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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] p51d007:
Unless it is an "iphone" don't expect any release from at&t within 6 months of it being released to the rest of the world. AT&T sucks at releasing non iJunk.

Walk into one with a blank stare, tell them you are looking for a smart phone and

I'd bet you 100 bucks they will START with the iJunk.

When the SGS2 was FINALLY released, I walked into a corporate store to look at

one, and the sales drone said "I think we have one, but I don't care for android, I like the iPhone". Well, when you have sales people who think like that, what do you expect them to push you into? Plus, when AT&T sold their souls to get the iPhone, you can bet there was some under the table deal that keeps something that would stomp the iPhone into dust. And you can bet there is probably more profit on iJunk/accessories than any other phone.

I quit buying on contract with at&t last year with the Streak. It's expensive as hell to buy one out right, but, over the long run, you come out ahead. Plus, I'm still on the unlimited data...as long as I'm a good boy, or until at&t changes their mind again.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xAnimal5:
Thanks guys, but you bumped my 13 day old thread...

I bought a note already... Lol
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Milhouse82:
Where did you buy it from?

What carrier are you using and is it getting 3G/4G?
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Spartan2x:
Not True.

That's only true if the ETF($325 smart phone's) plus the contract price is higher then the retail price.

For the iPhone....The Retail price for the 4S 16GB is $650. So you are going to pay $200 on contract, and say you cancel the next month....that's a total of $525. Even if you include a $100 bill for the first month, that's still cheaper then buying a off-contract iPhone 4S!

It would make some sense if you got a lower monthly plan for not being on a contract, but fat chance on that. Instead, it's better to just buy on contract and let your potential ETF decrease by $10/month. When you want to leave ATT or get another phone, just sell it and buy another, you will be better off. The ETF is just there because the carrier is paying for a good portion of the phone for you.

This is still true for most Dumb Phones that are Free on contract. They can run $200 retail, and the ETF is $175..it's still cheaper to go with the contract, once again your monthly fee is the same, and the ETF decreases after each month on the network.

Now. I'm off contract on my iPhone 4. But that's because I get a cheaper monthly rate by being off contract. I use a iPad data only SIM in my iphone, which is the $30 Unlimited deal. The ETF after 16 months was $175...which is the cost for less then 3 months of service. I would be paying the Unlimited data sim anyway just to keep it...So this way I save a ton of cash.

Now if ATT get the Note...that's a $800 device! If ATT only asked $400 on contract that would still be quite the deal, as the Contract price plus the ETF would be $725...still cheaper then the unlocked retail version! And since ATT is what I would be using here in the US anyway, it really makes no sense for me to get the unlocked version. Now...if the Locked version does not have LTE, and does not work with my iPad SIM as my iPhone does, I may just bite the bullet and get the Internationale version anyway, that way I can go on using my data only device.(I use google voice for text and talkatone for voice, android has a Voip gmail google voice client as well)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] xAnimal5:
Cool story.

Have fun waiting 7 months for his thing to come to the US. By that time, the Galaxy Note 2 would have come out.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] olliesshop:
Where would be the best and cheapest place to get a Note?

Has anyone ever used ... electroprise.com on Manhattan before? ... http://electroprise.com/samsung-galaxy-note-gt-n7000-gsm-hsdpa-quadband-unlocked-p-2911.html. I'm up for an upgrade, with AT&T, anyways and they say they have a Note for $399, with a plan, which seems pretty good (cost varies with the type of plan).

If I sell my iPhone 3GS for $150-200 then it's only about $200-250 extra for the phone. Has anyone heard of a great place(s) or offer(s) for the Note, with a plan (since I need to extend my plan anyways)?

I'm going to call electroprise.com today and see what the real deal is ... it seems too good to be true. FYI, my current intention is to wait until the Note comes to AT&T and get it for $200 possibly (it may be $400 anyways !!!), but I would have to wait 6 months, which is a total bummer.

Any help would be greatly appreciated ... all the best !!!
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] HTC Chris:
WOW this seems too good to be true LOL. $600 off contract? $400 on contract? This phone is not even offered for a contract on any US carrier. Not sure about this one...
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] olliesshop:
I just read this on androidcentral.com (2011-11-06)

http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-note/131663-where-buy-galaxy-note-us.html ...

"Re: Where to buy Galaxy Note for US?

You can't get the Note from a US carrier yet. You will need to order international. Many have ordered from Handtec () without issue. They are currently shipping their second batch out. They have a choice of unlocked with no network logo or for slightly less, unlocked with a network logo on boot.

You can also order from Amazon Germany or clove.co.uk

You won't be able to take advantage of the 3g or 4g network on T-Mobile with the International version of the note. It does not have the antenna and chipset for the lower frequencies used on the higher speed network. You will only get voice and 2g speed out side of Wi-Fi. The Korean version of the Note with LTE is being released very soon and will be using the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset (like the Galaxy S2 on T-Mobile). This will likely be compatible with T-Mobile's higher speed network.

The International Note can be used with ATT HSDPA network without issue and at full speed. Some are using the unlimited pay as you go, non-smartphone plan (I think it is called gophone) with the note. I believe it is ~$50/month. Since ATT can only check the IMEI number on units it sells, you should be able to use an unlocked, international Note with this plan without having ATT change your plan to a more expensive "smartphone", limited plan.

-Alex-"

"I also found out from Wikipedia that AT&T has the following frequencies ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT&T_Mobility ... does everyone agree with these?

Radio Frequency Summary

The following is a list of known frequencies which AT&T employs in the United States:

Frequency	Protocol	Class

Frequencies used on the AT&T Network 850 MHz	GSM/GPRS/EDGE	2G

1900 MHz	GSM/GPRS/EDGE	2G

850 MHz	UMTS/HSPA	3G

1900 MHz	UMTS/HSPA	3G

700 MHz	LTE	4G"

That means AT&T should match up well with Note's frequencies ...

HSPA+ up to 21Mbps 850/900/1900/2100

4G LTE

EDGE/GPRS 850/900/1800/1900

This is just my two cent worth ... maybe I should wait for the 4G phone ... aaarrggg !!! Like I said before, any help would be appreciated.

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I love your signature " ... after getting off iPhone", since that what I'm doing.

The iPhone is a "Smartphone for dummies" in my opinion. I used to hack the old XDAs/Windows phones a lot and I'm looking forward to doing it again with Android.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] HTC Chris:
Yeah I saw the light XD. After experiencing what the Android can do(flash, bigger screen, better customization with ROMS and kernals,etc) I don't think I can go back to an iPhone. I've been loyal to having an iPhone since the first generation, the 4s is what threw me off the ship. Now I'm thinking about picking up a Note :D I thinking of picking it up from this guy http://www.ebay.com/itm/140636202852?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Exchange my Galaxy for an unopened one and resell it for $450, so minus that from $750 the phone will cost me around $300.

I'm not so sure about the website you posted, I haven't seen the Galaxy Note for less than $730. But what you can do is use your upgrade to buy an iPhone 4s 16gb for $200, resell for $650, sell your iPhone 3gs for maybe $150. I see someone did something similar here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1338821
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] SNiiPE_DoGG:
WTF are you smoking that this plan makes any sense? The note is not an $800 phone, it is a $700 phone that would cost ATT much less than that (550-600) in wholesale price. So you think you are "getting a deal" when you are just getting screwed like everyone else who goes on a contract.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] olliesshop:
No answer

Well I've been calling electroprise.com pretty much all day and the phone just rings after the message and prompts, so it may be too good to be true. I let everyone know if I find out anything.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] Twohothardware:
The Galaxy Note is $710 shipped from Handtec and they cover the 2 year warranty from Samsung.

http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php/5504/samsung-galaxy-note--16gb--sim-free-unlocked-
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] olliesshop:
Amazon - Do you agree with the financials on this?

Does this make sense ...

• I'm due for an upgrade with AT&T, so I can buy a sealed, brand new, iPhone 4S 16GB for $200 and sell it for $500-650, based on eBay research ... for a profit of $300-450.

• It looks like I can sell my 2 year old 3GS, for $100-250

• Amazon has the Note for $769.95 ... http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Galaxy-Unlocked-Android-Smartphone/dp/B0061YRDX6

Therefore, I should be able to make $400-700 selling the two iPhones, then buy the Note from Amazon for $769.95. So it would cost me $70-370 total for the Note. Do you all agree with this logic, or am I missing something?

Also, does anyone know how to upgrade to Ice Cream Sandwich on the Note yet ... is there a good forum link on "how to"? I've never had an Android before, so this is all new to me ... sorry for my ignorance.

Thanks for any help on this.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General] pachi72:
If I was you I would get a Galaxy S 2 instead.. Get it on att.. Galaxy Note is still very young in software updates.. Has to many issues.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mysticales:
Hello, been trying to fix my youtube issue on my G1 for awhile now. Sadly nothing working. I tried reinstalling the youtube.apk, checked for clear cache and data on youtube, Didnt have anything to wipe. Just tried clearing the data for google apps and make me resign into an account. Still nada. Try to go into youtube, I get the 401 response.

Not sure what to try or if there is a youtube alt app to use. Really formatting the phone isnt an option, over 100 apps heh.. (3 years worth) and got it tuned up nicely with all the old lucidrem stuff. =)

Just wondering what could I do to fix this? Hell is there a updated youtube I could use. Or could I delete the youtube system installed app (kinda like how Google Maps was removed from a system install so you could update it) then put a better one on?

Edit: Ok FINALLY. I decided to play around after I didnt have anything to clear. So I did some searches, even tho it gave me 401's tried to do things. Then went back in, finally it gave me the clear data option. Which somehow it worked now. =) Yay! Wonder why it didnt allow me to clear data before.. nor sign me out... least now for some miracle or due to me playing around too much... It made me finally sign into youtube vs relying on linked data.
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rainger:
Man, I didn't understand... Do you need any help or not? ><
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] bambam126:
i have a question about chainfire..i want to use the tegra plugin BUT im not sure

if the battery would die faster if im useing it does anyone know? im pretty sure it would since i installed the driver but i want to be sure

thanks
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] pumacat311:
No it should not affect anything excrpt when using it too playa game. download chainfire pro and keep tbe plug ins out of your default configurations and only use it in "per app config".
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7DSINS:
Ok I flashed many Roms already using dta2sd but this is the first time I got this running a2sd reinstall.

I got my card partitioned as so:

Swap 64

Ext 2 2048

Rest on fat

Ext 2 - Ext 3

Does anyone know how I can fix this line 64 crap so I can have my old EVO back.

Thanks ahead of time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 7DSINS:
BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Like the title says. Adobe is coming out with Photoshop for tabs. It won't be the same as the desktop version, but at least we'll be able to create graphics, edit photos, etc. on tabs now, import, export psd files for use on desktop version and pricing has it at only $9.99!

http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-touch/features.html
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
This was actually an interesting news to me, there is no good picture editor available for tablets at the moment. They're all more-or-less "apply this and this filter, PERHAPS modify some parameter a little" - type apps, with no layer capabilities or anything.

As I am thinking of buying a somewhat more expensive digital camera soon this will be a great companion to take along on journeys.

Current mood: mildly excited.
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
Sounds interesting to tinker with, but I can not imagine doing any serious photo editing on the tablet. On the other hand, if it will open large .tiff files that would be great. QUICKPIC developers tell me android sdk does not provide a stock tiff decoder.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
+1

I hate having to start up my laptop and/or desktop to do simple graphics creation. Hopefully this program will alleviate some of that need. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
this could be best piece of software yet
[Acer Iconia A500] comnam90:
Can't wait!
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
As a professional photographer, this has me very excited! I already bring my tab with me on shoots to get a better look at my pictures right as I take them, so being able to make quick edits in PS would be great! I already use an editor, but nothing too exciting. I'm happy to see this! :D
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
A tablet is a lot lighter-weight option to bring along than e.g. a full laptop, and as A500 has a proper USB-port it's a great companion for a photographer, allowing the person to just plug camera in and download the pictures there.

Also, I haven't seen a single picture/photo manipulation application that is not only designed specifically for tablets, but that also can open and save .PSD, has fully-working histograms, layers and color-balance editing tools. Ie. Photoshop Touch doesn't really have competition at all here and I'm fairly certain this thing will quickly garner quite a large fanbase.

Early reviews seem certainly positive: http://www.techradar.com/news/software/applications/hands-on-adobe-photoshop-touch-review-1031971 http://apcmag.com/photoshop-touch-finally-full-power-apps-for-tablets.htm

Personally I think I will also be getting the Ideas Touch for some vector-drawing.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Good find on that article. Great read! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
Wow android gets it before ipad2

IOS has to wait till early 2012

http://www.excitebuzz.com/android-tablets-have-adobe-photoshop-touch/920.html
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Yes, it's funny to see that. IMHO it's because Apple took so long to adopt flash in IOS that Adobe is sticking it back to them lol :eek:

Makes sense to me anyway. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
Adobe Touch Apps Suite

Just gets better.....

http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/10/adobe-touch-apps-suite-and-adobe-creative-cloud/
[Acer Iconia A500] karlkarloff:
Wow, finally a decent graphics program for tablets. Definately a must have.
[Acer Iconia A500] :
Great find! That's the sh!t! ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] shin lucifer:
As cool as that app would be, we would need better screen on tablets. A500 just too dull to do any sharp graphics manipulation. I tried it few time, on the tablet the color looked dull, even when i made color so sharp. Used the HDMI and hooked it up to my 55 inch screen, and it was so sharp that i had to to dull the color down.

Even if you just hook up your tablet to good TV via HDMI, you can see how better the tablet background looks compare to on Tablet screen.
[Acer Iconia A500] Bloodflame:
I did more reading about this (previous links + Google search) and now I'm really dying to try it!! They should release a time limited free beta. C'mon Abobe! Please?
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
The tablet only has a 262k color screen which is obviously quite a lot less than regular displays. It is still a good approximation and atleast to my eye it is close enough; it gets the job done for a quick edit. You create a basic mock-up of what you need/want on the tablet on-the-go, then you either upload it to your creative cloud so someone you're working with can finish the thing or you yourself finish it later on when you get home.

Now, I do agree that A500's screen isn't the best one around. If you are serious about starting to do photo and picture manipulation with Photoshop Touch on-the-go, then you should get a tablet with Super Amoled+ screen for much, much better color representation and sharpness.
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
A500 Photo Viewing

Ive seen on XDA some people saying the A500 colors are washed out or too dull....

This baffles me. I am by no means a pro photographer. I do dabble on the side and have for many years in photography. I bought this tablet for the sole purpose of transporting my portfolio with me. I didnt go with Ipad because itunes will "optimize" your high resolution pictures during transfer to the device and that wasnt acceptable. I also use it to show clients previews of a shoot instead of lugging around my laptop. I have been using QuickPic to browse photos because i think it renders jpegs a lot sharper than the stock app or any other app in the market. PerfectViewer is a close second.....

Anyhow, one thing I make sure to do is turn up the screen brightness to 100% or close to it. Photos look sharp and the difference in color compared side by side to my gateway fx are negligible. If I have brightness on auto or a low setting it can look a little dull. Honestly thats the way it is with any monitor.

I do wish the A500 had some sort of color control setting as I find it IS a notch on the COOL side and I would like to tweak it.

Two other amateur photographers I know have now purchased an A500 and are glad they did.

Grab a 32 gig card and fill it with jpegs

Oh yea this thing I just found out will play my 360 VR panoramas .SWF format. Wonder if an Ipad will do that?
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
Btw, I just came to think about this: if you mean "55 inch screen" as in a TV, then I just have to ask: did you adjust TV settings for natural colours without sharpening, colour "enhance" or anything like that? Because if you didn't then that's the problem. All TVs by default have colour settings suitable for movies and live streaming, but not for most precise and natural colour.

If you want proper colour representation then you need a high-quality screen with real sRGB or Adobe RGB profiles included and no "enhancements" turned on.
[Acer Iconia A500] gmfeny:
Looks like its out already!!!
[Acer Iconia A500] comnam90:
Here is the market link

http://adf.ly/3knlR
[Acer Iconia A500] julz:
tried it out last night - it's very cool! I did all of the built-in tutorials and was amazed at how easy it was to do things. The desktop version always intimidated me but the tablet version was pretty easy to use.

Also tried out the other Adobe Touch apps which are nice too. My favourite is Adobe Kuler - but have yet to find a practical use yet - hoping it will help add some life to my powerpoint presentations :)
[Acer Iconia A500] vainqueur:
From what I know, Kuler is just a fantastic tool for searching for ideas on how to theme things like your website or even how to theme a simple powerpoint presentation like what you just mentioned... It is practical enough because you may not have kuler installed on every pc you touch, but if you just need to install on your tablet and you can use it everywhere you go...

I havent got my tablet yet (soon) but I cant wait to use all these Adobe apps, haha...
[Acer Iconia A500] ickata:
Purchased photo shop touch and am very dissapointed. Now, i could be doing something wrong (but i doubt it). I took e fine 10mp image from my oly e510 which weighed at 6+MB and resized with the app to 850 by wharever pixels. The resulting resized image was approximately 15KB large and with horrific quality.

Now, hopefully ive done something wrong and someone might point out my mistake. But if not, photoshop touch is useless for any type of quality editing. It still may be usesble for some people but its no serious piece of editing sortware and many free apps do just as good a job. So big dissapointment for me.
[Acer Iconia A500] julz:
yeah it only does 1600x1600 pictures - supposedly a limitation based on the hardware for all current tablets. Hope this changes in the future and is controllable by software settings. Not something to replace a computer but sufficient for things like editing photos for ebay, product catalogs, uploading to social networking sites, etc.
[Acer Iconia A500] ickata:
Its not so much the resolution limitation that bothers me. Its the horrid quality of the output file wich enrages me. It makes the software useless for any photography work. Might be OK for ebay or facebook and such, but nothing else.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
I do hope you're doing something wrong. I don't have Photoshop Touch yet and I don't even have money to buy it atm either so I can't try it, but I still am planning to buy it and try this thing myself as soon as I can.

Now, if it is true that you cannot change the output compression quality it could just be a hindsight on Adobe's part. Perhaps fire them a support request and ask them to add that option?
[Acer Iconia A500] erica_renee:
The peoples ratings on the market digest that its very limited and nothing more if not less then some of the other so called photo apps.

But they all to could not know what they are doing.
[Acer Iconia A500] elsuirad:
What's the difference on Photoshop Express already have on my A500?

Is it better than that?
[Acer Iconia A500] :
The app left me wanting as others have expressed in their reviews.

If you use Photoshop extensively, you'll be sorely disappointed.

The only way I can articulate my experience with the touch version is :

"It's like the begnnings of Photoshop that are not only never finished, but falls pathetically short".

For those of you that are not Photoshop users, you just may like it. For me it was $10.00 wasted.

The entire suite feels like a collection of half finished products.

Just my opinion. ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] bytemehard:
PSTouch and Desktop PS comparison jpeg resize

Here is a set of jpegs for comparison of the 850 resize.

The original jpeg was from a final .tiff and converted using Desktop PS CS5 to max size of 10 and stored on the Acer. Original Jpeg size was (1948 x 1348)

On the acer I used PSTouch and resized to 850 x (constrained proportions) to jpeg.

On the Desktop I used the original jpeg and resized to 850 x (constrained proportions) and saved jpegs at various compression settings for comparison.

Those 7 jpegs are in an attached zip.

Desktop PS CS5 resizes

1- 47 Studebaker original jpeg stored on A500.....................2.15mb

2- 47 Studebaker Desktop PS resize jpeg 10 max setting........534kb

3- 47 Studebaker Desktop PS resize jpeg 5 medium setting.....149kb

4- 47 Studebaker Desktop PS resize jpeg 2 low setting...........97.4kb

5- 47 Studebaker Desktop PS resize jpeg 1 low setting...........85.6kb

6- 47 Studebaker Desktop PS resize jpeg 0 low setting...........81.6kb

and the PSTouch resize

7-47 Studebaker PSTouch resize jpeg.................................85.3kb

Conclusion.......PSTouch should have a jpeg compression setting at least.

Default save setting is way too low..at least for my taste......
[Acer Iconia A500] comnam90:
Thanks for the info!

This is very disappointing to hear the quality is set so low :(