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[G Tablet General] rushless:
Two different devices:

1. Tablet for best portability, web, Flash, media and some gaming.

2. Netbook or lappy for PC-type tasks and heavier gaming.

The trade-off is convenience and portability. A passively cooled tablet lasts over three times longer than a typical net book and way over that for laptops.

I have an M11X, which kicks all netbooks and most laptops butts. Collecting dust since having the G. No windows baggage is very nice.

Still use it for heavy gaming, but everything else is covered by the G. I use my company Thinkpad for work stuff.
[G Tablet General] cutterjohn:
Quick comment and a question.

Touch screen is 1 point. Last that I got from the 20 page thread was 1 point touch, gTab is two.

How's the real battery life? It's my second favorite thing about the gTab, the first being it's incredible speed, but I just so much more like 7" form factor.
[G Tablet General] Canadoc:
Not sure bout battery life, but given the smaller screen 7 vs 10 inch, the 3000mamp battery vs the 3650 of the gatb I am not expecting a huge difference.

Gtab is two yes. There has been no conclusive proof yet if the 1 touch is a hardware issue or software firmware than can be changed. It is referred to as a 1+1 touch which means the screen must be registering another touch. If it can do that, then I would think it can be revised in software......Thus far google maps which requires multipoint doesn't work on gtab. Accelerometer on Gtab is meesed up so games depending on it dont work right. Fring doesn't work on gtab......
[G Tablet General] Canadoc:
Well if you want 1 device to do it all yes a bigger screen tablet is the way to go. But then you have something that is a compromise at everyhting.

Not great for productivity short of bringing another keyboard and with less than full capable office type apps.

Not great for portability given the almost laptops dimensions

(10 inch netbook or 11 inch macbook air are no bigger except thickness and have real keyboard and u dont deal with the awful screen of the viewosnic. As an owner I can't use the viewsonic for anything that I cant do looking face on which makes typing hard on the screen).

Battery life? macbook air superior than the g tablet. Netbook with high cap battery still same price as gtab and gives 6+ hours of pc use with wifi on
[G Tablet General] case-sensitive:
Note: I'm posting this to share my own user experience. YMMV.

(1) I agree that the viewing angle is less than ideal. Most of the time I pop it up using an inexpensive stand; it actually works better for my neck (really !).

(2) Re onscreen keyboard: I have had no trouble in portrait mode (using better keyboard). In landscape mode the TNT split keyboard actually works surprisingly well (after one-time calibration).

(3) 10" is defintely not as portable as 7". OTOH: a lot of times I use the gtab to read technical documents (pdf), and 7" simply does not work -- in portrait mode the text & equations are too small, and in landscape you can read just a few lines at a time. With 10" the whole page shows up in the same font size as the printed version.

I do agree that 10" is a bit unwieldy; I've come to the conclusion that an 8", 1024x764 is the perfect size for a ebook tablet (HD movie fans would disagree).

(4) I have my gtab for over a month. With wifi on, and a mix of mp3/web browsing/ebook reading/youtube/AB, I've been getting about 8 hours pretty much every time.
[G Tablet General] Canadoc:
Don't get me wrong I currently own a gtab and do see the merit in it and if it had a better screen I would probably have kept it.

But the thing is for thos people not willing to mod their device (95% of buying public) the g tab is a device that will be promptly returned.

Viewing angle is very bad, UI is not great though improving with today's firmware. Promised Flash which is probably reason many buy it over ipad, is missing in action (and with it pulled of the Vega might not be around for a while).

Also the touchscreen without running calibration ini file on a rooted machine leaves a lot to be desired. The stock tablet (as well as custom roms before trying the calibration trick) would not register many presses on the letter a the soft home button as well as the return and L key. This in fact was what prompted me to order the elocity tablet as I was more than frustrated typing on the G. Of course I discovered the calibration trick only after my elocity order shipped out.

As for using a stand, that would be fine if I used my tablet sitting at a table or desk. I say most of my use is sitting on a couch or in bed with it held up in my hands on my chest or sitting in my lap. Often the ideal angle to type at is one that tilts the screen to where I can't view the keyboard buttons well especially the darker android keyboard. The width of the device in landscape makes it hard to thumb type. Portrait is fine but the tablet, for me is too long and does not balance well in the hand at that angle. Also the bad viewing angle in portrait mode is so bad that I get a polarizing effect; the left eye sees a brighter or darker image than the right. Pictures and especially dark backgrounds look very bad. TO make it even viewable I have to watch the screen tilted about 2-3 inches. This is the deal breaker for me.

The size is good if you want full size viewing of some things but if i wa slooking at a technical manual and had to put the tablet down to read it while i worked with my 2 hands i wouldnt be able to read it.....

If i need to work on something important I will just use my laptop. This is not a laptop replacement for me.

Frankly after using the ipad for a while i would say if it could rn flash it would kill everything out there and still already does for user experience and can be had for 399 at tj maxx and marshall so not even so expensive any more.

But, I want this to watch websites that have videos/movies in flash
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] oyggj:
Run Andriod Game"Angry bird" in X1.But screen is "Mosaic screen", and it's frame by frame slow. slow moving. So how can I optimize Andriod system to improve this issue.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] matejdro:
Install november 29 3D driver and get Angry Birds Lite. Frame rate will be improved a little, but still won' be playable.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] oyggj:
Thanks Meter :Tks, I'll optimize it using your way .Do you have a better way to solve thoroughly.
[XPERIA X1 Android Development] oyggj:
How to install this 3D Driver? can you tell me step by step?tks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
I need some help from xda-developers and other tech blogging sites/communities. The question is relatively simple - how old were you when you first bought your windows phone 7 device? I am doing a class assignment on this and I thought why not do it on windows phone 7, so I am a bit curious of the age demographic breakdown between users that bought windows phone 7 devices (or users that are looking to purchase it within the next year) and users that are not interested.

Just vote

[edit]

Also preferred if you list your occupation or educational level as well. If you think its a bit too much information you don't have to participate. But trust me when I say this, it could help me a lot, like a whole lot so I ask you xda-developers FIRST
[Windows Phone 7 General] comeradealexi:
18 - Doing A levels!
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
XD

is it sad I am making my final stat project on windows phone 7? yes it is
[Windows Phone 7 General] saldawop:
45 - Lorry Driver
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
let's hope more people vote in the poll I want a population of at least 250 or 300 votes before I write a good analysis

but I have a good idea of the results just using mr. statistics to verify
[Windows Phone 7 General] chubnut:
40 - SQL Server DBA, data analyst and software developer
[Windows Phone 7 General] FL5:
25-34, Bachelor's (achieved), MBA (in progress), Accountant

Did a presentation in my Marketing class this week using my Focus and the eBay app as an example of how online sales are taking advantage of mobile technology. Got a 95%. :D

Best of luck on your project!
[Windows Phone 7 General] Casey_boy:
18-24

Highest level of education: Masters (achieved), Ph.D. (in progress)
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
20 - Student - BSc Computer Sciecne.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ceesheim:
31 , engineer and support manager.
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
I'm glad the poll is getting bigger I'll post it on more places see how it goes

...

I haven't even done miui thanks to this project
[Windows Phone 7 General] GenkaiMade:
Likewise ^__^
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
21, B. Computer Science (completed), currently a graduate (first year out of uni) software developer.

though, i also have my little sister who is in the first age bracket who owns a wp7 as well, so you could add that to the list :P
[Windows Phone 7 General] Michael_W_L:
2nd year Bsc Eng. Mechatronics student
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
thanks to everyone so far

I'm in 25-34 (barely 25)

clinical psychology program
[Windows Phone 7 General] zukа:
22, Bachelor of Media and Communications, one semester to go.
[Windows Phone 7 General] wwfc:
16, currently studying level 2 plumbing technical certificate; moving on to aerospace engineering studies next july.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Cruzer1:
25

Architectural Graduate

Working full-time

Finished masters '09

Finished Bachelor of Arts in '07

Finished Diploma in '04

Finished Cert IV in '03

All this and I still get paid sh*t lol.
[Windows Phone 7 General] nrfitchett4:
33 years old, respiratory therapist, associates degree is respiratory, 2 classes away from degree in nursing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] YannieBoy:
23. Certified Nissan/Infiniti Master Technician with 12 ASE Certifications. Currently an PBX Operator at a time share resort. (Damn Recession!) :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] wspaw:
40. Bar Owner/Manager. Dropped out of junior year EE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] krjcook:
I'm 19 y/o freshman in college, but im guessing 25-34
[Windows Phone 7 General] OGCF:
18, my first year of university. Just started winter break :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] chizzwhizz:
23- mechanical/ design engineer with Baker Hughes
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
wow we have 100 votes so far that's actually really great thank you very much

just a few hundred more then I can write my final paper for the year
[Windows Phone 7 General] lekki:
30, BsME - Mechanical Design Engineer
[Windows Phone 7 General] squidbutt:
im 20

and im a demi-dev from android WHICH im hella tired of androids over played

so til some new ui comes out

WP7 for me!

anyway im at my second year at ecpi
[Windows Phone 7 General] Omega Ra:
32, Shipping/Receiving in a heat treating warehouse, at DeVry for computer networking.
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
thank you so much everyone lemme give out a whole crapload of thanks

edit

5 thanks a day!? what the crap??? I'll give out the other thanks tomorrow everyone till I have thanked everyone that's posted
[Windows Phone 7 General] toeser:
40 - Bachelors in Computer Science (Math Minor), MBA specialty IT Management. Started as as software engineer -> migrated to PM -> Now VP of Ops for a Small IT Business.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Silent Shark:
24, have a BSc in Computer Science, now employed as a Software Developer.
[Windows Phone 7 General] hassler:
28, Supply Chain associate
[Windows Phone 7 General] hidden_hunter:
22 - Bachelor of Information Technology (Monash)

IT Portfolio Coordinator (Investment type things)
[Windows Phone 7 General] jaraya13:
24 years old, Industrial Engineer!
[Windows Phone 7 General] thesecondsfade:
28 - BS in Business Management
[Windows Phone 7 General] Casey_boy:
Just had a thought you might need to include in anything you write up (I'm sure you've already thought of this though).

You need to think about the statistical bias of your population. The community here at xda may not (in fact, is probably not) be representative of the whole population. You should possibly try to find any demographical stats (I'm sure there must be) about the community here at xda and account for that.

I.e. a large population of 25-34 year olds in your results is to be expected if this is by far the largest group at xda. The 35-44 group, for example, may be much more significant if the xda community only has a small raneg of people in that age group.

Casey
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
agreed but also slightly disagree. While this is a convenience sampling (one of the weakest sampling methods) my contention is that the primary reason why microsoft may not be selling is because they're only selling to

-25-34 yr old demographic

-professionals

in order to make a dent in the mobile market microsoft has to shift this strategy. I'm still typing it up and I said I would collect the data once its done and write the paper

its due like thursday
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
but the reasons you just provided... well... like said previously, many here are within the IT profession, so unless you're wanting to take a sample skewed towards the IT industry, it might be wise to try and get others outside as well?
[Windows Phone 7 General] spampy22:
38- Microsoft Licensing Specialist
[Windows Phone 7 General] nycny:
58yrs.old. Telecommunications Engineer. Been with Windows Mobile from the start. Loving WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] z31k:
30 - retail sales associate....
[Windows Phone 7 General] CreepinJesus:
21... freelance IT support, software development.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kapanak:
Well, I am not sure how this poll will proceed from here on, but Microsoft had 20-40 as their targer consumer age group...
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
thanks everyone I will be typing my final paper

I'll try to post when the paper is finished.

As for the demographic in sumation we all the money is in the tween/teen demographic...and even young adult...

we still don't know OEM sale figures and it may be too soon to get that information but to assume that wp7 isn't selling super well it may be due to targetting demographic.

Which in my eyes is odd in lieu of having zune and xbox live support
[Windows Phone 7 General] padrino:
27yr old - BSc Physiology
[Windows Phone 7 General] bkaul:
32 years old. Research engineer. PhD.
[Windows Phone 7 General] cbebop7:
23, currently pursuing MS in Computer Engg
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Clue: T-Rex was my beer-drinkin' buddy.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Quicksilver4648:
Age: 20

A student at a university and work at an on campus library.
[Windows Phone 7 General] masadav:
24 - Electronics Technician
[Windows Phone 7 General] domineus:
thank you everyone I just finished my paper I'll let you know how it goes I'll close the poll but this is interesting I want to pose a question

were you influenced to purchase windows phone 7 from the really advertising campaign?
[Windows Phone 7 General] comeradealexi:
ads are humerous but didnt make me buy. i been reading about it long before the launch and found it looked pretty awesome BUT here is some info you might find useful someone at my school said they were looking for a new phone recently and saw the really add and thought it looked pretty cool and investigated it further and is now going to get one, they considered an iphone but said no because its not special anymore, everyone has an iphone its just common!
[Windows Phone 7 General] The Gate Keeper:
in australia there aren't a lot of ads (and i don't watch a lot of tv). i began working after finishing uni last year, and once i heard about windows phone and it's shift in programming technologies, that made it for me. seeing the phone, original the live tiles were a bit blah, but everything else was really nice. i had worked with silverlight before, not a lot, but enough to know it's ease of creation and power, so i knew that development for a phone would be pretty sweet.

there is still heaps i don't understand about silverlight, but the app i'm working on is greatly improving, even though i only spend an hour or so a day on it. lets just hope the end product wows those i'm making it for.
[Windows Phone 7 General] jessiethe3rd:
I'm 34 and a Partner Territory Manager. School? What's that? I dropped out of college first year :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] kdj67f:
30... I am an airplane mechanic
[Windows Phone 7 General] Furious77:
I'm 33, and I'm the youth minister at my church and also the custodian.
[Windows Phone 7 General] olyloh6696:
Hi all. this is an interesting thread. i don't have a WP7 but my Dad does. Microsoft made WP7 to appeal more for younger ages like teenagers. However i use WM6 for a long time on various devices and i'm only 14.

All my friends at school use an iPhone or Android phone, and they all brag about how good their phone is an that compared to mine. It really annoys me, half of them are so thick and don't know anything about their own phones. I guess Microsoft has a bad rep now, eveeyone classes WP7 as a failure and the same as WM6 (they don't realise the new OS)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Niiceg:
Currently 17, but soon 18 (student) and I haven't got WP7 device, but soon I will get one ;D

Well, in my opinion, here shouldn't be many older aged people, because they don't want to hack and etc. They buy device to use it, not to google for sites to look for info about hacking or anything else ;] So, we will have bigger stats for younger people. But I think that WP7 is perfect for all ages and many people will buy phones with it :]
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yakkaimono:
19- soon to be electrical engineer student:)
[Windows Phone 7 General] Yellowarmadillo:
43, IT proyect manager.
[Windows Phone 7 General] uncled1023:
20 and currently studying Computer Engineering.

Also, showed my dad my new WP7 phone, and have him sold, over both iphone and android. I really think microsoft has made a winner.
[Windows Phone 7 General] WallCrusher:
First post here :)

I am 18 and the first windows phone I used was when I was in college. This was a Samsung Omnia which ran Windows Mobile 6.0. I loved how there were so many things you could do to the phone as there was a lot of people creating ROMS for it.

I upgraded to a HTC Mozart as my current phone was running very slowly and I was attracted by the new OS. To be honest I didn't expect it to be so "locked down" but it is still a joy to use!
[Windows Phone 7 General] jazzjunkz:
I'm 20.

I came from the huge android community whilst sporting a HTC Hero. Now using a WP7 Phone (Samsung Omnia 7) and I love it. Obviously there are many gripes to it which I'm hoping to see ironed out sooner than later. I'm just hoping the developers out there are as hooked as I am with this baby.
[Windows Phone 7 General] 16stone:
43- General Contractor (BA poli sci)

Loving my Optimus 7
[Windows Phone 7 General] kohz87:
23- SI Engineer :)

Gonna get Omnia 7 beginning of next month xD
[Windows Phone 7 General] AnonD:
I'm not sure if XDA is the right place to go to while looking for a generic survey. XDA is a geek-community. And so, you are likely to get votes that are biased towards software professionals/males and in all probability a young crowd.

Probably, the official Microsoft forum should be closer but even that I am not sure.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arch3rm:
18 - VCE Grad - CertIII InfoTech & Networking

Switched to a HD7 from DHD and Loving it, Missing Beejive and Navigation but loving Zune and XBLive
[Windows Phone 7 General] kabumm:
20 - studying medicine, getting my first real smartphone (have an SE M600i atm)
[Windows Phone 7 General] azulsa:
36, female, Economist, MBA, SouthAmerican Banana Republic

HD2 WM 6.5
[Windows Phone 7 General] viper4724:
23 - BBA in Management. Manage a Golf Club Restaurant/Restaurant Chef
[Windows Phone 7 General] LaCrua:
19 - student - system programming
[Windows Phone 7 General] landwomble:
37, technical account manager, Microsoft. We all got a free one, mine"s an HTC Mozart.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Toxo Lórien:
18 - PDA technical support
[Windows Phone 7 General] michaeljboyd@sbcglobal.ne:
41-BA/BS and MASTERS (in progress) - Small Business Owner , teacher (in training)
[Windows Phone 7 General] p1ayrTh3_Ru13:
14- it just looked awesome soI just got my brothers broken one and fixed it. ( screen was cracked he got another one)
[Windows Phone 7 General] wolram3:
13 (a bit young, yes) - 9th grade IB student (skipped grade)

WP7 on HD2
[Windows Phone 7 General] Barbbachello:
17 - final year of highschool (in progress)
[Windows Phone 7 General] gms0012:
....... wrong thread...

by the way... i am 38
[Windows Phone 7 General] olyloh6696:
14, trailing a HD7
[Windows Phone 7 General] circleofomega:
26, Sr. Copywriter...
[Windows Phone 7 General] PCDOCLEE:
Turned 65 in December -- own a computer company in the Atlanta area since 1989
[Windows Phone 7 General] sure haven't:
29 years old.

Manager of a department in a media company.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Zaslav:
25 - Licensed mechanic turned accountant finished my diploma with honors now taking some classes to get my level 4 cga (us equivalent of cpa)
[Windows Phone 7 General] freddy28:
30, Technical Account Manager for Europe's leading producer and provider of web collaboration solutions
[Windows Phone 7 General] :
21, Student at Politecnico di Milano, Mechanical Engineering
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accons:
hi! im one of those G2 users that was unlocked but no network signal.. i know that this has been fixed.. just want to ask since im really not familiar with all the terms..

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2

what exactly means " You will need to download a program called gfree that will first copy partition 7 of the phone, then patch it, then reflash back to your phone"

im using mac.. download already sdk.. my phone already recognized.. i just dont know what exactly to do with the gfree_02 zip file or how do i open it. thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] steviewevie:
You need a tool on your Mac that can recognise ZIP files and un-zip them. I had a quick Google and found loads. I don't know whether there's anything built-in though, I know very little about Macs.

All you need to do is to extract the contents of gfree_02.zip to your Mac, then you can follow the rest of the instructions. I assume you have got adb working, based on what you've said.
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
You can probably just double click it to unzip it or, maybe right click and open with Archive Utility.

What version OS are you running on your Mac? 10.5? 10.6? etc..
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0bstar:
unzip files, place in the platform-tools older where your adb is, open up terminal and push the files to your phone then run terminal emulator and follow this wiki article.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_G2:_Rooting
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accons:
hi! thanks for the quick response i tried doing but when i typed adb push gfree /data/local it says (gfree folder is in the platform tools folder)

cannot stat 'gfree': No such file or directory

or

when i type in adb push /Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/gfree_02 it says (gfree is in desktop)

Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26 - (and shows all the commands)

all i need is to push gfree right? but i cant do the right command.. pls help thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
It's hard to say, but it seems like you haven't unzipped the .zip file yet. Can you see the files? There should be about 9 files, mostly ending in .c and .h You only need the one called gfree (with no extension).

if you did unzip and gfree in on the desktop - you can see the file, not just the enclosing folder, then try:

adb push /Users/xxxxxx/Desktop/gfree
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] accons:
now it says:

$ adb push /Users/xxxxxxx/Desktop/gfree

adb: permission denied

is there like a step by step on how to do it?
[G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee one:
Did you put in the target location? The /data/local/ bit at the end

Adb push /users.../desktop/gfree_02/gfree /data/local/

Sent from my CyanogenMod Vision