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06-28-2012, 09:51 AM
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i really like the idea, however I just see google loosing money.... how can they afford to sell these at 200 bucks?
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06-28-2012, 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by !Aznboi128  i really like the idea, however I just see google loosing money.... how can they afford to sell these at 200 bucks? | the same way buying new printers are cheaper than buying ink. the consumables (Apps) is what makes your $$
you can only sell one device but the buyer can keep buying apps/services. make 0$ on machine, after that its all profit.
same as free online games.
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06-28-2012, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo E the same way buying new printers are cheaper than buying ink. the consumables (Apps) is what makes your $$
you can only sell one device but the buyer can keep buying apps/services. make 0$ on machine, after that its all profit.
same as free online games. | might be true for printers as you have to buy ink... but theres a lot of people out there that doesn't especially android platform
I was reading up on this http://gizmodo.com/5922043/you-cant-...y-losing-money | |
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06-28-2012, 10:33 AM
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#54 | | Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by Turbo E the same way buying new printers are cheaper than buying ink. the consumables (Apps) is what makes your $$
you can only sell one device but the buyer can keep buying apps/services. make 0$ on machine, after that its all profit.
same as free online games. | Yeah, I think this is what Google Play was built for over the past year or so. Renting movies for $4-5 a pop and selling e-books, they'll definitely make some profit
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06-28-2012, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Turbo E are you sure? i cant find anywhere that says OTG cables are supported  | USB OTG is supported since Honeycomb days. Should be fine to support it on the Nexus 7
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06-28-2012, 10:52 AM
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wow had to re-read everything after the merge... Quote:
Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp To the people who complain about expandable storage, when was the last time you expanded your storage? I went from 4gb to 8gb once, and that's more than enough for me. Not even half full (but 4gb wasn't enough) and even if it was, some minor file management is all I'd need to do...
I'm just curious what other people's situations are like. I know I run into storage problems on my 16gb iPad all the time, so maybe tablets are different | 16gb is nowhere enough for my tf101. When I'm on vacation, I move the photos from my camera to the tablet right away so I can view/edit them or show them to whoever I'm with. I have tons of books and comics on there that take up at least 8gb alone. After I include movies, I'm maxed out. I don't even have any music on there.
I think my apps alone use up about 2-3gb. 8gb will definitely not be enough for me.. Having a card is also easier for me to transfer stuff from my mac. Tried with the tf101 but it was pretty difficult/time consuming.
My phone on the other hand has probably 2 or 4gb. Can't remember but it doesn't really matter. I use it as a phone and that's pretty much it.
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06-28-2012, 12:09 PM
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06-28-2012, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by SkinnyPupp To the people who complain about expandable storage, when was the last time you expanded your storage? I went from 4gb to 8gb once, and that's more than enough for me. Not even half full (but 4gb wasn't enough) and even if it was, some minor file management is all I'd need to do...
I'm just curious what other people's situations are like. I know I run into storage problems on my 16gb iPad all the time, so maybe tablets are different | after OS and what not you are probably left with less than 6GB. Load up a HD video or two after having some apps and you are already out of space...which can be frustrating when you know you have a spare $30 32GB SD card just lying around. Quote:
Originally Posted by K-Dub Use phone as hotspot, use google music to stream my own songs, and use hulu/slingbox or dropbox for movies..no need for a SD card! | I haven't tried streaming/tether HD videos or FLAC audio but I assume it's laggy as shit if you dont have LTE data..not to mention most people will probably hit their caps pretty soon if you do like an hour of that each day.
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06-28-2012, 02:22 PM
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any word on when this makes it to a big box retailer?
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06-28-2012, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoon any word on when this makes it to a big box retailer? | I wonder if it will. Since google is not making anything on it I doubt big box chains would carry it (no money for them to mark up)
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06-28-2012, 05:03 PM
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Originally Posted by JKam I wonder if it will. Since google is not making anything on it I doubt big box chains would carry it (no money for them to mark up) | I will be coming to BB stores. Goole will be paying the stores to sell it. You Can't Beat the iPad Just by Losing Money
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06-28-2012, 05:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Manic! | Sweet. Confirmed for BestBuy? I have $50 worth of gift cards to use up.
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06-28-2012, 09:39 PM
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was gonna buy it straight from google, then found out about a $19.99 shipping fee  | |
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06-29-2012, 02:28 AM
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^ Yeah I was wondering how much shipping would be... Who's up for a group buy to save some shipping?
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06-29-2012, 04:44 AM
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#65 | | Where's my RS Christmas Lobster?!
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I'm sold
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06-29-2012, 07:11 AM
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#66 | | Glorious Gaming PC Master Race
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Originally Posted by TheTank was gonna buy it straight from google, then found out about a $19.99 shipping fee | folks at RFD reported ordering 2 tabs and only getting 1 $20 ship charge. comes from Google Canada so no duties etc.
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06-29-2012, 08:32 AM
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too bad there's no cool accessories for it yet.. That would push me to buy it.
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06-29-2012, 09:37 AM
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06-29-2012, 10:27 AM
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WTF! No flash!
I understand that they want to push HTML 5 but most sites are still using flash for their video streaming so this is a big no for me Quote:
In November Adobe stated that “We will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations (chipset, browser, OS version, etc.) following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook. We will of course continue to provide critical bug fixes and security updates for existing device configurations.” This direction is leading them towards HTML5 for mobile.
Truth is setting in today as Adobe posted a note on their company blog that confirmed Android 4.1 Jelly Bean will not have Flash Player support, plus declared that effective August 15th they will pull the app from Google Play. “Beginning August 15th we will use the configuration settings in the Google Play Store to limit continued access to Flash Player updates to only those devices that have Flash Player already installed.”
Regarding 4.1, Adobe says they have not tested or completed the certification process and confirmed that “there will be no certified implementations of Flash Player for Android 4.1.” A complete list of certified Android devices that support Flash has been posted on their site, but Adobe notes that if any of these get upgraded to OS 4.1 Jelly Bean you might experience “exhibit unpredictable behavior” and they reiterate that “future updates to Flash Player will not work,” thus “we recommend uninstalling Flash Player on devices which have been upgraded to Android 4.1.” Boom.
| Adobe: Flash will not be supported in Android OS 4.1 | MobileSyrup.com
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06-29-2012, 10:29 AM
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I don't even know what their strategic reasoning is behind this... I doesn't make any sense for them to drop out of it.
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06-29-2012, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Manic! | or you know, they sell the expensive accessories and covers for the tablets.
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06-29-2012, 12:29 PM
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Just download flash right now. you're g2g
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06-29-2012, 03:41 PM
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Someone will probably release an APK to support it. I'm not too worried.
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06-29-2012, 05:40 PM
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just ordered the 8gig one. Ended up being 254.07 after shipping and tax. Not too bad. Ive had the galaxy nexus for a while, and love it. Been wanting a tablet but the cost for anything decent was too much. Couldnt pass this up.
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06-29-2012, 11:44 PM
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