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So I saw over on bgr today that htc's gonna have a quad core tablet coming out in february. I'm already very enthused about the transformer prime from asus coming out next month, and wanted a few opinions. I'm debating on whether or not I'll enjoy scribe or the dock more (the promise of 18 hours of battery life is very tempting). Could I get a few transformer and flyer/evo view owners to chime in on how happy they've been with their tablets?
Do you have specs of the new HTC tablet?
I myself am probably gonna go with the Prime because of the extended battery and better IPS screen. HTC is probably going to be just Super LCD.
aznmode said:
Do you have specs of the new HTC tablet?
I myself am probably gonna go with the Prime because of the extended battery and better IPS screen. HTC is probably going to be just Super LCD.
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I wish they had specs out. all they know is that it's gonna have the tegra 3 in it. I'm kinda leaning towards the transformer... the ips display is one thing, and I really do like the form factor of it.
They said what prime will cost?
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sprintuser1977 said:
They said what prime will cost?
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$499 for the 32 gig model, $599 for the 64 gig model
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$499 For the T.Prime
$99 for the Keyboard Dock
$600 total.
IMHO, I'm going for the prime. I'm not sure HTC will have a good price for their upcoming tablet given the Jetstream is a hefty $700.
The Keyboard dock adds the ports & the massive boost in battery. I'm a road warrior so I'll appreciate the T.Prime more.
Noiro said:
$499 For the T.Prime
$99 for the Keyboard Dock
$600 total.
IMHO, I'm going for the prime. I'm not sure HTC will have a good price for their upcoming tablet given the Jetstream is a hefty $700.
The Keyboard dock adds the ports & the massive boost in battery. I'm a road warrior so I'll appreciate the T.Prime more.
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I thought the dock was $150
spalding1028 said:
I thought the dock was $150
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Damn, I hope not.
Noiro said:
Damn, I hope not.
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http://techland.time.com/2011/11/09/asus-transformer-prime-is-the-first-quad-core-android-tablet/?iid=tl-main-mostpop2
Waiting on the new Lenovo "Super Tablet"...
mike.r.olson said:
Waiting on the new Lenovo "Super Tablet"...
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that 2 gigs of ram does look tempting, but I like the fact the the prime is dockable, and if I'm thinking right, is capable of 128 gigs of storage (64 built in, 32 micro sd in tablet, 32 sd in dock)
edit: or 256 if you use a 64 gig microsd and a 128 gig sd
Noiro said:
$499 For the T.Prime
$99 for the Keyboard Dock
$600 total.
IMHO, I'm going for the prime. I'm not sure HTC will have a good price for their upcoming tablet given the Jetstream is a hefty $700.
The Keyboard dock adds the ports & the massive boost in battery. I'm a road warrior so I'll appreciate the T.Prime more.
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This is the ON CONTRACT price. What are they crazy?
The prime looks really sweet! I'm going to put some blind faith in HTC though. I've allows loved how HTC's products feel, they allows feel like a really high end device. I really liked how the flyer felt in my hands when I was checking it out at best buy. I have a horrible feeling the new one is going to be super expensive though.
Al that being said I think I'm going to pick up one of the new Nook tablets because of the price and I read today that barnes and noble basicially told Micro$oft where to shove there patent licensing fees.
i'm stuck between wanting the tprime or the lenovo tablet. i mean, 2 gigs sounds sweet, but asus likes updates, and using as a laptop was really the reason i got an ipad in the first place. the only problem is the ipad can't do much. let's see if i can save up enough before release to even have a choice...
what does everyone else think?
The BGR article said the HTC tablet will be shown in February but "will launch some time before the end of the third quarter." There will be quite a few Tegra3 tablets to choose from by that time unless they release it much quicker. Hopefully they learned from that overpriced Jetstream and try to actually price competitively this time. I will be interested in hearing more on the Lenovo, but right now it looks like I am getting the Prime.
Drachen808 said:
This is the ON CONTRACT price. What are they crazy?
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No, that is retail pricing.
ExploreMN said:
No, that is retail pricing.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/14/htc-jetstream-review/
$850 without contract
Selling my iPad 2 to get a T-Prime; this **** looks legit.
HTC Tablets have all disappointed me thus far and I'm sure the Lenovo tablet will be thick and plastic just like the last one. They have great specs but their design department sucks balls. :3 (I own a ThinkPad).
I'm a TF101 user, and love it. If it wasn't still meeting all my needs so damned well, I'd sell if for a Prime. As it stands, while the Prime specs are sweet, as fast as Asus is putting these out, by next year when my Microcenter insurance on my TF101 is almost out, Asus will have the third gen Transformer out, and I will be able to decide then whether to go with the Prime or the 3rd Gen TF. The TF101 has not failed to disappoint me, and is my primary device right now. I still have my regular Win7 laptop, but barring a few very minor shortcomings, the Transformer meets all my needs with superior battery life and a size I rather like, and I'm a university student, working on my research disertation, so my TF sees some REALLY heavy usage and document processing.
HTC makes good phones, I have the 3VO, but I don't think that I'd want the heavy UI overlays that HTC tends to put on their products, nor the price tags that tend to go with them. One of my favourite things about my TF is that it's not heavily skinned by Asus, and the UI they do have is very pleasing to the eye, without killing battery life. I'm only just now toying with the idea of rooting, but I haven't (and still don't) feel the need to root this tablet. It's so very usable thus far, and I don't have any problems with battery life or anything else. My 3VO, for the record, was promptly rooted the day I got it. Sense is pretty for a while, but just horrid on the battery, and I really prefer the vanilla Android experience.
YMMV, just my .02 on this topic. FWIW, I think any tech user should look at what they need and want from any given device, and find the one that best matches what those ideals are, regardless of brand. HTH.
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http://www.engadget.com/2011/11/14/htc-jetstream-review/
$850 without contract
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My bad... I just read the first part about the Prime being $499 and the guy talking about that being an "on contract" price.
Ok guys I am looking for a 2nd tablet that can be used in the home. I purchased a transformer prime but am now looking to get an inexpensive android tablet. What I would like is maybe something that has been out a while that the price has dropped on that maybe out of the box isn't so great but once a custom rom is put on it and some overclocking makes it a real joy to use. I think the HP touchpad might be good for this but finding one is hard and still most that I see are above the $300 dollar price. I am looking to maybe stay $250 or less if possible.
Maybe this is a good choice.
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Looking for something that might be out already.
looks fake to me. ICS will probably be outdated by june. plus, there's no way they will be able to price it under $200 using "high end latest hardware". The only way tablets today are able to remain under the $200 pricetag is by re-using existing technology like outdated but overclocked CPUs.
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looks fake to me. ICS will probably be outdated by june. plus, there's no way they will be able to price it under $200 using "high end latest hardware". The only way tablets today are able to remain under the $200 pricetag is by re-using existing technology like outdated but overclocked CPUs.
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Outdated by June..? There's one update a year these days.
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Any ideas have any good suggestions other than debating what is coming out?
I suggest Nook Color. OC to 1300, put CM7, and nothing can compete with it, price vice. Just go for manufacturer refurb, save $50, apart box you will see no difference.
Sprint has updated their end of life list... And it now includes the View...
Is this a sign of the death of this tablet as a hole? Flyer is barely sold and the View is EOL...
Or maybe this is pointing to new tablets during the HTC press event coming up...
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All electronics have a limited lifecyle. The problem with the Flyer and View isn't that they reached EOL so soon, but rather that:
1) The tablets were priced too high, and so sales weren't as robust as HTC would have liked
2) HTC was too slow in porting Honeycomb. In fact, the Honeycomb upgrade pretty much coincided with the tablets being discontinued. Contrast that with the ASUS Transformer Prime, that was released only a few weeks ago (and is still scarce) and already has an ICS upgrade.
EOL doesn't mean much to me. Heck, it might even be a good thing it they release the complete source code.
I mean my captivate is not only EOL, it isn't even sold anymore at all... I still have ICS on it the Galaxy Nexus even hit retail.
Biggest tragedy imho is if something happened to my flyer I wouldn't be able to get another one..
I think it has more to do with the fact that sprint is moving to LTE and they will stop selling all wimax products this year. They will only have their wimax networks online until 2015. Maybe that's why they gave me mine for $0.99. And no activation fee.
It only means sprint wont sell or support it any longer.. (No updates, patches, etc..)
For all those who scooped up the 1saleaday deal (in early December or the one last week ). This is why you got a great deal (I got 3 of em). Sprint wanted to dump them before they had to sell them for $100. Even if you use sprint.. this means nothing. It will still work and (I'm pretty sure) you can still activate it.
If you plan to use it as wifi only (like me).. then this means less than nothing.
XDA Devs offer WAY better support and upgrades than any carrier.
Don't worry. My team (CypherTeam) will be working on an ICS port as soon as we get a final HC build finished. The view will live on and as others stated, reaching EOL just means that we'll get the source faster and be able to do whatever we want.
It really doesn't come as a surprise to me that it came so quickly bc the specs on the View/Flyer are not up there with the majority of tablets. That being said, with the source we should be able to get this thing running close to 2ghz with no issues.
I didn't pay $99, I paid $0.99 or 99 cents. I couldn't believe it was that cheap. I had to have a plan to get it that cheap, but I have 6 business lines now, so the 15% discount makes the tablet plan end up being free, and I use it pretty much exclusively wifi anyway.
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I think it has more to do with the fact that sprint is moving to LTE and they will stop selling all wimax products this year. They will only have their wimax networks online until 2015. Maybe that's why they gave me mine for $0.99. And no activation fee.
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Wait what? You got the Evo View for 99 cents??
Is that with a 2 year contract??
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Don't worry. My team (CypherTeam) will be working on an ICS port as soon as we get a final HC build finished. The view will live on and as others stated, reaching EOL just means that we'll get the source faster and be able to do whatever we want.
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Does that mean view hopefully can be used on LTE NET ?
Yea HTC definitely dropped to ball with the pricing of it.
Our tablet is still awesome, single core but comparative in speed to dual core tablets out there in the market.
I'm really happy with my purchase.. now I wish we had more dev interest around for our devices
Yeah they were priced as high as a dual core 10 inch honeycomb tablet yet only had a single core, gingerbread, and a 7 inch screen. Don't get me wrong I prefer the 7 inch size, but not for the same price as a bigger tablet. I mean honestly with its high clock speed and 1 gig of ram, it feels as fast as any dual core tablet and I think it could of been a hit had htc priced it at say $300 at launch.
Imo I think they shouldn't be so quick to give up on them. I think they should update them to ics and sell them new for $200. I guarantee it would be a hit especially over the craptastic kindle fire!
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In all fairness to HTC the tablet out right feels like a 500$ tablet.. which is what made the 300$ price tag so sweet.
My girlfriend ordered one off of ebay just yesterday because her Nook Color just doesn't compare. She uses it too much like a tablet and even after loading CM7 and what not on it, is just tired of constantly fixing issues..
The tablet has a premium feel and if they could make profit at 200$ I would think they would have already priced it at 200$..
The acer A100 is an alternative to the flyer at 250$ and as cheap as 200$.. It sure as hell doesn't feel like the flyer and lacks a lot of the refinement. The problem is now, even at 200$ people would look at the specs and never even try it out before looking down on it.
People are more concerned with specs than actual experiences these days.. (well in the phone world at least.. in the desktop world specs mean a bit more).. It really is sad that because of marketing techniques and the way devices are sold that the flyer gets over looked..
I finally bought my Flyer yesterday. Though there were many choices in the same price range (including iPad 2), I had made up my mind due to the no-nonsense spec.s, solid build & of course, the pen! And I must say, I am thoroughly impressed by this baby..looking forward to being a part of the XDA Flyer community..
Snow_fox said:
In all fairness to HTC the tablet out right feels like a 500$ tablet.. which is what made the 300$ price tag so sweet.
My girlfriend ordered one off of ebay just yesterday because her Nook Color just doesn't compare. She uses it too much like a tablet and even after loading CM7 and what not on it, is just tired of constantly fixing issues..
The tablet has a premium feel and if they could make profit at 200$ I would think they would have already priced it at 200$..
The acer A100 is an alternative to the flyer at 250$ and as cheap as 200$.. It sure as hell doesn't feel like the flyer and lacks a lot of the refinement. The problem is now, even at 200$ people would look at the specs and never even try it out before looking down on it.
People are more concerned with specs than actual experiences these days.. (well in the phone world at least.. in the desktop world specs mean a bit more).. It really is sad that because of marketing techniques and the way devices are sold that the flyer gets over looked..
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I also started with the nook color as my first tablet.
Quickly sold it though because I got a hell of a deal with the HTC flyer.
I recommend flashing the CM7 ROM directly to the emmc/hard disk on the NC. Don't rely on the microSD card.
I had issues too until I did this.
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New to this forum so excuse me for relying on the awesome XDA community but is this worth $240? Brand new 32gb (wifi only of course), mint condition with case, hp keyboard, all cables, etc.
If so, I need to make a commitment in the next few hours, your input is appreciated!
Very tempted to purchase and go dual-boot with CM7. Just rooted my buddies TouchPad and kind of digging it. I figure I can sell my iPad2 and recoup the expenses.
Considering they are going for around that much or more on eBay, I think that would be a good deal.
Didn't even think to check ebay honestly, I had ran a quick craigslist run but nothing beyond that. Thanks for the tip.
32 or 16 gb?
With newer stuff coming out this year like a tegra 3 tablet that only costs 250, I guess that the magic price point of the touchpad has to be about 200 for the 32GB model for it to be worth it.
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32 or 16 gb?
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32GB, updated the initial post. Yeah, I was thinking $240 was only questionable because I was getting case + HP keyboard with the deal. I could arguably sell my ipad2 for $4-500 pretty easily and get my money back and as much as I liked my pad, I could find ways to love an Android tablet instead. Plus it seemed the dev for this thing has moved so quickly, it seemed to be a safe bet for the cost.
Ya very good deal I got mine for 280 with 16 gb and nothing else so you should buy better than most tablets around that price even the ones that cost more
that's a very good deal, especially considering that you're getting the case and keyboard.
Good deal, buy, install ICS and welcome to the bunch!
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considering buying a Kindle Fire or a touchpad.. a used one priced about the same.. which one should I choose??
Touchpad. Go for the bigger screen.
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well the screen is not yet a problem to me
My sister-in-law recently bought a new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for only $399 during a sale. (including Amazon Prime free 2-day shipping and no tax)
That's only $150 more than the price of the average Touchpad these days. If I must buy a tablet with Android right now, I'd go with the Samsung as well. (average price about $450 right now)
Sure, I love my Touchpad, but only because I got lucky and bought it for under $100 during HP's firesale. It now runs ICS perfectly and I use it daily. No complaints.... but at $250? No, thank you...
Seriously, I'd go with the TP instead of the Fire - the Fire is nice, but it's still somewhat limited. Plus, Amazon's pulled some crap where they have apps specifically for the Fire, that are different than the rest of our Android apps, and they don't work as well as the standard apps do.
Plus, yes, then 9.7" size is quite nice, and the dual-boot is good for when you need certain features (Skype, a desktop browser, etc).
Op, Fire's 512mb of RAM is just NOT ENOUGH for an Android tablet. Damn, 512 is too low even for a phone! I think you should choose between B&N Nook Tablet and TP. Or, better wait for this $250 Tegra 3 tablet which one of manufactorers has promised on MWC.
well both tablet fit a flashaholic, if android runs on the TP flawlessly, guess I will go for it.
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My sister-in-law recently bought a new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for only $399 during a sale. (including Amazon Prime free 2-day shipping and no tax)
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heh, I just got a G-tab for $299 refurb'd. it might as well be new though, because I can not tell that this thing has ever been used at all.
The plan was to sell the Touchpad now that I have the G-tab. But honestly, with the latest CM9 builds on the TP, it is really a great device. So I'm keeping both for a little bit longer to decide.
Anyway, Touchpad vs, Kindle Fire is a no-brainer. TP all day, any day of the week. The Fire is slower and has a lot less memory. My GF has one and it's great for what it is, but it can't compete with the TP. In fact, as much as she likes the KF, she told me she wants my TP if I get rid of it, so I'll probably just give it to her and install the kindle app on it.
Best advice I ever took was listening to my buddy who said "Go buy an HP Touchpad. For 100 bucks during the sale, can't go wrong."
Hell, this thing runs better than my laptop, and with Splashtop, I can even game from my desktop on my tablet. Or control my sound board. And my light board. And all other sorts of awesome things.
Yes because touchpad have best processeur dual cour (s3) with amazing price
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not quite right... spec-wize.. the KF has a OMAP4430 which is somewhat better than the APQ8060 (same as the msm8260 without modem..) in TP.. the OMAP is A9 and has shared 1MB L2 with dual channel DDR2 Ram, but the APQ is a modified A8 by Qualcomm and has two standalone 256KB L2 with single channel DDR2..
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There is 90% of my reason. I was one click away from buying a Kindle Fire. The other 10% was faster processor and more RAM. I even made that choice before I knew the TouchPad ran Android. And I was very satisfied with the elegant, intuitive experience webOS brought. The fact its also arguably one of the top 3 android tablets even still today is just icing on the very delicious TouchPad cake. Then the fondant flourishes on top of the icing is the dirt cheap accessories like the TouchStone and HPs own case.
The TouchPad is undoubtedly the best gadget purchase I have made to date.
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