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Refurbished Wifi Xooms 399$

Todays daily woot deal is the xoom wifi tablet for 399$, good deal!
http://www.woot.com/

I'm actually here because of today's woot... I had thought about picking one up shortly after they came out but decided against it for the price and my own lack of funds/need for it.
Now I've actually got a little money to spare but wondering if one of the other few competitors might be better so I'm trying to see what's best in terms of root, kernals, roms etc... Thinking I might end up picking one up at this rate.

I was looking at the same thing. Does anyone here have experience with the refurb items coming out of Motorolla? Are they generally in like new condition?

I am struggling with this one too...
I picked up a Xoom at Costco for $500 a few weeks ago, and could return it and pick up one off Woot for $100 cheaper. Only thing lacking is the fact that I lose the silicone case that comes with the Costco retail package.
Tempted to pull the trigger!

Does it still get the 4g upgrade?

BBruin66 said:
Does it still get the 4g upgrade?
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No - this is the WiFi only model. Not the 3g.

I purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Motorola at the end of May and I've had no issues with it all. I have a friend that also purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Moto. Both came in retail packaging with charger, cable and OEM screen protector as well as stock warranty. Didn't think I could go wrong.

Well, I think I am going to eat the $100 bucks and keep the Costco 90 day return policy in my back pocket in case some other fantastic tablet comes along to temp me away from my Xoom. I have until 9/19 for my return... ;-)

spiff72 said:
No - this is the WiFi only model. Not the 3g.
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Yeah I just realized that when looking at the woot site lol. I'm an idiot.

I spent about the same on a used WIFI model only a few months ago. I think this is a great price for the xoom. keep in mind that this is the google flagship, therefore updates come ASAP whereas other tablets have to wait for their respective companies to give the go-ahead.

i paid 570 for mine at launch and I dont regret it. So, yeah, go for it.

I have been wanting to get one since launch, and woot's deal of the day convinced me to finally pull the trigger on it. Can't wait to start messing with it when it arrives!

Gorgonesh said:
I purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Motorola at the end of May and I've had no issues with it all. I have a friend that also purchased a refurb Xoom direct from Moto. Both came in retail packaging with charger, cable and OEM screen protector as well as stock warranty. Didn't think I could go wrong.
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I doubt they have that many refurb, chance are that you will get new unit!
they are probably checking if lowering the price help them sell, in canada they just lowered the price to 499 like in the US at costco for the wifi and at this price point it's a great device! I lub mine!

I was too tempted and ended up ordering one last night as well. Just quickly browsing, it seemed like there are some good devs working on this and some good kernals/roms.
Definitely looking forward to playing with it! As much as I hate waiting around for it, I'll at least have time to research and prepare my plans of what to do to it.

P00r said:
I doubt they have that many refurb, chance are that you will get new unit!
they are probably checking if lowering the price help them sell, in canada they just lowered the price to 499 like in the US at costco for the wifi and at this price point it's a great device! I lub mine!
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Interesting that today Moto site shows no refurbished xooms available.

The same deal showed up again yesterday during the woot-off. I wasn't refreshing frequently so I don't really know how many they had left to sell, but I know they didn't sell out during the day of the deal.

Get an Iconia for 299.98 from Staples!

Paid 350ish for mine about a month ago. Should of waited and saved 30 bucks (after tax)! Oh well, awesome deal for anyone who doesn't have one yet.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20081008-58/get-an-acer-iconia-10-inch-android-tablet-for-$299.98/
http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/55492

Got mine today. Saw the coupon on another forum.
They really wanted to sell me the extended warranty. NOPE.
So far I love the tablet. Wish the Power Cord was a Little Longer.

Got mine today... Loving it so far (just wish I had the 3.1 upgrade)... I'll get to that when I get home.
Yeah, the power cord definitely needs to be longer.

I had to pay $470 with tax a couple of months ago. :\

i wanted to buy another but the coupon is not valid online =(

ziggy34 said:
Got mine today. Saw the coupon on another forum.
They really wanted to sell me the extended warranty. NOPE.
So far I love the tablet. Wish the Power Cord was a Little Longer.
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Haha me too they were PUSHING the extended warranty....was over a third of the cost I paid lol ugh good luck

Just got back from Staples, bought 2! Just $328 each after tax! Can't wait for it to finish charging and hack the hell out of it!
Did everyone wait the full 4 hours to charge before using it? Or is that just bs?

got mine coupon working at Office Depot, go go go get it , very YMMV

tgtoys said:
Just got back from Staples, bought 2! Just $328 each after tax! Can't wait for it to finish charging and hack the hell out of it!
Did everyone wait the full 4 hours to charge before using it? Or is that just bs?
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I plugged mine in and used it.
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Picked one up today!
I recently picked one up from Amazon for $448. Called them and got me return shipping label.
you just can't beat $130+ in savings.
w00t.w00t

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I plugged mine in and used it.
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Oh I'm sure it works right away no problem, but overall does this affect long term battery? I'm assuming it may require the battery to be recalibrated at some point for optimal performance/capacity. This is more of a general battery question, not specific to the A500...

tgtoys said:
Did everyone wait the full 4 hours to charge before using it? Or is that just bs?
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I plugged mine in, it was full charged in less than 2. Good thing I don't think I could have waited any longer. The quick start guide said 4 hrs and the instructions said 8 I think. And I think you should be able to plug it in and turn it on, they just mean don't turn it on and drain the battery before giving it a full charge.

Just did it!
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This is good news even for us early adopters who paid the full $450. Pretty much the rule of thumb on XDA is the more popular the device the more development occurs for it! I'm usually NOT an early adopter and I don't think I've ever paid MSRP on any other electronic device I've ever purchased, but even at MSRP the A500 was the cheapest, best tablet out there, so I still feel liked I saved quite a few $ over, say, an iPad or iPad2 or Xoom, etc.
If the price goes any lower, it's going to be cheaper than my HTC Evo phone was -- subsidized from Sprint!

I work for Staples and the first I heard of this coupon was this thread.
I freaked for a second because I just bought my Acer 5 days ago, when we had the $50 off coupon on Any Laptop/Tablet. That was valid 7/13-7/16
I pad around $350 for the tablet after that and my employee discount.
I texted my manager. Tomorrow I'm getting a price guarantee exchange.
After my discount and tax, I'll pay roughly 280 for it.
We have to push the warranties, for no other reason than to keep our jobs.
We don't earn anything from it, other than a pat on the back from big brother, and momentary job security. In today's economy, Staples doesn't offer us any legitimate cut of the ridiculous profits of these plans, unless you work in one of the top 5 selling stores in the US. Then you might get an extra $50-100 a MONTH. Which isn't much incentive for the kind of pressure they put on us.
And if we don't sell, we get disciplined, in terms of hour cuts or termination.
However I will say in retrospect, the warranties on the tablets are a bit better than the laptops. You get battery coverage and they're all accidental. You break it? -- Battery stops holding a charge? Replacement or reimbursement.
If you break down the price divided by the amount of time monthly, it costs and covers things on par with cell phone insurance, except unfortunately it has to be paid entirely up front.
That's my two cents, from an Easy Certified Tech, desperately searching for a real tech job in a crappy economy.

Sweet! thanks man

Possibly going to get this. Do you think this is still a good buy? Will the tablet remain relevant for a while? Can't beat the price, that's for sure.

SO listen to this...
Went to the store. They listed it at $449. I asked them to look it up and they said they'd give it to me for the online price of 399. The the dude came back and told me he was out except for one that was returned. I asked if he'd give me a discount on it and he said 10%. When I checked out, with the coupon, it all came to 289 after taxes! Same 14 day return and warranty. There was nothing wrong with it. If there is, I can go return it for a new one if I so wish...or at least return it.

This was seriously the deal of the century! xD
I got my A500 32GB from CostCo on 7/4 -- $500ish after taxes. Took a CWM backup after rooting. Came with the annoying Acer case and HDMI cable.
(I got an HDMI cable off ebay for pennies.)
Got this 16GB Staples model for $300.
Went on Amazon, got a nice case and a shiny 32GB SD.
Everything aside, the A500 is pretty much the best. Same specs, no fuss, runs every ROM -- what's not to like?

tgtoys said:
Oh I'm sure it works right away no problem, but overall does this affect long term battery? I'm assuming it may require the battery to be recalibrated at some point for optimal performance/capacity. This is more of a general battery question, not specific to the A500...
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I was actually curious about this as well. It came 50% or so charged, used it immediately.

Just bought the TF101

Well I decided to bite the bullet and pick up a 32GB TF101 at BB for $399. I was VERY unhappy with my Acer a500 wifi performance so one of the first things I did when I got home was to compare the two side by side and what a difference.
The Asus was reporting Excellent signal strength at 72Mbps and the Acer was reporting Good strength at 19 Mbps. The icing on the cake was when I fired up wifi analyzer and the Asus reported -45dB signal strength and the Acer was around -68dB.
That is a HUGE difference which just confirms to me that my wifi really sucked. I had trouble getting wifi in places that I shouldn't have trouble. Maybe I had a bad a500, but it seems to be a widespread issue and I bet some of it is because of the aluminum back cover (just like the Prime which ironically has the same issue).
Anyway, so now the question that I have is that I have read about the backlight bleeding in the TF101 and I do have it on the one that I picked up today. It is almost dead center (width-wise) and right on the bottom so you can see it pretty easy since the status bar is always black. So my question is, should I return it and try and get another one to see if it is better or do they all have varying degrees of light bleed?

I did mine- got one without any noticeable bleed (noticeable being the key word in the TF screen dept, they seem to be plagued by it and goodintentions will chime in to tell you that all ipad2s have it WORSE lol)

Highly recommend getting an ipad2. That's all I gotta say.

What did I tell you? LOL

luna_c666 said:
What did I tell you? LOL
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I lurk on on apple forums a lot. Trust me, all ipad2's have backlight bleeding. The thing is ipad2 users either don't notice or don't care. A lot of them have even stated after they read about it and checked their own ipads that they saw it had massive light bleeds like mofos, but they still didn't care.
In fact, the only people who care so much about light bleeds are android users. What's ironic is before there was an android device with ips display android users were whining about the lack of ips display on android tablets. And now that there are ips display android tablets android users are now whining about light bleeds.
I'm not saying if you have massive light bleeds that you should live with it. I'm also not saying that you should live with any light bleeds if it bothers you that much. It's just an obseration that ipads have light bleeds like mofos but ipad users don't seem to care that much.
But anyway, to the OP, since you will probably need intensive psychological treatment for the small amount of light bleeds that you have, you should exchange your unit for another one. Chances are the next one will also have light bleeds. Keep exchanging it. I'm sure after 10 times or so may be you'll get lucky and get a unit that have no light bleeds.
PS - I've worked with over a dozen TF's and they all had light bleeds to some extend. None very bad. A few barely noticeable, but they are there. I wish you the best of luck in your quest for a light bleed free TF.

Where do you find the time to lurk in apple forums when you lurk in here so often? lol

I am not really looking for a bleed-free unit, but when I booted it up for the first time that is the first thing that caught my eye. I think what makes it jump out is that there is very minimal bleed anywhere else on the screen and then there is this one spot about an inch wide that is pretty noticeable.
And it happens to be right on the black bar along the bottom so you always see it. I am a little afraid to swap it out and then get one worse, but I might take the chance. If this spot was along the top of the unit there is no question that I wouldn't even really worry about it.

All I can say is that ur a fool.
U can get a tf201 for 450otd
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What are does bleeds??? Can anybody show me a picture or video?
I've been looking for any anomaly on my transformer screen and I don't see anything...

SDRaver said:
All I can say is that ur a fool.
U can get a tf201 for 450otd
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First, I am not sure where you can get the Prime for $450 out the door (I live in NY state so virtually everywhere charges tax, the cheapest I have seen it is $500). Second, the only reason I got the TF101 to begin with was because my Acer had extremely poor wifi strength and that is the same issue that plagues the Prime (along with basically no GPS in the Prime since it doesn't work). So assuming I could get it for $450 out the door, why would I even pay $50 more for a unit that has WAY more problems than the TF101?
Please don't give me the whole "I have a Prime and mine is fine" comment that almost all Prime owners give. It is well documented, and reflected in reviews on most websites, the the Prime has some pretty widespread issues.

SWEagle said:
What are does bleeds??? Can anybody show me a picture or video?
I've been looking for any anomaly on my transformer screen and I don't see anything...
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Then why worry about it? If you don't see any anomaly's don't ask for pictures of anomalies to see what they look like because then you will most likely find some. If it looks fine to you, just let it go.

SDRaver said:
All I can say is that ur a fool.
U can get a tf201 for 450otd
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And some, like myself, would say that you're a fool. I paid $250 for a brand new TF101 last May. I plan on buying the prime, but not for more than $250.

goodintentions said:
And some, like myself, would say that you're a fool. I paid $250 for a brand new TF101 last May. I plan on buying the prime, but not for more than $250.
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I just don't understand why people still insist on taking their chances with the Prime at the moment when it is pretty well documented that the QA for the unit is terrible and that Wifi/GPS/BT are pretty screwed up.
It seems like the Prime was a science experiment and a way to push the Tegra3 to the market first. I think people are too infatuated with having the "fastest" tablet, but what good is a tablet that doesn't get good, consistent wifi (unless you are buying it strictly for games)?
EDIT: I am curious to see where he found the Prime for $450 out the door though because at that price I may have actually tried it first since I paid $432 after taxes for the TF101. I did have $125 in BB gift cards though which is why I kind of preferred to get it from BB.

xceebeex said:
EDIT: I am curious to see where he found the Prime for $450 out the door though because at that price I may have actually tried it first since I paid $432 after taxes for the TF101. I did have $125 in BB gift cards though which is why I kind of preferred to get it from BB.
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I stay away from best buy like the plague.

xceebeex said:
Then why worry about it? If you don't see any anomaly's don't ask for pictures of anomalies to see what they look like because then you will most likely find some. If it looks fine to you, just let it go.
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It does look fine!
I think you did very well in buying the 101... The only thing that can put people off is the thickness. But the back is fantastic...

goodintentions said:
I stay away from best buy like the plague.
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Ha, normally I do too. I mainly use BB to physically look at stuff I plan to buy and then buy elsewhere. But, I got a bunch of BB gift cards for my birthday and Christmas so I had to use them on something.
And with the 32GB being on sale this week at BB it was the best price around for a new unit anyway.

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I stay away from best buy like the plague.
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Smart man.

I picked up a used (mint) TF101 w/keyboard dock locally for $350. Tossed in a 16 gig card and I'm off to the races. Love it and my Prime was returned to Amazon immediately. Can't wait for ICS!
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ericshmerick said:
I picked up a used (mint) TF101 w/keyboard dock locally for $350. Tossed in a 16 gig card and I'm off to the races. Love it and my Prime was returned to Amazon immediately. Can't wait for ICS!
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Yea, I am definitely happy with the TF101. I just swapped mine out at Best Buy tonight and there is very minimal backlight bleeding on this new one and looks much better.
The wifi signal strength is like night and day compared to my Acer that it is replacing. I was tempted to get the Prime because of the specs, but it definitely has the same issue that my Acer does in terms of wifi strength so it isn't worth it for me because I want a unit that I don't have to worry about sitting on top of a router to connect to the internet.

goodintentions said:
I stay away from best buy like the plague.
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I will now too considering their shady practice of adding extensions to the product code for items sold on black friday so they cannot be exchanged if defective with the non black friday equivalent..yeah, that right there is sum b...s....

Newegg Cyber Monday deal ($249)

$279 with $30 promo code CYBERMND9 for the black, CYBERMND16 for the white.

Reckoning said:
$279 with $30 promo code CYBERMND9 for the black, CYBERMND16 for the white.
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Just picked one up, not quite as good as the crazy $179, but still a great price! If they were down in the $200s to begin with this tablet would have gotten more of the attention it deserved

alfuh said:
Just picked one up, not quite as good as the crazy $179, but still a great price! If they were down in the $200s to begin with this tablet would have gotten more of the attention it deserved
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Those idiots. There were plenty of people ready to drop the $299 that the pre-introduction rumors indicated. When it came in at $349, most of them walked away. If only...
GTabJosh GPadJosh

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Those idiots. There were plenty of people ready to drop the $299 that the pre-introduction rumors indicated. When it came in at $349, most of them walked away. If only...
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Agreed. The reviews tend to justify the $350 price, but it's just not a magic spot. $299 along with an actual advertising campaign would've sold these things like hotcakes.
Mark

Wonder if Newegg is dropping prices like crazy to unload the batch with the bad screens.

situman said:
Wonder if Newegg is dropping prices like crazy to unload the batch with the bad screens.
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That's really a pretty inflamatory question. The same could be said of virtually any retailer that discounts any product on Cyber Monday. Irrespective, Newegg's generous return policy makes it a non sequitur.

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Wonder if Newegg is dropping prices like crazy to unload the batch with the bad screens.
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I haven't received mine yet, but from what I've read, I doubt that the blue line is a big concern for all owners.

It's not. If not for the anal retentive folks here, I would have never even noticed it.
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Duffman14 said:
It's not. If not for the anal retentive folks here, I would have never even noticed it.
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I noticed it the first day, but really never again. I use it all the time for playing games and browsing and even if I look for it I can't see it.
People just like to complain. It's like that on every device forum.

black is soldout... but white still available... great price,

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That's really a pretty inflamatory question. The same could be said of virtually any retailer that discounts any product on Cyber Monday. Irrespective, Newegg's generous return policy makes it a non sequitur.
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I don't see the N5 or new N7 discounted extensively like this. Anyways its just all speculation. The deals dead anyways.

The N5 and N7 are subsidized by Google from the start.
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so i just received my g pad today and luckily no blacklight issue so this deal was good. Has anybody else order and received?

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so i just received my g pad today and luckily no blacklight issue so this deal was good. Has anybody else order and received?
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When did you order yours from Newegg? Still waiting on mine, crossing fingers to avoid backlight problems because it'd be tough for me to return where I live.
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Impromark said:
When did you order yours from Newegg? Still waiting on mine, crossing fingers to avoid backlight problems because it'd be tough for me to return where I live.
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I ordered mine on monday and good luck to you. Not all all of them have problems

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I ordered mine on monday and good luck to you. Not all all of them have problems
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Geez. Mine's not due to get here until next Monday, even with 3-day shipping. Took them two days to get it shipped.

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Geez. Mine's not due to get here until next Monday, even with 3-day shipping. Took them two days to get it shipped.
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Mine came 2 days early from what ups said
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I ordered Monday and still shows as packaging, I've called twice trying to get overnight shipping for the delay, but no luck.
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$279 at Best Buy today only

Best Buy is running a sale on the G Pad for $280 today only. I'm about to nab one for in-store pick-up.

SCWells72 said:
Best Buy is running a sale on the G Pad for $280 today only. I'm about to nab one for in-store pick-up.
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I bought one there a few days ago and had BB adjust the price today.
This tablet is a sleeper currently. Folks seem to just pass by anything that isn't a Nexus, Samsung, or Ipad. I bet the price will soon hit what the new Nexus 7 is going for, I will keep my eyes peeled and get a further adjustment if that happens. Lots of price wars happening with Microsoft and android tablets lately.

Good thought on watching the price and having them adjust for any drop. I grabbed two, one white from my local Best Buy and one black from one across town. I'd been thinking I wanted black since my current/previous tablets have been black (or dark gray in a few cases), but the white one does look pretty slick, so I might try that for once. I'll obviously cancel/return the one I don't keep.

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Good thought on watching the price and having them adjust for any drop. I grabbed two, one white from my local Best Buy and one black from one across town. I'd been thinking I wanted black since my current/previous tablets have been black (or dark gray in a few cases), but the white one does look pretty slick, so I might try that for once. I'll obviously cancel/return the one I don't keep.
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I'm liking it so far. No hot buttons currently and I think it is a sleeper currently for price and quality right now. The Nexus 7 is very good, I have one but 16:10 aspect ratio on a 7 inch is tough for me to tell the truth.
No lag with games, videos don't buffer, web browsing is fine, reading on it is very good. SOLD!!!

Just sold an iPhone 5 I had for $220 so Im waiting for any Christmas sales. Will have about $330 by Christmas so Im just watching:laugh: out for any good deals.

I bought one at BB today myself... Having some drinks waiting on the first 100% Charge.... Returned my Nexus 7 2013 for this puppy.. I think this is the *Perfect* size for a Tablet.

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I bought one at BB today myself... Having some drinks waiting on the first 100% Charge.... Returned my Nexus 7 2013 for this puppy.. I think this is the *Perfect* size for a Tablet.
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Yeah, I think I'm inclined to agree after playing with it for a few hours. This is a really great device! I rooted it and restored apps and data from my Nook HD+ using TiBu. Very responsive in everything I've thrown at it so far. Great deal at $280 (wish I'd gotten the NewEgg deal earlier this week though!).

SCWells72 said:
Yeah, I think I'm inclined to agree after playing with it for a few hours. This is a really great device! I rooted it and restored apps and data from my Nook HD+ using TiBu. Very responsive in everything I've thrown at it so far. Great deal at $280 (wish I'd gotten the NewEgg deal earlier this week though!).
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LOL I thought I was reading my own post since I too rooted & restored from an HD+ today. Got the Newegg deal BTW.

I just picked one up at the local Best Buy, they do not have any on display. I purchased online for in store pick-up. My wife and I both have LG phones and love them. I'm not done setting the G pad up yet, but loving it so far.

SCWells72 said:
Yeah, I think I'm inclined to agree after playing with it for a few hours. This is a really great device! I rooted it and restored apps and data from my Nook HD+ using TiBu. Very responsive in everything I've thrown at it so far. Great deal at $280 (wish I'd gotten the NewEgg deal earlier this week though!).
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I seen that deal also Wells.. but I rather buy at a Brick & Mortar.. I had a situation where a Asus HD 7 freaked out and looped doing an update to the latest firmware 5 minutes out of the box.. the turn around for refund or replacement would have been over a week if I purchased it through Newegg.. As it was, I just walked it into Walmart and got my Cash back.. So, I for one don't mind at all paying the $30.00 difference to avoid the headache of returning an item such as this should I have an issue.. My unit has fully charged while typing this and I've just powered it up for the 1st time.. and it's FABULOUS..

Thanks for this post! Mine is slated to arrive Tuesday from Best Buy Online. I will contact them today to see if I can get a $20 credit since I paid 299. I posted this in the accessories page ...
http://www.lg.com/us/support/product-help/CT10000003-CT10000027-1382564806738
you guys might appreciate it as well. So that you don't waste as much time as I have researching official accessories as seen in the hands-on reviews from certain websites, I can assure you that the official accessories like the dock and the quick cover are not yet available in the US even though they appear on the LG US website. I just spent a hell of a lot of time on the phone with LG trying to show them that their own website lists the items complete with full instructions on how to use them. I finally got someone to admit that the products are not available in the United States at this time. I picked up an Asus cover on Amazon that will work with the LG.
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Dang. Just realized you posted this yesterday on the 7th. Today is the 8th. I called them anyway and she said there's nothing they can do but you keep an eye on the website because if it drops in price again within the next 30 days they will gladly credit my account. I'm posting this in case anybody else need this information. Thanks for the initial heads up!
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I picked up an Asus cover on Amazon that will work with the LG.
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Which Asus cover works with the G Pad?

I too ordered one. I missed the Newegg one thought I would just wait one more day lol, one day to late. The taxes from Bestbuy gets it up to $300. Still good price. Going to test it against the HP Slate8 pro. At 1st I really liked the HP (Tegra 4) yet the speakers at the bottom portrait mode I cant tell ever if its stereo. Then way to many times it gets sluggish. The only thing I can relate to this is on my PC many years ago when running to many apps it would be swapping memory you get that lag.
I did try the EVGA note. Was nice yet the battery life is very short. Then on the HP running things wow the higher rez really made some apps and games look so much better. Battery life on the HP is really good. I really loved the Kendal HDX speakers. So all I need is a tab with kendal speakers, a stylus, 32gb + 2ram and I will be happy.

LG covers all sold out on amazon
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Which Asus cover works with the G Pad?
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unfortunately, none of them. It's the Asus 8 inch Note tablet cover that is being listed as completely compatible with the LG Gpad 8.3. However, I ordered a white one twice now from two different companies on Amazon and both times my order was cancelled because they are out of stock. You can probably get it in a different color or maybe black, but I'm holding out for white. Just a search on Amazon and it will come right up.
"VSTN LG G Pad 8.3 Multi-Stand PU Leather Cover Case with Hand Strap&Card Holder (For LG G Pad 8.3, White)"

I picked one up on on the 7th after missing out on the newegg $249 deal. I also used my amex $25 off $250 so that helped cover the tax. If it drops in price before the extended holiday return period (almost a certainty) I'll get that as well. Now I just need to decide if I'm going to return the N7 32G I picked up last week for $209. The overall dimensions for the 2 are pretty close but the screen size is the reason I got the G Pad.

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I picked one up on on the 7th after missing out on the newegg $249 deal. I also used my amex $25 off $250 so that helped cover the tax. If it drops in price before the extended holiday return period (almost a certainty) I'll get that as well. Now I just need to decide if I'm going to return the N7 32G I picked up last week for $209. The overall dimensions for the 2 are pretty close but the screen size is the reason I got the G Pad.
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Well some of us jumped on the G Pad but to tell the truth there is just no visibility with this device. All BB stores in my area don't have one on display and unless one is savvy, you wouldn't even know they carried it.
And I'm unsure what other big box retailers carry it either where you can just walk in and buy it. This may or may not hurt with a price drop in the near future. If the manufacturer monitors sales, I don't no how they can expect much more without the product being more visible to the public. A shame really cause it blows away much of what is out there currently available!

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Well some of us jumped on the G Pad but to tell the truth there is just no visibility with this device. All BB stores in my area don't have one on display and unless one is savvy, you wouldn't even know they carried it.
And I'm unsure what other big box retailers carry it either where you can just walk in and buy it. This may or may not hurt with a price drop in the near future. If the manufacturer monitors sales, I don't no how they can expect much more without the product being more visible to the public. A shame really cause it blows away much of what is out there currently available!
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I wouldn't have bought one with being able to try it out beforehand. The closest BB didn't carry it but one not too far away supposedly had them in inventory. When I went I naturally went to where the tablets were and it was nowhere to be found. I asked a sales associate and they said they don't carry it I mentioned that BB online shows they have them so he dug a bit deeper and found out they have them over in the mobile department. It makes no sense to me since it's currently WiFi only but there it was with the LG phones.