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[TouchPad General] thuddome:
From the WSJ SMART MONEY Blog

PAY DIRT // AUGUST 31, 2011, 2:35 PM

At 75% Off, the H-P TouchPad is No Bargain

By Kelli B. Grant

A 75%-off sale is usually both a lure and warning: get cheap now what nobody wanted to pick up at full price.

Shoppers enticed by the fire sales on the $99 H-P TouchPad would do well to keep that in mind, some experts say. H-P recently discontinued the once $399-plus tablet, marking down the remaining inventory to as low as $99. Now the company says it plans to make one last small production run, to be sold this fall for an as-yet-unannounced price.

As today’s Wall Street Journal points out, the decision is odd from a business perspective: It costs H-P $306 to make one 16GB tablet, so selling it for $99 results in a $207 loss. (Analysts say H-P is likely just using the last of its pre-purchased parts.) But the real head-scratcher is why consumers are so eager to now buy a tablet that was roundly reviewed as disappointing for its heft, so-so operating system and lack of apps, says Andrew Eisner, director of content for Retrevo.com. “Unless you have $99 burning a hole in your pocket, you might want to wait,” he says.

After all, the tablet market is nothing if not competitive. The iPad 3 could be coming our way as soon as October, and Amazon is months away from releasing two tablets expected to cost less than $300, Eisner says. Tablet-makers are also likely to offer more incentives during the busy holiday shopping season, says Louis Ramirez, a senior feature writer for sale site DealNews.com. Two days after H-P discontinued the TouchPad, for example, sales popped up on Samsung’s Galaxy tablet, dropping the price from $340 to as low as $280. Deals will be at their best during the week of Black Friday, he predicts.

Material costs make it unlikely that other tablet manufacturers can go much below the $199 price point right now, says Chris Connery, vice president of PC and IT displays for market researcher DisplaySearch. Yes, that’s twice the price of the TouchPad, but those tablets also come with operating systems that have support and updates going forward; the TouchPad has that for now, but H-P has discussed spinning off or selling WebOS, which makes the future of that support uncertain, he says. That also means there’s no incentive for developers to come up with apps that work on the tablet.

Still, the $99 H-P TouchPad provides the best opportunity for consumers who don’t want much more than a cheap way to surf the Internet from their couch, Eisner says. “It might make a nice collector’s item,” he says.

Clarification: A previous version of this story was unclear about H-P’s commitment to support the TouchPad and WebOS.
[TouchPad General] thuddome:
Check this - http://professional.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111904787404576535211589514334.html?mg=reno-wsj
[TouchPad General] nunjabusiness:
That was a very entertaining read.
[TouchPad General] broy55:
I think you will see lots of devs building apps for webos. There is a large vacuum to fill here, android and ios are already saturated with apps.
[TouchPad General] RojasTKD:
My thoughts, there are a few advantages to HP:

1. They have an parts or a contract for X number of units. Seeing the demand it is more cost effective to build these units even if they are taking a loss. Canceling the contract may have cost the the same amount or more.

2. With the number of unites now on the market there will be more incentive for developers to deliver more WebOS apps. The expanded ecosystem also give WebOS more value for potential licensees or buyers.
[TouchPad General] thuddome:
This makes sense - http://blogs.wsj.com/cfo/2011/09/01/h-ps-touchpad-relaunch-may-limit-write-downs/
[TouchPad General] thuddome:
And the hits keep coming... - http://professional.wsj.com/article...27390510.html?mod=WSJPRO_hps_MIDDLESecondNews
[TouchPad General] nunjabusiness:
Well, she got the job. Time will tell if Ms. Whitman is what they needed or whether she is the same "Nut-Meg" that blew $100 million dollars on her failed gubernatorial attempt.

Seeing as how her business savvy did make her a billionaire at eBay, I want to see if her consumer-focused attitudes will also help us out with WebOS. If she is smart, she will have realized the TP firesale phenomenon is a sign that they could even restart production and sell quite a few more, just not at the original MSRP. Obviously, they can't afford to sell them at $99 again, but they COULD sell them at $249 or so and make up the difference with a heavily expanded software catalog. Hell, add a truly functional USB host and SD Card expandability and I would pay $300 for the thing today.
[TouchPad General] dajogejr:
Amazon is willing to sell their tablet at a loss, hoping for potential revenue from online books and movies.

A team up with Amazon to sell them, sell movies, music, apps, etc., would be a match made in heaven in my opinion.

I've used IOS, Android and WebOS on a tablet.

I'll take how WebOS works every time.

However, the browser is terrible and the apps (or lack thereof) suck...

Put Amazon behind them, devs will jump on board for the product and apps...
[TouchPad General] nunjabusiness:
The Amazon tablet is reportedly a 7-incher that sounds more like a color Kindle than a tablet that I would want or use for anything else.
[TouchPad General] pflatlyne:
the author fails to take into account there is a sub 200 dollar tablet market. Tablets in that segment have poor support and often no software updates whatsoever. They are also poor quality and have inferior specifications. In this segment the touchpad is miles beyond the competition because it has the specs to try to compete in the 500 dollar segment. It may not have been competitive there,but its as if a Acura made a luxury hatchback ,but failed miserably and no one wanted it. They then marked it down to the price of a Kia. You might not pay 35 grand for it,but if your in the market for a small hatchback you will jump at the chance to grab one for 12,000. It might not be competitive with Lexus at 35k but its certainly competitive with Kia at 12k.

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what they COULD do is make a cheap 139 dollar 7" tablet and a cheap 239 dollar 10" tablet,with the specs of tablets in that markets segment. Something cheap,but with a decent build quality. ,make them as good as they can at that price and sell them at close to cost. Everyone would love an ipad,but won't spend as much as we spend on a pc for one. They would destroy the competition in that segment as yiu get hps support and a decent build quality. If the webOS market takes off they could THEN launch an iPad competitor.
[Motorola Photon 4G] poppet:
Some SIM adapter can hack the carrier information and make the phone believe that it is on another different network. Has anyone tried so far?
[Motorola Photon 4G] zfawaz:
Can anyone confirm this?

I did look on amazon and found two (adapters) you place under the sim card.

I do not know if these two products really work, and you have to cut your sim in order for to fit. I would love to use my photon on tmobile.

Just search "isim" or "smartsim" on amazon. Those are the only two I found.
[Motorola Photon 4G] poppet:
I just bought one from dealextreme for $3.48 with free shipping. Now I have my fingers crossed. Hope it will work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] twolostminds:
If I am not mistaken this will SIM unlock your phone but not bypass the US GSM radio lock on the phone. To unlock the US GSM radio bands someone would have to rewrite the radio's like they did on the HTC TP2.
[Motorola Photon 4G] zfawaz:
since the source code has been released, would it be possible now to rewrite the frequencies for domestic use?

I am still curious about the sim unlock if it will work.
[Motorola Photon 4G] redhatter:
For unblocked us gsm may need the atrix radio rom
[Motorola Photon 4G] sporklover:
It's not a sim lock issue.

Some users have been digging into the phone via Radiocomm have actually discovered what appears to be carrier suppression code. Seeing how that it's a Radio issue vs a Android issue.... I'm not convinced this one will be cracked easily as I do not believe carriers or manufacturers are compelled to release Radio code
[Motorola Photon 4G] poppet:
Just received it. The SIM unlock adapter didn't work for AT&T at least... Sad...
[Motorola Photon 4G] mclord:
Can I use the GSM outside US?

I mean is it locked to other GSM carriers except att and tmo?
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
It's not locked at all. Only us gsm towers are blocked. Eg: you could use an att sim just fine if you were roaming in Canada.
[Motorola Photon 4G] crash:
The phone is unlocked for roaming outside the us and works fine. i just returned from jamaica friday where my photon worked fine on their claro network. for internet you may need to manually set the settings but the phone worked great.
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mantas7776:
Data connects it shows edge or hdpa but i cant go to any web. I have 1 gb data plan
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mastershefis:
APN settings are ok?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mantas7776:
yes apn ok it connects but i cant surf

EDIT: Resended internet settings to phone but it not helps :( just always shows hsdpa icon like befole
[Optimus One, P500, V General] leaird.wedd:
Does browsing work with wifi? Also is that the only APN you have? Maybe it is connecting to one you don't get service on?
[Optimus One, P500, V General] BlackRose 22:
Are you low on phone memory if you are wifi and data will not work very well ..happens to me when I have memory less the 20mgb or just restart the app if that is not the problem always work for me

LG O1 Running Cm7 Mik_OS 2.35
[Optimus One, P500, V General] mantas7776:
Yes wifi work well and data not work. I have lots of memory, factory reset not helps

EDIT: Just reinstalled os. not helped

EDIT2 SLOVED
[Optimus One, P500, V General] gkarthik16:
Are you sure that the data settings are for GPRS/HSDPA/3G and not WAP?
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
This morning I received this update:

version 2.1.3.1

weather forecast

news

stock titles

money exchange

main tweets

with live tile updates for 2 things like wheather and news or tweets

with selectable news by language by country by kind

if you tick facebook option you could share the news on your fb's home

lot better than before (yeh it's an update :D )

SO 7.10.7720.68

fw 2424.11.3.1

hw 3.15.0.4

radio 2424.11.2.2

hw radio 0.0.0.800

bootloader: 5.3.0.4

SOC 0.36.2.0

look a bit slower than before, but maybe it's me

and when you enter the app and see the weather with the animation it doesn't make the jingle anymore
[Omnia 7 General] OndraSter:
The application now takes "ages" to start (few seconds, but it feels like ages compared to previous version). On the other hand, it doesn't lag anymore when changing pages or scrolling on Mango.
[Omnia 7 General] ilboy:
I see Samsung is working for us :D I hope to see Mango on our Omnia devices soon!
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
live tile updates doesn't work! I tried lot of different settings :(
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
never mind, there's another update just right now as soon as i posted....incredible :O

i spoke too fast, it's version 2.2.0.0 but can't update it, error code: 80320011

I' ll try tomorrow again
[Omnia 7 General] Spookidoodles:
It's very nice to see this finally added, I actually removed it off my phone when I went Mango RTM because the lack of live tile annoyed me..but now I'm used to my home screen being so small I don't know where to put it!
[Omnia 7 General] smcshaw:
I had the problems updating as well so decided to uninstall it and try from the start.

Now I get error "This application is designed for a newer version of Windows Phone".

I'm on Mango 7720.68 RTM and without Now now :(
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
i succeded to update and have version v2.2.0.1, i played with several settings and finally tha application started to work with live tile update in start menu, but only for news tile and the weather tile never worked (just updating when i click and enter the app)

i tried to untick update when app starts (don't know exact word in english because i use italian language) and to tick again with no luck

if you go to settings and background tasks you can see that Now app is there and when it's working it has a yes under the name

if you click advanced you see a menu where is explained there are phone apps with background activity even those you can't manually disable and "Now" is there

if you click on "Now" in the previous screen you go to a second menu where you can tick an option that reenable background activities (for the specific app)

I must say also that under this option I have a notice that says in english "Update now secondary tile" even if all the application is set with italian language,

I lauched Now app ---> settings --->live tile and here you can choose live tiles, i tried everything here tick untick, go to start menu and erase everythin related to Now, re - tick again but

i didn't find a way to add or enable primary tile update, looks like a bug or something. When I choose live tiles and tick news, the tile appears in start menu but if i tick weather nothing happens and to have again the tile in start menu i have to go to all programs and use a long press on Now app

sorry for my bad english, hope you understood
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
it's in Samsung Zone again now, you can download it
[Omnia 7 General] smcshaw:
Cheers, yeah I did end up trying again this afternoon and it installed fine.
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
i deleted and reinstalled fresh and now works, but has still some parts not translated
[Omnia 7 General] eptesicus13:
application Now version 2.3 in the Marketplace but strange error occurs: Error 80320011
[Omnia 7 General] drky:
Hi anyone having problems adding stocks to the new now app, I keep getting authorization error from yahoo.
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
never tried and now i downgraded to nodo and there's no update, will check, maybe others???
[Omnia 7 General] Volvados:
I downgraded to nodo as well and it doesn't even appear in the marketplace. Samsung probably updated it to a mango app, but the old version isn't available to me anymore.
[Omnia 7 General] ilboy:
"Now" hasn't been available since 30 aug/1 sept as far as i remember for nodo.
[Omnia 7 General] AngryNil:
Starts too slow, but good to see Samsung moving in the right direction.
[Omnia 7 General] Kentcomp:
A friend my showed me this app on his Samsung last night and it looks very cool. I have an HD7 so alas I cannot get it. Does anyone know of a similar app in the marketplace?

Thanks!
[Omnia 7 General] DJBlaster-303:
good question, but i think you could easily find a reply if you ask in HD7 forums
[Omnia 7 General] stalonn:
my version is 2.7.0.1 updated yesterday (2 nov 2011)
[Galaxy S I9000 General] roughavoc:
Hey I just got my SGS and ive been messing around installing different roms. I just want to know if there is a program similar to what the HTC HD2 (Task29) That formats the ROM so its clean?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] androiderrr:
Dial *2767*3855#

It will factory format your galaxy s.It will also earase all the data in internal memory.

Before applying this code,ensure that you are running stock firmware without any lagfix.Also take a backup of ur files before doing it
[Galaxy S I9000 General] midikarma:
and that's called the hard reset... usefull for cleaning ur phone, totally!!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Hey guys I'm just wondering if someone could send me their version of Rogers Captivate CSC file, because I just flash my phone back to Eclair and now when I plug it, Kies says "This Version of device cannot be updated". And the CSC Version is JI2(KOR). Please can someone help me out.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Doesn't work

I flashed it with this one also and this one csc verison is unknown. The firmware does even shows up on Kies.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Fix my own problem. I also had to modify the nv_data.bin to fix my product code and now it works perfectly, kies recognize my phone.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
Did you follow a guide to do this? Im having the same issue
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
The CSC UNKNOW FILE FIX

Ok here is what you need to do.

1. Flash your captivate with this stock 2.2 Rom. This one will remove the AT&T boot logo. And when flashing do

make sure to check the repartition box and use the pit file

Files:

Rogers 2.2 ATT Free

Pit File

2. When you finished flashing, go to the phone dialer and dial *#1234#, if your CSC Version is unknow then put the phone back into download mode. And flash this 2.2 Rom, this one contains the missing CSC file version and

make sure to only check the PDA on Odin3 and don't use the pit file and uncheck the Re-Partition box!!!!!!

When finish flashing go the dialer and dial *#1234#, to see the csc version: I896RWCJL1. And connect to kies to see if your phone is recognize. If your having problem PM me.

Files:

Rogers 2.2 Missing CSC
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
Thanks, I'll give it a shot..
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
worked like a charm thanks!

I tried to modify the NV_Data.bin myself but the guide is for i897 models, which are the same but not so it wasn't working.

Now im ready to take the official update if rogers ever pushes it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
So everything is working, Kies regconize your firmware now?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Make sure you properly modify the NV_Data.bin, or else when you connect to kies it's going to say for the CSC version: JL1 (ATT). If you need help modifying the NV_Data.bin, I'll help you with it.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erbsmokah:
I had already modified it but was still getting CSC : Unknown, after flashing the new rom it began to work as it should.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick0703:
Glad I could help. :)
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmagritte:
Is there any way to change the MAC address for the WiFi adapter on my MyTouch 4G (running cyanogenmod latest nightly). Ideally, just for one network, but if I could change it at all that would be fine too.

Thanks.
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CleveRuse:
Yep, I need help. I'm aware of the myriad tut's on GIMP usage but due to slight learning disability, they tend to cause me difficulty.

.....so I'm trying to make selected areas of certain images semi-transparent n I just can't figure it out. I'm aware of the 'Layer' widget, but even with all its categoric options, I only see the possibility to adjust the opacity/transparency of the image as a whole. I am also vaguely aware of the 'layer mask' option but don't really understand how to achieve my desired affect w/ it. (really don't see why there's not an option to toggle opacity levels of selected areas by themselves!!)

Note: I do not have access to Windows programs atm, and I really would prefer to understand GIMP further anyway ...tho I do plan on trying virtual box. Currently I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] g0ldt00thgr1n:
Certain areas of an image semi transparent? Take a solid image, and open it as a new layer. Delete the solid background layer, and replace it with a transparency layer. Move the transparent layer below the image you imported. Now this part is up to you on how you do it: You can select the area with the color/area/wand tool, free-form tool, or just a plain ol' brush shape.

Now select the erase tool, set the opacity to the desired amount, and make even strokes with your mouse (or tablet) to get an even transparency. Deselect (if selected) that area and your set. Just export (Save As...) .PNG format and preserve transparency.

This is the simplest ways of doing this. But there are many more methods of achieving the same concept with equal or even greater results, such as using modes, masks, imported .png's, layers set to %50 opacity, etc. Good luck!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] g0ldt00thgr1n:
REMEMBER, You can change the opacity of a brush! Not only layers!

You can download brushes from deviantart.com by typing in the keywords "Gimp Brushes"

download the Zipped files and extract it to your brushes folder.

I believe it's C: > Program Files > Gimp > Shared > Brushes (I'm may be wrong. I don't own a computer anymore to reference this. EDIT- Sorry, forgot it's not windows.)

Then go to gimp, click the brushes window and refresh your brushes. Or just close and reopen gimp.

If you need more help doing this, just google "How to import brushes to Gimp."
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CleveRuse:
Thnk u! I'm reading ur replies now. I'll let u know how it works out.

I did see "changing the opacity of the brush" at a first glance of ur reply. I didn't know that but feel like I should have assumed It was possible. I always forget bout the settings goggles n sliders underneath the selection tools widget for dome reason. I think its the layout of GIMP..... but ill check it out.

Alright, ill be right bak.....

Edit: I'm editing this post just to say I'm not editing the post, LOL. U guys know wut words I meant to type. I'm trying to work on my OCD;)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] g0ldt00thgr1n:
Sweet! Yeah, it's easy to miss the most simplest things. Let me know how it turns out!
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CleveRuse:
Oh, I got my answer n Nvr checked bak ....sorry. advise works perfectly! I mostly use the eraser with adjusted opacity.

Tapatalk 'thanks' comin right up;)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] g0ldt00thgr1n:
ITS ALRIGHT :)

CONGRATS!

Yeah, I'm showing off my new Avatar in a Gimp topic ;D
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] CleveRuse:
Love it:) that is REALLY pretty!!!

I especially like that the splatters are form fitting. It's gorgeous.

Why does it say "gold" in the bak?

Edit: Oh, nvrmind that question, lol;)
[Thunderbolt Themes and Apps] g0ldt00thgr1n:
Lol, thank you! Make good use of your modes! They help ALOT
[LG Optimus 2x] ClausG76:
I just got an offer to trade my O2x for an Xperia play, in same condision as my O2x. Would you consider it. I really like the hardware buttons for gaming, but i like the design of the O2x better. The O2x has more power, but does it help running apps faster. Also the O2x has a lot of bugs, and it seems like Lg isn't able to fix it. (Hanging when going to lock screen, sometimes slow scrolling in, especially the contacts list in phone app) Would i be better of with the Xperia play?
[LG Optimus 2x] umutozcano:
i would never. hardware of the xperia play is crap :rolleyes:
[LG Optimus 2x] smokeweedevery:
yeah dont do it xperia play is a crappy fone if you ask me;)
[LG Optimus 2x] orlox:
update your phone to the latest stock (for greece its 10d with 725bb) ise it 2 days and then answer yourshelf the question in this thread
[LG Optimus 2x] crolg:
Xperia Play is a lot worse than O2X when you look at the hardware. But you can always make change to the software, to the hardware it isn't easy like that.

There is going to be gingerbread update soon, a lot of people say it's going to be on September 15th so I would rather wait and see how good the upgrade is. Here you can see how it might be youtube.com/watch?v=3CUnTcxv3k
[LG Optimus 2x] ClausG76:
Thanks for the answers. I think i will keep it for now. There might also be a reason i choosed the. o2x the first time
[LG Optimus 2x] MikuSE610:
Root and Flash CM7, that'll change your mind.
[LG Optimus 2x] fifi139:
my last 2 version of O2x (v10d and v10e) BB 725 (SEA version) has been very stable. I've been using it for 2 weeks now and not a single crash. Only one reboot while charging but other than that no matter what app i run while charging it, it's been rock-solid stable. As if no prblem has ever visited my O2x.