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Cardboard Box A posted:I don't know what to tell you, I will try to go further and find a different store with ones on display, but the ones I have seen so far have cheap Chinese tablet levels of choppiness. If there is some trick to ameliorating that then it is a lot of pixels for the price. I picked up one for myself and one for mother's day and they've been great; games, 1080 video, web surfing all work well, the only performance issue I've seen is a slight delay sometimes when changing apps or going to the home screen but I'll occasionally get the same thing on my ipod touch. I have been using the audi stop app to keep too many processes from piling up overall I'd strongly recommend the HD+ for $180
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Well, somehow my N7 up and died on me. I last used it about two weeks ago on a trip. Just left it in my bag until yesterday. The bag was just sitting on my living room floor in the corner the whole time. When I realized I might need it that evening, so I took it out of my bag and plugged it in to charge (with the wall charger it shipped with.) I let it go a few hours, then checked on it..the backlight seemed sort of half on, or something. I saw some glowing from the edges around the screen, and the back was warm. The power button did nothing. Unplugging it made the half-backlight go away, plugging it back it and it came back. I left it unplugged and cursed to myself. This morning, I plugged it in again, and it didn't fo that weird half-backlight thing, but booted up. It got to the unlock screen, then shutdown after briefly showing a super-low battery message. Since then, nothing. No charging symbol on the screen, can't get it to turn on, on either the wall charger or one of three other USB plugs/chargers. I got it in December (X-Mas present.) How long is the warranty on these bad boys? Edit: Oh, how about that, there's an entire article about the N7 possibly not charging after being left uncharged for a while: http://support.google.com/googleplay/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=3055485&topic=2453057&ctx=topic Ok, I'll try all of that gobbledy-gook first.
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If you got it from Google just call them and they'll cross-ship you a new one.
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Tunga posted:If you got it from Google just call them and they'll cross-ship you a new one.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:He doesn't need to, it's the same problem that 10 people have had in this thread. Let it charge overnight and it will come back to life. Don't let your batteries completely discharge, people. I think the big problem is after it discharges all the way and I recharge it, why do I need to hold the power button down for 15 seconds? That seemed to be my problem. Only 5-10 isn't enough, has to be 15 for some reason.
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Hope you weren't late to an appointment or work or anything. 15 seconds probably just tells the software hey there was a full discharge, do this stuff on startup.
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So I returned my used dock for my transformer tf700 and got a refurbed one on newegg. Yep, the other one was broken and that's why it was so loose. Now I'm afraid this one will gently caress up my screen protector. I might just cut out a section on the bottom so it doesn't. Can't get over how innovative this thing is. Why get an ipad? Seriously. It even recognizes my 2 TB hardrive. With some help on another forum I finally upgrade to 4.2.1 JB. It was all a bit overwhelming to me. I went with this kernel. TF700: ASUS 10.6.1.14.4 Modded Stock Kernel v2 Row scheduler, UV, ISO9660, and fsync controlk. By _that Now it's nice and snappy like it should have been. Also, can someone explain launchers to me? Which ones should I try out? In options it says i'm on 4.1 JB launcher should I switch to the 4.2 launcher?
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Can the Nexus 10 support a pressure sensitive stylus? I'm only contemplating a Galaxy Note 10.1 over the Nexus because of this.
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Poniard posted:Can the Nexus 10 support a pressure sensitive stylus? I'm only contemplating a Galaxy Note 10.1 over the Nexus because of this. Nope. It's a simple capacitive screen. No 1024 points wacom business like the Note 10.1.
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Jack_tripper posted:I picked up one for myself and one for mother's day and they've been great; games, 1080 video, web surfing all work well, the only performance issue I've seen is a slight delay sometimes when changing apps or going to the home screen but I'll occasionally get the same thing on my ipod touch. I have been using the audi stop app to keep too many processes from piling up Do you ever read PDFs on it? I fiddled with one at Target today and it choked really fast when I was tried to move rapidly through the pages of a PDF i had downloaded.
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Christoff posted:Can't get over how innovative this thing is. Why get an ipad? Seriously. It even recognizes my 2 TB hardrive.
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Danhenge posted:Do you ever read PDFs on it? I fiddled with one at Target today and it choked really fast when I was tried to move rapidly through the pages of a PDF i had downloaded. I might've opened a game manual or something in the last few years in pdf but I haven't on the nook or my pc recently
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Well, this might explain the Nook fire sale. Maybe it's not so much that B&N spins off the sinking brick & mortar business and keeps e-books, as it is that someone buys the e-book part of B&N and rest goes to an LBO firm to run into the ground.
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Christoff posted:So I returned my used dock for my transformer tf700 and got a refurbed one on newegg. Yep, the other one was broken and that's why it was so loose. Now I'm afraid this one will gently caress up my screen protector. I might just cut out a section on the bottom so it doesn't. This sounds like you took the roundabout route to getting a functioning laptop. How much time and money did this cost you, all told?
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kitten smoothie posted:Well, this might explain the Nook fire sale. Maybe it's not so much that B&N spins off the sinking brick & mortar business and keeps e-books, as it is that someone buys the e-book part of B&N and rest goes to an LBO firm to run into the ground. I scored a Nook HD+ for $149. I also got a Nook Simple Touch and Nook Simple Touch with Glowlight for $20 and $30 last night. Not a bad deal.
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Tori CMOS posted:This sounds like you took the roundabout route to getting a functioning laptop. How much time and money did this cost you, all told? $280 for the tablet and $75 for the dock so $355. Plus I got a screen protector and case and poo poo. Time? Uh, 15 minutes driving to meet the guy selling the tablet on Craigslist? I also spent hours researching all the poo poo but I just like to read reviews about every little piece before I buy. It folds up to like an inch and I can disconnect it to make a tablet? It suits my needs perfectly and fills a niche. Endless Mike posted:For starters because you don't have to cut things apart to make them work as intended. ? Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 13:57 on May 9, 2013 |
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If anyone in the UK's looking to get an ok tablet on a wickedly tight budget, you can get the price of an Iconia B1 down to £74.05. Asda's running a 5% off tablets promotion right now - code "tablet5". They're not on the excluded list for Acer Cashback( Comet, Costco, HMV, John Lewis, PC World, Currys, & Dixons + QVC), who're doing £20 back for a B1 bought during the month of may. I'm grabbing one to tide me over till Haswell chips and Nexus refreshes drop. ed: people have rooted the thing, too. Kerbtree fucked around with this message at 20:13 on May 9, 2013 |
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Kerbtree posted:If anyone in the UK's looking to get an ok tablet on a wickedly tight budget, you can get the price of an Iconia B1 down to £74.05.
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Christoff posted:$280 for the tablet and $75 for the dock so $355. Plus I got a screen protector and case and poo poo. Not sure why you're getting poo poo on, but I agree that its got a really cool and unique niche. I had one for about 3 months before deciding the software I wanted/needed the most was iOS only and the 1080p resolution was underutilized. If and when they get that solved, I'll have my perfect device. I wish that Apple would make a similar dock for the iPad (fat chance) but as Android grows as a tablet OS, I'll keep my eye out on the next Transformer and won't hesitate to switch back.
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mesc posted:Not sure why you're getting poo poo on, but I agree that its got a really cool and unique niche. I had one for about 3 months before deciding the software I wanted/needed the most was iOS only and the 1080p resolution was underutilized. If and when they get that solved, I'll have my perfect device. I wish that Apple would make a similar dock for the iPad (fat chance) but as Android grows as a tablet OS, I'll keep my eye out on the next Transformer and won't hesitate to switch back.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:lovely resolution, TN screen and half a gig of RAM. This, like pretty much every tablet that's "like a Nexus 7 but costs less" is a complete waste of money. Right now is an especially terrible time to buy something like that because there's a good chance of a Nexus 7 refresh this month so not only will there be some nice new hardware but also loads of people selling off their old stuff for cheap. Has there been any decent buzz as to who is manufacturing the next Nexus 7? Is is still going to be Asus?
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randyest posted:Logitec and a few others make several different keyboard docks for iPads FYI. That adds battery, usb, sd card slot, folds into an inch, has a track pad, and all the different key functions? Don't get me wrong I have an iPhone and love it but for a second I thought I was in the android tablet thread. Guess I got lost Nostalgia4Dogges fucked around with this message at 21:58 on May 9, 2013 |
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You know what else has a large battery, USB, an SD slot, folds to an inch or less, has a track pad, and has all sorts of key functions? A laptop. A lot of people who think they "need" a tablet with a keyboard and a trackpad actually need a laptop.
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Tori CMOS posted:You know what else has a large battery, USB, an SD slot, folds to an inch or less, has a track pad, and has all sorts of key functions? A laptop.
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Tori CMOS posted:You know what else has a large battery, USB, an SD slot, folds to an inch or less, has a track pad, and has all sorts of key functions? A laptop. I've never seen a laptop that can run for 10-15 hours on a single charge.
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Tori CMOS posted:You know what else has a large battery, USB, an SD slot, folds to an inch or less, has a track pad, and has all sorts of key functions? A laptop. Windows 8 ultrabook with touchscreen crew represent 
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zamin posted:I've never seen a laptop that can run for 10-15 hours on a single charge. Without heat or a fan. Or the ability to detach a screen for portrait reading. I'd argue that a lot of people that need a laptop would be better off with something like this, it's just not quite there.
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zer0spunk posted:Without heat or a fan. Yeah I mean its not the best solution for everything, but as somebody who uses travels a lot it's ideal for me. The software just wasn't there yet.
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Current WinTel tablet/ultrabook combos are pretty terrible, but if the upcoming north cape/haswell tablets are anything like the intel reference design, that looks real promising: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv7Kuy8ybnw
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mesc posted:Yeah I mean its not the best solution for everything, but as somebody who uses travels a lot it's ideal for me. The software just wasn't there yet. Luckily for you, the software is already there, today, in small devices that fold and have a display and a keyboard. That software is MacOS X or Windows. You're welcome.
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Tori CMOS posted:You know what else has a large battery, USB, an SD slot, folds to an inch or less, has a track pad, and has all sorts of key functions? A laptop. A dockable tablet unironically is a far better netbook then any actual netbook ever was.
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Tori CMOS posted:Luckily for you, the software is already there, today, in small devices that fold and have a display and a keyboard. I guess you're missing the point - when I travel for work, I carry both a laptop and an iPad with me. The iPad is for reading, comics, forums, scribbling notes with Penultimate, taking to meetings so I don't have to bring a laptop in obnoxiously but can still check my email when necessary, watching movies on the plane, etc. Basically all the things that a tablet is great for when you don't want to have a laptop and a keyboard in front of you. The laptop is for when I need to write emails, do light MS Office tasks, and other basic productivity tasks. The Transformer series is the perfect hardware with which to do both, combined with a battery life of around 12-13 hours. Last summer, when I bought the Transformer Infinity, I know I was buying into a niche product set that would be ideal for my particular set of needs, but I wasn't prepared for just how unusable the software was for the productivity set of tasks (I tried just about every Office suite available for Android without success). That doesn't make it a bad idea, it just means it was immature - and maybe what I was looking for was too niche and won't ever gain in popularity. I have a hunch that its not, considering the realm of ultrabook and tablet seems to be converging more and more with every new release.
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Omelette du Fromage posted:Unless you need MS Office There's several apps for that.
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:lovely resolution, TN screen and half a gig of RAM. This, like pretty much every tablet that's "like a Nexus 7 but costs less" is a complete waste of money. Right now is an especially terrible time to buy something like that because there's a good chance of a Nexus 7 refresh this month so not only will there be some nice new hardware but also loads of people selling off their old stuff for cheap. Yeah. About that. Argos is dumping their catalogue stock into their clearance warehouses. I've had a Nexus-sized change of plans.
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Splizwarf posted:There's several apps for that. And they're all pretty awful, honestly. I would love a decent GDrive or Office app on my Nexus 10 but they simply don't exist yet.
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Isn't there a Libreoffice beta, or did I imagine that?
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EugeneJ posted:Isn't there a Libreoffice beta, or did I imagine that? There are daily builds: http://dev-builds.libreoffice.org/daily/master/Android-ARM@24-Bytemark-Hosting/current/ But it's not that great.
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mesc posted:and maybe what I was looking for was too niche and won't ever gain in popularity. I would pay any price tag for this: 14 inch display (even 13 would be close enough) to be able to properly display a 8.5x11 page without scaling. . ideally 1200p, higher would be nicer at that size, but 1440 or 1600p isn't necessary same profile as current gen transformers, but a little thinner and lighter can't hurt wacom digitizer/input front firing speakers arm (i don't need x86) and then the usual stuff sd built in to tab, bonus if it has full or micro usb too dockable keyboard with usb3 and sd 12-14 hour battery no fan, little heat It could run ios, it could run android, it could run winRT, it doesn't matter. It just has to hit all those checkpoints. As it stands now, the closest thing I've found has been the tegra 3 transformer/dock which I've had since end of dec '11 (201, and then a 700). I just hope eventually this magical unicorn modular device I want is purchasable from someone, asus or not.
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