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Should I wait?

Should I wait for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 which comes out June 8th. Or should I get the acer a500?

I'm not a Samsung fan but their new tab looks promising. I love the A500 but the Samsung will likely be an easier nut to crack if you want custom roms and kernels.
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outdooz said:
Should I wait for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 which comes out June 8th. Or should I get the acer a500?
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Depends what you needs are. The Acer is a nice tablet, but if you can do with out the full USB host and don't mind paying a little more, the tab 10.1 looks like the better choice.
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I wont be installing anything custom on it. I think overall samsung is better than acer. Is that correct?

outdooz said:
I wont be installing anything custom on it. I think overall samsung is better than acer. Is that correct?
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Not really. Running stock they're pretty much the same. Samsung is a now an update partner with Google so updates may come quickly.
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lrs421 said:
Not really. Running stock they're pretty much the same. Samsung is a now an update partner with Google so updates may come quickly.
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I wouldn't read to much in to that, everyone knows Samsung has been the worst with pushing updates, not to say that can't change.
But yes HC is all the same, so the overall feel will be the same, but the Samsung is much lighter and features IPS I think.
With that said, I returned my Acer only because of the lack of customization for the time being. If this changes I'd buy it again. Until than I'm hoping a rooted nook color will suit my needs.
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According to acers website an update is suppose to be coming in june

bog3nator said:
According to acers website an update is suppose to be coming in june
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There you have it.
Link?
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bog3nator said:
According to acers website an update is suppose to be coming in june
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Yeah doesn't it say that for the specs in regards to playing 1080p video?
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Just read the Samsung doesn't have USB out, HDMI out, SD, nor microsd.......fail
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michaelg1030 said:
Just read the Samsung doesn't have USB out, HDMI out, SD, nor microsd.......fail
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Ugh. Fail indeed. The hdmi and USB were big selling points for me.
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I'm in the same boat as you. On one hand, I really do love the Samsung's form factor. At the same time, it doesn't have HDMI out, USB, or microSD. However, Samsung is supposed to be a part of that new policy Google announced today which would guarantee updates for 18 months, plus it will be easier for the devs here to crack. I don't know how good Acer will be with updates.
Ugh, I don't know what to do either. I was GOING to buy the Acer today, but saw the Samsung and decided to wait....AHHHHHH

I would wait for the 3.1 update with better USB support. When it lands I think a lot of people are going to regret not buying a device with usb functionality like the a500.

cdkizzle said:
I'm in the same boat as you. On one hand, I really do love the Samsung's form factor. At the same time, it doesn't have HDMI out, USB, or microSD. However, Samsung is supposed to be a part of that new policy Google announced today which would guarantee updates for 18 months, plus it will be easier for the devs here to crack. I don't know how good Acer will be with updates.
Ugh, I don't know what to do either. I was GOING to buy the Acer today, but saw the Samsung and decided to wait....AHHHHHH
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You're gonna want that HDMI... its mirroring on your TV. Lots of ways to use that besides watching movies...

I have debated all this myself. Always new devices on the horizon. I really like the Acer and am keeping it. I just got the case from staples and love it. USB is huge for me.

Is DLNA the same or at least as good as HDMI out?

sigh.
the 10.1v is confirmed to not have a microsd slot, however the 10.1 more than likely will.

it has a micro sd card. You are looking at the 10.1v

outdooz said:
Should I wait for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 which comes out June 8th. Or should I get the acer a500?
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There's no harm in waiting. If you can wait, wait. When the Samsung comes you'll be able to make a choice based on what's actually there vs. rumor and speculation.

Neoprimal said:
There's no harm in waiting. If you can wait, wait. When the Samsung comes you'll be able to make a choice based on what's actually there vs. rumor and speculation.
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Well its not really rumor. It has a set release date and specifications.

Tablet

So im most likely going to get a tablet in june and i was wondering what i should get.
There's always the iPad and then the new galaxy tab is coming out so idk suggest.

I would have suggested the Galaxy Tab 10.1 before I found out it was Tegra 2 based. I personally wouldn't buy any Tegra 2 based tablet due to the ridiculous video playback limitation.

Magic Oreo said:
So im most likely going to get a tablet in june and i was wondering what i should get.
There's always the iPad and then the new galaxy tab is coming out so idk suggest.
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Motorola Xoom or iPad 2
Edit: Or Flyer
Did the news get around about a guy named butcher pete?

Wait until August!!!
http://www.androidcentral.com/nvidia-shows-project-kal-el-quad-core-tegra
Quad-core Tablets for android!!

I just got a ipad2 and im loving it now I just waiting on a jailbreak
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love my xoom
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Blackberry playbook ;-)
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Samsung Epic 4g.

I personally like my Galaxy Tab 7in its not too big and it's not too small..... wish there was more community support for it but.... it's all good still a decent toy all around
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luis12285 said:
I personally like my Galaxy Tab 7in its not too big and it's not too small..... wish there was more community support for it but.... it's all good still a decent toy all around
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I'm still interested in getting the 7in. I think 10in is to much to carry around. 7in is great for ebook reading. I just wish it was led display. I'm a firm believer there is a market for 7in tablets.
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muyoso said:
I would have suggested the Galaxy Tab 10.1 before I found out it was Tegra 2 based. I personally wouldn't buy any Tegra 2 based tablet due to the ridiculous video playback limitation.
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Explain?
I'm looking to get a tablet soon too, and the 10.1 coming out soon was what I was thinking of. The xoom is nice, but screen isn't large enough. The other downside to the 10.1 that I know of is that it's only going to have the proprietary port from Samsung and not USB or anything else, yes?

tigerknight said:
Explain?
I'm looking to get a tablet soon too, and the 10.1 coming out soon was what I was thinking of. The xoom is nice, but screen isn't large enough. The other downside to the 10.1 that I know of is that it's only going to have the proprietary port from Samsung and not USB or anything else, yes?
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Wait until Tegra 3 coming out in August!
Quad-core tablets!!!!!! (look on first page of the thread for link. too lazy to repost)

tigerknight said:
Explain?
I'm looking to get a tablet soon too, and the 10.1 coming out soon was what I was thinking of. The xoom is nice, but screen isn't large enough. The other downside to the 10.1 that I know of is that it's only going to have the proprietary port from Samsung and not USB or anything else, yes?
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Tegra 2 is incapable of playing high profile mkv files smoothly. Basically it would mean having to transcode all of my media. I refuse to do that, since even the ORIGINAL iPad can play high profile mkv files flawlessly (with XBMC), as can our Epic 4g's.

muyoso said:
Tegra 2 is incapable of playing high profile mkv files smoothly. Basically it would mean having to transcode all of my media. I refuse to do that, since even the ORIGINAL iPad can play high profile mkv files flawlessly (with XBMC), as can our Epic 4g's.
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Ahh, gotchya. Thanks for the info. I wasn't planning on using it for movies but that's good to know. Is the Tegra 3 a solution to this or just a next gen quad core with the same flaw?

tigerknight said:
Ahh, gotchya. Thanks for the info. I wasn't planning on using it for movies but that's good to know. Is the Tegra 3 a solution to this or just a next gen quad core with the same flaw?
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Tegra 3 is just a next gen quad core, but it almost certainly will fix the flaw. Even if they didn't, technically the quad core would be powerful enough to just use the cpu to software decode the video most likely.

I say the nook color rooted thats just me!! Half the price of the galaxy tab and the same hardware....
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thetruejay20 said:
I say the nook color rooted thats just me!! Half the price of the galaxy tab and the same hardware....
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Not so much:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4302/battle-of-the-budget-tablets-nook-color-vs-galaxy-tab

Ok without the camera and has an underclocked cpu oh and the screen lol
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I think the biggest bang for the $$ at this moment is Acer iconia (a) sales in Staple for $450 dual core, hdmi, wifi only etc...
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thetruejay20 said:
Ok without the camera and has an underclocked cpu oh and the screen lol
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To be honest though, id probably go for the Nook color too if I needed a tablet right now. Would love to find one used for like a hundred to mess with.

[Q] Has anyone tried the Micro to HDMI on epic?

Hey guys, I was floating around in the att galaxy s II forums cuz I'm flashing my buddies phone for him and came across a thread posted where a guy has his phone set up with the N64 Emulator using this micro USB to HDMI adapter to play it on his TV and then using a bluetooth controller to play it. Has anyone tried this? The adapter says it's compatible with the epic 4g.
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Misleading.
The port on the E4GT is not MicroUSB, it's a MHL port.
MHL is basically microusb compatible but with extra pins for HDMI.
This will NOT work on the Epic.

jnadke said:
Misleading.
The port on the E4GT is not MicroUSB, it's a MHL port.
MHL is basically microusb compatible but with extra pins for HDMI.
This will NOT work on the Epic.
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I see. After rereading the adapter I see it says the E4GT and not the Epic 4g as I had initially read it. Bah I'm jealous now! I hope the Galaxy Nexus will have the MHL port on it.

Grompy said:
I see. After rereading the adapter I see it says the E4GT and not the Epic 4g as I had initially read it. Bah I'm jealous now! I hope the Galaxy Nexus will have the MHL port on it.
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The Galaxy Nexus does have a MHL port.
The advantage of MHL, being combined USB and HDMI, is that TVs are going to come out with MHL ports. This allows the TV to supply power over the USB while HDMI is active, so you don't drain your battery.
No negatives, because Mini-HDMI already requires an adapter.....

jnadke said:
The Galaxy Nexus does have a MHL port.
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Woohoo! Still my new phone if choice then! thanks for sharing all your infinite knowledge!
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Grompy said:
Woohoo! Still my new phone if choice then! thanks for sharing all your infinite knowledge!
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No problem, just hit the thanks button where appropriate

Guys plsss suggest me wether to buy Galaxy Tab or Nokia Lumina ??

Guys im willing to buy tab or nokia lumina??
Is windows mobile better than Andriod??
Which would be great for mods updates etc ??

srinivas07 said:
Guys im willing to buy tab or nokia lumina??
Is windows mobile better than Andriod??
Which would be great for mods updates etc ??
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Buy a galaxy tab if you want something funny and playable. But if you wan't a daily phone with no multitasking or advanced things or 400.000+ apps go buy a wp7.5.

What is Nokia?
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burakgon said:
Buy a galaxy tab if you want something funny and playable. But if you wan't a daily phone with no multitasking or advanced things or 400.000+ apps go buy a wp7.5.
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wats the new best model of galaxy tab??

My suggestion , buy galaxy tab 7.7 if u want a small tab and if a big tab then Asus transformer prime( wait some weeks as the design has been revamped and the new designed will be selling soon).

Windows Mobile? Lumina??? WTF are those?

telep said:
Windows Mobile? Lumina??? WTF are those?
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Windows mobile 6.5.5
I WANT BACK MY TITANIUM HOME! And a X button to close apps. Widgets are useless for me. But developers made their choice for android. What can I say. So I'm using it.
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i choose galaxy tab 7.7 for sure

Dont buy wp7... Not much app support and too basic os.

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What is Nokia?
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No but seriously, if you want a good price-quality ratio, buy the Tab, or at least buy something Android

@TS: its not really smart to ask it here as everybody here will always suggest an android.
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If you want a high-res Samsung Tab, buy one of the Galaxy Tabs (7.7, 8.9, 10.1).
If you dont want to spend so much money on it, buy the Galaxy Tab 7.0+. It has a Dual-Core Exynos Chipset, 1,5ghz I think, the same as Galaxy SII, may faster.

I can say only that I would buy a galaxy tab. Reason is that it is more configurable, and secondly: I don't like windows at all
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Hi,
I purchased a Galaxy Tab 8.9 a month ago, and I'm really satisfied with it. The quality is good, great battery life, etc. (you can find all this in a review so I'm not going in any details).
I also had a Omnia 7 running on Mango.
To compare, the Windows is really fast and smooth. However from my experience this is the only good thing about it. No customization whatsoever.
If you go with with a tab having Tegra will let you play anything just as smoothly as on Windows.
So I would say go for the TAB. You will have a lot more options with it.

Galaxy Tab. . . what else?

I think its best to get the galaxy tab 10.1 if you want to maximize
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I never think this question should be ask in this part of the forum. Everyone here should be an android and Samsung fans (including me).
So your answer surely will be the tab if you ask here lolz
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Thanks for your gud suggestions guys...I bought tab 7.7.....Its really amazing

Obviously GALAXY TAB

Obviously in this forum you will get only one answer, tab.
Any way what are your reasons for even considering Nokia lumia?
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Needing some advice from N4 owners...

I've to buy a gift from my sisters bf, he has a nexus 4 and wanted to connect it up to the TV (so they can watch movies/tv shows)...basically like a WD Live box. Anyway, after reading some posts today I'm a little confused at which method is best? Cable or gadget?
Just whatever provides him with the best experience when watching movies etc. I know the N4 doesnt support MHL, is there a way round this/what do you guys do for charging when connecting it up to the tv?
Also, I seen people talk about NETGEAR Push2TV, but from what I read there is a delay? (not good for movies/tv?)
Thanks in advance, I dont have the phone to test...so thought this would be the best place to ask

I have the Netgear Push2TV and there is a delay. Very small though. Movies are great on it but I wouldn't recommend it for gaming.
You could always buy him a Slimport adapter on amazon. Same concept as the Push2TV, just, its not wireless. But it has no delay and allows it to be charged simultaneously. Just like MHL.
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speedygonzo said:
I have the Netgear Push2TV and there is a delay. Very small though. Movies are great on it but I wouldn't recommend it for gaming.
You could always buy him a Slimport adapter on amazon. Same concept as the Push2TV, just, its not wireless. But it has no delay and allows it to be charged simultaneously. Just like MHL.
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Thats awesome, thanks for replying speedygonzo (you live up to your name lol). I do like the idea of a wireless connection, but maybe the cable would provide a better experience?
Just to confirm, is it the slimport:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slimport-HDMI-adapter-Connect-projector/dp/B009UZBLSG
or is there something else?
Cheers again guys,

fracmo2000 said:
Thats awesome, thanks for replying speedygonzo (you live up to your name lol). I do like the idea of a wireless connection, but maybe the cable would provide a better experience?
Just to confirm, is it the slimport:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slimport-HDMI-adapter-Connect-projector/dp/B009UZBLSG
or is there something else?
Cheers again guys,
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Haha, no problem!
And yes, that is the correct Slimport.
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speedygonzo said:
Haha, no problem!
And yes, that is the correct Slimport.
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Quite pricey for what it is, but hey...it will get me in the good books. Cheers man.