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That's really the Nexus 10? It looks like poo poo.
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Oct 26, 2012 18:44
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Buttons in the center on a 10" tablet?!
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Oct 26, 2012 18:47
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Ew, that is a waste of screen real estate.
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Oct 26, 2012 18:50
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Shadowgate posted:That's really the Nexus 10? It looks like poo poo. The screen - at least based on the rumored specs of 2560 x 1600, ought to be lovely but yeah the chassis looks kind of terrible, even if I use my imagination to compensate for the poor quality of the photos  The curved (plastic?) sides and back don't seem to match the black bezel very well.The black navigation bar looks really empty and awkward. The amount of screen real-estate dedicated to 3 buttons seems a bit excessive, and maybe it's just me but now it really looks likes blown-up phone apps/interface. Maybe they'll have some customization options to make it less plain.
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Oct 26, 2012 18:54
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That chassis looks like poo poo. They somehow made it look like a giant loving phone.
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Oct 26, 2012 18:56
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I sincerely hope this is an elaborate fake because that is pretty hideous.
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Oct 26, 2012 18:57
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Wait so both threads are getting Samsung'd? drat it.
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Oct 26, 2012 18:57
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Having the bars at the top and bottom make the big ol' bezels look even worse. Also Don Lapre posted:Buttons in the center on a 10" tablet?!
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Oct 26, 2012 18:59
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:Having the bars at the top and bottom make the big ol' bezels look even worse. Once you root it you can adjust your dpi.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:00
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That thing better cost like $200 for being such an ugly piece of poo poo. If it's even close to the cost of an iPad, forget it. At least the Nexus 7 looks pretty slick and is priced really well.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:02
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Yeah, really hoping that is an elaborate fake. I'm sure anyone would love the screen but that is a really bad design. It does look pretty Samsung though, almost like the Note 10.1. Probably going to hold off and see what the rumored Asus tablet is like unless it's a different device they unveil in a few days. Front facing speakers also seem like a no-brainer for tablets. Definitely a plus there. poxin fucked around with this message at 19:09 on Oct 26, 2012 |
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Oct 26, 2012 19:07
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Oct 26, 2012 19:10
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poxin posted:It does look pretty Samsung though, I think that pretty much says it all. Probably a real tablet unfortunately.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:10
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gently caress I nearly posted a picture of a LeapFrog on my last post. It seriously looks like a kids toy.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:13
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I'm SERIOUSLY in the minority here but... I like it. Well, at least I like the back. That brushed metal "NEXUS" logo is sexy as gently caress. The rest? No. I'll probably just get a Nexus 7 and pretend it's got a metal back with a plastic part on top because ASUS sucks at using metal.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:21
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 Never claimed to be good at photoshop. poxin fucked around with this message at 19:29 on Oct 26, 2012 |
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Oct 26, 2012 19:25
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ThermoPhysical posted:I'm SERIOUSLY in the minority here but...
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Oct 26, 2012 19:26
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Is there a certain LeapFrog model that it looks like? The few images I've seen don't look anything like the Nexus 10 images.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:27
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Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:It's Samsung. Are you even sure it's metal and not just plastic made to look/scratch like metal? Yeah...that's a good point. I could see Samsung doing that. Maybe ASUS should've did that for the Prime.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:27
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Asus and Samsung are battling for who can get the cheapest plastics i guess. Thats the VivoRT 
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Oct 26, 2012 19:30
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The Merkinman posted:Is there a certain LeapFrog model that it looks like? The few images I've seen don't look anything like the Nexus 10 images. I think it's just a dig at the big soft curves & cheap looking plastic.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:32
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Cakefool posted:I think it's just a dig at the big soft curves & cheap looking plastic. This. It's the curves that make it look like a children's toy.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:34
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Don Lapre posted:Asus and Samsung are battling for who can get the cheapest plastics i guess. I thought the vivotab was metal except for a plastic strip at the top for the radios? What review is that from?
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Oct 26, 2012 19:38
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It looks kind of like a Touchpad, which was the prettiest princess in all the land and was taken from us before her time 
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Oct 26, 2012 19:39
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Butt Soup Barnes posted:I thought the vivotab was metal except for a plastic strip at the top for the radios? What review is that from? http://www.theverge.com/2012/10/23/3536302/asus-vivo-tab-rt-review edit: you are right, it is mostly metal on the back.
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Oct 26, 2012 19:40
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Yay something to add to my collection of brown electronics!
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Oct 26, 2012 19:46
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Aesthetic complaints aside, which i think are overblown, it's nice to have 2 front facing speakers on a tablet, rather than 1 in the rear.
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Oct 26, 2012 20:49
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Mister Fister posted:Aesthetic complaints aside, which i think are overblown, it's nice to have 2 front facing speakers on a tablet, rather than 1 in the rear.
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Oct 26, 2012 20:57
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I don't mind that it's LeapFrog-esque or whatever, my only gripe is about the location of the navigation buttons. It looks interesting. I was totally on board with getting the N7 32GB, but I might be looking at this now.
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Oct 26, 2012 21:08
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Socialism posted:The black navigation bar looks really empty and awkward. The amount of screen real-estate dedicated to 3 buttons seems a bit excessive, and maybe it's just me but now it really looks likes blown-up phone apps/interface. Maybe they'll have some customization options to make it less plain. I doubt it. It seems to be a direct response to the usability flaw with the old Honeycomb style where people would accidentally touch the system buttons in full screen apps. It got to the point where the suggestion given to drawing app developers who asked for a way to disable to system bar (since they are affected worst) in Google's weekly livestreamed developer Q&A's was to lock the orientation and render the UI upside down. Besides that there's an argument you could make for consistency across form factors (it certainly hasn't hurt the market leader). Can't be completely sure without holding it, but even in the center the nav buttons should be within range of the arc of both thumbs when holding the tablet in a landscape grip. I don't have any problems thumb hitting the 3rd and 4th icon in the 6 icon iPad dock which are in the relative same position (though I don't know my place on the tiny girl hands/man hands continuum to put this in context). So in essence all thats changing is that instead of 2 sweet spots (bottom left region for nav buttons, bottom right region for notifications/quick settings) you get 4 (bottom left region for back, bottom right region for Recents, Top left and top right region for notifications/quick settings). The only real losers are those who have muscle memory for the old Honeycomb way who'll need some time to adjust.
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Oct 26, 2012 22:37
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I love OLED displays, so if that leak is generally accurate and the 10" S-AMOLED 2560x1600 spec is correct it's going to be really appealing. Hadn't heard anything until now about work on an OLED screen of that size and resolution, so I'm kinda doubtful on that front. It's more likely an IPS or PLS display, which is still good, just much less tempting for me. e: The back is probably metal since they put a radio window in the chassis. Samsung used a similar windowed chassis on the Galaxy Tab 7.7 (then killed it by pricing above iPads and selling only through Verizon in the USA, also Honeycomb blah).
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The page has been updated since:quote:Update: The device’s back feels like brushed aluminum, says our source. There are rubber coated edges, and it’s extremely light and thin. Looks like you're right. Unless its magic Samsung plastic they've been keeping under wraps for all this time.
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Oct 26, 2012 22:48
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I'm in two minds about it - it will probably arrive here about the same time as the Windows 8 Pro tablets, and at a price that probably won't offer much value. It certainly doesn't look like it should be attracting a premium price though, maybe $400 USD at most.
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ClubmanGT posted:I'm in two minds about it - it will probably arrive here about the same time as the Windows 8 Pro tablets, and at a price that probably won't offer much value. It certainly doesn't look like it should be attracting a premium price though, maybe $400 USD at most. Well with their awful paper quality manual maybe they'll shoot for the lower end of the $300-$400 range? The fire 8.9" is $300, albeit with a lesser screen/processor and ads. The Fire has a better looking body, I'd say. If the Nexus 10 lands $350 I would not be surprised that it can grab quite a few sales just from the competitive pricing.
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Oct 26, 2012 23:28
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This thing is the same res as my U3011. Impressive for sure. The bump from 149 ppi (x800) to 224 (x1200) in that size panel is noticeable, I wonder if the bump from 224 to 298 (x1600) would be? Or from an ipad at 264 to 298.
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Oct 27, 2012 18:24
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BeastOfExmoor posted:Trip report from my first business trip with my N7. I bought it primarily to keep me entertained on long flights and in the airports as well as times I'm eating out that I'm waiting for my meal. I ended up using it even more than I imagined and my laptop often spent any non-work hours in my bag. I was very curious about battery life, but on the way home I watched a 2+ hour movie and only drained it to 85% which means cross-country flights should be completely doable. I'm really happy I purchased it and continue to be puzzled when people (Apple, Tech Blogs) refer to it as a "compromise device." I had my first business trip with my Nexus 7 a couple of weeks ago and I am taking another one this week. My experience was pretty much the same as what you are describing. The only "compromise" I had with it was the performance bug that I discused earlier regarding the file system having less than 3GB of space free, but that has been fixed in the most resent update.
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Oct 27, 2012 18:38
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Compromised: Doesn't have 3G option. e: yet
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incoherent posted:Compromised: Doesn't have 3G option. My janky old Nexus S spends it's days wifi tethered to the Nexus 7 and taking phone calls. Not elegant but it works and the carriers still only see an Android device.
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They canceled the event on Monday because of Hurricane Sandy. Lame. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/27/google-event-cancelled-hurricane-sandy_n_2030779.html
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