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09-21-2011, 08:38 PM
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Anything over 5" will be 'too annoying to carry around everywhere' anyway, so it will be the same. And anything under 5" is obviously no more useful than a phone.. Which is why we just carry our phones around, and use tablets sparingly. Which is why tablets should just be considered as toys.
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09-21-2011, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jeff19  Waiting for the 7.7 as well. Personally i find 10" tablets to be too annoying to be constantly carried around everywhere, thus they all ended up sitting on my desk or next to my bed. I might just pickup the GT 8.9" for the time being since it hits that sweet spot between 7 and 10"... | One of the reasons I chose the Xoom was because it was physically the smallest 10.1" android tablet available. The tab 7.7 is gonna be so expensive.
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09-21-2011, 10:06 PM
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Let's hope the Tab 7.7 will be $299 or less. Beautiful amoled screen, and hopefully decent processing power.
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09-21-2011, 10:32 PM
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^ 1.4ghz dual core, most likely Samsung's exonys processor. considering the 8.9 being only $30 cheaper, i doubt the 7.7 will be anywhere below the $400 price range
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09-21-2011, 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by rageguy Let's hope the Tab 7.7 will be $299 or less. Beautiful amoled screen, and hopefully decent processing power. | Will be at least $599 is my guess.
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09-22-2011, 07:40 AM
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Originally Posted by LiquidTurbo | That is friggin cool, yet the weight would prevent me from buying it: 960g vs 600g for the iPad/Galaxy tab.
I know the keyboard is going to bring the weight up, yet I'd rather have the transformer and detach the keyboard when I just want to hold the tablet.
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09-22-2011, 05:03 PM
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#32 | | To me, there is the Internet and there is RS
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Originally Posted by !Yaminashi When I was looking at grabbing my first tablet, I REALLY wanted a galaxy tab just because I know how versatile the android platform was. What kept me from buying an ipad2 was that I'd have to convert all of my movies first, which is time consuming, but paying $2 for an app solved all of that.
Now all I need to do is download the movie, open itunes and select it from my storage location. Or if I'm feeling extra lazy I can download straight onto the ipad from the app
If you're just wanting it for web surfing/movies, the ipad 2 is great. Battery life is top notch imo, and it was rated longer than the galaxy tab. | The fact that you have to buy an app to perorm a relatively simple task is why I would never buy anything starting with "i"...
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09-22-2011, 08:26 PM
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Yes, TWO DOLLARS is FAR too much to ask for an app that plays every movie format in use.
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09-22-2011, 10:08 PM
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ipad2 by far has the best hardware build quality, anything else still feels cheap and plasticky
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09-22-2011, 11:45 PM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Yes, TWO DOLLARS is FAR too much to ask for an app that plays every movie format in use. | I appear to have mis-read that then, I was under the impression that he was needing the app to get the movies on there period. My bad.
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09-23-2011, 07:16 AM
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#36 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport ipad2 by far has the best hardware build quality, anything else still feels cheap and plasticky | Asus transformer would like to say hi.
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09-23-2011, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport ipad2 by far has the best hardware build quality, anything else still feels cheap and plasticky | That's just a marketing feature to people willing to pay $5 for the same $2 coffee I drink. Just like Dell putting metal covers onto of laptops, it doesn't improve the actual quality, yet suckers will pay for for the perception of better quality.
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09-23-2011, 08:44 AM
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I have the transformer and the iPad
I got the dock for the transformer I found I use it more for surfing/ just cause it's easier and with the dock the usb + sd card slot makes it a lot more functions for it.
the iPad is really just for games, my gf has Pages on it and lately she's been taking it to school with a bt keyboard with a long ass battery life she can play games with taking notes in class.
Both are awesome devices, sadly I must say I use my phone for taking notes more simply because it's much smaller device and easier to carry around.
For the people that says videos and what not, VLC is a simple download same with Buzz player no need to convert or anything simply plug and play. Best part with 6GB I generally Stream videos from my server from home.
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09-23-2011, 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by taylor192 That's just a marketing feature to people willing to pay $5 for the same $2 coffee I drink. Just like Dell putting metal covers onto of laptops, it doesn't improve the actual quality, yet suckers will pay for for the perception of better quality. | I've never really bought into the apple hype/marketing, I buy what best suits my needs and what I like.
The ipad2 is built quite well imo, not saying that other tablets feel like toys because I havent played with half of them, but the ipad2 is pretty high quality
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09-23-2011, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by .Renn.Sport ipad2 by far has the best hardware build quality, anything else still feels cheap and plasticky | I have a Xoom. It's not plastic and doesn't feel cheap and plasticy.
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09-23-2011, 11:45 AM
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#41 | | I don't like cheese but I love milk!
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Originally Posted by taylor192 That's just a marketing feature to people willing to pay $5 for the same $2 coffee I drink. Just like Dell putting metal covers onto of laptops, it doesn't improve the actual quality, yet suckers will pay for for the perception of better quality. | but being pretty is one of the most important quality nowadays...
and this applies to people and products 
FYI: staples has the Asus 32GB Transformer for $429, you can stack up to $60 worth of coupons on it making it $379
Any reason I should pick something else instead of this?
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09-23-2011, 04:46 PM
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#42 | | My AFC gave me an ABS CEL code of LOL while at WOT!
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Originally Posted by Ferra FYI: staples has the Asus 32GB Transformer for $429, you can stack up to $60 worth of coupons on it making it $379
Any reason I should pick something else instead of this? | Could you explain about those coupons?
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09-23-2011, 06:08 PM
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#43 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp Yes, TWO DOLLARS is FAR too much to ask for an app that plays every movie format in use. | What app would that be?
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09-23-2011, 06:45 PM
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For iPad? AVPlayerHD
For Android, DicePlayer | |
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09-23-2011, 09:28 PM
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#45 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp | For iPad.
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09-24-2011, 12:01 PM
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#46 | | Say! Say! Say!
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Originally Posted by rageguy I've been using the Acer Iconia A100 and I have no complaints so far. Honeycomb 3.2, dual core with Tegra, 1GB ram. Rooted the device easily. Very fast performance as well.
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09-24-2011, 12:06 PM
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10-04-2011, 08:22 AM
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#48 | | I don't like cheese but I love milk!
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ended up buying the 16gb ipad @ staples ($519-$65 coupons = $454)
as much as I hate apple products (proprietary system, hyped and over priced hardware), the ipad just feels nicer on my hand than the transformer.
it also comes in white and it feels easier to use which is good for my gf...
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10-04-2011, 08:27 AM
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#49 | | I don't like cheese but I love milk!
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Originally Posted by Sky_High Could you explain about those coupons? | Staples has bunch of coupons they send out every weeks...
usually for $15/20/30 off $100/200/300...etc
i brought mine with the following coupons:
$15 off $100
$20 off $200
$30 off $200
I still have a few $15 off $100 laying around if anyone needs them
however, when you stack coupons, they have to be of a different promo codes (first 4 letters)
i.e. you can't stack 5x $15 off $100 coupon on a $500 ipad because all the $15 off $100 coupons have the same promo code
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10-04-2011, 08:58 AM
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Any thoughts on the new Sony Tablet S vs the other Android tablets? I love the design, and the features seem competitive to the others, and battery life seems to be good as well.
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