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[Kindle Fire General] maddin90:
I'm am thinking about getting a 7" tablet. Do you think the Iconia A100 is worth the extra 100 bucks?

The point on the Kindle I'm struggling with is that you don't know now if the custom roms will give you the ICS experience... Without the custom roms, the Kindle will be a piece of crap, because the ecosystem is so limited!

The Iconia will receive an ICS early next year and has all the additional features, everyone wanted to see (camera, BT, micro SD, micro HDMI, Tegra 2, 1 GB ram).

What do you think?
[Kindle Fire General] GiageJoe:
I think the iconia a100 price is coming down. I see that Best Buy has it available online for $250. This is $60 more than the black friday price but still a decrease from the previous $330 price. If you can't wait it is only $50 more than the fire. If you can wait, there are a fleet of other tablets coming out so that price might drop a bit more in the near future.
[Kindle Fire General] pokey9000:
Had a Black Friday one for less than a day. The terrible viewing angles killed it.
[Kindle Fire General] bsoplinger:
If you plan to spend $300 on a 7" tablet right now I'd suggest the HTC flyer. You can only buy it at Best Buy but it's a single core 1.5 GHz tablet. Has an optional pen that only works in a few apps but that I find quite useful.

In general if you spend more you'll be buying a tablet that has market out of the box, a GPS, vibrator (thought that was gimmicky until I had a tablet with one), more memory both for storage and while running, usually some sort of SDHC card slot, possibly USB host. Quite a bit more feature-wise. You'll be giving up the tight integration with the Amazon ecosystem but everything but the silk browser can be gotten by running separate apps for each feature.
[Kindle Fire General] osmtj:
I returned the a100 after seeing how inferior the screen was to my wifes Fire. My eyes would hurt on the a100. I now have a Fire of my own.

Scott
[Kindle Fire General] aimfire72:
I agree, the A100 is a nice snappy tablet, but the screen and awful battery life kills it for me, such a shame.
[Kindle Fire General] skeeterpro:
True. Had mine for a week. Loved the build quality and responsiveness but screen and battery was a deal breaker.

Bit the bullet and rather than compromise on a minimal tab like the KF, got the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus. Fabulous little tab! Snappy, great battery, HC (ICS coming). Bit pricey but you get what you pay for these days.
[Kindle Fire General] Printerscape:
A vibrator, you say... well that gives me an idea!
[Kindle Fire General] chaose:
how is the tab? I bought one for my parents as a gift and got a fire for myself? no point in getting a tab for myself when quadrant core tablets are tint around the corner
[Kindle Fire General] BigKenW:
Avoid the A100

I looked at it at Best Buy and the screen was horrible. If you slant it on any angle it has this reflective view. It is really bad. I bought the Fire and it is a LOT better. I don't regret it at all.
[Kindle Fire General] GiageJoe:
Wow, I'm surprised by the hate for the A100. I may be coming from a different perspective than most but I like it. I've had a Viewsonic G tablet for a year. It has the same hardware as the A100 and I've found it to run terrifically. The Viewsonic G really does have terrible viewing angles but this never bothers me. I either use it while holding it (and it is easy to hold it with at a good viewing angle) or I put it in a case with a kickstand. I almost never hold where I'm trying to look at it from odd angles. I guess from that background I find the A100 screen to be way more viewable. Maybe the Kindle Fire has an amazing screen (I don't know) but I have no issues with the A100 screen.

For comparison, both have 1GHz, duel core processors but the A100 has double the RAM. The Fire doesn't have an sd card slot so you are locked into 8 GB but the A100 does have an sd card slot so when you start building up a movie and music collection you can swap out cards. The A100 has a good GPS in it so you can use it for offline navigation while the Kindle does not. The Kindle doesn't have a microphone while the A100 does. I've used Groove IP and it creates a nice VOIP phone but you might want to use headphones for this or you will look a little silly holding the A100 to your ear (LOL).

I really think it depends on what you want to do with it. I like using the Amazon App Store but it is limited in its selection so it is nice having both markets on the A100. From my perspective, if you want a full featured tablet I'd get the A100. If you want a more closed system that keeps things simple but is optimized for media content (except for the 8 GB limit) then I'd get the Fire. The closed system approach is very Apple-esk so I see the Fire as the cheap version of the iPad. Then the question becomes do you want the smaller screen for the (much) cheaper price?

Also, just a note about the Samsung Galaxy Plus. The Plus looks like an awesome tablet. The A100 is definitely a lesser qualified tablet in comparison. I got the A100 for $190 so it fit into my price range and I wanted a full functioning tablet. But if I were willing to spend $400 for a tablet I'd definitely get the Plus.
[Kindle Fire General] pokey9000:
I have to say that the A100 screen looks really nice if you hold it in landscape with the home button to your right. The sucking starts when you use it in portrait. If you view it head-on in portrait, the image tends to look good when you view it from your left eye but becomes dark and inverted when you look through your right. The effect is really distracting.
[Kindle Fire General] ohhneill:
I also bought the a100 on black Friday and I agree with everyone here, horrible viewing angles and poor battery life but to me the other features outweigh the cons. HDMI out, SDcard slot, and of course Honeycomb. I'd rather have a close to desktop like OS than a more locked down OS like the Kindle Fire. But if you don't mind that the Kindle Fire has excellent build quality and screen.
[Kindle Fire General] metmac:
lcd swap???

I just bought one also on black Fri. ($189) :D.

I have to agree though the panel is pretty horrible, wonder if we could find a better LCD to swap with..

Is the kindle fire`s LCD the same res and dimensions . Might be willing to take apart my iconia for that.

Though we do not know if we can find a panel with the same exact ribbon connector.:confused:
[Kindle Fire General] ECOTOX:
The Fire has IPS and over just better screen quality, IDK the general specs on the a100 screen but as far as I know in general the Fires screen is specs wise superior
[Kindle Fire General] worldwidepmp:
I was still set on getting the iconia even after hearing about the screen...until I got to Best Buy and tried it out for myself. I got the Kindle.
[Kindle Fire General] bishop793:
I am really not seeing why all the hate for the A100 either..how exactly are you people looking at this thing? I have no problem with the "viewing angle" because im staring straight in front of the screen! This looks fine to me. Not sure why i would hold it from an angle. Plus the usb, hdmi, sd slots do it for me over the kindle fire, with the addtion of android market...to say the thing is "horrible" is overkill
[Kindle Fire General] lemoon:
Well, if you could afford the extra 100 bucks, then why should you turn to the Acer Iconia A100? There are many products you can choose, HTC flyer, Tab...

To me, I would like to go for a Kinlde fire, as the warranties and the lighted cover they offer, and I read the comparison between iPad and kindle fire in iFunia, think the Kindle fire is worthy investing ;)
[Kindle Fire General] guthrien:
I owned the Acer for a short time. I think the screen and battery make me prefer the Fire. The Acer is a full tablet experience, but I guess they aren't features I need on a 2nd tablet. if I needed a deluxe 7" I'd spend the bucks for the Galaxy Tab, it destroys the Acer.
[Kindle Fire General] elephant007:
I was introduced to the Acer Iconia after I purchased my Kindle Fire.

The hardware seems nice; cameras, bluetooth, HDMI out, etc...

Everything my Android phone has and I thought this is interesting especially for only $50.00 more...

Then I saw how the Acer gets charged... and I'm glad I got the Kindle Fire because I can use the same charger for the Fire as I can for my Epic 4G Touch!

Still looks like a nice tablet though
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Auto-Android:
How is the regular miui? I was wondering if it still has the data loss issue or the market issue where you can only use wifi(well thats just me maybe). Im on the old version of galnet aand is running excellent. Maybe thinking of switching to regular miui if i get same results as galnet.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jorge89:
So my Screen broke and I bought a new one so I could replace it, the touch screen/digitizer didn't break though... at first the colors just started washing and fading untill the screen ended up completely dark, I could still use the touch screen and feel when I would unlock it, after a day the phone would not give me any feed back by vibrating or turning the orange light while charging, so I dismantled it using some tips from these videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhj8Xs9vAyg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTRXSMQ-GJY&feature=related

After I put everything back together the phone is giving me feedback again and I can notice its charging because of the orange light, but the screen won't turn on. Does any one know if I might need to do something on the software side? like needing to re install anything? or do you think I just got a bad screen?

Update: I just took it apart again and reconnected the ribbons, its back together and the screen still won't turn on.
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pwkpete:
You have the AMOLED screen and not the LCD?

Did you compare the #'s on the old and new to see you got the right part?

Cables are the same, they look the same, part # and stickers are different...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AverageCanadian:
What are the part numbers on your new and old screen? I just went through the same thing, but I'm fairly sure I got the wrong screen replacement. Will have to look more into it later tonight.

My screen wont turn on at all. I was so excited to get my N1 back in action as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AMoosa:
So, you know how face unlock looks at an image of your face and then analyses it to check if it's you, then doesn't unlock if it isn't you? Well, wouldn't it be cool if it stored all the images of failed unlocks so that you could access them at a later date to see who has been TRYING to get into your phone! Caught in the act! Is this possible?

It would be double awesome if it could send this image with location to email address in case of theft!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jstegeman:
Face unlock is closed-source google proprietary code, so we have no opportunity to modify it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kwazi:
umm I suppose someone could put it into a custom ROM. But it sounds like email SPAM and a large number of images wasting your storage space.

I mean the thing probably takes more than one snapshot of you when its trying to analyze your face. So even for you, you may get a few pictures of "failed" attempts.. when its really you just aligning your face.

*EDIT* my bad, just saw jstegeman's post. That's actually unfortunate. I was hoping to see how their facial analysis worked, but not too suprising. Who did they buy out to incorporate that feature again?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
Wait, so if you build AOSP 4.0.1, it doesn't include Face Unlock?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AproSamurai:
No, it does include face unlock. But it's proprietary code so there isn't a lot of space for it to be edited.

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
How is it proprietary code? The entire AOSP is open source and licensed under the MIT license, so if the face unlock code is in there, it's free and open source. The only way for it to be proprietary is if it's included as a binary blob when you build it, but it's not listed as one of the binary blobs for AOSP 4.0.1, only the GSM and GPU drivers are binary blobs.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tidbits:
http://source.android.com/source/licenses.html

This is the part of the license which ALLOWS Google to add bits and keep them proprietary

You may add Your own copyright statement to Your modifications and may provide additional or different license terms and conditions for use, reproduction, or distribution of Your modifications, or for any such Derivative Works as a whole, provided Your use, reproduction, and distribution of the Work otherwise complies with the conditions stated in this License.

That section alone allows anyone to add code and keep it proprietary.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
I didn't say it's not possible to add proprietary code to AOSP. I just reasoned that in this case the code for Face Unlock isn't proprietary if the AOSP build includes it.

If you build AOSP 4.0.1 and the result includes Face Unlock, then the Face Unlock code must either be in the AOSP repository in source form, or linked in as a binary blob, right?

But if you look here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/drivers.html#maguroitl41d There's no binary blob for Face Unlock.

Doesn't it then follow that the code for Face Unlock is in AOSP in source form?

This rests on the assumption that building AOSP 4.0.1 includes Face Unlock. I don't know if this is true, just going by what an above poster said.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tidbits:
Could have worded it better :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Chirality:
I said,

Don't know what's ambiguous about that.

In any case, looking at the AOSP 4.0.1 source code, I don't see Face Unlock in there. So I think the simple answer is that it is proprietary code and when you build AOSP 4.0.1 you don't get Face Unlock. Unfortunately I don't have a machine that can build it right now to verify.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zerozoneice:
i think AOSP should focus on own development of a killer feature that surpasses google's proprietary code..........introduce **** unlock to the geek masses :)

imagine the possibilities....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POLO_i780:
Hi All

Im having a problem with my Bluetooth, for some odd reason it no longer turns On, ive tried rebooting, and clearing dalvik cache etc... but it still wont turn on.

Anyone else had this issue? How do i fix it?

Im currently running stock SE 2.3.3 rooted.

Thanks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] milton.bain:
Try reinstalling 2.3.3 and re rooting

CheerS! :)

Milton --> From Sony Ericsson Xperia™ on ROM : "ThGo2 v10. 0_RC4"

using XDA premium

" hit thanks if someone helps you! "
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] masterjet:
I've had the same problem after installing some suspicous software. Well restoring my backup helped.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] paffeu:
I had similar problem on miui, reinstalling helped.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] POLO_i780:
Thanks guys, will try restoring! :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the1980ar:
Hello,

Is there any SMS Application that can be used from Outlook or Widnows OS so that we can view / manage / send SMS from this application (via Windows Mobile) like Nokia has for Nokia Phones?

Thank you all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] htc6600:
:pThere are many Chinese version, such as 91掌智手机助手
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the1980ar:
Ok Thanks. But is there any english one please?

Thank you all.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] :
Today I came across another Application (Free) Efficasoft Mobile Express for Sending/Managing SMS from PC via Mobile Device. Hope this is what you may be looking for? The main advantage is that I can easyly compose sms from PC while working and send those via Mobile Phone :).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] the1980ar:
Thank you friend. I have just installed and loved the App.

Thank you all.
[Off-topic] dejavecu:
No such thing as a free lunch, especially for pirates? Google Music.

So you upload non-drm music, legal (cd ripped) and the other music that may be available for free, I wouldn't know. What then? Will Google Maps bring Metallica with a bunch of baseball bats to your door?

http://betweenthenumbers.net/2011/06/is-apples-icloud-music-match-a-possible-honeypot/
[Off-topic] newter55:
View attachment 798646

Here are your 10 characters
[Off-topic] Dirk:
Link leads to a story about Apple.

Error 404, Correlation not found.

Saying that, is the music bought from Google Music DRM protected?
[Off-topic] dejavecu:
Apple's service is similar to Google's especially in the access of your music files.

I am saying that this service could be used for further identifying pirates especially as Google grows larger and probably ends up owning the rights to much of this music. The first box you get when you download asks you to agree that all of your music was legally obtained. Is this likely, no but quite possible.
[Off-topic] dejavecu:
Don't use aluminum foil; still has embedded gps chips. Reynolds is owned by the Bush secret triumverate.
[Off-topic] dejavecu:
anybody have an opinion on this?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] gtkansan:
screen edge bleed. How many of you have light bleed from around the display area when viewed at an angle? I've gone in to try 3 different phones from 3 diff deliveries and they ALL do it. Even the 3 display model do it. It's driving me nuts. Show of hands to say I'm not crazy and there is still hope to find a good one...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] markjo:
No, they do that, trust me. It's the way they are assembled. I noticed it as soon as I got the phone, but it doesn't bother me because I know a lot of HTCs are like this. It isn't a defect in quality; rather, a result of the design. Unless your screen is leaking and letting in dust, don't worry about it. It might be annoying at first but you get past it. My Vivid does this and so have the other three HTCs I've had in the past.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] spaceboyusa:
Agree completely. I'm on my second Vivid, and both had/have light bleed, especially noticeable when looking at the phone flat towards the top of the phone. I'm a first-time HTC guy so I initially thought the same...that it was an issue with my phone. However, trips to see Vivids at multiple AT&T retail stores, and my second phone, made me comfortable that it was not just "my phone".
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] gtkansan:
That it is endemic to every phone you see means HTC cant build a damn phone properly. Ive never had this issue with my Tytn, Tytn II, EVO, EVO 3D, Inspire. Meaning they can do it right, it is NOT an acceptable result for this phone. The rezound doesnt do it, nor does the sensation. Im going back and if this last shipment doesnt have it fixed its bye bye. God HTC used to be such high quality, now they are turning into metal bodied samsungs...
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] markjo:
God damn, calm down. That the light bleeds doesn't necessarily mean the design is wrong or of poor quality. That's just the design. It doesn't affect the way the phone works or how tough it is, it's JUST designed like that. Go ahead and exchange it, your new Vivid will have the same problem and you'll probably just be more bitter about it. Just because one or two phones from a company aren't designed as well as you'd want them to be, doesn't mean the whole company is junk. If you want, go exchange it for a Skyrocket and wince at the ****ty resolution, ghost lines running down the screen and cheap plastic. But none of that should matter because the screen won't bleed.

I have a car from 1991 with 221,000 miles on it. Not that much for that car in particular. I also have a car of the same make from 2000. And while there are definitely differences in build quality and material, the newer car has 322,000 miles on it. Both are running beautifully. Original engines and transmissions, starters, alternators, AC compressors, and basically everything else. But eh, the one from '00 has slightly harder dashboard material, so it's crap and that company can't build cars right.

But you know what, to each his own. *Just my opinion.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] gtkansan:
Uhm light bleeding out the edges of the display is not a 'designed that way' type issue. Its a 'we have no quality control' issue. Next youll say that the screen coming unglued from the incredible/evo a while ago was a design aspect. Come on man. To those of us who actually design and build such products, its a manufacturing issue, not design. NO ONE designs them this ****ty.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] markjo:
I build engines and work on cars for a living. I do know where you're coming from. So it wasn't designed with as tight tolerances as it could have been or other phones are. But that does not necessarily mean it is of poor quality. They could (and yeah they really should) have built the phone a bit differently so as to avoid that light bleed. It isn't pretty especially with devices that do it more than others.

But you know, I still have my Incredible. It drowned in a river once, fell from the roof of my house (yeah...), has been dropped numerous times, and was submerged into a toilet by a 2-year old at one point. nasty **** man.. but I still have it. I use it as a "micro" tablet around my house. And I've never had a single problem with it.

Now that may just be my luck with my device but in all honesty, I have no problems believing it to be reliable. Others may not be so lucky. But in the case of the Vivid, I agree with you one hundred percent - the light bleed is something that definitely should not be present. But I don't really think it's that big of a problem in terms of actual quality. In manufacturing or in design, it isn't the best. But the device as a whole is solid and sturdy. With my first Vivid, after I bricked it (well not really bricked but gave up on it), I knew I was to exchange it. So I tried gauging the durability of the thing by twisting it, hit it on the table a couple of times and stuff. It was still fine.

Oh and I had a Captivate since new. The GPS never worked no matter what tweaks I did to it, the loudspeaker took a dump two months in, the volume rocker is so soft you don't feel a click, and it overheats while charging, even when it's off. Otherwise it was a great phone.. but eh. Too many bad experiences with Samsung in the past.

I don't know. I do respect your opinion man and don't underestimate your knowledge. Simply expressing my own.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dtorrez1883:
I noticed this on my vivid a few days after I got it but didn't post about it because it doesn't really bother me. You can only see it if you tilt the phone forward and look into the housing and how many of us are going to do that other to look at the "defect." As long as it doesn't effect me using the phone then I'm good.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] gtkansan:
I read in bed at night and in the morning, so the display is dimmed down, but the light bleed stays nearly the same brightness.... its very distracting.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] brucegil:
Where Does All That Light Go?

If your phone bleeds light around the edges (of the screen?), where does it go? Will the vivid eventually run out of light when it all bleeds out? :rolleyes:

Seriously, I took the case off my Vivid, took it into a dark room, and turned it on. No light coming around the edges of the screen. Of course, even if the screen was not seated properly and some light leaked out around the edge, I wouldn't see it because of the case. I guess I got a phone from a better batch.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] robertmoore208:
None here...

I have absolutely no light bleed on my phone, and even if it was there its a phone not a pace maker , I've seen the Vivids with the bleed at the store and it still wasn't that bad. Someone is being overly dramatic.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] gtkansan:
Im not talking about light coming out AROUND the glass. Im talking about where the bezel meets the actual display area.