yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>What app's are out that will use that 1080p display...NONE as of now

eBooks & PDFs. Sharper texts. More texts. One can conceivably view 2 pages side-by-side (16:10 / 2 = 8:10, or close to the 8.5:11 printed page).

With display mirroring, you get 1:1 pixel ratio when plugged into a HDTV via HDMI. This makes above use-case (high-density text consumption) much more feasible. Ditto for remote access.

Gaming perf will take a hit. Then again, gaming isn't exactly an Android forte right now, or for mobiles in general. The bulk of games are casual stuff, geared for handset resolution.

One can argue that hardcore Android gaming will prosper over time, and FPS perf will matter more. There are problems with this line of thought. First, is simply the assumption that Android will prosper on tablets, which given current sales is hardly a forgone conclusion. Second, are the fast advances in hardware and their correspondingly short lifespan. GPU-wise, the Teg3 isn't the fastest even now. By the time we get to see enough hardcore games, we'd be on Teg 5 or 6, or their equivalent. Teg3 will be old news.

But sure, if shooters and frame count are your thing, then 720p sounds like a plan, at least for the Teg3.

>I continue to question the need for having a 1080p 10 inch display

Some don't see the need for GPS in tabs either. Some don't use the cams. Different people have different uses. You shouldn't generalize your use to be everyone else's.

Rest assured that when it comes to marketing, toys with lo-res display will be viewed as inferior. Bigger is better. It's the same thing with quadcore vs dualcore vs single-core. Do you actually need a quadcore?

>there has to be a limit as to high a ppi count the human eye can reasonably distinguish

This argument has been bouncing around ever since Apple's Retina Display. Per this PPI calculator, 1920x1200 is 224ppi on a 10.1". Reportedly, people can discern 300ppi at 12" distance, given 20/20 vision. The real test is simpler and much less theoretical: walk into a store and compare the TF201 and TF700 side-by-side, and see if you can discern the difference.

>Anandtech (who I probably trust the most when it comes to hardware evaluations) seemed to suggest in an early preview that the higher resolution *may* perform ok:

Anandtech is good for chip-level analysis. For (mobile) system hardware and use-case analysis, he's just as green as many other tech blogs. Note the gaffs on the Prime testing wrt GPS and BT/wifi coexistence. I do see signs of improvement, however. They came out with a new Mobile Benchmark suite, whatever that means.

>The real issue is that games on Android don't let you pick a resolution for them to run at.

The real issue is that Android is still a nascent OS for tablets. HC was a beta which never took off. ICS was just released. The bulk of Android apps & games are still for handsets.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Mithent:
I have been concerned about this as well. Tegra 3's GPU is fine enough for a 1200x800 tablet, but it's going to be stretched at 1080p (this is nearly the resolution that my desktop runs at!).

I'd love a higher-resolution display, but it's a luxury (well, a tablet itself kinda is already, but even more so). It's not as if 1280x800 is cramped and blocky. I'm happy to wait a bit longer for 1080p tablets to mature and come down in price.

(I'd rather have 2GB RAM, actually.)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hyunsyng:
Well, perhaps this new release will coincide with a bump in the specs of Tegra 3. By the time the new tablet comes out, I would assume that's been almost half a year.... That's usually about the time span that nvidia would come out with a refresh of a chip design (well, they do this with their desktop GPUs, so not a great comparison, but it's possible?). So in the end perhaps the question of performance will be moot because there will be a faster Tegra 3 and more RAM in the new higher resolution tablets.

Just a thought.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gogol:
Don't underestimate.

Let's wait a review or test.

Probably the Tegra 3 is more than capable of handling this kind of resolution in terms of playing HD movie, high profile compression, etc.

I saw several tests on current prime, and it has no problem with HD videos.

My only concern is battery life ... that's all.

I expect the 1920x1200 will result worse battery life, unless ASUS pump up the battery capacity or any other improvement.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Arun01:
Asus has already stated that battery life will be pretty much the same as the current Prime...So that should equal shorter battery life.I'll stick with my Prime for now.No Need in buying another tablet right now IMO.I'm waiting to see what Samsung brings to the table.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] avinash60:
I don't think they can bump the specs within the generation of a chip. The only thing that can happen till then is that Asus finds an economical way to add 2GB memory to the device, Nvidia improves the production capabilities of Tegra 3 and we get a better yield of the chips. The spec increase can only happen from one generation to the next.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hairdewx:
I think the performance will be fine. Even the battery life.

Most of the battery usage screen-wise is from the backlight, which will be the same.

Also, not much more power may be used necessarily either, especially if it doesn't end up taxing the Tegra 3 as much as we think it will. As far as we know, our 1200x800 displays may not even be taxing the Tegra 3 that much. If anything, the article shows that the Tegra 3 may be more qualified to handle that high a resolution with little to no performance degradation. There are demos on youtube of a tegra 3 device playing 1440p movies just fine, all while driving a second screen at the same time.

Of course I too don't feel the need for something that high of a resolution on a 10 inch screen, but I'll never really know until I see one in person.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lse4:
Need help... I have a iPad 2 but I'm bored with it. So I'm going to give it to my gf. So my question is should I wait for the new one to come out or just go for the transformer prime that's out now?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hairdewx:
I'm biased, but I say go for it :) the screen is great and the hardware is a beast.

Although coming from an iPad2 I think you may find the selection of tablet specific apps pretty short in comparison.

For me personally what set it apart from the iPad was the keyboard dock for battery life, typing, and mouse control, and the aluminum finish. This thing looks more masculine and just stunning IMHO. With the dock it looks like a thin and sleek laptop.

If higher res on a 10 inch screen is very important, then wait. Or even wait until the iPad3/iPad2S announcement if tech specs are also important for comparison - although chasing specs is also an endless battle...
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xTRICKYxx:
Tegra 3 supports 1440P just like my GPU on my laptop. I play Skyrim and BF3 on High Settings at 1366x768 or I can play both at low to medium settings at 1920x1080. 1080P is double the pixels of 768. Let me say that the game,es look like **** at 1080P because of the low settings. I honestly think we should wait until GPU's are plenty powerful to handle intensive games at that resolution at a full 60fps.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
my thoughts exactly. But sadly most consumers dont think that far. They see the higher number and they need it. Look at how many people immediately say they wanna switch to the other model just because of 1080p. They will buy it and cry coz its laggy sometimes.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Buddy Revell:
1080p is overkill for the GPU and screen size of the TP.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] nslayden:
I find it amusing that people think they need 1080p on a 10 inch device. I guess you'll need 5 times that to make you 50 OLED TVs look good. 720 is more than enough for everything to look super sharp.

I guess this is nothing more than buying a Farari because you have a small pee pee.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
BAM! I was looking for this post to correct it..lmfao. the OG transformer has 149 DPI

Transformer Prime has 160 DPI

proof below from an app that shows specs on real time based off of live readings.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
The Prime already is a Ferrari, but a Ferrari is not enough. Thats why stuff like the Bugatti Veyron 16.4 exists. And they even made a Super Sport version pushing it even harder so they actually had to put in an electronical speed limitation at 415.07 km/h (257.91 mph) because the actual top speed [431.072 km/h (267.856 mph)] is potentially bad for the tires.

Obviously, no one needs that. But i guess some people need it anyway.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] racerex:
Chip guy here.

Tegra3 chips are binned and OEM's such as Asus can choose whether or not they want to go up in frequency. The TF201 was sadly a guinea pig of sorts for the Tegra3 line. There are already more capable derivative chips within the Tegra3 line that Nvidia is sampling to OEM's. The most obvious tradeoff of course is that the higher peak currents can have a slight hit on battery life. Things such as better regulators can help to mitigate the impact on battery life by providing more efficient power conversion and tighter regulation which allows for more optimal dynamic voltage scaling. These power savings tricks are all without changing anything inherent to the architecture of the chip and thus low hanging fruit and easy to bring to market quickly. I am almost positive the 1080p version of the TF201 will ship with a bumped up CPU.

Also (and I don't mean to be a party pooper because I really like the spirit of what Asus is doing and how they are pushing the boundaries), Google has officially selected TI's OMAP line as the processor for which ICS will be optimized. Google always buddies up with an ARM processor vendor for each generation. For Honeycomb it was Nvidia. Now it's TI's turn.

Also, it's interesting to note that Nvidia has decided with their latest headline grabbing Tegra3 to go with four Cortex A9 cores as opposed to the next generation A15 architecture. Whether or not this will backfire should become evident in 2012. For the time being though it's putting them in the spotlight. As we've seen in the PC industry however, generational performance gaps are hard to overcome - even with more cores or frequency. So TI's approach, although more subtle, might be more effective in the long run.

So bottom line, second half 2012 tablets with Dual Cortex A15 processors from TI will literally smoke what we have today. You'll see similar chips in due time from STE, Nvidia, and BCOM. These Cortex A15 processors in conjunction with 1080p displays will be the new reference standard for tablets.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] PossumK11:
I have a Galaxy Nexus and Prime, and the PPI difference is quite obvious to me at normal reading distance. The curves and edges of text on the Prime look somewhat hazy and blurry while text on the Galaxy Nexus at the same zoom level look very solid and clear. Text on the Galaxy Nexus is sharper than on any device I've ever owned in the past, and I love it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Kreeeee:
The Nexus has pretty low PPI due to its Pentile screen: http://www.slashgear.com/galaxy-nexus-has-curved-pentile-oled-display-21189996/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] johnchad14:
If you'd ever stuck your face in a galaxy nexus, you'd know the res is so high the pentile part isn't really relevant anymore. Can put my eyeball on the screen and still see no pixels.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] NeoteriX:
You're wrong.

There's a difference between subpixels and pixels, and for arguments sake here, in terms of what decreases performance because the GPU has to push more, it's pixels that matter, not subpixels. The GPU is calculating pixels.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hairdewx:
Dianne,

Do you have an opinion on how the Tegra 3 can handle higher resolutions? Do you have any impressions or opinions to compare it to the A15 chips coming out late this year to next year?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>As device screen resolution goes up, achieving a 60fps UI is closely related to GPU speed and especially the GPU’s memory bus bandwidth.

Thanks for the "UI speed" primer.

Technical explanations aside, an omission I noted from your piece is that the UI architecture is taken as a given, ie it's up to the hardware to perform. I think this is a bit backwards: It's up to the OS to perform well on the present cycle of hardware at any given time.

Taking Windows as a case in point, the UI can be simplified down to various user-specified degree to allow for faster performance on less-capable hardware. I'm curious if that is in Google's plan going forward.

Accurate or not, UI smoothness is a major determinant of PERCEIVED system speed for the casual user, and Android fails in this regard wrt iOS--and soon to come, Win8.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hairdewx:
You also have to consider planned future iterations of the OS. Should they take the time to do a lot of tricks to give more perceived performance? Or should they concentrate on creating a more robust implementation that will have more future potential?

As a developer I would probably go for the latter, especially since hardware specifications are increasing at such a high rate.

We also cannot forget that Apple mobile/tablet devices use high performance and cutting edge hardware when they are released, which explains the great performance advantage, while many Android devices do not for budget/preference reasons.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>You also have to consider planned future iterations of the OS.

As a consumer, what matters is what I buy today, not what is "promised" tomorrow.

>We also cannot forget that Apple mobile/tablet devices use high performance and cutting edge hardware

Android is more comparable to Windows than Apple, in that it must cater to a wide range of hardware with an equally wide range of capabilities. Therefore, for it to be relevant, performance must scale and not have fixed HW requirements.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] ToneyEricsson:
The screen will effect the battery life on the upcoming Prime any bets you can knock off 2-4 hours.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] hairdewx:
Sure, but judging from consumer sales of Android products, it appears that performance and perceived performance is deemed adequate by most consumers.

It's also not quite that simple. Often there can be a disconnect between consumer expectations and what is real, feasible, and possible. From a design standpoint all of those and more have to be taken into account, which can seem disappointing from a consumer standpoint, but be much more desirable in the bigger picture.

Maybe I'm a little more sympathetic to this because I am also a Software Engineer myself (not for Google, though).
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>Sure, but judging from consumer sales of Android products, it appears that performance and perceived performance is deemed adequate by most consumers.

Phones, yes; tablets, no.

UI performance isn't Android tablets' main weaknesses--there are many--but it is the first to be noticed.

>It's also not quite that simple. Often there can be a disconnect between consumer expectations and what is real, feasible, and possible.

If there's a "disconnect," it's between the developer/designer and the consumer. The consumer only judges what he sees in the item he buys. Consumer: iPad has fast UI, why can't Android? QED.

>I'm a little more sympathetic to this because I am also a Software Engineer

Unfortunately, software engineers don't make up the buying population.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] racerex:
TI showcased their new OMAP5 line at CES. It's sampling now and makes child's play of 1080p. OMAP5 uses the new ARM Cortex A15 cores which run circles around the current generation ARM Cortex A9. STE has one as well. Nvidia and Samsung will have one soon enough. The "ARM" race is awesome.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackSideburns:
Do any of you know a good kernel for rogers captivate 2.3.3. preferably something with voodoo sound and color, bln, and obviously better performance. thanks :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silvertag:
TalonDev or Semaphore.

I tried both and prefered the Semaphore as it was more robust, gave me a better battery life and the sleep death stopped.
[General Topics] Fking1:
I'm looking for something like MyBase or TreePad, it's basically a personal visual database with tree structure of the documents, where you can organize and save stuff in any way, structure and organisation. It's like having many documents in folders and sub-folders but in one centralised piece of software and database.

The one mentioned in the beginning are fine but they lack modern features like cloud syncing, being able to access them from everywhere, or at least android client.

So if you know anything like that but with on the cloud sync options or at least client for a smartphone, i'll be happy to take a look at it :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] midomido1:
hey i have flashed ICS 4.0 on my galaxy vibrant T-mobile ... i am trying to enable debugging although it is enabled on the phone but the computer wont recognize it although it detects .. i am trying to use Eclipse to debug but how ??

i have GOOGLE USB DRIVERS and SAMSUNG USB DRIVERS

thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeej:
Which ICS ROM are you using?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Penvision66:
had same problem, couldn't figure it out and I believe I screwed my phone due to stupidity
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zeej:
Try installing ICS Passion (or CM7) over your current ROM. If that doesn't work, it could be a hardware issue. If you can at least get to CWR, then install a ROM that doesn't require proprietary drivers to connect to your PC.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trailblazerz11:
try putting it in recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ziesty:
Hello,

This is regarding the folder SDCARD on SGT10.1.

Is it safe to delete all data that reside under folder /sdcard? Reason is its too messy in there.

I am going to flash rom/kernel very soon so this is perfect time to clean up and start from scratch.

I dont want to take any backup, just want to rebuild the tablet with clean ROM installation.

Any advice/tips appreciated.

-Z-
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ziesty:
hmmm i guess i will have to do it to find out!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vermaat:
If it's external you could do it as it is of your own (if you haven't got important stuff in there). The internal one you must not delete, because I guess it could delete some important files and might cause some problems
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ziesty:
i achieved this by going back to stock rom - flashed it with odin and used pit file for recreating the partition so now all wiped and it is now like brand new tablet.

flashing OC2.2 tonight :)
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andruyd:
I'm all about battery life and stability. I don't use a static wallpaper, don't game, disable all Bluetooth/GPS when I don't use it. I use touchwiz because it seems to be the most lag free.

I'm currently using Cassies Xtra-Lite V5 and it drains more than 1 percent per hour. doing nothing.

I used to be on an older Cassies Xtra-Lite rom and it drained 3-4 in 8 hours. Forgot which one though.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EarlZ:
Try RevoHD
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] lildaan:
hello,

i was woundering witch is the best navigation system for my phone.

I tried navigon but this app keeps crashing. Is there a free good working navigation app for my phone ?

I prfer no ineternet connection only gps

Tnx
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] joooe:
I can't think of any free offline navigation program right now.

But I love Sygic.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Bert2662:
Perhaps I think Google maps is the best, furthermore, nw Google maps support cached maps, you're able to load the maps and save it first for yr offline navigation
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] pashkustva:
I have tried

Sygic (Aura) - still the best but better use with bluetooth gps if driving

Copilot - better accuracy but interface and controls are not so fun.

Waze - it is fun if you have lost of friends with smartphones around

Google Nav - is nice then you are walking (but not even comparable to Sygic as it is superb for visiting new places). Anyway I use google maps for informational purposes only.

Navigon - once tried but deleted very quickly - did not find its place between copilot and Sygic

Navfree - not worth even downloading
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Bornin:
you could give Igo a shot.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] lasikie:
Sygic wins, no need for external gps. I'm a delivery driver and use this on my phone all day, no problems. I use to get drop outs on Cyanogenmod.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Za_RO_Maniac:
I'm using IGO and it is the best 4 sure... :)
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] joooe:
There's a particular detail about this, in the Google blog:

"This download stores only the base map tiles and the landmarks on the map, so you still need a data connection to see satellite view and 3D buildings, search for Places and get directions."

http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/07/download-map-area-added-to-labs-in.html
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Stoffl_:
+1 for Igo
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] rmcobet:
+10 for Igo
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] dnbcat:
Speedcams

Somebody know how to convert igo speedcams for android. Maybe provide a converter for win7 x64? :) thanks!
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] Marcdu81:
Hello, i've updated Copilot V8 to premium ( or V9 ) . The best software ever seen ...
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] ELN:
I use Sygic the latest version.

Works fine even on ICS. very stable no data connection needed.

country by country download you decied .

Wish is the best you have too try for your self.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] atomantmk:
Use Navigon MobileNavigator Europe v4.0.1, probably you have tried with version 4.0.0. For 4.0.1 you don't need internet connection or rooted phone.

On my DHD i have: Navigon 4.0.1, iGO MyWay v8.4.3.179971, Sygic GPS Navigation v11.2.5 and CoPilot Live Europe Full v 9.1.0.161 only for rooted phones and all works without a problem.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] jovanov:
IGO working 100 % .
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] smartzac:
I am using both Sygic and iGo... both work perfect in my DHD.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] apad:
In Malaysia the best would be Papago X8, got every details on even the most remote area here.
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] P00t:
google navigation
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] ikonline:
I like navigon, got it free with my phone and brings me where I want to go!
[Desire HD Themes and Apps] alpha007org:
I live in EU and before I rooted my DHD, I bought premium navigation which comes with phone. Travelled to Eastern Europe, London and Croatia (ex Yugoslavian country) and it guide me perfetcly. Thanks to this navigation which I still do not know the name of the application, and thanks to social networks, I drove directly to my internet's friend's house on numerous occasions.

---------- Post added at 02:06 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:59 PM ----------

I would ask you If anyone knows how is this stock HTC navigation called. Which firm is behind it? In App drawer it is called just "Locations."

So when I rooted my phone I stick to ROMs which are "derivates" to stock DHD roms. Like ARHD.

If anyone of you could tell me which navigation it is I would be immensely happy.
[Verizon Droid Charge] huntinglakia:
Have the droid Charge, i use to have my droid rooted when it was on EE4 and was able to have voodoo sound. i loved this. how would i go about rooting it and making my phone able to have this on the EP4D platform? I am somewhat a noobie so any help is greatly appreciated!