[Nexus 10 General] jonstrong:
Some useful points in this thread buried amidst the dueling posts. I'm finding this a tough decision, although I'm leaning increasingly toward the N10 over the TF700T. To be clear: I already have the Infinity and have used it over the past 7 weeks -- and my account at Best Buy (Silver) allows me about another week within which I can return it for a full refund. If I want to move to the N10, it will mean returning the Infinity, getting the refund and ordering the N10. So -- this is not a case of an N10 owner rationalizing a decision that is already a done deal.

The Infinity is a really sweet package: very attractive, slim, mine seems to be an example of excellent build quality -- nothing flexes, creaks, no screen lift, no problem with the dock connector, etc. I love the expandable memory. The dock is nice -- it makes a great desk stand, the extra battery in the dock is great, and the keyboard is somewhat useful (although that's the least compelling part of this accessory for me). ASUS did a really good job with the dock and it blends seamlessly into the overall experience.

My Infinity is still stock: locked, not rooted. I've applied all the updates that ASUS has offered. Re: the lag issue -- I haven't attempted any serious multitasking while moving a large file, so I haven't hit this aspect of it. However I have experienced some extremely slow Play store updates when many apps are due to be updated. Sometimes browsing is speedy, and other times the browser will simply hang for several seconds before coming back to life, not allowing me any control at all while it's frozen. Doesn't happen constantly, but it's frequent enough to come to mind when I'm asked to characterize my experience with the tablet.

I've read most of the TF700 forum and subscribe to many threads there. My impression is that the vast majority of the folks that are happy with their Infinity have unlocked and rooted, and have installed CleanRom. Having been flashing ROM's on my Galaxy Nexus for a year, I'm open to the idea in general. However with the Nexus, it's almost always possible to bring a "bricked" device back to an original stock condition and start over. With the Infinity - if you missed the opportunity to use NVFlash to backup your "blobs" from the device, then flashing kernels and ROMs presents a real possibility (not very likely if you've careful, but distinctly possible) of bricking the device in such a way that recovery is only possible by having ASUS install a new main board for several hundred dollars.

My immediate concern was that it's all well and good that a 3rd party ROM (CleanROM) can make the Infinity fly (assuming I would want to risk flashing without NVFlash protection), but if my ongoing satisfaction with the device depends on the good graces of a volunteer ROM builder it seems risky. As I feared might happen, the author of CleanROM apparently has moved on to concentrate on other devices in recent days. What's available today may be the last version of CleanROM to be released for the Infinity. This seems to bear out my concern in this area. There will likely be other ROMs worth considering, but this will be hit or miss, and the N10 is likely to have active Google support for Android significantly longer than the Infinity -- and full performance won't depend on a 3rd party ROM.

There will be posts in the TF700 forum that favor the Infinity, and posts in the N10 forum favoring the N10. The ones that interest me most are those from people who have owned both and/or can compare them side by side. So far, it seems nearly unanimous in this group that people moving to the N10 from the Infinity feel that they've definitely got the better tablet with the N10.

All that said - I'm leaning toward trading in the TF700 for an N10. Just still a bit of a tough choice.