&hl=en
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Skydrive is available also. 7gb of storage there, too.
Rob

it needs work lol. folders please!
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peoples_flip said:
Same here it took about 48hrs but well worth it 5GB of free cloud space. Add that on top of my 5GB of drop box space... sweet!
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And knowing Google, it will increase as time goes by. I remember when Gmail only had 1Gb of storage. Luckily I got in on Box's 25Gb free promotion so I won't be needing cloud storage for a while...although, more never hurts.
[Edit:] It was 50Gb not 25
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soupmagnet said:
And knowing Google, it will increase as time goes by. I remember when Gmail only had 1Gb of storage. Luckily I got in on Box's 25Gb free promotion so I won't be needing cloud storage for a while...although, more never hurts.
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I got Box's 50 gigs but I don't like not having a desktop client without paying. I got in on skydrive's 25 gigs. I like skydrive but no real android app kind of sucks.

smirkis said:
it needs work lol. folders please!
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It does have folders
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I wish it would let me designate a folder on y SD card, or save to SD card like like drop box does. I've been using dropbox to transfer files and .zips since I lost my data cable.
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Google's new cloud storage is now available in the play store. You get 5gb of free storage. Just wanted to share
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Since my Fire is not rooted, I installed the Drive app on my Droid-X phone and then created an apk file and transferred it to my Fire using Dropbox.
The Drive app installed ok on the Fire but when I try to run it, it says "Cannot find any Google accounts, exiting application" and then it quits. No way to get into the settings for the app.
I'm not sure how to get around this. I have my Gmail setup on the Fire. What other Google account would it be looking for?

Anchorman42 said:
Since my Fire is not rooted, I installed the Drive app on my Droid-X phone and then created an apk file and transferred it to my Fire using Dropbox.
The Drive app installed ok on the Fire but when I try to run it, it says "Cannot find any Google accounts, exiting application" and then it quits. No way to get into the settings for the app.
I'm not sure how to get around this. I have my Gmail setup on the Fire. What other Google account would it be looking for?
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I think you need Google Framework Services for it to work.

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I think you need Google Framework Services for it to work.
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Thanks for the help! It didn't work at first, I was getting "runtime exception" and nothing would sync. I had installed Drive first and then Framework. I uninstalled Drive and reinstalled it and it started working...

I checked it out. When i download da apk. One of da permission say it can turn yo camera on and watch whatz going on through your tablet's camera. I aint down with dat. They allready got u on street view, now they want live video via android!!!
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Deeznutz420 said:
I checked it out. When i download da apk. One of da permission say it can turn yo camera on and watch whatz going on through your tablet's camera. I aint down with dat. They allready got u on street view, now they want live video via android!!!
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If you look everywhere on your kindle fire you will not see a camera anywhere, so I think you're safe
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Anchorman42 said:
Since my Fire is not rooted, I installed the Drive app on my Droid-X phone and then created an apk file and transferred it to my Fire using Dropbox.
The Drive app installed ok on the Fire but when I try to run it, it says "Cannot find any Google accounts, exiting application" and then it quits. No way to get into the settings for the app.
I'm not sure how to get around this. I have my Gmail setup on the Fire. What other Google account would it be looking for?
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I think you need Google Framework Services for it to work.
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Thanks for the help! It didn't work at first, I was getting "runtime exception" and nothing would sync. I had installed Drive first and then Framework. I uninstalled Drive and reinstalled it and it started working...
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Every time I try this I receive the error message "Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server. This could be a temporary problem or your phone may not be provisioned for data services. If it continues, call customer care."

using this on pc for a long time very good and helpful
when u want to backup ur apps pics or videos google drive is the best option with better privacy

Tried something different... I installed the framework, and then rebooted the fire. Then I installed the drive and it worked.

The easiest way to fix this problem would be to root
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Cloud?

What service/provider of cloud type storage do most people here use? Any good recommendations?
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mario24601 said:
What service/provider of cloud type storage do most people here use? Any good recommendations?
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Personally I use Google Drive + Google Music for my tunes. Frankly the integration makes it a no brainer to me. That isn't to say it would be best for everyone but for my uses it's perfect. However most people will tell you to sign up for all of them and use them all then pick one. After all you can never have too much free cloud storage. And that will allow you to try them before you go Premium, if in fact that is something you were considering. I know Dropbox is great too. Cubby invites were all the rage here lately but I have never tried it. There's a thread. It would probably help you get better recommendations if you told us what you plan on using the service for.

i use Dropbox.. got over 100+Gigs because i have a GS3 + One X and a few other reasons.. i also use Google Drive + Google Music and all other Google cloud features
New accounts only get 2GB of space tho

currently i use google drive and dropbox. i think the free space on those services will increase in the future because there is a lot of competition

Google Drive
Dropbox
Amazon Cloud

I use them all, but 4share is my preferred one.
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I have Dropbox (4GB), Ubuntu 1(5GB), Google Storage for Developers (100GB) and Skydrive(25GB).
I know that's a lot of them, so I use SMEStorage to manage 'em together, well except for Dropbox and Ubuntu1
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destro63x said:
I use them all,
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This :good:
Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, SkyDrive ......

It depends what you need, for pure file storage dropbox or google drive are probably the best.
If you are looking to stream media from a cloud then I am not sure what is best here. Anyone have any suggestions for streaming media (files that I own already rather than other options)

i use:
dropbox
skydrive
box
sugarsync
cubby
google drive/gmail
they're unique in their own way, but generally similar; free with paid extras. i have about 115GB+ of free online storage, so no need for any paid versions. i suggest try a few out and see which service suits your needs best.

I use Wuala. I think it's reasonably priced and there's a bonus that everything's encrypted!

Thanks everyone! What I would like to do is stream home pictures and videos. Any of these good for this?
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I like the idea of my data being on my own systems. As a result, I set up ownCloud on my Linux server in my basement (tho I believe a Windows variant exists). With the help of DDNS which provides me with a URL, along with some port forwarding, I basically have my own web address I can access from anywhere and log in to my ownCloud server. You are limited only by your hard drive space. I'm currently rockin a 300GB personal cloud server. I'll be looking at 6TB once I get my new drives in for the RAID 5 array I plan to set up.
On the same server I also have Subsonic running. I paid the couple bucks donation fee (10 to 15 or so) to unlock the full mobile license with the mobile app for Android, iOS, etc. There again, using my DDNS URL I tied Subsonic's Android app into my server at home. I can now stream all of my media straight from my box at home.
In short:
For music and media - Subsonic
For everything else - ownCloud
The future plan: 6TB for personal cloud usage for music, pictures, videos, documents? Oh yes. :good: Even my current 300GB setup is significantly more than I would get with any free service elsewhere. I'll take it.
total win.

Another mod for subsonic for your own cloud media server.
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I use ubuntu 1 and google drive. Ubuntu is my favorite tho.
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DualSportDad said:
I use ubuntu 1 and google drive. Ubuntu is my favorite tho.
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I'm quite fond of Ubuntu One myself. I use it for auto-uploads of my pictures on my phone. Since Ubuntu is on all of my systems, once I fire up my laptop, desktop, whatever it auto syncs locally. Of course, Dropbox does this too, but U1 also gives me 5GB to boot. I assume Dropbox is still @ 2GB for starters?

I use Dropbox, Google Drive, Sugarsync, Ubuntu 1, Amazon MP3 and Google Play Music. All serve a purpose and all get used. 16GB is not enough. Cloud storage is critical for me. Ubuntu 1, Dropbox and Play Music are the best imo.
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Google's Music Manager seems pretty nice, Can upload 20k songs for free I've been having trouble trying to import songs from my desktop though...

espionage724 said:
Google's Music Manager seems pretty nice, Can upload 20k songs for free I've been having trouble trying to import songs from my desktop though...
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Probably a stupid question, but will my itunes library import over to the music manager?

psmith79 said:
Probably a stupid question, but will my itunes library import over to the music manager?
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Yes it will. There's an option to auto update as well that adds any new music you add to itunes
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CX.com 10GB Free Storage, D-H.st 20GB Free Storage

Edit. I forgot to mention there is also D-H.St. it's free and you get 20gb of free storage
Just letting everyone know you can get 10GB of free online storage.
https://www.cx.com/
Not trying to spam just sharing what I find for those who may interested.

jgregoryj1 said:
Just letting everyone know you can get 10GB of free online storage.
https://www.cx.com/
Not trying to spam just sharing what I find for those who may interested.
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Make sure to use the desktop mode if making an account from your phone.
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Oh my god, thank you. Now I'm not stuck with DropBoxes 1GB junk.

Mediafire has a lot more space (i think unlimited) and has super fast download and upload speeds just use that
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Dropbox is still the best. Then mediafire and 4 shared imho
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There is also D-H.St. it's free and super fast and you get 20gb of storage.
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jgregoryj1 said:
There is also D-H.St. it's free and super fast and you get 20gb of storage.
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Isn't that DevHost?
RC's and RT's get Unlimited Data.
(IICRC)
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- Swift - said:
Isn't that DevHost?
RC's and RT's get Unlimited Data.
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Yes, DevHost. Just letting people know, as there may be some users who are unaware of that site

I'd stay away from CX.com. I was sucked in by the amount of free storage they allowed, but in the process of backing up my files more than half of the files on my hard drive were deleted. I did extensive searching, and they were not moved - they were gone. I emailed CX a half dozen times begging for help, hoping it was part of their backup process and that they could help me easily restore the files. I never got a response to any of my emails, and when logged into my account the dashboard said I had no outstanding inquiries - my emails to tech support disappeared just like my files.
In the end I had to go through 500 folders, each with 3-5 subfolders and many files in each one, to find the stuff that had been erased and individually download them back to my PC. There wasn't even a way to DL the folders with all their contents; I had to DL each and every one, one at a time.
Steer clear, and good luck.
Matthew

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I'd stay away from CX.com. I was sucked in by the amount of free storage they allowed, but in the process of backing up my files more than half of the files on my hard drive were deleted. I did extensive searching, and they were not moved - they were gone. I emailed CX a half dozen times begging for help, hoping it was part of their backup process and that they could help me easily restore the files. I never got a response to any of my emails, and when logged into my account the dashboard said I had no outstanding inquiries - my emails to tech support disappeared just like my files.
In the end I had to go through 500 folders, each with 3-5 subfolders and many files in each one, to find the stuff that had been erased and individually download them back to my PC. There wasn't even a way to DL the folders with all their contents; I had to DL each and every one, one at a time.
Steer clear, and good luck.
Matthew
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Good to know, I actually only tried it once but have since moved to D-H.ST as my main source of uploading, well that and my box, dropbox, accounts

Thanks for sharing! Can I ask a question though, Do any of these cloud services not have a upload size file limit on a free account? I think dev-host says 512mb and CX has a 200mb limit and mediafire also had some limits. I don't remember Box or Dropbox, but are there others(free accounts)?
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Dropbox or Box hasnt got any limit, except the space your storage. Btw, if you install Box on your Xperia, you will get free 50GB space
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If I'm not mistaken box does have an upload size limit (100mb) for free account...but its been a while since I've tried. that was also from the app.
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Want to buy Nexus 7 but have some questions

Hi,
I'm quite eager to get the nexus 7. I do have a few questions though. Firstly, I'm planning to use it to word processing and some reports on the way home. The issue I have is that the nexus 7 doesn't have Polaris Office which is what I really want to use. Is there any way to get it and how do the alternativies stack up? Its essentials that I'm able to make and edit word 2007 documents. Secondly, is the screen big enough to do so? It seemed ok to me but just want people's opinions. Thirdly, I've heard its very rooter friendly but lets say I root.. Is it possible to get Polaris Office.. Also, any idea about when the free google play credit offer is till? This is something I really want. Lastly, I've heard there are going to be some keyboard cases for the nexus 7 but is there one already?
Thanks
Sean

Personally I wouldn't dream of using this thing for work. If you want a tab for working too you can't beat the Asus Transformer range in my opinion. This thing is clearly aimed at media consumption and does not lend itself to productivity.
But! That's just my opinion. Yours might differ. My advice is try one out for a couple of hours first. You might hate it, or love it.

You can buy Polaris office can't you? You also could use Google drive
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jtc42 said:
Personally I wouldn't dream of using this thing for work. If you want a tab for working too you can't beat the Asus Transformer range in my opinion. This thing is clearly aimed at media consumption and does not lend itself to productivity.
But! That's just my opinion. Yours might differ. My advice is try one out for a couple of hours first. You might hate it, or love it.
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I've seen it a few times and played around.. Its looks for me.. There's also a keyboard case for it like the ipad so that's sorted but have a few miss giving about it..
Cor-master said:
You can buy Polaris office can't you? You also could use Google drive
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You can't get it on the play store.. Also google drive is for storing stuff.. I need to use my tablet to edit stuff.. I have an S3 which has Polaris office but can't find it anywhere for the gaalxy nexus.. I seriously want it since its a bloody good software and the best out there..

Just look online for the APK or use your Google play store credit when you buy the tablet.
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Google docs is built into drive now actually, so yeah you can create stuff and store stuff, as well as edit word documents from your pc
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I haven't tried any office suites to edit things on the run, but I do use it regularly through the Citrix Receiver connection to our work servers, and that works well, so, unless you need larger DPIs or anything like that, it will be fine for business stuff.
Unfortunately, it seems that Polaris Office is licensed as OEM only on certain devices. So we cant provide any links to apks or anything, as it would be classed as warez.
Check out this thread h t t p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085173 (Sorry, still cant post links), it compares the different Android office apps.

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Just look online for the APK or use your Google play store credit when you buy the tablet.
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Its not on google play... As for APK's, which is a reliable website?
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Sean

With a BT keyboard the Nexus 7 would work fine for editing documents. I'd suggest checking out Google Drive before purchasing a suite of office software, though. Give it a go on your PC and phone, see how it works for you and make a decision from there.

Sean473 said:
Its not on google play... As for APK's, which is a reliable website?
Thanks
Sean
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What's that suppose to mean? Why don't you use google play store? There's lots of free apps on there. The play store is the best feature of android. Also asking for pirated sites are against forum rules.

Sean473 said:
I've seen it a few times and played around.. Its looks for me.. There's also a keyboard case for it like the ipad so that's sorted but have a few miss giving about it..
You can't get it on the play store.. Also google drive is for storing stuff.. I need to use my tablet to edit stuff.. I have an S3 which has Polaris office but can't find it anywhere for the gaalxy nexus.. I seriously want it since its a bloody good software and the best out there..
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Just pull the apk from your S3 and move it to other devices. Profit.

I'm pretty sure I have polaris office backed up in titanium backup from my flyer, as I backed up everything, copied it to my PC, then wiped so I could send it off to the eBay buyer. Dunno how well it would work though as the flyer was honeycomb
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veeman said:
Just pull the apk from your S3 and move it to other devices. Profit.
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How exactly would I do that? Sorry but I've only had android for 2 weeks lol.
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Sean

Well you'll need root access on your s3 to do it. Obtaining root is different on every device so you'll have to check the s3 forums for info on how to do that and then you'll need a file explorer such as root explorer to access the files. You'll need to navigate to system/apps and the apk file will be in there. Talk the mount button on top of the screen to mount the folder and read / write, then copy it, paste it in your sd folder, and then plug the s3 in the PC, pull the file off, and then copy it on to your sd card on your nexus 7. Disconnect, make sure "install from unknown sources" is checked in settings, and navigate to the file using a file explorer, tap on it and it should install it like any other app
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Get king soft office solved and its free
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I use king soft and an external keyboard. Just as good as a tf700 for only 250$ in all
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DocumentsToGo is what you're looking for
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Just ordered my nexus 7 quick question what's up with the 2 development sections ?
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