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[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Understandable. Like e.mote said, just wait till this all blows over. I'm sure you'll be back as there aren't any good comparable tablets coming till around June or so. Maybe ipad3 before then. I THINK I can understand some folks dislikes. If I had to return my tablet multiple times or get faulty ones, I'd do the same also.

MAYBE just for kicks, you should open up your new box on the way. You never know. THAT might just be the oone you've been looking for. CHANCES are very high it will be a great tablet like mines ;)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ruprect:
Yep, useless thread
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] junrider:
Hehehe, tempting to peek but Ill just lay it to rest. Plus I have friends who still have the prime who are ok with its flaws. Who knows maybe Ill see you guys in the TF700T thread if that one looks more promising than the others available :D.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] almightywhacko:
:rolleyes: Cool story bro.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
If you're looking for something to hold you over for a couple of months, Staple's will have the Lenovo K1 32GB for $279 starting tomorrow. That's the lowest I've seen for a 10" tablet since Black Friday. Look at it this way, you can get a whole tablet for $130 more than a Prime keyboard. ;) The specs are decent and, at that price, you can sell it later for pretty much what you paid for it. People seem to like it and it has root but not a lot of dev support. A good deal for people looking for a temporary tablet until the TF700 or something else comes out.

http://slickdeals.net/f/3852304-Live-again-Lenovo-IdeaPad-Tablet-K1-279-99-at-Staples-starting-1-22?

http://www.lenovo.com/products/us/tablet/ideapad/
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] chamberc:
That's a good call. The TF201 isn't a tablet to be used day to day. My pathetic Dell Streak 7 out performs both of ours in stability, wifi speed and distance, and gps signal reception.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
That thing looks UGLYyyyyy...lol. no wonder its so cheap..look how big the dang bezel is. LOOKS like a Fisher Price-My First Tablet..lol
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>Staple's will have the Lenovo K1 32GB for $279

The K1 32GB was released last Aug 23 for $499, so that's a 44% price drop in 5 months. Lenovo came into the Android tab market later than the others, but I can't imagine sales for any of them to be much better (except for Nook & KFire which aren't full Android). Must've been a bloodbath. No surprise that Lenovo CEO essentially conceded the market to iPad at CES, or that Lenovo will keep most of its new toys in China.

I don't think ICS is enough to turn things around. Google had a 1-yr start over Win8, and HC tabs flopped against iPad. So unless MS coughs up a furball, I think most vendors will go with Win8 after being burned by Android, Asus being the sole exception in trying to do both.

Below is Goog's latest Android version tracker. Honeycomb's share is 3.3% of all Android versions, as of Jan 3, 2012.

http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
That new Sony tablet S, wedge shaped one, had price recently dropped dramatically since its not selling to well. Seen it on circuit city.com site really cheap. Has tegra2 though. Also seen some places selling OG transformer for 299.

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Android isn't going anywhere..lol No real threat from win8. Win8 is Microsoft last chance to make an impression in mobile community. WIN8 not gonna make as much of an impact as some might think. THEIR requirements are crazy for devices that are allowed to run it. Have you seen them yet? Very strict guidelines. One thing good about that though is that it will try to limit fragmentation with those guidelines. MARKETS are geared more to the younger tl middle age user. IF WIN8 doesn't produce some really good games, it'll flop for sure. Apple n Android best n most money making apps are games. SO with that alone, apple n android has clear advantage, headstsrt. N established fan n developer base
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] junrider:
My wife was looking at the Galaxy 10 tab, but I dont see the point in spending that much when others are coming up with tegra 3 in a few months for the same price range. I have enough devices here anyways to last me for a few months. As long as I have my desktop, laptop, and my playstation MW3 I can wait. My wife can just share with our 2 yr old's jailbroken ipad2. Actually, the prime was our first venture into the andriod platform coming from an apple iphone 3gs and ipad2.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
It dropped $100 to $399 (16GB) and $499 (32GB).

Look at the dearth of apps for Android tablets. Slow sales = slow app development. No one has any idea how well or poorly W8 tablets will do. Corporations will buy them in large quantities because of security and app compatibility with Dynamics, Win Server, and Exchange.

You're absolutely right, and that's the problem. Consumers looking for high-end tablets buy iPads. Look at what fire sale pricing did for the TP. HP passed Samsung to be the best selling non-Apple tablet through Q3-11. When Q4 numbers are released you'll see the KF at number one. $399+ tablets make up less than 15% of non-Apple tablets sold. As the TP and KF have proven, price sells non-Apple tablets, not features. Why do you think Asus priced the 7" at $249? That's why it's kind of funny that people assume now that it's past X-Mas that there's going to be some ongoing Prime shortage.

Through Q3-11, there were an estimated 3.5MM HC+ tablets activated. Using that number, Asus has sold 350K tablets all-in through Q3. It's going to take more than faster processors and ICS for premium Android tablets to suddenly become desirable for the average consumer. For reference, Apple sold 11.2MM iPads in Q4 alone.

Earlier this week, Andy Rubin said 190 million Android devices have been activated. Google’s dashboard currently shows 1.8 percent of devices hitting the Market run Android 3.0 or better. That works out to 3.42 million Android Honeycomb tablets.

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Really? The same could be said comparing the Prime to the G-Tab.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
ACTUALLY win7 apps n previous versions are not backwards compatible with new win8. THEY could be ported but even Microsoft themselves recommend against a port. THEY said it would be better to start from scratch with win8. IT probably will all come down to pricing. BUT you can expect, with Microsoft strict guidelines and system/tablet spec requirements, that win8 tablets will be the most expensive out of all tablets. HAve you seen the released spec guidelines? That no device can run win8 without them. ITS crazy and it won't be cheap, I can almost guarantee it. I CAN post those spec requirements if needed. Then you will see how expensive its going to be..lmfao APple already has itself established and growing in the business place. THEN apple just released that digital textbook feature. ANDROID n win8 need to worry about apple, not each other.

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PRIME is an all around better looking device than galaxy tab. And thinner n lighter. :p. New Toshiba should have both beat in thinness and weight once it drops. PRIme already feels too thin n light compared to my Ipad. I wouldn't want anything thinner.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] junrider:
Yeah, upon observation. Price is the driving force of an android device, best bang for the buck. KF had price and tv ads spot great stocking stuffers at a reasonable price. To think about it, I dont think I have seen a 10 android tablet have tv spot light other than the ipad2.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] BarryH_GEG:
Unless you work for a Fortune 500 company, you're really not in a position to comment on MS' roadmap for using enterprise apps on tablets. My IT department has had the the development specs and API's for either porting or developing tablet apps to work with GP, Dynamics, SharePoint, and Exchange for over two months. Along with human resources to work with at MS for pre-dervelopment.

Android was never adopted for corporate use and there's no question MS will get a foot hold in tablets via their s/w that's already imbedded in every major corporation. Why do you think big corporate PC sellers like Dell and HP have already embraced Windows tablets? How W8 tablets fair in the consumer market is a totally different story. But with corporate purchases in the tens of millions manufacturers unit costs will be driven down tremendously so h/w prices aren't going to be the issue.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
I agree about Win's advantage of having a huge existing userbase. But much uncertainty still exists with Win8. I think we'll get a clearer picture come next month when Win8 beta is released.

Ditto with Android. ICS ties together phones & tabs, but it doesn't address Android's many fundamental holes that need to be filled to compete as a productivity OS (like built-in networking, for one). Goog I/O in June should give an indication.

I'm hoping we will some sort of a roadmap on how tabs will evolve to be the next bona fide PC form factor from the Apple/MS/Goog trifecta. But realistically I think all those concerned are still muddling through the vision thing. I expect mainly trial-and-error until then. Win8 will be such a release.

I'm wondering about OS XI. Apple surely isn't standing idly by and let its PC lines wither. I think we'll really see blood in the waters then.

Demandarin brought up the issue of gaming on Android, which is kind of an interesting topic. There's a trend in mobile games toward freemium, ie free but with in-app payment (IAP) for continued play. Shadowgunner is going freemium for its next release.

While ostensibly sensible in concept, current implementations are less than endearing. And total amount of IAPs per any particular game can be high, much higher than the normal $5 avg price for mobile games. Suffice it to say gamers aren't happy with it.

I see a couple of reasons for this. One, because placements in app stores are typically based on popularity, free/freemium games are naturally more popular and get much more visibility than paid games. Two, it's an effective ward against piracy, given the weak DRM in place for Android, and the resulting rampant piracy of Android apps. It'll be interesting to see where this trends leads to.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thomslik:
I've done it now. After returning my Prime I bought a Lenovo K1, as was mentioned above, to play with. You know the one that one Prime owner called ugly and lol'ed. I have to admit, I am pleasantly surprised for $299 shipped from Amazon. I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It has done everything I've asked, with no problems. I think I'm over my ex.

About the only thing I haven't tried is Riptide, and I can probably get over the water splashing on the screen for $200 difference! And here is something I never saw on the Prime:
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
Its cool if you like your new device. AS YOU KNOW ITS NO WHERE near as powerful as the Prime, display no where near as good, battery life no year as good, android updates no where near as good as I'm sure you're back on honeycomb again..lol. oh n you can't get thebsplash effects without tegra3..lol although thats no biggie to me. What does thst have, a tegra2?

IF you satisfied with older tech n got to save money also, Kudos to you then. BUT if you coming to show off GPS screenshot will win you brownie points, you're mistaken.

MY prime has done everything I've asked of it since 12/22 with no issues. MAYBE you just not ready yet for this type of tech.

So now we can have one less griping about issues. Have fun in Lenovo section where developement is dry like a desert. We already overclocked, on ICS, n have developer support.

ADIOS AMIGO :cool:

P.s. really though, glad to hear you like your new device. You know we gonna give ya a hard time about it. Its all good.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] thomslik:
I guess I had rather have something that actually does what it is supposed to do rather than something which just looks good on paper. You're right. I'm just not ready yet for this type of tech. I prefer mine to actually work! You can keep the bragging rights about your tegra 3 while I enjoy my tegra 2 actually doing it's usual fine job! Those Lenovo guys are actually pretty gentleman like and friendly. I haven't seen anyone trying to defend their purchase over there.

You enjoy all that power. Hope it works out for you, lol. It is a real shame Asus could not deliver as promised. They had me hooked until reality set in.

Anyway, we must just agree to disagree. After all, it is just a tablet and not worth hard feelings. Life is too short for that. Good luck and have fun with whatever toy you may choose.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] kristovaher:
Hey guys, this is

Android

. I thought Android people aren't supposed to argue which Android device is better, isn't Android all about the personal choice of what you like and find yourself most comfortable with?

We aren't Apple fanbois.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
True, that's why I added the piece at the end of my post. Just messing around.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
Very weird, that didnt happen to me. I think this tablet is A-M-A-Z-I-N-G
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] youngnex:
my phone does the same.... but when im streaming to my pc, or when im making music, or when im playing a game.... the speed on this prime is amazing, and im comapring from a galaxy tab, original transformer prime and the xoom. I know about the Tegra 3, but im saying this thing is FAST.
[Nook Touch General] vulcan195:
I like a white background (no wallpaper) with black text (transparent background) on my Nook SimpleTouch.

I have tried all sorts of themes with no luck.

Any suggestions?
[Nook Touch General] ros87:
You're not saying what launcher you're using but ADW launcher with the "Minimalist Black" theme is the one I recommend.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjones765:
Can't find any real answers to this. Got a 10.1 wifi for christmas, rooted it, and just noticed that the bootloader is locked. Ok well I think it is as I cant use NvFlash.

Obviously not that big of a deal but when I tried to flash AOKP Alpha one and it wouldn't load I wondered if this is why.

Any thoughts?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wewewi999:
Tried to flash AOKP Alpha one? Whatthehellisthatanyway?

Locked bootloader?

Can't find any real answers to this?

Lets make it clear; youre a big fat liar and most likely didnt make any search at all.

The GTab 10.1 is one of the easiest to customize.

And that was my thought.

Theres a beautiful Sticky thread where you will find all the instructions you might need.

-- Notice the title is "LOOK HERE FIRST" --
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animatechnica:
Did you Odin recovery first?
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjones765:
Yeah i used odin to go back to 3.1. im missing something, and im not sure what it is. Everything i read mainly talks about root for wifi. So im lost.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] animatechnica:
you might need to flash the latest recovery 5.0.2.7 before instaling it
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GalaxyNinja:
By chance did you use the overcome recovery? You must use the Pershoot recovery, same as other cm9 builds.
[Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sjones765:
Recovery may be the issue. Going to try again.

Looks like that may have been the trick. Should I see the unlock symbol when I start up? Just curious
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
So I picked up my SGS2 LTE last night. I do indeed have the defective screen with the blobs, but the vertical lines are almost never noticeable...except when I use my camera. The picture quality on the preview screen and even after I snap a photo, is just horrible!! My girlfriend's iPhone 4 with it's 5MP camera ****s on my camera!!! Now my question is, are all S2 LTE camera's this crappy? I wasn't considering exchanging my phone based only on the blobs, but with this whole camera situation, it's pretty likely...unless they're are like this!?!? Any input is much appreciated. Thank you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] polish_pat:
my camera takes beautiful pictures, compared it with my friends iphone 4s and it beats it by far in every situation, day, night, with flash, low light, action...the i4s always has blurry pictures and or has a white film on every picture. And the screen quality is amazing, so honestly i have no idea what youre talking about
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Qawnman:
On some settings I get really grainy pics, but on the right settings I get really nice pics.

I love these phones except for the screen problems; the vertical lines are pretty annoying on my phone.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bwyan Benton:
First of all mp dont mean anything. Second, im unaware of the screen issues because i myself am not experiencing it. And lastly the camera on the sgs2 is incredible...im gonna be comparing it to the iphone 4s tomorrow but right now its stomps the iphone 4 for a joke. Maybe your screen issues are misleading you.

Your just gonna have to trust me on that....i know how to work a camera lol.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
Yea I'm an idiot...I had my brightness all the way down lol. After setting it to auto brightness, it looks amazing. I appologize for the minor freak out.

And seeing as I already have this thread up, instead of starting a new one, I'll just build on this one. Just some questions...

1. Is there a way to delete some stock apps, such as Facebook, mini diary, shop, Rogers Live, urMusic, etc.?

2. On the bar way at the top with the time, battery, and reception, you can only see the date when you tap on it or if you open up the Notifications. Is there any way to have the date stay there permanently?

3. For anyone who uses the WhatsApp application, is there a way to receive notifications for messages even when the app is closed? I've messed around with the settings on it, but nothing. I know that on an iPhone even with the app closed, you get the notifications, so am just wondering.

4. I've got a case, but any suggestions on a good screen protector, or are they all the same?

5. For Rogers Wireless users, are you only able to access the LTE network on an LTE plan?

All in all, an amazing phone, but what do I know right, this is my first smartphone lol. But other then the screen defect, which in my case I don't think is that bad as I do get the blobs but not vertical lines...? and the ****ty battery life, I love it.

Thanks guys, any help is appreciated. Sorry for being such a noob. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] R4INS:
I switched from iphone4 to the skyrocket and i think the skyrocket takes better pictures.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] y2whisper:
also note that the preview screen pics aren't as good as when you look at them in the gallery.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Bwyan Benton:
I find quickpic to best the best viewer for photos.....set the cache in settings to bigger fullscreen preview :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
No love? :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] johentie:
I am new to android but i am on rogers so i can help with some of your questions

1. you can root your phone and get a ROM that is debloated, which will get rid of the rogers apps.. as for facebook and such i think you can just delete those if u find an app that can delete applications. still might have to be rooted though.

2. not sure..

3. i get messages all the time from whatsapp.. the latest update even shows me a pop up alert when the phone is locked.. i also have the app "iphone notifications" installed and it pops up an alert for whatever app you want (i.e. email, sms, fb etc etc)

4. I got ghost armor... pretty good in my opinion.. better the ZAGG cause it's not STICKY and collects dust everywhere.. but all these screen protector skinz give u that orange peel effect.. i have yet to find a crystal screen protector that fits well..

5. yes you need an LTE plan to get on the LTE network, as well as an LTE sim Card, which should come with the phone or given to you at the store for free..

I do not know if they have the promo but i got the 6gb LTE plan for $30 through retentions..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
6GB LTE plan for $30? how did you ever get that?!?!?!

also...

1. is there a name for the app that can delete other apps?

3. its not that i dont get the whatsapp messages, i just dont get them when the app is closed. lets say im in the middle of a convo, and i minimize it then exit it on the task manager, i wont get anymore messages. if i leave it running in the background(running in task manager) it works just fine. im just asking because i know that on the iphone with the app totally closed, the messages still pop up. not a huge deal, was just wondering
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] yvrRome:
Once you're rooted, you can install Titanium Backup. That can uninstall apps for you. Just be careful on what you uninstall. I've removed the three Rogers apps they installed.

I don't think whatsapp is really closed on the iPhone when you exit. Look at the FAQ on whatsapp, they tell you NOT to use taskmanagers to kill the app as you will lose messages. (http://www.whatsapp.com/faq/)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] ToddW2011:
For # 4, I found the Otterbox case to be great as the screen protector is retained by the case so no aggravating 'tint' application needed. The belt clip also doubles as a kick stand in either orientation, although portrait gets a bit tippy.

With respect to #5, they gave me a LTE SIM even without an LTE plan as they had had reports of owners getting kicked from antennas otherwise. These are the in-store drones though so I don't know how much technical acumen they possess. I live north of Highway 7 though so a LTE connection isn't available for me to test this claim on.

Hope this helps,

Todd.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
I do have an LTE SIM card, but I'm just not on an LTE plan. Just wanted to confirm if both were needed.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] arberthebarber:
to use LTE you need an LTE plan. I have the 2GB lte plan since my blackberry broke and I didnt want to sign a 3 year for 6gb lol though I wished I had 6gb I finish 2GB so fast.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] rezadue:
With all due respect, this is incorrect. When I went from my iphone 4 to the S2 LTE (Ottawa), I kept my 6g $30 non-LTE data plan. I do have an LTE SIM card in my phone and am able to get on LTE network.

Rogers said the same thing as you have mentioned here and wanted to give me a $50 LTE data plan, which I turned down. And I am glad I did.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
How the heck are you guys getting 6GB plans for only $30? Their 1GB non LTE plan is $57.....
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Unknown33:
A year or two back when I was talking to a rep on the phone I just told them "look I know you guys offered a 6gb plan fo 30 dollars a while back and that's the plan I want" and the rep said "sure why not" and it was done. But I don't have LTE in Calgary so waiting to see when it will finally show up here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] arberthebarber:
they sell teh 6gb plan with lte now but you wont get LTE speeds because your using a non-LTE data plan *according to rogers*
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RoLo.:
Where do you see a 6GB plan that's $30?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] AstroDigital:
Originally $30 6 Gig plan was non-LTE only

Now it works with LTE devices but you still need a LTE SIM

Me I have $50 10Gig maybe overkill