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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JBTY:
I love Android but this leak of icecream sandwich isnt even half of what i expected i hope ots fake or massivley incomplete as most of you suggest because if not ill be very dissapointed or at least massive performance inceases such as battery life etc then ill be happy!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ethys:
Any information about the dual-core and battery life ?

Not sur will be better with this icecream...
[Epic 4G General] xgerryx:
Anyone else get automatically updated today? Was running the old version last night and earlier, now its the newest one and I didn't download anything!
[Epic 4G General] darkierawr:
Yeah happened to me as well.

I hate the new market. Not only are the animations unnecessary and annoying, but all of the sudden I don't have access to QuickPic OR the ACS Updater app! It's ridiculous! EG22, EC05, and CM7. ACCESS DENIIIIIED.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Earlier today I updated an app in the old market, then driving on the way home I got the new one. It's pretty cool, and much faster, but so far I got 2 gripes:

1) my text reviews are either hidden or vanished; only the star rating shows. ETA: n/m, if you tap the star rating you see what you said. Better that way, actually. Good job big G.

2) there should be an option to sort My Apps by something other than A-Z order. The old market had them with the latest updated at the top; makes more sense.

I hope apps don't disappear on me anymore and if they do that the old cache/data clearing trick will fix it.

ETA: to get the super rad new more 3D shaded icon on your homescreens you may need to trash the old and bring it out from the app drawer or Touchwiz or whatnot. Least I did. ;-)
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Can you guys search the market from home? (Hitting the search key then selecting market at top right?) I hate how the self install one you couldnt

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] crawrj:
I just uninstalled the manual update to see if it would update and it did. I opened the old one and noticed my data activity. Closed it and waited for the traffic to stop. Opened it and had the update.
[Epic 4G General] crawrj:
I could do that on the manual install. I can still do it on the official update.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Really? it would never work for me id hit search and it would just sit there

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] zanderman112:
Well, on the manual install here. I can search and open apps I've already installed via search from home, but I can't search the market for apps that way

Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Likewise. I'm surprised if that feature was ever possible actually.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
You need to approve permissions every single time now, even if they haven't changed (kinda paranoid on G's part if you ask me, and annoying). And you have to expand them sometimes to see all of them too. Downloader beware.

Oh, and with the update notify option now seemingly gone, does it just not let you know (my preference) or is it forced? 2 app updates since the new Market hit and no notification in the bar either time for me.
[Epic 4G General] crawrj:
I think I am retarded. How are you trying to search specifically?
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
From the homescreen hit the search soft key on the phone, and it'll come up with google search and at the top left corner press that and select the market. Then type in an app name or anything and it should search the market for it. On previous markets it worked for me

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] crawrj:
That is what I thought. Damn selective reading :) Doesn't work on the official version either.
[Epic 4G General] ac16313:
Haha, no lie? ;p that's not cool I use that a lot it bothers me

Sent from my SPH-D700
[Epic 4G General] xgerryx:
Couple things I really don't like, and I had the manual install for a while as well. I would much rather a list of catagories than a cluttered mess like it is now. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but just, bleh. Also I hate that when you hit the menu key the search option no longer pops up like it used to. So now I have to use the phone search magnifying glass thing. Time to relearn I suppose.
[Epic 4G General] nadcicle:
Went to delete a topic I just made of the ota and it was already gone lol.

Ah well less work I gotta do. Yah, I received mine this morning.

Sent from my Illudium Q-36 Explosive Space Modulator
[Epic 4G General] poit:
I've gotten notifications in the last 24 hours using the newest market. What bugs me (and this was the case on the old version too) is all the notifications for apps I got free from amazon. Amazon doesn't update their apps nearly as fast as the market does so these apps keep showing up.

You can select what locations the home searches in, at least in Gingerbread.

Open search from the home page (hit the magnifying glass button), Press the icon on the upper left (for me its the google icon), on the window that opens press the gear on the upper right. That opens a page that allows you to choose the items that are searchable in the search function. For me, Apps is the second item on the list.
[Epic 4G General] DroidApprentice:
Soundhound claims there's an update today, but when I click on it I see nothing but Open and Uninstall. Annoying. Whassupwitdat? Maybe time to clear Market cache & data after all.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
OK so I rented a movie from the Market. First I tried to play it back on my Viewsonic GTab and I get the "movie playback not supported on rooted devices (error 49)" OK no worries, I swapped the HDMI from my GTab to my TF and then the movie will start and I get no video from the actual movie frame from within the Video app although I can see all other information around the frame. I choose full screen and then a TV full of nothing. Well this sucks... I plugged in the Xoom and I am able to finally watch my movie on the big screen. Not real impressed with the Market movie (Video rental) app dictating what devices are allowed to playback my PAID rentals or the HDMI output issue on the TF. I'm lucky I have several options here or I would have been out a few dollars... WTF Google?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] david279:
You got 3 tabs wow....
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wdustin1:
So how did playback look on the transformer was it all choppy or anything. I was thinking about renting your highness HD but I don't wanna spend 5 bucks on a movie that's choppy
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] goodintentions:
Why in the world would you want to rent movies on market?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AustinMartin:
I think to watch movies on a rooted device, all you need to do is rename the su executable to mu, then rename it back after you watch the movie.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JoTeC:
I dunno... because we can? :D
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Wdustin1:
Exactly I am sitting in front of my perfectly capable 46 inch high def Samsung bigscreen and can order HD movies and yet here I sit watching a movie on my 10 inch tablet. Its because I can! Lol
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philburkhardt:
If you really want to rent a movie on your TF, give mspot movies a shot.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mspot.android.moviesClub&feature=search_result

I don't know if they do HD movies; I haven't paid to rent anything. I have only checked out the free of the week to make sure it works, and it does. It has a nice tablet interface, and the rentals are cheaper than google in many cases. You can also buy rental bundles, which makes it even cheaper.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DynamicXL:
I've been trying to get this to work and have a few themes that I would like to install, I follow all the instructions and get the abort error when I try to flash in recovery. Any suggestions?
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leo5111:
or is there other things that wont run if i remove it?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] super-6-1:
Hey guys, i was wondering what you guess as a group think of this tablet, is it bad? would you change to something else? What are the current issues? Are they fixable? The normal questions.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrevankyle:
i have absolutely no problems with mine and am loving it. the development community is great and they are putting in allot of hard work to get really great features. ASUS sends out firmware updates often and keeps them opensource which is really nice. If you do go to get one try to get a model that says B60 it seems to have the least problems. If you get a B70 there is about a 50/50 chance you wont be able to root because of some changes asus made. Most if not all of the issues people reported in the early shipments have been fixed. you may have some lightbleed but that is pretty much standard on all tablets.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] super-6-1:
may i ask how to and where to look for the B60/70 number at?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiliyo:
should say it on the box near the serial/model number

i'm also quite happy with the tablet, the dock makes it a very viable netbook replacement for me, the (so far) consistent updates from asus are a welcome change from samsung's poor support. the only small gripes i have with it are more related to honeycomb's unfinished/rushed/beta state, but i'm hoping those issues will be rectified in ICS.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] josephislee:
I love it but frankly if you won't use the keyboard dock extensively, I recommend the tab 10.1
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RojasTKD:
And are ok with NOT having a MicroSD card slot (Not to mention the additional $100).
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RojasTKD:
On the Box. it will be the beginning characters of the serial number.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdfuogh:
I do think the best feature of this tablet is that it has a dock.. makes it a good netbook replacement (or so I'd think, only had a laptop before this!).

In terms of computing ability, it's probably at, or slightly better than my laptop, since my laptop is pretty damn old in technological terms (3 or 4 years old, so like 10 technological generations ago!).

I do miss some things on the TF. Netflix (which I'm going to root and use, once I feel ready to void my warranty), the ability to play one stupidly addicting game, and programming environments. Actually, it'd be awesome if there was an app for G-code/Labview/MatLab, but I guess I could always root and get ubuntu for those.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] super-6-1:
thanks guys! im still looking into tablets. My spending limit is 400 so this one looks to be the best out there right now.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DowntownRDB:
Super: I've had a Xoom and a Tab and now the TF. For the money you will not find a better tablet. Very functional tablet and you couldn't ask for better developer support than the TF has. This tablet is a winner.
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] super-6-1:
thanks! i am getting this one tommorrow as far as i know, and i know to look for B60 as will in the serial on the box. If it is B70 ill still get it if thats the last one they have. As far as storage goes i think the 16 gig will be PLENTLY for me, if not i have a 8 gig SD card.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidkevin:
Seems to be taking them a while to announce, when is this thingcoming out?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peew971:
Probably October, they always have some Nokia event where they launch new handsets.

September will be all about the N9.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidkevin:
That would be sweet! Hope they dont announce it Oct only to say coming soon lol

Do you it will be unlocked, carriers? Hope it gets an ATT release.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dragon Queen:
Nokia's big event is Oct 26 this year.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RoboDad:
They won't. I've read interviews with Nokia execs who have made two things very clear. First, the timetable is too short to get the new handsets into every market this year in any kind of volume, so don't expect a flood on day one. And second, even given that issue, they recognize the importance of having new hardware in the market this year, including in the US.

I would expect the major geographical markets to see small/moderate numbers of Nokia handsets by the beginning of December, with a significant expansion in Q1 of 2012.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidkevin:
Nice! Just read this article:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/08/10/businessinsider-nokia-explains-how-it-will-win-north-america-2011-8.DTL

Lets see if it works. Hopefully we can have a Nokia handset (I want that sea ray/N9) in our hands in Oct or Nov!
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dj21o:
Its about time someone leans out to the carriers...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FTC:
...there is going to be a Nokia event in Germany on Sept. 17th and there are rumors that Nokia is going to show final WP7 handsets...
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Peew971:
It's actually August 17th, next week but according to some sources they won't unveil any phone (from thisismynext.com).
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
;)

Found this while searching for Iconia cases :p

The part in the back looks to be high quality and it clipped on to the body just like the Blurex case but also offered 360° Rotating :cool:

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Leather-Case...022?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item23133d8446
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
Looks fairly good overall....

...but the description describes it as having "snap shut closure..."

Looks like a band of elastic that wraps around it to keep it shut...

If this had magnets, or real snaps or...something else, it might be a contender...I'm not a fan of elastic...wears out way too fast.
[Acer Iconia A500] holmanm:
I think what you are seeing as "elastic bands" are the grooves in the case for the edge of the tablet to set in.

I will be very eager to hear from someone who gets this case to find out:

1. How it"snaps shut"?

2. If the flap opens all the way to the back?

3. How well the tablet stays in the case?
[Acer Iconia A500] Hymizzle:
I purchased this from Ebay a week ago. When it comes I will post pics and give my thoughts on it. Should arrive next week. Woot!!
[Acer Iconia A500] choccy74:
Looks nice, but, I refuse to use eBay.. a source for this from a real store would be great :)
[Acer Iconia A500] EvoTastic:
Looking forward to the pictures.
[Acer Iconia A500] sensei22:
source for real store

I am purchasing this within next week. Seller gave me the link for his store.

http://www.fintie.com/

IMHO, it looks like one of the best cases out there.
[Acer Iconia A500] holmanm:
Per the description from the store link above,

5.Elastic band holds iPad 2 closed securely while on the go

maybe it does use elastic bands, but since it also says "iPad 2" I'll be curious to see how it actually works.
[Acer Iconia A500] Achristocat:
Elastic closure...

Having gone to where the original object was posted and downloaded the picture, I saw a swelling on the "upper corner" of the cover that could really only be a couple of things...

Given the lack of anything else that might be considered a candidate for some sort of closure, I figured it to be elastic...

Looking forward to seeing the confirmation in other people's pictures...I still may get it and modify it to my liking. Seems like the closest yet. I do wish it had some other type of closure...

P.S. I love the simplicity of the TPU "snapon" case I have now - seems to offer more corner / edge protection should I mishandle it.

I may buy another TPU case and add / modify it with portions of this case. now THAT would be cool... :)
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
I'm thinking that "snap shut" could means like one of those jean button... :p

( then dock it through a circle ring ( case snap on to base ) to become desktop with angles and 360 rotation positions )

Top half of the circle above Acer logo is part of tablet case while the bottom half is use as the backstand. ( it is bendable at that part/or separate.... see the joint lines in pic #1 :p )

the Jeans snap shut button could either be on the top half or the lower half circle... served the same purpose.

Together, they combined to becomes a portfolio case

point #4 at the retail site:

http://www.fintie.com/Tablet PC Accessoriesessories/Acer?product_id=1190

I preferred that it is bendable instead of separate and snap on button on the top half of the ring.

top candidate for me and also because cannot get the Blurex case from Amazon to Canada. :mad:

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[Acer Iconia A500] pov1:
Rotating ? Strange way to describe it.
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
What's so strange about describing a gadget or item that is capable of

"360° Rotation"

???

:confused::confused:

besides... that's what the ad said !!

maybe some people just run out of things to complain about, so they have to pick on a word ?? :rolleyes::rolleyes:
[Acer Iconia A500] JetskiMark:
I'm looking forward to reading the user reviews of this case.
[Acer Iconia A500] ziggy34:
Same here, but I have the blurex slim case now and love it, and but this case looks nice
[Acer Iconia A500] fincan:
I received mine today, which I ordered last week from fintie.com. It looks exactly like the pictures on ebay or the fintie.com so I am not going to post any pictures. I also have a blurex slim case (same thing with roocase slim) and quality wise it is not as good as blurex, and it has one less indentation thingies in the case that serve as a stopper for different angels, but it stays fine even if you don put the table directly into those indentations.

Build quality is ok, not great but ok. Unfortunately just like in the pictures it has an elastic strap as a closure instead of a magnetic flap or a hard leather part like in blurex case. I am not sure if it wears out or becomes lose quickly, only the time will tell.

Swivel mechanism works fine, and it is a lot easier to remove the tablet from the case, if you are doing that constantly. The part that your tablet sits in is plastic, the rest is fake leather. It is slightly thinner than the blurex slim case, mainly due to less padding on the flap.

Removing the plastic case from the swivel mechanism and flap is NOT easy at all, and would probably break the notches on the swivel eventually.

Both sides are open like the blurex case, so this is not designed to protect your tablet if you drop it sideways, but more for to protect it from daily wear and tear and carrying in a bag, etc.

All in all I am happy with it and would buy it again, since I really wanted something that swivels for reading comics in portrait mode.
[Acer Iconia A500] sensei22:
Thanks man, this seems like a nice case then. I will order mine within this week, although it will probably reach my hands one month after I do the purchase (I live in Mexico and our Postal Service is really crappy).
[Acer Iconia A500] mfpmax:
Looking forward to pictures as well, was wanting a case like this since I read mangas and also browse ebay in portiat mode.
[Acer Iconia A500] dvsmxv:
I just Googled "iconia a500 rotating case" and found another vendor for this item and bought it for about $19 total. (Same item but $10 cheaper than the two vendors on Amazon; in fact this vendor is through amazonwebstore.) I'll try to remember to post back here after I get to play with it for a couple of days.
[Acer Iconia A500] dvsmxv:
I received the case yesterday, so shipment from the vendor I used was quick enough for me. The case looks just as it does in pictures posted in this thread already, so I won't add more.

The thickness of the case material seems like it will protect the tablet very well from abrasion damage. As for impact damage, dropping small/light things onto the case shouldn't damage the tablet inside--or even dropping the tablet itself onto a hard floor unless the tablet lands right on a corner as the sides are exposed. (Even then, the case will protect it a little bit as it does extend over the edges of the Iconia a little.)

When the case is open, access is unobstructed to all buttons and ports except, of course, the docking port. When the case is closed, the elastic band covers the camera and the headphone port. I can't imagine anyone trying to take pictures with the Iconia closed in the case, but blockage of the headphone port could be a problem for people who want to close the case securely with the elastic band and listen to music through wired headphones at the same time.

There are two preset angles in this case. Using the trusty eyeballing method, one is 50 deg and the other is 65 deg. There is enough friction to set the tablet at any angle between there and not much give to set beyond.

The rotation works as advertised and is the reason why I got this particular case. I spent $19 on it and feel it's a good value. If you find a deal on this case for $10-$15, then you shouldn't even hesitate.
[Acer Iconia A500] UnicornKaz:
$17.99 now at Amazon.com ;)

Same case ... just through a different retailer.

same manufacture... just supplies to different retailers and they in turn set their own price. :p

http://www.amazon.com/Iconia-Multi-...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1315109306&sr=1-72

Some other examples... but

the above is currently the cheapest being at $17.99.

($19.97)

http://www.amazon.com/PU-Rotating-C...?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1315110415&sr=1-92

and this one won't even be available till Sept/20 :eek:

($22.87)

http://www.amazon.com/DURAGADGET-De...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1315110603&sr=1-1
[Acer Iconia A500] sensei22:
I've just placed my order from Amazon; I finally found a seller who is willing to ship to Mexico. Bad news is order will arrive between September 23rd and October 11th, but I will post some pictures as soon as I get it.
[Acer Iconia A500] claytonmedic:
This is cool!

The case I got only views in landscape mode. I would really like to be able to switch, especially for games and such
[Acer Iconia A500] SoHaunted:
I just ordered this case today for 19.99 on amazon and if it's what it's cracked up to be then it's totally worth the money. I also picked up a mercury innovations easel stand for the IPad 2 that's beautifully made from grippy rubber and aluminum for only 6 bucks from Ross and it works fantastic with my iconia.

A rotating case and a high quality easel stand for under 30 bucks is a heck of a deal!
[Acer Iconia A500] sensei22:
still waiting for mine to arrive :(
[Acer Iconia A500] SoHaunted:
When did you end up ordering it? And did you order through ebay, amazon or another site???
[Acer Iconia A500] snakedoctorjw:
I got this from amazon for 15.00 I have to say it is great! especially for the price. fits perfect. no slipping out of the snap/clip in way its held and I like the bungee like strap that holds it closed as well as protect the rear camera.

To me its more than worth it and im more than happy with it!
[Acer Iconia A500] sensei22:
Amazon, but mexican postal service takes longer...still you do not find such things on mexican stores so it was worth the shot
[Acer Iconia A500] SoHaunted:
I know what you mean, sometimes you gotta roll the dice. Hopefully you get it sooner than later.
[Acer Iconia A500] eersfanpilot:
Just got this case and have had it for 1 week. It is 100% better than the case that I had from Staples online.

It is a great case and I highly recommend it. I travel a lot and this case makes getting to the HDMI, USB, Micro USB, and Headphone plugs very easy. The Stylis Pen is a GREAT TOUCH!

Reommended!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] GMC7000:
Found this thread after just gettin my new A500, and being dissatisfied with my Targus case. Ordered, thanks OP! (I'll click the button to boot)
[Acer Iconia A500] texonex:
Very nice case, I am glad that I bought it.