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Mine just shipped too. I ordered on the 28th. UPS tracking number isn't coming up with anything yet though.
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Gravitom posted:Mine just shipped too. I ordered on the 28th. UPS tracking number isn't coming up with anything yet though. I was just about to hit you with a probation since I just said stop it with shipping info posts. I couldn't bring myself to sully your reputation since you're a 2001'er with a perfect rap sheet. Consider this post, where I point out how you failed, as your punishment instead.
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Jul 14, 2012 03:46
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IT Guy posted:Not originally, no. But then my friend (who is a goon but shall remain nameless but I know you're reading this) loving told me that's what they were doing.
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Jul 14, 2012 14:42
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Palpatine MD posted:Y'all don't have it that bad. In the Netherlands we have to wait until somewhere in September(!) before Asus starts moving the Nexus 7. I'm pretty sure the Netherlands has some other things going for it to balance out the fact you won't get an android tablet till September.
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Jul 14, 2012 15:04
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Has any review site done anything on how comics or books look like on the Nexus 7? Comics looked good on my 10" Iconia, but shrinking that down to 7" I don't know if the text will be readable.
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Jul 14, 2012 16:19
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Syrinxx posted:For some people (like me), the cool thing about the Kindle Fire is that you can stream Prime video which is basically like Netflix. You can also check out ebooks for free from the Kindle Owner Lending Library which you can't do from any other tablet. Yeah but you can use the default browser to watch prime videos under ICS. At least that's what I have been doing. The speed and usability difference for me in the default Kindle Fire OS compared to it flashed with ICS was a very large jump. The difference between ICS and Jellybean on my phone was pretty significant as well. Jellybean plus faster plus more ram plus the touch of Google in the hardware design kind of makes it a big difference. Plus camera, microphone and Bluetooth.
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Jul 14, 2012 16:49
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Trying to figure out if I should go grab an Invisishield made for the galaxy tab 7 plus, or some other 7 inch tablet. Along with a case to use for now until official ones start rolling out. I'm always so worried about using tablets without having a case to keep them in  I'm hesitant to put the tablet in my backpack without something to protect it. Maybe I'll just grab one of the cases designed for the Kindle Fire at Best Buy and use that until a good screen protector hits.
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Jul 14, 2012 17:13
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Isn't Gamestop selling covers?
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Walked into a local Gamestop yesterday and asked if they had any Nexus 7's for sale. This was of course countered with "Did you preorder?" (Its truly amazing how they ask this about EVERYTHING). I told the nice lady I had not preordered, she then says "I did, but I can't afford the 250 right now, you want mine?" Yes please! I am a tech junkie, I have owned pretty much every tablet out there; iPad 3g, iPad wifi, Motorola Xoom, Galaxy Tab LTE, Blackberry Playbook, and the Touchpad. Having gone from IOS to Android and now to Windows phone on my Lumia 900, the one thing that always annoyed me to no end was how sloppy and hitchy navigating the Android UI was. Jelly Bean finally seems to have that issue fixed. The new features are nice additions, but being able to swipe to a different screen, bring up the multitasking recent apps list without waiting 10 seconds, have multiple scrolling widgets on my home screens with no discernible impact is huge. The 7 inch form factor deployed here is much more comfortable than the one the playbook / fire went with. Still waiting on the shipping info for my Google play preorder.
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Jul 14, 2012 18:41
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BunLengthHotDog posted:Walked into a local Gamestop yesterday and asked if they had any Nexus 7's for sale. This was of course countered with "Did you preorder?" (Its truly amazing how they ask this about EVERYTHING). I told the nice lady I had not preordered, she then says "I did, but I can't afford the 250 right now, you want mine?"
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Quandary posted:How is Google Now? Amazing and kinda creepy.
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I heard it mention that the GSM Galaxy Nexus that you get from the play store now allows you to unlock the bootloader without wiping the device, does anyone know if that holds true for the Nexus 7 as well. I'm just trying to figure out if I should put off really setting the thing up until I have the opportunity to unlock the bootloader or if it won't matter.
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Went ahead and put AOSP Jelly Bean on my Kindle Fire; what's up all you scrubs waiting for the UPS man  So far I'm highly impressed with 4.1.1. I have spent so much time fighting with and hating Froyo and Gingerbread that this has been a really significant improvement in user interface, speed and usability. I now have no hesitation in my plans to pick up a 10" Android tablet (provided it ships with JB)
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Syrinxx posted:Went ahead and put AOSP Jelly Bean on my Kindle Fire; what's up all you scrubs waiting for the UPS man I didn't mind Froyo and GB, but I was mostly using Android at the time because of the more open platform (which is one of the things that bothered me about iOS). I was pretty happy with ICS, though, and JB is fantastic. Anybody who hasn't used Android since GB should really check out the Nexus 7 or the Galaxy Nexus with a JB ROM because it's totally different now.
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bull3964 posted:I heard it mention that the GSM Galaxy Nexus that you get from the play store now allows you to unlock the bootloader without wiping the device, does anyone know if that holds true for the Nexus 7 as well. Nope, wiped the device, was kinda hoping it wouldn't but only had to replace a couple items. I picked one up at Sams club yesterday, the Nexus 7 is cool as hell, everything you're expecting, (this coming from a rode hard, put away wet nookie) but unfortunatley this ones going back monday. Probably 8/10 times I turn the screen on the display is faded almost white, it comes back in a couple minutes but it ain' right. No worrys tho, UPS will bring me another on Monday, this one gets exchanged then goes to the daughter for an early birthday present! potentiometer fucked around with this message at 21:14 on Jul 14, 2012 |
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Jul 14, 2012 21:05
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Syrinxx posted:Went ahead and put AOSP Jelly Bean on my Kindle Fire; what's up all you scrubs waiting for the UPS man How's the battery life been after you did that? I did the same thing and I think that the battery drains much faster on 4.1.1 than on the stock ROM.
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Jul 14, 2012 21:12
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Rohaq posted:Dude, you're in all my favourite IT threads, you should know that if Google have the ability to extract your password in plaintext, then they're doing something very very wrong indeed. I know man, I had a huge brain fart. It was spontaneous posting after my buddy told me what they were supposedly doing. I still don't know where he got that information and I didn't question it like I should have. Stupid moment.
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Jul 14, 2012 21:16
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Do people actually call them Nookies? Ha, I been accused too many times of not being a people, so who knows? To contribute, Brand spankin new (updated) Android SDK that include Jelly Bean Windows drivers that work really well. For all of your adb needs. http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
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Mystery Opponent posted:How's the battery life been after you did that? I did the same thing and I think that the battery drains much faster on 4.1.1 than on the stock ROM.
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Do people actually call them Nookies? I'm considering a permaban for using this horror of a word.
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Do people actually call them Nookies? It was the name of the first ROM("Nookie Froyo"), but I've never heard of the term used for the device itself.
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Jul 15, 2012 03:27
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Macmall is ironically selling the Nexus 7 with free shipping and for many people no tax: http://slickdeals.net/f/4882390-Nexus-7-w-no-tax-free-shipping-at-Macmall
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Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:Do people actually call them Nookies? No and no one ever has except for that nerd. What does "rode hard put away wet" even mean??
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Bob A Feet posted:What does "rode hard put away wet" even mean??
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Thermopyle posted:I'm considering a permaban for using this horror of a word. It also reminds me of Limp Bizkit so that kinda sucks
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A few retailers will now let you purchase the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T: Office Depot Tiger Direct B&H Photo & Video Amazon
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I just noticed this, for anyone jonesing for more landscape orientation on their nexus 7: there's a rotation lock in your notification drop down. Tap it. Doesn't rotate the home screen, but apps (like Awful) can now sense when you flip the device.
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Pyroxene Stigma posted:I just noticed this, for anyone jonesing for more landscape orientation on their nexus 7: there's a rotation lock in your notification drop down. Tap it. Doesn't rotate the home screen, but apps (like Awful) can now sense when you flip the device. Question about this: every review of the Nexus chalks the non rotating home as a negative thing. I can understand that cause I want a rotating home screen. But can't you just use a non stock launcher that has a rotation option?
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Bob A Feet posted:Question about this: every review of the Nexus chalks the non rotating home as a negative thing. I can understand that cause I want a rotating home screen. But can't you just use a non stock launcher that has a rotation option? In Jellybean there is a on and off checkbox under Settings\display but that setting doesn't fix the homescreen. I've seen a screenshot of Nova Launcher doing the rotate for the desktop on a Nexus. I'd give that a try. I bought 2 but don't have them yet to verify.
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Xarthos posted:In Jellybean there is a on and off checkbox under Settings\display but that setting doesn't fix the homescreen. I've seen a screenshot of Nova Launcher doing the rotate for the desktop on a Nexus. I'd give that a try. I bought 2 but don't have them yet to verify. Nova works great on the Nexus 7, screen rotates and it seems all the other functions available on Google Nexus are available on the N7. Thermopyle posted:I'm considering a permaban for using this horror of a word. Yikes, I always liked "that" word, always reminds me of one of the finer things in life. Welp, back to "Barnes & Noble Nook modified to run on android 3.0" potentiometer fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jul 15, 2012 |
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Jul 15, 2012 20:07
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Rastor posted:A few retailers will now let you purchase the ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity TF700T: edit: Amazon says this thing has a hell of a hard drive: quote:Hard Drive Syrinxx fucked around with this message at 20:48 on Jul 15, 2012 |
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Jul 15, 2012 20:43
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Syrinxx posted:Usually ships in 3-4 weeks? Fuuuuuck quote:Hard Drive That's a lot of rpms 
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randyest posted:That's a lot of rpms That's for the new Gyroscope feature.
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Well I bought the Infinity. I wasn't able to choose overnight Prime shipping; maybe that will change once they have a firm release date. Hope this mofo gets Jelly Bean soon 
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Crowley posted:That's for the new Gyroscope feature. That's awesome - hold it at the angle you want, access the hard drive & let go, it'll just stay there 
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Are there any tablets available at retail that fall in between the 7 and 10 inch sizes? The xyboard at 8.2 or the tab at 7.7 & 8.9 are all I can find and they just seem to be wireless exclusives.
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Horn posted:Are there any tablets available at retail that fall in between the 7 and 10 inch sizes? The xyboard at 8.2 or the tab at 7.7 & 8.9 are all I can find and they just seem to be wireless exclusives.  edit: he did ask for tablets between 7" and 10" and didn't specify OS (even though this is the android tablet thread) and there really aren't many options in that window. Sorry if it came across as a threadshit; that wasn't my intention. 
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randyest posted:iPads are 9.7" quote:Drive by threadshitting. User loses posting privileges for 1 day. (emphasis added)
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