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gently caress all y'all $400. Blast away...  Also has a $25 Google Play credit. So $375  Now to figure out what to do with this bowling ball thingy... 
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Well at least you got down below retail price, and it IS a limited edition color back on the Nexus 7...
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Jul 2, 2012 23:28
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Your will power and intelligent shopping skills are awful but your dog is pretty awesome. Post pictures of it.
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Jul 2, 2012 23:28
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I look forward to seeing them in SA-Mart soon.
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Jul 2, 2012 23:32
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:I look forward to seeing them in SA-Mart soon. Me too. Dibs on the Q!
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Jul 2, 2012 23:48
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Isn't the Q so expensive because it's being manufactured in the US? Not that it excuses it being overpriced and lacking features.
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Jul 3, 2012 03:21
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Welp, I put the tablet on eBay and it sold in 3 minutes. $349  8 gigs was not enough. I'll just wait on my preorder. I felt like a bottom feeder for...about 2 seconds. Then I felt like a very smart man. Currently doing an experiment with the Q. Wonder if anyone will buy the thing?
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Jul 3, 2012 03:23
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hotsauce posted:Welp, I put the tablet on eBay and it sold in 3 minutes. $349
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Jul 3, 2012 03:52
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Dodoman posted:Isn't the Q so expensive because it's being manufactured in the US? Not that it excuses it being overpriced and lacking features. Being made in the US as opposed to China shouldn't account for a $200 price difference between the Q and its nearest cheapest competitor, unless their manufacturing process is so ridiculously inefficient that they are effectively hand crafted artisanal media streaming devices or something.
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Jul 3, 2012 03:53
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kitten smoothie posted:Being made in the US as opposed to China shouldn't account for a $200 price difference between the Q and its nearest cheapest competitor. hahah if you think that thing is competitive with *anything* on any level
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Jul 3, 2012 03:54
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Don Lapre posted:So what's the longest you have kept an android device? Haha. My GNEX actually. Overpaid for it royally when it first came out and now the resale value is like a 2007 Kia, so I'll just keep it. The Nexus 7 did set a short-term record though. About 3 hours. That's cool with me. It's a nice tablet and I'll definitely pick up a 16gig one. And people on eBay confuse me, but that's alright with me (and my wallet).
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Jul 3, 2012 04:00
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Can you import your own epub books into the stock google ebook reader? I'm almost entirely unsure how i'd go about reading a book without fancy page turn animations:
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Jul 3, 2012 04:34
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Sphyre posted:Can you import your own epub books into the stock google ebook reader? I'm almost entirely unsure how i'd go about reading a book without fancy page turn animations:
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Jul 3, 2012 04:38
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Dodoman posted:Isn't the Q so expensive because it's being manufactured in the US? Not that it excuses it being overpriced and lacking features. It's a lovely enough product that a more paranoid tinfoiler might assume google is doing that just to false flag American manufacturing in electronics.
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Jul 3, 2012 04:55
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Dodoman posted:Isn't the Q so expensive because it's being manufactured in the US? Not that it excuses it being overpriced and lacking features.
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Jul 3, 2012 05:26
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hotsauce posted:Welp, I put the tablet on eBay and it sold in 3 minutes. $349
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Jul 3, 2012 06:00
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Rastor posted:Yeah, you could have gotten a lot more. And here I thought that "limited edition" white back on the I/O model would just show fingerprints easier, not fetch a 800% price premium on eBay.
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Jul 3, 2012 06:07
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randyest posted:How do you define "manufactured?" Are the German/Japanese/etc-built components that are then assembled into subsystems in Mexico and then ultimately formed into VWs and Toyotas in North Carolina "manufactured" in the US? If so, yeah, that's a factor, but it's still overpriced. I'm not too sure. The Verge/Engadget etc. mentioned that below the device the placard said "Manufactured in the USA", so I can't say whether the parts are assembled there after getting all the parts or whether everything is produced and manufactured there. I get your point though. The only thing it really has going for it is it's desgin.
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Jul 3, 2012 06:08
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Rastor posted:Yeah, you could have gotten a lot more. Lol, I saw that. It stood out in the sea of completed listings in the $300-$400 range. I figured $349 would sell fast and it did. That idiot who bought it for $1,825 must have been drunk or something. Actually, I'm sure it was a fake bid so they could enjoy their 10 minutes of internet fame.
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Jul 3, 2012 06:10
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Sphyre posted:Can you import your own epub books into the stock google ebook reader? I'm almost entirely unsure how i'd go about reading a book without fancy page turn animations: Historically, Google Books can only open Google Books books. For some reason they keep that closed up. It's nonsense.
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Jul 3, 2012 14:11
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Historically, Google Books can only open Google Books books. For some reason they keep that closed up. It's nonsense. Yeah I was really bummed by this but was definitely able to import my own epub into the nook app, which does work really well. Unfortunately it doesn't get the cloud sync though.
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Jul 3, 2012 14:24
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So, iFixit tore apart a Nexus 7 http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-7-Teardown/9623 This one statement has me scratching my head as I haven't seen it mentioned ANYWHERE else. quote:Initially, the Nexus 7 was criticized for its lack of HDMI output. However, the included micro USB-to-HDMI cable solves that problem. The Verge said that the Nexus 7 didn't support MHL, but it sounds like maybe it's not a hardware issue and just not enabled in that build of JB? bull3964 fucked around with this message at 15:03 on Jul 3, 2012 |
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Jul 3, 2012 15:00
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Also Google Books is terrible for footnotes. I bought a book that was on sale that had some, and it seems it doesn't do the whole "footnote is actually a link to somewhere else in the book"  I have another book from the same author/publisher on Kindle and it works fine.
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Jul 3, 2012 15:01
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I dunno how it looks for tablets, but FB reader is the poo poo. Calibre->Dropbox->FB reader has made sourcing reading materials from all over a breeze
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Jul 3, 2012 15:19
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bull3964 posted:So, iFixit tore apart a Nexus 7 I wonde where they got this cord. There were but four things in my Nexus 7 box: the tablet, a micro-to-regular USB cord, the wall charger, and a warranty card.
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Jul 3, 2012 15:20
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bull3964 posted:So, iFixit tore apart a Nexus 7 
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Jul 3, 2012 15:35
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Hah, I just noticed Google billed my CC on the 29th for my N7 preorder, had to go back into gmail and confirm that it was indeed a device that dinged the CC. Anyhow in big red font across the top of the reciept it says "You've made a purchase on Google Play. You will not be charged until your order has shipped" Anybody else see'n any action? This freaking nookie(CM9) is making me crazy, on a good day I can open two tabs without crashing the browser and grinding to a halt. Any kind 'a luck and i'll be posting about what a great little tablet google makes in a day or two!
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potentiometer posted:Hah, I just noticed Google billed my CC on the 29th for my N7 preorder, had to go back into gmail and confirm that it was indeed a device that dinged the CC. Anyhow in big red font across the top of the reciept it says "You've made a purchase on Google Play. You will not be charged until your order has shipped" Anybody else see'n any action? Are you sure it's not just a hold on your account? I've had it in the "Pending Charges" of my Amex account since a minute or two after I ordered.
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Jul 3, 2012 16:15
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bull3964 posted:Are you sure it's not just a hold on your account? I've had it in the "Pending Charges" of my Amex account since a minute or two after I ordered. Same thing for mine. It's probably just a temporary hold.
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Jul 3, 2012 17:05
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Same here. I got all excited about it and then it disappeared yesterday.
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Jul 3, 2012 19:00
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Jerk McJerkface posted:Same thing for mine. It's probably just a temporary hold. drat you guys...  kinda threw me till I talked to one of the lovely creatures at the bank and had her explain this "PA" thingy, the math works but the $$ is apparently somewhere in the cloud. gently caress it, i'm still holdin' out for sooner than later, eh, I probably should throw CM7 back on nookie anyhow, it just don't have the horsepower for CM9.
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Jul 3, 2012 19:03
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What can i do about an image burn? My TFP201 has a faint burn of the on screen keyboard in landscape mode. It's really faint, but stands out on like the grey background of the amazon app store.
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Jul 3, 2012 19:14
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The usual recommendation is to find a way to fill the screen with white for a few minutes.
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Jul 3, 2012 19:22
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Rastor posted:The usual recommendation is to find a way to fill the screen with white for a few minutes. Kiddies drawing apps are good for this.
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Jul 3, 2012 19:29
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Anyway to find the notification bar at the bottom of the screen or can that only be done through a custom rom? I just made a white sheet in Sketchbook Express and set it as my wallpaper. Now I can just select a home screen with no icons on it.
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Jul 3, 2012 19:31
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SlayVus posted:Anyway to find the notification bar at the bottom of the screen or can that only be done through a custom rom? An app called White Screen Flashlight might be able to do what you need. I don't have a phone with on screen buttons but I would imagine all you'll have on the screen will be tiny faint doors where the buttons are. I don't think there is a way to get rid of the button bar.
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Speaking of burn-in and ghosting... http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/07/03/the-nexus-7-has-surprisingly-bad-display-ghosting-just-take-a-look-at-these-photos/ The article doesn't say this makes the tablet bad just...can't really ignore it. Apparently, the default Jelly Bean wallpaper also causes this.
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Jul 3, 2012 21:21
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Ouch. I love that the fanboys are trying to downplay and very significant problem. quote:Does it ruin the tablet? Of course not. Is it one of those things that just cannot be unseen? Yep. Then again, for $200, we weren't expecting the world out of the Nexus 7's display, though I can't say we were expecting this, either. We have no idea if this is affecting all units, but two suggests at least some significant portion have this problem. It could very well just be a natural behavior of the display panel ASUS and Google chose. We don't know - and we won't know more until ASUS or Google comment.
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Jul 3, 2012 21:39
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The new Macbook Pro has the issue as well. http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/12/06/25/retina_display_image_retention_reported_by_new_macbook_pro_owners.html Some sort of image persistence is going to be unavoidable on IPS displays. We'll just have to see how bad it really is on the shipping units.
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I just noticed the ghosting on mine too this morning and I just figured it was something wrong with mine that I need to address with the manufacturer. I spent 5-10 minutes typing an email. When I exited the mail app I saw a faint outline of each key on the keyboard, as well as the autocorrect suggestion bar. It faded after a minute or two. I am planning on getting in touch with Google/Asus/whoever after the holiday and opening a support case about it.
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