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[G Tablet General] skeeterpro:
Agreed. If someone has $800 to drop on this and extra $20 may not appear to be such a big deal IF it didn't smack of extortion. Look at the HP Slate that rolled out at a similiar price point geared toward the business community. Not sure how that did but one doesn't hear much about it these days. Now if the XOOM was a dual-boot (Honeycomb/Win7) I for one might, MIGHT, be tempted. And as long as the Win7 flavor was better than Win7 Starter.

Just my 2 cents
[G Tablet General] abstrusius:
Very sad

I think it's overpriced. The specs are good, but I don't see how they arrived at that absurd price. And it's very, very sad Google chose Motorola to feature Honeycomb! I'll just sit and wait the gtab devs release their version of Honey in the near future.
[G Tablet General] powercrazy:
I'm sure the 3G components (and Verizon) had alot to do with driving up the price. Plus if they are launching the first tablet that officially competes head to head with the iPad, I think there is alot of, for the lack of a better word, snobbishness out there whereby some folks in the market for an iPad wouldn't consider an alternative if it was significantly cheaper - I know, sounds counter-intuitive but I've heard it from enough people to believe it actually is a factor. If its alot cheaper, it must also be a physically cheaper product and therefore inferior to the mighty iPad.
[G Tablet General] sixvoltsystem:
I'll just wait until its released so somebody can figure out how to get honeycomb off it and let the ports flow.
[G Tablet General] powercrazy:
So sixvolt you raise a question for me. I'm no stranger to development (being in the field) and I've played with the android SDKs before as well as compiling various linux kernels (never an android kernel though). Is it currently possible to produce a working rom from the honeycomb SDK? Or is there something that I am missing here? How was this achieved on the nook?
[G Tablet General] stanglx:
I heard LG may be right behind at a much lower cost.... Im betting on that tablet right now... Motorola I am writing off as if I were someone looking for an amazing tablet in that price range with tons of developers and applications - why wouldn't I just buy an iPAD (or actually just wait for the iPAD 2).

The differentiating factor to apple has been its openness and most importantly the price. Most consumers dont care about the geek factor ("openness") as long as they can start playing at a reasonable price... the Xoom just is NOT that... I say it will be as good with consumers as the Galaxy Tab was which in all tense and purposes was a flop (technically ever android tablet has been a flop if we were to compare its sales to its competitors)..

I think Android 3.0 definitely has a very very strong chance of overtaking the iPAD - especially since Google has confirmed that all 2.x applications should work on 3.0 BUT only if these devices come in at reasonable pricing. If not - even I would potentially jump ship to just have a mature platform.

I personally like fiddling but fiddling only goes so far once you realize that you cant get work done... Right now the GTablet is a great fiddler -but honestly with the corruption (ie force closes of the core, reboots when in sleep) , battery life and very poor viewing angles I just cant use it for prime time work. I truely am hopping for a great competitor to the iPAD... lets hope and see..
[G Tablet General] filterking:
Misprint?

I think this may be a misprint. Should say plan activation required to receive data. The $20.00 a month 1 gig plan is the same that was offered with the Galaxy Tab. Don't forget the activation fee of $30.00 or was it $35.00.

$800.00 is allot for a gimped lap tap, but compare the price to the top ipad and it seems what the market will bear.

Personally, after using a tablet for awhile now, I'm coming to my senses. The premium for their portability is too steep considering the limitations that a tablet has compared to a laptop. I would not spend $800.00 for any tablet. I would consider this unit in the $500.00 to 600.00 dollar range, but that would be driven more by want than an actual use for it.
[G Tablet General] Acturbo:
This does seem like a steep price but we also need to remember this is the first heavily marketed Android tablet and is also running Honeycomb. This will be no different than any other overpriced handheld device, they demand a high price tag initially with no competition, but we all know the slew of tablets that are about to be released this year. I give them 15-20 days at this price point before competition/lack of sales drive them down.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
Like the Galaxy Tab which was also overpriced, the Xoom will also fail to be a big seller and Moto will likely tout sell-in numbers rather than actual sell-out to customers. Watch the price for the Xoom to drop at least $100 in less than two months. My guess is $150 drop.

The wifi disabling is foolish and does not help perception of Motorola being locked-down, even though this was a VZW decision.

BTW, are folks not also forgetting that this device will likely be locked down? $380 Gtab that is mod easy, or a $800 locked down device?
[G Tablet General] joshua.lyon:
I'm still wondering if this is "official". I assume you are referring to the leaked Best Buy ad. It was awfully suspicious with all the random typos scattered throughout:

"To activative WiFi functionality on this device..."

"Do it all lighting fast with the worlds fastest..."
[G Tablet General] sixvoltsystem:
It's possible but according to the Android development blog:

"Today, we are releasing a preview of the Android 3.0 SDK, with non-final APIs and system image, to allow developers to start testing their existing applications on the tablet form-factor and begin getting familiar with the new UI patterns, APIs, and capabilties that will be available in Android 3.0"

I think they got hardware acceleration working on the nook now as well.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2011/01/android-30-platform-preview-and-updated.html

I guess I just want to see whats different compared to the preview sdk. Who knows maybe they'll release it when Xoom goes live, I doubt it though more and likely @ Google I/O May 10 & 11th.
[G Tablet General] tekrhino:
All I want

All I want out of this XOOM is, the HONEYCOMB!

2.5 weeks till its out, someone will snag the OS and fire up the Kitchen!

This device is WAY over price, especially if Wifi is Disabled? Holy Crap What kind of racket is VZ trying to pull with that? I feel sorry the VZ customers that sucked into that deal.

TMO till death!
[G Tablet General] Blades:
you can't be serious.. probably just a missing kernel module.. what a bunch of ****ing clowns. Is this a joke?
[G Tablet General] Virtual Pariah:
Way too much money IMO. Plus I simply don't want/need another cellular device.

I'll hold off for the Toshiba or a Higher Rez Gtab.

It's funny. Crap like this comes out, it'll crash in the market, then the media will crow about how nobody can compete against Apple.

You can't compete if you are setting yourself up to fail.
[G Tablet General] Pazzu510:
Totally agree.

+1
[G Tablet General] nkd:
No way 16gb flash costs 100 bucks. No way a 3g/gps costs another 150 bucks to implement. I would say cost to motorola for both of those things would be less then a hundred, believe me or not that would be a fact. Xoom at max costs 400 bucks to make out the door. motorola is trying to make the most cash they can while they can. Once more honeycomb tablets come out, no way in hell they are gonna sell this thing for 800. I would pay 500 for this thing, as I believe it does deserve that much, but 800 is way too damn much for a tablet.

Any price range on the toshiba?
[G Tablet General] nkd:
Agreed Motorola should be flooding the market share with these and get back the much need respect that they have lost over the years. They should have priced this at 500-600 max, and not set themselves up to fail. Most customers are just going to wait until other honeycomb tabs, like asus, toshiba and specially hp coming out with web os tablet. I am a big web os fan and it would be killer on a tablet. I cant wait to see what comes in the next few months. 800 is way too much for a tablet. If HP makes a killer tablet with webos I am all over it, for 500 bucks.
[G Tablet General] madsquabbles:
it may not cost that to add it, but in just about any configuration of most devices a 3g modem adds about $100. put in a higher def ips screen (which i'd assume to be at least another $100 based on aftermarket parts on the web), 32GB of memory - ipad charges $100 extra for the 16GB. using the gtablet as the base price and add the extras the Xoom has $800 isn't too far off. still too much for me.

it would be nice to have alternate configurations - i'd prefer just 16 or even 8GB and buy extra storage. i'd also take the wifi only version - if that can be had for $550 or so i'd be all over it.

as for the activation needed for wifi, according to a comment on engadget he/she claims it's a best buy policy. it could be they won't sell the device without activation.
[G Tablet General] rushless:
+10,000 lot pricing is about:

16gb nand = $30

3g/gps chipset = $20

512mb ram = $20

added:

Display = $40 (in relation to Gtablets)

The OP's pricing would be correct for VZW retail strategy, but NOT cost ;) :)

Normal margins rolled into price would add about $210, so should be about $610 (in relation to Gtablet) for everybody to remain margin neutral to cost. The extra appx $190 is the mark up to force people to buy data plans- just like phones. The wifi issue is one of the dumbest things any carrier has done, short of At&t not allowing sideloaded apps on their Android phones.
[G Tablet General] powercrazy:
Harware acceleration really? I'm going to go and check that out. So I'm guessing they are combining a nook kernel with the SDK to produce the finished product - I'm guessing our problem here is the limits to what we currently know or can do with the Tegra2 chipset?
[G Tablet General] sixvoltsystem:
My thoughts are that its certainly an art and a process, trial and error right now. With a device like the XOOM the hardware is almost on par with the G-Tablet but its not 100%. It would sure help things along to see how its optimized for the Tegra-2. But with XOOM and Motorola's locked bootloader, it may be a matter of waiting, I hope we see one. I don't know all the processes as I'm just lurking and reading much like everyone else. Then again I could be 100% wrong. But one thing is for sure, it will be interesting when we are all on Honeycomb talking about whats next.
[G Tablet General] powercrazy:
Exciting isn't it?? :D Its exactly why I jumped the gun and bought my g-tab recently. I could've been way too premature on the whole thing but I really don't think so. My only concern for getting Honeycomb on the g-tab is its resolution which is the only 'spec' thing that I've heard that we may have issues with...
[Nook Color General] Dragracekid:
ok so i have a NC and something happened while i was installing a nookie froyo to emmc (the system wiping froze for 40 minutes had to reset) and from then on i cant boot from any image exept a honeycomb img (ive tried cwr nookie froyo and anything else i can find) both 2 and 3 work. i tried to dd the file systems but the nook will shut off in the middle of the first boot command i cant even do it through terminal emulator. i dont know what to do i cant seem to get anywhere is there anyone that knows how to fix this? im getting close to my limit thanx for any help.

also whenever i put a cwr sdcard in it goes to a loading screens with skateboards on the right.
[General Questions and Answers] lepermessiah:
Hi,

I have problem synchronizing my Hotmail account. I can sync manualy, but I can't get autosync to work. If I set interval or "as item arrives" phone changes it back to manual in ActiveSync and in Windows Live too.

Can somebody help me?

It doesn't look like it's ROM dependent, I tried Energy, TAEL on RAPH and Energy, ROMeOS, Dutty on HD2..nothing works :/
[General Questions and Answers] Persianity:
i'm having this issue as well! please help!
[General Questions and Answers] lepermessiah:
problem solved ... DO NOT USE PROVISIONING XML TO SET UP ACTIVESYNC !!! :(
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dsingh94:
Okay here are some ideas i have come by which would make roms alot better for NAnd!

Samsung Galaxy S series rom

Making a Kernel which helps battery last alteast 12 hour!

THis one is just a thought (OTA's) so everyone is aware a update has been released

Possible Port of Netflix app when it is released on upcoming phones

Unlock Full Ram potential on HD2

these are the ideas i have so far

if i think if something else i will add do u have any ideas?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dsingh94:
unlock

another idea i had that i forgot to post was a sim unlock like the one for galaxy series
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Kailkti:
A samsung galaxy s rom would be very hard, I think. For example, try downloading the galaxy s music apk and installing it on your phone, it won't work or run.

If I remember correctly, the samsung roms only work on samsung devices due to drivers and etc.

The Kernel is good enough, I think it's practically the best we can make out of our hd2's also. when you say 12 hours, as in 12 hours of what? Video? impossible. Gaming? even more impossible. Web browsing? I think I can do it already with my hd2. Standby? Obviously possible, 8 hrs of standby and only lost 3%.

Now 12 hours of gaming/video would be possible if you had the extended battery.

An app that has been released for the general android market should work on our phones.

The ram is as it should be. The desire has the same amount of ram as our hd2's, yet it doesn't show 576 for full ram in system information; so it just says the system is reserving some of the ram for system processing. Which is the same case for us hd2 users.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJ133169:
Hey all, I couldn't find what I'm looking for in a search so i'm hoping you can help me out.

What is the best and easiest, or best lag fix to use with cognition 3.00+ & ultimate roms? I'm hoping there is one where i don't have to do a lot of swapping of kernals or anything much like that.

also I'm assuming lag fixes help incredibly, how much though? in terms of a speed increase % ?

And how do you go about removing one?

Thanks for all help and links :)
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mengbo:
usually you can enable the lagfix in the cwm, and it will use ext4.

you can find a short introduction here:

http://project-voodoo.org/lagfix
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
What do you guys think sprints going to announce? I'm hoping they say their releasing 2.3 for the evo.
[General Questions and Answers] Grimsblood:
Possibly something about the release of 4G in other cities?
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
That would be nice to.
[General Questions and Answers] krevilian:
4g towers in all walmarts. Holiday 2011
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
Hahaha nice
[General Questions and Answers] ROID R4GE:
why wouldn't you just root your evo? 2.3 has been out for a while, I'm using it on my sprint hero.. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for sprint to update to 2.3
[General Questions and Answers] FLAC Vest:
I might be kicking a dead horse but I don't really like the design of the Echo; the idea is cool but the actual functionality might be lacking; for me anyway.

Having two screens will have a bigger rain on the battery and reviews have stated that the phone slows down a bit when simultaneously using different applications.

Captivate 2.2.1 Paragon
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
See I would root my evo but there is just so much work involved in acctualy getting to the point of flashing rom's and I don't know much about what I would have to do inorder to do it. Also I've only had it since December 1st and don't want to risk bricking it. Also from what I heard the GB roms are pretty unstable...
[General Questions and Answers] koolusernamehere:
Really it's not that hard they have a 1 step root method posted on XDA, & most ppl here are really helpful! Flash away, it's addikting!!
[General Questions and Answers] TheBiles:
No, rooting is easy as pie, and CM7 is extremely stable.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
It's almost impossible to brick an Evo, and I mean that. All you do to root is go to Unrevoked.com and download the application and run it with your phone connected. It's not hard at all. Flashing a ROM is as easy as downloading a ZIP file and putting it on your memory card, and then going into the recovery menu and choosing it. There's even protection built in that checks the integrity of the ZIP before flashing it, so if there's something wrong with it, it won't flash.

Anyways, when your run Unrevoked, it will root your phone and add a custom recovery image, but it won't flash a different ROM, so you have nothing to worry about.
[General Questions and Answers] Pizzalover83:
unrevoked took 10 min on my phone, been flashing zips since jan 1 :)
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
I got my Evo on September 1st, which I think was before Unrevoked was released (or at least before I knew about it). I did it the hard way. But after going through a bunch of replacement Evos, I've been using Unrevoked. I love how you can flash any recovery image you want with it.
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
Ok ill give it a shot but what do you guys recommend? Unrevoked forever or unrevoked 3? I don't know the difference... also how do you get clockwork recovery or whatever? Or is it not needed. Any help is very much appreciated.
[General Questions and Answers] Product F(RED):
Just download Unrevoked. Unrevoked Forever is included and is just the portion that sets your bootloader to S-OFF (allows you to flash other ROMS). It's completely reversible in case you need to take your phone in for repair or exchange. I'm saying this from experience.
[General Questions and Answers] TheBiles:
After Unrevoked, download ROM Manger from the Market and go to town.
[General Questions and Answers] PhxkinMassacre:
Anyone know if the cm7 nightly builds are stable or have wimax for the evo yet?
[General Questions and Answers] Dexter488:
after there anote i'm dispointing and i had a birthday on that date : (

they didnt made the work but let's wish for the best : )
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmoforever:
im a noob to the mt4g..

what could i do to maxamize the performance of the phone?

any info on how to keep the phone in a tolerable working order.. the my touch 3g i had for less then a year and i got super slow and it froze all the damn time.. let me know how to prevent this from happening to the 4G, id appricate it alot.

also, is a task killer Safe?

thanks
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XfooYen:
Don't use task killers. Don't use a lot of widgets. Don't use live wallpapers. Don't install tons of apps you aren't going to use regularly. Turn sync off or at least have apps sync infrequently. Don't use more than 5 home screens.

Swyped on my rooted MyTouch4G
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neidlinger:
The MyTouch3G had a 5xxMghz Processor in in with 256MB of RAM. This phone is rocking 1Gh w/ 768MB of RAM. just do as xfoo yen mention and you shouldnt haven any problems.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agenator:
If you want to push the limits of the phone, start reading some in the developers section to get some ideas.

I started with a basic root of the phone and then overclocking it. A little reading never hurts!
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] renster721:
Flashing a custom rom will also get you snappier results.
[G2 and Desire Z General] RippSpeed:
Is there an app for that.. Currently temp rooted with visionary and overclocked @ a stable 1440mHz...

I can't stand not know the percentage of battery life left...
[G2 and Desire Z General] bryyyan:
download the battstatt its a widget. itll tell you the percentage of your battery. it can tell you in words or numbers. i use it and love it. plus i think it looks nicer than having a number instead of a battery icon at the top bar
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arashion777:
I know that I have a new email but haven't recived any notificaiton in my phone..how can solve this problem?thx

I have check that the Auto-sync is ON for Gmail
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kmiloco49:
Open gmail app, press menu, more, settings, scroll down to notification and check the box. That should do it
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arashion777:
Thx I had solved my problem
[EVO 4G General] chefdrew:
Just curious what some of the experienced folks in here like and why. Why do you use a particular rom, kernal, or combo.
[EVO 4G General] DarkManX4lf:
Why are we wwe talking about commodore in the evo forums?
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweiee:
The guides here and at cyanogenmod are very helpful. Thanks a lot.

I've a few questions, however.

I like the stock HTC sense interface and apps/widget. How to install the sense II etc in my cyanogen mod?

I have eng hboot and s off, and I have changed the radio via fastboot. Can I still cancel cyanogen mod and flash back to the HTC rom? Even version 1.72/ latest version?

I'm very new and don't know anything. If I even make mistake and post in wrong forum, please advise.

Thanks for your understanding!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lukesky:
yes you did post in the wrong forum, questions should go in the Q and A forum.

as for your question, if you like sense, why bother flashing CM? u can't just add Sense on top of a CM build. u can flash back any custom rom u like if u have perm root and eng/radio s off.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hweiee:
So sorry, could this be shifted to qna section?

I don't need the HTC sense functions like finding or ringing the phone from my computer. But I want the apps such as their keyboard, internet browser, agenda calendar widget, and the wallpaper with moving clouds and rain etc.

I root because I hope to install USB host mode, and hopefully also find better Bluetooth support. My HTC originally cannot send files to computer or other phones, but now it can. I also think I can install Japanese native ime support, along with Chinese and English.

Cyanogenmod battery life isn't better though. Another reason I changed was because the features stated that smartass governor is very battery efficient

Or perhaps is the radio. I changed radio according to the wiki guide on cyanogenmod.

You said I can change to any custom rom. If I can't go back to original real HTC, is there a custom rom that nearly 'imitates' the HTC one? Just looks and feel, I don't need the HTC sense account stuff..
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ivolol:
Alot of the HTC apps and widgets are built into their own Sense's Home interface. They cannot be placed into the normal Android Home screen (They are 'Sense widgets', not 'Android widgets').

Realistically, you either have to go with Cyanogenmod or HTC Sense. It's impractical to find a middle-ground because both are extensive customisations of the base Android system.

If you would like to try out good HTC Sense-based ROMs, then Android Revolution HD, LeeDroid HD and CoreDroid are all good ones among some others. They are also all based on the latest 1.72 HTC vanilla DHD build. If you are looking for improved battery life, I know LeeDroid aims for this in particular. They all come with HTC Sense account integration, but you in no way have to use it. Just skip it.

Lastly, bluetooth should work fine as with any other phone, even on HTC's vanillla build.