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Ok I have been searching for a 7-9in tablet for close to 3-6 months now.
At first i just wanted a cheap one to just control my computers remotely but then I played with couple of them and found out that they could do more.
I would like one with
1. Fast cpu so I can flash and upgrade roms and kernals
2. Removeable battery (im afaird that the power cylces might die and I will have poor battery life)
3. Built in HDMI port
4.GPS
5. at least 512 memory
I really like the flyer, the pen option is sick, but having the change the battery is going to be a pain and then I might lose the thing
is there a skin that holds the pen in place?
Ok heres want I need help with
should I buy this one or the ARCHOS 80 G9 TABLET?
The note taking App is a real buying factor for me, but I am wondering if other tablets offer that feature, I just need a note pad that I could use any styles and take notes
Any1 plz help
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I wish the flyer was around 350 then i would of bought it by now...
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Any1 has hdmi out working on it by the way and if so which cable r u using?
thesssfactor said:
1. Fast cpu so I can flash and upgrade roms and kernals
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The Flyer is really fast, i never had a lag or slow down.
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2. Removeable battery (im afaird that the power cylces might die and I will have poor battery life)
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No, sadly it is not.
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3. Built in HDMI port
4.GPS
5. at least 512 memory
is there a skin that holds the pen in place?
Any1 has hdmi out working on it by the way and if so which cable r u using?
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3: Yes, but you need a MHL cable.(please see link)
4: Yes.
5: 8GB + 12 GB internal SD drive plus Micro SD slot.
Skin: http://www.obostore.com/yoobao-slim-leather-case-skin-for-htc-flyer-p-1928.html
Cable: http://www.expansys-usa.com/htc-flyer-mhl-cable-ac-m500-extmicro-usb-12-pin-to-hdmi-209996/
Just FYI, most tablets don't have removable batteries. Some are easier than others to take apart and remove/replace them, but having ez-mode user-servicable batteries just isnt a tablet feature. For what its worth though, most modern batteries have 1000+ charge cycles at least. Lets say you recharge it once a day, thats years of service. At the end of 3 or so years, finding a replacement battery will be harder than removing the back of the device and replacing it anyways.
Best thing you can do for any lithium compound battery is dont leave it plugged in. discharge it to around 40% before recharging it. The whole "memory effect" thing isnt an issue with lithium batteries, but constant topping off will reduce battery life anyways.
Yeah I understand that, I love the pen function. But spending 480 on a tablet is too much for me (400 tablet + 80 pen)
the most I could spend is around 300 because this tablet will be replacing my netbook in away
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Skin: http://www.obostore.com/yoobao-slim-leather-case-skin-for-htc-flyer-p-1928.html
Cable: http://www.expansys-usa.com/htc-flyer-mhl-cable-ac-m500-extmicro-usb-12-pin-to-hdmi-209996/
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Do they have a Silicone case that can hold the pen?
(I brought the LG G-Slate - What a piece of junk... I'm waiting till Black Friday to buy the flyer- G slate lagged every 2 seconds.)
If you are in the US at Best Buy the Tablet is $300 and the Pen is $40.
I have tried most of the 7 - 8 inch tablets and the Flyer has the best build quality. THe next best is the Color Nook at about $149. Great tablet when rooted and running CM7, but no camera, GPS or Mic. So I love the Flyer, but HTC needs to get Honey Comb out, then it would be a killer.
Take it from someone who's had a gtablet, iconia, xoom, dell streak 7 and now this. This is the funest tablet I've had yet. Not usually a fan of HTC Sense but it works really well on this tablet. I also like that It's gingerbread, It's stable and most apps are compatible. This is the tablet I should've purchased from the start. At $299 it's a great buy.
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Do they have a Silicone case that can hold the pen?
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I've seen favorable reviews for the Trident Aegis case (not entirely silicone, but close), which comes with a detachable pen holder:
http://www.amazon.com/Trident-Aegis-Hybrid-Flyer-AG-FLYER-BK/dp/B005DSMRUK
I'm really tempted to get it, but it might be overkill....
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I've seen favorable reviews for the Trident Aegis case (not entirely silicone, but close), which comes with a detachable pen holder:
http://www.amazon.com/Trident-Aegis-Hybrid-Flyer-AG-FLYER-BK/dp/B005DSMRUK
I'm really tempted to get it, but it might be overkill....
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I like the fact that it holds the pen but wow it looks like army gear. It looks extremely bulky.
I guess I gotta buy, I dont want to lose the pen.
Where the does the pen go inside of that case?
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I have tried most of the 7 - 8 inch tablets and the Flyer has the best build quality. THe next best is the Color Nook at about $149. Great tablet when rooted and running CM7, but no camera, GPS or Mic. So I love the Flyer, but HTC needs to get Honey Comb out, then it would be a killer.
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Why don't you flash the 3.2 roms that they have out instead of cm7?
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Take it from someone who's had a gtablet, iconia, xoom, dell streak 7 and now this. This is the funest tablet I've had yet. Not usually a fan of HTC Sense but it works really well on this tablet. I also like that It's gingerbread, It's stable and most apps are compatible. This is the tablet I should've purchased from the start. At $299 it's a great buy.
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Im going to buy it @ best buy, but going to wait till black Friday hoping that the price drops a little bit. What's to wait 4 weeks.
I think I might buy this case:
http://www.amazon.com/Flyer-Multi-Angle-Stylus-Holder/dp/B005F7KQB6
Problem with most portfolio cases is that it hides the rear camera when in hand held use. This one doesn't.
Now I just have to find away to make sure the Pen does not fall out of the case. I just they had string attached to this thing.
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Why don't you flash the 3.2 roms that they have out instead of cm7?
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Because Google never released the source code for Honeycomb, the 3rd party honeycomb ROMs are incomplete. Some HW does not work, like graphics acceleration and some apps are unstable. So the available HC ROMs are like alpha, not even beta because there is no way to finish them. That's why Cyanogen is stuck on GingerBread. For that same reason it is unlikely that our ROM cooks will be able to fix any significant problems in the HTC Flyer leaked ROM. We are therefore pretty stuck until when and if HTC does a HC final.
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Because Google never released the source code for Honeycomb, the 3rd party honeycomb ROMs are incomplete. Some HW does not work, like graphics acceleration and some apps are unstable. So the available HC ROMs are like alpha, not even beta because there is no way to finish them. That's why Cyanogen is stuck on GingerBread. For that same reason it is unlikely that our ROM cooks will be able to fix any significant problems in the HTC Flyer leaked ROM. We are therefore pretty stuck until when and if HTC does a HC final.
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Would they be able to use htc puccini software- firmware on the htc flyer?
I get what your saying, I flashing sensed 3.0 on My EVO and it has its problems
I really liked 3.2 honey
Flyer is just $50 more than the Nook, so Flyer seems a no brainer for most.
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Im going to buy it @ best buy, but going to wait till black Friday hoping that the price drops a little bit. What's to wait 4 weeks.
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I wouldn't wait if I were you. I found this device two days ago and they were selling out so fast the quantities in other stores were updating almost visibly. The Best Buy locally for me was sold out, and the Best Buy Mobile right near there sold their last one five minutes before I called. I ended up finding one on eBay with a gift receipt for the same price and free shipping but the two guys at Best Buy both told me that they aren't hopeful that they will get anymore in. They even show backordered online.
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I wouldn't wait if I were you. I found this device two days ago and they were selling out so fast the quantities in other stores were updating almost visibly. The Best Buy locally for me was sold out, and the Best Buy Mobile right near there sold their last one five minutes before I called. I ended up finding one on eBay with a gift receipt for the same price and free shipping but the two guys at Best Buy both told me that they aren't hopeful that they will get anymore in. They even show backordered online.
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Its either this tab for 300 or the galaxy 7in for 200. I could prob get the Galaxy tab for 150 used. So I am willing to pay a 50 to 100 dollar premium because I like htc and the pen feature.
But spending 300 on something that I am going to abuse and most likely break is kinda dumb.
In regards to Best Buy being back ordered, I wouldn't rush to buy it from another vendor like ebay. Because Best Buy has a 14 day price match on tablets. So lets say I buy the tablets 14 days before blackfriday, I can go back to best buy and match the price on that day.
Another thing about retail:
Best buy is the only dealer of this tablet retail in the US (I live in New York) the people telling you this workers for the company.
They are considered front office workers, meaning they only tell you what any other salesperson would say (aka lazy ones will say no we will not get any more in or proactive ones saying yes we will get more in)
The ones that actually repurchase the supplies are back office employees and I highly think Best Buy will stock up on these for black friday.
Question now is if you want to wait in 5am @ best buy to get a tablet?
I will and I will have with a bottle of ciroc to keep me warm 5am.
Lol at the ciroc. Gotta get the coconut kind. Or grab u a nice little 1800 u will b just fine. But the 300 is a great deal. Mine came out to ruffly 374 including pen. I ordered online and picked up at the store in less than 30 minutes
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What's up guys a lil off topic from the photon who owns a tablet? Can anyone recommend a tablet for about $200 thanks
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Personally id try to get an htc flyer with a scribe, but that might be a little out of your price range.
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What's up guys a lil off topic from the photon who owns a tablet? Can anyone recommend a tablet for about $200 thanks
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I have the Asus Transformer but it is more than $200. That is not much for a tablet but might check out the new Kindle Fire. Runs Android and looks like it has a lot of potential. Retails for $200.
I've actually heard some pretty decent reviews on the Kindle. But I haven't personally played with one yet. I know Coby has some, but they are kinda meh, you get what you pay for, ya know?
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I've actually heard some pretty decent reviews on the Kindle. But I haven't personally played with one yet. I know Coby has some, but they are kinda meh, you get what you pay for, ya know?
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That's true thanks for responses I'm going to keep looking I like that flyer for $299 is not bad at all
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Samsung has the Galaxy Tab 7.0" for $300 with the Android 2.3.3 and I think Coby has a 10" with Android 2.3.3 as well for $300. But from what I saw, you're gonna be spending more to get the Tablet that comes with Honeycomb all ready installed. Like $400 and up.
I just bought 32 Archos 80 G9s for a research study. I am very happy with them, but they are a little above your price point. They are not iPad quality, obviously, but they are the best bang for the buck - in my opinion.
Here is some information:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/archos-80-g9-review/
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
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I just bought 32 Archos 80 G9s for a research study. I am very happy with them, but they are a little above your price point. They are not iPad quality, obviously, but they are the best bang for the buck - in my opinion.
Here is some information:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/archos-80-g9-review/
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
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Do they come with an HDMI out? I hadn't heard about these but I may be looking into them now. Thanks for the heads up.
my2cents said:
I just bought 32 Archos 80 G9s for a research study. I am very happy with them, but they are a little above your price point. They are not iPad quality, obviously, but they are the best bang for the buck - in my opinion.
Here is some information:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/12/archos-80-g9-review/
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
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Not bad at all based on the engadget
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Do they come with an HDMI out? I hadn't heard about these but I may be looking into them now. Thanks for the heads up.
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It does have an mini hdmi out. Here are the full specs:
http://store.archos.com/archos-p-5016.html
They also have a 10.1 inch for $369. You can also up the internal memory for a few dollars more, but it has an SDcard slot, so I figure I can just by a large flash memory card if I need more storage.
By the way, their office is in Colorado, they speak perfect English, and their customer service was great! They also gave me a very good deal on the 32 devices that I bought. I'm a happy camper.
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Do they come with an HDMI out? I hadn't heard about these but I may be looking into them now. Thanks for the heads up.
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I think it just said it comes with USB port not sure
Nvmd it does have a HDMI port
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I think it just said it comes with USB port not sure
Nvmd it does have a HDMI port
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Yeah it does. About the only thing that it does not have is a rear facing camera. Other than that, I think the specs are about as good as they get (at this point in time).
Any thought on this tablet
m.sears.com/productdetails.do?partNumber=SPM5929370402
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Here is another thorough review of the Archos G9: http://www.slashgear.com/archos-80-g9-review-video-25182615/
This is the review that made me buy 32 sight unseen.
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Here is another thorough review of the Archos G9: http://www.slashgear.com/archos-80-g9-review-video-25182615/
This is the review that made me buy 32 sight unseen.
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Based on that review can't wait to get home check it out on Amazon
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Awesome. I may have to take a look further into it. Do they have a lapdock type deal?
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Do they have a lapdock type deal?
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Not that I am aware of. They have a cardock for some of the older versions, so they might have that for the g9 in the future, but I dont know about a future lapdock or sorts.
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Based on that review can't wait to get home check it out on Amazon
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Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/Archos-80-501...D31W/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1318561051&sr=8-4
I got mine bulk price for about $230. This is probably the best deal on a single unit.
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Personally id try to get an htc flyer with a scribe, but that might be a little out of your price range.
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I LOVE MY FLYER! best tab out in my opinion. The Kindle Fire has too many "Amazon only" restrictions, making it just like the iPad...
Pew! Pew! Pew! From my Mo-Pho!
http://android-gz.com
Remember, though... no tablet smaller than ~10" runs Real Honeycomb -- officially, unofficially, or otherwise. Google has never released the source, and has stated that they never will. I'm sure it'll get leaked eventually and/or ICS will make its way to "substandard" tablets sold without Honeycomb... but you'll probably be stuck waiting AT LEAST six months for that to even be a possibility.
If you're buying it to use as a tablet, that might not matter. If you're buying it to develop and test tablet-oriented apps on a real device, it's probably a deal-breaker (plenty of stuff that runs perfectly well under Froyo or Gingerbread on a low end tablet breaks catastrophically on a real Honeycomb tablet).
One other note -- if cases (especially layered or bumper-type cases a-la Otterbox) are important to you, find a case you like BEFORE you commit to buying a tablet. Some tablets, like the Toshiba Thrive, are awesomely appealing, but don't have a single bumper/otterbox-type case available, and none on the radar either.
As MoPho owners, there's an obvious family appeal of the Xoom... but be warned, it has the exact same "black crush" problem that the Photon does (in fact, that was what originally tipped me off that the Photon's black crush problem is almost certainly the result of a bad 24-bit to 16-bit quantization error from an incorrect gamma curve somewhere along the pipeline, and NOT a problem with the screen itself).
Also, if you use Graffiti, be aware that the Xoom's Graffiti support sucks. As far as I can tell, the Xoom is a lot more aggressive about slowing down the CPU than the Photon is, and (like HTC) blindly assumes that a soft input area is used for slow, purposeful taps instead of high-precision motion tracking. Let me put it this way... on my ancient 711MHz-overclocked Hero w/CM7 and scaling disabled so it runs in "Performance" mode, Graffiti is butter smooth and effortlessly accurate. On my Photon, it's decent (say, 99.5% accurate). On my Xoom, it's borderline unusable -- maybe 97% accuracy under the best conditions, and with visible lag (the underlaid outline tracing my finger path lags the finger itself by about 300ms and ~1cm).
Know that most tablets won't charge from USB, but some will "limp" and draw power from usb when available (ie, they won't charge the battery, but they won't really drain it further when connected via USB).
Take it with a pound of salt, but I've heard the Thrive's glass is more vulnerable to breakage than other tablets. On the other hand, the Thrive has a nice, wide, thumb-friendly bezel to grab. The Xoom's bezel is about a half centimeter narrower than I'd really consider to be ideal.
If you can wait 5 weeks, I can almost guarantee you'll be able to get a real Honeycomb tablet from SOMEWHERE for $249 or less on Adam Smith Day (the day after Thanksgiving, when Americans gather in our cathedrals of commerce and celebrate capitalism by spending money like there's no tomorrow...)
The Acer Iconia A 100 does run an official version of Honeycomb and it's a 7 inch tablet.
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I have a 32 gig iPad 1 and am looking to trade it for an Android tablet. Someone just offered up their GTablet. It looks great hardware wise but the screen worries me. Without the ability to inspect the unit yet I wanted to go right to the source.
What do you guys really think about the screen and viewing angle on the GTab?
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I have a 32 gig iPad 1 and am looking to trade it for an Android tablet. Someone just offered up their GTablet. It looks great hardware wise but the screen worries me. Without the ability to inspect the unit yet I wanted to go right to the source.
What do you guys really think about the screen and viewing angle on the GTab?
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Honestly, The GTab has the worst viewing angle of all tablets. It is horrible compared to my Xoom and worse compared to my TF. The GTab screen works OK, you just have to be in front of it.
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Honestly, The GTab has the worst viewing angle of all tablets. It is horrible compared to my Xoom and worse compared to my TF. The GTab screen works OK, you just have to be in front of it.
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What angle in degrees does it start to fall off?
You can see it fall away at 10 degrees both vertically and horizontally. And good luck viewing it outside... LOL
It is what it is, a great device to hack on and play with. This was my first Android device and I learned about an OS that I previously had no clue about. That's probably why I still have it.
Guess that pretty much makes my mind up. I'll hold out for something better.
Thanks for the input.
There are definitely better devices out there if you want something that works right out of the box, and there are quite a few devices coming out soon with pricing comparable to the gTablet. The gTablet viewing angle isn't the best, especially since the screen was made for netbooks. That being said, it works fine for me. I knew the shortcomings before getting it, and was expecting worse. It won't be up to par with an iPad at all.
Where the gTablet excels is the ability to tweak it. From the many different ROMs out there (FroYo, Gingerbread, and Honeycomb versions), plus a very active development community working on bringing ICS to the gTablet, it can be a tinkerer's delight.
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I can't even seem to give my gtablet away! I mean jesus christ, I had that on sale for a while... little bites here and there, but no one ends up buying it.. I ended up giving it to my 4 year old daughter to learn stuff... since then, it has been sitting on the nightstand... I mean seriously, I cant give this thing away!!!
I own a gtab. There is no comparison between an ipad (assuming gen 1 because 2 makes no sense) and a gtablet. Ipad is simply a more refined higher quality product with better integrated software esp if you own any other mac products. Still don't think the msrp on an ipad (either gen is worth it for what any tablet offers). The screen issue goes beyond the viewing angle. The screen is sharper on the ipad for reading - especially magazines.
What gtab does very well is have a huge user development base that is on the verge of unleashing ICS for us to play with. After that everything begins and ends with the difference in screen quality and apps.
That said I enjoy my gtab and am in no hurry to upgrade (unless I found someone who wanted to trade an ipad for it) as I can deal with it's limitations vs. the cost I paid to get something with these hardware specs.
ssmr2t: curious what you tried to sell your gtab for. I would think somewhere between 125.00 and 150.00 and it would be gone in a heartbeat unless it's all beat up. But I don't think it's worth more than 150.00 nowadays by any stretch.
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I have a 32 gig iPad 1 and am looking to trade it for an Android tablet. Someone just offered up their GTablet. It looks great hardware wise but the screen worries me. Without the ability to inspect the unit yet I wanted to go right to the source.
What do you guys really think about the screen and viewing angle on the GTab?
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I haven't turned on my gtab in about three months. Yeah. They suck pretty hard. It has one good viewing angle - dead on, slightly tilted, as if it were attached as a screen for a cheap netbook, which is exactly what it is - the screen from a cheap netbook.
If you want to trade for mine, let me know
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I can't even seem to give my gtablet away! I mean jesus christ, I had that on sale for a while... little bites here and there, but no one ends up buying it.. I ended up giving it to my 4 year old daughter to learn stuff... since then, it has been sitting on the nightstand... I mean seriously, I cant give this thing away!!!
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I'll take it if you want to pay for shipping
srsly though, the viewing angles of the screen suck. if you aren't looking at it at the exact perfect angle part of the screen is just dark. though whatevs, it works for me.
As for an exchange I'd hold off for something better. might be able to get a Xoom.
People on here are crazy to think a first-gen ipad is better than the Gtab. Complain about the screen all you want, iOS is ****e.
I will also pay shipping for that Gtab you can't seem to 'give away'.
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People on here are crazy to think a first-gen ipad is better than the Gtab. Complain about the screen all you want, iOS is ****e.
I will also pay shipping for that Gtab you can't seem to 'give away'.
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So there you have it, the gtab is worth about $10 - the cost to ship it somewhere
Seriously, it's a fine hacking android tegra2 device with no vendor support and flagging xda support. Oh, and that first gen iPad? yeah, it's running iOS5. From Apple. Without any hacking needed at all. And THAT is better than a tablet that was disowned by the reseller (viwesonic) and the ODM (forgot what the Chinese company's name was - malta? whatever) the day it shipped.
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So there you have it, the gtab is worth about $10 - the cost to ship it somewhere
Seriously, it's a fine hacking android tegra2 device with no vendor support and flagging xda support. Oh, and that first gen iPad? yeah, it's running iOS5. From Apple. Without any hacking needed at all. And THAT is better than a tablet that was disowned by the reseller (viwesonic) and the ODM (forgot what the Chinese company's name was - malta? whatever) the day it shipped.
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iOS5 doesn't make it better.
You'd have to pay me to allow itrash in my house.
So there you have it, the ipad1 is worth -$10
Seriously though, I have 7 and 9 years old boys and they ALWAYS choose their Gtabs over grandma and grandpa's ipads, thank goodness!
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No, just supported. Which is worth whatever you deem it to be.
For what it's worth some of us actually like the Gtab...
I use it for work and it's great. It's just as fast as any other tablet I've used. I hold it or have it on my desk, I haven't a clue about whether it works from an angle or not and I really don't know why anyone would care. I guess from this forum some people prefer to look at it that way.
I have Honeycomb on it, VTL launcher, Dropbox and a million programs which if they are any good do what I want. A screen protector which keeps the fingerprints way down and a nice case.
The only issue I have is the weight, too heavy to use as a Kindle.
If it breaks I'll get something different, maybe an Ipad, maybe not.
I threw V6 supercharger on my tab running FB 10.3 and it's made a big difference. Yeah the screen sucks, but it doesn't matter to my 2yo, who is the main user.
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It is almost criminal to say a first gen ipad is even close to being as ****ty as a gtablet.
I own a gtablet and it really is only useful as a play around with android device.
The iPad one is still the second best tablet on the market.
And this is coming from a person who owns a gtablet, droid incredible, and a galaxy nexus.
Put aside your fanboyism before you convince someone to jump into a terrible trade.
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It is almost criminal to say a first gen ipad is even close to being as ****ty as a gtablet.
I own a gtablet and it really is only useful as a play around with android device.
The iPad one is still the second best tablet on the market.
And this is coming from a person who owns a gtablet, droid incredible, and a galaxy nexus.
Put aside your fanboyism before you convince someone to jump into a terrible trade.
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Calling fanboyism on others while stating 2 sentences prior, "The iPad one is still the second best tablet on the market."
Priceless.
There's probably a dozen Android tablets out there that are better than the iPad v1, especially when you consider in price. There are many tablets better than the iPad 1 in specs, price and OS. All they lack is a half masticated fruit logo.
This thread is now way off topic and therefore redundant, consider it closed
Just to give everyone the heads up I jumped ship and got a Galaxy S III. I will continue to try and support all my photon projects.
MOF
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Just to give everyone the heads up I jumped ship and got a Galaxy S III. I will continue to try and support all my photon projects.
MOF
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This isnt good news =(
Take it easy Mof, thanks for everything.
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This isnt good news =(
Take it easy Mof, thanks for everything.
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Its been a pleasure I do still have my photon and may keep it as a dev phone.
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Just to give everyone the heads up I jumped ship and got a Galaxy S III. I will continue to try and support all my photon projects.
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Sign the petitions, share/support and jump ship? I call triple damage to Moto for failing intelligence check!
Thanks Mof for all your support. I too have given up on the Photon and on Motorola. I got me an EVO 4G LTE!!
Best to you.
My next phone likely HTC if Android, maybe WP8 (really tired of fragmentation). Never again a Moto.
And I'll do everything I can in my company and professional network to limit Moto sales. Major ethical failure.
Hopefully Motorola pulls their heads out of their A$$es because if they don't they are going to lose a lot of business, loss of webtop and ICS, JB production my case in point. I'm looking at going with Galaxy S III for my next phone.
Why GS3 and not GN2?
GSIII specs are amazing. Other than the screen. Way too damn big for me to use as a phone honestly. I might go to a 4.5", but that would most likely be my absolute largest.
thanks mof!
i'm shipping off to the note ii when it arrives in the US. it's gonna be a sweet phone minus CM support. i'm sad about that part. it's the perfect size though!
Yeah, some of these new phones are just getting too big. They're becoming small tablets.
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Yeah, some of these new phones are just getting too big. They're becoming small tablets.
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But isn't that the idea, instead of having 3 devices, 4" phone, 7" tablet and 10" tablet; you just end up w/ two, a 5"+ phablet and 10" tablet. And personally even though I'm not a big guy, I have an Asian hand size; I very much prefer bigger size phone for a long time. I see using 2hand operation is much better. I prefer seeing how my entire paragraph when typing not just a few words at a time. So yes that's usually mean decent size with hardware keyboard or larger screen.
mof9336 said:
Just to give everyone the heads up I jumped ship and got a Galaxy S III. I will continue to try and support all my photon projects.
MOF
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Hi,
I did the same too. I am on SIII also.
Thanks.
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Yeah, some of these new phones are just getting too big. They're becoming small tablets.
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I was a bit worried at first about the size but the 4.8 is a nice fit.
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But isn't that the idea, instead of having 3 devices, 4" phone, 7" tablet and 10" tablet; you just end up w/ two, a 5"+ phablet and 10" tablet. And personally even though I'm not a big guy, I have an Asian hand size; I very much prefer bigger size phone for a long time. I see using 2hand operation is much better. I prefer seeing how my entire paragraph when typing not just a few words at a time. So yes that's usually mean decent size with hardware keyboard or larger screen.
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I loved the convergence of old PDA and phones into 1 smartphone - because that was functional convergence into about the same form factor that eliminated one device.
However, my issue with 5" phones is just simply size - I carry my smartphone in either a dress shirt pocket, dress pants pocket, or clip on holster. A 5" phone is just too big for the first two to fit, and looks a bit silly on the 3rd.
I personally have no interest in a 7" tablet (though I understand and respect that many may). I prefer to keep a 4" phone, a 10" tablet that I carry to meetings, and a small SSD-based laptop that I use in my desk and hotel room. And client provides desktop in the office.
Motorola make laptop docks powered by their phones such as the Atrix, is there any such thing for the samsung range, particularly the S3?
check out "clambook", its coming soon.
nice one, thanks!
Ubuntu for Android also seems interesting, although it's not for laptops I don't think and it's not available yet either.
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check out "clambook", its coming soon.
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Wow that looks really interesting!
Thanks for the info
Motorola MADE laptop docks, they are discontinued due to them being pointless and stupid.
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Well, I guess the Clambook solves the age old question of what to get myself for Christmas... Looks really promising! Would love to not have to drag my macbook around with me anymore!
if they made it to use widi (allshare cast) to wirelessly do this I would pick one up in a heartbeat. cable makes it a bit cumbersome.
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Motorola MADE laptop docks, they are discontinued due to them being pointless and stupid.
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They still make them, they recently announced plans to discontinue them
Pointless and stupid to some is amazing to another. Windows tablets were considered pointless and stupid in 1998 but now iPads and Nexus tabs are all the rage and we got muvvaz dying to get a Windows 8 tablet. There's something called taste, and another called opinion, which we are all entitled to, though to feed the trollage, the Motodocks don't sell due to Moto not being a huge brand anymore (not many phones sold = less people wanting a lapdock for their phone), the price was around the price of a full laptop and that they are pretty much aimed at the techies. The number of techies out there compared to normal consumers is pretty low, but much larger when you look at techies overall compared to Motorola phone owning techies, and a lapdock that runs with any top end android or ios device at a lower price has a lot more scope for sales. I would love to pick one up for £80-100, would stretch to £150 if I could have one device work with my S3, 4S and iPad 3 rather than needing to buy separate connectors.
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I would love to pick one up for £80-100, would stretch to £150 if I could have one device work with my S3, 4S and iPad 3 rather than needing to buy separate connectors.
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Yes I can see me getting one of these, hope they are out by Xmas!
I really want one for nexus ⁴ buy stool no sign of them any alternative?
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It looks cool but the atrix actually docked on the laptop. This isn't really lap-friendly. It couldn't be used on a Train with no tables for example. Shame, the hardware itself looks nice.
They should have a dockable area where the touchpad is, so you can use the screen as a touchpad
get a padfone, most elegant solution so far
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get a padfone, most elegant solution so far
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Yeah looks good
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Yeah looks good
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especially the latest infinity one. that's the device I plan to replace my galaxy with
out of my price range unfortunately. Mine have to be nearly "free" on contract