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[G Tablet General] packfan909:
I was showing it off with CM 6.1 Beta. That viewing angle is a deal breaker for me. With regards to the weight, are you saying it weighs as much as an iPad?
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
Not sure why people are so surprised by the viewing angles. If you want the display of an ipad or even a galaxy tab, you're gonna have to buy an ipad or galaxy tab. The display on the g is fine for me, for now. When the big name tablets start coming out like htc and moto, that's when I'll expect more out of tablets. I'll also expect to pay more than 399 too.
[G Tablet General] packfan909:
The problem is that one can't be sure until they have it in their hands. I would think that a normal operating position (on a desk with user in front of it) would be something to expect out of any tablet. I would love a Galaxy Tab but I refuse to pay a carrier for mobile internet service. If they released a WiFI only Galaxy Tab, I would run to the store to get it.
[G Tablet General] rcgabriel:
The viewing angles aren't as good as the iPad, but not so bad that it really bothers me that much. Maybe it'll get more annoying after a while - I'd eventually like an Android tablet with an IPS or other higher end LCD screen, but this will do for now in terms of hardware.

For me, $420 (including tax) for the G Tablet and a carrying case sounded like a good deal, for the early adopter set on XDA-developers who like to customize and live on the bleeding edge.

There is no way I would recommend this device in its current form to friends or family, of course, until the software improves markedly.

I also don't think the drivers etc. are doing full justice to the Tegra 2 at this point. My Nexus One actually gets about 5-10% higher scores on Quadrant. That shouldn't be. And for a dual-core chip, it oddly lags when the system is waking up from sleep mode and runs choppily sometimes thereafter - some sort of memory management bug.

Such are the joys of the bleeding edge.
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
i would have liked for it to have better viewing angles too, it definitely can be a pain to have to look at a certain way. but i usually keep it on a little stand when on my desk, i'm trying to not let the screen thing bother me too much. the software and stock ui are both jokes and i knew that going in. the blue weather homescreen is horrid, i like a nice clean and clutter free homescreen. i'm just staying confident that the boys here at xda are gonna make this tablet a nice user experience. i think it scored around 1900 on quadrant when i ran it on the g, i usually get around 1400-1500 on my incredible. i think the g-tablet should be doing way better though.
[G Tablet General] raskell:
I have been driving the g tab since last Saturday and I would recommend it as a keeper. I tried the Huawei S7 for a day and ran away from it screaming. By comparisons, I have had good success side loading most of my favorite apps here without compromise. The device is modder friendly as have been my last dozen or so phones. Rooting was quick and easy. I have some market apps available, but for those not open, I load them on my Liquid, then use Titanium, to "restore" them onto the g tab.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
If you are willing to do as something as super simple as install TnT Lite 1.03, or the coming 2.0- YES! Here is copy from part of another post:

Gtablet with TnT Lite 1.03, Flash app & market fix:

1. Best performing Flash of any current Android device: CHECK!

2. Market: CHECK!

3. Great sound quality: CHECK!

4. Smooth browser: CHECK!

5. Comics & PDFs, regardless of size, smooth: CHECK!

6. PSX4Droid smooth for 3D games: Using PSX4Droid 1.5, CHECK! (1.7 sucks)

7. Capcom 1 & 2 and ALL Neo Geo games playing super fine: CHECK (TigerMAME)

8. Wifi tether works great

Archos 101 has a 3630 and half the ram of the Droid X. Droid X does not play Flash as smoothly, nor the games in items 6 & 7 anywhere near as well.

Gtablet rocks- warts and all- Looking forward to TnT Lite 2.0 :)
[G Tablet General] Crimton:
1.5 would not load the bios for me..
[G Tablet General] NeuronFlash:
Gtablet weight same as ipad

According to Apple the Ipad weighs 1.5 to 1.6 depending upon model. The Viewsonic site lists gtablet at 1.55 pounds.
[G Tablet General] lcyn:
I attempted to install 1.03, and get an error message, and it fails to install. Help! I shut off the unit and then restart using the volume up button, and it begins, and then I get an error (! In a triangle)' and then it proceed to got up normally. Any advise will be appreciated.
[G Tablet General] jacindc:
Having now gotten TNTLite 2.0 installed, with Flash and the Market fix, and Gmail and Maps and Kindle and Angry Birds and Tweetdeck and other apps up and running, this is the tablet I thought I was buying. Many thanks to those who've done such great work. Now, if I could get sync to my Google calendar and contacts, all would be even better!
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Great summary :)

Shame Viewsonic did not push this package themselves and add the Flash app in the process. Consumers will not give the device a chance and move on to the Galaxy tab (weaker hardware, costs more, proprietary connectors), or the Archos 101 (weaker hardware, half the ram, weak sound quality).
[G Tablet General] mhoepfin:
With the latest Zpad update this has become a very nice tablet.
[G Tablet General] Treason686:
While I agree with you, the better question is should consumers give this tablet a chance? I got to play with one yesterday at my job, and with the stock ROM, the thing runs absolutely terrible and had frequent force closes on even the simplest of functions.

I understand folks around here will mod these, but if grandma wants one to read the newspaper and it crashes constantly, you can't just tell her to load a custom ROM.

If you ask me, this thing is junk right now and shouldn't have been rushed out the door with software that doesn't even work.
[G Tablet General] Ice dream angel:
There will be a wifi only galaxy tab, its release just keeps being put back.
[G Tablet General] Ice dream angel:
I think all depends or preferences, as long as you like the hardware, the software can generally always be changed
[G Tablet General] phfaty:
Just get a G-tablet now. At least you can get one in a store compared to the Archos 101 which isn't even available online or offline. Plus, the G-tab's CPU is way faster than the Archos 101. The Archos 101 will be obsolete next year. The G-tab's CPU is powerful enough to run Windows 7 and any flavor of Linux.
[G Tablet General] shdwknt:
I whole Hartley agree with zpad on it this bad boy is nice.. not great.. but 100. Times better then stock.. gotta get mine exchanged due to a screen problem.. but otherwise hottness
[G Tablet General] Talk2Rider:
My gtab is stock, and it rarely has a fc. It became very stable after two or three full wipes. With just the addition of Adw, it is very capable. :)
[G Tablet General] omnia38:
I would only recommended this tablet if you aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty with some hacking. Tntlite makes this a great tablet. But you have to put some time into it. Well worth it.
[G Tablet General] Talk2Rider:
I just got back from my Vegas trip with the gtablet riding shotgun. It performed really well. I played video for the entire 3.5 hour flight + read email and surfed the internet waiting for the plane. I would guess a total of nearly 5 hours of use and the battery still said 83%. Did they put a nuclear reactor in this thing?
[G Tablet General] rushless:
For a stable, MUCH (X 10) better than stock device, hacking is not really needed:

1. Install TnT Lite 2.0

2. Install Titanium

3. Install Folio Flash apk

4. Use Titanium for the market fix process

Boom! Ready to roll in about 30 minutes with no need for messing with anything that even rhymes with "code" ;)
[G Tablet General] NewbTrader:
Well, I stopped by the local Staples to take a look at the device and possibly buy it, but ultimately came home without one. Overall, the build quality looks solid, and it looks like an overall solid device. My only big complaint is the price tag. At $350, I'd buy it, but at $400, it's quite an expensive toy, that requires tinkering. I had a 10% off Staples coupon, but it excludes computers, and the guy said this falls under computers and notebooks, so no luck. A friend has the Zenithink ZT-180, and that compared to the Viewsonic is virtually unusable imo. The Zenithink has a resistive screen which isn't very sensitive, and is very slow compared to the Viewsonic. The viewsonic seems very usable and responsive.

I'm not planning on going out of town till the end of January, so it'd largely just be a toy for me. Hardware and build is certainly impressive from playing with it even w/ the crappy Tap n Tap UI. Considering ipads could be had yesterday for only about $50 more, this tab is just too expensive imo. In the next month or so we should be seeing more tegra 2 tabs which should help put some pressure on prices. They had laptops/netbooks right next to it for $300 and $400, and comparing it to the netbooks, I can't see how this things costs $400. I'll just be patient..

Edit: Oh ya, I'll comment on the LCD for the brief time I used it. Frankly, I thought it was ok and bearable. Does it have poor viewing angles? Yes, but so does every netbook and even many desktop lcd's. I'd say it's comparable to any netbook lcd. Personally it wouldn't deter me from buying it, although an lcd with better viewing angles would of course be nice.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
First, a netbook seems to not be a good comparison, since it is Windows and all the baggage with it. For the functions a tablet is designed for, even the current state (assuming you install TnT Lite 2.0, Flash and market fix) of the Gtablet is better IMO than a netbook. No Windows baggage, no long boot time and FAR easier to recover if a problem. Hardware side, FAR more battery life and no fan to suck more battery life.

You are paying a premium for a 10" multi touch capacitive display, sensor module and a leading edge Tegra 2 that is at the leading edge of it's cost curve life. Once you get used to Tegra 2 (compared to 3630 in Archos 101 and Hummingbird in Galaxy) for Flash, web, comics, PDFs, game emulators, etc- it is hard to go back.

No comparison, so it is a shame the device has the out of box issues that it has.

If VS packaged Roebeet's build & added the Flash that works on Folio, the device would probably be a big hit... assuming at least the accelerometer and AWFUL market option is fixed too, of course. As well as the constraint on input options for bluetooth!
[G Tablet General] NewbTrader:
I know people don't think so, but a netbook is a direct competitor to a tablet. I expect tablets to fill the ultra portable/netbook niche eventually. It isn't quite there yet, but I expect the Android tablet to take the place of netbooks for the most part. I'm comparing it to netbooks, because price wise it's comparable. Yes, tablets certainly have the advantage of using a much "lighter" OS and more power conscious chips, but they have the disadvantage of much less flexibility (netbooks can run linux not just windows). Like I said, considering an ipad is only about $50 more for a very polished product, this tablet is lacking. The "newness" certainly carries a premium, which will fade in time.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Fair view. I prefer the Gtablet over my M11X for web, Flash, comics and overall portability. The main thing to me is the nasty Windows related baggage (updates, tweaking for performance, virus issues, battery life due to fan, extra weight, etc). "Simply" put, the overhead and resources needed seem counter-intuitive for a portable device.

In spite of a great app eco-system, the iPad bugs me:

1. No microsd or USB option

2. iTunes interface needed to transfer any files

3. Dictator-level app control

4. It is Apple and ran by SJ.

5. No Flash and Apple is pushing HTML 5 which is just as resource hungry, but easier for content control and protection (their main reason for pushing it).
[G Tablet General] NewbTrader:
Oh ya just to add, me personally, I'd be perfectly content with 8GB of storage space vs. 16GB (especially for a lower price). I'd much prefer just getting a large microSD card (or 2) and using them for content. 16GB microSD cards can be had for relatively cheap. If this could save Viewsonic some change and allow them to knock down the price to say $350, I think it would sell a lot better. I don't see the majority of folks taking advantage of all 16GB at this point, and think it's a bit overkill imo.

Looking at something like the Advent Vega, it's pretty similar spec wise, and looks like it'd be priced closer to $300 (as it's priced even less than the 8GB Archos 101 overseas).
[G Tablet General] lintmail:
in case anyone was considering this... I returned the gtablet a few weeks ago and just got the nook color. the xdadev community has gotten almost everything up and running (market, email, angry birds).

for $250+tax. this was a much better deal.

id recomend trying it 14 day return policy.
[G Tablet General] babybacon:
i agree that the nook color is a good device. i just got done rooting one for my dad today. and man o man was that a laborious process compared to flashing an update.zip file.

i mean i sat there for at least 2-3 hours getting it to where it is.

but it is young and hopefully things will start getting really easy with it.

right now i have the g-tablet and my dad has the nook. but there is no comparison from a performance standpoint. the g-tablet destroys it.

the IPS panel on the NC is quite beautiful i have to say.
[G Tablet General] vsc:
I have both right now. While the IPS panel started out nice, over the first week it developed 10+ hot pixels. The majority in the center of the screen. When I tried exchanging the Nook the replacement out of the box had 5+ dead pixels right in the center of the screen. A quick web search indicates that this is a common problem with the Nook Color. People have cited exchanging the Nook 3 or more times to get a unit with a defect free display.

With respect to the Android experience on the Nook, right now it is a book reader that can run a large number of Android applications. While some Google applications run on the Nook the integration is minimal (e.g. sync doesn't work given broken authentication). On the other hand there are a number of applications which fail to run because one or more frameworks are missing. Installing the framework may or may not work given interdependencies that have not yet been resolved.

I'm afraid that without a more complete starting point to work from it is unlikely that the Nook will grow up to where the Viewsonic is today. That said if the Nook runs an application that you want, it is a well built (dead / hot pixels aside) unit based upon a TI reference design.

B&N claims Android 2.2 will release in 2011. Currently there is no dedicated B&N market application, where the claim is such a market will exist fed by B&N's own developer program. Will B&N release Android 2.2 as a more complete Android implementation? I suspect yes, but don't expect the Google experience or anything close to it. The real question is will B&N gain traction in the developer community with their own food chain?

Overall if one is coming from a Google experience platform, the Nook Color at this juncture is disappointing. If the object is a toy to hack on then the Nook delivers.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephen240:
I've tried numerous different "blue battery themes" but all of them seem to change more then what I'm looking for.

All I'm looking for is to change the battery color only as below. But for sense roms.

Any help?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stephen240:
bumpty bump?
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mirzahodzic:
I've changed the system font on Galaxy S, and now I want to go back to default stock font, but I don't know how. I've changed the font using Absolute System app, and I'm running Rooted Froyo JPO. Does anyone know what's the name of the default font that comes with Samsung Galaxy S, have a download link or know how can I change back? I have tried factory reseting my phone but the default font is still rewritten.

I would really appreciate your help. Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] Ilija.Ilija:
Go to settings-display settings-font style (first option) and check default.

Hope that helps.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] snapper.fishes:
Arial? Just a guess.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mirzahodzic:
I've got it. So the default font for the Galaxy S is DroidSans_Stock_Font, I've downloaded it and installed it using the same app I used to change the default font. Good thing to know, If you mess around with fonts that you can always restore it to the default.

Thanks everyone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] menerio:
Hello,

When I send an email from the default exchange email client the received message on the recipient is Courier New.

My SGS is Froyo 2.2 JPO.

Is there any way to change this font type to Arial, 10 pt, and blue for sent items ?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] JJEgan:
font changer from the market .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ragin:
Chose the thinnest & most different one, Samoled screens have a burning problem.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] menerio:
Thanks for information on both of you.

Works fine now.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] mhannigan:
No they don't. That's just plain silly. LOL.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] U7n7un7jn:
No
[HTC Vox] zhongjiezhe:
I want to know the specific functions of the btdwake.exe in the startup. Please give it out details. Thanks a lot.
[HTC Vox] zhongjiezhe:
OK. I found the answer through the search in the XDA.

btdwake = Bluetooth Disk Driver (BT FTP)
[Off-topic] orkillakilla:
OMG check this out. Go to google maps, and type in new york to china.

Go to the directions and look at number 31 and 106.

How the hell are you supposed to do that! lol
[Off-topic] jaszek:
We had a very similar thread about two weeks back but it was from NY to Japan...almost same thing.
[Off-topic] orkillakilla:
Oh must have missed that. Still funny though.

Sent from my rooted Droid 2 with Fission Vanilla 2.1
[Off-topic] lqaddict:
"Kayak across the Pacific Ocean" - someone at Google has a good sense of humor :)
[Off-topic] colinlues:
new york to china? a long distance, right?--exampdf
[Off-topic] lqaddict:
Nah, it is just around the corner :)
[Off-topic] sheennick123456:
check step 24 in Taiwan to china
[Off-topic] Shreyas Jani:
This was awesomely funny.....
[General Questions and Answers] Pepo79:
Hi all, i do have big problem with my 4GB SD Card in Vodafone 845 (Androind 2.1) which won't mount correctly in WinXP SP3. New drive letter is assigned to SD Card, but when i try to access this new drive i always get message "Drive not found!". Approx. 1 week ago this procedure was working fine, and i was able to access new drive without any problems, but now this is not working for unknown reason. I tried to remove and reinsert SD Card, but it didn't help. SD Card is 100% fine, i can access data on it through phone itself - wallpapers, music etc. I thought that maybe USB cable is damaged, but it's not. I can access all data which are located in phone memory without any problem through this cable in Windows. Then i thought PC Suite app which was provided with this phone became corrupt so i reinstalled this app including phone drivers, but this didn't help. I tried to search for newer drivers for this phone, but i didn't find any. In device managers all devices are and were correctly installed - no unknown devices asking for drivers. So then i decided to do fresh install of Windows XP with hope that this will solve problem, but situation is same and it didn't help at all. I tried to install "automount" app from market, but it didn't help at all. I'm playing with these for long hours now, but still no working solutions.:( Can somebody help me to solve this issue?
[General Questions and Answers] jagpoag:
The only thing I see is that you have tried everything BUT you have not tried formatting the card yet. Yes I know you are going to lose everything on it but that is the price we pay some of the time. Format the card and if it still doesn't work, let us know.
[General Questions and Answers] Pepo79:
Thanks for advice! ;)

Sorry for late reply, i was lying in the bed with flu. I reformatted SDCard and flashed new custom Mr.Edition 1.8 ROM. It's working fine now, i'm able to mount sdcard properly in Window XP now. Seems there was something wrong with SDCard, like if some installed app amended something in SDCard parameters, so WinXP was not able to recognize and mount it. Do you think is it possible?
[Optimus 7 General] kapanak:
I really wish this had gotten more attention, as it is a serious problem, so a slight BUMP!

Edit: I will never buy a product with physical front buttons again. Seriously, WTF?!!

And the vibration is also really weak. I was using a Samsung feature phone before, and my whole body would shake on the vibration, but now, I barely ever notice it, even if it is in my front jeans pockets.

Otherwise, I really like Windows Phone 7, wish the updates would flow sooner and faster and periodically to add features though.

And I like the phone. It is solidly built, and has a great feel to it when you hold it. The LCD is also very sharp and has nice contrast. If it wasn't for the buttons, and perhaps it had buttons similar to HTC Desire or something similar, then I would have loved this phone.
[Optimus 7 General] calanbalan:
I have the same things on my LG. More on the back button than search. It is quite annoying and about the only thing that feels "cheap" on the phone. Seems lika really stupid design when everything else is so solid.

Haven't decided what to do yet. Hopefully the button will wear down a bit so it won't make the clicky noise when it connects to the bottom frame.

Now the bluetooth headset pairing not working is pissing me off waaaay more tho. :P
[Optimus 7 General] dpatel10:
Hi!

I got mine last week - I am little confused about this as well. It does give it cheap feeling. I got a question besides the buttons, regarding vibration - How do i set it to high - Cause I think I have it ON high but I cant even feel it. Seems really weak. IF I am doing something wrong in settings please let me know. Or let me know the settings you have used I will give that a try. I like windows OS but not extremely happy with LG product.
[Optimus 7 General] calanbalan:
Now the plastic cover on the windows/start button is starting to wear off in one corner. Wont last long for sure. :(
[Optimus 7 General] bond7734:
:S

same boat as you guys I got mine the very next day, BAM same thing button stopped working and your right telus was not helpful at all the call center agent's advice was "well maybe you dropped it." I went to the store and swapped it out this one works well we'll see for how long.
[G1 Android Development] slashking826:
Hello people! I just want to know how to write in the command line that appears when I run the Android SDK program. I try to write something in it, but nothing happens. Thanks for anyone's reply.
[EVO 4G General] carlost24:
Will a unlocked evo work for tmobile?
[EVO 4G General] chazglenn3:
T-Mobile uses the GSM radio system...EVO uses the CDMA radio system. No-can-do-ski!
[EVO 4G General] carlost24:
Dam, t-mobile needs a phone like the evo asap
[EVO 4G General] coldsweat:
I'm pretty sure the HTC HD2 for T-Mobile is very similar to the Evo. You can even put Android 2.2 on it afaik.
[EVO 4G General] deathsled:
seriously, the hardware is almost identical. It's practically a GSM evo lol, or more like the EVO is a cdma HD2
[EVO 4G General] Jbcarrera:
no not unless t-mo gets cdma
[EVO 4G General] kenfly:
or Sprint and T-Mo Merge FTW
[EVO 4G General] kpoz:
Purchase the Nexus S or MyTouch 4G.
[EVO 4G General] carlost24:
Nexus s isn't available, and I don't like the my touch 4g to commercial to much bloat I'm looking for vanilla android experience or sense the evo was prefect also would like a 4.3 screen and front facing camera, was going for the DHD but it doesn't work in the states