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[INFO] My Sensation experience so far.

Just been playing with my Sensation and the first thing I noticed was a couple of specs of dust under the screen Grrr!. They only show up outside under direct sunlight though.
Pros so far :
Screen is nice and clear, even outside (although reflective)
Feels lovely in the hand. Nowhere nears as big as I thought (also have iphone4).
Build quality seems good.
Cameras are nice and sharp.
Web browsing is quick.
Scrolling is smooth overall, although not up to iphone standards, but good enough.
GPS is quick and accurate.
Fingers glide effortlessly across the screen and fingerprints wipe off easily.
Am liking Sense so far.
Cons :
Viewing angles in portrait mode are pretty crap. Whites turn yellowy green when you tilt the screen slightly.
Movies do play with borders top and bottom.
Speaker is a bit tinny and low volume. Have set my ringtone to 'old phone'.
Screen is highly reflective.
Gonna carry on playing, so let me know if you want me to check anything on the phone.
Thanks.

Again the ''crappy'' speaker!
Htc will never hear our compalints?
How is the video recording quality (image and sound)?

Do you have a lot of widgets? Does it speeds of in smoothness if you kill all of them except the clock?
I really notice on my cell, that's the main thing causing lag! And because the iPhone does not have any widgets but simple icons I'm wondering.

About the speaker: For me, it seems a LOT better than my Desire HD speaker!

Thanks a lot for the review. Though what I need to hear is not just "good" or "bad". I mean could you please rate using really bad, very bad, bad, average, good, very good, excellent or scoring like x/10? That would be more specific because most of present high-end phones are really close each other these days.

That's funny. It makes me think "can you rate the phone by smiley face or frowney face ?" LOL

Could you possibly test out playing back MKV and FLAC files? If this thing is going to be locked down for a while I'd like to at least be able to play high-quality media on the stock ROM.

vegetaleb said:
Again the ''crappy'' speaker!
Htc will never hear our compalints?
How is the video recording quality (image and sound)?
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Seems ok, but will need to transfer to pc for proper test.

dangerousp said:
Do you have a lot of widgets? Does it speeds of in smoothness if you kill all of them except the clock?
I really notice on my cell, that's the main thing causing lag! And because the iPhone does not have any widgets but simple icons I'm wondering.
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Only the standard widgets so far, but not had any slowdown yet

madindehead said:
About the speaker: For me, it seems a LOT better than my Desire HD speaker!
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This is my first HTC device, so only have my iphone to compare.

Figure_desire said:
Thanks a lot for the review. Though what I need to hear is not just "good" or "bad". I mean could you please rate using really bad, very bad, bad, average, good, very good, excellent or scoring like x/10? That would be more specific because most of present high-end phones are really close each other these days.
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Ok. I will try to be more specific next time

Habbit said:
Could you possibly test out playing back MKV and FLAC files? If this thing is going to be locked down for a while I'd like to at least be able to play high-quality media on the stock ROM.
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Even if it doesn't play MKV, you can convert them using DVD Video Soft software. Has a converter for HTC devices

Habbit said:
Could you possibly test out playing back MKV and FLAC files? If this thing is going to be locked down for a while I'd like to at least be able to play high-quality media on the stock ROM.
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Will do, but am still playing around with the phone. Need to get my head around all of the options.
So much different from the iphone, but in a good way.

madindehead said:
Even if it doesn't play MKV, you can convert them using DVD Video Soft software. Has a converter for HTC devices
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I'd rather just not watch the movies if I have to convert them. In 2011, MKV support should be a standard.

DeezNotes said:
That's funny. It makes me think "can you rate the phone by smiley face or frowney face ?" LOL
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lol. That's actually opposite to what I want.
simacca said:
Ok. I will try to be more specific next time
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Thanks again for your understanding

Habbit said:
I'd rather just not watch the movies if I have to convert them. In 2011, MKV support should be a standard.
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Agree. MKV should be playable by any new device coming out.

what's this business of videos/movies having borders?
Did a regular movie have these borders?
(wasn't that one of the "epic" things) that there are going to be no borders?
(on a sensation vid i've seen on slashgear - the Green HOrnet trailer had borders, now i think about it)

daivik said:
what's this business of videos/movies having borders?
Did a regular movie have these borders?
(wasn't that one of the "epic" things) that there are going to be no borders?
(on a sensation vid i've seen on slashgear - the Green HOrnet trailer had borders, now i think about it)
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It depends what res/ratio the movie was encoded in. The only thing the screen was designed to do in regards to this was enable viewing movies in true wide screen ratio.

Bratag said:
It depends what res/ratio the movie was encoded in. The only thing the screen was designed to do in regards to this was enable viewing movies in true wide screen ratio.
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Cheers, just found it a bit odd, that The Green Hornet, a big hollwood release wouldn't be in true widescreen.

daivik said:
what's this business of videos/movies having borders?
Did a regular movie have these borders?
(wasn't that one of the "epic" things) that there are going to be no borders?
(on a sensation vid i've seen on slashgear - the Green HOrnet trailer had borders, now i think about it)
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Phone has HD (16:9) aspect ratio. Films are not shot in that format, so either cropping or bars are the result on HD displays. Same as on HD TV. HD video, or films re-formatted for HD, should play on the phone without bars.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Filmaspectratios_svg.svg

Do you 'root' the rest of your life too?

Most of us her root our phones to suck every last bit of potential out of them.
I'm curious if most of us 'root' the rest of our lives fro the same reason as well.
For example, I pulled the stock intake out of my car and put in a high flow intake system. I don't race or even drive like a maniac, just like I don't use my rooted phone to do too much more than make phone calls and browse the web. I just like that I can make my car a little more fuel efficient and get a little more power for acceleration when I need it.
Back to phone, I did the silicone mod to the Sensation to keep the dust out because waiting for it to get bad and need a replacement seemed like a dumb plan.
My computer....Linux OS. (I'm sure a good number of us do that one, but damn you Dell and you proprietary wifi drivers that take hours to hack to get working!)
I put a double blade on my mulching lawnmower so it mulches twice as well in half the time.
I couldn't survive without my Logitech Harmony remote for my entertainment system, the one that lets you flash custom button mapping and macros to the remote so single button presses turn on the TV, DVD player, and switch the stereo from Cable to DVD while turning off the DVD player. (Seriously....I could not live without this.)
I have a custom designed Windows 2000 based computer in my car running better GPS software on a 7 inch monitor than you can get in the newest Garmin device. Also runs my music and car diagnosis with an OBII interface into the car's main engine management computer. All with easy and safe to use touchscreen design in front of the shifter. (Emphasis on safe to use) And it looks like it came out of the factory with this computer installed, thank you very much.
You know...this kind of stuff.
So do other people hack everything in their lives? Or just the phone?

Oh yeah, with cars I do it so much more. Aftermarket parts is what I spend a lot of money on, for example this week, I've brought a whole new receiver and headunit for my Ford Explorer, changed all four speakers, bypassed the factory amp and now I have much better sound with more quality bass.
I also had a manual transmission VW Jetta, there was something called the swiss cheese mod, where you cut holes into the intake box so the air filter/intake sucks in more air and gives it an more louder/meaner sound while accelerating.
I've had my fair share of mods, can't remember all, but mostly with cars though. Getting them out of manufacturer specs and taking it to an whole another level.

You sound like my kinda guys. My philosophy is "if you can make it better, what's stopping you?"

Vw gti '05.
Revo Stg 2
Koni coils
Forge 007p
Bbs rc's
Euro speed IC
Cuban-made 3" DP to 2.5" system. Worked and sounded perfect. Great shop
Sold it.
S14 240sx '95
Used tiens (moar low. Didn't care for the brand at the time)
Greddy 3" full back.
Sr20det blacktop t25
Sfac
Godspeed IC
Crashed into a battle tank of a M37. Man ran a stop sign. I'm going 30 and he leaves me with 20 feet to stop. I spun his car out in a perfect 90 when I hit his driver rear quarter panel. My car? Totaled. His car? A scratch around his fender. And he drove away when he got the ticket.
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PanCubano said:
Vw gti '05.
Revo Stg 2
Koni coils
Forge 007p
Bbs rc's
Euro speed IC
Cuban-made 3" DP to 2.5" system. Worked and sounded perfect. Great shop
Sold it.
S14 240sx '95
Used tiens (moar low. Didn't care for the brand at the time)
Greddy 3" full back.
Sr20det blacktop t25
Sfac
Godspeed IC
Crashed into a battle tank of a M37. Man ran a stop sign. I'm going 30 and he leaves me with 20 feet to stop. I spun his car out in a perfect 90 when I hit his driver rear quarter panel. My car? Totaled. His car? A scratch around his fender. And he drove away when he got the ticket.
Sent from my HTC Sensation using Tapatalk
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VW gti '05, what model? Jetta? Golf? Polo? Lupo?
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sshede said:
You sound like my kinda guys. My philosophy is "if you can make it better, what's stopping you?"
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I like the way you think.

OllieArmageddon said:
VW gti '05, what model? Jetta? Golf? Polo? Lupo?
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA Premium HD app
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GTi = Golf GTi. Generally a sports edition of the platform.

I do the same, mostly with cars. I engine swapped my s10 with a Camaro 350 with cams and big carb, turbo 350 trans, 5 gallon race cell. It was a mean street truck. '87

sshede said:
You sound like my kinda guys. My philosophy is "if you can make it better, what's stopping you?"
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Money. Takes a good lot of time to pile up for some people

rooting is our life ... joke ...

Naturally! I like to "root" around the house mostly. Make stuff myself instead of hiring people to do it poorly

sshede said:
You sound like my kinda guys. My philosophy is "if you can make it better, what's stopping you?"
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Unfortunately, as anyone who likes to flash ROM's knows....if you can make it better, tomorrow you can make it even ore better, and even better still the next day....and so on and so forth.
There does come a time when I feel like I spend more time tweaking / building / modifying things than I ever spend actually using them.

xdviper said:
Oh yeah, with cars I do it so much more. Aftermarket parts is what I spend a lot of money on, for example this week, I've brought a whole new receiver and headunit for my Ford Explorer, changed all four speakers, bypassed the factory amp and now I have much better sound with more quality bass.
I also had a manual transmission VW Jetta, there was something called the swiss cheese mod, where you cut holes into the intake box so the air filter/intake sucks in more air and gives it an more louder/meaner sound while accelerating.
I've had my fair share of mods, can't remember all, but mostly with cars though. Getting them out of manufacturer specs and taking it to an whole another level.
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do u mind giving us the source from which u get the info for all these car mods?

alireza_simkesh said:
do u mind giving us the source from which u get the info for all these car mods?
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Vwvortex.com for VW's.
If your car isn't slammed, don't post it.
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cars, computers, phones, video game systems, you name it im modding lol

I just modded my dresser drawers. They didnt slide smoothly enough.
I swear I has never used any product as intended by the manufacturer!
Sent from a rebel ship by storing the message in an R2 unit. (Help me, XDA. You're my only hope)

PanCubano said:
Vwvortex.com for VW's.
If your car isn't slammed, don't post it.
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Haha, when I had my 2.0 Jetta MKV, I was dying to have mine, look like some on JettaJunkies.
Other than that, I'm disappointed in Logitech for dropping support the Google TV Revue, and not letting devs unlock the bootloader.

[VIDEOS] Good look into the INFINITY & NOTE10.1 [COMPARISONS]

VIDEO COMPARISONS BETWEEN TWO TOP TEER TABLETS:
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity(TF700T) & Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1​
This was created to give people an overall view of how these two tablets perform doing similar tasks and to aid in giving you a better view for those curious about these two tablets. These devices are best of the best compared to the rest of the Android tablets in the market today. Both appeal to the masses. Which one you go for is completely up to your needs. Hopefully this will help out the people still undecided. (Thanks BarryH_GEG for your videos on the Note 10.1 I also apologies for the background noises coming from my 2 and 5 year old daughters in a few of the videos)
(Be sure to set it to 1080p and keep in mind that loading/buffering from the Infinity will take a little longer because of the FHD screen)
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Scrolling/Swipping/General use
NOTE 10.1
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NOTE 10.1
INFINITY
HBOGO (Web Browser)
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INFINITY

jjdevega said:
These devices are best of the best compared to the rest of the Android tablets in the market today.
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Thanks so much for taking the time to put those together. I'd say general use and YouTube in a browser were pretty comparable. You can see the TF700 stuttering some in the other browser tests and the Netflix test. You pulled up HBO GO and XDA from your favorites without clearing the cache first which makes a difference. They’re both very content heavy sites and having to load all that content initially is a lot of work for the browser and h/w.
In the end they are both great devices, neither without compromises. And a lot of people would never consider the Note because of the lower res display and lack of options like the extended battery via the dock, the dock itself, and additional ports. It’s great to have choices.
P.S. – The empty space on your home screens makes me feel embarrassed by the clutter of mine.

BarryH_GEG said:
Thanks so much for taking the time to put those together. I'd say general use and YouTube in a browser were pretty comparable. You can see the TF700 stuttering some in the other browser tests and the Netflix test. You pulled up HBO GO and XDA from your favorites without clearing the cache first which makes a difference. They’re both very content heavy sites and having to load all that content initially is a lot of work for the browser and h/w.
In the end they are both great devices, neither without compromises. And a lot of people would never consider the Note because of the lower res display and lack of options like the extended battery via the dock, the dock itself, and additional ports. It’s great to have choices.
P.S. – The empty space on your home screens makes me feel embarrassed by the clutter of mine.
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On HBOGO, every time i cleared data and all, I would have to resign in. How are you able to go through hbogo without having to sign in? So The only difference with my video to yours was after I had cleared all I signed in and closed it. Then ran the comparison. Xda I had bookmarked but I cleared all data to it. So nothing different from your video. I'll do another test on the XDA video with me clearing everything. I apparently did not video that part.
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I removed my 35 widgets after the comparison. I don't like to much stuff going on
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jjdevega said:
I'll do another test on the XDA video with me clearing everything.
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You don't have to do that. Samsung's always done a better job than everyone else at optimizing their browsers. As an example, the Exynos SGS3 eats my Teg3 One X's lunch at every browsing benchmark and their screen resolution is almost identical. The TF700's at a disadvantage right from the start because of the additional pixels its pushing. The browsing performance of the TF700 is close to or even behind the TF300 in some tests because of that. It's the price you pay for that clear text and those pretty pictures.

Yep, I'm here again. I guess no one seems to have mentioned about audio here at all. Not one peep about it. As I've said MANY times before you'll notice the speaker placement of the Infinity. You may need your glasses to actually see that small, tiny, little speaker that is ON THE BACK of the tablet facing AWAY from you so you really can't hear it.
The Samsung's REAL speakers are right on the front facing you and they happen to be real stereo seperation since they are actually seperated. The sound compared is night and day. While you need to keep the Infinity's speaker volume on max all the time just to hear it a little you'll really appreciate the Samsung's speaker quality and placement. Everyone is so hooked up on video and forgot all about audio.

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Yep, I'm here again. I guess no one seems to have mentioned about audio here at all. Not one peep about it. As I've said MANY times before you'll notice the speaker placement of the Infinity. You may need your glasses to actually see that small, tiny, little speaker that is ON THE BACK of the tablet facing AWAY from you so you really can't hear it.
The Samsung's REAL speakers are right on the front facing you and they happen to be real stereo seperation since they are actually seperated. The sound compared is night and day. While you need to keep the Infinity's speaker volume on max all the time just to hear it a little you'll really appreciate the Samsung's speaker quality and placement. Everyone is so hooked up on video and forgot all about audio.
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I hardly use the internal speakers. When I do I just use Volume+ and problem solved. I don't need to even have the volume set to max barely 40% is loud enough. Most of the time I use my LG Tone - HBS-700 BT Headset. I like the idea of being able to go to the next room and hear what I'm listening to in private and my kids hearing inappropriate things when I watch my movies or anime is avoided completely. I also have an portable BT speaker that has rechargeable Li-ion battery that aids in long road trips to extend the battery life of my tablet since I'm not using its internal speakers. You would be amazed of how little I use the internal speakers for listening. Internal speakers/Volume is no issue for me.
I understand what your saying though... The Notes 10.1 speakers are pretty darn nice!
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Which is also why I'm assuming you don't hear much talk about speakers being a huge hindrance.
(I like how you made some of your words in CAPS)
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Opentoe!! I didn't realize that it was you! Welcome back! You were MIA for awhile there...
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jjdevega said:
I hardly use the internal speakers. When I do I just use Volume+ and problem solved. I don't need to even have the volume set to max barely 40% is loud enough. Most of the time I use my LG Tone - HBS-700 BT Headset. I like the idea of being able to go to the next room and hear what I'm listening to in private and my kids hearing inappropriate things when I watch my movies or anime is avoided completely. I also have an portable BT speaker that has rechargeable Li-ion battery that aids in long road trips to extend the battery life of my tablet since I'm not using its internal speakers. You would be amazed of how little I use the internal speakers for listening. Internal speakers/Volume is no issue for me.
I understand what your saying though... The Notes 10.1 speakers are pretty darn nice!
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Which is also why I'm assuming you don't hear much talk about speakers being a huge hindrance.
(I like how you made some of your words in CAPS)
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Opentoe!! I didn't realize that it was you! Welcome back! You were MIA for awhile there...
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The last thing I want to do is carry around external block speakers with my $600 tablet. It is a little funny to me. Most people that buy the Asus Infinity tablet will go about and buy a keyboard for it, along with external speakers. They are trying to make it right into a laptop. The thing they are used to. We all know one day we'll be able to run Android on an Intel PC. One day.

nice phone

Got my new device and m happy .wht i do with new device let me know

I've seen better phones than the tf700...you must have massive hands XD as for what to do with it, I guess that depends whether your planning on installing custom roms etc
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ishamm said:
I've seen better phones than the tf700...you must have massive hands XD as for what to do with it
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Yeah, one-handed calling is a definite no-no. I tried my ASUS TF700T phone in a full train compartment, but all my fellow passengers were looking at me in a funny way. That might have been me almost screaming to get any reception in the microphone of the 700, though. Also, they could probably hear the conversation better than I did, the speaker being at the back of the phone and all.

Huh?
nabilsweet007 said:
Got my new device and m happy .wht i do with new device let me know
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Looks very practical.

nabilsweet007 said:
Got my new device and m happy .wht i do with new device let me know
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Ummm...glad that you are happy with it.
What you can do with it is:
Web browse
Read books
Take pictures
Shoot video
Write letters
E-mail send and receive
Play a game
Watch streaming video
Jot down hand written notes
Store files from a PC
...just a few things you can do
I don't believe you can actually use it for a phone.
Have fun with your device.

The Asus TF700, the latest phone for giants, mountains and skyscrapers.

ShadowLea said:
The Asus TF700, the latest phone for giants, mountains and skyscrapers.
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Heh. :highfive: The rest of you hobbits go buy something else.

Anyone tried bluetooth for talking on the phone with tf700?

I can't see why it wouldn't assuming you have the 3g model. I've connected with a jaw bone hands free a few times for Skype etc
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Following this current trend of stupidly large screens... I wouldn't be surprised if people used it as a phone..

x51 said:
Following this current trend of stupidly large screens... I wouldn't be surprised if people used it as a phone..
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x51 said:
Following this current trend of stupidly large screens... I wouldn't be surprised if people used it as a phone..
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I've actually seen people do it. I always smirk when they try and take an artsy photograph with it -- last summer, I was witness to a group of Japanese tourists snapping pictures of the animals in a large zoo in Amsterdam (Artis, for the Dutch). Hilarious.
For the sake of information and blowing off some quirkyness: before my eye surgery, I had great eyesight and lugged around a D90 with glass in abundance on trips like that. No way I'm taking pictures with a tablet -- that would feel like being recruited into a police riot squad and getting your equipment, then noticing the rather disconcerting likeness of your baton to a large German sausage and your riot shield's resemblance to an American pizza... until you realize that they are, actually, a German sausage and a big-wheel pizza.

MartyHulskemper said:
I've actually seen people do it. I always smirk when they try and take an artsy photograph with it -- last summer, I was witness to a group of Japanese tourists snapping pictures of the animals in a large zoo in Amsterdam (Artis, for the Dutch). Hilarious.
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That... doesn't always go so well. Some idiot did that at the zoo in Dresden, too. All fun and games... Until he dropped his iPad 3 in the water at the flamingo habitat.... Then I was the only one laughing :silly:
For the sake of information and blowing off some quirkyness: before my eye surgery, I had great eyesight and lugged around a D90 with glass in abundance on trips like that. No way I'm taking pictures with a tablet -- that would feel like being recruited into a police riot squad and getting your equipment, then noticing the rather disconcerting likeness of your baton to a large German sausage and your riot shield's resemblance to an American pizza... until you realize that they are, actually, a German sausage and a big-wheel pizza.
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:laugh::laugh::laugh: Oh god, that mental image made my day! :laugh::laugh::laugh:

LOL....
You two make me giggle so much!
Shooting video with a tablet is kind of sneaky and cool tho...
A lot people don't know tablets can be cameras.

Thats OK said:
LOL....
You two make me giggle so much!
Shooting video with a tablet is kind of sneaky and cool tho...
A lot people don't know tablets can be cameras.
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Thanks, regard that as a compliment.
I was surprised to learn that in some countries it is actually against the law to have your digital camera not make a fake shutter sound when photographing. That seemed jaw-droppingly stupid -- as I've always hated people with digital shutter soudns, as well as people having keypad sounds on their phones (makes dialing go "beep-beepbeeeeeepbop-booop-beepbeepbeep-baab). The latter class also talks so loud when in phone conversation that there's no place to hide on the commute. I can still hear them on the other end the train -- until it was put forward that, seemingly, a high percentage of silent cameras was used to make up-skirt photos and such. Seems I missed the point entirely in having a silent camera, since I've been making pretty "decent" pictures of flowers and animals and such. There's no eroticism in that, unless you have some specific kind of sexual deviation.

I've actually used the TF700 as a phone on several occaisions with GrooveIP. It's actually pretty nice with a bluetooth headset, but I'd never put it up to my face because a) can you imagine the nasty cheek grease? and b) no proximity sensor to turn the screen off.

adampdx said:
I've actually used the TF700 as a phone on several occaisions with GrooveIP. It's actually pretty nice with a bluetooth headset, but I'd never put it up to my face because a) can you imagine the nasty cheek grease? and b) no proximity sensor to turn the screen off.
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That might actually be an advantage: currently it's freezing over here in Holland. If I'd put the screen brightness on high and just pretend to be on the phone with somebody, I'd at least have half of my face warmed up comfortably. I wouldn't worry that much about people looking, because they probably think I'm retarded anyway.

Well, I suppose you could do VOIP through your tab. Skype and such would be a way, but that doesn't count as a telephone.
Thats OK said:
LOL....
You two make me giggle so much!
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Well, that's a new one. Usually people are more inclined to hit me xD
MartyHulskemper said:
Thanks, regard that as a compliment.
I was surprised to learn that in some countries it is actually against the law to have your digital camera not make a fake shutter sound when photographing. That seemed jaw-droppingly stupid -- as I've always hated people with digital shutter soudns, as well as people having keypad sounds on their phones (makes dialing go "beep-beepbeeeeeepbop-booop-beepbeepbeep-baab). The latter class also talks so loud when in phone conversation that there's no place to hide on the commute. I can still hear them on the other end the train -- until it was put forward that, seemingly, a high percentage of silent cameras was used to make up-skirt photos and such. Seems I missed the point entirely in having a silent camera, since I've been making pretty "decent" pictures of flowers and animals and such. There's no eroticism in that, unless you have some specific kind of sexual deviation.
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Seriously? That's ridiculous. If you have such a problem with people taking picture up your skirt, pay some bloody attention to your surroundings, it's not hard, or simply don't wear a frikkin skirt. I never saw the point of them.
Yes, let's put the sound back on our shutters. Because it's such a good plan to use a shutter sound when photographing a herd of, say, deer. Scares the bloody sh*t out of them, forget about making a second shot. Not to mention butterflies, cats... And don't get me started on people. Taking urban snaps is pretty much pointless if everyone goes either looking straight at you to see what you're doing, or runs away because they're camera shy. Evidently laws are made by morons.
That's why I'm always in the silent coupé. No idiots on phones
MartyHulskemper said:
That might actually be an advantage: currently it's freezing over here in Holland. If I'd put the screen brightness on high and just pretend to be on the phone with somebody, I'd at least have half of my face warmed up comfortably. I wouldn't worry that much about people looking, because they probably think I'm retarded anyway.
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So, If I see a retard on the station using his tablet as a fake phone, I'll know it's you

ShadowLea said:
So, If I see a retard on the station using his tablet as a fake phone, I'll know it's you
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Yup. Find out before I spot you, because otherwise you'll have no time to run. </creepy retard mode> You might think I was a cretin -- although I *think* I do not look like one -- but at leats I'd be a suspected cretin with a warm ear.
Shame of the one that froze up.

MartyHulskemper said:
but at leats I'd be a suspected cretin with a warm ear.
Shame of the one that froze up.
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Simple solution: use a real phone on your other ear - or even better: buy another TF700 and use that.
1 TF700 .... $ 700
Another TF 700 .... $ 500
Seeing the faces of the people around you: priceless

suggest video goggles

Hello
Im looking for some googles/glasses that i can use when my girlfriend has taken the tv.
I need them to work with my oneplus one and streaming with netflix and popcorn.
I would love a long working time so i wont have to charge every day.
Any suggestions ?

We've all been on the internet long enough to know what those are going to be used for....
Have you considered Google Cardboard?

ShadowLea said:
We've all been on the internet long enough to know what those are going to be used for....
Have you considered Google Cardboard?
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LOL
Well I thought cardboard was for other purposes, can you watch normal video with google cardboard ?

jalabert said:
LOL
Well I thought cardboard was for other purposes, can you watch normal video with google cardboard ?
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In theory it's possible. I don't know how comfortable it'll be, though. I tried it on a Gear VR, but that was in float mode on a Note 4. In fullscreen it might be a bit painful to have a video that close to your eyes.