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Holding really super tightly around that corner (to the point where I can't even seen the corner of the display) I can attenuate the wifi signal by a single bar and it looks like I lose about 10mbps of throughput. Holding in landscape in a way I naturally would (so as not to occlude the speakers), there's no attenuation at all.
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arisu posted:I don't know about the HD10, but I have an HD8 and the screen is so poo poo it actively makes me mad. I thought I could stomach it and used it for like 4 months but I can't live with it anymore. Amazon cheaping out and making the 8 inch tablet 1280x800 is the worst thing they did with the line. The 10 is at least 1920x1080, but it's true that it doesn't seem like a great display otherwise, it just isn't some terrible low resolution.
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Moey posted:Just was reading this, any wifi issues you can reproduce? Hahahaha, gently caress, let me go get the thing... (like I said, I'm almost 100% portrait mode so this hasn't come up yet).
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smr posted:Hahahaha, gently caress, let me go get the thing... (like I said, I'm almost 100% portrait mode so this hasn't come up yet).  I gripped the poo poo outta the lower-left corner (which isn't natural, at least to me), and the wifi didn't lose a bar or anything. The speedtest I ran on my home wifi is showing there, that's about what everything wifi gets in that location of my house. Oddly, I fast.fm'd in Portrait mode with my usual grip and got 130Mbps, so it was slower. *shrug* Kinda smacks of "every new device from a major maker MUST have a something-gate" to me. EDIT: Cool how none of the usual Dropbox or iCloud share links work here 
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I put Nova launcher on my Tab S5e with the helper app for Google feed and it's now perfect. Good job Samsung, I think this is one of the best products you've made in awhile.
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Looks like this weekend I'm downloading Android Studio. Amazon really, really wants you to use their lovely launcher on their tablets and have blocked Launcher Hijacker, so currently the only way around it is to download the source, rename the dev and package name in the files, then compile it from source. gently caress you, Bezos! Let me have Nova Launcher on your lovely tablet!
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taiyoko posted:Looks like this weekend I'm downloading Android Studio. Amazon really, really wants you to use their lovely launcher on their tablets and have blocked Launcher Hijacker, so currently the only way around it is to download the source, rename the dev and package name in the files, then compile it from source. Or just download the file from XDA because someone else already did all that
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I'm going to reiterate how much I'm actually liking this Tab S5e which, if you know my Samsung history, should mean a lot. The 16:10 aspect ratio, light weight, and minimal bezel make it very very usable in portrait mode. It's actually not all that much harder to use in portrait than the smaller Mediapad M5 8.4. This is the first 10" tablet that doesn't seem like a chore to use. Nova has been working great with it so it almost feels like a Google device at this point. Battery life, most importantly idle usage, has been great. I'm 3 days off charge right now with 5 hours SoT and I still have 36% battery left.
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Does it support SPen? That's one feature I really miss about my 10.1 2014. The Sheild stylus is/was good, but abandonware hurts.
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It does not, no. You'll have to wait for the full Tab S5 that's probably coming around the same time as the Note 10 in August or September.
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taiyoko posted:Looks like this weekend I'm downloading Android Studio. Amazon really, really wants you to use their lovely launcher on their tablets and have blocked Launcher Hijacker, so currently the only way around it is to download the source, rename the dev and package name in the files, then compile it from source. There are automated scripts for all of this and if you had bothered to look at XDA you'd have probably seen one of the several pinned topics about it. It takes one click from the AIO Toolbox program. Actually really awesome, and the toolbox has a few other neat options and tools too. I used the ADB File Manager a bit while dicking around with the Fire https://www.google.com/amp/s/forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/development/official-amazon-fire-toolbox-v1-0-t3889604/amp/ barnold fucked around with this message at 15:19 on May 13, 2019 |
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I managed to snag one of these before the deal expired: https://slickdeals.net/f/13076938-lenovo-10-1-smart-tab-p10-64gb-android-tablet-w-dock-177-65-free-shipping?src=SiteSearch That seems like a pretty good deal for a tablet with 4gb RAM, plus a nifty dock to go along with it. The processor ain't great but I'm only gonna use it for media consumption anyway, not play games. As long as it's enough to drive 1080p videos it should be enough for me.
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Oh poo poo https://goodereader.com/blog/kindle/amazon-is-going-to-release-a-new-fire-tablet quote:Amazon is going to release a new Fire Tablet
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EugeneJ posted:Oh poo poo Haha not sure a new Amazon tablet is worth an "oh poo poo"
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Is there now an 8" tablet with specs somewhat on par with an Nvidia shield? Would really like to not move forward with just buying used tablets from eBay for work. They're really only going to be running custom software so screen quality doesn't matter a ton, but the wifi adapter can't suck. Needs to be 8" (with similar physical dimensions) because it's going to be in a custom built case. We could possibly have changes made to the case to make it bigger, but only if there's a good enough replacement tablet to make it worth the cost.
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I'd honestly be fine with my previous Fire tablet if it actually had a decent amount of RAM on it
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bull3964 posted:I'm going to reiterate how much I'm actually liking this Tab S5e which, if you know my Samsung history, should mean a lot. Any issues with using it in landscape mode and are you still happy with it in general? I might be in the market for a new tablet soon with these Huawei developments...
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I think Amazon's HD designation is a little disingenuous considering the resolution is like 720p or whatever on the HD8.
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jokes posted:I think Amazon's HD designation is a little disingenuous considering the resolution is like 720p or whatever on the HD8. 720p has always been an HD resolution.
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Incessant Excess posted:Any issues with using it in landscape mode and are you still happy with it in general? I might be in the market for a new tablet soon with these Huawei developments... Most of my landscape usage has been for video, but I haven't had any issues. I'm also going to say again how awesome the speakers are on this thing. I haven't used my Mediapad M5 since I got this thing. Oddly enough, the 8.4" doesn't really feel much smaller. This is finally a usable 10" tablet. And the screen is still gorgeous.
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Cool, I'll be getting that should I find a buyer for me M5, not that there are a whole lot of alternatives.
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The Amazon Fire 7 is getting refreshed It now has the same innards as the HD 8 (faster quad-core processor, 2MB front and rear-facing camera, maximum 512 GB microSD) and hands-free Alexa now works without the device needing to be plugged in - I'm guessing it will also be on current generation Fire OS 6 (Nougat) Still only has 1GB RAM, same poo poo speaker, and same screen resolution 16GB version is $49 and you can preorder it now (ships June 6th): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FKR6KXF Previous generation (8 GB) is on sale for $39: https://www.amazon.com/All-New-Amazon-Fire-7-Tablet/dp/B01GEW27DA EugeneJ fucked around with this message at 03:45 on May 25, 2019 |
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How is it possible to only have 1gb RAM in 2019? I rather get a lovely big phone than that. I understand that the price point is really low but still...
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Guillermus posted:How is it possible to only have 1gb RAM in 2019? I rather get a lovely big phone than that. I understand that the price point is really low but still... It's the same price as dinner for two.
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I live in the capital city of tapas (Sevilla, Spain) and that's like twice of a night of drinks+food.  Yeah it's super cheap and I get that they have to cut somewhere but as I'm looking for a Nexus 7 replacement I'd like a more expensive version with at least 3gb ram and a 720p (minimum) screen. Looks like Samsung and Huawei (not sure about this right now) are my only bets.
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Guillermus posted:I live in the capital city of tapas (Sevilla, Spain) and that's like twice of a night of drinks+food. I get what you're saying but these are so disposable they sell them in 3-packs. Obviously the only thing it's a replacement for is a broken one of itself.
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I think that I'll end going for a bigger one (8.4" or even 10) as the only thing I use my N7 2013 with replaced battery is for netflix, twitch and other streaming apps since my Nokia 7 Plus is up to date and faster.
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I had an HD8 for video streaming and even with that limited use, the performance made it kind of tedious to use. The screen and speakers were also predictably low quality, so I wouldn't recommend those unless you absolutely *have* to stick to a budget. I eventually replaced it with Huawei Mediapad M5 that I was pretty happy with for a while but, well, you know.
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Guillermus posted:How is it possible to only have 1gb RAM in 2019? I rather get a lovely big phone than that. I understand that the price point is really low but still... I'm still annoyed that someone on this forum told me 1.5GB on the fire 8 if you just wanted a tablet for light web browsing
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Someone with an HD8, how long does it take to boot? I have a whole car gps-tethered to my phone setup with a Nexus 7 and looking to switch out. Boot time is pretty important so I'm not sitting there staring at it while waiting for directions.
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Lockback posted:Someone with an HD8, how long does it take to boot? I have a whole car gps-tethered to my phone setup with a Nexus 7 and looking to switch out. Boot time is pretty important so I'm not sitting there staring at it while waiting for directions. Mine takes at least a minute, I've never timed it. Also, how do you GPS-tether? I had once wanted to do that to have the bigger screen to play Pokemon Go (not that the hd8 has enough ram to support it nowadays).
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Lockback posted:Someone with an HD8, how long does it take to boot? I have a whole car gps-tethered to my phone setup with a Nexus 7 and looking to switch out. Boot time is pretty important so I'm not sitting there staring at it while waiting for directions. HD8 doesn't have a built-in GPS like the Nexus 7 does
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EugeneJ posted:HD8 doesn't have a built-in GPS like the Nexus 7 does Well poo poo, thanks for the heads up on that. taiyoko posted:Mine takes at least a minute, I've never timed it. Also, how do you GPS-tether? I had once wanted to do that to have the bigger screen to play Pokemon Go (not that the hd8 has enough ram to support it nowadays). I get into my car and start my car. My tablet is rooted and boots on power-on. My phone auto-connects via bluetooth to my car Tasker has a task to turn on hotspot when it sees my car as a connected bluetooth device Tablet boots and connects to hotspot. Tasker shuts down the tablet when the power is disconnected (ie. when the car is turned off) I don't have many apps so the data usage for googlemaps and darksky is pretty minimal.
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Got my Lenovo P10 today. Great tablet so far. The screen, while not the highest res screen out there, looks sharp enough where I'm not getting tired looking at it like I did with my Fire HD8. I'm upgrading from an Echo dot so being able to dock it is pretty cool too. Gonna order some smart bulbs so I can start talking to my electronics like a madman. The dock sounds as good as my sister's standard Echo too. Well worth the $190 after tax I dropped, but I don't think I'd pay MSRP for this device. I hate the glass back though, almost tempted to drop $18 on a skin just so I can stop worrying about that slippery fingerprint magnet.
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Are there any decent cheap (> $200) 10" Android tablets other than the Kindle Fire HD 10? I'm looking for something which I'll mostly use for reading PDF's, etc.
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https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/06/20/report-google-gives-up-on-making-its-own-tablets/ No more tablets from Google. They've also cancelled two unreleased devices. They will focus on laptops (and phones) in the future.
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Wasn't the Nexus 9 the last one they made? I still have my N7 2013 and the 9 was expensive and not good at all.
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Guillermus posted:Wasn't the Nexus 9 the last one they made? I still have my N7 2013 and the 9 was expensive and not good at all. The Pixel Slate was the last one.
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