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[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] s15274n:
Some of you have been around the block with this device. I have always had the stance that I did not need a tablet. I postponed and always found a reason to wait. When the Tab 10.1 was $325 shipped from woot, I could no longer fight that off.

While I waited for it to ship, I scoured your forum (very familiar with XDA, but never a section for tablets). I was EXTREMELY impressed with the posts, the peeps, feedback and the stickies/guides. I had a good feeling about the device before it even arrived, when you have a strong network to go to, any android device can be fun..... big kudos to those who write guides and develop for the Tab.

I also found help with accessories... ended up ordering the pyro skin carbon fiber case, which was sent extremely fast, good price and fits the tab like a glove... great experience (though I wanted the red one and they were out).

Finally... device shipped. Childhood Christmas people... so happy. Fought the urge, decided to power it up to full... cut it on, realized just HOW pretty the screen was on the bootup alone... loved the setup... even the "new" look of the login screens being so different from the android phones that i have used... just "cool."

Boots up, everything starts syncing.... thinking wow, extremely easy. That is so unlike Android (market perception, not mine).... then I started browsing the market... the web... youtube.. camera... gallery... everything is just working.

I know there is an update, so to be weird, I reboot, then update.... getting concerned because it seemed to take forever... finally, it reboots and voila, everything I was doing before looks the same if not better... great.

I load up all my apps... noticing Plume is the most sexy app ever.... night and day difference from the phone experience....

come back to XDA... decide to go ahead and root and try a rom. Find the root guide with the all in one download + video... Jesus, as someone who prides themselves on guides, that one is flawless... well done. The root process was crazy easy... only thing I would have suggested here, the guide could point out you could just flash a rom right after getting into CWR to cut out some steps.... regardless, very easy, very impressed. I know some of you have had, or have helped friends with other android devices not even close to being this easy. Kudos to developers, again.

I decide to go with Task650s 7.0.... the rom booted up and just felt right from the start. I have been putting it through the paces and still need to explore more, but so far with it AND the device, the tab is top notch. Can't believe I waited this long.

Right now I have my Galaxy S4G acting as my wifi hotspot at work, I can put a password on it so I do not think my data usage should be much different than if I were just using my phone... true? So much better using the Tab for checking twitter, etc than my phone.

Anyway, like I said.... some of you know this.... just felt like you might like reading a new guys perception.

As always, taking suggestions and feedback as I try and learn more about the Tab and what it can do.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] beta546:
Glad you like it and webt with tasks rom :-P. As for using your phone as a hotspot, I do that and the tab uses abitt nore data, but only browsing the internet. And like I said to you, get the usb adapter. I can mount my phone in mass storage on my tab and use it to transfer files and stuff. My whole nandroid backup of my tab is stored on my phone along with it's own backup :-P
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BoulderGeek:
i'm also a Woot purchaser, and just did the same procedure.

My tablet is really nice, now. I took advantage of Zagg's 50% off sale and got a leather back skin and their rubbery orange-peel screen protector. Now my Tab is the bigger brother clone of my HTC Thunderbolt. The leather gives an elegant feel with minimal weight, as well as some drop cushioning.

I didn't want an iPad, but I do love what this can do. Also, it connects to my Apple Air Port at 5GHz, so it gets a true 300Mbit to my NAS for book and movie loading.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] Deleted member 3976874:
Everytime I want to purchase an electronic device (my old system or my dslr or my gtab), I read a lot of reviews and watch videos on youtubes comparing it to other devices, and I have to say that I'm glad I bought the galaxy tab even though I paid $630 for the 32GB version, but and I even convinced my brother to get one instead of the ipad
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BarryH_GEG:
I felt just like you, now I can't live without it. I got a SGS2 in May when they first came out and loaded it up with apps for video, reading, browsing and the like. Watching movies on a 4" screen is kind of underwhelming. Reading and surfing are a pain because you're always zooming the text to be able to read it. The Tab's so thin and light I take it everywhere now and it's my primary consumption device. E-mail and messaging is so much easier with the additional real estate. I now use my phone mostly for quick e-mails and messages, taking pictures and videos, and streaming via A2DP in my car. Everything else I do with the Tab. It's 3G so it's always connected so it's easy to whip out and just get stuff done. Teg 2 sucks but it's got enough horsepower for what I do with it. I'll get rid of it when Samsung's next-gen tablet comes out. Primarily because more power's always good and I like that the next-gen tablets have higher res screens.

Here's some apps I can't live without:

- Plex

They just upgraded the server and it's amazing how great it is at streaming video. I get unbelievable quality even over a 3G connection.

- PlayOn

Fantastic for Hulu and Amazon Instant. Again, the transcoding's excellent and plays well even on lower speed connections.

- SwiftKey Tablet X Keyboard

It was clunky at first but the latest revision was a complete revamp. The thumb keyboard's great as is their word suggestion logic.

- HD Widgets

Fantastic clock and weather widgets in multiple sizes designed for tablets.

- News360 and Pulse

Great tablet news feeds

Next Issue, Press Reader, and Zinio

All great tablet apps for newspapers and magazines. If you already have print subscriptions, the digital versions on Next Issue are free.

- TouchDown

The native e-mail client's not bad but TouchDown has great widgets for mail, appointments, and tasks.

- Asus SuperNote

It's a pull from the Transformer and available in the dev section. It's the best note app for hand writing notes. They all suck because of screen lag but this sucks the least.

Good luck with your new Tab, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] TooSlo:
I'm jealous of the woot guys who got their device already. Mine is scheduled for tomorrow, but I'm estimating Friday with how slow it's been so far.

Can't wait to get my hands on my new toy! I sold my transformer at the beginning of Nov, but after hearing of a $500 base price on the prime, it was over my allotted amount to spend on myself during the holidays.

Along came the woot sale, and I couldn't pass it up!
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] raqball:
Loving my rooted Tab on Task's 7 as well and I agree it is an awesome Tablet...

Some apps that I enjoy on it are:

--Tweetcaster Pro

--Reader HD

--HD Widgets

--Thumb Keyboard

--Netflix

Glad to hear you are enjoying it! :-)
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] JM_I:
Like some of you I'm pretty new to tablets. Just got my 10.1 tab a couple weeks ago and been immersing myself in thhe Android universe ever since.

I've been very impressed with the devs here and their products. I flashed In Paris v5 the day after I got the tab and today replaced it with Task 7.

It's sweeeeet.

-JM
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] BoulderGeek:
I just installed ADW Launcher for $.10 from the Market. Makes a nice theming addition for the tablet.

I feel swanky with half off leather skin from Zagged and this chic and thin tablet with the Task Honeycomb. It would be awesome to have it perfectly match my Skyraider Zeus Thunderbolt. But, right now they are very similar.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 General] co.ag.2005:
thanks for the post OP. I (finally) received mine from Woot yesterday but I didn't get home till late. I plan on leaving work early today so I can play with my new toy, flash Task's ROM, etc. My SGS2 will get jealous :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuzenka:
when will xperia neo will get ice cream sandwich update?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] blaziner18:
Stupidity? Good Marketing? Lack of supply? WHY!?! X-mas is around the corner!

also, when do you think it will be released.. or at least when will they announce the release date?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dhanjel:
1. Lack of supply

2. Mid january for us, end of february for europe (my guess)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Rumbleweed:
Go back and look at the situation (posts) surrounding the release of the original TF. It is actually good marketing. People are looking to buy tablets for the holidays, the Prime is not ready for prime time ( pun intended) but you don't want potential customers to buy something else or they will not buy your Prime when it is ready. What to do. Announce it without a firm ship date in hopes of keeping as many potential customers as possible from buying a competitors model in hopes of a timely release. It's working as many people have one or more pre-orders and are anxiously waiting and hoping.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
*crickets*
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Most GameStop preorders date the release for in store pick ups Dec. 19th. I'm pretty confident in it as people all over the u.s. Here, that preordered from GameStop, was given the same date. Some stores actually have them in stock now and building up the supply numbers for preorders. All stock will go to preorders first, then any left will go to people who walk in. All supplies after that will be for walk ins.

They better have my ish on the 19th ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nook-color:
I think Asus has mastered the manufactured supply shortage rollout strategy to create buzz for their product before it hits the shelf.

Works on me, I want one :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
I think so also. Using the same strategy apple uses with iPhone/iPad. They know they have more than enough but act like they don't to stir the masses n media.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ModestMuse23:
Wouldn't they have made much much MORE money, if they released it in quantity mid-November with ICS. All the glowing reviews and availability would make it THE tablet of the 2011 Holiday Season. By missing the boat on Christmas they are crippling the potential sales on this device. By the time they have stock and it's readily available, news of other quad-core tablets and the iPad 3 will be coming out and stealing their buzz. I think ASUS really missed out on a cash cow this holiday season.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BiGMERF:
I have it on order at gamestop. I was told the the 19th. Played with it in store. So I believe them

Sent through my Black market i9250
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Yes, this. All the theories about how ASUS is trying to game the system are really quite ridiculous. Just like there aren't evil masterminds putting death-ray satellites in space and extorting the world's governments, companies like ASUS don't really sit around thinking up highly unlikely scenarios by which they can manipulate people using dubious and highly unreliable tactics.

Not only is everything said above true about the holiday season, but ASUS _must_ know the value in being the first Tegra 3 tablet on the market and the imminence of some pretty stiff competition. If they had Primes for us to buy, they'd sell them to us.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
Except Apple manages enough channel volume to generally meet demand.

ASUS is doing nothing more than shooting themselves in the foot. Buzz is caused by shortage, no company in there right mind would cause a shortage to create buzz.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MrGiggles:
No date because us tech nerds are so gullible we will believe anything and follow anyones word to the end of time.... ;)

Sad but so true..
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] infinitemethod:
It doesn't help that a lot of people here have made multiple pre-orders from different venders. This type of thing I frown upon.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] irriadin:
With the way this product launch has gone, can you really blame them?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] tdrussell:
I don't have a problem with that in this situation. If you want the item, you apparently have to chase the stock.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
Well, not really. Apple has built their launches with exclusivity, you never see new iPad or iPhone in all the stores at once. There are barely few who have the items for sale and unless you preorder very early, getting it is quite tough during release.

Now Asus is not Apple. They cannot manufacture at the same speed and they have a large number of product lines. Their 'future' is not all put behind Transformer Prime, it is not an 'event' the way iPhone or iPad is an event for Apple. It's a tablet market furiously dominated by iPads and they come there with an Android tablet. Going all out with a Prime is just stupid.

Now, we see it only from the perspective of people who will definitely buy it. Most of us have pre-orders up somewhere. Of course it is very important for us. But for tech world, tablet world and for Asus, this is just another device. This doesn't revolutionize tablets any more than the original Transformer did and as a complete device is not really above iPad 2, so it is not as important as we try to make it sound.

Let's just chill.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] infinitemethod:
Unless you plan on actually purchasing several, pre-ordering more than what you need is silly to me. It takes away from others and makes things extremely confusing/frustrating for the venders.

Now, this is just my personal opinion and I can see why people would do it. I am just not one of them.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
If we were provided with a concrete release date and they didn't pull preorders then we won't have to have multiple preorders. For example, if I only preordered from Amazon I would be getting it Feb 2 now.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Streamline8:
At this price point, not everyone can afford to give it as a gift for Christmas. But the better potential buyer might be those who received lets say $100-200 dollars in cash for Christmas and are willing to spend the difference out of their own pocket. I would assuming anything priced over 300 dollars aren't given out as gifts very often.

So those willing to buy it, may be those who are shopping after Christmas with their extra pocket cash and not those giving it as gifts.

I would guess sales of the Kindle Fire will explode as a gift for Christmas for its price point, which most tablets don't fall into.

An example would be when the Xbox360 vs PS3 initial sales for the holidays. When they first came out the Xbox360 was much more attractive as a gift because of its price point.

Asus may not feel it is necessary to make the Holiday season before Christmas, and hitting shelves by early Jan might not cripple sales, but instead promotes hype.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] skeptikal:
Pfft...If I don't get it before January I'm not buying one....until after January. ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
Well a lot of people aren't giving this as a gift to other people but to themselves. Just that Christmas puts you in a "shopping" feeling.

And about creating hype, I don't know about others but I am most hyped up about a product when the initial reviews come out which was this week/last week. The longer it takes, the less excited I am. (Take the Galaxy Nexus for example. I would've got it but now im getting the Prime instead)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
You are right to an extent. Yes, this Prime may not be a big deal for mass media, mainly t.v. Advertisements n such. BUT this is a very BIG DEAL to the tech world. All every tech article isntalking or buzzing about is the Prime. Ipad2 time has past already. Nothing is buzzing or new about it. As far as mainstream t.v. Coverage, not a big deal, but to all the underground tech heads who love technology, it is. I think it's a very big deal because this is the closet Android tablets have come to releasing something to finally/truly be compared to ipad2. A lot of the big name reviewers is saying, in their opinion, that it is better than apples device. That this is one of the best, if not the best, tablet they ever used or laid eyes on. So Android fans/supporters has every right to hype it up and hope now for the first time to truly be competition with iPad. Even the first transformer was the best selling Android tablet. That says a lot from a basically nobody in the tablet industry. They known for PC, but also just broke through this industry also.

Of course the Prime has it's limits, but let's not rain on the parade of the closest Android has ever been to competing and overthrowing the iPad as a better device. That's all I'm saying. I know better will come down the line, but for now, The Prime will set the bar very High for Android and future apple devices. I'm pretty sure Apple is keeping a close eye on Asus and this new tablet.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] blaziner18:
lol why did i expect anything but asus being geniuses!

well im glad to hear that everyone thinks there being smart, i wouldn't want to get with a stupid girl for her looks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] mazjohn:
This is sad.

What really upsets me about the countless delays with the launch, is that this was the first android tablet that is truly special, both in design and specs- and ASUS is killing its chances to succeed in the market by missing the biggest shopping season of the entire year. Whoever is responsible for the marketing in my opinion either really just mis-targeted the launch (A disaster IMO) OR is trying to create demand ( It will backfire IMO if this is the case)- Once January comes around, people will be less enthused as news will start trickling out about other Tegra 3 tablets, followed by the iPad 3 propaganda. They are shooting themselves in the foot big time here folks.

I am gonna be patient and wait for it to be released, since I know it will be a great android tablet nonetheless. I just hope ASUS can still sell a healthy number of these before most people loose interest and move on to something else instead.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
There's another possibility here: perhaps ASUS was REALLY pushing the timeline trying to get this thing out in 2011. Maybe it just wan't quite possible to get it out the door in the quantities demanded, and so ASUS took a shot...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
According to who? In Android tablets, the Fire is number one followed by Samsung who is number two. Comparing Asus to Apple is a little nuts. Apple spends more in marketing then Asus earns in EBITDA. Apple's marketing department is probably larger than Asus's entire headquarters staff. Samsung's right behind them in marketing spend. The Transformer fan base is loyal but not very big and the mass market is where numbers are driven and Asus' lack of marketing spend, limited international distribution, and weak name recognition limits their sales. Not one U.S. carrier offer a Asus tablet while all but Sprint offer the G-Tab 10.1 or 8.9. Even the Acer Iconia's available on AT&T.

Being first as Asus is with quad-core creates buzz, but also makes them a target of comparison for all future quad-core tablets. LG launched the first dual-core phone with the O2X/G2X and got tons of buzz. As newer, faster, and better featured phones were released it quickly lost its sparkle and was revealed to be weak in comparison. There's nothing novel about the Prime other than the quad-core chip and the dock. Once quad-core's become the new normal, all it will have is the dock as a differentiator. And based on pre-release info newer competitors will have more RAM and higher res displays. Come Q1 2012 the tablet landscape is going to look a lot different than it does right now. If I needed a Wi-Fi tablet now there's no question I'd buy the Prime - it's the best currently available. But in a couple of months it's going to have some pretty stiff competition.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Specs for the next Samsung tablet have been leaked. It will be my next tablet. The 2GHz next-gen Exynos will blow the Teg 3 and it's need to step between cores based on load away. And with a 2560x1600 11.6" display in the same form factor as the existing 10.1 G-Tab it'll be the premium Android tablet to beat. It'll also have NFC and will be able to use Android Beam to share and communicate with other NFC-equpped Android devices. With Acer, Lenovo, and HTC announcing next-gen tablets I was waiting to hear what Samsung would do. They didn't disappoint.

http://www.bgr.com/2011/12/08/samsu...et-with-retina-resolution-tablet-in-february/

http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/30/samsung-announces-dual-core-exynos-5250-soc-clocked-at-2ghz/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Cordy:
Thanks for the info. I figured while Asus was messing up their launch with shortages and lack of information something else would be announced. Funny enough before I bought the original TF I was holding out for a Samsung tab but they took too long to market. Regardless of the difference in size the TF was the best bang for you buck so to say. I will most definitely once again just get the Asus over this new Samsung Tab. But if Samsung releases sooner than usual and these shortages go on longer than expected that might change. Only time will tell.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] RussianMenace:
It will be a good year before this hits the market. Which is about the right time frame for a refresh. Also, by that time iPad 3 will also be out, and I will sell my Prime for ~65-70% of what I paid for it and upgrade to one of many new tablets.;)

And the cycle goes on....Btw, anyone else see an issue with having a tablet with no bezel? How the hell are you supposed to hold it without touching the screen?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
As with the OG Transformer, it's the dock that does it for me. Screen res isn't nearly as important to me as the ability to write on this thing for extended periods.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Blueman101:
Hmm, the real question is how Samsung's higher clocked Dual Cores compare to Tegra3's lower clocked Quad Cores. Plus, what on earth would you need such a resolution for? Movies aren't even shown above 1080p? Why would they jump so high when 1080p is the max. Granted games can go higher, but we have yet to see any games that could/would utilize this. This seems like a face source, those specs are ridiculous and dont make a whole lot of sense.

Just my 2 cents
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] adiliyo:
not to mention there is no way a mobile SOC currently (and i bet $10,000 the new samsung SOC is included in this ) that can push that kind of resolution with games anyways.

i mean, desktop graphic cards would have issues running modern games at that res, and while a mobile soc might be able to push a 2d game at that res, how badly do you need angry birds to run at 2600000x90000000?

personally, i'll take the tegra3 tablet i can get right now (well, nowish) over something that may come out in a year, when i'll basically want a win8 tablet anyways.

and i'm in the crowd that understands that tablets need bezels, there's no way to keep you from touching the panel otherwise. phones on the other hand are small enough to grip around the sides, making a bezel-less phone something that can actually be functional, and not just something that annoys the hell out of the user.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nook-color:
Count me in that camp.

I want me some bezel on my tablet. My Nook color has a nice plastic cover so you know what you're holding.. for reading, and I find myself wishing it was a little bigger at times. A really narrow bezel doesn't appeal to me at all.