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[HTC Rezound] zone23:
The HP Touch Pad isn't bad my man Leoisright has done a fantastic job on it. I don't think you can buy one and even if you could I would not recommend it at this point. If I was dead set on Android I would probably spend the extra cash and get the Asus Transformer Prime. Otherwise the iPad. BTW I haven't had to buy any apps for the iPad. Also the apps are much more mature then they were on Android.
[HTC Rezound] fernando sor:
Nothing wrong with asking this question

In general. Everyone thinks their a moderator
[HTC Rezound] AshtonTS:
I have the third gen iPad as well. It's great. The touchpad is also pretty nice. CM 9 with cornerstone is pretty hard to beat!
[HTC Rezound] WookieFan:
Dell Streak 7. It's an acquired taste. But I love it. Tegra 2 running Honeycomb.
[HTC Rezound] yojoe600:
i have no problem with u posting this in the general... but i myself want one but cant decide either :p
[HTC Rezound] pmania:
Ok the prime right now is winning it for me. That quad core? whew. But hows the battery life on such a thing?
[HTC Rezound] quepaso:
Touchpad's here, love em, but i wouldnt not recommend it for most people, the kernel is really hacked up and unstable. Most of the CM Team working on the touchpad were working hard on the 3.0 kernel for it to make it a lot more stable, but then hit a major roadblock getting audio to work, and everyone got burned out on it and its kinda been abandoned since.

I would recommend a cheap Toshiba thrive (i see them on ebay for 250 shipped all the time) if i had to pick one. Prime is awesome, but i would definitely wait for the 1920x1200 version coming out instead of the lower res version available now, especially if i were going to pay that much.
[HTC Rezound] LakerStar25:
Yea I want a prime too. Only thing I'm waiting for is to see if they fix the GPS thing cause I really don't wanna use that dongle thing

Sent from my S-OFF ICS Rezound
[HTC Rezound] jcollier:
I have a Kindle Fire and iPad 2. Contrary to what was posted above, the KF does have hardware acceleration even though some of the CM9/ICS roms have issues with it. That said, I like each one for different reasons. The KF is just about the perfect form factor, but I actually like reading more on the iPad. Plus it has a lot more storage space.
[HTC Rezound] mike.s:
So, it's all about you, then. No respect for the thousand other users on here who have to wade through your off-topic cruft floating to the top.
[HTC Rezound] GordoGuapo:
What about the ones who gave to wade through your off topic comments? This is why we can't have nice things.

If I could get a tablet I'd go with the Prime or something from Acer. But at this point a tablet is a luxury I can't afford, so I use my deactivated Incredible. :p

Sent from the Rez Beast
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
Yes I should have said ICS but seriously who would by a tablet today with GB on it? I automatically assumed he wanted something with HC or ICS. Otherwise you are correct it works in GB because that is what the device shipped with.
[HTC Rezound] mike.s:
An off-topic comment in an off-topic thread is a tautology. There's a new word for you, go look it up.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
F*ck we have another markus
[HTC Rezound] jazzyjames:
My wife has a kindle fire and she loves it and they do have a kernel of 3.0 that does do hardware acceleration and Netflix a friend of mine is running it as his daily and it works great.

I have a Acer A500 and I love it.

My 5 year old has a pandigital novel.
[HTC Rezound] jett1217:
transformer infinity its coming out soon asus even has a page for it

http://eee.asus.com/eeepad/transformer-infinity/features/
[HTC Rezound] Nopi45:
That thing looks preaty sweet.:eek:
[HTC Rezound] gunz.jones:
TF101 still has it. With dev support that the Asus devices are getting, I would go the way of the transformer. The last three all have quads. 101 has dual. Prime is the way if you don't need GPS or like dongles. I bought an a200 for a friend that is pretty good just debloated and stock os. Never recommend a fire for an enthusiast unless they won't use much. My mom has one. Devs are amazing, but it's not a good spotlight device.
[HTC Rezound] LakerStar25:
Lol

This looks nice like the prime but a little bit better.

Sent from my S-OFF ICS Rezound
[HTC Rezound] meddy6407:
Acer A500 with some thor rom love. Great tablet but my son's ipad 2 is also pretty sweet.
[HTC Rezound] spitzaf:
Love our Galaxy Tab 10.1 after putting Tasks ROM on it. Still one of the best even though it was one of the first.

Installed CM9 nightly on a TouchPad and it seems to run well enough, but not enough support since they're discontinued. Also doesn't have enough screen resolution compared yo newer tablets.

I'd like a transformer for the benefit of detachable keyboard with second battery. Otherwise any newish 10" tablet will be great. Many flavors, one sweet system underneath.
[HTC Rezound] shiftace:
if you don't mind hardware/software tinkering and really want to get the most tablet for your buck, check out the Zenithink ZT-280 C91. it can be had for around $150+shipping

10" capacitive screen (1024x600)

1GHz Cortex A9

1GB RAM

8GB ROM

1.3MP front-facing camera

cons:

built-in bluetooth does not have drivers yet

max stable cpu speed is currently 900MHz

chainfire3d is a requirement for game compatibility

built-in wifi antenna is lackluster, requires hardware mod to fix

no GPS or rear camera

it's definitely not the ideal tablet for a typical user since it needs tweaks right out of the box.

so far I've replaced the wifi antenna, added a heatsink to the processor, and flashed several each GB and ICS builds to find the fastest/most stable. next up is soldering in a bluetooth adapter to free up the full-size usb port. if that sounds like your idea of fun, this is the budget tablet for you
[HTC Rezound] SteveG12543:
I'd say the Transformer Prime. I love mine.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
just curious, and not trying to start a flame war, but i'm looking for an honest answer:

why do you ipad owners choose the ipad over an android device, when you're running an android phone? i ask the same thing of customers i see who have an iphone, but have an android tab, and vice versa.

i'd never in my life own an iphone/ipad, simply because of how restricted their use is. i like my tablet to be as open as my phone is. if i used an iphone, i'd get an ipad. since i use an android, i think an android tab is better because it syncs easier, etc. thoughts?
[HTC Rezound] MedleHed:
Troll.... How hard would it gave been to avoid this thread? Instead you pull people down to your level.

Personally I'm waiting for the Transformer Infinity.
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
That's my thoughts and I don't want to have to repurchase all off my games,apps etc now for the question for 250$ you could get the Samsung galaxy tab 2 7.0
[HTC Rezound] brisdaddy1207:
I have Galaxy 10.1 and it's nice I would buy the new new one. But kinda wanted the Prime but wanting the padphone.
[HTC Rezound] gunz.jones:
I think the phone may determine the tablet for some, but with the refinement required by the App Store, the iPad is an easy go to. Android is still waiting on refinement due to a lack of compatibility with ICS at the moment. Price points are also a killer at this time. The iPad is pretty expensive for what you get in comparison HW wise and customization. Android tabs can have much lower price points and comparable specs. The Acer and Sony tabs are good points for that. Toshiba is decent. Asus is expensive, but expandable with it's own hardware. Bluetooth keyboards and mice, hard and soft cases, screen shields....go with what fits you for any of it.
[HTC Rezound] dejahboi:
LoL after reading every post you guys got me at the Infinity :D!
[HTC Rezound] billhilt:
+1 touch pad and cm9
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Android phone all day, but when it comes to tablets, its iPad time!
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Because I do all my hacking on my phone. I have an iPad 1 and still use it every now and then. Mostly for Netflix.

I love an iPad, but when it comes to phones, the iPhone just lacks too much, which is why I bought the Rezound.

I agree, lets not have a flame war everyone, lets have an educated and honest discussion to help the OP decide.
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
iPad because it works. I get updates when they are available not when I buy a new tablet or 2 years down the road. The apps are much more mature then on android. Yes I was shocked at how much nicer the apps are. Example the directv app blows away the android version. Its true I spend a lot of time messing with my stuff but there comes a time when I just want to use it and not feel like its a beta. Look at how many people own iPads we all cant be wrong, there is a reason they are so popular. The build quality is amazing, its light, its thin. Don't even get me started on the battery life.. days without charging. Did I mention retina well I will just leave it at that..

I haven't bought any apps for it yet everything I have was a free version just like android.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
My thoughts exactly. Its nice to have a stable, always working and reliable device.
[HTC Rezound] jbh00jh:
Galaxy Tab 10.1

It is fast,easy to use, light, and I just like Android. :D
[HTC Rezound] pmania:
I totally see your points as there are 2 ipads in my house. But I'm really looking for something a little cheaper and android :) but yea ipads are awesome
[HTC Rezound] brando56894:
Second.

I have the original TF and love it, two of my friends have the Prime and they love them too. They're more useful than a regular tablet since they have the additional keyboard, which also adds another 9 hours of battery life.
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
look how many people own iphones. are they wrong? lol :P an ipad is a big ipod touch, IMO.

could be argued that the android tabs are a big phone, and that was true of my View when it ran GB..it was identical to my rez, but less specc'ed. then i put HC on, and now it's a tablet that's differentiated itself from my android phone. (especially with the HTC Scribe pen, which i think is sick, because i use that thing as a notebook and notepad instead of wasting paper.)
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I agree. I think you guys with Android phones and Apple tablets are just freaking weird or confused. ;)
[HTC Rezound] blestsol:
Transformer OG. Chose it over a xoom.

Spent too much money in the Android ecosystem to go to iPad. They're cool though.
[HTC Rezound] :
I just returned my kindle fire (was withing 30 days) and got the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 that just came out for $250. It performs well and it has an IR Blaster for control content on your TV..cool stuff.
[HTC Rezound] brando56894:
Exactly! I love it how they're also coming out with a 7" tablet. Now you can have the exact same OS on a 3.5" screen, a 7" screen and a 10" screen! Guaranteed some dumb asses will go out and buy the 7" even though they already have the 10"!

I (partially) agree with you, a lot of the low-end tablets are essentially just Gingerbread on a bigger screen, a la iOS. But the more expensive tablets, like the TF series, Galaxy Note Series, and others that actually have Honeycomb of ICS are a different beast than their phone counterparts, well except for the phones that run ICS :D
[HTC Rezound] Evo4gLI:
Who the hell does this guy think he is? Anyone?
[HTC Rezound] goldy253:
Galaxy 7 tab plus
[HTC Rezound] gunz.jones:
A guy who is important somewhere. Don't feed him. Bad trollfeeder. Bad.

I might jump to the infinity during next tax season after reading through it again. Pick up the 300 between then. I may be an Asus fanboy. My laptop and tablet match. iPad is too reliable. My money is also sunk in Amazon and Play. Going down with the ship.
[HTC Rezound] dragonrazorz:
I got Acer Iconia A500 running cm9
[HTC Rezound] jayochs:
yeah, outta the box, my View was just a big 2.3 phone that had pen input for it. now, though, after teh OTA to HC, the pen input is BETTER, more accesible, and it just looks/acts like a tablet. i really enjoy the 7 inch screen more than the 10 inchers because i like reading on it.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
I love my 10.1 tf101 screen, but I do wish I had a 7" tablet too for taking around with me, because the larger size is just too awkward or difficult to carry for certain situations. Its great for managing my servers at work via RDP, and browsing the web, etc.. but when I'm on out on my bike or snowboarding or hiking or driving around in my car, my phones too small and my tf101 is too big. I've been thinking about a Kindle Fire for awhile now and running AOKP or CM9 on it...
[HTC Rezound] ijustwantmydock:
Spend an extra 50 and get the galaxy tab 2 7.0
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Yeah actually I agree with that. I was kinda bummed to see that the tab 7.0 2 only has a 1024x600 screen :(

I really thought it would come with a 1280x800 screen, being from Samsung and all...
[HTC Rezound] gunz.jones:
The KF is still limited in use for the price to me. An A100 is pretty nice in hand. The Nook Tablet is a little better than the KF as well. KF just feels....wrong. Even the Archos felt better to me. It's too thick and heavy for what it does. No real GPS, no dedicated microphone, no camera, no expandable memory.
[HTC Rezound] Seamonkey79:
I had an A500 and loved it, played around with it for months, decided I needed something smaller, picked up an open box Galaxy Tab 7 Plus from Best Buy, other than the fact that there's little to no dev support on it, at least on a regular update basis like we have here, it's a great tab. Hoping they can get CM9 working with wifi on it, then I'll be a real happy camper... although I have someone that wants to buy it from me when the new Asus that's rumored comes out, if it comes out, and I want it to replace that 7 Plus :-D

Swapped the A500 for the Tab due to form factor. At work, the 10 was too big to be able to just pull out on breaks and whatnot, the 7" is just right, but I wanted something more than the Kindle Fire.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
All very valid points that I wasn't really thinking about. I really do NEED GPS because if I got a 7" tablet, I would have it with me when I'm out in the middle of nowhere doing outdoorsy things.. GPS is a must.

Microphone and speakers are also a must.

expandable storage and cameras I don't care too much about. I generally store everything on my phone anyway, and use wifi tethering to my tablet and have CIFS mounts so that everything I have on my phone's SDCARD is also on my tablets filesystem. Taking pictures with a tablet just looks silly. You should punch those guys on the street when you see 'em.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
youtube works great actually, using the browser. Not sure if its hd, but its youtube and looks clear. I had the app sideloaded, but the browser does a better job on the fire for some reason.

Had one of those for a while. But the battery life was atrocious, was always charging. Was lucky to get 2 hours out of it.

Dude, go away already.

I agree. To me, you are better served sticking to 1 ecosystem, but to each their own.

I disagree with this statement. IOS has way more tablet apps than android does. And ICS is for both tablets and phones going forward.

At launch, the kindle fire was the only 200 tablet that had the specs it did. Some are trying to compete now, but if it hadn't been successful, I doubt they would have tried.

For me, it does exactly what I want it to do. Its a media consumption device. But I'm heavily into amazon's ecosystem. And I would bet there are more kindle fire specific apps than tablet specific apps for android right now.

No GPS on the fire, but not sure why you would need it if you have your phone with you.

Can you point me in the direction of how to have my fire see my phone's media? That would be cool.
[HTC Rezound] DanielEGVi:
Well, iPad 2 is fine if you got the money to afford it and repurchase your apps, don't like customization, openness, free apps (developing for iOS costs $100 + a freaking Mac), ROMs adapted to your needs, and awesomeness in general of course. Pros of buying one is making yourself looking 5~6% more richer, due to the build design and Apple's marketing team. Plus you'll probably become a hipster.

For a cheap tablet, you could opt in for Toshiba tabs or Kindle Fire.

For general tablets, Samsung new Galaxy Tabs or Motorola Zoom.

For an awesome quad-mothafuckin-core, the Asus Transformer Prime.

For a giant-monster-sized phablet, Galaxy Note.

And when you are dealing with Android versions, ALWAYS try to choose Ice Cream Sandwich or Honeycomb over Gingerbread, preferably ICS since it is lag-free ;)

Sent from the best gaming android smartphone in the world with the best forum android app in the world ;)
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
you forgot the 13" toshiba monster tablet coming soon...

That's a lot of screen to hold.
[HTC Rezound] Slacker101:
While they do have a great marketing team I still don't agree with your statement, and I honestly am not the fondest of apple. I own a macbook pro and absolutely love it though, as someone said it's stable and it works which is why I bought it for school. If I want to play games I boot to windows otherwise I can code more effectively in java since some of swing is different on windows and just generally frustrating. You can customize an ipad to a degree if you jailbreak it, and as far as looking "more richer" I would just say that the aluminum adds a bit of sex appeal. The hipster thing did make me laugh though, you should try telling that to the people who visit the apple store. In all seriousness though I am also looking to buy a tablet and it's between the asus infinity and the new ipad. I need one for reading textbooks since it's cheaper to pirate the pdfs and then use the money to buy a tablet lol.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
Tablets screen is just far more convenient when you need to look at a map quickly or something like that.

Anyway, to get your tablet to see media on your phone via CIFS, you need a few things:

1) wifi tether installed on the phone

2) Samba file sharing installed on the phone

3) CIFS module for your kernel on the KF

4) CIFSManager app on the KF, which is used to mount the fileshare from your phone as a folder in your tablets filesystem.
[HTC Rezound] nrfitchett4:
cool thanks. I will have to research that.
[HTC Rezound] hrbib21:
I bought a Kindle Fire immediately after Christmas as a gift to myself. I had it rooted and running CM7 in two days as my intent from the get go was NOT to use the Amazon ecosystem. I even buy books through Google, not Amazon. In short, I'm Amazon's worst nightmare, lol! This thing does everything I need and want it to (internet browsing, apps, and reading books) and does it well. I have no use for a camera, GPS, or making calls on it and don't miss those things at all and I have my Rezound (DInc prior) for that stuff. Never once have I felt that it's sluggish or lacking but YMMV.

In short, if your usage would be similar to mine, the KF is a great choice.
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
They call it jailbreaking and android guys all seem to think more cores is better. I don't know why you guys think that way guess its just how your wired. Like I already stared I have NOT purchased any apps. Its hasn't cost me a dim. Not sure were you get your info but you certainly have not owned an iPad. One more thing I don't know why you would 'Need' a Mac to use an iPad thats just stupid.

Edit:

Ya cast aluminium is just a marketing tool just make it look more rugged..

I own Kindle Fire, Motorola Xoom, HP Touchpad so do say I don't know what I'm talking about. BTW Still waiting for official ICS on ANY of those devices so far nothing..
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
If anyone has jail breaking questions, just ask me! I have been jail breaking for over 3 years.

And you only need a Mac if you want to develop apps. Otherwise it isn't necessary at all. You don't need any computer really.
[HTC Rezound] zone23:
This reminds me, you guys do know that you cannot compile Google source on Windows right? So while you bashing Mac you need either Linux or a Mac OS X. Just saying..
[HTC Rezound] DanielEGVi:
You got me wrong, yes, I've owned an iPhone 3 and an iPad 2 before, but currently the only Apple device I own right now is the iPod touch 4. You don't need a Mac to use an iPad because that would be plain stupid, I'm talking about the price of the apps in the App Store:

Android itself is free, right? So you can obviously download the whole project, the SDK and the platform tools for free, too, leading to lots of free apps in the market, like 30% of them. Of course, a developer account in the Android Market/Play Store costs 25$ but you could host your free apps in Dropbox or Mediafire via Adfly, etc. and make a free blog or even website for them. All of this without even modifying your Android phone/tablet (other than setting the Unknown Sources option). Advanced stuff to Android can be done using Cygwin or a virtual machine for Linux to compile Google sources, and still not pay a cent.

On the other hand, we got iOS, which needs to be jailbroken to sideload apps. The OS itself is closed-source and its SDK costs money, 100$ to be exact, AND it can only be used on Mac. As we all should know, Macs aren't free (there isn't such free computers thing), they always cost more than 1000$ so your cheapest approach would be to develop apps with your SDK in an Apple Store. All of this leads to less and less free apps in the App Store, which was the point I'm stating.

As for customization, I'm sorry to tell you I sold the iPad just because of that, 5.1 doesn't have a jailbreak for A5 chips, and the A5 jailbreak for 5.0.1 is tethered (Absynthe didn't work for me), and that doesn't, err... didn't sound good. Plugging your tablet to your PC every time you wanted to boot it up? What the f*ck?

Customization is still limited to Winter board, mobile substrate, summer board, wallpapers, sounds, spring board tweaks, SBsettings, Action menu, Switcher tweaks, and other silly stuff, which more than a half of them could be done in Android without rooting, and Android rooting is universal. Both jail breaking and rooting may void warranty, but you can easily un-jailbreak as well as unroot.

Quad core is actually better, but only if you do use all of them, say, installing Angry Birds Space while playing GTA3 smoothly, that would be absolute madness, but you should get the idea.

Sent from the best gaming android smartphone in the world with the best forum android app in the world ;)
[HTC Rezound] namebrandon:
Transformer prime.. I love playing Gran Turismo 2 via HDMI on my big plasma, with PS2 controller via bluetooth.. Not to mention the other awesome, native games.. Fifa '12 is fun, as is Modern Combat 3.
[HTC Rezound] Hag77:
New ipad.. I wouldn't have it any other way.. I love the combination of android phone and iOS tablet.. Keeps me fresh on both fronts. I haven't seen any other tablet that can match the overall "fluidness" and app quality of the ipad- not to start any kind of war here- I do loves me some android/rezound.
[HTC Rezound] a.mcdear:
That's how I feel about my Asus tf101 though. 95% percent of the day its in my hands or in my backpack. I have two of them actually, one is for tinkering with and that's the one I use at home or carry with me. The other I use at work and it pretty much leave it alone noe because I depend on it functioning and can't risk downtime due to flashing ROMs and whatnot. But with a little work, both of them, one running android 3.2.1 and the other running Android 4.0.4, are equally as smooth and responsive as an ipad2 or 3. I just have no way to compete with that amazing ipad3 screen...
[HTC Rezound] Sleek69:
Asus Transformer Pad TF300

Has current specs with a great optional keyboard dock and it's only $400.
[HTC Rezound] GrayBoltWolf:
Excluding the iPad because it is almost in another category, I think the general consensus is Asus Transformer Prime.
[HTC Rezound] danrex:
The Galaxy Tab 7+ Wifi (GT-P6210) is unbeatable hardware-wise if you can get it at $299 new as I did. Upsides are Exynos, removeable storage, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3, infrared (US edition), goodish battery life of 4-5hrs with display on and moderate use. The downsides are lowish res, no ICS as yet, Samsung refusing to release wifi driver source code, and lack of dev support.