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[Android Software Development] chaos67731:
I could really use some help.

I would like to use this app to pull feeds for this site.

http://las-vegas-drunk-driving-attorney.com/

But have no idea how to add this to eclipse and then turn it in to an app.

Could someone help out with the steps to take?

Thank.
[Acer Iconia A500] Enectic:
Paid 350ish for mine about a month ago. Should of waited and saved 30 bucks (after tax)! Oh well, awesome deal for anyone who doesn't have one yet.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13845_3-20081008-58/get-an-acer-iconia-10-inch-android-tablet-for-$299.98/

http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/55492
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
Got mine today. Saw the coupon on another forum.

They really wanted to sell me the extended warranty. NOPE.

So far I love the tablet. Wish the Power Cord was a Little Longer.
[Acer Iconia A500] Altos:
Got mine today... Loving it so far (just wish I had the 3.1 upgrade)... I'll get to that when I get home.

Yeah, the power cord definitely needs to be longer.
[Acer Iconia A500] Markon101:
I had to pay $470 with tax a couple of months ago. :\
[Acer Iconia A500] fogozito:
i wanted to buy another but the coupon is not valid online =(
[Acer Iconia A500] sincerity:
Haha me too they were PUSHING the extended warranty....was over a third of the cost I paid lol ugh good luck
[Acer Iconia A500] tgtoys:
Just got back from Staples, bought 2! Just $328 each after tax! Can't wait for it to finish charging and hack the hell out of it!

Did everyone wait the full 4 hours to charge before using it? Or is that just bs?
[Acer Iconia A500] tdn327:
got mine coupon working at Office Depot, go go go get it , very YMMV
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
I plugged mine in and used it.
[Acer Iconia A500] BhavashJ:
Picked one up today!

I recently picked one up from Amazon for $448. Called them and got me return shipping label.

you just can't beat $130+ in savings.

w00t.w00t
[Acer Iconia A500] tgtoys:
Oh I'm sure it works right away no problem, but overall does this affect long term battery? I'm assuming it may require the battery to be recalibrated at some point for optimal performance/capacity. This is more of a general battery question, not specific to the A500...
[Acer Iconia A500] mikel81:
I plugged mine in, it was full charged in less than 2. Good thing I don't think I could have waited any longer. :D The quick start guide said 4 hrs and the instructions said 8 I think. And I think you should be able to plug it in and turn it on, they just mean don't turn it on and drain the battery before giving it a full charge.
[Acer Iconia A500] Ianxcom:
Just did it!
[Acer Iconia A500] internetpilot:
This is good news even for us early adopters who paid the full $450. Pretty much the rule of thumb on XDA is the more popular the device the more development occurs for it! I'm usually NOT an early adopter and I don't think I've ever paid MSRP on any other electronic device I've ever purchased, but even at MSRP the A500 was the cheapest, best tablet out there, so I still feel liked I saved quite a few $ over, say, an iPad or iPad2 or Xoom, etc.

If the price goes any lower, it's going to be cheaper than my HTC Evo phone was -- subsidized from Sprint!
[Acer Iconia A500] DigitalKaizer:
I work for Staples and the first I heard of this coupon was this thread.

I freaked for a second because I just bought my Acer 5 days ago, when we had the $50 off coupon on Any Laptop/Tablet. That was valid 7/13-7/16

I pad around $350 for the tablet after that and my employee discount.

I texted my manager. Tomorrow I'm getting a price guarantee exchange.

After my discount and tax, I'll pay roughly 280 for it.

We have to push the warranties, for no other reason than to keep our jobs.

We don't earn anything from it, other than a pat on the back from big brother, and momentary job security. In today's economy, Staples doesn't offer us any legitimate cut of the ridiculous profits of these plans, unless you work in one of the top 5 selling stores in the US. Then you might get an extra $50-100 a MONTH. Which isn't much incentive for the kind of pressure they put on us.

And if we don't sell, we get disciplined, in terms of hour cuts or termination.

However I will say in retrospect, the warranties on the tablets are a bit better than the laptops. You get battery coverage and they're all accidental. You break it? -- Battery stops holding a charge? Replacement or reimbursement.

If you break down the price divided by the amount of time monthly, it costs and covers things on par with cell phone insurance, except unfortunately it has to be paid entirely up front.

That's my two cents, from an Easy Certified Tech, desperately searching for a real tech job in a crappy economy.
[Acer Iconia A500] officetally:
Sweet! thanks man
[Acer Iconia A500] BlueGoldAce:
Possibly going to get this. Do you think this is still a good buy? Will the tablet remain relevant for a while? Can't beat the price, that's for sure.
[Acer Iconia A500] cd85233:
SO listen to this...

Went to the store. They listed it at $449. I asked them to look it up and they said they'd give it to me for the online price of 399. The the dude came back and told me he was out except for one that was returned. I asked if he'd give me a discount on it and he said 10%. When I checked out, with the coupon, it all came to 289 after taxes! Same 14 day return and warranty. There was nothing wrong with it. If there is, I can go return it for a new one if I so wish...or at least return it.
[Acer Iconia A500] jm77:
This was seriously the deal of the century! xD

I got my A500 32GB from CostCo on 7/4 -- $500ish after taxes. Took a CWM backup after rooting. Came with the annoying Acer case and HDMI cable.

(I got an HDMI cable off ebay for pennies.)

Got this 16GB Staples model for $300.

Went on Amazon, got a nice case and a shiny 32GB SD.

Everything aside, the A500 is pretty much the best. Same specs, no fuss, runs every ROM -- what's not to like?
[Acer Iconia A500] jm77:
I was actually curious about this as well. It came 50% or so charged, used it immediately.
[Acer Iconia A500] Ianxcom:
If you order it at the register and the store is out of stock it will ship to your house and coupon is valid. That's what I did.
[Acer Iconia A500] Enectic:
Glad to see all the new Acer Iconia owners! I think I have an addiction to buying. Really want to buy one even though I already have one. Don't know what I'd do with it but I hate passing up on a good deal!
[Acer Iconia A500] timehunter:
Same. Being the early adopter has a disadvantage or two. Also too far past purchase date to get price match.
[Acer Iconia A500] nctrnl:
I got one yesterday at Staples. I wanted the Asus Transformer simply because you can charge it via USB when the unit is off. I have USB power outlets everywhere including 4 in my car so I was kind of bummed about the charger.

I love this thing, but as others have noted the cord is 2 freaking short.

I was wondering...

Since the 40-pin on the bottom is dockable/chargable, do you think somebody will make a "12 volt USB to 40-pin charger cable" for it?...or is that even a possibility?
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Anyone can use this coupon, right?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dizmatic:
Got mine today. Charging now. Coupon should work for anyone. Just have to be a tablet the discount is applied to.
[Acer Iconia A500] dxwilliams40:
They really tried to push the extended warranty on me as well. I now have two tabs. The one I ordered came a few days ago, but I will be returning that one.
[Acer Iconia A500] Enectic:
While the Asus will charge by USB it charges EXTREMELY slowly (I'm talking about 1 - 3 percent per hour) and the screen has to be off otherwise it will not charge. Also if you're looking for an extended charging cable you can grab this for 15 bucks.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
I used to work for Staples years ago. I sold the most service plans in the region. Still, those things are a waste of money.
[Acer Iconia A500] nctrnl:
Thank you. My ultimate reasoning was because the actual charging cable plugs into a usb wall adapter of which I have tons of. That way if I needed to take the charger to work or car, I would simply need to take the cable with me and not the entire "plug"...I could just plug it into the outlets I had. The 1-3 % is by computer USB, correct? I even have trouble trying to charge some phones that way. Takes forever :(
[Acer Iconia A500] jillora:
Awesome deal!!!

Ditto about the extended warranty, I was think okay it might be worth it until she mentioned it was $169. Then I told her the only reason I was buying it was because it was now under my fun budget of $300(barely it'll still be a frozen burrito week).

I also had to order it Ianxcom :-( They only had the display model and a return, but she said she couldn't sell me the return since it was damaged. It's okay though since I hope it will appear at my place tomorrow, you know, like magic, lol. I think this must be a popular sale since more than one staff member knew exactly what I wanted. I asked about the Iconia and they didn't even need to check to see if it was in stock and one mentioned she'd already ordered several today alone. And I heard another staff member talking on the phone to someone who was smart enough to call in and see if they had one in stock.
[Acer Iconia A500] ratdog07067:
I went in to my local Staples at lunch time ready to pull the trigger, until the guy in front of me bought a Galaxy 10.1 Then I started going back and forth between the 2. The 2 guys (they were really patient with me, but it was pretty slow in the store) behind the counter tried to gently push the Touchpad on me, not realizing the coupon didn't apply to it.

Ultimately, I decided that saving $100 and having the ports was more important than having the "cool" tablet as one of the Staples guys described it, so I am now the proud owner of an Iconia. I'll probably wipe my GTab and list it on eBay at some point since my wife will think I am (more) insane for having 2 10" Android tablets.
[Acer Iconia A500] nctrnl:
I just ordered 2 additional chargers from here :)
[Acer Iconia A500] Hymizzle:
Holla!! brand new A500 for $$327 total at Office Depot using Staples coupon.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Just got mine. They'll stop pushing the warranty if you tell em you're rooting it.
[Acer Iconia A500] ThatGeekGuy:
I've had my gtab for about for months, with more roms than i'd like to think about. Was getting ready to do the gps mod on it until a bud at work told me about the staples deal. No stock in store, did the in-store online order and should have it Tuesday. I really liked my gtab, but time to move on....
[Acer Iconia A500] tuffCookie:
Asus Transformer or Acer Iconia A500

ugh...i'm really stuck. please don't flame me for this.

i can get either the Asus Transformer or the Acer Iconia A500 for $299, but I can't decide on which one.

here's what i really like about each.

Transformer

[+]IPS display is gorgeous :D

[+]keyboard dock w/ extended battery (would be great to use in the office)

Iconia A500

[+]wide variety of ports...including full size USB port FTW

[+]XDA dev support seems to be leaps and bounds better. i'm assuming it's due to this being more widely available while the Transformer is almost impossible to find anywhere.

i've seen both in person and used both. i'm leaning towards the Acer at the moment due to the reasons listed above plus the fact that I can always just plug in a USB keyboard. but the display, design and fit/finish/quality didn't seem as good or on par as the Asus Transformer.

i've never owned or bought anything Acer before, but i've bought Asus plenty of times and know they build quality stuff (at least in my experience).

any input would be appreciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Get the Acer, better dev support.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
I told then that and they still tried to push the warranty
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
They're stupid then. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] BlueGoldAce:
Got the Acer today....great tablet.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Anybody having issues rooting it? I followed the steps, but it just hangs at "Rooting" endlessly. It sees the SD card...I'm stumped.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
it was the manager that waited on me.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
how are you trying to root?

I used this:

http:// xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1138228
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
GingerBreak. Installed the APK, enabled USB debug, and it just hangs.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
I edited my past above.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Links back to here. Using the thread by Slowie911.
[Acer Iconia A500] kekinash:
Got my Acer today but not from staples but from Office Depot. They honored the staples coupon . :D
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
I just tried the link, it goes to a thread "how to root 3.1"
[Acer Iconia A500] cd85233:
I love this thing! I bought the dell duo to usurp a tablet and netbook. Thing is so heavy it doesn't work well as a netbook or tablet. And the TS sucks so bad it takes like 10 clicks to get the right button.

I got a killer deal on mine but gladly would have paid full price.

BUT...WTF is up with the 3 inch power chord? SERIOUSLY? I can't use the tablet when charging, maybe that was their idea.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
found this, going to order next week, my toy fund is empty.

http://electroniccrap.com/store/ind..._id=49&zenid=4ddfd1c939de32e1d19ecde70dbeb634
[Acer Iconia A500] SoFLO.:
I got my Acer today as well, the deal was too good to pass up. Staples was sold out so I got a price match at Office Depot with the coupon.
[Acer Iconia A500] FearL0rd:
I did the same
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Still hanging with GingerBreak. Enabled USB debug mode, and checked off unknown apps, and an SD card is mounted. Created a 200 meg partition and left the rest in a manor that I can't get it back. Rooting is not working.
[Acer Iconia A500] Ed6607:
Never take any kind of Extended warranty, You are wasting your money if you do.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Looks like you need iconiaroot to root 3.1.
[Acer Iconia A500] lildew:
i also work for staples man but don't forget the warranties, on tablets replace it with a cash card so you cant go wrong there :)
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
you need to go to that thread I posted. you will have root in about 30 seconds. its for iconiaroot.
[Acer Iconia A500] Enectic:
Yep, charging by USB takes forever on the Transformer. Using the wall charger though it charges like any other tablet.
[Acer Iconia A500] falcon1t:
same here---a hard sell.....and $35 to set it up...lol
[Acer Iconia A500] jm77:
If you buy w/ amex, let them know you get a free +1 year warranty. Instant stfu.
[Acer Iconia A500] jm77:
Have you tried iconiaroot?
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Yeah I had to use that. GingerBreak is only for 3.0, not 3.1
[Acer Iconia A500] jillora:
Awesome! I had no idea Office Depot does that. Hmmm, still mine should be on the UPS truck and Staples was very calm when I asked them to make a note for the UPS guy to knock loudly to make sure my brother(who works nights and sleeps mornings) can hear the knock. And then I called again to put a second note in the record to NOT deliver to the apt office(the manager and I had a bit of an argument a month ago and I prefer to believe she has fallen off the side of the earth).
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
So what benefit would I get by flashing custom ROM's over the stock ROM? How hard is it to flash CM7? I downloaded that AcerRecoveryInstaller app from the Market as directed in one of the ROM threads.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
for the fun of it. also I don't expect you will find CM7 for a honeycomb tablet. not even sure why you would want it.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Why no CM7 for Honeycomb?
[Acer Iconia A500] Dulanic:
Because CM7 is based on Gingerbread not Honeycomb. Honeycomb is a tablet only OS.
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Nobody's saying they can't develop something for Honeycomb.
[Acer Iconia A500] FearL0rd:
IconiaRoot works 100% with 3.1
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Yeah after you upgrade you need IconiaRoot. GingerBreak doesn't work on 3.1.
[Acer Iconia A500] jyams:
Works at Office Depot in Memphis. Just walked out with one for $299 plus tax. They looked it up on their terminal and immediately saw they could issue discount for Acer and Blackberry models, but not Asus. Sweet!!
[Acer Iconia A500] harlaquin:
Love mine.

Well I hope others are having better luck then I did. I live in north carolina near fayetteville and every single stapkles around here is "OUT" of tablets, and what I mean by "out" is they are lying. when you call some stores they say oh well so and so store shows 10 in stock or so and so store shows 8 but we dont have any. so you call so and so store and the person answering the phone says yeah we have some, but then you hear someone in back ground go "some what" and the person on phone will change story and say they dont have any. when asked why thier comps say they do they stumble around and make excusses. Well I finally called one store (we have like 12 in the area here) and there just so happened to be an honest person working there and a area sales rep at the same time and he told me that yes they knew of stores where the managers where telling customers they were out of tablets even though they had them because the managers didnt want to sell items below cost because it affected thier bonuses. A third store confirmed this saying they heard stories that 2 of their stores were doing this but that corparate would not do anything about it. basicaly they are puching the extended warrenties because they are selling the tablets below cost and losing money hoping to sell you other items. but no one is buying anything else.

so out of 12 stores in my area 3 are lying about inventory 1 store way out in the sticks had 1 (that I got finally) and the other stores all the little no job having wiped them out the first day so they could resell them on ebay.

I hate that crap just like xmas the people buy up the inventory al over town when something is cheap or hot and horde it to resell and make a buck to the people who really want it.

The area where i live is rampant with non working dissablility check getting people and if you have a regual full time job you cant beat them to the stores they wipe them out everytime.

oh but on the acer lol its awsome just dont buy that piece of crap acer sleave for it 40.00 bucks and all it is,is a strechy sleave that dosent fit well and once you spend 30 mins tring to get the acer in it then you find out it blocks the micro sd slot. I returned the sleave and will get a better one off the net but the acer branded one is crap.

The screen is nice but is only 265k colors ,wheres the transformer and the xoom are 16 million color screens. Its all trade offs . I have heard thought the transformer has way more issues with quality, so .. is it worth the ips screen? but iconia has the usb ports!! its all in what you want to do.

Thanks for reading I tend to rabble lol.
[Acer Iconia A500] SCDroid:
Went to staples to look at the galaxy tab, found the iconia and i honestly liked it better except for weight of it, then went to office depot and looked at an asus didn't like it as much and went back to staples and purchased the iconia, charged it up and just now getting to play with it, it's installing 3.1 right now. Seems like a very good purchase for $317 otd. Was waiting till later this year but oh well. I'm going to root it after i workout, what ROM and kernel is the best? (i'm pretty experienced with hacking androids (OG Droidm Droidx, Charge and thunderbolt)
[Acer Iconia A500] cspell:
I live near Wilmington, NC and had no problem getting one yesterday. But that does explain the nasty look I was getting from a manager who came over to "help" the guy who was helping me. She was trying to hard sell me on the extended warranty and the other guy was pushing the case.

But when I went in I wasn't holding the coupon nor did I mention that I had one. I just told them I wanted to buy the acer tablet and for all they knew I was going to pay $399 for it... :-)
[Acer Iconia A500] srv0:
I picked one up yesterday from Office Depot using the Staples coupon. In my area, Staples never has anything in stock, and there aren't but a few; whereas Office Depots are a dime a dozen.

Quick and easy. Office Depot was already well aware of the Staples coupon and gave no hassle whatsoever honoring it, although they did mention that they couldn't make the $100 off deal on the Asus.

The Asus is a smidge lighter and the IPS panel is definitely sexy - but between the Acer's full size USB port, its xda love, and the super easy root, I was leaning toward the Acer anyway. The extra $100 off sealed the deal. Having had it for a little over a day, I have to say: I love this thing. It's my first android tablet, and I'm blown away by its usability and performance. After using it for a while, it makes my EVO 4G feel like a child's toy.

Browsing is amazing. On most sites, it loads and renders pages noticeably faster than my reasonably high-end Windows 7 desktop. Sometimes the Acer flat out spanks the desky. I'm impressed.

The EVO 4G is pretty much relegated to hotspot duty at this point.

Buy one! For under $300, you can't go wrong.
[Acer Iconia A500] tf442:
Office Depot $299.99

Just got back from Office Depot. Department Manager asked if I needed help. I asked if they had the Acer in stock and he looked and said yes. I asked if they accepted competitors coupons and he said yes we honor the Staples coupon. Much nicer than the people at Staples.

I have been an Android user since day one when I got the T-mobile G1. I am Android through and through. No Apple for me.
[Acer Iconia A500] BBAHunter:
I bought one yesterday. Now trying to figure it out. Having a hard time getting it to see my cell phone wifi (my friends ipad conencts to it fine, as does my laptop).
[Acer Iconia A500] quakemazer:
I think this is the tablet to get...

I got one yesterday. Made a trip to my local Staples and was informed they were out. I think I may have played my hand too soon because as I was talking to the enthusiastic rep about it, I pulled out the coupon and he suddenly said, "Let me make sure we even have any in stock." While eyeballing the paper in my hands. DOH.

But he did call around and one store that was about an equal distance away from my house, in the opposite direction of course, had 3 in stock. I had them hold one for me and scored this killer tablet for $317 after tax.

One thing that may seem small to some, but is a huge deal to me, is that the Acer has haptic feedback. Neither the Gtablet I'm coming from nor the Transformer have haptic feedback! Seriously irritating to me. Doesn't seem to be something that is mentioned in any of the reviews/comparisons, either.

I've already plugged a generic usb keyboard and surfed the web that way, so Transformer's gimmick is already defeated. I think the only weak-point is when comparing the screens, and dude, this A500 screen is more than good enough for me! The build quality also seems higher on this tablet to me than the competitors I've held.

I did the OTA 3.1 and then promptly rooted it, then installed droidwall from the market. I love controlling what apps are using my net connection. Then I did a full titanium backup and uninstalled whatever bloatware I could find. Running great.

Question: What's the best way to check the available Ram? And what total ram are you guys seeing on yours?
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Try Advanced Task Killer. Don't use it to stop processes, but it should tell you how much is free. Android System Info should as well. I'd recommend the second one since it isn't a task killer.
[Acer Iconia A500] android333:
Price match at BestBuy

Live in DC metro area..most staples around here do not have it in stock...went to a nearby bestbuy and they matched the price after seeing the coupon..sweet deal..

Also, if stores dont accept it..call bestbuy computer sales and they will match the price and ship ur order...
[Acer Iconia A500] agentfazexx:
Baltimore area has it in stock.
[Acer Iconia A500] rasmith3530:
Does Bestbuy have 30 day price match? I bought mine two weeks ago.
[Acer Iconia A500] Hymizzle:
You do know you can disable haptic feedback in sounds settings.