Android Tablet Thread: Defend Your Other Purchase

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Android Tablet Thread: Defend Your Other Purchase

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Uthor posted:

Yeah, the OG Transformer won't charge with anything but the included charger, either. Your computer does not output enough power over USB to charge it (though I was told that the Transformer will trickle charge very slowly through your PC if you leave the screen off and have it at idle). I'm not sure if other, extra powerful wall chargers will work.

Since the charging nub on my original transformer broke, I've been using the nub from my galaxy nexus. There's no indicator of charging, but it charges slowly. Like, on the order of 10% an hour. If you use the tablet while it's charging, it just drains slowly.

# ¿ Jan 22, 2012 17:27

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 07:52

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Isn't gps kind of useless since it's wifi only and if you're doing any navigating you need a data connection, and the wifi will automatically position you?

# ¿ Jan 25, 2012 20:47

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Dr. Video Games 0050 posted:

It's just weird. Apple, with the iPod, finally "got right" a lot of what was wrong with the fragmented and Engrish market of MP3 players and made it accessible and easy to use. They then continued on with the iPhone and iPad - they didn't coin just a catchphrase, but literally proved that their stuff Just Works.

You tap on something, it registers. You swipe, it registers and doesn't lag. You want music? You just download it. You want apps? There's like 600,000 and growing. You don't want to choose between 9000 different variants of a product and just confuse yourself without doing mad homework? Just pick up the flavor of the year.

You have problems? Go into an actual brick and mortar store and get it replaced by guys who know what they're doing. You don't live close to one? Call Apple Care and get an English speaking guy from the same country you're calling from and get help.

Apple also has a good business practice where the customer is always right, and a very high reputation to uphold so they'll bend over backwards for their consumers

Their products are so popular that random stores stock random accessories - you can't go into one mall without finding a slew of cases or cords.

They are also so popular that the products will continue to be supported for years to come, and because it's so popular you know you're not buying into something that will phase out with it's own competitor in the same year.

People keep recommending Apple because it's like recommending it to a friend - you want to say what's best and what will work the most. You wouldn't tell someone to buy an Android that requires root and the exclusion of a front facing camera or Netflix because of it. This thread is evidence enough that it's just the wild west with Android and no one knows what the gently caress they want/are doing

Shut the gently caress up about the iPad, this is not the right thread or forum for this.

# ¿ Jan 28, 2012 19:45

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Just so you guys know, the Samsung 10.1 and 8.9 are both really good and have excellent community support as well as having all features work and decent ICS builds out there. I think they're the only manufacturer doing anything decent right now.

It's been nothing but poo poo from Asus with both the Transformer and Transformer Prime (I own the original TF). If I don't get Apple next round, I'm getting Samsung.

# ¿ Feb 4, 2012 18:56

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

I think they were saying they wanted to make the tablet a 7 or 8 inch screen, which most people tend to use in portrait rather than landscape; so the buttons would be on the side for portrait viewing

# ¿ Apr 3, 2012 17:58

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

rotaryfun posted:

Stopped by my staples today just to look. They still have a piece of paper up that says if you want to pre order the nexus 7, please speak to an associate.

That piece of paper is the only thing in that store that references, Nexus 7.

This is still 10 times more than any other android tablet promotion

# ¿ Jul 20, 2012 19:33

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

oxsnard posted:

My local staples kicks rear end. The stocking manager wrote my name down after I told him about my broken screen. He called me today the second they got a shipment of 4 devices in the store and held one until I could go in after work. Apparently they should be getting small shipments once or so a week for the next three to four weeks and that's true for all us stores.

Sounds like some seriously stupid shipping logistics there.

# ¿ Jul 25, 2012 04:43

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Daimo posted:

Anyobody know how to turn off that halo feature. It just sits there adding nothing and ruining my desktop

Yeah, I'd like to know this too. I installed PA on my nexus 7 and after about 45 minutes it got irritated that I couldn't get rid of it, not to mention the esoteric settings menu that didn't have any reset to default behavior buttons.

# ¿ Jun 11, 2013 15:02

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

god damnit i literally just bought a nexus 7 a week ago.

# ¿ Jun 14, 2013 14:22

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Doctor rear end in a top hat posted:

Pull a Jerkface. You have 15 days from date of delivery to do a return.

https://play.google.com/intl/en-US_us/about/device-terms.html

Bought it from Staples because they had a $20 rebate + $20 gift card deal going on. :negative:

# ¿ Jun 14, 2013 14:37

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

Don Lapre posted:

Staples also has a return policy.

Also how much faster is the s4 pro compared to the tegra 3.

I can tell you that the difference between the responsiveness and smoothness between the HTC One and the Nexus 7 is night and day. I don't know if it's more of a function of available RAM, but the N7 starts to choke up if I switch between tasks too fast, especially data hungry ones like Facebook and Pulse. I was considering taking it back and getting a more current gen tab like the N10, but I couldn't really justify paying 500 for an eReader and on-the-couch surfing tablet. Plus I've got some android projects that I'm working on for school and they use N7's in class.

Is the N10 a good purchase?

# ¿ Jun 14, 2013 14:54

Adbot: ADBOT LOVES YOU

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 07:52

AppleCobbler: Feb 8, 2003; remember that time I was just chilling out and definitely not having a massive meltdown? right guys? guys???

nmfree posted:

Sounds like a good thread title.

That would be a good forum title.

# ¿ Jun 21, 2013 15:31

The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Inspect Your Gadgets > Android Tablet Thread: Defend Your Other Purchase