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[G Tablet General] craigwillie:
According to the rebate form the rebate was only valid for ONE day - 11/25. So if you purchased it before then it won't work.
[G Tablet General] jtbnet:
Well seems a grey area as the only place 11/25 is mentioned is in 'Offer Date'... there is no purchase date range requirement listed in either of the 2 pages so figure it can't hurt to try...
[G Tablet General] LeviathanUltima:
Thanks guys! I didn't even know the rebate exist. Bought mine on 25th for 379, so I should qualify.

Now my question is how do I get the dock? Does Sears send them when available or do we get some coupon to use to buy the dock when it comes out? I am confuse on this.
[G Tablet General] dragonfly1113:
does anyone have any images of this so called dock that is coming out? looking to get the g tab for xmas and i've seen the DIY stand from ehunyadi.
[G Tablet General] butchconner:
Doesn't say. I assume they will ship the dock when available -- at least I hope so.

I can't post the .xps file I have because the attachments program won't accept it. Since someone else already has scanned and posted I will leave well enough alone!

I hope we find out it is good for more than just 11/25/10.

Rev
[G Tablet General] craigwillie:
I posted the rebate form earlier in this thread. Mail it in and I assume they will ship the dock to you.
[G Tablet General] LeviathanUltima:
Ok I got a mail response back from us merchant on the g-tab dock. However it ask for a check or money for $11 for the shipping. Wtf? Should I give in and send them the money or should I refuse and ask them to ship it to me for free?
[G Tablet General] Avenger069:
I just re-read the rebate documents. Nowhere does it mention anything about paying for shipping. I have also never heard of having to pay to get a rebate item. I have not received anything from them yet but I mailed mine out on 12/6.
[G Tablet General] copc:
I got the same thing but mine was $10.50
[G Tablet General] festivus:
If you don't want it for $11, I'll be happy to pay!:p
[G Tablet General] LeviathanUltima:
yeah it was 10.5, I just rounded. I think I will be calling them and complaining. I just wanted to know who do I complain to if they refuse to honor the rebate.
[G Tablet General] MikeM:
Has anyone seen one of these Docks?
[G Tablet General] tompc:
This has to be wrong. In addition to the $10.50, the want all the information again including the original UPC, sales receipt, rebate form, etc. Has anyone called Sears or US Merchants yet?

[EDIT] I just called Sears customer service. They transferred me to their rebate center. They guy there says that they only handle rebates that go through Sears. They have no information on the rebate through US Merchants. I called the only phone number I could find doing a search on the web and I got transferred to a voice mail for a lady named Theresa. I guess I'll wait for a call back from her.
[G Tablet General] tompc:
OK, here's an update... Sears neglected to use the original rebate form that included a request for the shipping charge. There are currently in discussions on how to handle this. I am expecting to get a call back hopefully later today.

BTW, I had misread the letter that was sent to me. It was only requesting the payment for the shipping charge, not all of the original information.

Another note. In looking for information on this, I noticed a rebate form at the sears rebate center for a docking station if you purchase the g-tablet between Jan 2-8. This one does indicate that there is a $10.50 charge for the shipping. I'm not allowed to post a link on this forum.
[G Tablet General] copc:
Because ours had no cost associated with it we should not have to pay! :mad:
[G Tablet General] copc:
https://www.mysearsrebate.com/getpd...&offerId=b0f7481d-5ecd-47b6-9066-3f1d7fefc510

Here ya go this is the newest update tompc was talking about
[G Tablet General] LeviathanUltima:
I agree! If sears did not include the shipping cost in the original rebate, then they should cover the cost.
[G Tablet General] mrmpo:
Has anyone tried to buy the dock outright from US merchants?
[G Tablet General] copc:
@tompc, just checking to see if there is any word yet?
[G Tablet General] omkar62:
Can you just buy the dock outright ? I got my g-tablet when this promotion was not on
[G Tablet General] copc:
As we do not know exactly what Dock they are providing, it's hard to say.

If you use the search feature on the site you will find Dock discussions under the accessories section. With links to dock(s) that work.
[G Tablet General] tompc:
Sorry, no, I didn't get the call back yet.
[G Tablet General] krissywolle:
Any call back yet? I'm sitting on the $10.50 request, wondering if I should just mail it in...
[G Tablet General] .mak:
I wouldn't pay. The price is right but the moral is waaay off.

Everyone needs to print off those original forms for the MIR and keep them handy, along with ANY evidence of foul play, like the notice that you need to pay shipping for the dock.

It's time for everyone to complain to the BBB and, if need be, the attorney general's office.

The paperwork doesn't specify the shipping charge, so there isn't one. Had you know there was you may not have removed the UPC from your gTabs box thus nullifying any chance to return it without penalty.

Plain and simple, what they're doing is illegal. You were promised a free of charge docking station and, after ripping the UPC from the box, filling out forms and paying for postage to mail them in, they're asking you for money or they won't comply with your agreement for the free dock.

Complain, complain and complain again.. big businesses cannot be permitted to do this! You let one do it and eventually they all will.
[G Tablet General] alphadog00:
@tompc - I see no mention of a shipping charge on Sears site (for the dock rebate Jan 2-8).

You can post link if you leave off the http or just do sears/rest-of-url

i really want to see what you are referring too as i can't find anything like you mention.
[G Tablet General] kodakeos:
its not listed on sears.com, but its pretty clear on the rebate form that you need to send in UPC/ Receipt + 10.50 for S/H.

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=478871&d=1293988179
[G Tablet General] alphadog00:
I agree it is in the PDF you link to, but the printable rebate on sears.com doesn't have this. Where did the PDF come from? I can't find it on sears.com.

EDIT:

I found it now... not on product page, need to go to sears.com/rebates (lower case rebates) and select date between 2 and 8 and electronics. This brings up the pdf with the shipping charge.
[G Tablet General] insight3fl:
I find it interesting that this promotion is not branded with Sears at all. I don't see their name on the rebate form above anywhere. This reinforces my previous comments that this whole distirbution and marketing program is all controlled by US Merchants and not any vendors or likely viewsonic for that matter. I think US Merchants did nothing more than "rent" viewsonic's name for this project.
[G Tablet General] copc:
You guys are not reading this whole thread correctly. This is for the rebate back on Thanksgiving day weekend. At that time the rebate said nothing about S/H. The new rebate for Jan 2011 does state this.

Again this is about the November 2010 rebate and says nothing about the S/H infact one page says cut off your original UPC and the other page says a copy would be fine.

I highlighted all the mistakes on my rebate form when sending it in and only sent a copy of my UPC as that is what the form states. I got the request for the S/H like Tompc so an original must not have been needed.

Hope this clears things up?

I just don't want to send my $10.50 in as it was not stated on the form and it seems fishy.
[G Tablet General] acooper:
I got the same response back asking for the $10.50. Something about the way the whole thing has gone makes me skeptical. I for one am NOT sending the check. I will check back to see if anyone else has any luck receiving their dock.
[G Tablet General] dwkennedy:
Considering the ambiguity about sending in the original UPC vs. a copy, and the whole "oops we forgot to tell you about the $10.50" this is a flaky rebate.

Then again, getting a dock for 10.50 is a good deal (if you need/want the dock.) I've been in on some rebates where the company funding the rebate shut down and stole my $50 rebate, and the seller (buy.com) would not compensate the people who bought the item expecting to receive the rebate advertised on their website.

I have also had a good store (office max) pay me a $50 rebate in a similar circumstance, plus give me an extra gift card for my trouble and a letter apologizing for the whole mess.

We'll just have to see where Sears falls. It is my bet they'll do nothing to compensate us for the unexpected expense. When I bought the unit I was expecting a "free" dock, not a $10.50 dock.
[G Tablet General] dwkennedy:
I got the dreaded letter back. They also want a copy of the sales receipt, in addition to the rebate receipt. So you folks who still haven't done the return might want to note that as well.
[G Tablet General] wnbowman:
same here. I included a copy of the rebate receipt. If they needed a copy of the sales receipt, why was that not specified on either the Sears form or the US Merchants rebate form?

Anyway, copying the sales receipt now, mail on Monday...
[G Tablet General] aaltieri:
Actually, you may be half right. The form that printed out of the register as of January 3rd most certainly said NOTHING about having to send in the $10.50. And if I am handed a form to fill out and mail in, why on Earth would I go looking for another one?

I received the letter looking for the $10.50. I'll be taking it to Sears to discuss with a manager this week. We'll see what they say.
[G Tablet General] LeviathanUltima:
anyone sucessful in getting sears or US Merchant to fork up the 10.50?
[G Tablet General] Rumbleweed:
Check your credit card statement, the merchant listed on my charge is WIFITABLET. Nowhere is Sears mentioned on the statement.
[G Tablet General] copc:
They cashed my check that is it so far
[G Tablet General] argentumomaha:
They cashed my check too, more than two weeks ago. Still waiting for dock.
[G Tablet General] Conk:
does ANYONE have one of these docks yet? I am dieing to know what kind of a "dock" it is, considering Viewsonic says they dont have one..... yet....
[G Tablet General] copc:
Just got off phone with Teresa at US Merhcants, Docks are in, the boxes should be arriving today or tomorrow and start shipping out right after that! :D
[G Tablet General] Blackbird1100:
Hopefully this means we'll see official accessories soon!
[G Tablet General] craigwillie:
Recieved my Rebate Dock today

Finally received my rebate dock today!

I was not Viewsonic branded, the packaging says Malata ZPAD and all the writing is in Chinese.

For those tracking their progress, I sent in my rebate form November 26th, the $10.50 check in late December and received the dock today in Boston via the USPS.
[G Tablet General] kodakeos:
I got mine too!! wooowhoo!

Im on the East Coast if your all interested, sent mine in a few days before the deadline with a M/O, cause well, i never write checks and i didnt have any checks left lol

Do i need to be plugged in to use any of the ports? Im running Vegan. Is that an issue with this Dock?
[G Tablet General] copc:
were they shipped USPS/UPS/FEDEX?
[G Tablet General] kodakeos:
unlike the previous poster, mine was FedEx
[G Tablet General] argentumomaha:
Got mine today by fedex, in Omaha, NE. Sent rebate on jan 6th.
[G Tablet General] argentumomaha:
Got mine today, via fedex, in Omaha, NE. Sent rebate on Jan 6th.
[G Tablet General] copc:
Mine just arrived via Fedex! :D
[G Tablet General] sam96_77:
got mine yesterday via fedex. rebate mail date 2/7. check cash 2/11 recieved 3/10. pretty good turnaround.

So far used the dock for charging. We attempt other features pver the weekend.
[G Tablet General] teleknEsis:
I highly doubt it, but does anyone know if they happen to have any docks in-store @ Sears?
[G Tablet General] fmdaddy:
Got mine last Friday...just got a new HDMI cable and it worx great! I've been waiting for a while but it's totally worth the eleven bucks (though the offer WAS a bait and switch).
[G Tablet General] goodintentions:
Why no pictures?

I'm still debating whether to get the gtab or not. I wanna see all my options with the gtab.
[G Tablet General] alex5968:
Where to buy dock

Can some one plse tell me where I can get the dock for g tab Thanks for any help
[G Tablet General] Naysses:
Got mine from Merimobiles.com. Took 1 month but was worth it!!!!
[G Tablet General] copc:
Search feature of the site is a wonderful thing, I promise! :eek:
[G Tablet General] twaitforitk:
I heard it was just the zpad. Dock that has been mentioned before. Does this seem to be the case?
[Droid 2 General] reemusk:
I've used vanilla donut,eclair,froyo, sense, and messed with blur for a minute.

What's the main differences between blur and sense? I know what they are functionally, but I've been on vanilla for a while.
[Droid 2 General] reemusk:
i've also heard the blur widgets are pretty nifty, whereas i wasn't very impressed with the sense widgets.
[Droid 2 General] Pantheon.:
I had a droid eris for a year or so before i got my droid 2, and i can say that sense offers a better experiance. the blur widgets are not as good as the sense ones. and blur just feels to in the way. it is not as smooth as sense.
[Droid 2 General] gbmitchell:
Sense kills blur and touchwiz in functionality, appearance, and smoothness. I believe this is because they have been skinning a bit longer than the other guys, and I say this actually liking SOME of blur.
[Droid 2 General] juliend:
I can agree with that. Used an Eris for about a year with 2.1 and sense. I eventually rooted it and went to 2.2 vanilla. I'd say I like vanilla more than both, although both sense and blur have a few features I'd like to keep.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfiej:
Does anyone have those handful of friends that change their freaking name on Facebook every 3 days? Is there a way to only have pictures sync and keep the name I WANT TO HAVE FOR THEM? I hate when I get a phone call from "BadBitch ToyaBaker".. The **** is annoying.. Please help! lol :o
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xemantic:
Lmao this is some funny **** but true, I wanna see if you can do this too
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Erica8123:
Lol that is so funny!

My contacts are all saved as the name I gave them with their fb pics. Like when my mom calls it doesn't say her name like her fb it says mom with her profile pic. It did this on its own when I edited the contact or linked it to their fb contact info I had.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfiej:
Ok that would explain why some of them never change. *sigh* thats a bit of work. One of these days when I'm on the toilet I will get started...
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] entropism:
Honestly, I'd remove them from my friends list and tell them exactly why. Try not to associate with annoying people. :D
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a454nova:
That's funny

I've noticed that in 2.2 it doesn't auto link...

That's a pain!
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Masterface7:
I had the same problem as you...kind of. I wanted my mom to show up as "mom" not her name, which is what face book knows her as. So for your friends make a google contact and link it with the facebook contact then you can choose what you want to be the default. Like for me I have my moms facebook pic default with her google contact name default (which I set).

Edit: so yea, same thing erica
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Htcdinc:
Just wondering if anyone could post the .apk for the most up to date version of TwLauncher? Also, does anyone have the .apk for any of the Galaxy S keyboards?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] reacheks:
I have installed the ROM Mod(s), Flash & Market but still have not found the ultimate Media Player app that has been optimized to run on the Nvidia Tegra Dual Core processor.

Still working with RockPlayer and have yet to optimize their settings but there should be other candidates that are a must try too. I am looking for an Android Client that will play all the major Codecs (including Blue-Ray) and will automatically keep them updated so it is seamless to the end user.

Please post your Pros & Cons of media player Apps that you have tried. Also, looking at Google TV, Hulu and other streaming IPTV apps that are a must have. Any availble that take advantage of the Nvidia Tegra hardware?

Once the docking station is available (which includes HDMI connection), you will be able output to your 1080P large screen. This is going to kill cable TV and make the GTablet even more useful around the house.

EKS
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] shdwknt:
let me know if you find anything I would be interested as well.. xy player I tested on my phone.. the qual wasnt great
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] amathophobia:
Give mvideoplayer a try from the market it works ok on my other tablet. Haven't tried it on the grab yet.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] jtbnet:
It works fine here too... but it's Not tegra optimized... though doesn't seem to need to be...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] reacheks:
What video formats did you try? It does not run the following formats for me:

IMAX 1080p BluRay DTS x264

720p BluRay a264 DTS WiKi * (played first time but when stopped and restarted software would not play)

H264

avi

* Not sure why I have the error. Maybe I need to reinstall and try it again.

I do like the mVideoPlayer database and the way it catalogs your videos along with a Poster image.

The RockPlayer will play all of them but all in software encoding mode. RockPlayer plays the avi file ok but the other formats are still a bit clunky.

All my movies play on the Windows PC configured with either (1) windows media player or (2) Classic Cinema Player AND the K-Lite Codec package (all freeware).

The Nvidia Tegra solution s/b a general video media player that loads the K-Lite Codec package but optimized to take advantage of the built in encoders in the processor.

Flash 10.1 seems to have optimized their apk to certain processors (I think the latest update recognizes the tegra).

It's probably still a bit early in the development cycle and we will see these types of players soon.

Over all, I am very satisfied with the Gtablet but a bit frustrated that I can not take advantage of the excellent processor.

EKS
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] anjenaire:
mvideolayer - alternate file location

I am running tnt lite 2.02. I can't get mvideoplayer to look for the files on scard2. Any tips for changing this?

Never mind; I had a typo. Mvideoplayer found the sdcard2 once I added it andspelled it correctly. My bad.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] pules:
so far, my fav is rockplayer....use it on my DINC too
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] Nsato:
has anyone had any luck with this, Im really hoping to rip my blu rays to an external drive and play them off of this thing
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ultimind:
Just a thought... if you're ripping your Bluray collection, why not encode them to fit the device? Make perfect 1024px wide MP4 files... No scaling, no extra CPU cycles wasted. :D
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] NewbTrader:
I originally posted this in Roebeet's thread:

I'm on 2.0.4, and the tab has been rock solid stable for me (I think maybe only 1 force close total over 2 full days). I've rebooted it many times, installed apps/games from market/etc. I don't use BT though.

Regarding videos (I'm using rockplayer), they're a little choppy for me on the more processor intensive codecs. I copied an mpeg2 VOB file to test, and it plays a buttery smooth 30fps. Also, I reencoded toy story 3 (movie only, to about 1.5GB) w/ the xvid codec (don't have the damn specs unfortunately, but it was about 1.4GB's), and it plays at a smooth 30fps as well. Comparing the stream to the mpeg2 original dvd, there's a very clear loss of quality here, so I'm thinking the xvid codec isn't very efficient.

Moving onto more processor intensive codecs (read: efficient), the fps drops. I reencoded toy story 3 again using handbrake and h264 w/ a set file size of 1.5GB, and fps can drop down to as low as 15fps during scenes where there's motion (probably due to a higher bitrate). This encode looks VERY clean/pretty much indistinguishable on the pad to the mpeg2 stream to my eyes, whereas the xvid had a lot of artifacts in the stream. Youtube framerate clearly drops at times like the h264 encoded stream I made, but both are certainly bearable.

Seeing as how the Nvidia drivers are seemingly new, and it isn't even using hardware encoding for these videos (the tegra2 is stated to have hardware decoding of various mpeg4 formats), it seems pretty good to me. That's what has me wondering exactly what the changelog is for these Nvidia "experimental" drivers. I'd love to see higher framerates on the more processor intensive codecs, and I'm sure we will in time. We just need better drivers from Nvidia and more app devs to enable hardware decoding on the tegra2 chipset. We all just need to be patient here.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] NewbTrader:
To add to this, I was tinkering w/ the tab some more tonight, and am still on 2.0.4.

After trying to play the videos, I tried playing the toy story encodes in the default "video player" and "Movies" and they both appear to have a better frame rate than Rockplayer. Anyone have any idea why that would be? I'm going to assume they decode the codecs differently, but is it possible the "Movies" video player uses hardware encoding? I can't get the framerate to pop up like in rockplayer, but it appears to be smooth and doesn't drop any frames.

Oh ya to add, the movies I reencoded are dvd quality and I help the same resolution.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] joedhimself:
Is anyone having problems with tnt (v2.2) and no sound in the built in players?
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] jdnyc:
Nope. No problems here.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] justauser:
Has anyone tried vplayer? I am using the stock ROm with the mods to get AngryBirds working and adding in market and I get an FC when I try.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] NewbTrader:
Just an update.

On TNT Lite 2.2, Rockplayer seems to work now with Hardware decoding, and mpeg4 seems to play smoothly now, no longer dropping frames.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] gotwillk:
has anyone tried vplayer?

i tried a 720p mkv file but it wouldn't play. it just kicks me back out to the app. it doesn't work for an mp4 file that i converted either. the mp4 file works on other players though. the mkv also works on other players but its laggy and theres no audio.

was really hoping i could play 720p mkv files without having to convert them. wanted to be able to just drag and drop files onto the gtab and play it.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] nickalfano43:
picked up my tab yesterday, have loaded several movies in several formats. both rockplayer and mvideoplayer are force closing right and left. I have tried avi and mpeg-4 and i have tried using both side loading vias mass storage as well as sdcard2...what am I doing wrong?

when rockplayer goes to playback screen... is says "please" und/und and wants me to pick one

and mvideoplayer says "no videos found" although i added sdcard 2 folder and even created a subfolder under "movies" to reduce load time.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] ima_UNC_fan:
I used mp4/m4v and it played with the stock Android movie player. Great quality...
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] rickyt63:
I had same issue with stock firmware, neither rockplayer or mplayer work.

Installed TnT-Lite or Zpad firmware, ... both players + stock movie player work fine & smooth.

Hope this help.
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] hani2262:
I have a 720p mp4 video I tried to use rockplayer had some issues with it but when I used ES file Explorer player it played it like a charm. I don't know why?!
[G Tablet Themes and Apps] freddyaziz:
Player & Formats

Installed TNT4.4 and Video is choppy with all players, stutters

Do I have to convert my mkv files ? or am I missing a setting
[About XDA developers] hattmoward:
Twice this evening I hit "READ MORE>" links on the portal and the tabs that were opened had been redirected to a malware scam:

http://preview.tinyurl.com/2338wlu