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I recently bought a target stylus at Best Buy for 20$ and didn't find it to be as good as I thought it would be.
I was doing some research and I stumbled across this bluetooth stylus for the galaxy tab...
http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-bluetooth-stylus-29-09-2010/
Does anyone know if this would work with our a500?
Anyone have thoughts?
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Anyone have thoughts?
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Did not find the specs, you want one for capacitive screen.
the stylus is capacitive, but there are sensors om the pen as well, transmitting data via bluetooth. This is why I want to know if it works, anyone can test this?
Pretty sure you'd need some driver or other software on the tab to understand the data coming from the stylus...
could I copy the drivers from the galaxy tab? I'm no dev but I think what I want to do is possible
Sure, if you can identify what the correct files are. You'll probably need some kind of IME from the tab, too.
I wouldn't have to edit a driver? Hmmmm like I said, I'm no dev but I'm good at copy and paste! Lol
I honestly don't know. You could always try one of the custom ROM's based on the tab...
We have a rom based on the tab?? Can you point me to it?
It's in the dev section. It's quite old though, might even still be a 3.0.1 version ROM...
Sweet... Thanks for the heads up. I also realized that I do not have a samsung galaxy stylus laying around lol.....
Anybody know of anybody else with a samsung galaxy stylus wanting to help me find out if this works??
This is just a stylus with a built-in Bluetooth handsfree or vice-versa if you so prefer. So Bluetooth technology in this accessory has nothing to do with character recognition, it's just for answering calls. So don't bother.
Anyway, Samsung never released it. They have released a Bluetooth-less version.
Sucks. I figured that out haha. Hmmmmm. I'm still seeking an inexpensive way to find decent handwriting via a stylus on my a500.... Any suggestions.
I'm on that quest too. Nothing good so far... iPad has much better options. uPad, for instance... I mean, software. As fow hardware, I was using a plain $3 rubber-tip stylus with a built-in ballpoint pen from China.
What about using the SAMSUNG Galaxy Note Stylus Touch S stylus with the Pen Holder Kit?
The Galaxy Note S Pen Stylus can only be used on a Galaxy Note and, perhaps, on an HTC Flyer. The tablet has to have certain touch screen hardware to be able to recognize input from such styli.
That's a pity. All the other stylii I've found or seen have to wide a tip for me to use drawing & writing apps.
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That's a pity. All the other stylii I've found or seen have to wide a tip for me to use drawing & writing apps.
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I have used the bamboo stylus, alupen and a cheapo kensignton sylus I picked up at Staples (Can with a crappy pen on the other side too!)
All three are great for taking notes and such on the tablet.
I think the Bamboo has the smallest tip if you need the finer point.
Can this be done? I am asking this because I am getting sick of messing with all these tablets none of the 7' ones have optical batteries and it is hard to find one that doesn't weigh like a pound with a huge bezel which is the main reason why I was looking at doing this I feel the tablet would really benefit being light weight. My main question is if I found a decent cellphone with a broken screen for cheap would it be difficult to be able to adapt a 16:9 7' LCD panel and capacitive digitizer to the connector? I'd really love to have a small pocketable 7' tablet that has moddable space for some of the cheaply available cellphone batteries or extended batteries etc..
I was close to getting what I wanted with one tablet but it didn't have USB charging.
you can try on openmoko phone,they are coming with full customization opensource phone so you can modify it.
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Can this be done? I am asking this because I am getting sick of messing with all these tablets none of the 7' ones have optical batteries and it is hard to find one that doesn't weigh like a pound with a huge bezel which is the main reason why I was looking at doing this I feel the tablet would really benefit being light weight. My main question is if I found a decent cellphone with a broken screen for cheap would it be difficult to be able to adapt a 16:9 7' LCD panel and capacitive digitizer to the connector? I'd really love to have a small pocketable 7' tablet that has moddable space for some of the cheaply available cellphone batteries or extended batteries etc..
I was close to getting what I wanted with one tablet but it didn't have USB charging.
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If I read this correct, you want to be able to remove the tablets battery and/or swap it with a cellphone battery? Would it work? Yes. No. I have a 5in. Galaxy Player that has a non-removable battery but I removed it just to see if I could. If you manage to correctly wire everything together you have to consider how to get it in a pocketable shell. Also phones and tablets have different shaped batteries and those batteries have different amperage/voltage. But hey, if you got expendable cash and a little "know how" by all means go for it.
i was talking modding a phone with a broken screen into a tablet by replacing the screen with a 7' lcd and a capacitive digitizer and designing a shell while maintaining the phones ability to use its own optical batteries. I am just trying to get a feel for whether this would he a viable idea.
But do u think a 7 inch is pocketable? Even if its weightless? Lol, i almost dont put my hd2 in my pockets, its hell of a big.
But as ans for ur doubts its possible. Unless u manage to get a proper display. Batt isnt that much prob. U can make packs with several batts, if u know how to.
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Wouldn't one extended battery suffice? and yes a 7' tab is pocketable the main issue that makes these non pocketable is the huge bezels on some of them.
First and foremost you can't wire a different screen or digitizer into the system. The LCD driver is build and configured for that exact display and resolution. A better solution could be to slave a LCD panel using the hdmi and integrate a mouse into the housing to control it.
As for batteries there is a reason they are the way they are. It is easier to integrate it (smaller profile) and it is easier to deal with. You would need a huge battery if you wanted any sort of run time.
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First and foremost you can't wire a different screen or digitizer into the system. The LCD driver is build and configured for that exact display and resolution. A better solution could be to slave a LCD panel using the hdmi and integrate a mouse into the housing to control it.
As for batteries there is a reason they are the way they are. It is easier to integrate it (smaller profile) and it is easier to deal with. You would need a huge battery if you wanted any sort of run time.
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I was going to say, the biggest problem will be the driving hardware for the LCD as almost each lcd has a different one. In order for this to work you would have to find one that works exactly the same way as the screen that you are taking off.
Battery power will also be a problem. The battery for my Captivate is 5.5 Watt Hours which at 3.7-3.8V is 1450-1500mAh. The battery an iPad 2 is 28W which at 3.8V is 7380 mAh. Basically, bigger screen = bigger backlight. Bigger backlight = more power. The most battery two most battery draining items on the phone is the cell receiver and the lcd backlight.
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you can try on openmoko phone,they are coming with full customization opensource phone so you can modify it.
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Wow. I haven't seen a reference to openmoko in a long time.
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What's wrong with having a bezel around the screen? It is actually useful when you hold the tablet cause your fingers won't touch the screen as you're holding it
Get a Samsung galaxy note!
I agree with this guy ^^^^
I had the same trouble as you, but now I have a Galaxy Note, its only 5.3 inches though not 7, but after moving up from an iPhone it feels huge.
Yes on the Galaxy Note -- have one and am pleased
I have the Galaxy Note and recommend it as well.
Give that, my read is you may find an option of using an andriod phone put a mod on it (an example cyanogenmod) and BOOM phablet
I am digging into this as an option as well (welcome comments). I have been trying to get a device from ebay without luck todate (recommendations welcome).
I also ordered a Window N50 (N5Zero) as another option
let me know if this helps
Unless you really need the phone functionality of an actual phone, wouldn't it be much simpler to buy an existing 7" tablet and then mod it to take removable batteries? Some dremel work, bit of plastic plates for support and some spring contacts and you're good to go.
China makes some very nice android tablets. I've got a 9.7 one that runs ICS and the experience on it is at least as good as my old HTC desire minus the phone and 3G. Supports external 3G dongles but dang they're ugly..
For the record, I have a galaxy note.
Just buy a kindle fire, root it, and install ICS. Or just install a launcher like my GF did. For 200 dollars you will not do any better than it, period.
The kindle fire is pretty impressive in terms of RAM and processor power for the price, and while the screen isn't perfect, I found it hard to justify $700 at the time for the Gnote over her free smartphone and $200 dollar KF.
Even in terms of gaming, emulation, etc, I have yet to find anything running significantly slower than on my Gnote, even though the specs are just a 1ghz dual- core processor and 512 mb RAM. I think the playstation emulater ran ever so slightly slower with a 3D game, that's it.
My girl seems to get around 3-4 days on standby with some moderate gaming and a lot of e-reading, etc. I'm sure you can get a generic micro-usb 'external battery' which will charge your device etc. Personally, I just carry around a micro-usb cable and/or charger. Unless you are taking this hypothetical tablet into the woods I can't see how you wouldn't be able to charge it at least for an hour or two somewhere in this day and age.
One of the reasons that you will not find tablets with removable batteries is that the batteries themselves are massive and make up much a pretty sizeable chunk of the phone. I can't state the specifics, but the point is you can't just 'remove the back and plop in a new battery'. What, were you planning to run four galaxy S2 batteries in series or something? How would that be useful? And do you really think that the result you will get will be superior to something you could buy? Have you ever tried soldering onto PCBs before? Do you have the proper equipment to do so?
+1 to the lower-cost tablets coming out of China, etc. I have heard some good things about them.
Summary: economies of scale have all the answers you need
The Toshiba Thrive has a removable battery. The 10 inch, at any rate.
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I've been thinking all along that Nexus 7 would have a capacitative touchscreen, like all modern quality tablets. Never did it cross my mind it could be the resistive, more crappy, kind found on many low budget Chinese tablets.
However the UBM TechInsights teardown threw off alarms on my head by showing two resistive screen controllers:
ELAN Microelectronics eKTF3624BWS – Controller for Resistive Touchscreen
ELAN Microelectronics eKTH1036BWS – Controller for the Resistive Touchscreen
Can someone already with the tablet confirm which kind it is and report back? I think a simple test is just trying to use the back of a regular pen.
If it works with the pen it's resistive, if not it's capacitative.
Thanks guys!
One thing Google DEFINITELY didn't and wouldn't skimp on is this.
Don't worry, it's a standard touch screen. Trust me, if it was resistive you'd know. The internet would be up n arms, and this tablet would NOT be successful.
Thanks elcapitaine, but after the MHL saga I'm hoping to be sure of this. The reviews have told us surprisingly very little about the the hardware side of things.
I was re-reading the Verge's review to see if they picked up anything and noticed this: "To my eyes, this is definitely a software problem, but I didn’t see similar issues on the Galaxy Nexus with Jelly Bean, so this will remain a question mark. Simply put, sometimes when you’re scrolling quickly (say, on the homescreen), the scroll will not follow your finger, and instead snap back the page to the one you were trying to move away from."
So users may be assuming that any inconsistent behaviour is down to software glitches, when in reality it's the touchscreen itself.
I'm really a bit worried about this.
i can absolutely guarantee you that it's capacitive.
if it was resistive then we would know from engadget, verge, ign, or one of any thousand blogs.
Can anyone now confirm this since it's actually out now? Saw some apple fanboy going on about how the N7 had a touch resistive screen on a blog at Engadget, but couldn't find much either way on the net. Can anyone do the pen test?
Because as much as I want the N7, a resistive touch screen would be sufficient to make suffer using this POS iPad 1 until the next go-around.
It's capacitive, this isn't 2002.
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Can anyone now confirm this since it's actually out now? Saw some apple fanboy going on about how the N7 had a touch resistive screen on a blog at Engadget, but couldn't find much either way on the net. Can anyone do the pen test?
Because as much as I want the N7, a resistive touch screen would be sufficient to make suffer using this POS iPad 1 until the next go-around.
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Lmfao I don't think you know how hard resistive screens are to use.. They're **** and have crap multi touch.
OF COURSE the N7 is capacative, it'd be worthy of the garbage bin if it wasn't. Even $100 Chinese tabs are capacative these days.
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Lmfao I don't think you know how hard resistive screens are to use.. They're **** and have crap multi touch.
OF COURSE the N7 is capacative, it'd be worthy of the garbage bin if it wasn't. Even $100 Chinese tabs are capacative these days.
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Lol. I know exactly how much a pain in the ass touch resistive is, thus my disinclination to purchase the N7 IF it truly did have a touch resistive screen.
Though I admit that TR screens have come a long way since we all learned to hate them on the early palm devices. Most of our high-end drafting tables for our engineers at my company use TR screens, because there are some legitimate benefits to having a resistive screen over a capacative screen when you're drafting. But I definitely don't want one on a tablet. At least until palms new TR/TC hybrid screens start gaining traction. I think then we'll start to see some neat haptic screen techniques that weren't possible before.
But thanks for assuring me the screen is TC. Think I'll purchase my N7 now (though I'd kill for a 3G variant...).
Hi all
Please help me. I am getting really confused with ME400 specification.
Especially with those few listed below:
- Does it have Wacom stylus support?
- Does it have Gorilla glass?
- Does it have full GPS?
Additionally what exactly is in the box?
Mini USB to USB adapter? Any other cables?
How does it compare to Dell Latitude 10 Essential? Is it worth considering?
I am almost ready to buy it (if only stylus is supported), will it be a good choice in this price range? I am looking for iPad replacement not laptop replacement so docking station is not essential for me.
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- Does it have Wacom stylus support?
- Does it have Gorilla glass?
- Does it have full GPS?
Additionally what exactly is in the box?
Mini USB to USB adapter? Any other cables?
How does it compare to Dell Latitude 10 Essential? Is it worth considering?
I am almost ready to buy it (if only stylus is supported), will it be a good choice in this price range? I am looking for iPad replacement not laptop replacement so docking station is not essential for me.
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No, you want the Vivotab 11.6" version.
No, scratch resistant but not Gorilla, or else they would proudly advertise it. Most likely, it is a corning glass like what Nexus 7 got but not Gorilla.
Yes, full GPS but good luck figuring out what app that uses it. I haven't found one.
You get the tablet, USB-AC power adapter, Micro USB to USB cable, and I got some small documentation. That's it.
Dell Latitude is only 32GB (which is probably about half usable out of the box) compared to the Asus 64GB (half usable). Dell has gorilla glass. I don't know if the Asus is 5 touch multi or 10 touch multi but Dell states there's is 10 touch.
Dell has slightly bigger battery, and a 802.11 dual band card. Asus is single band (2.4ghz) wifi card.
Dell looks to have proprietary power charger. Asus chargers over the Micro USB port.
Asus is plastic build, Dell looks to have better build quality.
Asus has micro SDXC slot, Dell is full SD.
Dell is slightly heavier (80g) than the Asus.
Dell removed the mini HDMI port, Asus has this
Asus has micro USB which requires an OTG adapter to use USB devices, Dell has a full size USB port.
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No, you want the Vivotab 11.6" version.
No, scratch resistant but not Gorilla, or else they would proudly advertise it. Most likely, it is a corning glass like what Nexus 7 got but not Gorilla.
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As far as i know, all vivotabs are corning, no matter which version.
Even the vivotab 11.5" which has the stylus is corning.
Just did some research, Corning is Gorilla Glass.
Hmmm the highest model the normal vivotab advertises that.
According to this the smart is also corning, but cannot verify.
http://reviews.bestbuy.com/answers/...-black-questions-answers/questions.htm?page=2
Thank you very much for your answers. it seems that Dell is quite good choice.i need to check if they they offering it with 64gb as well.
One more thing how about Wacom stylus support withMe400? For example styluses from Samsung Note would they work? I found on Asus Web page that Wacom Styluses would but it was mentioned in Smart Note description so I am asking for first hand experience as on their page it could be copy /paste from 810 description for example,
In terms of Vivotap11,6 do you mean TF810? If so, I was looking at it and if ME400 is supporting stylus there is nothing tempting for me. I don't need docking station and already have bluetooth keyboard. 9.5h is more than enough for me. and price is 1.5 time of Me400 I really look for iPad replacement and laptop experience is not my requirement especially if this drives price up. on the paper both devices share similar specs processor, memory storage.
Can you advise what else beside docking station and larger display TF810 has to offer?
Wacom stylus are active, ME400c only can use passive stylus. There are some that are fine tip (JotNot comes to mind) that are passive.
TF810 is the one I was referring to, yes.
TF810 has active stylus (Wacom) support.
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Wacom stylus are active, ME400c only can use passive stylus. There are some that are fine tip (JotNot comes to mind) that are passive.
TF810 is the one I was referring to, yes.
TF810 has active stylus (Wacom) support.
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Is this confirmed information? Did you or anybody checked ie Samsung Note styluses? As this suggest that there is error on Asus page:
http://uk.asus.com/Tablet/VivoTab/ASUS_VivoTab_Smart/
SuperNote
SuperNote is a versatile multimedia note taking app that allows users to input & share through a variety of options: use your finger to draw, the Wacom stylus to sketch and the mobile dock to type. Include photo and video captures, or even audio notes.
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Please can anybody who has this device to confirm this in use. I have to be 1000% sure as this would be a deal breaker for me
Send me a wacom active stylus and i'll test it for you.
As it is, it does not have a digitizer so the active stylus won't work. Wacom does make stylus for capacitive screens without a wacom digitizer installed (which the 810FC has)
If you look here, the specs for the 810 show a wacom digitizer, the ME400c does not
http://www.asus.com/vivo/en/vivoTab.htm
@caudex
Corning makes Gorilla glass but also makes glass that is not Gorilla. Simply associating any glass made by Corning to be Gorilla glass is incorrect. That's equivalent to saying that since Chrysler makes Hemi, that all cars Chrysler makes have Hemi.
The Corning glass used by Asus in the Vivotab RT and the Nexus 7 are Corning Fit Glass. They are advertised as scratch resistant, but not as Gorilla glass.
Asus advertises the Vivotab 810C as having Corning Fit, not Corning Gorilla Glass. ME400c only advertised as scratch resistant.
11.6“ Ratio: 16:9 ( 1366x768 ) LED Backlight screen with IPS
Scratch resistant Corning® Fit Glass, anti-fingerprint, Super IPS+
Thank you guys for all answers. Now I have to decide if I can live without active stylus.. I will need it only for note taking and some sketches so this Jot stylus could do the trick.
What are your opinion on Acer W510 vs ME400 as price is almost the same (if you add keyboard and cover to ME400).
Also is there a point waiting until MWC 2013 to see what premieres will take place?
Is there any technological revolution just behind corner worth waiting? Any new atom processors sooner than Bay Trial? As if I got it correct this one is due to be released late 2013 so devices with this chip will hit market early 2014.
Thanks for helping.
I just got an ASUS vivotab smart tablet
Are you sure that the ASUS micro-USB port would work with an OTG adapter and it is not just for charging the tablet? THANKS
Asus has micro USB which requires an OTG adapter to use USB devices
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No, you want the Vivotab 11.6" version.
No, scratch resistant but not Gorilla, or else they would proudly advertise it. Most likely, it is a corning glass like what Nexus 7 got but not Gorilla.
Yes, full GPS but good luck figuring out what app that uses it. I haven't found one.
You get the tablet, USB-AC power adapter, Micro USB to USB cable, and I got some small documentation. That's it.
Dell Latitude is only 32GB (which is probably about half usable out of the box) compared to the Asus 64GB (half usable). Dell has gorilla glass. I don't know if the Asus is 5 touch multi or 10 touch multi but Dell states there's is 10 touch.
Dell has slightly bigger battery, and a 802.11 dual band card. Asus is single band (2.4ghz) wifi card.
Dell looks to have proprietary power charger. Asus chargers over the Micro USB port.
Asus is plastic build, Dell looks to have better build quality.
Asus has micro SDXC slot, Dell is full SD.
Dell is slightly heavier (80g) than the Asus.
Dell removed the mini HDMI port, Asus has this
Asus has micro USB which requires an OTG adapter to use USB devices, Dell has a full size USB port.
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Andrew_j said:
Thank you guys for all answers. Now I have to decide if I can live without active stylus.. I will need it only for note taking and some sketches so this Jot stylus could do the trick.
What are your opinion on Acer W510 vs ME400 as price is almost the same (if you add keyboard and cover to ME400).
Also is there a point waiting until MWC 2013 to see what premieres will take place?
Is there any technological revolution just behind corner worth waiting? Any new atom processors sooner than Bay Trial? As if I got it correct this one is due to be released late 2013 so devices with this chip will hit market early 2014.
Thanks for helping.
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The Acer is pretty nice, not a whole lot different than the Asus, though they are slightly different prices here ($100 more for the W510, no dock). The $100 price difference in favour of the Vivotab is the main reason I bought one over the Acer.
You could wait but if you think you're going to get a faster processor for this with the same battery life, it won't be until closer to q3/q4 if anything when they release Bay Trail, the upgrade to the current CPU. Don't expect Haswell to be it, at more than 4x the TDP for the lowest power chip. Same with AMD. The main thing I would like to see is either more storage space for the same price (possible) or a faster drive (mSATA or the like, not eMMC). I suppose USB 3.0 could come but that is probably for Bay Trail as well.
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Are you sure that the ASUS micro-USB port would work with an OTG adapter and it is not just for charging the tablet? THANKS
Asus has micro USB which requires an OTG adapter to use USB devices
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Yes, it works, as I use it with USB drives all the time. I have only a cheap $1 USB OTG from ebay and no problem.
Hi all
Thanks to all your replies I made my decision. Knowing all of the above I know way to expect and hopefully I will not be disappointed. I am going to buy ME400
Is there any case you can recommend? How about Vivo RT cases? Will they fit? Dimensions are almost identical. How the rest? Ports? Cameras? Speakers?
Are there any issues or problems you have faced?
Dead pixels? Yellowish spots? Rattling noises? Bad speakers or anything else to pay attention for?
Thanks guys
I haven't found any problems with it. Windows capacitive button can
I normally use headphones but my son has used it for his videos and no problems with the audio. I'm not listening to them for audiophile reasons, they are just tinny speakers after all.
I have'nt found a case yet, which is frustrating. Amazon is showing moko cases coming out in 2 weeks.
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I haven't found any problems with it. Windows capacitive button can
I normally use headphones but my son has used it for his videos and no problems with the audio. I'm not listening to them for audiophile reasons, they are just tinny speakers after all.
I have'nt found a case yet, which is frustrating. Amazon is showing moko cases coming out in 2 weeks.
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I was looking at this one:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/IVSO®-TF600...OMAW/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1360184082&sr=8-2
It's for tf600 but its dimensions are almost identical to me400.
Now waiting for me400 to be back in stock. Btw I ordered screen protector for tf600
My ME400 arrived home yesterday and today is going back. It has a flake or dust under the glass. Looking closely you can see that it's kind or shard pressing screen itself.
Do you have any problems with Me400 screens?
No problems with my screen. Opened a white/black powerpoint presentation in slideshow mode to check for stuck pixels or anything under the screen.
Soon I will have "faulty-LCD-Fobia" this is second ME400 I have. First has the dust under glass and now second has sligh light leak in the left bottom corner (but I could still live with it) but the two bright spots I won't tolerate.
They are actually much more visible in reality than on the photo. I cannot really explain what they are. They are invisible on black background. White or bright background make them visible.
You can call me Mega-jinx but I have been replacing my iPad 2 nine times due to dead pixels. The 9th is perfectly fine.
With ME400 I hope NOT to break this record.
Keep the fingers cross.
Guys,
I'd like to know if someone can share the drivers and BIOS (newer) that received by Asus Live Update?
I'm trying a lot of times to get the update but the asus live update can't work anymore.
Thank you!
I got my 3rd tablet this time (touch the wood) is perfect
Regarding to bios - its updated itself via asus update but I have no idea if or where it saves those files. Tried to find it without sucess. Sorry
I have a Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 2.
The stylus DOES NOT work with the ME400. Like previous posters have mentioned, this is not a wacom digitizer tablet. Passive stylus is the way you have to go.
OTG cables work, waiting to confirm that Micro SDXC works in this device. However, posters in another thread have confirmed this.
In my opinion, Vivotab RT cases should work fine with this device. Nearly identical with minor differences. If anything, the RT has more things to consider regarding cases. Keyboard doc, additional speaker, dock lock slider switch etc.
LOVE my 400. Had it about a week. Use Onenote (Home and Student edition) which syncs perfect on Skydrive across my other machines, Got a free Outlook 2013 from my exchange server carrier, and the battery is fabulous. I bought the Moko Slim case and Ink pen/stylus on Amazon which now comes for the 400 for a perfect fit.
Only suggestion I have for new users is to go to Display setting and turn the percentage up to 140 - 150 so your fingers will work on the Desktop mode easier, and better on the eyes.
Pefect cross over machine for me for business and casual media reader.
USB works perfect with the dongles, even a USB hub. Only wish it could charge through the hub, won't work.
I'll leave photoshop my my nice fast desktop with the 26" monitor.
This tablet is probably going to be the biggest competition to an iPad as far as Android tablets goes. They've made huge strides considering the limitations Android has on tabs. Plus it's a very nice looking piece of hardware. That being said, I'm surprised no one has tried to make a case for this where the tablet "floats" above the surface. It would be really simple to avoid any suits from the fruit company. Either make it as just a case with no keyboard, or make the keyboard detachable & magnetic like many aftermarket keyboard cases are.
Would anyone else be interested in a case like that?
So I looked on Amazon & there are a ton of Magic Keyboard clones for the iPad so at this point it's really a surprise no one has attempted to make a case like this for the Galaxy Tab S7 & S8!