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I've been looking at all the tablets being released at CES this year and its overwhelming. I was wondering if anyone had any input about what they think is the best one to buy. There's just to many to look at to choose.
The Motorola xoom
Pure honeycomb
Probably the best one as of right now.
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The Motorola xoom
Pure honeycomb
Probably the best one as of right now.
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+1 Yup the xoom right now looks to be the best so far.
http://liliputing.com/2011/01/hands-on-with-the-asus-eee-slate-ep121-windows-tablet.html
The asus that can dock in a keyboard
Is the one I'm the most interested in.
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Trying to find more details on the LG that is coming to T-Mo, but the XOOM looks awesome with the Tegra2 and 10.1" display
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Ya but it looks like the xoom will be a little under $1000 which is way to much. I really like the blakcberry playbook but kinda better to have a blackberry phone with that
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moto xoom or any good honeycomb tablet, it can't $1000 because it has to compete with the ipad 2.
I currently have the Viewsonic G Tablet. Tegra2, front facing cam and lots of great developers making roms for it. The one drawback is the LCD screen which has a narrow viewing angle. I'm looking for the same hardware with an upgraded screen. Most announcements at CES centered on cpu and screen size so I need to wait for better info on the screen. I already own an iPad and the screens are really good, it's just all the other limitations that drove me away from it. The other thing that Apple does really well is battery life, I never even thought about the iPad battery, it was good for days and even a week on a charge. So my short list of requirements: Tegra2, FF cam, 10" IPS screen and good battery life.
I have the same requirements when I'm looking. I would even take a 7in tablet if it had the right specs. Right now I'm just waiting on more info about the G-Slate, hope that turns out to be a good one.
I really want more info on the 10 inch toshiba tablet. That is the one that caught my interest.
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The Xoom looks great but in a few months there's going to be a flurry of other devices that will be able to do 100% of what the Xoom can do. It only looks as good as it does because it's the only one with honeycomb "partially" working on it. The LG G Slate could be just as good, or who knows, maybe HTC will enter the tablet game. I would say Samsung but right now I'm not talking to them. They don't know how to treat paying customers.
The most innovative showing right now is the NotionInk Adam. It's hardware is almost identical to the Xoom, and it has that awesome Pixel Qi display (google this). It's shipping with 2.3 but the company promises a honeycomb update once the source is out. It has 2 full USB ports for peripherals or usb storage, a full HDMI port, 10 inch awesome screen, tegra 2, 1GB DDR2, 8GB onboard storage + MicroSD, Wifi or 3G models, camera that swivels 180 degrees, nice speakers, solid rubber rounded grip (have to see it to know what i'm talking about).
The reason I like this one so much is because it looks like they actually tried to make something new, where everyone else just had a knee jerk reaction to the ipads success and rushed to make an ipad clone.
The current gen iPad should still be at the top of most lists, because it's still really that good. And just wait until ver2.0 is released. We're in for some great geeky stuff.
SLG951 said:
I've been looking at all the tablets being released at CES this year and its overwhelming. I was wondering if anyone had any input about what they think is the best one to buy. There's just to many to look at to choose.
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I went to CES as press and saw probably at least 100+ tablets. Toshiba, Asus, and Visio had some nice ones. There were a few others such as Marvell, but hands down without a doubt the Moto Xoom killed it. My editor and I had a hands on interview with them on the Atrix and Xoom and have to say they absolutely nailed it. I have a Notion Ink Adam on order and cant wait for that, but the Xoom will probably be in my arsenal when it drops.
If your interested. Here is a quick hands on review at our site. I of course am taping and taking pics but I had plenty of time to actually check it out. Let me know if you have any questions about it, I might be able to share more from a hands on.
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If your interested. Here is a quick hands on review at our site.
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That was a nice read on your site.
Xoom got best in show not for nothing it will be amazing if they price it right and refrain from blur it with Motoblur and company.
One of the UK websites quotes the price at 719 quid, but as everyone said, they will have to do the competitive pricing to attract the customers from iPad2.
The Xoom is only going to be the best Android tablet until the 2nd honeycomb tablet comes out. I used to hate apple, but it's going to take more than a honeycomb video to sway me from getting that over the iPad2. Apple nailed it the first time, I can't imagine they couldn't nail it a second time.
Still haven't seen the charm of owing a overgrown phone? I rather use my computer/netbook/laptop
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Still haven't seen the charm of owing a overgrown phone? I rather use my computer/netbook/laptop
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Lol, I used to say the same thing. Tablets are really on a whole other level and they're here to stay.
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Lol, I used to say the same thing. Tablets are really on a whole other level and they're here to stay.
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Agree, I can easily see that it will replace my aging laptop that I use purely for entertainment purposes.
People should really read more about Notion Ink - Adam's specs and review the custom software on it (Eden). I have been following them since last year's CES event and am actually surprised not seeing everybody (I mean eveeeeerybody) drool over it. It easily beats every other tablet.
Check it out:
1) official blog: http://notionink.wordpress.com/
2) official website: http://notionink.com/
Can someone please post a video with side by side comparison of these two devices?
Thanks!
What exactly would you want to see? One of my buddies has a transformer and I got the tab. I could possibly do something for you.
kentoe said:
What exactly would you want to see? One of my buddies has a transformer and I got the tab. I could possibly do something for you.
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1-Screen quality
2-side by side comparison(Dimensions)
3-Scrolling
4-Boot up time
5-Internet speed test
Thanks!
okay, I'll see what I can do. Can't promise anything real soon though :-/
I'm looking forward for a Vs video too...I'm trying to decide between these two tablets...
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jon4lakers on YouTube should have one up pretty soon. They usually post videos every few days so hopefully sometime this week since it was a week ago that Noah did his impressions on the 10.1 and said Jon's Transformer is on the way to him for a head to head comparison.
Sceen wise, and this is going off other posts in this forum and my experience with my Transformer and iPad2, the Sammy screen should be the same as the Transformer but more saturated in color. Comparing my Transformer to my iPad2, it's more neutral in color but imo is a tad sharper due to the higher resolution. In another thread 2 members confirmed that the Samsung screen on their I/O 10.1's were a bit more saturated in color than the iPad2.
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okay, I'll see what I can do. Can't promise anything real soon though :-/
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Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I've also been waiting for the Techno Buffalo comparison although I think it will be fairly predictable as each has it's pros and cons. In the end I predict they will conclude you need to check out both and can't go wrong with either.
I had the TF but it died after one day so I returned it and I'm now waiting for the Tab 10.1. I prefer something slim and lighter over having a built in USB/HDMI which I'd rarely use.
Also - FWIW and I think I'm an outsider here but I'm using a Xoom now (with 3.1) and it much snappier than the TF I was using, although the TF did die so maybe it had some hardware issues.
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okay, I'll see what I can do. Can't promise anything real soon though :-/
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How is the comparison coming along?
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How is the comparison coming along?
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I feel bad because I was hoping I could do one for you but unfortunately my friend who has the transformer is away at Indy this whole half week or something (I have no idea how long his indy trip is) until memorial day I'm assuming.
Found this video on youtube!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrMp_n9016s
I'm curious which one has worse screen bleeding aka light leakage.
Another video from the same youtube account.. GT10.1's screen is definitely more vibrant which I really like. I always thought my Transformer, although a beautiful screen, was too neutral in colors for me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uV8GggJuKe8
Didn't see this posted...
The guys at Gizmodo posted a report by DisplayMate which pitted the iPad 2 against the new Samsung G10.1, Asus Trans and Moto Xoom in series of tests to determine the best overall screen quality- fidelity, contrast, viewing angle, etc. And while the main point of the story is how the Sammy knocked the iPad off the No. 1 spot for the first time, I thought what was said about the screen on our third place Iconia's was pretty interesting. Overall it beat out the Asus, but it also was tops in other categories that they thought were very important, specifically- the best calibrated screen of all the tablets- something I guess Android tabs have been derided for in the past (as still are from what the post says of the other droid tabs). Yet another confirmation that the Iconia is the dark horse of the current Tab lineup.
Anyway, here it is-
http://gizmodo.com/5824807/the-best-tablet-displays-ipad-2-just-got-dethroned
I have to admit I was impressed by Iconia. For a budget tablet it exceeded all expectations!
Isn't that the tab with the tegra2 chipset?
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Isn't that the tab with the tegra2 chipset?
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Lol, exactly! Or is it the one with the plain Honeycomb OS...?
But I guess that's what makes comparisons like this worth doing... between IPS on the Trans and iPad, Super LCD on the Iconia and what ever tech the others are boasting about, it's one of the few things that set these tablets apart at the moment. I amazes me how differently they perform or what apps work on one brand but not on another still.
I went out today with the intent of buying an ipad with a few accessories but decided against it once I tried it out
While the screen is nice, it is small.
The thing was very warm to hold, something is wrong with these devices and I am sure Apple is aware. Will this get fixed? Will it cause early failures? Will Apple provide some weird fix like free oven mitts?
Where's the app drawer?
Where the micro SD port?
The prices of accessories are in line with everything Apple - too much. $30 bucks for a stand? $80 for a flimsy leather cover? what about the backside?
The price $499 is crazy for a 9 inch, hot to hold, closed system. I was not impressed one single bit. And the fact that Apple never drops the price a penny anywhere is too controlling.
My ASUS lives to another day, or year. No thank-you Apple, not today.
Dude you have enough money that you should not even be bothered considering apple when you could afford so many better tablets and phones with higher specs and better systems
Just my opinion but congrats on ditching the i-crap
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possible heating problems. guess they weren't kidding when they say it's a "hot" item.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/20/tech/gaming-gadgets/ipad-overheating/index.html
i went out today and all most got two slices of pizza. But then I saw In and out and opted for a burger. Heck with that greasy cheesy two toppings slices of NY pizza.
Damn now I want pizza.
I was starting to give into the tablet craze last summer and was about to buy an iPad1 when I randomly saw a sarcastic comment on Engadget about the transformer. I'm so glad I saw that comment and got a transformer instead, and I cant wait for the padfone now.
Last year I started to read about tablets, wanted ti get an ipad, but then waited a little, in December google made the $0.10 offer and I bough a bunch of apps & games that I like a lot, and now switching to the iOS world will require me to repurchase all the nice apps and games, so now there is very little chance of switching from the Android to iOS....
not to mention the closed nature of iOS and different apps for doing one thing, for example, for sometime I liked Swype as a keyboard, then discovered Swift Keyboard which I liked a lot on my phone, switiching to tablet I really like Hacker's Keyboard, on the iOS you have only 1 option: iOS keyboard.....
The case acts as a heat-sink doesn't it? So it's no surprise it gets warm.
I always thought maybe I was a bit of an android fanboy since I tend to bash apple a lot and talk people into buying android products. But when the new iPad came out I decided to get one because I do a lot of photography (not a professional but I do like it) and with that resolution and all the quick edits I can do with iPhoto I wanted it.
Well at work this friend of mine knew I had gotten it and he came over to check it out. He was asking some questions and I made sure to answer them. Then I was surprised that he said "well you don't seem very excited about it". I guess he was right, I got it for a specific purpose but for everything else I still really prefer my TF101.
The heat issues are a bogus debate created by a bunch of whiners. Tests were done and the iPad 3 is at roughly 30-33 celsius while the iPad 2 was at roughly 28-ish celsius. Does this matter? No. They don't have the same hardware, one will clearly be hotter and better than the other. Is this dangerous? No. The MacBook and iPhone run hotter than this and each of those shows designs where space is constricted to the either end of the spectrum. On the MacBook you have more room and air so the temps might not matter as much but on the iPhone you have much less room and air and an overall denser device than an iPad 3 and it's still hotter than the iPad 3 but people have to ***** about it anyway.
In addition to the fact that those two devices run hotter and nobody cares, none of this changes the fact that the tested heat levels are within acceptable thermal levels. Processors are usually allowed to go WAY UP to 70 celsius or more. 30 celsius spread out on the back of the plastic exterior where we're not even sure how much of that is directly contacting any of the working parts like the proc. or batt. and people are complaining? Give me a break. It's shiny new gadget syndrome, everyone gets it including TF101 owners. Suddenly every tiny issue is a huge one that warrants a nationwide recall.
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The heat issues are a bogus debate created by a bunch of whiners. Tests were done and the iPad 3 is at roughly 30-33 celsius while the iPad 2 was at roughly 28-ish celsius. Does this matter? No. They don't have the same hardware, one will clearly be hotter and better than the other. Is this dangerous? No. The MacBook and iPhone run hotter than this and each of those shows designs where space is constricted to the either end of the spectrum. On the MacBook you have more room and air so the temps might not matter as much but on the iPhone you have much less room and air and an overall denser device than an iPad 3 and it's still hotter than the iPad 3 but people have to ***** about it anyway.
In addition to the fact that those two devices run hotter and nobody cares, none of this changes the fact that the tested heat levels are within acceptable thermal levels. Processors are usually allowed to go WAY UP to 70 celsius or more. 30 celsius spread out on the back of the plastic exterior where we're not even sure how much of that is directly contacting any of the working parts like the proc. or batt. and people are complaining? Give me a break. It's shiny new gadget syndrome, everyone gets it including TF101 owners. Suddenly every tiny issue is a huge one that warrants a nationwide recall.
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Might not be an issue for a naked iPad3, but put that puppy in a nice leather case folded over to double thickness on the back play a video game and the insides are getting warm enough to impact the reliability. If it actually turns out to be an issue, Apple will most likely issue a firmware fix to cool it down. BUT as this is more of a mechanical issue than a firmware issue, it will most likely slow down the clock without publicly announcing it.
now.. there is report of problem with "new ipad" wifi... half power of the ipad2...
antennagate : the return ?
Well, I will have to buy the new iPad as a developer but I'm not much happy about it. I think Transformer will still be my main tablet. I'm waiting for a A15 Android tablet with Wacom stylus and maybe 1920x1200 resolution until I part with my Transformer for good.
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Well, I will have to buy the new iPad as a developer but I'm not much happy about it. I think Transformer will still be my main tablet. I'm waiting for a A15 Android tablet with Wacom stylus and maybe 1920x1200 resolution until I part with my Transformer for good.
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Thas what im doing too.
Also have to buy a iPad3 for my job but the tf is still my favorite.... Apple stuff are overpriced and very over rated.
I think moust people only buy iStuff just to show off...
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I bought an ipad 2 last week. $350 on sale was too good to pass, so I got it. Played with it for about 2 hours and the next morning took it back and got myself transformer for the same price.
I don't care about the image, or styling, or brands. I just found that ipad is not capable of doing anything that I wanted it to do.
It's basically a tablet for blondes. If all you want is to spend money in itunes and use their content - it will work just fine. If you're not interested in itunes - don't get an ipad.
It doesn't see the file shares, there's no file manager, it doesn't play all the video formats, keyboard is terrible and it's impossible to install a different keyboard, it doesn't work with the book formats that I use, I couldn't even set up a homepage in safari, and the app store asks you for password every 1/2 hour.
Oh, and some of the stuff can be resolved by jailbreaking, but I chose that it just didn't make any sense to start troubleshooting things that work natively on android.
i didnt buy an ipad today
Verstuurd van mijn Transformer TF101
I think the guy talking about how hot processors run in normal Macs forget that you're holding this thing in your hand or something. Anyway, I didn't buy an iPad today either! (I'm Spartacus too?)
2011CorvetteZR1 said:
The price $499 is crazy for a 9 inch, hot to hold, closed system. I was not impressed one single bit. And the fact that Apple never drops the price a penny anywhere is too controlling.
My ASUS lives to another day, or year. No thank-you Apple, not today.
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It's 9.7" 4:3 aspect ratio and not 9" and this ratio it's much better for web browsing and ebook reading in portrait mode. In fact i would be happy if transformer had the same screen. Except this i prefer my transformer with a much more capable OS.
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Holy sh#t this hackers keyboard is amazing omg.
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It's 9.7" 4:3 aspect ratio and not 9" and this ratio it's much better for web browsing and ebook reading in portrait mode. In fact i would be happy if transformer had the same screen. Except this i prefer my transformer with a much more capable OS.
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The Le Pan II was designed with you in mind.
Almost forgot: I didn't buy the new iPad today.
I did receive my new iPad today, also having a TF101. I have to admit the iPad is just way more snappy, and a lot less buggy than the transformer has ever been.
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Does the graphic quality of you gtab suck the same way? I got my new gtab and than saw this it is so damn ugly
http://dl.xda-developers.com/attach.../2/5/2/7/5/Screenshot_2012-06-10-13-02-32.jpg
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9z4vupttnanc81b/Screenshot_2012-06-10-13-02-32.png
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Does the graphic quality of you gtab suck the same way? I got me new gtab and than saw this it is so damn ugly
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ironically its the graphic quality of the tablet that shows that lack of detail in the play store app. its like watching a vhs on a hdtv vs a crt old school. you dont realize how bad the vhs sucks till u show its flaws on a hdtv. I just looked at the play store on my inspire 4g and my friends captivate and a friends atrix. they all have that shader ring in the logo areas you displayed
ive watched a few hd movies on mine and am blown away by the color and brightness of this tab. ive used a tf300 and ipad gen 1 and love this thing. dont base the quality of the tablet on googles app store app
I'm starting to feel like people will complain about anything given the chance.
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I'm starting to feel like people will complain about anything given the chance.
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Yep. They want a top of the line tablet for $250.
While I've noticed that my super amoled Samsung infuse has a much better picture I understand that this tablet with that screen would cost $500+.
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Yep. They want a top of the line tablet for $250.
While I've noticed that my super amoled Samsung infuse has a much better picture I understand that this tablet with that screen would cost $500+.
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Exactly how I felt when making the purchase. I wanted a decent tablet that wouldn't break the bank. I found exactly what I wanted, but realize that of course there are going to be some flaws when the price gets this low.
To be honest, my cheaper blackberry playbook has better graphics, better sound, and better battery life.
It's interface is easy to use. My 2 year old daughters use it for playing video.
But my gtab2 is so much more useful, and the playbook is only cheap because it was sold at a loss by blackberry.
I'm happy. I actually take this thing around with everywhere I go.
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