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randyest posted:Where did you get that idea? Wherever, it's wrong. Does iSuppli take into account the price Apple most likely gets or is that if you or I decided to build a tablet by going to Radio Shack?
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Craptacular! posted:It seems to be all over the place, with some people thinking they're making almost as much as 50% while others suggest a more modest 25%. golgo13sf posted:Does iSuppli take into account the price Apple most likely gets or is that if you or I decided to build a tablet by going to Radio Shack?
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iSuppli is considered to be extremely reliable. Remember that these huge profit margins are the very core of the business model. iTunes sells iPods. Apps sell iPhones. It's the opposite of game consoles,etc. They have ungodly sums of cash on hand and can negotiate very unique deals with it. Hell, Google's business model relies on giving away the OS in exchange for data gathering and ad serving with apps and media sales as gravy on top of that.
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Kynetx posted:iSuppli is considered to be extremely reliable. Remember that these huge profit margins are the very core of the business model. iTunes sells iPods. Apps sell iPhones. It's the opposite of game consoles,etc. They have ungodly sums of cash on hand and can negotiate very unique deals with it.
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See apple buying up all 9.7" screen production months in advance of the ipad 1 launch, leaving other manufacturers to scramble for what little manufacturing excess was left in other sizes when they realise it was selling more than a few...
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I'm about to root my TF101 and overclock it slightly with SetCPU to see if 720p playback can get any smoother. Question before I do this, can I overclock on the stock kernel or should I be looking into flashing a different one?
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Feb 28, 2012 16:41
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What codec and video player? I've had no trouble playing 720p on moboplayer.
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Jesus Christ Samsung/Verizon, 500 bucks for the Galaxy 7.7 ON CONTRACT?
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Secret Sweater posted:What codec and video player? I've had no trouble playing 720p on moboplayer. XVID. I tried bsplayer and mxplayer. The lower frame rate seems to be when playing it on my tv through the mini HDMI. It seems to work find when playing it on the tablet only. Maybe it's because the tablet doesn't seem to turn off it's own screen when playing through HDMI so it's trying to display it through both HDMI and the tablet's screen. I've successfully rooted, I just didn't know whether I needed a new kernel to OC with setcpu. Edit: It appears I can't OC on the stock kernel. It won't let me go above 1ghz. Time to install CM9 nightly I guess. IT Guy fucked around with this message at 17:34 on Feb 28, 2012 |
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Cakefool posted:See apple buying up all 9.7" screen production months in advance of the ipad 1 launch, leaving other manufacturers to scramble for what little manufacturing excess was left in other sizes when they realise it was selling more than a few... To be honest almost nobody was thinking that the iPad would be 4:3 and every tablet or slate I saw in early 2010 was widescreen. Sure, their orders took up manufacturing capacity but I don't think other companies were really looking at 1024 x 768 screens. Even now the vast majority of Android tablets are 16:9 or 16:10. They do consume I think 25% of the world's flash memory which definitely has an effect on the overall market.
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Codiusprime posted:Jesus Christ Samsung/Verizon, 500 bucks for the Galaxy 7.7 ON CONTRACT? Yea, the contract prices for some of the android tablets blow my mind.
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Feb 28, 2012 17:35
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Don Lapre posted:Yea, the contract prices for some of the android tablets blow my mind. The revenue from 2 years of a data contract to offset their cost of the tablet pales in comparison to the revenue of 2 years of a voice and data contract.
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qirex posted:They do consume I think 25% of the world's flash memory which definitely has an effect on the overall market. I forgot about the aspect ratio, yours is a much better point
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IT Guy posted:XVID. I tried bsplayer and mxplayer. The lower frame rate seems to be when playing it on my tv through the mini HDMI. It seems to work find when playing it on the tablet only. You can get 720p MKV files to play smooth with an OC to 1.4 and Dice Player. But yea, you need a new kernel. The revolver rom owned for that kind of stuff with HC and his ICS update is in beta. He has an app on the market that will auto update and manage downloading and installing kernels and other add-ons
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"The Verge" posted:Rubin was also frank about the challenges of bringing developers to a tablet platform that's sold just 12 million units in two years compared to over 50 million iPads 15 million of which were sold last quarter alone.
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lamentable dustman posted:You can get 720p MKV files to play smooth with an OC to 1.4 and Dice Player. But yea, you need a new kernel. The revolver rom owned for that kind of stuff with HC and his ICS update is in beta. He has an app on the market that will auto update and manage downloading and installing kernels and other add-ons Awesome, I'll keep checking his ROM. It appears that even the CM9 kernel won't allow you to OC. I know ICS just came out so I guess I'll have to give it a little more time for new kernels to start coming out.
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Feb 28, 2012 18:28
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Fryhtaning posted:The revenue from 2 years of a data contract to offset their cost of the tablet pales in comparison to the revenue of 2 years of a voice and data contract. Then honestly, Android tablets should follow iPad pricings on just no contract, month to month plans.
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So I've decided to give the Android world another shot. I picked up a used Motorola Xoom (i know  ), installed the ICS upgrade, and...It's actually pretty good. It's much faster than I remember, and I'm starting to really like the whole ICS desktop paradigm. The browser is definitely improved over the old Honeycomb one. Is there a list of must-have android tablet games kicking around?
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Feb 28, 2012 18:35
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Kirk posted:So I've decided to give the Android world another shot. I picked up a used Motorola Xoom (i know Where's My Water, Cut the Rope and of course Angry Birds. Not really tablet specific though. I do really enjoy the Monopoly game too. Edit: Oh, Osmos HD is a really good game as well.
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Feb 28, 2012 18:41
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Beyond puzzle games, I mean. Something more in-depth - RPGs, etc. I'd also like to find a good XBMC remote control app. Before I got rid of my iPad I had Constellation, which was amazing and I'd love to find something similar for ICS.
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Feb 28, 2012 18:48
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If you don't mind paying, and your tablet can handle it, I think there's a version of Grand Theft Auto 3 for tablets. I've also played Galaxy On Fire 2 and found it surprisingly fun.
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Feb 28, 2012 18:57
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Kirk posted:Beyond puzzle games, I mean. Something more in-depth - RPGs, etc. Something wrong with the official XBMC app?
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I don't know if the XOOM can run it, but Soulcraft is awesome. It's in beta, but really fun still. Inotia3 is supposed to be good, but I haven't spent much time on it. The Sonic 4 and Sonic CD ports are really well done as well.
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There's also the Android games thread and tablified.com.
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Vykk.Draygo posted:Something wrong with the official XBMC app? This is to control XBMC on my desktop, does the XBMC App interface with an HTPC running XBMC? Also most of these games are retreads of games I played on iPad - are there any that are Android specific?
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Feb 28, 2012 19:34
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Kirk posted:Also most of these games are retreads of games I played on iPad - are there any that are Android specific? Also, go away Kirk.
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Star War Sex Parrot posted:Easier emulation is about the only thing Android has going for it on the gaming front when compared to iOS stuff. I do have a hankering to play Final Fantasy 4 again. quote:Also, go away Kirk. Seriously? I actually have a Xoom. I'm enjoying it.
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Feb 28, 2012 19:45
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What he's getting at is we're suggesting games that are good, and those all made it to both platforms; Android doesn't have much in the way of exclusives since it's apparently pretty simple to port between the two OSes. So you're really asking "Are there any new good games lately for tablets?"
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~o bird mod of little faith~ Anyway, yes, I was just wondering if there were any Android exclusive apps that I may have previously missed.
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Kirk posted:Beyond puzzle games, I mean. Something more in-depth - RPGs, etc. Majesty is loving made for a tablet.
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Kirk posted:~o bird mod of little faith~ Emulation is all I've seen really over my friend's iPad. Though being able to play PS1/2 and N64 games with my PS3 controller is pretty sweet.
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Kirk posted:Anyway, yes, I was just wondering if there were any Android exclusive apps that I may have previously missed. There's the Adobe apps like Collage/Kuler/Proto etc which haven't been ported over to the iPad (yet). Though Photoshop touch was released yesterday on the App Store so that's one down. https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Adobe+Systems#?t=W251bGwsbnVsbCxudWxsLDEsImFpci5jb20uYWRvYmUua3VsZXIiXQ.. Vagrancy fucked around with this message at 20:24 on Feb 28, 2012 |
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Kirk posted:This is to control XBMC on my desktop, does the XBMC App interface with an HTPC running XBMC? That's what it's made for.
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Kirk posted:Anyway, yes, I was just wondering if there were any Android exclusive apps that I may have previously missed. Based on what I have installed, I'll recommend most of the Tegrazone & Kariosoft games along with: Apparatus Gem Miner 2 Great Little War Game Meteor Blitz Majesty Pew Pew 2 Osmos HD World of Goo Anomaly Warzone Earth HD GTA 3 Silpheed Alternative Simcity Deluxe Tank Hero X-construct Trial X (and it's sequel) Zen Pinball THD X-men Triple Town Sonic CD Robotek
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The screen on my transformer recently stopped working for no particular reason...the power switch will turn the backlight on but nothing comes up on-screen. Should I just RMA it?
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Feb 28, 2012 20:41
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Dodoman posted:Based on what I have installed, I'll recommend most of the Tegrazone & Kariosoft games along with: I think he was looking for Android exclusive apps, of which most (all?) of those are not.
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Who can forget the classics? http://code.google.com/p/nethack-android/ Haven't played it but I imagine it's pretty tedious without a hardware keyboard.
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BraveUlysses posted:The screen on my transformer recently stopped working for no particular reason...the power switch will turn the backlight on but nothing comes up on-screen. Should I just RMA it?
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Endless Mike posted:Try wrapping it in a towel and whacking it against your table first. No no there's a design flaw in the cooling system. You have to take off the back and solder a heatsink to the display.
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I'm not terribly upset about the lack of Android originals, and with Nvidia dumping loads of money into the platform I'm sure we'll see some exclusives in the future. There's lots of other stuff to be excited about as well. For example: I no longer have to use iTunes. That's probably worth the price of admission alone.
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