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Windows will prevail. Microsoft with their Wndows 8 getting in the race now I think after a rough start and give some time in the future will prevail and be superior over any mobil OS because Android is so stupid. Yes Android made some shaking in the mobil world but hey is still stupid, the browser is stupid, managing emails are stupid and list goes on. This is my personal opinion that in the future when dust settles and bugs are worked out if I can have windows features on my phone and my tablet is the way to go. I am not refering to current windows phone now but future refined win8 and beyond stuff that will come out, just keep eye on Microsoft and Nokia partnership for now.
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*Mobile. Mobil is gas and oil.
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Did you fall on your head as a baby?
Tapatalkin' it from my Epic 3g
Yup with their wndows they will win
(Not a typo)
(God i love trolling trolls)
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Only reason microsoft was able to take apple on was cause microsoft computers were around 1/3 of the price of apple phones and had the same specs
Same specs and same price
Apple you win
But android is always on top
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Your talking about refining the existing windows os(take out bugs, and add features) to beat android?
Its simple logic what you do to one you do to the other to compare, so if you "refine" windows you have to "refine" android also to compare them equally.
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Let's see windows 8 beat jelly bean. That's what I'm thinking, or will windows 8 be final around ics time?
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After looking at the dev version of windows 8, Ill pass as long as possible, it just sucks ass, its windows 7 with metro ui, and hard to get around if your a tweaker.
Help support ERA and Android4Autism...
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I hate metro UI. It may be fast, but its so dull and boring to use and look at.
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I hate metro UI. It may be fast, but its so dull and boring to use and look at.
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Its like an apple approach to things ... it may "just work" but you can't do much with it, its just there nothing to really customize, I say android is in between both (paginated, and metro) but way [more] fresher.
Anyone catch my allusion to a song?
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Op has a point.. though he comes off as an idiot. If I have the full functionality of windows 7 on a tablet, of jump on it and forget about android. I mean FULL functionality. That **** better do everything I can do on my PC. Except hardware related stuff like burning dvds obviously.
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I should of mentioned that all these frustration with android started when I got my tablet wanted to do some things I was doing with my laptop. I imagine if the new windows has full functionality on a tab it will be superior to android tablet at any aspect. With android: can't play mkv files, browser crashes, can't attach certain files, can't download certain files from email, can't copy text in quoted links to be pasted in new tab for download, can't turn screen off when play video file while connectrd to hdmi monitor to save batt power causes video to stop. I can go long list here, I would think that if it was windows none of these would be there.
I don't have much of a problem with my phone I can leave with it and still have fun.
And sorry for the typos I can't use phone keyboard as I would on pc.
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Are we seriously comparing a Desktop OS that was engineered towards keyboard and mouse use, to a mobile phone and (only recently) tablet OS geared towards touchscreens?
Why not? A touchscreen is just a different input, but same functionality as a mouse. Onboard keyboard vs physical keyboard no difference. I agree with OP that Windows will come to dominate the tablet world, but I believe Android will dominate the mobile world for a loooong time.
Op wins Pointless debate of the year award!
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Why not? A touchscreen is just a different input, but same functionality as a mouse. Onboard keyboard vs physical keyboard no difference. I agree with OP that Windows will come to dominate the tablet world, but I believe Android will dominate the mobile world for a loooong time.
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Why not??? You are comparing an OS that has been around for almost 20 years to one that has only been around for maybe a quarter of that time. 20 years of development for a mouse HID compared to 5 years of modern technology for touch input.
Hopefully jellybean gives android full functionality.
I thought it was pretty stupid to release tablet os that's the same as your phone os, just prettier.
Its always stopped me from getting one.
Now I'll jump all over an optimized windows tablet...full windows 7 (don't even need nor care for 8) that run smooth as butter...mount usbs, mount iso's on disk drives so you can play games, donload codecs to ply anything, hook a server up like nothing, download anything you want, run torrents, do 100 things all at once just cuz it can handle it (ie playing music in a little screen you set to stay ontop while behind it isa maxed firefox tab streaming a muted video from youtbe while dragging around another little screen just to pass the time as you watch this epic trailer listening to epic music)
Windows will murder android and especially ios, functionality wise.
Sales wise? Whole different ballgame bruh
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I should of mentioned that all these frustration with android started when I got my tablet wanted to do some things I was doing with my laptop. I imagine if the new windows has full functionality on a tab it will be superior to android tablet at any aspect. With android: can't play mkv files, browser crashes, can't attach certain files, can't download certain files from email, can't copy text in quoted links to be pasted in new tab for download, can't turn screen off when play video file while connectrd to hdmi monitor to save batt power causes video to stop. I can go long list here, I would think that if it was windows none of these would be there.
I don't have much of a problem with my phone I can leave with it and still have fun.
And sorry for the typos I can't use phone keyboard as I would on pc.
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You could use rockplayer for .mkv... not the best solution but it works. Its all we got until vlc player is released for android.
What. The. Hell. Are. You. Attempting. To. Type? Does. Not. Compute.
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Op has a point.. though he comes off as an idiot. If I have the full functionality of windows 7 on a tablet, of jump on it and forget about android. I mean FULL functionality. That **** better do everything I can do on my PC. Except hardware related stuff like burning dvds obviously.
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I agree. A tablet that can do everything my Windows computer does is pure win. Hands down.
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Given that I can already run ubuntu on my Epic, the next Gen of Android devices should bring Android phone/tablets far closer to being desktop/laptop replacements.
Look at the Atrix. It was a first attempt, but it is moving the android platform in the direction of a laptop/desktop replacement
Given the power of the new android phones, and the rate of new development, Android should begin to compete rather well in the desktop/laptop replacement field.
I hardly ever use my laptop anymore, except if I need to convert/edit a pic/video, or burn a CD/DVD
I feel that in general use, Android is FAR better than Windows, and I say this as someone that has done IT support in a windows environment for over 25 years.
After all, very few people would put windows use anywhere near a pleasant experience.
I really think that most of the advantages a desktop has, will start to fade as the phone/tablets get more powerful., and better able to integrate with docks and BT items
For example, CD/DVD burning can be added via micro USB with an external burner, or even on built into a docking station.
KB & Mouse the same way, or via BT.
A Monitor can be done via HDMI out, or also via a docking station.
The only real advantage I see for Windows, is full support of Microsoft office, otherwise, IMO there is just no real advantage of a windows system, that isnt related far more to the desktop's hardware, instead of the desktop OS.
I just came across this website. It's a $35 SoC system with a ARMv6 cpu and 256M RAM. The demo shows it plays 1080p H.264 video, XBMC, even Quake III well! Comparing its hardware with Atrix, I can't imagine how much processing power was wasted in Atrix.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Yeah that's sick.
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Exactly what I thought when i saw it. They say the GPU can outperform the Tegra2. But my opinion on why it runs so well is because it is running Linux, which has been heavily optimized throughout the years. Android is still an infant compared to Linux even if it is running a branch of Linux. It still hasn't been optimized to run on all the hardware that is currently being produced.
I'm willing to bet that if you could get android running on that board, it would be horribly laggy.
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Exactly what I thought when i saw it. They say the GPU can outperform the Tegra2. But my opinion on why it runs so well is because it is running Linux, which has been heavily optimized throughout the years. Android is still an infant compared to Linux even if it is running a branch of Linux. It still hasn't been optimized to run on all the hardware that is currently being produced.
I'm willing to bet that if you could get android running on that board, it would be horribly laggy.
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+1. android would lag the **** out of it. It would use 80% of the ram for itself.
Raspberry Pi looks very cool. My co-worker wants one, A lot of the improvements to linux that makes it faster today then just a few years ago really is in the Kernel. 2.6.32 is a rather old Kernel. There are speed improvements scheduling improvements and ext4 support that comes later. all those would improve android a lot.
The other problem comes though that most of android runs in Devik (spelling?) or in Java. naturally it's going to be slow, and that alone uses much of the ram on our phones. (though I'm glad ours has a GB worth, which it had to for webtop's sake)
If more of android ran natively it would be better.
I can't wait to see what the community does though with these neat little Raspberry Pies. (how are they meant to be plural?)
I have been watching these for at least the last 6 months. I am going to pick up a couple and have a few projects in mind. The first one will be a portable media center that will access my server at home. Going to attempt to tether with my phone for internet connection and then use a rii Bluetooth remote. Then I just have to carry a remote, hdmi cable, and the pi and have a full fledged xbmc anytime I travel. Have a few other ideas but going to see how that works first.
These are a great idea and plan on donating one for everyone i buy and hope you all do also. Just think of what this can teach kids and what they will be able to do when they get in their teenage years growing up with something like this.
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I plan to buy one too for the XBMC function. Going to be a killer device when it's hooked up with my NAS. I think this wireless mini keyboard will play well in this scenario: http://www.amazon.com/Palm-Sized-Wireless-Keyboard-Multi-Touch-Touchpad/dp/B004XY6LO8
http://www.amazon.com/Rii-Wireless-Keyboard-Multimedia-Handheld/dp/B004716NFE/ref=pd_vtp_e_4
This is the one I use with my home xbmc setup and it works great. going with BlueTooth for the PI. Took a week or so getting used to the touch-pad but now I can go around and do everything I need without even looking at it. Ultimate would be that with ir basic control on the back that I could do basic controls for my plasma and receiver. But cant have everything. LOL
After I get the media center going I am going to work on a in-car cpu. Would like a touch screen, gps, basic surfing, and media center that I can get to work with the stereo. Google music in the car! We will see how that goes though, that will be way beyond my capabilities but that is a project to learn something on.
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I just came across this website. It's a $35 SoC system with a ARMv6 cpu and 256M RAM. The demo shows it plays 1080p H.264 video, XBMC, even Quake III well! Comparing its hardware with Atrix, I can't imagine how much processing power was wasted in Atrix.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/
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In my opinion on why it runs so well is because it is running Linux, which has been heavily optimized throughout the years.
So i was wondering if any of you fellow a500 owners decide to upgrade this year what tablet it might be...
I love my a500 but i will be upgrading this year as i love new tech toys
Currently i see 4 potential suitors. They are...
Obviously the Acer a510 10" quad core t3 ics tablet
Acer a700 HD 10" t3 ics tablet
Asus prime HD (better front camera and higher res screen than current prime)
Finally the only dual core device the Samsung note 10.1 just because i own the phone and know the potential and unique features this offers! (Better for business, email, notes etc... not as good for games as t3)
Please share your thoughts .
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im really thinking of getting acers new 7 inch one when it comes out, the ten is good, but bringing it with me a seven inch might be best.
BUt then agian I love my full sized usb port
The Asus memo looks nice as well. T3 ips and 250 bucks!
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I don't think I will be buying another tablet for years now. I use my A500 so rarely, and I want to be able to slap it in a dock and actually be able to use it for desktop-computing, something that none of the current tablets offer. Tablets are horrible for gaming, so even the improved performance doesn't mean anything to me.
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I don't think I will be buying another tablet for years now. I use my A500 so rarely, and I want to be able to slap it in a dock and actually be able to use it for desktop-computing, something that none of the current tablets offer. Tablets are horrible for gaming, so even the improved performance doesn't mean anything to me.
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yeah i really wish all the big companies would add the usb controller parts into their games, I look at some of gameloft games and go that looks good, by a fps with touch controls never work well.
Onlive with the xbox controller I got is really nice, granted if your near a router
I will buy a windows 8 tablet.
I have an A501 right now but my next one is going to open source, whether it is a linux or android it will have an open source operating system or at least be capable of it.
I have been shopping in China for days, looking for the perfect Tablet...
Must be open source or capable (unlocked bootloader & source available)
10 inch capacitive screen
integrated 3g and phone capable
USB host
HDMI with docking
8hr battery
Wifi & full bluetooth capable (HSP HFP SPP, HID)
I'm only using mine for reading books, some web browsing and web demoing to clients. I don't really have much need for it otherwise, but a Windows 8 tablet I would certainly buy when it's out.
Buying another android tablet does not make any sense, to me at least.
Android is great and all, it has good apps too.
Another Android tablet with better specs? It is still android!!!!!! you will rarely notice the difference between Tegra2 and 3.. ( Unless you download some games only to see a difference).
I'm not interested in Apple's iPad either, not at all.
So the next tablet? Windows 8. Most apps will not be optimized for touch, even Office apps, but does it matter? Well, using those apps won't be as easy as using Android apps, but they can actually replace a laptop!!!!!!
So, the next time I'm in the market for a laptop, not a tablet, I am going to buy a Windows 8 tab that has a dis-connectable keyboard. Thank you.
Thanks for the feedback you all have valid points. I was only stating t3 has better game performance and support over the exynos in the Samsung. Personally i don't game alot. But android tablet games are coming along way fast!
For me the reason for upgrading is in a few months ill be fixing my a500 in my truck as a stereo headunit media center. So I'm going to need /want something new.
Windows 8 might be an option but haven't look into it much. Still won't be released till end if year correct?
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WOW Jumping ahead way to soon
I do not know of one single app that will not run on the Iconia a500. Its just coming up on a year old 450.00 device . i will be using mine for a few more years atleast..
I really still enjoy my iconia and with ICS its even better.
I don't plan on upgrading from my iconia until jelly bean is mainstream. By then I think the tegra 2 will start to feel older and slower, and my battery won't have as good of a charge.
And keep in mind ICS isn't mainstream yet
I'm looking at the a700... a real possibility
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I'm looking at the a700... a real possibility
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Europe pricing is like 749 for 16 gb and just under 1000 for 64gb. Crazy
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If I were to replace my A501 I'd probably go for the Asus Padfone, that way I could replace my Samsung Galaxy S as well.
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I'll start by saying that I really do love Android and despite what anyone says, I do think it's only getting better and is definitely going places.
That being said, I believe my next tablet may just be a Windows 8 tablet...that is of course if they are in the same or a similar price range as Android tablets. It won't be this year. Well, never say never but I highly doubt it will be this year. More than likely next Summer is when I'll be looking.
Currently my A500 does what I want it to, I use it almost daily for everything and I'm very happy with it. I believe that similarly, I would use my Windows 8 tablet in this way with an added bonus of having it be synergistic with my desktop and notebook. That's really the only reason.
I would give it a bit of time - there are apps on Android that aren't currently made for Windows that I want to use and I'd like to see how popular the Windows Store gets with these apps and if they will be free or the right price. I'd also have to see how fluid the OS is on whatever tablet I was interested in. If everything meshes well and I like what I see/use then I will def. be going to Windows 8.
I'll get another Android tablet IF Windows 8 Tablet isn't the experience I expect it to be...again, more than likely sometime next year. Right now I'm quite happy with the A500. The top requirement will be (once bitten, twice shy) that it sources updates directly from/through Google and isn't skinned - so likely some kind of Nexus Tablet, lol.
There's nothing the A500 can't do right now. With our talented Devs bringing us ICS, it makes it even better. All the apps work as they should and all functions work as they should or better. I don't see myself upgrading until the next series of Iconia's get released.
That being said, if HTC smartens up and brings out a 10" tablet with an unlocked bootloader and S-OFF, I may have to snap that up. Abit of an HTC Fanboy at heart =p
I ordered the new iPad on March, 11. I will get it on 5th April.
Thats my next tablet.
I'm sure you have been forced. We all feel very sorry with you
my tablet is only for internet surfing. The display and the battery are better than any android device.
If there are Android tablets in future with stock android (because of fast updates without custom roms), 8h battery time while surfing or watch a movie and 1080P resolution or higher I could sell the iPad and get this new android tablet. But in nearer future I don't think, that this will happen.
I forgot: in germany sky go app ins only avaible Form ios and I want Tor use this
It might not give you a full blown desktop OS, but it surely has to be a lot faster than the current webtop,and a bit more user friendly than installing GenTop.
I haven't used my Lapdock much because its so slow,so I'm looking forward to having something that is actually usable once we get ICS.
I was initially turned off by the fact we wouldn't be running a full version of Ubuntu, but after doing some thinking,I would rather have something thats faster with some limitations than something full featured that runs slow. Running android and only android has to be faster than any other method of the Webtop interface.
Anyone else agree?
I also agree, and I think that if we want a full-featured OS Webtop we would need a quad-core phone. Gentop is nice however isn't user friendly.
There's also HDMI mirroring but the resolution is upscaled and enlarged so when its plugged into a Lapdock it looks LQ.
Plus mirroring is laggy since its outputting to the phone screen and another screen.
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What's funny is that Ubuntu Webtop isn't even full featured. It's pretty much just Firefox and a file manager. And yet it's still really slow somehow. You have to download a Webtop mod to get true Ubuntu features. Webtop 3.0 will be very welcomed.
I think it's interesting, and going to be pretty useful, but its going to be majorly flawed. I plugged a mouse into my ics tablet to get a sense of how a tablet os works without a touch screen. First impressions were pretty decent, there were a few oddities, like precision zooming, but for the most part, the experience was ok.
Then it hit me, I had been using the scroll wheel a huge amount and on trying to use the device without it, ended up with lists flying everywhere and cramped wrists, similar to using the lapdock*with mobile view..... Unless motorola can add some degree of trackpad scrolling, my lapdock will end up on ebay, or my phone will remain on gingerbread. With my macbook (no multitouch, just two finger scrolling), i have never felt the need to use a mouse for 3 years, sure, arrow keys help, but the single touch lapdock trackpad problem is exasperated by changing to a touch based os.
I just don't see it being practical, i think the concept is great an I think this would be amazing to have, but it would be so much better to have it alongside more of an ubuntu for android type distro for real laptop like flexibility. We also neeeeeed a better scrolling mechanism on the lapdock. Put all of this in place, and I don't think I would need any other laptop!
Give me webtop 3, with its inferior browser (firefox renders better, supports more standards and has real right click operations than chrome beta or the ics browser) and its inability to multitask and show more than one item on the screen and I will be quite disappointed. Having a 16/9 tablet also highlights how ics isn't particularly good for wide screens such as the lapdock as there are several apps that sit in the middle of the display flanked by white space such as the market.
I just really hope we can get a gentop2 port or an ubuntu for android port working if motorola drops the ball and leaves us with a really compromised experience. Potentially they could do a really good job if they can get all apps to work nicely in tablet mode and add side scrolling to the trackpad... please motorola, I'm waiting with both excitement and trepidation.
I agree the touchpad should have had side/two finger scrolling, but the arrow keys/pg up/down makes a half decent substitute.
A couple of concerns I would have:
1. Finding a decent VNC app that works well with the control scheme.
2. Printing from ICS.
When is it coming out??
when we get ICS, Q3 of this year
hopefully the lag go away
webtop is similar to tabletui of cm9?
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webtop is similar to tabletui of cm9?
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Similar, but it only works if you have a dock with your atrix.
essentially, its just like a tablet without the touchscreen if you have a lapdock.
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Similar, but it only works if you have a dock with your atrix.
essentially, its just like a tablet without the touchscreen if you have a lapdock.
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Take a look at the webtop 3 video in the ics demo video thread, looks like a dock may no longer be neccessary
Plus, this is better than the current mirroring solutions as it takes the native display resolution of the hdmi device as opposed to stretching the phone resolution.
webtop 3.0
just got the OTA on my RAZR, first thing I did was plug in my lapdock to check out 3.0, and I have to say it is sooo much better than the old version... most of the lag is gone. Its still not perfect, but it is very usable now. Hopefully they won't delay the update for you guys too much longer
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just got the OTA on my RAZR, first thing I did was plug in my lapdock to check out 3.0, and I have to say it is sooo much better than the old version... most of the lag is gone. Its still not perfect, but it is very usable now. Hopefully they won't delay the update for you guys too much longer
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Unfortunately i am on vacation and forgot to put the dock in my bag. As far as programs being added there really isn't anything added they removed more and focused on an Android experience, Firefox is gone, as well as mobile view. Basically it is your phone screen blown up to the size of the monitor... the browser is your browser from your phone as well as the app drawer and everything else... instead of the software running on top of your phone's OS it is your phone's OS magnified. Which makes it a smoother experience and for me more productive. You can switch app display modes from tablet mode to phone more for the ones that don't scale well but I haven't had any issues yet.
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Has anyone tried running a VNC'ed and chrooted linux distro on webtop 3? How does it compare to the gentop2 and other webtop modifications we currently have?
I guess the main question is how well android works as a desktop os and how is the multitasking? I think its great that motorola have removed the provision for the dock and I can see myself using webtop 3 a huge amount hooked up to my TV, but I want a more productive lapdock experience. I wonder how possible an onskreen cornerstone port would be just for webtop or a port of gentop2 to the new ICS ROMs.
I have been using the Overskreen app for a while on my tablet, I think its going to be the first thing I install once we get ICS on the atrix!
Found a lapdock 500 today for $175 so I picked it up lol here are a couple screens
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I want it on my atrix so, so very much. Web browsing, streaming vids, music all stuff android does awesomely made more awesome by lapdock resolution
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Youtube some Webtop 3.0 action and you will see just how night and day the difference is from the Atrix-Webtop 2.0/1.2 experience. My take on it is that it essentially turns your phone interface experience into a tablet+keyboard+mouse experience--meaning that you get to a comparable performance to your phone-mode in tablet-mode, which you can navigate with the keyboard and touchpad in native resolution. ICS has a great deal more flexibility in this department. I watched videos of the RAZR Webtop 3 experience with an eye on the little things like stuttering, delay, touchpad usefulness, keyboard input lag, and other little nitpicks. It's about 85% of what I wish ICS and a lapdock to be capable of. That's a far cry from the 20% I got from the Atrix lapdock and stock (or Gentoo or Ubuntop) experiences I had. It just didn't work at all.
Droid Bionic ROMs were being pulled from the Moto development cloud by the end of June. There's been at least 4 since a couple days ago. The Xyboard something-or-other had it's first the other day. Moto's ICS rollout schedule is so far on track. I feel comfortable conjecturing that we US MB860 users will at the LEAST have a couple flashable development ROMs leaked by the end of July. And those will defffffinitely include Webtop 3.0.
So buck up gents. It's Coming Soon. ICS.
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Found a lapdock 500 today for $175 so I picked it up lol here are a couple screens
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Looks nice, the dpi does look about right for the lapdock, everything is small enough to work nice with a mouse. The lapdock 500 has multi touch scrolling doesn't it? How easy is it to use android with the trackpad and is it ergonomic without multi touch? I use a right click and scroll plug in installed on firebox which makes a huge difference with the terrible trackpad on the atrix lapdock but obviously this won't work on Webtop 3.
Looking forward to your answer, im looking foreward to alot of the improvements but the atrix and it's dock was never designed for Webtop 3 so I'm a little bit nervous about how some things will work. I use my lapdock nearly every day and I want it to be as useful as possible!
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Yes the multi touch scrolling compared to using the ATRIX lapdock I had before is much nicer, before that I typically clicked on the pg up and pg down keys for web pages... for scrolling desktops and app drawer you kind of just click towards the edge of the screen to move over to the next page. The experience in general is much simpler and faster because you don't have to deal with resizing the mobile view or changing between portrait and landscape it is all in one screen now all the time like a regular android device. Windowed mode is no more which makes it feel less like a desktop device but tapping the third button at the bottom left opens a task switcher that works very well.
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Has anyone had a chance to try out these new Android Micro/Mini computers yet?
First impressions?
Would you use as your main media centre now XBMC is Android compatible?
They are the size of a USB stick usually with integrated wifi, USB port and HDMI port as well as a micro SD expansion slot. Looks cool.
http://youtu.be/akp2hYE1dZ0
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...-Processor-Media-Center/803232_550274999.html
http://www.dealextreme.com/p/mini-a...r-w-wi-fi-hdmi-usb-micro-usb-black-4gb-141171
It looks nice but a x86 one would be better. I suggest you wait a little. Also I think this should be in android general
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sounds cool
coooool
Answer to the ques
Yh I know what you're taking about , the USB drives are trending nowadays but I hardly can figure out a reason for them with 1.0 Ghz and 512 ddr2 ram which I believe is the maximum specifacion those USB form factor can go. They’re limited to arm instruction set , which means arm software and not x86
so nothing will work instead of android , however I have heard of Ubuntu ARM port.But I believe installing Ubuntu or any other Linux on that USB will be hard to implement
and I think after you install ubuntu you can customize it to make it more like XBMC
They come in much better flavours than those posted above. I like this one:
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G133999328931
It is basically the Galaxy S3 board with extra peripherals, more than enough for a decent low-powered htpc imo. Runs ubuntu pretty well considering there are no open source Mali drivers.......yet
awesome
brutoid said:
They come in much better flavours than those posted above. I like this one:
It is basically the Galaxy S3 board with extra peripherals, more than enough for a decent low-powered htpc imo. Runs ubuntu pretty well considering there are no open source Mali drivers.......yet
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That's awesome, might have to pick one up. Especially with XBMC and VLC for android this would make an incredible media solution.
brutoid said:
They come in much better flavours than those posted above. I like this one:
http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php?g_code=G133999328931
It is basically the Galaxy S3 board with extra peripherals, more than enough for a decent low-powered htpc imo. Runs ubuntu pretty well considering there are no open source Mali drivers.......yet
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Still not a bad choice but I want a S4 with Adreno 320
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Any1 bought it ?
Its chinese....
it can blow right on my face
Im just gonna wait a little and see what else comes along, see room for improvement
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I think it looks awesome even compared with the $25 Raspberry Pi's out there. I'd like to get one, but then again I can use my GS2 for just about everything I need and it'll have more power. It'd be good to have one of these little guys in case I went to someone's house for a weekend or on vacation and needed a basic PC to browse internet, etc.
Good find none-the-less.
I've been following these a lot and so far have been pretty disappointed.
There are a few different ones, the best specs-wise being the cStick.
Always Innovating HDMI dongle (only selling to vendors I believe)
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/01...eils-open-source-android-4-0-hdmi-dongle-stb/
Mini X Plus and/or Mk802 (my problem with this company is I was reading on their forums reports of both overheating and 512MB models being sold as 1GB).
https://www.miniand.com/products/Mini Xplus TV Box H24
Apparently the Roku streaming stick requires MHL-enabled televisions.
And the best I've seen the cStick has been delayed time and time again and so far haven't updated their status in months.
http://www.fxitech.com/products/
If anyone knows about any more let me know!
JasonD416 said:
I've been following these a lot and so far have been pretty disappointed.
There are a few different ones, the best specs-wise being the cStick.
Always Innovating HDMI dongle (only selling to vendors I believe)
Mini X Plus and/or Mk802 (my problem with this company is I was reading on their forums reports of both overheating and 512MB models being sold as 1GB).
Apparently the Roku streaming stick requires MHL-enabled televisions.
And the best I've seen the cStick has been delayed time and time again and so far haven't updated their status in months.
If anyone knows about any more let me know!
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I have been looking at cstick as well, but the lack of information makes me consider it a dead project.
I have ordered a Tizzbird N1, which is more focused on being a media player but will have Google Market (with custom firmware) and the possibility to run apps.
Code:
w w w.cnx-software.com/2012/03/08/valueplus-tizzbird-stick-n1-android-ics-hdmiusb-dongle-media-player/
They are claiming that they will start deliver in Sweden the 27th of August (postponed from 8th of August)
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That reminds me of the Raspberry Pi, might have to pick one of these up!
I have had a mk802 for a month or more. Its OK not great. Recently it doesn't want to grab wifi which makes it almost useless. Its laggy and for sale.
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i'm also using the mk802.. had it for about 2 weeks now. didn't do much with it other then install XBMC for android on it. and a few pluging to stream my movies and shows. it gets laggy at times
i'm also using the mk802. und Raspberry Pi
both with xbmc
The Raspberry is for Pro Users the MK802 run without knowledge.
WOW
I think that is really really cool. i could make my desktop and laptop pc an android and get rid of everything windows... hmmmm
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another thing, I have a XBMC on my original xbox, so your saying i could hook it up to that and browse internet thru the TV? i am sure i could do it with the 360 i have as well..
Quite slick. I found this one on Amazon; definitely added to my wishlist to go with a shiny new HDTV for my living room.
I'm also considering to buy one, but don't you think it can very easily overheat?