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[Galaxy Tab General] cocoe68:
Galaxy Tab or wait

I think difficult time to make a decision like this, wait or not. My experience with Samsung Galaxy Tab is not bad but I also have an iPad and I prefer iPad for photos, videos and internet access when I am at home, SGT is nice to carry when travel but worst quality screen, worst speed drawing screen, etc. SGT have more flexibility with OS upgrades (XDA Forum), memory card, telephone calls, telecom Data Plans, but overall worst than Apple. SGT is very expensive too.

I don't recommend you to get actual SGT in comparison to iPad or coming tabs from Samsung and many other providers will offer HD video in 10" or less??

cocoe68
[Galaxy Tab General] Dyonas:
Thanks for your opinions guys and / or girls! I was leaning toward waiting already but then I saw the Galaxy Tab had dropped in price and it made me wonder. £399 for the 32GB version is a lot better than when it launched.

Looking on the Engadget site a few minutes ago there's already news from CES of quite a few better tablets to come. The wait for Android 3.0 is holding things back but I think I'll wait.
[Galaxy Tab General] LargePrime:
SGT does HD in 7" now
[Galaxy Tab General] Hanson68:
Playing HD videos and displaying HD video are two different things. The SGT is 1024 X 600. HD starts at 1280 X 720.

That said, 720p mkv files look amazing on the SGT. In my mind, the ability to display colors better is more important than actual vertical resolution. 600p is nothing to sneeze at.
[Galaxy Tab General] ftgg99:
Just buy one - you wont be sorry.
[Galaxy Tab General] markgamber:
I'll second this. If you want a tablet, go get one and don't worry about what may or may not happen weeks or months from now. I bought one a few days ago and it's been my constant companion since bringing it home. That's actually more than I can say for the iPad because it was so much bigger and heavier that it rarely left the house. The Galaxy Tab fits in a pocket of most of my pants, it's light, it's fast, it plays Flash video like a champ...you absolutely won't be sorry.
[Galaxy Tab General] LargePrime:
Do you have any reason to believe the 10" devices will have better res? Netbooks have been hot for a while now, and all but the super expensive have been locked at ~1024x600or768 in the 10 screens.

I think it is tough to get a higher rez at this size.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
It has nothing to do with that - it's to do with licensing of MS Windows, and getting decent prices on Intel Atom processors. Essentially, neither MS nor Intel wanted to cannibalize sales of their higher end OSs and processors, so introduced artificial restrictions on the specs of netbooks.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] LargePrime:
You got a source for that?

How many 1920x1080 10" or 7" devices have you seen?
[Galaxy Tab General] Ice dream angel:
I say wait for honeycomb. If then you don't find others that you like better than get the tab. The tab is really great however waiting might pay off.
[Galaxy Tab General] sprecker:
Imagine the pixel density of a 7" screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 or even 1280x720! I am sure they *can* do it but I doubt anyone would want to pay that much for it.
[Galaxy Tab General] LargePrime:
Exactly! The resolution of these devices is not going to change (much, if at all).

Right now I do not think they even CAN do it, as I can find No devices of any type with such a screen. The smallest is the dell XPS at 13.3" (1980x1080) and HP mini note 9" 1280x800, and those are HIGH END devices.

EDIT: I can find displays, but no actual devices.
[Galaxy Tab General] Dyonas:
After seeing all the announcements so far from CES with Honeycomb tablets and 1280x800 resolution on 10.1" displays plus Tegra 2 chips I'm pretty sure that I'll be holding out. As good as the Galaxy Tab looks and might perform I have to wonder if Samsung will bother releasing Honeycomb for it or treating it as an early adopter product that is shelved or sold alongside newer, higher spec systems without future updates.

With that said the size and portability of the Tab would be very tempting at a lower price point, around £200, but I doubt it'll ever go that low.
[Galaxy Tab General] checkbox111:
There were two announcements at CES that caught attention:

Dell Streak 7, a Dell Streak with a 7' screen.

Motorola Xoom 10' with Honeycombe which looks fantastic but no definate release date.

There was also a Lenovo LePad 7'.
[Galaxy Tab General] Dyonas:
The Motorola Xoom really caught my eye too. I hate myself for saying it but even after the shambles of the update process for the Motorola Milestone the Xoom impressed me so much that I could see myself getting one. I'm still very tempted by the Galaxy Tab but I think I'd be setting myself up for a big loss if Samsung drag their heels on a Honeycomb release like their FroYo updates. Given that they likely have new hardware to release as well it gives them even less incentive to update it.
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
Here's a few examples!

What does that have to do with anything? We're talking about existing netbooks - I see absolutely no point having that sort of resolution on a 7" or 10" device *regardless* of price.

Best I've seen (and had!) was 1600x768 on a 8" Vaio P, and that was over 2 years ago. However, it really was too small for that resolution. One of the reasons that it was more expensive was because it did not fit into either MS or Intels definition of netbook and therefore, had was not permitted to use low cost Windows (Vista at that time), and the Z-series Atoms over the N series.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] LargePrime:
That is my point! We are not going to see a large increase in resolution. Certainly not outside the specialty item group like the Vaio P et. al. Holding out for a higher rez screen is silly. As it is now the SGT has almost the same res as the IPAD at about 70% the size.

However we might see something like a super amoled, which might be worth waiting for.

Thanks for the link. Very interesting.
[Galaxy Tab General] Coolpher:
well i just Bought the SGT on VZW and i could not be Happier with it my dad has a iPad 16gb with ATT 3g i love my Tab and in the next few months Hulu Plus and Netflixs will be out on Android and it fits in my pocket so far i have got 1 and 1/2 to 2 days of Battery on the SGT and only Tops 8 to 12 hours of use on iPad with Heavy use on wife the SGT on VZW is 499 no Contract and 16GB iPad on ATT is $629 and you cant run Flash videos and no Camra or Front facing camra ether and cant hold with one hand or pocket it
[Galaxy Tab General] paulshields:
I think that the tab is still worth getting despite the good of tablets about to hit the market. For me the strongest point in its favour is the combination of pocketable size and decent screen resolution. It also runs a lot better with the latest roms, reduction in lcd density, and replacement launcher. Out of the box I don't think it's anywhere near as good.

Samsung are sure to release a second version quite soon, probably with an OLED screen and dual core cpu. It's the usual dilemma of do you buy now or wait. In my case the current tab is exactly what I wanted from a portable tablet and I use it all the time. Much more fun than waiting around for the next big thing :).
[Galaxy Tab General] monkeytown:
same dilemma

i´m in the same situation, thinking of buying a SBT now or wait for the new generation (especially with new samsung or apple pads revealed in february 2011).

i got a mobile phone, so i would use the tab just for email/internet stuff.

anybody got new information of android 2.3 or 3.0 on galaxy tab? dont like the idea of the tab being outdated already :(
[Galaxy Tab General] fai2start:
I LOVE my Samsung Galaxy Tab so much. It can be a very great device if you know how to handle it well. "Go launcher" has optimized the tab performance to the best. Love all the HD games, movies, and music playing on the TAB. Love the design of it, love the performance with 1Ghz humming bird. Also, the screen is nice even if it's not Super AMOLED nor Gorilla glass but still its AWESOME! Love all the android apps. It has a lot to play with. It has been with me for almost 2 months but I'm still playing & enjoying it every moments. Waiting to be upgraded Gingerbread 2.3 badly. Furthermore, the battery is very long lasting as well, it could last up to 2 days for normal usage. As a tablet, it's a very good one indeed I'd say. Basically, it has all the functions that we need.. <3 Thus, I'd say just go for it. The 2nd gen of the tab would be amazing too as it has upgraded to 1.2ghz & gorilla glass if I'm not mistaken. :)
[Galaxy Tab General] roy8846:
The SGT is Gorilla Glass isnt it?? And I love mine too :)
[Galaxy Tab General] monkeytown:
hmm....well, sounds pretty good to me :)

and i cant understand people crying about the size of only 7'

personally i cant see myself carrying a 10' tab around, way too big
[Galaxy Tab General] cornellalum:
I'm going on a round the world trip in early March 2011. I'm wondering how this Galaxy Tab compares with an Apple iPad and this Samsung Galaxy Tab and whatever other choices will appear before March. (I've been a bit busy trying to finish up writing my thesis and graduating, otherwise I would have done a bit more due diligence before posting!)

Primary concerns:

- Lightweight

- Battery life: will last me through the day with light web browsing, web usage, and loading/browsing pictures.

- Ability to load + view photos from external SD card. I won't be editing photos.

- I don't think I will take advantage of 3G data.

- GPS, preferably with preloaded maps.

- Cost

I have never owned and barely have experience with Apple iOS devices. I have a rooted HTC Legend running CM6.1. Any thoughts?
[Galaxy Tab General] roy8846:
Tab is lightweight and pocketable

You will get a day easy with just light brosing etc.

You can view photos from external SD upto 32gb

3G is a bonus

GPS is usable on the Tab (use Copilot or NDrive etc) , IPad doesnt have proper GPS

Tab is getting cheaper now , though is still pretty expensive

Tab>IPad to me at least
[Galaxy Tab General] paulshields:
I think you'll find the SGT much more practical than an iPad if travelling a lot. The Ipad is at its best when you're slumped on a sofa. The Tab shines when you want something pocketable and portable. I have both and if I were to travel around the world I'd not consider an iPad in my luggage at all based on your criteria.
[Galaxy Tab General] cornellalum:
thanks for the responses. is it possible to transfer photos from a SDHC card directly to internal storage? i'm planning to import/backup photos from my camera to the tablet. it's NOT a microSD card!

i read on another forum (not a tech forum) that it's not possible. can someone confirm?

EDIT: looks like it might be possible http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=895807

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788188
[Galaxy Tab General] foxmeister:
There are rumours that the iPad2 will have a screen resolution of 2048x1536.

However, I don't believe this for an instant as this would an insane resolution for a small panel.

Regards,

Dave
[Galaxy Tab General] paulshields:
not aware of any way of doing that on the Tab, but I'm sure someone can chime in with more knowledge on that. An alternative is to use a MicroSDHC to SDHC converter (some MicroSDHC's come with the converter as part of the package) and shoot to that. You can then take out the microSDHC and insert into the Tab. I'm not sure I would use the Tab as a backup device though. You could easily fill internal storage with a leisurely day's shooting :).
[Galaxy Tab General] ukjeeper:
Just had a look through this thread as i'm in the same boat.

Renewed my contract a month ago and went with the Desire HD. Lived with it, used it, custom rom'ed it (and then back to stock). Like it.

Except for the battery. What were HTC thinking?!?!? :confused::rolleyes:

My issue is that i go hiking. A lot. Outdoors for hours on end. I use Viewranger (a topographic map app) to see where i am. where i'm going, track where i've been and update my position so others can find me (if need be).

The DHD's teeny battery just isn't up for being away from power for so long. If i'm lucky i get 4 hours of outdoors use (with Viewranger running, tweeting, geotagging, listening to a podcast or 3) before i'm down to orange battery levels.

I need something that can last all day. I've never (in 4 years of hiking with gadget assistance) had to force myself to remember to leave the house with a fully charged phone AND my external battery pack (Proporta 3400 and PowerMonkey). Now i do. Even day to day use means i can watch the meter go thatway ---> real quick.

My previous phones (Nokia E90 and Samsung i8910, both Symbian) could do the same job, all day, every day with any concern about battery life. I know Android is less battery optimised than Symbian. but damn!

Oh, and the speaker on the DHD?!?! :confused::rolleyes:

My current choices to move on to as 'all day' Android phones are the Tab and the Streak in that order of preference. Yeah, i could wait for MWC and see what's next, but i'd rather move on now and if something better comes along use the Tab (or Streak) as an 'equity device'. Sell it and use the money to buy the next big thing.

I've got the DHD on Ebay (and Amazon). If/when it sells i'll be looking for a SGT.
[Galaxy Tab General] fai2start:
Yeah Mate, It is Gorrila Glass. Thanks for pointing it out.. =)
[Galaxy Tab General] monkeytown:
hey,

today i got to test an ipad, iphone and a gal tab right next to each other :)

i was AMAZED by ipad/iphone but i had to face some lags on the galaxy tab when scrolling through the menu/app pages.....could this lag be fixed by some custom roms?? i guess this model was a out-of-the-box piece and sorry, but i´m VERY picky in such cases :(
[Galaxy Tab General] heythorp:
Yes roms help the tab immensely. Its really a great product if you want a tab/phone all in one. The 7 inch size is really perfect for a mobile solution.

However with that said, I think you have to fit almost all of three of those areas for you to find the tab perfect. If I just wanted a tab for the house I would go ipad. Not for the size but, because the OS is much more refined at this point and time.
[Galaxy Tab General] monkeytown:
thanks for the quick response! could you plz explain this sentence to me "However with that said, I think you have to fit almost all of three of those areas for you to find the tab perfect." dunno, if i got you right there....i guess you mean, for the perfect tab, you have to put all three parts into 1 tab?

do you have a quick link for a good custom rom, which might fix this problem??

i´m still not sure whether i want a tab (especially with gal tab 2 around the corner) or if a smartphone would do it too AND i hate waiting for new stuff to be released :/ -.-

however i thought the galaxy tab was a great product, too! i´d prefer it over the ipad since ipad is a little too "isolated", no card reader, no usb....but still both, tab and pad, are rather big to carry around, no?
[Galaxy Tab General] heythorp:
What I meant is that a person who finds the SGT a "perfect" device would most likely want:

1. portable tab (this is way more portable than an ipad and more functional than a phone.)

2. needs/wants phone use.(many tabs don't have this ability, yet)

This tab is very portable. easily fits in a breast pocket of a jacket and definitely fits in a back pocket of a pair of jeans.

After using it for a couple of weeks, going back to a phone is such a let down.

To be honest the hacking and different roms are all fun to play with, but if Apple would make a 7inch tab that had phone too I would be all over it for the OS.
[Galaxy Tab General] monkeytown:
mhhh, i dont know...i guess i wouldn´t miss a telephoning option on a tablet pc

in my case gal tab doesn´t fit in any of my jacket or jeans pocket :D

and for your last point, you got that RIGHT! if the ipad just wouldn´t be that close, it would be better (a dvd drive for installing some programs or a usb device isn´t too much to ask)
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jakeup96:
My Hero has been rooted since August, for the first couple of months after I rooted it I was flashing a new ROM everyday, just to find one I really liked.

Well for the last few months I've been using ASOP 9.7 and this theme, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833504 I've tried to flash newer versions of ASOP a few times but none of them worked for me without a ton of FC's so I finally just gave up and have been happy with the theme and 9.7 but now I want to try something new, namely one of these, http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=731659

My question is, I want to be able to sync all my contact with my Google account and my Gmail but I DO NOT want all my apps restored, I'd like to start over fresh in the apps department. It seems like with every 2.2 ROM I've tried it automatically restores my apps but I don't want it to, how can I keep this from happening?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] andythegreenguy:
Your Gmail and google contacts (not phone contacts) are always synced online. Your other email (non-gmail) is not synced, unless you are using IMAP. So, once you change the ROM and login into your google account, everything's (gmail/google contacts) restored.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jakeup96:
I'm not worried about GMail and Contacts, those restore and I want them too, I just want to know if there is a way to keep all the apps from restoring.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stayclean:
Go to Settings, Privacy, uncheck Back up my data.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] The Fer-Shiz-Nizzle:
Another option. After you flash a new rom, and you are going thru setup, on the screen where you initially sign in to google, hit menu, disable restore.
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
I've been using google analytics for a little while now and grown to like the way information is laid out for the desktop browser version. Then I looked on the market and found some apps that give you basic information from your account.

But they left me a bit wanting. I was hoping for something more informative, easy and fast to read and remember.

Now as I'm programming illiterate I can only speak for usability and general feel of the app, while appreciating and giving credit to the people putting their time, talent and effort into writing them. The following is not a criticism, it is a proposal for improvement.

So I tried to make something better. Thought about why the desktop version works so well for me and sought out ways to include as much of it onto a small screen. So I drafted my idea of an interface and interaction plus an explanation on how I see it working.

I've done this with a 480 width so that anyone with a 480x800 screen can see how it would look with a bit of zooming 1:1

As you can see, I've done things a bit differently. Starting with choosing the account and profile, everything is on one page. No more 2-3-4 taps before you get what info you need. This should work by setting one account and one profile as default in the settings. Also integrated graphical representations with a bit of interaction to help with bringing a lot of info onto a small screen.

Also chose the areas that I think would be of most interest. This might not be true for everyone so i'm open for suggestions.

Now, I have some questions.

1. Is this technically feasible?

For one, the apps on the market I've tried so far take a few seconds to return 20-30 lines of text. (my device is a htc desire) How much time wold it take to download and process all this behemoth of data? If too much, could the interface be loaded sequentially by section?

2. What are the hardware platforms that this app could work on with decent performance?

Hero class? Snapdragon?

So I'm looking for someone that is interested in either:

- coding the app from the ground up

- or improving (at least i'm hoping this is an improvement :) ) his/her existing app with all this

I'm also looking for some feedback of existing analytics apps users.

I would help in any way my programmingly crippled self could. I can also do all the things I've done with Timester: concept, graphics, promotion.

Here is the thread for Timester: Timester development thread
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Could someone with experience tell if this is possible?

Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] aqua-sonic:
Hello zamolxees,

thanks for the idea. Of course this would be possible to realise. While implementing my app GAnalyticz I had several problems and questions you also have:

How to display the big list of data on the small screen?

How to make the app as fast as possible?

What is the best user experience?

...

I decided to make only a text based view (table). I this case you can show the data on every device with any resolution and you have all information you need. I know it's not so fancy, but it is/was ok for a first version (I think ;)).

Second important part was the app performance. Google hasn't a library ready and there aren't any good libraries available, so I had to call the Google API on my own. You can get the data in xml via http request. Just combine the metrics & dimensions available in querystring.

So getting the data is very easy. The easiest way to get all the needed data is to make one http request. But then you have to sort and filter the xml which needs a lot of performance. This made my app unuseable. Because of this I decided to make multiple requests. In this case I can just parse the xml and output the data while iterating through it. This is much faster (the fastest way I found, I've tried a lot...). But as you say it is also slow this way...This is because the response from the Google service is really really slow... :(

So far about my app. Technical it is easy to implement (I think the graphical stuff is the hardest part, but there are libraries for this). The challenge is to find the perfect way to show the data on the device (and to get a good performance for this). You could also load the data sequentially (as I also did).

In my opinion, the hardware is not a problem. This should run on every device.

Actually I don't have enough time to implement this or improve my app (because of another app ;)). But I hope you will find another developer and looking forward to download this app :)

Many greets,

aquasonic
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Hey, thank you for your detailed input.

I think that one way to help with slow response time from google servers might be to make the requests for data in the background at set intervals (6 or 12 hours) and when the app is opened do the processing of data already received.

The user could clearly see the hour of the last sync and also choose to refresh if they wanted to.

Isn't there a more elegant solution to getting analytics data from google?

Thanks again aqua-sonic, good luck on the other app, let us know how it turns out :)
[Android Apps and Games] zamolxees:
Anyone else wanting to take a stab at it?

I'm thinking that as there are a lot of people using analytics apps now, all the more would want to use this.

Any existing users would care to express their opinion?

Would this interface mean an improvement that is worth investing time and effort into?

Would you like to see this done?

Know any good good developers willing to write the code?

Enough questions.
[Touch2 General] StefanV3:
Hi,

does anyone (an orange user?) got hands on this new official rom upgrade:

http://www.htc.com/europe/SupportViewNews.aspx?dl_id=1072&news_id=847

I couldn't download it because my Touch2 is from german operator T-Mobile.

the serial of my phonewill be rejected...

Thanks

StefanV3
[Touch2 General] Gothik:
Search for other serials. They are here.
[Touch2 General] StefanV3:
Hi,

could you hlp me with searchingfor a serial?

I didn't find serials for Touch2, do you have a link?

Thanks

StefanV3
[Touch2 General] coolexa:
anyone?

any help here?
[Touch2 General] atreidex:
HT9A6P104677 - Bought from Orange Romania
[Touch2 General] Jackos:
Thanks man, exactly what I where searching for!
[Touch2 General] StefanV3:
Hi,

thanks. Downloading right now...

It's not the Switzerland_German version but i think this will help...

StefanV3