Hi All,
It seems the forum for Sony tablet S is sort of dead, hardly see any activity
Let see how many people actually owns this device & are active on XDA
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I myself own one and am as active as I can be on xda. Gotta lot todo atm tho.
But I still have hope for our STS community and think it'll grow once more ppl realize what a great tablet this actually is!
Ive got one
If sony would release an update with ps3 controller support I think wed see an explosion in users
Sony is just sleeping... After the release no word on development front!!
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me too!
I own one but wish I still had my asus transformer.
i got one too, not very active on xda but monthly checking.
+1 still figuring it all out.
Would be nice if you could tether it to a phone to get wireless anyplace.
Lets see if it warms up a bit in a couple of weeks.. in Portugal a major store is selling the tabnlet 16gb for 299 euros.. original price was 479..
The community will increase exponentialy.. and im doing publicity to the forum and fb page..
Only today around 15 guys bought the sony s (in the forum that I usually go..)
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Another tablet s user here
arw01 said:
+1 still figuring it all out.
Would be nice if you could tether it to a phone to get wireless anyplace.
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You can tether it to an Android phone ... no idea about iPhones though.
I got mine one week ago
I have one and as ever Ireland gets the raw deal. Can't get video unlimited, ps3 store, crackle and other stuff I can't even remember. I love the the device but feel very short changed by sony.
Another user here.
Tablet S 16 Gb, no 3g.
Great tablet! the best
And another user is here. Tablet S 16 GB Wi-Fi Only.
Nice & smooth tablet The best for me ^_^
LIKE this SONY TABLET Facebook Page, lets unite:
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Another owner here, but infrequent poster!
For the post earlier you can tether it to an iPhone (well, certainly my 4S) works really well.
Getting mine tomorrow, shopping online sucks .
Anyway, I looked at this forum for about a week now, 9 months now in the Galaxy S forum but that's another story
Count me in. Got it for 1 month. Using XDA premium every day, and trying to get look for rooting,,, guys.
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Hey everyone so i'm trying decide what tablet to get, I'd had my eyes set on the galaxy tab 10.1 until while reading reviews had this one pop up. At first upon reading the specs and seen quad core I quickly shifted to this device setting how there a minor 50 difference in price. Been kinda quick browsing the q and a and seen some discerning threads about issues people are having. As a overall do most of you highly recommend this tab or is it still to new and buggy? Any direction any of the users of this can give would be greatly appreciated as a$500 investment I wanna make sure i'm not going regret it in a week.
Thanks
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As long as you don't need GPS (and you don't get a dodgey one from the factory where the wifi doesn't work) I would recommend it over any other tablet atm.
I was also debating weather to get it because of its issues but I don't regret my purchase at all
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How do you plan on using the tablet?
Well I travel alot so movies, games, then for work, pdfs,, emails, Web browsing. Basically lap top replacement for on the road tired carrying bulky lap top around.
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Well I travel alot so movies, games, then for work, pdfs,, emails, Web browsing. Basically lap top replacement for on the road tired carrying bulky lap top around.
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Never used the gtab personally but my prime is great for all of the above. Really its great for anything I use it for, haven't found a need for GPS yet so it hasn't been an issue for me.
I get my prime a week ago and a can say only waau this thnig is so fast the display is perfect wifi works perfectly beter than on my htc hd2 but the gps isnt good the satelite fix takes to long if i fortunately get more then 3 satelites but i dont wont to use 10 inch screen for navigation so for me is prime the best portable device
Got mine yesterday and have gold one with no gps at all. Screen light bleed from the right hand side of screen and 2 dead pixels. Apart from that its great lol.
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Ah, the daily "should I buy" thread. It's amazing how many people use the internet but have no clue how to search.
Galaxy tab tab has outdated hardware n no expandable memory. Prime is a far better value and the specs blow the tabs away. Read the positive transformer thread in my signature and also check out a thread in general called List what works great on your prime.
Awesome guys thanks for your input.I'll give you thanks when I get on from my comp. Reading reviews on CNET is one thing but to here from people who are actually using it is very helpful. and to the one troll I didn't force you to read this so take your keyboard bad ass elsewhere.
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Also one other thing, been reading about allot of bricked tablets. from personal experience how difficult is this thing to root and flash? Like scale 1-10, 10 being hardest. I'm not asking for a how to as I know where to go for that. my gs2 was simple as hell and chances for brick was mainly user error like flashing wrong ROM. So just lil heads up on actually rooting experience would be helpful in sealing my decision for this monster tab.
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Also one other thing, been reading about allot of bricked tablets. from personal experience how difficult is this thing to root and flash? Like scale 1-10, 10 being hardest. I'm not asking for a how to as I know where to go for that. my gs2 was simple as hell and chances for brick was mainly user error like flashing wrong ROM. So just lil heads up on actually rooting experience would be helpful in sealing my decision for this monster tab.
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rooting is so simple. viperMOD PrimeTime, is the easiest way to root its a one click root. so far i have used it probably 10 times.... the ota updates cancel out your root
Also i'm curious, seems to me that the GPS issue wouldn't really be much of one. For one like other guy mentioned who needs a 10 in GPS, also since these aren't carrier specific they use wifi. So you have to tether your phone wifi to the tablet..be easier just using your phone GPS from the beginning even if GPS did work properly....
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Agreed. But...
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I get my prime a week ago and a can say only waau this thnig is so fast the display is perfect wifi works perfectly beter than on my htc hd2 but the gps isnt good the satelite fix takes to long if i fortunately get more then 3 satelites but i dont wont to use 10 inch screen for navigation so for me is prime the best portable device
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Agreed that navigation is pointless on a device like this, but what about apps that use your location like facebook check ins, geotagging photos, foursquare, viber(sends location in messages), google+, etc.
Are there any problems with apps like these?
For me getting a gps fix for apps that need it (not navigation) is important.
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Agreed that navigation is pointless on a device like this, but what about apps that use your location like facebook check ins, geotagging photos, foursquare, viber(sends location in messages), google+, etc.
Are there any problems with apps like these?
For me getting a gps fix for apps that need it (not navigation) is important.
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Your device locates you based on the IP address location. This is not a specific location as it only points to a nearby ISP server.
I think from what I've heard, GPS works fine with the ICS update.
There's nothing wrong with the guy trying to find as much info as he possibly can before making a major purchase like this. For some people tossing 500+ on a gadget s a major purchase, and they like to be sure about it.
I'm the same way, I'm a college student and I never buy anything expensive without a lot of research.
Anyways... This thing rocks.
Yes there are some issues, but what device doesn't have them? nothing is perfect.
Asus may not have the best customer support, but they will take care of you if you get a bad unit with the major issues you've seen people post about on the forum.
Also remember - people always post about problems, not about how well their device is working.
I just got mine 3 days ago and I am in love with it. I haven't touched my laptop once, and I am strongly considering selling it. This little device can pretty much do everything a laptop can with the dock.
And now that we can unlock the Primes, the sky is the limit with what the devs will come up with as far as custom roms, kernels, and modifications.
If you plan on buying it, I highly recommend the dock, it adds so much more functionality to it, plus the extra battery life is amazing.
Otherwise, you wont regret it, this is truly an awesome tablet, and blows everything else on the market out of the water right now.
I bought mine a week ago and love it, if you have best buy near by, they usally have the TF101 and TF201 side by side, play on both of them, the answer will be obvious in about 2 minute... G_tab have the same processor as TF101 I think...
Thank you guys! I was thinking about getting one, but the problem is, I live in Brazil, and the Prime is not for sale here yet (only in black market, but they cost 4 times the US price). As I don't use GPS much, guess I'll grab one.
But searching on line I found there are few stores selling it, makes me wonder why...
Microcenter would be a nice place to buy, US$ 50 less than in bestbuy.
I was thrilled when the Tablet S first came out and really loved its unique design and Sony customizations. But I was invested in other Android devices at the time, and I never purchased one.
But over the weekend, I finally pulled the trigger and got a great deal on a new 32Gb Tablet S with Cradle on Woot.com.
I know I am little late to the party and I don't have any questions - most seem to be answered here. Just wanted to say that I am excited to join up with all of you!
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I was thrilled when the Tablet S first came out and really loved its unique design and Sony customizations. But I was invested in other Android devices at the time, and I never purchased one.
But over the weekend, I finally pulled the trigger and got a great deal on a new 32Gb Tablet S with Cradle on Woot.com.
I know I am little late to the party and I don't have any questions - most seem to be answered here. Just wanted to say that I am excited to join up with all of you!
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Congrats. Its a one of a kind tablet that is also very functional. A few things that bother me are the wifi instability and frequent ics screen flicker. Hopefully those software issues get addressed by the supposed 4.1 update sometime in a near near future.
I made the same buy and got mine today. Did ICS update and then a hard reset. Everything is running great so far. Only played with it for a bit.
It is a sexy piece... 399+ was too much, but for 260 I felt good about purchase.
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I havent yet unboxed it.. vacation bills are all coming due and the expenditure might raise tempers, but it was too good a deal to pass up.
Of course, I also know that I better unbox it soon and make sure it works, knowing Woot.
Not sure if i will get in trouble for posting this in here, but,my reason is because the Rezound forum is where i spend all my time and i wanted to ask you guy's/gal's instead! :silly:
Anyway, anyone here have an N7 and can give some personal experience pros/cons?
Looking to pick one up for X-mas. Will mainly be used by my wife and myself for browsing, watching vids, e-books. Anyone have a blue tooth keyboard attached that they recommend?
Feel free to add any additional info that you think a perspective buyer may be interested to know.
Thanks everyone!:good:
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Not sure if i will get in trouble for posting this in here, but,my reason is because the Rezound forum is where i spend all my time and i wanted to ask you guy's/gal's instead! :silly:
Anyway, anyone here have an N7 and can give some personal experience pros/cons?
Looking to pick one up for X-mas. Will mainly be used by my wife and myself for browsing, watching vids, e-books. Anyone have a blue tooth keyboard attached that they recommend?
Feel free to add any additional info that you think a perspective buyer may be interested to know.
Thanks everyone!:good:
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My brother has one and i love it. cant beat that price for one of the most powerful tablets on the market now.
Pros:
Hardware
Google updates
$$$
Cons:
No expandable memory. He has the 8gb from launch and it cant hold that much. he blew through the 8gb fast and is now trying to play catch up when downloading new games.
If you plan on getting one. Please get the 32gb. I know people will argue saying its not needed if you're just going to browse or watch a couple of videos. But it happens to fill up quickly and you cant change your mind. lol
U love mine kindda p.o. about buying one before the price dropped lol but get one it is worth it
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I bought my gf one for her birthday and she loves it. She hardly even uses her computer anymore. I love the fact that you can add multiple users. She has her own profile and when I feel like using it I click on my profile and instantly shows all my stuff on my own home screen.
Oh and the only thing she doesn't like about it is the camera quality on Skype is horrible. I've read that there are mods to improve the camera quality, but because this is her tablet I am not rooting it.
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I absolutely love mine. I got the 16gb version and I use it every day. My laptop basically only gets used for burning CDs now. I'm running the stock rooted 4.2.1 and I think it's perfect. This is the first Android device where I didn't have a desire to install a different launcher or install some form of heavily modified or AOSP ROM. It's worth every penny in my opinion.
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alphabets said:
Not sure if i will get in trouble for posting this in here, but,my reason is because the Rezound forum is where i spend all my time and i wanted to ask you guy's/gal's instead! :silly:
Anyway, anyone here have an N7 and can give some personal experience pros/cons?
Looking to pick one up for X-mas. Will mainly be used by my wife and myself for browsing, watching vids, e-books. Anyone have a blue tooth keyboard attached that they recommend?
Feel free to add any additional info that you think a perspective buyer may be interested to know.
Thanks everyone!:good:
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I love mine, just got it last week. my girlfriend has her settings and i have mine, it's awesome. i use a logitech bluetooth keyboard and google drive during school to take notes. the keyboard pairs easily and i experience little to no lag while using it. i can download my books on there too and boom, that all i have to bring. the keyboard comes with a case that transforms into a stand for the tablet when taking notes.. i linked it below, it's also available at best buy(where i got mine). good luck, it's definitely a good buy. http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-920-...words=logitech+bluetooth+keyboard+for+android
I absolutely love my N7 and I wasn't expecting to enjoy it so much. Feel free to PM me with any questions you have. If you're doing research in the N7 sections, in the past it's been mostly trolls and morons who post in general but not development, so at the very least find someone who is active in both sections.
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I have the 32gb version and I am very happy with it. I take mine out in the field with me and have it tethered it to my Rezound which is great for my daily use. If you are flasher then I would suggest taking a look at the Nexus 7 forums, some really nice Roms.
It is great for what it is, just don't have false expectations. Not to be combative but if she plans on doing the things you mentioned extra memory is not needed. I am a fairly heavy user and haven't even looked to see how much of my 16gb I have used.
Con: as a flasher I get kind of annoyed with all of the updates. bc so many updates the roms never really smooth out. Everytime I think it's set up great there is a new update. (first time with a nexus so maybe just annoyed with change).
I have an 8gb one with an OTG cable. I hook up my 16gb card to it. I also stream my music and movies from my server. Bought the OTG cable on Amazon for $.70.
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alphabets said:
Not sure if i will get in trouble for posting this in here, but,my reason is because the Rezound forum is where i spend all my time and i wanted to ask you guy's/gal's instead! :silly:
Anyway, anyone here have an N7 and can give some personal experience pros/cons?
Looking to pick one up for X-mas. Will mainly be used by my wife and myself for browsing, watching vids, e-books. Anyone have a blue tooth keyboard attached that they recommend?
Feel free to add any additional info that you think a perspective buyer may be interested to know.
Thanks everyone!:good:
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I've had one since release ans I love it. Only con I can see is that there is no expandable memory options however the device holds up really nice. I have a Bluetooth keyboard for it as well, I got it from Motorola off of Amazon and haven't looked back I also have a treegloo case for it however I'm not sure I would recommend it because as of late it has been starting to break down even though I haven't abused it in the slightest
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I <3 my N7. I'm totally going to buy a 32GB version for my home/office and hook the16GB into my car's system :good:.
I love my Nexus 7.
Love mine, look into getting the Logitech keyboard for android replaced my computer
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I love mine.
(I don't have one but I wish I did)
I'm about to get 1 in about 3 days and I'm sure I'll like it as well.
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Well, it will be a Merry Christmas in my household......I picked up a 32gb last night!!
All i did was charge it a bit and turn it on to make sure it was working properly and immediately put it back in the box. Mainly bc my wife and myself are dorks and want to wait til christmas morning to officially open it :silly:
Now I am accessory shopping, need a nice case and maybe a stylus. I messed around with the display model a bit, and, with an iPad mini. Mini is wider, thinner and a bit lighter. And the thinness and lighjtness is where the comparison stops for me. The screen on the Nexus absolutely blows the mini out of the water. I didn't get too in depth using them, but I didnt need to. The screen comparison blew me away. I couldn't get over it.
Can't wait to hack away Christamas morning!:laugh:
Good choice:thumbup:
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Don't have time to read through the entire thread to see what everyone is saying, BUT if you are considering getting one then you definitely should. I don't even know where to start, but its perfect in every way. Very brief breakdown.
Pros: the perfect size, battery life is great, ROM development is plentiful, the device itself is really fast(running aokp 4.2.1) , lots of options for cases, and much more.
Cons: None!
I originally got it for when I run on my treadmill in the basement to watch Netflix and downloaded TV shows. Now after having it for a month I bring the thing with me almost everywhere. Best $250 I've spent in a long time.
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Also, not sure what style of case you're looking for, but I went with this one. I love it. Perfect mix between class and protection. Can't beat the price either.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008MIQGTQ/ref=oh_details_o05_s00_i00
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Thanks for the info bud! That case is sharp btw.....think that might be the one I go with.
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Just one year after, the Prime development is dead. Two roms have been updated a month ago and much appreciated work on them. But that's about it. What was once the tablet of the future, Asus made it a flop, A $500 flop at that. How poor, I'll never buy another Asus tablet or PC again. I had mine since day one and have no problems with. I wish everyone could say that.
Thank you for your contribution. We definitely needed another one of these threads.
Long live the Prime!
Yes, as said before, this is the problem with people who jump on these forums and fill it with non-sense, gripe and make an atmosphere of uncertainty and unthankfulness.. Yes, thanks for the positive outlook indeed.
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This is not true. lilstevie and tux_mind are VERY close to perfecting an Ubuntu dual boot. Think about it, Volume Up to boot Android; Volume Down to boot Ubuntu. That would be the coolest thing in the history of things. This is what I have been waiting for since 2008. Sooo... STFU.
Prime is dead
Mine truly is----at ASUS RMA facility for the third time since purchase
first 2 times wif-bluetooth issue in shop for 1.5 months
this time green camera
Truly a 500$ 650 if you count the dock peice of c***
There are very few primes around in my country so i don't care if its dead, i have a special device and its working perfectly.
But i think my next tablet (i hope the prime works for a long time) will be one with a digitizer for pens. Like the galaxy note 10.1. In my situation i prefer that over a keyboard.
Long live the prime.
I've had mine since day one. Never had reason to complain about it at all. Two friends have bought them after seeing mine. Still use it every day. I wish I had two.
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I really like mine it replaced my laptop ... i also like the build quality. Samsung plastics are not my kind of thing. Drawbacks are wifi performance and the system to connect tablet and keyboard could use some rethinking.
wifi performance
Thom4s said:
I really like mine it replaced my laptop ... i also like the build quality. Samsung plastics are not my kind of thing. Drawbacks are wifi performance and the system to connect tablet and keyboard could use some rethinking.
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I too had WIFI problems but since I purchased a MyFi (3G 4G) from Verizon I get 4 Bars where ever I go in my area.
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Yes, as said before, this is the problem with people who jump on these forums and fill it with non-sense, gripe and make an atmosphere of uncertainty and unthankfulness.. Yes, thanks for the positive outlook indeed.
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This person is entitled to their oppinion, and has valid points, just because you do not agree doesnt give you the right to be critical or condescending.
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I think that the Development is very slow mostly because around a 50% of users have their Bootloader locked, so lots of people couldn't use other roms, kernels or mods (and of course if a user wants to start a develop and has it's Prime locked, simply he can't).
I bought the tf201 a month ago because I didn't know anything about Bootloader, I thought that I could flash a kernel for OC or something similar. I try to unlock and I couldn't, and now I'm happy with it, because my tf201 died a week ago. When it returns from the RMA, I'll try to sell it. That's all, and this is the last ASUS tablet I'll buy.
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Just one year after, the Prime development is dead. Two roms have been updated a month ago and much appreciated work on them. But that's about it. What was once the tablet of the future, Asus made it a flop, A $500 flop at that. How poor, I'll never buy another Asus tablet or PC again. I had mine since day one and have no problems with. I wish everyone could say that.
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I find it interesting as to how much people are influenced by the opinions and experiences of others. In one breath you say you'll never buy another Asus tablet again and in the next you say you've had your Prime for over a year and have had no problems with it.
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I find it interesting as to how much people are influenced by the opinions and experiences of others. In one breath you say you'll never buy another Asus tablet again and in the next you say you've had your Prime for over a year and have had no problems with it.
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Let me help you out a little, jordache. I'm quite happy with my Prime. I've not had problems with it. I have several Wireless APs at my home, so it's saturated with signal. As a result, I've not had problems with the wifi. I've chosen not to Root or Unlock my Prime, so I've not had the headaches there that others have had. As the features go (HDMI, Micro-SD, SD, USB, additional battery in keyboard dock), the Prime is top notch. I'd still take it over an iPad any day of the week.
Having said all of that, Asus's post-sale hardware support is terrible. So terrible that I probably won't buy another Asus product. I managed to lose a couple of rubber feet on the dock. When I inquired about getting some replacement feet, Asus wanted me to do an RMA on the dock. I'm not impressed.
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This person is entitled to their oppinion, and has valid points, just because you do not agree doesnt give you the right to be critical or condescending.
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The original post in this thread is the equivalent to someone standing up in the middle of a conference on economics and yelling "I LIKE BANANAS".
Sure, they have every right to like bananas, but it isn't helpful, it's attention-seeking and is essentially pointless.
Go eat bananas if you like them. No one cares.
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I find it interesting as to how much people are influenced by the opinions and experiences of others. In one breath you say you'll never buy another Asus tablet again and in the next you say you've had your Prime for over a year and have had no problems with it.
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That is correct because my bluetooth sucks, my wireless sucks and should be much better than it is. No other issues besides that. I was just stating a fact that there is not much development for the tablet anymore. That's all I was saying, take it the way you wish but we are all allowed opinions here. thank you
The truth of the matter IMO is that people have come to expect too much. It's the "where's my update" syndrome where people want something new ever other week. Things evolve so fast that yes, a one year old device is practically ancient history. And Asus supported this device for much longer and through many more updates than most other manufacturers do. Take my Motorola Droid 3....please! Seriously my Droid 3 was abandoned by Motorola almost as soon as it was released. My original Droid Came with Android 2.0 then it got 2.1 and 2.2 from Motorola and then 2.3.7 via Cyanogen Mod 7.2 but once on 2.x, always on 2.x. On the other hand on the Prime we went from 3.x to 4.0 to 4.1 and will probably see 4.2 which is really not bad at all. It should also be capable of running future versions of custom ROMs....if the developers keep working on it. But really we have to expect that they will eventually move on too. But these days a year is almost an eternity for a mobile device.
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The original post in this thread is the equivalent to someone standing up in the middle of a conference on economics and yelling "I LIKE BANANAS".
Sure, they have every right to like bananas, but it isn't helpful, it's attention-seeking and is essentially pointless.
Go eat bananas if you like them. No one cares.
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Yes and another no brain response. I was just stating a fact.. don't like tough sh*t. I love my Prime, if I didn't I would have sold it long ago for something better. I was just stating that development has slowed down to a halt.. nothing to do with bananas !. Gezzzz
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Yes and another no brain response. I was just stating a fact.. don't like tough sh*t. I love my Prime, if I didn't I would have sold it long ago for something better. I was just stating that development has slowed down to a halt.. nothing to do with bananas !. Gezzzz
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I don't see it so much as slowing down, more like we have got to the limits of what we can achieve with what we have.
When 4.2 arrives I'm sure you will see some more dev work going on and also there is cyanogenmod which updates nightly if you really want to update regularly.
There is only so much you can do based on the stock rom.
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Yes and another no brain response. I was just stating a fact.. don't like tough sh*t. I love my Prime, if I didn't I would have sold it long ago for something better. I was just stating that development has slowed down to a halt.. nothing to do with bananas !. Gezzzz
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So lets get this straight, you "love" your Prime but you will not be buying another Asus product again. Can you please explain?
Hi
Is this real? 500 units made new freshly arrive China.
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=...li_trackid=1_501bb04e88e8661afc97af315acde3b6
Snapdragon MSM 8660 dual core 双核，1.5GHz, 4G LTE，4G HSPA+
converted to USD is 284
Here it is on eBay.
It's on eBay as well, brand new for $253 with free shipping. I can't post the link, but you know how to search on ebay . . . (Just type the words you want into the search bar and hit enter--it's fairly simple.)
This should get development going, no? :laugh:
probably not. that has been the price for quite a while now..
when showp will manage to crack it and to get a proper kernel - that would get development going..
it seems to be very hard to get something done with this device.
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probably not. that has been the price for quite a while now..
when showp will manage to crack it and to get a proper kernel - that would get development going..
it seems to be very hard to get something done with this device.
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That's a shame. I didn't realize it was so cheap for so long--is the only thing really holding this tablet back the lack of 4.x support? I thought when it came out, the reason it didn't sell was because it so expensive . . . Now that the price is so low, why wouldn't people start picking it up? Also, I don't see anyone selling it this cheap anywhere else, at least brand new.
Plus, the more people that pick one up, the bigger the demand/incentive for 4.x support, which HOPEFULLY translates into more donations for developers.
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Update: the $253 BIN JetStreams are now gone from eBay. There's another guy selling 10 (1 has already sold) for $280 with free shipping.
it started off as ultra-expensive and got very little demand.
seeing the low demand HTC and at&t neglected the device, not bothering to update it to 4.x android. that pretty much killed it.
the rest of the units are being sold around in relatively low prices, most of them refurbished.
since no developer purchased the device - there's no development going. the device has such tiny community that its considered dead. look at the forum here, practically no movement at all. no developer would get his head into this sick bad. we had to find one, collect money and buy a device for an excellent guy to work on. and as good as he is, its still taking months to overcome HTC's **** job on this one.
but all of that doesn't really matter. once showp1984 will get the kernel to work, i'm guessing we'll be jumping pretty much straight to android 5.x. and you will see some action in the forum.
I hope you're right. The hardware on this thing is so good (except for the "low res" screen), it's a shame it got killed off so quickly. Is there anything we, the non-programming members of the rooting community can do to help? Other than send showp our positive thoughts, and eventually, our money. ?
eventually showp will crack this kernel thing, and then we (non-programing) could try and look for as many ROM developers as we can. this will create a pool of ROMs and maybe revive this device a bit.
Ohhhhhh dilema for me, price dropped to 225 us$. Should I? Or wait for new HTC unknown when. Or get 4cores? What say you guys?
This is not the droid you're looking for.
every other tablet goes for this price...
if u can wait - do so and see if the development worked.
if u cant wait - don't touch this one.
Ouach, you got in. I'm a 7" phone tablet person. Was pondering this jetstream because HTC sense, then the sync is so much better Samsung kies.
Current P1000 damaged a few times concern times up, need a replacement soon. Tried wife's 4.7" but impossible to go back now. Size up is the way. I don't game on android. Just work, comic, reading, little bit video during flight or waiting.
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You're right if there was development here, no doubt I won't be itchy to join you guys. I really like this Jetstream.
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Updates?
Hey guru,
I can't reply on the development posts yet, but I was wondering--any word from Dennis on development?
Also, I realized DoomLord already released a kernel for the JetStream . . . What is Dennis working on for us now?
Thanks!
dennis is still working. he's creating a proper kernel using the newest linux versions. that is required for the kernel to support JB versions. since there is no other developer or any similar device - he's doing all the work himself - which takes time (also because he's working on other devices).
what doomlord made was far from perfect, and caused alot of issues for some of us. dennis is much more thorough in his work.
So, what I'm seeing here is that the Jetstream might be worth getting. I've been wanting one for a while now, but just haven't done it. I'm actually waiting to get my wife a Sam Note 10.1 before I get a tablet. She really wants one for work and I want the Jetstream, first, because it's HTC's only 10" tablet, and second, just to play with. I've been watching this forum just to see how much hope there is and it sounds promising.
i would wait for the development to finish. i'm not suggesting the kernel won't work - but it doesn't exist yet. wait for it..
I agree with Guru, but if you just need a tablet for basic stuff, like web browsing, email, Netflix, etc., the Jetstream is fine for all of that. Some apps are not compatible because it's still on 3.1, but otherwise it's a solid tablet for a pretty good price right now. If you NEED ICS or JB, then I'd go with something else, or, like Guru suggested, wait.
Stock clearance of this batch starting to drop below 211 US$.
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cx5 said:
Stock clearance of this batch starting to drop below 211 US$.
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Is the price for a new unlocked item? Where is it?
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Is the price for a new unlocked item? Where is it? Thanks for the response
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It's from http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.99.DBIiSt&id=19917107251
Shenzhen China mail order, I wouldn't take the risk, but getting the address to on-spot inspection, test then pay if truly decided.
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Another seller able to meet up around MRT station in Shenzhen is http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=...d29484&wwlight=cntaobaojuju9494-{18144806777}
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