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Vykk.Draygo posted:Does the Transformer Prime with ICS have as big of a problem with random boot-looping that the TF101 does? At least every other day, I'll open up my tablet to find it on the ASUS boot screen with either the spinning loading circle, or the circle will be frozen. The weird thing is it seems to murder my dock battery but not really affect the tablet battery. My Prime has an uptime of 177:21:59. The last reboot was to install a minor update ASUS pushed out.
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Don Lapre posted:I imagine there will be lots of unweidly large tablets meant to go into keyboard docks. Just wait, guaranteed there is going to be a size race and we are going to see 21" tablets. Someone already beat you to it... or tried to anyways. Behold!
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beuges posted:Someone already beat you to it... or tried to anyways. We all know tablets will never take off without Windows 7 and resistive screens. DUH
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Welp, looks like Asus better do something on the pricing of the Asus Transformer Infinity if since they overshot the iPad3 by $100. Come on Android tabs, it is time to start coming in at reasonable price points.
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So! I decided not to purchase the Transformer Prime for the time being and took my Xoom back from the girlfriend. However, I still need to replace it by this summer for school. Outside of the Transformer Infinity, are there any tablets that fit my needs here: - Super high DPI screen for reading textbooks - A source for said textbooks (I have yet to investigate what Google Books has in this regard) - I'd like to do some gaming on this thing as it will be my only computing device, so good games are a must - Wireless syncing with my phone - I'm picking up a new phone in a few months and I'd like for my contacts, music, video, docs, etc. to all by automatically synced - I'm going to be doing some software development with regards to weather monitoring, so having a barometer would be pretty awesome (I know some tablets have them?)
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Kirk posted:So! I decided not to purchase the Transformer Prime for the time being and took my Xoom back from the girlfriend. However, I still need to replace it by this summer for school. Outside of the Transformer Infinity, are there any tablets that fit my needs here: As of right now I think it's either the Infinity or the iPad 3. Nothing else has the DPI you're looking for.
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Mar 7, 2012 20:08
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Turnquiet posted:Welp, looks like Asus better do something on the pricing of the Asus Transformer Infinity if since they overshot the iPad3 by $100. Agreed. $599 for the new Transformer Infinity is way too much, particularly given the horror that many people experienced with the Prime. I'm honestly surprised at how little urgency to reduce price there is among Android tablet manufacturers.
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Mar 7, 2012 20:09
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Kirk posted:- Wireless syncing with my phone - I'm picking up a new phone in a few months and I'd like for my contacts, music, video, docs, etc. to all by automatically synced Are you not syncing contacts with your Google Account? Docs can also be synced with Google Docs. As for Music and Video, either Dropbox or SpiderOak. I believe any tablet will do this.
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Apple makes money on the sales of Apps, so can subsidize/take a lower profit on the hardware retail price. If anyone actually got a cut of all Android app sales, you can bet there would be a reduction in pricing out there. One of the areas that Apple has squarely beaten Android.
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Kirk posted:So! I decided not to purchase the Transformer Prime for the time being and took my Xoom back from the girlfriend. However, I still need to replace it by this summer for school. Outside of the Transformer Infinity, are there any tablets that fit my needs here: -Acer, Samsung and Motorola are the only others I'd even consider for an android tablet, but I really think Asus is your best bet. Any tablet from these 4 you'll be able to read textbooks on. -Textbooks I can't really help you on, I've been out of school since before tablets were a thing. -Google will sync calendar, contacts, music, docs etc. As for music, there's a few ones you can use that will sync. Spotify is popular, Amazon has their service and google has their own. I currently use a combination of google music and spotify. Google music requires you to actually physically upload your songs to their servers which is a hassle for the initial investment of time/bandwidth and is limited to about 20k songs. To stream to a mobile device you need a data connection. Spotify costs money, but does not require you to upload your own music and allows you to make offline playlists that save to your device to listen to with no data connection. Some songs you want may not be available on the serivce. I haven't tried Amazon's service, so no comment there. No idea on the barometer.
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Codiusprime posted:As of right now I think it's either the Infinity or the iPad 3. Nothing else has the DPI you're looking for.
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Rastor posted:No doubt Samsung will announce something with iPad 3 -ish specs. Hopefully, the tablets they've announced so far this year are as adorable as they are laughable.
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Mar 7, 2012 20:27
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Rastor posted:No doubt Samsung will announce something with iPad 3 -ish specs. I'm seriously considering this one if it actually turns out to be real - the upgrades to TouchWiz look pretty drat impressive and the resolution can't be beaten. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Rastor posted:No doubt Samsung will announce something with iPad 3 -ish specs. The waiting game begins again.
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Kirk posted:Another crapple troll. CycleGeek posted:Agreed. $599 for the new Transformer Infinity is way too much, particularly given the horror that many people experienced with the Prime. I'm honestly surprised at how little urgency to reduce price there is among Android tablet manufacturers. They can't lower the prices and make money.
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CycleGeek posted:Agreed. $599 for the new Transformer Infinity is way too much, particularly given the horror that many people experienced with the Prime. I'm honestly surprised at how little urgency to reduce price there is among Android tablet manufacturers. I don't think they're making enough money on them to do this without absolutely murdering their bottom-line. I mean lets face it, Android tablet sales aren't exactly lighting the world on fire...
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Kirk posted:Thanks for that. Jerk. Edit: VVV Sorry about that. Jewce fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Mar 7, 2012 |
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Why don't you stop making my life so difficult by quoting it?
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unknown posted:Apple makes money on the sales of Apps, so can subsidize/take a lower profit on the hardware retail price. If anyone actually got a cut of all Android app sales, you can bet there would be a reduction in pricing out there. One of the areas that Apple has squarely beaten Android. Apple hardly makes any money off the app store relative to their other income, certainly not enough to subsidize their products.
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unknown posted:Apple makes money on the sales of Apps, so can subsidize/take a lower profit on the hardware retail price. If anyone actually got a cut of all Android app sales, you can bet there would be a reduction in pricing out there. One of the areas that Apple has squarely beaten Android. My Linux Rig fucked around with this message at 21:12 on Mar 7, 2012 |
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Don Lapre posted:Apple hardly makes any money off the app store relative to their other income, certainly not enough to subsidize their products. Apple is primarily a hardware company. The margins on iPods/iPads are pretty outrageous, and they use carrots like the App store and iTunes to lock consumers into their ecosystem. Apple makes like 5-10 cents every 99c song on iTunes.
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My Linux Rig posted:I think the iPad's lower price in the tablet market has more to do with the guaranteed high volume of sales with the iPad has. Also how they have hardware bought and lined up way in advanced.
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eric posted:They can't lower the prices and make money. This isn't my problem. This is Google's problem to fix. Make no mistake, I love android phones and enjoy my ICS Xoom which I bought on release day thanks to that $200 off Ochocinco dealie... but I knew it would be an inferior device to the iPad2 when I got it. Now that it has ICS, I feel the OS is way better than the iPad2, but the iPad2 has better hardware design despite the worse tech specs. I use my an iPhone4 for work, and I hate, hate, hate iOS 5 compared to ICS for phone use. But would I be willing to trade tablet ICS for a tablet with such a lovely display and infinite accessories? I am starting to think yes. So now it is up to Google and some hardware manufacturer to win people like me back, and if they can, great, if not, oh well. To each his own. But now the announced next-gen Android tablets are already obsolete compared to the iPad3, and cost more. That is a rough spot to be in, and I don't see how Google can get out of it.
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The only reason I see at this point to get an Android tablet is if you want a sub-10 inch tablet. I was hoping Apple would announce a 7 or 8 inch tablet today, since I don't like 10 inch ones. But they didn't, so hey Asus Eee Pad Memo 370t here I come I guess.
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Yeah, that alleged 7" Nexus tablet from Asus and Google at ~249 (or was it 199?) seems like something that would be a winner.
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Turnquiet posted:Yeah, that alleged 7" Nexus tablet from Asus and Google at ~249 (or was it 199?) seems like something that would be a winner. However it was a no show at MWC.
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Crow_Robot posted:The only reason I see at this point to get an Android tablet is if you want a sub-10 inch tablet. Or you know, if you like Android. But yea your point still stands. Hardware and price wise there is nothing out or announced that can touch the iPad 3. I want to rub myself on that screen.
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Turnquiet posted:This isn't my problem. This is Google's problem to fix. Google can't fix this unless they make their own tablet, buy the quantity of parts Apple does, and kill off all other Android tablets.
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Codiusprime posted:Or you know, if you like Android. Right now the best announced Android tablet is the Transformer Infinity, as long as Asus keeps the build quality at TF101 levels instead of TF201. One nice thing is it will display 1920x1080 content without any scaling or vertical black bars, solving my biggest gripe about the iPad, which is the 4:3 aspect ratio and strange resolution.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Right now the best announced Android tablet is the Transformer Infinity, as long as Asus keeps the build quality at TF101 levels instead of TF201. One nice thing is it will display 1920x1080 content without any scaling or vertical black bars, solving my biggest gripe about the iPad, which is the 4:3 aspect ratio and strange resolution. I like the Infinity but I would be lying if I said I wasn't a little weary after the prime debacle. I was really surprised when we didn't see a next Gen tablet from Samsung at MWC. Though if they are going to have their own event for all their new fancy stuff I guess that makes sense. Though that would make their most recently announced tablets even more pointless.
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Codiusprime posted:Though that would make their most recently announced tablets even more pointless. Isn't that Samsung's deal? We'd get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 FHD and the Galaxy Note 10.1 FHD followed by more once Android's J revision comes out, plus all the other sizes. Also different versions with different SoCs for LTE and HSPA and...
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Please, Samsung isn't dumb, they wait until after Apple keynotes to figure out what they'll be working on.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Isn't that Samsung's deal? We'd get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 FHD and the Galaxy Note 10.1 FHD followed by more once Android's J revision comes out, plus all the other sizes. Also different versions with different SoCs for LTE and HSPA and... By the time the J revision hits though and it actually starts finding its way onto actual hardware the iPad3 will have been beating Android tablets into the ground for like another 8 months. They can't wait that long. They need to announce their quad core super high Res tablet when they announce the SIII.
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raruler posted:Please, Samsung isn't dumb, they wait until after Apple keynotes to figure out what they'll be working on. I thought samsung already announced their tablets. The 300 and 700.
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I just got an email from Motorola advertising a spill proof Xyboard. I totally need a tablet for using in the hot tub.
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Don Lapre posted:I thought samsung already announced their tablets. The 300 and 700. Doesn't mean they can't immediately do another one. Remember the original (fat) Galaxy Tab 10.1? No one else does because the revised (slim) 10.1 came out very soon after.
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I hope those 7" Nexus branded Asus ICS tablet rumors are true. I don't think Apple is going to make a 7" tablet anytime soon (if ever), and I loved the way the Kindle Fire felt, size wise. If Google manages to make a $199 fully-featured Nexus tablet, I'd totally get one of those in favor of a 3rd generation iPad.
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dissss posted:Doesn't mean they can't immediately do another one. Which means they're liable to release a "Galaxy Tab 2.5 10.1" any day and give up on support for the previous model to that, too.
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Anybody getting some horrible performance issues from their 3g/4g xooms? I tried downloading one of those app supplementals at the same time I was listening to music and looking at news apps, and the whole contraption was lagging horribly. The music was sputtering, the apps took forever to load (and then finally crashed if I tried to exit). It was frankly embarrassing to use. I'm seriously considering just ditching it and going for a prime/infinity/iPad, but should I just wait for this heavily delayed ICS update first or what?
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