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[Nook Color General] ponyboy82:
I got one early Saturday morning, after waking up and seeing the posts about the big sale (while in bed on my Nook actually!). I ran over to Walmart and snagged 1 of the last 2. I could've got the other one too, but they were still full price so after waiting for a while and going back and forth, the manager finally got his "email" in and adjusted the price. By that time, someone from another store came in to pick one up. While I was there, probably at least 3 people called in and asked if they had any left.

By this point it's almost not even worth trying, it seems like. The word is all over the place now, so anytime a store releases them, they get practically DOS'd and sold out almost instantly.

The one I got is still in the wrapper -- I'm debating on whether to gift it or keep it for myself as a friend for the Nook :)
[Nook Color General] SteveRiley:
F*cking B&N. Look what I just got:

I'm a very unhappy camper right now!
[Nook Color General] >DARKMAN<:
I know where to get some if someone is willing to buy me one! Lol!

CDW.com shows in stock.
[Nook Color General] SteveRiley:
How fast stuff changes...right now their web site says "call." I'm sitting on hold, listening to the VRU cycle through it's "press x" menu. Over and over and over and over and over and over...

EDIT: rep says all out. Curses! Foiled again!
[Nook Color General] >DARKMAN<:
Sunufabich!
[Nook Color General] ncmt4g64:
Ordered mine from b+n at 330AM eastern time, still says unable to process. when I click order status it says in process order not yet shipped. Still haven't recieved a cancellation email or confirmation email. Did I miss out?
[Nook Color General] jsm7483:
Dalingrin is onboard. He is in the dev list now. Woot Wooten!

http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?t=3327
[Nook Color General] pokey9000:
Got that earlier. I give up.
[Nook Color General] SteveRiley:
Erwin Computers showing in stock...good luck! I already placed an order, we'll see how it goes...

http://erwincomputers.com/fb454utaba.html
[Nook Color General] dvrdwn:
Thanks for the heads up. Hope they're a reputable company cause I just put in an order.
[Nook Color General] Tmooey:
I agree, as i just put in an order myself. One thing to note, the 16gb is the only option and they are going for $130. However, its free shipping and no tax, so it turns out to only be about another $14 more expensive than the canceled order i placed with barnes and noble. As a side note here, barnes and noble has been canceling all touchpad orders placed yesterday because they didn't correctly allocate their stock. I was one of those orders canceled, tough times.
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
Reseller ratings shows Erwin to be an unreliable source. Lifetime rating, 73 ratings = a rating of 4.59 out of 10. Quite a few ratings are very bad!

Good luck. I hope you get your units, but I will wait. Let us know your experience.

kev
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
I am even more excited to see that both Dal and FT are on board... now i REALLY need HP to ship me mine!!! I want two devices that they have worked on! :D
[Nook Color General] Imbroglio:
Man I feel like Charlie from the Willy Wonka movie having to watch from outside all of the cool kids having a party in the candy store.
[Nook Color General] ponyboy82:
Lol, I feel like a groupie... and am quite ok with that! I hope touchdroid turns out some cool stuff. There are definitely a lot more Touchpad owners out there now.
[Nook Color General] joenathane:
Just got my shipping confirmation from Best Buy for a 16GB, still waiting for shipping confirmation from HP small business on a 32GB.

I was worried they would cancel my order:)
[Nook Color General] :
Are these things able to do 720P video playback?
[Nook Color General] ncmt4g64:
Has anyone received a tracking number or shipment notification on their erwincomputer order? I haven't seen anything :(
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
Have a test vid?
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
It's running youtube.com at 720p with no glitching.
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
1080p as well... slowed down to refill cache, but silky smooth otherwise. I'm happy!
[Nook Color General] SteveRiley:
Haven't got my number yet...
[Nook Color General] :
Alas...the one thing that would make the NC perfect. Maybe I'll actually join the rush for one of these things. HP is supposedly going to release more through their site later this week.
[Nook Color General] DiDGR8:
Which shipping method did you guys select? Standard and UPS Ground say they take 1 or 2 days just to "process" (the others say 1). Then they say the tracking number will be emailed 1-2 days AFTER shipping (which does 1 and 2 day shipping no good at all). So the soonest anyone will get an email is tomorrow.

They did say you could call with your order number 24 hours after placing the order. Anybody do that?

I chose "standard" because I wasn't in any hurry. I may not see mine until Saturday the third of September. I imagine it is US Snail Mail, so the tracking number assigned to those shipments are also pretty bogus. It would be evidence of shipping at least.

OTOH, Office Depot say they have shipped and I can expect my 32GB unit sometime later today (no tracking number though).
[Nook Color General] DiDGR8:
When was the last time you heard this? HP had a signup page to be notified Saturday, but that was before Best Buy changed their mind about sending all their store stock back. That page doesn't let anyone sign up now that Best Buy sold out through their stores.

I really am almost NOT wanting HP to sell any more. I have two on order from Erwin but I don't have any assurance yet that they actually are going to ship.

I'm getting tired of chasing all over town (last weekend) and all over the web this week. I made the mistake of telling all my friends about this and they all want one. (My friends all seem to be poor, lazy, stupid or some combination of all three and can't manage to get their own).

I don't know whether to hedge my bets and order from HP if they open up more stock later this week. I COULD end up with two extra.
[Nook Color General] :
Read it in the CNN article dated today:

http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/gaming.gadgets/08/22/hp.fire.sale/index.html?iref=allsearch

HP also still has there notify me page up:

http://www.hp.com/united-states/webos/us/en/tablet/touchpad-availability.html

I would think that page would have been taken down already if they actually sold through all of their stock (to avoid all the server traffic and continued inquires).
[Nook Color General] 416inversed:
HP's Touchpad page now states "Coming Soon" where previously it said "Out of Stock."

I'm conflicted... I purchased a 16gb from Amazon/OnSale but have yet to receive a shipping confirmation. So, I keep monitoring HP, you know, just in case....
[Nook Color General] joenathane:
I wouldn't count on Erwin computers not only do they have horrible ratings but they've started to send out cancellation notices .
[Nook Color General] jgaf:
I hate people that don't know how to bid on eBay, I could get a cheap Touchpad if it weren't for the people bidding at the start of the auctions, they drive the price up to 200+ in minutes =(
[Nook Color General] bugeyed1:
If it isn't bid-up in the beginning, it will be near the end. Either way, eBay is not a great place to find deals on popular items. People will even pay above retail $$ on items that are in stock elsewhere! My main gripe with eBay is how much sniping goes on. It's not in the spirit of bidding & some sites add 5 min. to the clock if a bid is made in the last minute.

Cheers,

kev
[Nook Color General] jgaf:
Actually I have gotten really good deals on ebay at the last secon for example my PS3 and my NC which I got with official leather case, wall charger and car charger for 180$ with shipping and all. eBay doesn't add time when bids are made, so actually waiting to the end of the auction is the best time to bid (as most pro ebayer do :cool: ) Also bidding odd numbers is the best strategy to get the item at the last second for example $10.51
[Nook Color General] limaunion:
here's a good link from someone inside HP keeping everyone updated:

http://twitter.com/#!/BrynaAtHP

HTH
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
WOOO! Finally... my order status just got updated with tracking numbers!!!

I love my nook, and i hope i can love my new Touchpad, both running awesome software as made by Dalingrin and FT...

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[Nook Color General] fattire:
onsale.com just mass-canceled thousands of orders. :(
[Nook Color General] 416inversed:
Just got cancelled too....
[Nook Color General] ottoman1384:
Just called MacMall and they confirmed that my two separate order are on their way!!

So, if you ordered from OnSale, call Macmall and they'll let you know!
[Nook Color General] Divine_Madcat:
Were you getting yours from there, or did you already have it?
[Nook Color General] dvrdwn:
Anybody get a confermation from Erwinscomp yeu
[Nook Color General] fattire:
Well they were my backup, so I should be okay...
[Nook Color General] joenathane:
Man, there is all types of drama going on with the TouchDroid team

Links

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2391767,00.asp

http://pastebin.com/raZMqJd6

http://twitter.com/#!/trsohmers

I hope a new team can form that can work well together...

edit: Good news, looks like the team is intact, minus a member, here's hoping for no more drama!
[Nook Color General] SteveRiley:
It's now been more than 48 hours since I placed my Erwin order. No tracking number on the status page, no delivery confirmation email. I'm now beginning to doubt whther I'll see one.

I'm weary of the chase and my interest has waned.
[Nook Color General] boxcar8028:
WOW!!! he's only 15 :eek:
[Nook Color General] Johnnybee:
Wow Touch pad selling now at Target for $53.99

http://www.target.com/p/Fisher-Price-Learn-Through-Music-Touch-Pad/-/A-13382632

:p
[Nook Color General] patruns:
cute! :rolleyes:
[Nook Color General] ncmt4g64:
Same, I am going to assume its not coming and am prepared to dispute charges I guess :/
[Nook Color General] DiDGR8:
They haven't modified my order status since I 'bought' the item but now they have a disclaimer on the product page:

http://www.erwincomputers.com/fb454utaba.html

I'm going to email them, but I figure my chances of getting a tablet from them is nil too.

Update: They haven't charged my credit card :) , and their phone line rings once and they goes "busy", no answer :( . They just "closed" for the day, so I'll try again tomorrow.
[Nook Color General] joenathane:
Got my one of my touchpads today, first impressions are:

I don't too much care for WebOS, the whole cards thing, I think should be regulated to some type of "task" button or gesture.

I miss home screens and widgets

I miss my thumb keyboard, having to reach to the middle of the screen to reach certain keys is painstaking

The back of the TouchPad is glossy and so after a few minutes my hands start to sweat which is not only uncomfortable but makes it slippery and hard to grip

Touching the screen doesn't feel as solid as the Nook, feels almost like a hard plastic touch screen.

Couple more thoughts

No video recorder or camera app comes with the touchpad

Web browser is pretty awesome

Speakers aren't bad

Built-in skype app is pretty awesome

I can see why this thing failed....

Very much looking forward to the eventual Android port and I think I'll look into some kind of case for better grip and feel.

Just thought I'd share.

Edit: Just wanted also to say that playing with the TouchPad makes me apperciate the Nook even more.
[Nook Color General] nolook:
there is a 7 inch samsung tablet coming with a super amoled screen that will finally top the nooks screen...

i still wouldn't mind a 99 touchpad but am not in a hurry until there is a good rom out for it...
[Nook Color General] DiDGR8:
Got an email back from erwincomp and they acknowledged that they are cancelling my orders. At least they never charged my credit card.

I was able to score a 32GB for myself locally over the weekend (the 16GB units were for gifts for friends). I like the deck of cards as well as any other motif. The little "sonar ping" effect at the touch points is also a neat aid to telling where you are touching exactly. Skype works fine, the web browser is better than Dolphin at rendering complex Flash based pages and I really like the builtin email client. WiFi works beautifully (including the N-band). Video is great too.

The only thing that really sucks is PDF and ebook reading. NetFlix and Hulu would also be nice and, of course access to a market of apps like IOS or Android. It's app catalog is not even as good as Blackberry World right now.

Since HP says they want to still support WebOS (just not the hardware), maybe we can get some developers porting their apps to WebOS? I know TouchDroid wants to get Android going, but I'm not holding my breath.
[Nook Color General] imjimmy:
Can you please elaborate on the PDF reading on Touchpad?

I heard that because of it's bigger screen the touchpad is better than the Nook for reading PDFs which have charts/tables etc?

One of the biggest reasons I'm buying the touchpad is for the PDFs. For everything else, the Nook color is the king, and I love it to death..
[Nook Color General] SteveRiley:
Well, as a follow-on to the B&N fiasco, looks like they're trying to make nice. Just got this today:
[Nook Color General] DiDGR8:
The only PDF reader that I've found is Adobe and it works (barely).

The larger screen is nice, but it's not THAT much bigger. I have an Anatomy text that's over 100MB and it takes FOREVER to load/scroll/zoom. That, and the interface, makes me prefer EZPDF reader on the NC.

I use the HP, but I don't like it :p
[Nook Color General] patruns:
Spend it wisely and download some of their books. They gave me a great machine for reading their books and that is exactly what I do.... running CM7 of course. ;)
[Nook Color General] freonchill:
i have been using fox it reader beta

i didnt see it in the market, but that might be b/c of the market snafu's

you can manually download it from fox it's website.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com/products/mobilereader/android/
[Nook Color General] DiDGR8:
He was asking about the HP Touchpad, not the NC. Foxit doesn't have a WebOS app. Nor does Repligo or EZPDF reader, or...

That's the problem.
[Nook Color General] SCWells72:
Both of my orders actually went through. The 16GB from OnSale@Amazon.com is out for delivery today and HP SMB confirmed the 32GB order yesterday with delivery in the next couple of days. I'll keep the 32GB for myself. Several friends have already expressed interest in the 16GB, so I'll either sell it to one of them for what I have in it or I might throw it on eBay/CL to see if I can cut the cost of the 32GB a bit. Looks like the 16GB ones are going for $200-250.

I primarily use my Nook Color for browsing, email, and reading via the Kindle reader, so if the TouchPad can cover all three of those roles to my satisfaction, I'll likely throw my NC on eBay/CL as well. Of course, if/when either CM7 or ICS is available (and stable) on the TouchPad, I'll almost certainly switch it over to being an Android tablet.

We shall see...I'll post impressions on this thread once it arrives if anyone is interested in hearing a NC/CM7 user's thoughts on the TouchPad.
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
I've had a Nook since January, and the Touchpad since this weekend. From a video/responsiveness standpoint the Touchpad wins. However, the market is slim pickings on WebOS, and the future dev is up in the air. I like it, and it's a good tablet for youtube/web/video/TIME. The Nook is still my device of choice for mobile sites, and games.
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
I still dont understand why people are saying future dev is up in the air.....if anything this fire sale garnered tons more developers to the platform.

My "crazy" idea is that instead of people focusing development towards porting Android, time could be better spent actually improving webOS...
[Nook Color General] lakerstyle:
I missed out as well as I tried to order from B&N.

I wanted one not so much for me but as a Christmas gift for my kids. Having played with one in Best Buy before the sale, there's not much that it had over a Nook Color on CM7. With RockPlayer installed I can watch any type of movie file. I love Goggle Music. Yes the touchpad has a camera (how many people really do VC on a tablet???) and it is a bit faster. But the Nook fits like glove in my hand and the sd card slot will keep it viable even years from now.

Now if the ASUS with HDMI goes for $99...call me :p
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
I base it on the fact that there's still very low adoption rate for WebOS, and the fact HP killed off their supa killa phone in the EU. If it takes off after this swarm of sales, I'm all for it. I really don't mind WebOS, and some of the account control stuff is really very nice. I don't mind the card system either.
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
Low adoption rate after this sale eh? They supposedly sold somewhere around 350,000 tabs the first day of it. :eek:

Edit: Also, don't want you to think this is a personal "attack" on you. I just find it stupid silly the amount of people that bought these just in hope of a different OS moving onto the hardware.
[Nook Color General] joenathane:
I only bought the Nook because of the CyanogenMod, not that silly, developer support is probably, in my opinion, the best reason to buy a device.

As far as improving WebOS, I don't think that is feasible. HP has shown they have no commitment to WebOS or even consumer products, their current desire is to move strictly into supporting enterprise. I also don't think there is any real need for yet another platform, isn't it better to just take all that energy and focus it into developing Android, so we can have at least one really good open platform.
[Nook Color General] fattire:
My impression: WebOS is kinda cool. If you have one, there's a ton of "homebrew" stuff you can fool with.

I recommend installing Preware for anyone lucky enough to get one.
[Nook Color General] imjimmy:
Oh man. I had assumed we would definitely have the EzPdf and Repligo on the HP touchpad. I can't imagine life without those two on my NC. Adobe Reader sucks! (even on NC).

That's a pity. If they don't have those PDF readers than the large screen is a waste.

I still haven't gotten my touchpad, but reading this I won't be heartbroken If I don't manage to snag one. Meanwhile for people like me who do tons of reading ( docs, ebooks, web browsing. textbooks) the nook's screen is unbelievable..
[Nook Color General] jsm7483:
PM me if you want to sell it
[Nook Color General] quepaso:
I got my touchpad the night that the price dropped on walmart, i went to 2 24 hour walmarts and found 1 32 gig, argued with the manager for 45 min before he let me buy it at the discounted price. After getting it home and trying it out, i was so impressed i had to get another to give to my little sister. I got another from Onsale/Amazon, 16 gig, on the way due for delivery tuesday.

For general usage, the touchpad with some tweaks is amazing. Browser destroys cm7 browser, skype works out of the box and the facebook app is amazing on it. Of course, the main reason i bought it was for the android port forthcoming, but now that ive used WebOS, i want to make sure we can dual boot into it since i really, really like it for general usage like browsing/skype/facebook, way better at those then android is.

I bought my Nook Color for 160 on craigslist, and sold it for 180 2 days ago. It was the easiest decision ive made in a long time, for 99% of what i use the nook color for, the touchpad does better. Looking very forward to the CM7 port incoming along with the Win8 port that will also one day show up. This tab is so popular in the dev community it is silly.

Thats my story, from a former nook color user who REALLY loved the nook.
[Nook Color General] Ophbalance:
To be fair, I saw the price drop and thought "eh, I don't really have the bucks for this right now". But then I saw the posts from dalingrin on twitter about this and realized this could be the Next Big Thing (tm) with devs like that on board. For the price, and the specs, it just wasn't a deal to pass up.

Right now, I'm hoping the PalmDroid folks are able to make a go of it. They're attempting to port a Dalvik EMU of some kind so android apps can be made to run within a card. That would be the best solution, as I don't know if I'd want to dual boot... I'm really enamored with WebOS at this point over Android.
[Nook Color General] patruns:
The Touchpad does not have a SD card slot.
[HTC Sensation] Daveon93:
Okay so This Morning I Updated to the new FOTA pushed out by TMO.

I'm currently waiting on the Bootloader unlock from HTC.

I was wondering, when I root will it be the same process as the ones posted AND would I be able to get it back to STOCK if I want to sell it or Send it in for hardware issues?
[Motorola Photon 4G] roadster92:
I accident left my Photon during lunch (1 hour) in my car dock under direct sun light for an hour with GPS running and outside temperature is 89F. Get in the car after lunch, I saw black screen so I press unlock and screen comes on with the message said that the phone is in cooling mode and can only be used for emergency call only. This is great, at least it just doesn't shut off completely. after 15 minutes it turn back ON automatically (with 15 minutes of driving in AC).

Come to think of it. If we have kernel that overclocking CPU, Devs my want to pay attention to the overheating protection code.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ORam78:
Good to know ! Thanks for the info.
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
That is GREAT!!!

Giving Moto Props for That Feature!!!

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Sent from my WebToplessly Rooted MoPho,

(Unlocked Bootloader Pending), (Motorola® Sunfire™/Photon™ 4G WiMax®/ [4G LTE pending] MB855) using the XDA Premium app on Sprint®, the Now Network™.

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[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Uh...wth is up with yer Sig? lol...might wanna get THAT looked at.
[Motorola Photon 4G] deedscreen:
I did, thanks Bandage! It was symbol coding for a long dash on my mopho's A.I. Keyboard... lol.

Sent from my WebToplessly Rooted MoPho, (Motorola Sunfire/Photon 4G MB855) using the XDA Premium app on Sprint, the Now Network, with WiMax.

(4G LTE/Unlocked Bootloader Pending)
[Motorola Photon 4G] Bandage:
Haha! Kewlbeans!!! gjgj
[Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arse2:
Rotohammer,

The download links are not working. Please, can you reupload the files?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mergeuser:
So let's see... I'll be as thorough as possible.

I have a HTC Merge, I bought and use this phone on a network in Alaska, not Verizon.

I have wanted to root it and here is the methods I have tried:

Visionary+ app (19/Nov r14) : temp root only, perm root fails silently...

Superoneclick (v1.6.5 + 2.1.1) : script fails to do anything

Universal Androot app (v1.6.1 + 1.6.2 beta) : simply stated "failed!"

Unrevoked3 (v3.14 + 3.21 + 3.32) : states lexicon is unsupported

The method on the XDA-developers forum : goldcard creation is successful but does not pass gold card check when attempting to load custom rom from bootloader. Replace x's with t's since I can't post links: hxxp://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=16211361&postcount=117

I have tried unrevoked in windows with proper hboot and htc sync installation and removal with rebooting and being as careful as possible, attempting it as many ways as I can think of to try to root this thing. I have also tried in linux mint (ubuntu) as well with the same results. I have installed SDK Platform Android 2.2, API8, revision 2 SDK and the device drivers from the android SDK.

Here is some information about my phone:

Linux version 2.6.32.17-g19b13bf (htc-kernel@and18-2) #1

Android Version 2.2

Hardware version 0001

LEXIKON XB SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.88.0000

RADIO-1.08.00.0320

eMMC-boot

Dec 2 2010, 16:07:41

ANY help you could offer would be greatly appreciated, thank you.