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[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] samir_a:
Some Reviews of W8 ( I have not made it on my own )

Uh Oh, Microsoft's Surface Tablet Is Getting Some Awful Reviews (MSFT)

Business Insider

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 4:11 AM GMT

The reviews are in for Microsoft's Surface tablet. And the verdict is not good.

The most scathing of the reviews we've read so far comes from Josh Topolsky at The Verge.

Here's a sampling of what he has to say:

"It's also not very useful on your lap — unless you like to struggle."

"It's not really that comfortable to hold in landscape for extended periods, and in portrait it's laughably tall."

"I actively avoided using the mail app if at all possible."

"Nearly every app I tried crashed completely at least once while I was testing the tablet, third and first-party."

"This product is supposed to represent the future of Windows and Microsoft, so why did I feel so frustrated so often while using it?"

"The whole thing is honestly perplexing. If this device is not as good as (or better than) the best tablet, and not a complete alternative to a laptop — who is this for? What is it supposed to be?"

Gulp. Well, it wasn't all bad from Topolsky:

"The actual interface — the tiled environment — is a joy to use. It's really, really cool. I found myself legitimately delighted by some of its functionality, particularly its multitasking and side-by-side apps concept."

He's not alone in his criticism of the Surface. Here's Sam Biddle at Gizmodo:

"Surface is a fantastic promise, and holds fantastic potential. But while potential is worth your attention, it's not worth your paycheck ... it is undercooked."

"After the initial delight of an evolved tablet wears off, you'll groan—because Surface brings the appearance of unity, but it's really just the worst of both worlds."

"The Touch Cover is a letdown."

Matt Buchanan of FWD:

"The thing is, Surface is supposed to be so much more than just Microsoft's iPad alternative, the Other Tablet. It may very well be one day. It has everything it needs to be that. But today it's just another tablet. And not one you should buy."

And David Pogue at The New York Times said:

"Would you take a job that pays $1 million a year — cutting football fields with toenail clippers? That’s the sort of choice Microsoft is asking you to make with the spectacularly designed, wildly controversial Surface tablet."

"Little inconsistencies and bafflements are everywhere."

But Pogue did say this:

"On the hardware front, Microsoft has succeeded brilliantly."

Look, not all of the reviews are wildly negative on the Surface. But, after reading a few of them, and scanning many of the others, the primary takeaway is that this is not better than the iPad.

This is a first generation product from a company that's never built a computer before. It has some bugs to be worked out. If you were thinking about spending $600 on it, then you might want to think again.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
Just to balance the field.... [taken from the comments section quoting other sources]

Engadget:

"If gaming and music and movies and reading are what you're looking to enjoy, then we might advise sitting this one out for a few months just to make sure that all your bases will indeed be covered. If, however, you're looking for an impeccably engineered tablet upon which you can do some serious work, a device that doesn't look, feel or act like a toy, then you should get yourself a Surface with Windows RT."

Anandtech:

"If you're ok being an early adopter, and ok dealing with the fact that mobile devices are still being significantly revved every year, Surface is worth your consideration. If you've wanted a tablet that could really bridge the content consumption and productivity device, Surface is it."

ZDNet:

"For a first-generation product, the Surface with Windows RT is astonishingly polished. It’s not a replacement for a full-strength PC, but as a companion device that offers light weight, excellent entertainment options, and the ability to use full-featured Office apps, it’s irresistible... Enthusiastically recommended."

Wired:

“Yes, you can use it as your only computer. I would never have made that claim about an iPad or Android tablet. But if you only need to live in Microsoft Office and the web and e-mail, and use your computer for media consumption, you’ll do great with this."

BGR:

“Windows RT has a lot of growing to do. The faster Microsoft can get developers on board, the better — and the early days will be slow-going in some respects as a result of this lack of apps. But even as it stands today, the Surface provides a terrific experience right out of the box and it will only get better over time.”

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Not directly related to W8 tablets, but this is a fun read: Linky
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
As I mentioned previously and seems to be backed up by some of these reviews, W8 tablets are sort of a nothing burger.

They aren't the best tablet for the money and they aren't an adequate laptop replacement. Their best software features can be easily emulated on Android which is cheaper and has an already established fanbase. Add to this that the enterprise market HATES W8 and you have a recipe for disaster.

Of the W8 tablets Surface will be the worst. As the one reviewer stated, you simply cannot use it on your lap. Ironic that the Surface requires a surface to work.

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Back when MS introduced the idiotic "ribbons" to Office they made a strategic choice to go with form over function. Suddenly what could be done easily with menus which could be customized by the user required multiple steps jumping around ribbons with big pretty icons. Looked nice, worked like sh*t.

Fast forward to The Surface. Same thing, looks super cool, hard as hell to use.

Form is nice but without good functionality it fails.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] samir_a:
Here is my view on the W8 interface finding an applications is not that easy its not like clicking start menu, selection programs and then games nfs so on which is something we are use to. The tile interface is good but I like the old desktop better and that where i go in once my windows starts
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tonyz3:
It seems that most of us have selective amnesia. I remember a lot of terrible reviews of our note before actual real people had them in there hands. I take the good and the bad ones with a grain of salt until real people review them.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] banderos101:
Exactly

Tech site reviews to see its features, user reviews to see if they work and how well they work
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Well, as SGN10.1 owners it is only natural that we would seek to justify our purchase as the smart choice. That being said, W8 faces a troublesome road ahead. The predicted 80% rejection by enterprise customers (Gartner estimate) chief among them. It will be business consumers who are buying the high-end W8 tablets and if their employers are not implementing W8 this could be problematic.

We'll see. Surface will be an epic fail as it is a mobile device with a keyboard that one cannot use on one's lap - I'm willing to bet the same guy came up with this as came up with ribbons in Office. Other W8 tablets may fare better.

M$ could save themselves a lot of trouble by just making the whole Metro Desktop optional for desktop users and re-instating the Start Button. We may see that actually as sales of W8 suck beyond the initial release.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tbogunro:
Simply put I'll wait for the actual owners reviews. Just look at the "experts" reviews for the Note 10.1 Iol
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
So, the take home message from this thread is that anything that has a Windows 8 logo on it is an "epic fail"? Roger that!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] banderos101:
Sure, if you want to put words in people's mouths

How about this one, "lets wait and see", that one you can put in my...........can claim i said
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
If you read my previous posts, that's exactly my stand (i.e., "let's wait and see"). I was simply referring to few particular posts that keep repeating "epic fail". If we were to believe the "experts" and their predictions, the Samsung Note line (5.3 and 10.1) would have been "dead on arrival".

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That's a really unhealthy way of approaching it. So, anything other than a Note 10.1 will be an epic fail because it wasn't your purchase decision? The minute something better comes out, I'll be replacing the Note 10.1 regardless of the manufacturer, the screen resolution or the platform, as long as it fits the bill for my needs. At the moment, there's no alternative. Who knows... it could be a W8 tablet, Note 10.1 II, or something else; I'm open-minded.

I don't have to justify or prove anything that what I decided to buy is the perfect choice and superior to others that I decided not to purchase. Can you imagine doing that with your car, TV, coffee maker, computer, phone, etc., etc...? It's just painful.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Haldi4803:
mhmm. hard decision! i got an Asus Zenbook. But now i only use the Note 10.1 at College. reading PDF, .doc .ppt surfing the Web.

But when writing something i See the misfits of Android. on the otherhand the S-pen Is really nice. don't want to miss it on W8.

so Win8 yes! RT? no! there are some Tablets around 9-12mm thick with real Windows. Atom Z2760 and eve i3, i5, i7!

also heard of an AMD Z-60! no idea about the performance. but I think Atom sucks.

what's looking cool are these convertibles! but they're 18-20mm thick :(
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
After using Note 10.1, I won't buy anything without a stylus. Therefore, the only W8 tablet I'm interested in seeing in action at the moment is the Samsung Series 5 hybrid (or ATIV Smart PC) that comes with S-Pen. Hopefully, there will be more tablets with a stylus in the future (either with Android or Windows8).
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tabing:
Bye bye nymviper we don't need you here. For me gnote 10.1 is solid tablet.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] fella1:
wow...no one has said that the Note 10.1 isn't a solid tablet. It definitely is. That doesn't mean that we Note owners should never look at any other options. Technology is constantly advancing and no matter how good what you have is, there is always something better coming around the corner. It's just the nature of the beast.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tonyz3:
I think this proves you are the idiot who needs to go. If you haven't noticed this its a thread discussing the new win 8 tablets. So don't diss anyone with an opinion even if you don't agree with it or don't read the thread. Seems like the choice is yours.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Ok, now I'm getting interested...

IdeaPad Yoga 13 Ultrabooks™

http://tinyurl.com/cd6gufp

13.3" convertible laptop/tablet with HD 1600 x 900 screen. Doesn't look like it supports pen but not sure. Maybe new MS pen.

Anyway, if W8 succeeds it will be with units like this. Best of all worlds. Not cheap but worth it if it works.

THIS I would buy.

11.6" tablets? Fail

13.3" convertible ultrabooks? Win!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] samir_a:
Agreed they will be more of ultrabooks which work as a tablet to rather then other way around
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] tenderidol:
Gotta love the massive distribution of Microsoft products. My inbox is filled with e-mails from every single retailer announcing Windows 8 powered machines. On top of that, the Samsung Series 5 tablet that I'm interested in checking out is already discounted $50 at Staples on the release day.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] samir_a:
with note we had a new category called phablets and now with W8 we have another new category call laphablets. I may be proved wrong but I believe that for W8 to take off the devices have to be tablet ultrabook hybrids.

I would again say this the user experience of a office applications is not because of the OS its running on but because of the mouse and keyboard used for running it. Irrespectinv of what device it is W8 or JB if its a pure touch screen you use an office app on you will never get the same productivity
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] Nefariouss:
Well I've already mentioned this twice, once which you claimed 13" was to small still.

But best buy has them in stock. No back light keyboard is a huge bummer though.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 General] mitchellvii:
Well, 13" is too small but 13.3" is just right :)

Seriously though, 13.3" is too small if you are talking a Full HD 1920 x 1080 screen. However, this is 1600 x 900 so text would be of a reasonable size.

I concur, no backlit keyboard at that price sucks.

Anyway, I will wait for another 6 months or so before picking one of these up. If W8 flops they will be cheaper and may be a 15 inch model or two out there. I really want 15 inch screen - full HD. I don't mind a big ass tablet so long as it isn't super heavy.
[General Questions and Answers] omar300:
I have a sony ps3 wireless headphone,

So basically it has a usb that is connected to either ps3 or pc and then all the sound is transferred to headphone instead of speaker.

there is no driver required on pc, well i guess its built in the usb itself.

Now i want to use this wireless headphone on my GS3,

I first tired on AOKP based cm10 and it didnt work, then i tried on stock Rom(one with touchwiz) and it worked.

I like CM10 and want it to work on that.

Can any one tell me if there is a solution?

Thanks:)
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rem2711:
Press the power button and when I came out the menu where I gave the menu in the bootloader restarted and the screen went black and I was waiting to turn on the bootloader and did the screen to left off and now the cellular want to turn on, or when I press the power alone or when I press power + volume down and neither lED is lit. I humbly ask to see if I can help as no what else to do and I'm afraid I have not preucupado restart. PLS SOS
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
The phone is totally unresponsive? What Rom did you flash before this if you flashed a new Rom and give me the link to it

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It's pretty hard to hard brick a HTC ( knock on wood) mire info were you flashing a Rom or cuz if you were stock I can't imagine that happened
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] joshua54:
It might be as simple as ur battery is drained. Have u tried plugging it in overnight and seeing if it powers up next day?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
Lol never though of that yes maybe it's that
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] joshua54:
I know it's happened to me twice now lol
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] 18th.abn:
Lol, you have 3 posts(no biggy) but all 3 are different phones you killed. Whatcha doin:what:

Whatcha flash:screwy:
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] rem2711:
First of all thank you very much for helping me in this problem, the phone does not turn on when I press power and also when I press power and volume down and the LED does not turn on when I put it to charge. What you charge the battery overnight and also now not even turn on. What if I've noticed is that despite not firing when I connect the phone via USB to the computer the computer detects the phone and asks me to install drivers for QHSUSB_DLOAD. Before that I had damaged the ROM installed Nocturnal special edition / audio edition of KANLESS. Any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] omario8484:
You must of flashed a diff Rom that's not for our phone let's mot try to put any blame on magical and his good Rom
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
If your phone won't charge, and in Qualcomm download mode, you are pretty much screwed.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] chuko303:
Another bites the dust......
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] MistaButters:
I'm guessing you flashed something before Nocturnal and then went to Nocturnal after it messed up your phone. Your phone is bricked (QHSUSB tell us that), but Nocturnal wouldn't have done that.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] redpoint73:
Yeah, from what I understand, Qualcomm download mode means that hboot has been overwritten or otherwise damaged. Usually that is a result of flashing a ROM or recovery meant for another device. Flashing the "correct" ROMs does not touch hboot.

Did you flash any other ROMs, and what recovery were you using?
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] XsMagical:
just plug the phone into the wall for a few hours then PM me. Its not any rom, no rom or recovery will do this to a phone. I'm sure its something very simple.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] iElvis:
"QHSUSB_DLOAD" is basically a "panic mode" that the CPU goes into when it can't find a bootloader. So somehow or another you corrupted it.

There is a way to fix this using Linux, but I believe the phone has to have a charge.
[AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL] TheNightHawk223:
Just search the S-Off thread, I remember someone mentioning how to do it there.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BGVampire:
Does anyone know how to get swype on Jelly Bean ROM? I haven't been able to find one that has it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Dugan1017:
Download Swype beta installer.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BGVampire:
thanks got Swype on AOKP & couldn't be happier about it!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lin013190:
Hi,

I need help, I updated to the most recent 4.1.2? i believe. whatever is the most recent build. I updated it last week and today..I can't change it back to portrait mode. It's just in landscape. I unlocked the screen lock and I restarted my device multiple times, but it's always landscape..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Billchen0014:
Is t just the home screen or the entire device?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lin013190:
Home screen..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BillGoss:
Some launchers, e.g. Apex, have settings to force a given orientation. Does your launcher have that feature set?

Sent from my Nexus 7
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lin013190:
I'm on stock. I just unlocked it.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NabhanKhan100:
Same thing here
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NabhanKhan100:
I found out how to do it.

Go to Settings then Accessibility then check Auto-Rotate Screen
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alex xander:
Isnt the autorotate option availble from the status bar dropdown?
[General Questions and Answers] Shinare:
Hi. I would like to tether my nexus 7 to my razr and be able to receive and send texts AND make and receive phone calls. I found an app called tablet talk but from what I can tell its just texts. Any ideas? Willing to throw down some cash for it.
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordemon:
as stated above, im looking for on screen button for jelly sandwich 7.1
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
here
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordemon:
I have flash to this rom but don see any on screen button in the thread. Can enlighten me??
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SammiSaysHello:
There's a link called 'On screen buttons" :)

if you can't find it, here's the download and just flash it :D
[Xperia Arc Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordemon:
THANKS A MILLION!!!

I must be BLIND :cool: LOL
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] kchen96:
Hey I'm wondering how to fix this haxsync issue or is it just the app. A lot of my picture syncs are blurry and low res even though I checked "force redownload". When I manually go into the settings and into contacts its blurry but after I click the crop button it re downloads a high resolution picture. I don't wanna do this for EVERYTHING contact... Probably hard to see but the first pic is very low res. Idk why the full size photo wouldn't upload
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] brar.arsh:
Same here, it was working fine few days ago..
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] motsrox:
Why does nobody check the official FB page before creating new threads? https://www.facebook.com/HaxSync/posts/430832546964821
[HTC Sensation] nicky89107:
Hello, I saw on the OpenSensation thread that it had a source code for CM10. Is there any release of this, or would i have to compile it or something similar? I would have posted there, but it seems that i am not allowed too.
[HTC Sensation] Deathsongx3:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1782009

^ CM10
[HTC Sensation] blahbl4hblah:
Sadly that's not OpenSensation, which is what the OP is asking for

From what I know, there may be CM10 for OpenSensation but like all say, don't ask for ETA

It'll come when it does :D
[HTC Sensation] Jron310:
JellyBean OpenSensation would be very awesome :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Sensation] flare4000:
There are testing builds for os2. If you really want to try them out on your own risk check tamcore's twitter for the link.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supramon:
Good morning everyone,

I've install app2sdcard but the app doesn't detect my sd card it tells me that I don't have one or it's emulated, what should I do ??
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] crazy talk:
if you read the info for the program you are trying to use you would see it states it doesn't work with Samsung phones (specifically calls out the S3, which has alot in common with the Note II)

I'm surprised the Note doesn't have a native solution for moving apps to external storage? i could have sworn it's been a feature since ICS.... or maybe I'm forgetting something.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] supramon:
So is there any way currently to transfer apps to sd cards on a Samsung device?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EmergencyMedic:
At the moment the only solution seems to be rooting. It's stopping me from buying the SGNII until larger internal memory released OR a non-root solution is found. Apparently, it's Jellybean that stops it not actually the phone - just what I've read.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] crazykidguy:
So I have a GB 2.3.6 SGS4G but I tried to flash something before that set it into a bootloop and I've been using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1822626. (Also just a side note- the above mentioned rom doesn't give root)

But that Rom changed my Kernal to the blastoffv2 kernel from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1828171. Now my problem with this is this kernel doesn't support wifi unless I do

Now I'm a newbie so I don't know how to update that whether I have to navigate through my phone with RootExplorer or what. Exactly how do i replace it?

I would flash another kernel but my SD card is malfunctioning and the phone reads it and can access it, but whenever I try to make changes on it by connecting it to the computer, it doesn't save the changes even though I safely remove everything.** (Most urgent please help!) So I can't use CWM_blue (5.xx) to flash it even if I have CWM.

Also I've spent the last 3 days with almost no sleep just trying to understand Android so please be kind and very specific :crying::crying:

Oh I forgot-- the problem with Odin to flash a new kernel is that Odin doesn't recognize my phone when I plug it in. I've tried using zadig to update my drivers after I plugged it in (download mode + usb debug). I've also tried switching the ports but it still doesn't work. I've tried with Odin 1.7 and Odin 1.85, any suggestions? Do I need a pit file for my phone? Do I require bootloaders for it do work? I'm trying to flash http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1610528 and then going over to CM9.