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[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
Running CM7, you have soft buttons on the status bar, which are *almost* always sufficient. The exception is when you've hidden the status bar and have no way to bring up the app menu, which pretty much only comes up in games. You can also remap the hard keys you do have: home, +/- volume, and power. I'm probably going to remap + volume to be a menu button--I have Recent Plus! adding brightness and volume sliders to the recent apps menu you get by long-pressing home.

Well, the speaker is kind of crap, but that's hardly unexpected in a device this size. You can pre-amp the volume a bit higher in a rooted NC or custom ROM via DSP Manager, and at that point it's sufficient for, say, watching a movie in a quiet room. It's no surprise you couldn't hear much in a retail showroom. I'm not an extreme audiophile, but I wouldn't use most laptops for a boombox--just what were you expecting from a single speaker smaller than your pinky? It should be adequate for pretty much any situation you'd even try to use the built-in speaker.

I haven't had any problems getting Youtube videos to play in CM7 (barely used stock), but I can't say I've been thrilled with the playback quality in any browser I've tried. It always seems pixelated and out of sync with the audio. Now, downloading Youtube videos with an app like Tubemate, you get gorgeous playback. Flash is adequate if you want to watch a talkshow clip from a blog or something, but lousy for say a music video, or my main Youtube activity, a Starcraft 2 match.

Your concerns touched on pretty much every quibble I have with the NC, but overall I'm still struck a lot more by what it can do than what it can't do. The right case can do a lot for the little speaker, too.
[Nook Color General] Lttlwing16:
Thanks tao..

After looking into it..I think I'm leaning towards a Galaxy Tab, as I think I'm looking for a Tab through and through..

thanks for the feedback..
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
Unless you found it for less than $300, you may as well just bump up to a low-end Asus at that point. The Galaxy Tab is a little better tablet (with a little worse screen) than the NC, but the cheapest Tegra 2 Honeycomb eeePad blows them both out of the water.

The real appeal of the NC is it's the only Android device within $125 retail in either direction that's a good value for the money. If you're not getting a NC, you may as well get a Transformer.
[Nook Color General] ivanmmj:
I recently bought a nook color and after less than a week of using it, one of my coworkers expressed his displease with his g tablet's screen and knowing the specs of the g tablet, we decided to trade his tegra 2 for my much nicer screen for a week. 3 days was all I could stand. The g tablet was big, bulky and the screen is horrible. I liked the tegra 2 as well as it's speakers but everything else was much better on the nook. Even cm7 is more stable.
[Nook Color General] Taosaur:
Just so everyone is clear, the Viewsonic G Tab in the op and the Samsung Galaxy Tab are two very different devices that Viewsonic would love for us to confuse. While the Galaxy tab screen is not quite as good as the NC's (the iPad 2 screen benchmarks slightly behind the NC screen), it's still a very solid, standard quality LCD. The G Tab screen, on the other hand, set a new low for many reviewers and users on how bad a screen can be.
[Nook Color General] ddgarcia05:
What was his take on the nook?

Sent from my Nook Color running CM7 nightly 74.
[Nook Color General] ivanmmj:
He liked it so much, he bought one for his wife and one for himself. And funny enough, his wife's friend liked hers so much, she bought one, too. All this happened within the three days. lol

As for the g tablet, he hadn't decided to either sell it or to give it to his kid to play games on.
[Nook Color General] MartyB95:
Just wanted to add my 2 cents to this discussion.

I live in Canada (Toronto, Ontario) and bought my GTablet after much reading of these forums. Tiger direct has the Gtab for $269 CDN every day. When I bought mine they had a 10% off in the store so I ended up paying $243 for it. Based on this and the fact that the cheapest I could find the Nook Color was $299. I felt that the GTab was a better deal.

I have had it now for just over 2 months and have tried 6 different ROM's on it. In the end I settled for the GTabComb 3.3 ROM. Man does this ROM make my GTab screem!!! I consistantly get quadrant scores of 3618 and LinPak scores of 78.

As for all the complaints about the screen...Well I have to say that I don't know what all the fuss is about. Yes it has "laptop like" viewing angles but I don't find this to be a problem as I typically don't read my tablet from 40 degrees.

I used a Nook that belonged to a friend of mine for a week and I must say that I liked the screen better. But that was about all. I felt that the performance on it (CM7) was ok but felt laggy compared to the Gtab with GtabComb. It also would hang for a few seconds and then catch up. A lot of the apps that I use for work (TeamViewer, VPN, SAMBA, CIFS Manager, QuickOffice, etc) had frequent issues with FC's.

Overall for me, the stability and the awesome speed of the Gtab made it a clear winner for me. The bonus for me is that the Gtablet has a full size USB port. This is not given enough credit. I can hook up a mouse, a keyboard, Flash drive, or even an external hard drive. I have to write a lot of trip reports and I have found that plugging in an external keyboard and using quickoffice allows me to make and send most of the reports on my tablet. I am thinking of eliminating my laptop!!!

So if you have not figured out by now, I am totally about the GTab. In my books it ROCKs!!! I would have no problems recommending it to anyone.
[Nook Color General] ivanmmj:
Strangely enough, I haven't had any problems with stability on the Nook but I DID have problems with stability on the Gtab. But that could both be luck of the draw with the rom versions we tried. Now that the Nook has the ability to use its USB port, too, it's becoming even more useful but I still want to eventually trade it in for something more powerful. Eventually.
[Nook Color General] dmz69:
As an IT and heavy tech guy you should know that one-way phone conversations are pointless. NC has a speaker but lacks a microphone to have two-way phone conversations.
[Nook Color General] Moshe5368:
Just to put my .02 in here, the 2 main components of any tablet are the screen and the battery. There are very few devices on the market which have a screen to match the nook. IPS not only gives you a better, wider viewing angle but a sharper image. The 7" form factor of the nook makes it easier to hold for longer periods of time and the sharp resolution of the screen makes it easier on the eyes.

The nook battery, using the cm7.1 rom, gives me about 9 hours of heavy use. I am retired so I spend lots of time online. While gaming on tegra devices is great and the 10" screen is even nicer, if the screen quality sucks, why bother.

I'll get off my soapbox now......
[Nook Color General] koopakid08:
I agree 100 percent.

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[Nook Color General] MartyB95:
Ok, I know I am not going to convert anyone, I just want to address some of the points that have been making their way around this discussion about the Gtablet.

As I stated in another post I use the Gtab with the GTabComb 3.3 ROM. This combo gives me speed, stability, great battery life. As of the writing of this post the Gtablet is available for $259CAD, about $80 cheaper than the Nook Color. The horsepower in the tablet is awesome (I get Quadrant scores of 3600+ and LinPak scores of 78+).

The biggest complaint seems to be the screen viewing angles. The color and brightness of the screen in the Gtablet (in my humble opinion) match almost everything I have seen except the iPad AMOLED screen (when you are looking directly at the screen in the GTab). The viewing angle as I said is the biggest issue. Once you go beyond 15-20% of dead center you start to get glare issues unless the room is dark. For me as a tablet user, I don't typically view my tablet from extreme angles like I would my phone so I don't really find this to be and issue. I also now find that I cannot give up my 10" screen for a smaller screen. I only wish it had an AMOLED screen and this thing would be perfect.

Yesterday I used my tablet for about 12 hours before I started to get battery warnings and had to plug it in. Yeah I know..so I am a bit of a geek..leave it alone. Battery life for me has been great with this ROM..lets see how it holds up over the long run.

To sum up I just can't justitfy spending $80 more on something that does not have anywhere near the horsepower and a much smaller screen. To me the GTablet has a huge cost/useability advantage over many of it's competitors like the Nook and even the Transformer. People are spending a lot of time and effort in making the Nook do things that the Gtablet does out of the box.
[Nook Color General] Nburnes:
AMOLED screen would be nice on anything other then a phone. You most likely meant IPS.
[Nook Color General] koopakid08:
Nook has a MUCH better IPS screen and the nook is actually cheaper. I dont know where you got the 80 extra dollars from... I got one of my nooks for $180 dollars on sale and when overclocked smooth as butter. I have never had any lag problems and i play some pretty graphic intensive games.

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[Nook Color General] gtabowner:
I had 2 Gtabs the 2nd had hardware problems woot is refunding my money. I am a noob what is the differance in the screens? IPS?

My older Gtab 3588 1.1 running vegan is great for what I need. So much easier to travel with than a laptop. does the nook have a standard usb and micro sd card? Can you customize the rom. I like flashback a lot

Thank you for all your input

Jaye
[Nook Color General] privatemad:
how about Viewsonic viewpad 7

anyone compare the viewpad 7 to the nook?

personally i want a nook to root just saving up for the refub.

viewpad has phone inbuilt
[Nook Color General] AmericanDane:
NC vs gTablet

I own both so I will add my 2 cents which is similar to others but maybe just a little different perspective since I have zero interest in games.

I bought the NC to be a reader and calendar/organizer app and kill time while waiting for others. Super sleek, well made, easy to hold in your hand and light enough to handle easily. Can't beat the nook for all of that.

I bought the gTablet because I wanted a "power" tablet to get the large screen and truly enjoy media as well as actually be able to view my google docs and do some light editing of them. Also wanted to be able to do skype and be able to run about any application - incl using my bluetooth GPS and have it serve as a big screen GPS on my travel ventures. Also wanted a screen and external keyboard to be able to actually sit down and write something when I needed to on the road. (I have one of those cheap USB keyboard cases which work well, by the way). The gTablet has not disappointed and the advantages of the screen size is very, very noticeable when you really want to "see" something. And, just as obvious is it's weight and difficulty to hold for extended periods. It is uncomfortable to hold for an extended period. In round numbers I'd say I could hold the nook for about 2 hours while I'd be lucky to hold the gTablet for one.

I also have a netbook and several formats of laptops and several desktops. They all have a purpose. (I'm really not that geeky...)

I would recommend anyone get BOTH. Share with your spouse so you can both get the best of both worlds when the time comes.

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I just bought a Viewbook, but haven't gotten it yet. I intend to compare it to the nook and see how the extra "stuff" actually works (or doesn't)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sillo00:
Hi All

I have a E10i must I update to 2.1.1.A.0.6 anyone with pro's and con's please.

Thank's to all for their time and effort.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] mohdnurr:
just get ant and can be rooted with superoneclick and xrecovery support

jit not tested coz i'm focus froyo
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Sillo00:
Thank's very much I shall wait.................
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] option94:
Thread that are only questions should be put in the general section. Moved.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ppirate:
How can I use ant+? I've updated my phone to .06 and tried with my garmin heart rate band (ant+) and mytracks. But there is no option to pair?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] spence91:
I've upgraded and I can't actually see any difference to anything.

Waste of time IMO.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kiwiBratwurst:
I agree.. waste of time (and I will stick to that responce until its actually available in Germany :p)

one small question tho.. I have asked S.E but got no reply.. have they managed to get Bluetooth TrackID\callerID working with this update? or is just that crap ANT ****e that I will never use? :rolleyes:

looks like I will have to buy an HTC, Motorola or Samsung to use my Sony Ericsson BT headset to its full capability. :mad:

Kiwi
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] ppirate:
I've ordered the mw600 bt headset, and I'm running the .06 update. I'll let you know how it works when the headset arrives. But I fear it will be a no go..

My main gripe at the moment is: how to pair an ant+ device! I don't understand, they are adding a feature, but don't let you know how to use it. Such a great little phone, but SE is handling the after market completely wrong (IMO).
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] kiwiBratwurst:
Yea, I wonder if SE just implemented it the same way as they have BT (Badly) they figure no one would actually use ANT and therfore why bother getting it right.. :rolleyes:

Please let me know how you get on with the MW600 (if it works on .6 I might have to update my firmware.. and stop calling SE a bunch of F***'s :D )

(BTW its a great headset, I have had mine for a while now and it sounds fantastic and the battery life is really impressive, even using it with big over the head Headphone) :D

Kiwi
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] BomBoz:
i ve update it..on my u20i

there are added battery setting.

and little added a tutorial
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] quangnhut123:
I say "Yes" because i can Root, xRecovery and JIT : http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11288823
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] miedy12:
hey what kind of battert settings is that?
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] pongscript:
it is the one that will allow you to optimize the battery life cycle, by providing one console to switch settings of most common battery culprit on the phone. it also provide a simple suggestion on each settings.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Slow7u:
im gonna have to say no to this update.. cuz even after enabling jit.. my phone slow as crap >< 4.0 mflops compared to 8.5 on .24 :S
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] serge327:
i say No for this Update, because the graphic slowdown, my neocore test only get 37.8 fbs compared to .24's 47.8fbs. hope someone can solve this problem.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] phoneyericsson:
I have to say with trying out 2.2 and recovering all the time my phone really slowed down. So I formatted the SD cache and that helped a lot. But a couple of programs were chocking on my phone, so I did a fresh install of .06 and it is so much faster. I have only about 77MB internal memory, and haven't installed apps2sd yet and I won't bother, it doesn't help as much as I though at least on this firmware. My photos and music etc. load waaaaaaaay faster. Anything I do on this phone is faster than mine with apps2sd.
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] Kostas1601:
this update fixed a bunch of bluetooth->handsfree bugs as well as wifi bugs, (WPA enterprise did not work for me before) I think its very well worth it, its finally working as well as i want it ito...

Waiting for JIT... :)
[Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini] misukin:
If I update my mini, I still have root?

PS Sry for my english :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] biggs91276:
Is anyone interested in the desire hd/inspire innocase II cases available soon on seidios website?
[HTC Inspire 4G] J4CC3B:
Hell yeah! Ditching my problemed captivate and my beloved seidio rugged case and holster for an inspire. Great to know I will be able to get the same case :D
[HTC Inspire 4G] NativeTxn:
I got the Platinum case from Best Buy made for the Inspire (it is my understanding that is basically the Seido II Innocase rebranded). It came with the belt clip, which I have no use for. It seems like a very nice case - snug fit, easy to install (little bit more difficult to take off, but not too bad overall), slides easily in and out of my pocket, felt lining on the inside.

Only downside is that it seems that it may not provide the best shock absorption if it was dropped from a decent height, but I'm not going to test it to know for sure.

I've ordered the Speck Candy Shell from AT&T and the Otterbox Commuter for the DHD. I'll see which one of the three I like the best and likely return the other two.

So far though, no complaints about the PT case.
[HTC Inspire 4G] iPhoneCases:
sharkeye.com

Don’t know about that. However, if you really want a super well protected rugged iPhone case, check out those sharkeye cases. They’ll protect your phone from anything especially the screen. It can be found at sharkeye.com.
[HTC Inspire 4G] know_fun:
^ lol (just needed to add that. the rest of the post was because i felt like adding more content to the thread)

I've got the PT case from best buy also. its a nice case but it made it more difficult to press the power button. somewhat difficult to place phone in the holster without 2 hands also.
[HTC Inspire 4G] Nate731:
I swore off Seidio after the blatantly jerked the early HTC WinMo owners around on Car kits. The had a great one for the original HTC Wizard, and then kept feeling the waters for car kits for the successors, without any progress.

Anyway, they make nice stuff, but if they say "it's coming" don't hold your breath...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jdmhatchy94:
so my battery died and now it wont charge, everytime i turn off the phone the charging light comes on for like 2 seconds then the phone boots right back up i have cwm on the phone but everytime i try to do anything it shuts off except for when i use mass storage, and usb flasher
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Take out battery out of phone. Wait 2-5 mins. Plug phone into computer/power. Put battery in phone. Phone might or might not power up into android. You can keep trying this routine until phone powers up enough to boot into android.

Or if I remember correctly, the phone can charge in usb mass storage mode, iunno, never tried, but I suggest you try this last if all attempts are unsuccessful.

If nothing works you need a new battery.

Tsk tsk however, I'm sure you read that MAGLDR does not allow for the phone to charge while it's off no? You shouldn't have left your phone on till it died...
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jdmhatchy94:
ya it wasnt on purpose i forgot to put it on charge last night before i fell asleep, but yea magldr doesnt let it charge at all lol ive even tried the usb mass storage and nuthing but ill try "Take out battery out of phone. Wait 2-5 mins. Plug phone into computer/power. Put battery in phone" and ill see hopefully that works
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
Ah okie. Well either way I hope you get it back on. No one likes to see a dead beauty.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] jdmhatchy94:
Welp got it fixed said screw it nd bought a battery for 20 bucks ty for your hlp
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] ClydeB1:
You should have also been able to charge the phone in bootloader mode.
[General Questions and Answers] frankmust:
Hi, I havent found anything about it so : I had a nexus one in november and there was an option to check in voice recognition setting to help recognize our voice easier but when I change for nexus S this option to check is no longer there anyone know where is the personal voice recognition ?
[General Questions and Answers] ravidavi:
Settings -> Voice input & output -> Voice recognizer settings -> Personalized recognition .

For questions specific to a phone, you may want to post in that phone's Q&A forum, instead of in the overall general discussion Q&A forum. You'll get a response faster.
[General Questions and Answers] frankmust:
Personalized recognition is not there thats what I told you and thats my question why its not there on my nexus s?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] manemzjum:
Coredroid custom splash screen
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] RayHeath:
I saw this as you were waiting for the 1.2 to come out. I like it, is it possiblle for you to take the blue waves out and the CoreDroid maybe a little darker instead of the pink and cyan colors. It´s really done nicely. I might be able to talk to Sergio and have him integrate on the next update. :)
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] jarnovan:
Super :cool: man
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] bearthang:
Thanks, will try
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] RayHeath:
What do you wanna try?
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] jrn2k:
Super! looks great! i will give it a try!
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] Sergio76:
nice :d:d:d:d:d
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] napster113:
looks nice thanks
[HD2 Android Themes and Apps] matthew33:
does it lag as bad as the ROM does? :D

matt
[Epic 4G General] eric303:
Hey guys, i have a epic 4g, and i have it rooted with a custom recovery. I loaded the Epic Experience Rom on it with the Mixup Kernel and everytime it boots up it freezes. So i than i thought it was the ROM, so i installed the AM_TrulyEpic_DK28_v2.06.12.10. This ROM doe not freeze, but i do not pick up signal on it. so than i went back to the Epic Experience and now it freezes at the samsung screen. So i'm guessing something with the boot and the ROM isn't compatible? can somone please tell me what i'm doing wrong?

tanks
[Epic 4G General] MysteryEmotionz:
Your flashing a dk28 rom without the dk28. Why not try reading the op of roms for install requirements and instructions
[Epic 4G General] eric303:
well the thing is i dont really care about the dk28 rom, the reason i installed that one was just to test if my phone was bad thus freezing or if the rom was not compatible with the build. I ultimately want to use the Epic Experience ROM with the epic. Is that ROM not compatible with certain builds?
[Epic 4G General] Art2Fly:
You can install the eclair version of epic experience on 2.1, and its an ok rom, but if youre on 2.1 the syndicate rom is the best. But if you want the epic experience on froyo (aka the one thats updated) you need to flash DK28 uusing odin
[Epic 4G General] eric303:
I did flash the Eclair one first, but i will definately try to do the dk28 and see what happens. but for future references, is there a way i can find out if a phone is dk28/dl18? so i dont mess it up?

thanks
[Epic 4G General] rygran87:
What you did wrong the first time was try to run a 2.1 kernel on 2.2 and now that you flashed a new rom that had the right kernel, you need to flash three dk28 modem. This needs to be done with a program called Odin. Search for odin dk28 modem and you SHOULD be able to find it.
[Epic 4G General] Esteway.619:
Go to setting about phone and look at the baseband if ur on froyo it will end in dk28 if ur on eclair it will end on di18

sent from my Epic S