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dissss posted:Seriously? Software upgrades can go wrong, it does not matter whether its Windows or OSX or iOS or Android. Ah, I mistakenly thought he installed a custom rom and that it hadn't received an official update yet. So it's that slow with the official update?
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Dodoman posted:According to that guy since it's not original it's not good. It's sharp and clear to you? It's actually a lot harder on the eyes than the old font to me. I really hated it after updating my Transformer to ICS, but I'm slowly getting used to it, although I really wish there was a way to switch back. I guess this all boils down to personal preferences.
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steak ox posted:It's sharp and clear to you? It's actually a lot harder on the eyes than the old font to me. I really hated it after updating my Transformer to ICS, but I'm slowly getting used to it, although I really wish there was a way to switch back. I guess this all boils down to personal preferences. I haven't tried on a Transformer specifically, but if you're rooted you can use an app called Rom Toolbox to change the font (and other things, too). There are almost certainly other apps that do the same if that one doesn't work.
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Zoodpipe posted:Has there been any additional information as to when Samsung will release Ice Cream Sandwich for the original Tab 10.1?
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Captain Cool posted:The press release was an even more vague "soon after the devices that are updated in Q1" and I don't think there have been any other updates. Well, there's still a month left in Q1 so I guess they're technically late.... I can't complain too much I guess. I received the Tab as a gift for doing product testing at work and I already have an iPad. However, I'm now testing a completely stock Galaxy Nexus and the difference between 3.2 and 4.0 is like night and day. I like the Tab for the most part. I think if it were running 4.0, it would just be that much better.
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Vagrancy posted:
Is it a pen or a phone in a pen? How deep does the rabbit hole go? Penpadphone? Penphablet? Phabletpen?
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I'm sure the YOSPOS crowd will hate it but I think that's a pretty nifty solution to the issue of "my phone is in my tablet." Only if the stylus comes with the dock and has a happy home in the dock. Otherwise lol.
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We pretty much already do have tiny headsets already, but they can only be so small and still be usable. An in-earphone sized headset is good enough for listening to a phone call, but good luck with the microphone to pick up your voice. Being inside/only just outside your ear it will be picking up everything around you at about the same level as your voice. It would need a pretty good microphone and maybe even some sort of noise cancelling going on to make it good to use, i would think A pen shaped one means you can have a low quality microphone much closer to your mouth, as well as a medium quailty speaker close to your ear.
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zachol posted:That looks pretty cool and seems like a nice way to tide people over until we get tiny unnoticeable bluetooth headsets. Don't we already have those? Why would anyone want to hold a stylus to their face to answer a call? Also,  fonts , really? How long until I have to hear one more time how Steve Jobs sat in on a calligraphy class at Nudey U, and how no one in the universe woulda ever put real typeface in their computers if some Nudey calligrapher hadn't shown him the world...That said, that "one guy" isn't exactly some neckbeard with a blog, though I do like the '8's in Frankensteino.
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Some hands-ons with the Transformer Pad 300, AKA "Asus Transformer without a backplate that blocks wireless signals" http://www.theverge.com/2012/2/27/2827588/asus-transformer-pad-infinity-series-and-transformer-pad-300-series http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/27/asus-transformer-pad-300-hands-on/ http://androidcommunity.com/asus-transformer-pad-300-lte-official-hands-on-20120227/ Man, the ruby red version is garish.
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Asus is working on their tablet segments 300 series will replace the OG. Tegra 3, plastic backing, standard 1280x800 IPS screen (no super) http://www.anandtech.com/show/5588/the-asus-transformer-pad-300-series Prime in the middle Infinity at the high end. 1920x1200 screen. Tegra 3 like the prime. If yo want LTE it switches out the processor for a krait. http://www.anandtech.com/show/5586/the-asus-transformer-pad-infinity-1920-x-1200-display-krait-optional
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E2M2 posted:Is there going to be any backward comparability with the older versions of the keyboard docks? With how they played their chargers, I'm gonna go ahead and say good loving luck. Why yes, I would love to pay $30 for this $2 thermonuclear chinese charger 
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Shorter Than Some posted:How big a deal is the lack of a super ips scree? I was kinda hoping the 300 would be just the Prime with less problems (if slightly uglier), It might be using the same screen as the OG transformer, if it is it means that the overall brightness is actually less. According to notebook review, I would link the articles however I am on a phone, the OG screen had an average brightness of about 332 cd/m^2 at maximum and the prime at 484 cd/m^2 without Super IPS+ mode(514 with).
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Install Gentoo posted:I had the same thing happen, for some reason it didn't list Google +, Amazon Kindle and Dropbox on My Apps anymore, but it worked when I went to their market pages and chose to install again or update. Had to factory reset and restore because when I went into the market it had an install link, but clicking on it just launched the app it thought wasn't installed.
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SlayVus posted:It might be using the same screen as the OG transformer, if it is it means that the overall brightness is actually less. According to notebook review, I would link the articles however I am on a phone, the OG screen had an average brightness of about 332 cd/m^2 at maximum and the prime at 484 cd/m^2 without Super IPS+ mode(514 with).
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Zoodpipe posted:Well, there's still a month left in Q1 so I guess they're technically late.... Captain Cool fucked around with this message at 20:23 on Feb 27, 2012 |
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God I hope the iPad 2 gets price cut to $299 or $249 to force some downward pressure on the midrange Android tablets. The $399-$499 starting price of some mid tier Android tablets is kind of irksome, and no one at MWC has indicated that they are going to be priced more aggressively than last year's models.
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Turnquiet posted:God I hope the iPad 2 gets price cut to $299 or $249 to force some downward pressure on the midrange Android tablets. The $499 starting price of some mid tier Android tablets is kind of irksome. I doubt it, Apple sells as many as they can make at $499+. No reason to cheapen it.
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Don Lapre posted:What kind of price difference is asus expencting between all 3 of these devices? 400/500/600/700(LTE) is the estimate on Anandtech. But I don't think there is anything official on the 300 and Infinity
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lamentable dustman posted:400/500/600/700(LTE) is the estimate on Anandtech. But I don't think there is anything official on the 300 and Infinity If its $700 on contract in the US then thats gonna be loving absurd.
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lamentable dustman posted:Pretty sure this is right In retrospect of my previous post, they might also use an updated screen from the OG. According to the same reviews one notebook review, the contrast of the OG is petty bad compared to the Prime. 887:1 vs 1836:1 http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-Eee-Pad-Transformer-TF101-Tablet-MID.54258.0.html OG TF http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-Eee-Pad-Transformer-Prime-TF201-Tablet-MID.69849.0.html Prime
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Turnquiet posted:God I hope the iPad 2 gets price cut to $299 or $249 to force some downward pressure on the midrange Android tablets. Don Lapre posted:I doubt it, Apple sells as many as they can make at $499+. No reason to cheapen it. According to rumor, the iPad 3 may come with a price hike. That doesn't bode well for a huge discount on the iPad 2.
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Rastor posted:According to rumor, the iPad 3 may come with a price hike. That doesn't bode well for a huge discount on the iPad 2. Why would a chinese site and chinese document be using US prices?
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We have no idea what the iPad's price structure will be like, we've heard one Retina SKU and one without, etc. What we do know about the iPad is that it's margins at launch are extremely tiny, with Apple basically selling them for the cost of parts and manufacture, rolling in dough with their software distribution and their phone business of course. It does make a compelling argument to drop the iPad 2 to $299 or so, because even at that price only about 15% of the iPad-buying segment is interested in that, and presently non-Android tablets collectively control about 5% of the industry. Regarding ASUS, if their plan is to soldier on with the Prime as a mid-range device, do they have any plan to revise the hardware so that the backplate doesn't kill wireless signals? I'm okay with no GPS, but no wifi ruins it. I feel more compelled to get a 300 so long as they continue that error. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 21:57 on Feb 27, 2012 |
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Craptacular! posted:It does make a compelling argument to drop the iPad 2 to $299 or so, because even at that price only about 15% of the iPad-buying segment is interested in that, and presently non-Android tablets collectively control about 5% of the industry. Why would you lower the price of something you cannot build fast enough?
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Don Lapre posted:Why would you lower the price of something you cannot build fast enough? It doesn't matter, because that's not happening?
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Don Lapre posted:Why would you lower the price of something you cannot build fast enough? A) There weren't even any shortages during Christmas. Supply will keep up with demand except immediately following launch. Half of China will be balls-deep in production. B) To clear the channel in anticipation of a launch.
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Craptacular! posted:What we do know about the iPad is that it's margins at launch are extremely tiny, with Apple basically selling them for the cost of parts and manufacture, rolling in dough with their software distribution and their phone business of course. iPad2 launched on 3/11/2011 at $729 for the 32G 3G model and on 3/13/2011 iSuppli tore it down and put the BOM at $326 for the 32G/3G model. That's a cost of $403, or ~55% profit. Add in manufacturing and that's only another ~$7. Apple's hardware profit margins are huge right out of the gate, and software profits are relatively tiny -- truly negligibly small and not even in the hundreds of millions. You don't get $100bn in the bank by selling poo poo at tiny margins or taking ~30% (before server/bandwidth costs) to sell some songs and apps for $1 each.
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randyest posted:Where did you get that idea? Wherever, it's wrong. It seems to be all over the place, with some people thinking they're making almost as much as 50% while others suggest a more modest 25%.
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