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hey guys i recently bought the Viewsonic G Tablet, and i'm probably gonna take it back as i am not entirely pleased with it's performance, i was wondering what you guys think is the best tablet out there right now, excluding the Ipad, as i am not down with apple! thanks guys, and if there is a thread already dedicated to this topic i am sorry, the search function would not work for me. any and all input is greatly appreciated.
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hey guys i recently bought the Viewsonic G Tablet, and i'm probably gonna take it back as i am not entirely pleased with it's performance, i was wondering what you guys think is the best tablet out there right now, excluding the Ipad, as i am not down with apple! thanks guys, and if there is a thread already dedicated to this topic i am sorry, the search function would not work for me. any and all input is greatly appreciated.
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Whats wrong with the gtablet? Did you try installing a custom rom on it like CM? I'm actually planning on getting the gtablet because I think its the best thing out there right now for the price.
well it's nice don't get me wrong, but before i invest permanently in this device i just want to make sure there isn't anything better out there. I would like to own a device with a little more developemnt on it already, I'm not sure if i'm expecting to much, but like i said, just want to make sure, i like to "test drive" multiple devices before making a commitment. yes i've tried the tnt lite and the vegan.
The xoom that is coming out looks to be very good, but might be expensive. The asus tablets also look promising. I have heard good things about the Adam but its hard to get and thus expensive. If you like 7inch screens the nook color has a great dev team but the hardware is very low end.
If I was u I'd rather take it back and wait till the Xoom comes out. I have sold my Gtab last week as I am saving money for the Xoom
yeah the xoom looks amazing but 1: I refuse to pay a monthly data plan for a tablet when i already have one for my phone, that's dumb. and 2: I read that the xoom will be $800 and I also believe that that is dumb, i really don't want to pay more then right around $400....
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i think acer is a good choice , and the price of it is lower than others
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i havent seen acer tabs, even on their website.
got links?
i looked all last night for options
the xoom looks ok, but like people said - no wifi only and 800$??!?! wtf??
adam looks alright.. but its running 2.2.... i dont just want a bigger phone
so i searched around and looked at the asus ones coming out. and i think that is where my cash is going to go.
http://reviews.cnet.com/tablets/asus-eee-pad-slider/4505-3126_7-34467849.html
I am completely new to the tablet market. I first got interested in the Kindle Fire but then went upwards from there. I have checked into the Nook tablet, Acer Iconia etc. The Transformer looks great to me but with the prime coming out I, like many others I'm sure, am trying to decide whether I want it out of geek need for speed or whether I really don't need it.
I'd do my main gaming on my PC. I'mlooking for a tablet to tool around with while sitting on the couch, watch netflix, and stream media from my local server. Would the current iteration of the Transformer be adequate for all of that? I don't need latest and greatest but I don't want to screw myself either.
I apologize if this has been asked many times before.
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I am completely new to the tablet market. I first got interested in the Kindle Fire but then went upwards from there. I have checked into the Nook tablet, Acer Iconia etc. The Transformer looks great to me but with the prime coming out I, like many others I'm sure, am trying to decide whether I want it out of geek need for speed or whether I really don't need it.
I'd do my main gaming on my PC. I'mlooking for a tablet to tool around with while sitting on the couch, watch netflix, and stream media from my local server. Would the current iteration of the Transformer be adequate for all of that? I don't need latest and greatest but I don't want to screw myself either.
I apologize if this has been asked many times before.
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not at full price. however if you can find one on sale, for example $250 , then heck yes
If you're gonna spend full price get the prime, especially if rooting is not the biggest concern you have (give it more time to see how the Prime plays out there). For your use case the TF101 should be fine but AFAIK if you are going to want to do something like a lot of 1080p decode, the Prime could be worth it; I'd wait for reports though lol.
I'm happy with my TF101.
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yeah my chances of getting one on black friday aren't very good
there will be eleventy on sale in marketplace for cheap once the prime goes on sale... ill be getting rid of mine and it looks new.
word of advice, if you can afford it, wait for the prime. It's gonna be Legendary !
Here is the thing since I bought this tablet it hasn't ever been fast... Today I was watching a video of a Galaxy Note 10.1 and Man that it's fast on to put a newer case the Nexus 10 wich has higher resolution it open things fast and fluid
So here is what happens to me now..
I bought today Need for Speed Most Wanted a really new game I bought it to my GSIII of course is imcompatible with TF700 and I transfered the files to my tablet It downloaded all 500+ MB and I was hopping it was going to be fast cus It has a Tegra 3 Version so come on.. and the surprise NO so slow laggish and omg come on I dont play any game on this tablet just tried this on eand no..
I really don't understand why this tablet i'ts that slow, and I dont want to sell it cus it has good specs good screen any other tablet has that and ****ty Nexus10 Doesnt have a MicroSD I dont really know wtf its google thinking..
****ty Nexus10 Doesnt have a MicroSD I dont really know wtf its google thinking..[/QUOTE]
They are thinking that we should all be using their cloud storage so they can make more revenue selling ads.
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****ty Nexus10 Doesnt have a MicroSD I dont really know wtf its google thinking..
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They are thinking that we should all be using their cloud storage so they can make more revenue selling ads.[/QUOTE]
We cant run apps from the cloud.
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Here is the thing since I bought this tablet it hasn't ever been fast... Today I was watching a video of a Galaxy Note 10.1 and Man that it's fast on to put a newer case the Nexus 10 wich has higher resolution it open things fast and fluid
So here is what happens to me now..
I bought today Need for Speed Most Wanted a really new game I bought it to my GSIII of course is imcompatible with TF700 and I transfered the files to my tablet It downloaded all 500+ MB and I was hopping it was going to be fast cus It has a Tegra 3 Version so come on.. and the surprise NO so slow laggish and omg come on I dont play any game on this tablet just tried this on eand no..
I really don't understand why this tablet i'ts that slow, and I dont want to sell it cus it has good specs good screen any other tablet has that and ****ty Nexus10 Doesnt have a MicroSD I dont really know wtf its google thinking..
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Why not try installing cleanrom and boosting your IO. I doubt you will dislike it after that.
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Why not try installing cleanrom and boosting your IO. I doubt you will dislike it after that.
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LOL are you telling me to do that lol! jejje
No man even clemsyn kernel at 1.8 GHz and GPU OC can't save this machine I think :S
BTW Change to CM10 and you will see what it's really smooth but not a lot. lol
Im just so pissed I couldn't run the ****ing need for speed..
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LOL are you telling me to do that lol! jejje
No man even clemsyn kernel at 1.8 GHz and GPU OC can't save this machine I think :S
BTW Change to CM10 and you will see what it's really smooth but not a lot. lol
Im just so pissed I couldn't run the ****ing need for speed..
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I'm running CM10 right now. Haha. I run everything wonderfully on my Infinity. I wonder why you are having frustrations.
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LOL are you telling me to do that lol! jejje
No man even clemsyn kernel at 1.8 GHz and GPU OC can't save this machine I think :S
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Well, to be honest, my 700 is flying since CleanROM 2.2+ -- it's a difference of night and day, absolutely incomparable. I'm wondering what's wrong with your unit -- or your expectations, or perception -- that you are so unhappy with it.
Out of the box: performance that did not exactly overwhelm me.
Now: happy. Just happy.
I think one of the best indicators of this machine just doing what it should is the fact that I'm slowly dropping in activity in here. It's not that I've lost interest, but I am busier doing stuff with it than looking anxiously for fixes for this and that (mostly I/O).
I've finally arrived at reading that large pile of pdf magazines, for example - I hardly ever game, and certainly not hardcore; that's what my desktop is for -- Borderlands 2 ftw! )
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Well, to be honest, my 700 is flying since CleanROM 2.2+ -- it's a difference of night and day, absolutely incomparable. I'm wondering what's wrong with your unit -- or your expectations, or perception -- that you are so unhappy with it.
Out of the box: performance that did not exactly overwhelm me.
Now: happy. Just happy.
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Having to give up your warranty (especially when that also means Asus saying "**** you" even for hardware/manufacturing faults) for acceptable performance is not okay in my book.
@MartyHulskemper I don't play a lot on my mobile devices I have a PS3 at home but I really wanted to try that game just to see it doesn't goes ok.. but well after wasting 580 mb download on Tablet now 580 more on my SIII and there it runs just amazing
I think seriosuly we can't play anything on the Infinity it only can run Angry Birds and Temple Run lol! and I thought that the 12core gpu could handle that res but nope
Relativaly my tablet it's fast with CM10 just some slow animations that when using other tablets that animation are all smooth I'm talking about all animations of the system.
Is CleanRom some safe app from ASUS to use?
I was just reading the Transformer Prime board and found a thread where many are celebrating the discovery of factory resetting their TFP updated to JB and experiencing must faster performance from tablet, have eliminated the ANR message, and some are seeing a boot in I/O from Jellybean and are stating that the increased performance stayed the same as they loaded apps back on their device.
Two questions:
Why is there no thread on the Infinity board like that?
Is this what CleanRom is about and safe to?
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Here is the thing since I bought this tablet it hasn't ever been fast... Today I was watching a video of a Galaxy Note 10.1 and Man that it's fast on to put a newer case the Nexus 10 wich has higher resolution it open things fast and fluid
So here is what happens to me now..
I bought today Need for Speed Most Wanted a really new game I bought it to my GSIII of course is imcompatible with TF700 and I transfered the files to my tablet It downloaded all 500+ MB and I was hopping it was going to be fast cus It has a Tegra 3 Version so come on.. and the surprise NO so slow laggish and omg come on I dont play any game on this tablet just tried this on eand no..
I really don't understand why this tablet i'ts that slow, and I dont want to sell it cus it has good specs good screen any other tablet has that and ****ty Nexus10 Doesnt have a MicroSD I dont really know wtf its google thinking..
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If you don't like it get rid of it and get something else. Then you can complain about that tablet in another forum.
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Having to give up your warranty (especially when that also means Asus saying "**** you" even for hardware/manufacturing faults) for acceptable performance is not okay in my book.
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Somewhat agreed. The "somewhat" is necessary because your use of the term "acceptable performance", which is something specific to every individual user and as such cannot be applied generally. I take it performance was not up to your standards OOTB; as I said, neither was it to up to mine. Insofar, we agree.
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@MartyHulskemper I don't play a lot on my mobile devices I have a PS3 at home but I really wanted to try that game just to see it doesn't goes ok.. but well after wasting 580 mb download on Tablet now 580 more on my SIII and there it runs just amazing
I think seriosuly we can't play anything on the Infinity it only can run Angry Birds and Temple Run lol! and I thought that the 12core gpu could handle that res but nope
Relativaly my tablet it's fast with CM10 just some slow animations that when using other tablets that animation are all smooth I'm talking about all animations of the system.
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Where did you get that 12-core GPU from? I want it too! It's a 4-core with a 5th low-performance helper core. Please get your info straight before making statements.
CleanROM is VERY smooth, animations and all, but yes, you'd have to unlock first.
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Is CleanRom some safe app from ASUS to use?
I was just reading the Transformer Prime board and found a thread where many are celebrating the discovery of factory resetting their TFP updated to JB and experiencing must faster performance from tablet, have eliminated the ANR message, and some are seeing a boot in I/O from Jellybean and are stating that the increased performance stayed the same as they loaded apps back on their device.
Two questions:
Why is there no thread on the Infinity board like that?
Is this what CleanRom is about and safe to?
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CleanROM is an optimized ROM (so specific to the TF700 and as such it cannot be used on the Prime, sorry). Also, the forum is filled to the brim with reports of factory-resetting being good for overall performance and of JB goodness posts. Guess you just have to look better.
But again, CleanROM = no go for Prime!
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If you don't like it get rid of it and get something else. Then you can complain about that tablet in another forum.
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This pretty much sums up my current attitude for all the QQ -- as I said before, we've had loads of issues in the beginning (I had the device three weeks before retail) and we were vocal about it. It has now come to a point where I am slowly, but surely, losing my patience with all the people who: cross-post, double-post, thread necrophiliacs, ask questions that have been answered at least twenty times in at least five threads. This doesn't target this thread -- this is a mere opinion to which the OP is entitled as much as we all are -- but a lot of people are aiming for hand-holding in here. Use PMs for that.
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Having to give up your warranty (especially when that also means Asus saying "**** you" even for hardware/manufacturing faults) for acceptable performance is not okay in my book.
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Ok let's be honest what are you doing on a developers website if you didn't plan on modding in the first place plus a square trade warranty will cover your device much better than mtbe asus warranty would
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Think you might check forum rules.
You don't need to make a new thread everytime when you have something to say. There are enough this kind of threads where to post your opinions.
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@MartyHulskemper nvidia webpage man
http://www.nvidia.com/object/tegra-3-processor.html
GPU Cores 12...
I know you dont think flashing the OC kernal helps either but hell if you are already unlocked and on CleanRom then I would definitely try it. It makes a difference plus it gives the GPU a boost I think ( dont quote me on that one.)
Stock OFW made me want to pull my hair out. I had the TF300 before and it ran way more stable than the Infinity did at release.
However, with cleanrom 2.3 and Data2SD Enhanced, this has become the tablet I've always wanted. It sucks that it took so much work to get it to speed, but that's the price you pay sometimes to be ahead of the curve. I knew with all of the Infinity's connectivity and immediately unlocked bootloader, the xda developers would fix most issues and they did.
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Ok let's be honest what are you doing on a developers website if you didn't plan on modding in the first place plus a square trade warranty will cover your device much better than mtbe asus warranty would
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First, I registered here when I had my Galaxy S. A phone that I could mod without losing my warranty (unless you hardbricked it, which was possible, but took some effort). Asus should at the very least also give access to nvflash if people are to lose their warranty. Then hard-bricking the device will be pretty much impossible at least. It's still a ****ty move to ignore manufacturing faults just because someone chose to unlock, though.
Second, SquareTrade isn't available outside of the US (and UK it seems from their website?). Not everyone who's on here lives in the US. There are alternative warranties when buying from certain stores here in Norway as well, but that means actually buying from those stores. Not an option for me, for various reasons.
I was really quite disappointed in the Infinity initially also.
Not angry enough to spew discord all over the tablet world, yet not really happy.
I was hoping firmware and Jelly Bust and project butter would make the dream come true...NOPE!
Tell ya what though after muddling thru flashing the tweaks mentioned earlier in this thread I'm one happy user.
These "I'm bummed" threads seem pretty popular here on XDA.
Same complaints...same responses...
I was on the verge of selling mines too. But after being convinced to root it, i took the plunge and installed Cleanrom. After that, i was very satisfied. Then a few days ago, i installed Clemsyns Kernel, and i am even more impressed. No reboot, no force closes, no lag. This thing flies now. It works like it should have worked out the box. Its a shame ASUS couldnt get it right and we have to do all this just to get it stable. But i am happy with the tweaks.
I'll try to keep it brief:
1. I'm a little annoyed that ASUS makes you sign off your warranty to unlock, everyone is annoyed by this I'm sure but you deal with it or you don't. The flip side of this coin is that a product like this shouldn't have to be sent in for warranty work if you don't brick it. I've never had to send in any handsets I've owned because of original equipment malfunctions. You can't guarantee that you'll get a perfect device if you buy it but I would think as long as you take care of it, it'll be fine, right?
2. Speed of the tablet. If you wanted to play it safe and keep the bootloader locked until the warranty expired, I've read that the tablet is sluggish. If I buy the tablet on Amazon I can unlock it, load a custom ROM on it, and decide within 30 days whether or not I want the warranty back. Is it worth giving up the warranty for the extra speed or is the sluggishness of the tablet overexaggerated? Can the tablet run Chrome well with the stock ASUS rom?
What do you guys think? Thanks!
The biggest concern i had with this tablet is QA. I went through 5 tablets until i found one i was happy with and there are many others in the same boat. What you DONT hear is from the people who got one they were happy the first time, either because they dont exist or because they dont complain.
Asus has shown that they will update this thing regularly, we keep getting updates and even the original transformer is still getting updates. that shows that in a year from now i will likely have updates to whatever version of android is available. Other top end tablets (like samsung) as much as i hate to say it dont update as often or as quickly.
I'd say get yourself a tablet if its something you will use. Use the hell out of it for the return period and make sure everything is working. If its not, return it and get another one. And after your 14 days or 30 days or whatever your retailer is if you personally dont like how some aspects of the tablet can be slower than expected return it. For me, its not an issue. Everyone is different.
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I have a completely stock tablet and it is not sluggish at all - I find many of the issues mentioned here are exaggerated! I played around with a Note 10.1 in a store and found no difference in the speed but I did notice the quality of the screen was not as sharp as the Infinity. If you have a 15-30 day return policy why not order one and if it's not what you expect then return?
Hello,
I am stock and unrooted and I like my infinity now (and I love the dock). I was a little disappinted at first (I bought it in july) because I find it too slow for the price it was, however this is my first tablet and I don't know how are other tablet. But now for my everyday use it is fine. I was really tempted to unlock and flash cleanrom but I don't want to loose my warranty. If I had known about square trade waranty at the time of purchase I would have got one, but it is too late now. My advice is the same as the previous, if you really want an infinity, buy it when you can easily return it after x days and return it if you are not satisfied. If you like it and want to unlock and keep a warranty, if you live in the US you can buy a square trade warranty and they enjoy your unlocked tablet.
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Hey , it's a great tablet trust me ..it's light, fast , and you can do so much with it. Soon it will get even better because the nexus 10 is coming out with that ridiculous resolution so deva will start making apps that support high resolution tablets. This tablet is awesome you can buy 32gb one and not worry about space because it has expandable memory.
Dude I unlocked mine , flashes clean ROM and used pimp my ROM ...this thing runs smooth as butter .
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Running it stock. Do not find it to be sluggish at all.
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I'll try to keep it brief:
1. I'm a little annoyed that ASUS makes you sign off your warranty to unlock, everyone is annoyed by this I'm sure but you deal with it or you don't. The flip side of this coin is that a product like this shouldn't have to be sent in for warranty work if you don't brick it. I've never had to send in any handsets I've owned because of original equipment malfunctions. You can't guarantee that you'll get a perfect device if you buy it but I would think as long as you take care of it, it'll be fine, right?
2. Speed of the tablet. If you wanted to play it safe and keep the bootloader locked until the warranty expired, I've read that the tablet is sluggish. If I buy the tablet on Amazon I can unlock it, load a custom ROM on it, and decide within 30 days whether or not I want the warranty back. Is it worth giving up the warranty for the extra speed or is the sluggishness of the tablet overexaggerated? Can the tablet run Chrome well with the stock ASUS rom?
What do you guys think? Thanks!
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dont buy this tablet, you will regret it. It is sluggish. Very sluggish. It is so annoying that I am returning it monday. This is by far the worst Android device I have ever bought.
And btw, I also have the TF300 + dock and I love it.
Just do like anyone with a brain and order a Nexus 10 tuesday.
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What you DONT hear is from the people who got one they were happy the first time, either because they dont exist or because they dont complain.
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Oh we exist. We just have better things to do than post in every single bloody thread where people complain. I've got about 30 post saying mine's fine from the second i bought it, weeks before the release, without unlocking.
People only speak up when they have something tocomplain about. there were thousands of sales for this tablet. Tell me, did you see all of them post here with cmplaints?
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I'm running stock, just installed the new update today. It is running REALLY smooth and fast!
Chrome works great for me.
Bagbug said:
dont buy this tablet, you will regret it. It is sluggish. Very sluggish. It is so annoying that I am returning it monday. This is by far the worst Android device I have ever bought.
And btw, I also have the TF300 + dock and I love it.
Just do like anyone with a brain and order a Nexus 10 tuesday.
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Sorry your experience has been so negative. I've had and currently have a number of Android devices and I love the TF700 Infinity, especially unlocked, CleanROMmed, and Clemsyn Kerneled!
I got one of the Square Trade warranties and it was very affordable for two years with accidental damage coverage. I have peace of mind that if I every screw-up so badly that it's bricked, I'll have my coverage without worrying about ASUS. Oh, and by the way, my unit and dock have both been perfect from day one...beginning of August.
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dont buy this tablet, you will regret it. It is sluggish. Very sluggish. It is so annoying that I am returning it monday. This is by far the worst Android device I have ever bought.
And btw, I also have the TF300 + dock and I love it.
Just do like anyone with a brain and order a Nexus 10 tuesday.
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My feelings exactly. This tablet is very very slow. I regret buying it and I'll get rid of it at the earliest convenience.
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My feelings exactly. This tablet is very very slow. I regret buying it and I'll get rid of it at the earliest convenience.
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Dang! For a development forum there's a lot of people who aren't interested in modding, even if it's proved to increase performance exponentially.
It's your device and you can live your life as you please, but the OP has a point...that the complainers (justified or not) seem to be louder and more insistant than the fun-loving, happy go lucky crackflashers like me! I hate the fact that people who would really fall in love with this tab (especially with its keyboard dock, expandability, long battery life, etc...) may not even try it out.
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Dang! For a development forum there's a lot of people who aren't interested in modding, even if it's proved to increase performance exponentially.
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Eggzactly!
My insignificant\meaningless thoughts are:
For folks wanting to dive into the Android tablet quagmire who might expect things to be pristine right of the box...stay away!
For gadget gurus, tweak monsters, modification masters, code writers, app developers, people who trust Asus or guys that want a device to learn on...go ahead!
For me my experience with this device has been everywhere from "Wowee cool" to "Awww...This piece of poopoo" and back to "Mmmm Yeah Baby I love you now"
Boils down to patience along with perseverance.
I'm a firm believer that Android is heaven for those who enjoy adjusting rather than using.
It's kind of like a hotrod shiny on the surface...always needing more under the hood.
I'm very satisfied with my tf700. Sluggish? Nope. Well, I'm on cm10 and development on this Rom by the cm10 has been very excellent.
I don't think there is enough of the satisfied folks who express their happiness. I'm one of them so I felt the need to break that. Excellent product asus.
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Eggzactly!
My insignificant\meaningless thoughts are:
For folks wanting to dive into the Android tablet quagmire who might expect things to be pristine right of the box...stay away!
For gadget gurus, tweak monsters, modification masters, code writers, app developers, people who trust Asus or guys that want a device to learn on...go ahead!
For me my experience with this device has been everywhere from "Wowee cool" to "Awww...This piece of poopoo" and back to "Mmmm Yeah Baby I love you now"
Boils down to patience along with perseverance.
I'm a firm believer that Android is heaven for those who enjoy adjusting rather than using.
It's kind of like a hotrod shiny on the surface...always needing more under the hood.
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This ^^. Tinkering is half the fun. No, almost all of it.
I'm stock also, but rooted. I've never had any issues with my TF700T. It runs great. No FC and fast.
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Oh we exist. We just have better things to do than post in every single bloody thread where people complain. I've got about 30 post saying mine's fine from the second i bought it, weeks before the release, without unlocking.
People only speak up when they have something tocomplain about. there were thousands of sales for this tablet. Tell me, did you see all of them post here with cmplaints?
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I, too, didn't have any problem with my first tablet. I absolutely LOVE it now after installing CleanROM & Data2SD. I even bought mine on Ebay and got it for a great price.
I've enjoyed my tablet very much. Never noticed any sluggishness. I've also been very happy with the update frequency from Asus. No complaints here
I recommend picking up SwiftKey tablet edition from the play store. Makes landscape typing really easy.
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Dang! For a development forum there's a lot of people who aren't interested in modding, even if it's proved to increase performance exponentially.
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We are all interested in modding. The point is, no amount of modding makes a difference.
Try this. Get yourself a three year old iPad 1. Put it near your transformer with CleanRom or CM10 or whatever. Start an app on both devices and see which one has smoother animations. Then open a slightly big webpage. Scroll around and pinch to zoom in and out a few times and tell me which one is smoother.
This tablet is running on hardware that is not suited to the resolution that it's running and it has very very slow flash storage which makes almost all operations sluggish. No amount of software modding makes a difference with hardware flaws. They can improve benchmarks, but not the user experience.
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No amount of software modding makes a difference with hardware flaws. They can improve benchmarks, but not the user experience.
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I have a contrary opinion: software tweaks have failed to improve benchmarks significantly across the board, but they did improve my user experience significantly.
I'm looking to get an ASUS tablet but with all the different models I'm looking for input from you guys that are rooted and running custom roms.
I'm a cellphone guy and this will be my first tablet. I'm not looking to get some pile that I'm going to be pissed off about because I can't do this or that.
I don't really have a "need" since I'm just looking for something to hack on...(root, roms, customization, web browsing..running benchmarks because I like looking at the speed, OC'ing... ya know the normal nerd shiz.
The "tinkering" is what I like, probably the same as alot of you guys, just trying new things on it and that stuff...just like my S3.
I'm looking at the tf700t right now for $300 used. I can't really find the difference with the "t" specification on the end..?
Which model should i be interested in if this isn't the "one?"
Am I going to be happy with this, being able to root and flash roms?
Is this the one with the plastic piece/bezel on the top so the GPS actually works decent?
Are these speedy or are they piles of crap?
Is $300 a decent price?
Would you go with Google Nexus 10 instead?
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Is this the tf700t? removed
is that one above the same as this one?
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Hard to tell for me since I never handled these guys.
Well Thanks for your help, if you think I'm missing the boat here and should go with a different tablet, let me know. I like the ASUS look, but not set in stone on it. I see some people saying they regret buying their ASUS tab and wish they went with the Nexus10. I like the Nexus10 too.
The first one is not the same as the second, the first one was the model before called the transformer prime, that one was removed from stores within about 6 months. I advise you to stay away from that one. The one on the bottom is the transformer infinity the one that is the better one. I have mine rooted and unlocked with cleanrom 2.4 and clemsyns 1.9 kernal. Boy can I say that its a sweet device now, stock it was okay but now its amazing. I would totally get it with the price of 350$.
This tablet has some advantages over the nexus 10 too.
Transformer Infinity's (TF700T) Advantages:
It has a micro SD card slot.
It has a dock that you can always connect to for extra battery life along with more ports.
Development is stronger AT THE MOMENT for this tablet.
For 350$ you can get 32 gigs of storage.
Nexus 10s advantages:
Better processor inside.
Better screen resolution.
Better support from manufacturer.
Disadvantages:
No micro SD card slot.
No docking station that adds battery life.
400$ only gets you 16 gbs of memory.
Not a lot known about this tablet yet to judge how great it really is or can be.
Hope this helps you out a little.
apristel said:
I'm looking to get an ASUS tablet but with all the different models I'm looking for input from you guys that are rooted and running custom roms.
I'm a cellphone guy and this will be my first tablet. I'm not looking to get some pile that I'm going to be pissed off about because I can't do this or that.
I don't really have a "need" since I'm just looking for something to hack on...(root, roms, customization, web browsing..running benchmarks because I like looking at the speed, OC'ing... ya know the normal nerd shiz.
The "tinkering" is what I like, probably the same as alot of you guys, just trying new things on it and that stuff...just like my S3.
I'm looking at the tf700t right now for $300 used. I can't really find the difference with the "t" specification on the end..?
Which model should i be interested in if this isn't the "one?"
Am I going to be happy with this, being able to root and flash roms?
Is this the one with the plastic piece/bezel on the top so the GPS actually works decent?
Are these speedy or are they piles of crap?
Is $300 a decent price?
Would you go with Google Nexus 10 instead?
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Is this the tf700t? http://appleton.craigslist.org/ele/3320859999.html
is that one above the same as this one?
http://appleton.craigslist.org/ele/3396655643.html
Hard to tell for me since I never handled these guys.
Well Thanks for your help, if you think I'm missing the boat here and should go with a different tablet, let me know. I like the ASUS look, but not set in stone on it. I see some people saying they regret buying their ASUS tab and wish they went with the Nexus10. I like the Nexus10 too.
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That is not the infinity. That is the prime (tf201). And yes you will be happy if you get the infinity
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mj23kb24 said:
The first one is not the same as the second, the first one was the model before called the transformer prime, that one was removed from stores within about 6 months. I advise you to stay away from that one. The one on the bottom is the transformer infinity the one that is the better one. I have mine rooted and unlocked with cleanrom 2.4 and clemsyns 1.9 kernal. Boy can I say that its a sweet device now, stock it was okay but now its amazing. I would totally get it with the price of 350$.
This tablet has some advantages over the nexus 10 too.
Transformer Infinity's (TF700T) Advantages:
It has a micro SD card slot.
It has a dock that you can always connect to for extra battery life along with more ports.
Development is stronger AT THE MOMENT for this tablet.
For 350$ you can get 32 gigs of storage.
Nexus 10s advantages:
Better processor inside.
Better screen resolution.
Better support from manufacturer.
Disadvantages:
No micro SD card slot.
No docking station that adds battery life.
400$ only gets you 16 gbs of memory.
Not a lot known about this tablet yet to judge how great it really is or can be.
Hope this helps you out a little.
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How does the n10 have better support? Asus is considered to be the best. Even if the n10 is a nexus, it's made by Samsung, considered to be the worst...
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Because its a google product so logically google is going to release all of its updates and support quicker then any other device period. Dont get me wrong Asus has some awesome support.
Thanks guys.
I agree with the advantages over the Nexus tablet. I like the expandable storage. Plus 32gb for the price is great.
The resolution is better on the N10 but, really, I'm not a huge freak about that.
I'm sure the resolution is great and it has IPS mode right? I've heard good things about that.
I thought I'd be missing NFC, but in reality, it's a novelty to me, wow cool, ok move on. I've used it like 4 times on my S3, only because i bought a bunch of the tiles. They are in a drawer somewhere. Useless.
The dock looks pretty decent, kinda pricey but, i'll find a used one.
The infinity has USB OTG right? I'm assuming it does.
The processor difference between the N10 isn't that great and I don't really do anything that requires that much power..besides wow'ing myself with benchmarks, so i think it will be fine.
I'm not too worried about the updates since I won't be stock ever. I'm sure we'll be at 4.2 within no time if isn't already.
Thanks for the tips, I'm going to try to score the infinity off craigslist right now. I'll let you know what I think.
One last question..
The "gold" grey" models is referring to the actual color right or am I retarded? or both?
http://reviews.cnet.com/1770-5_7-0.html?query=TF700T+&tag=srch&searchtype=products
apristel said:
Thanks guys.
I agree with the advantages over the Nexus tablet. I like the expandable storage. Plus 32gb for the price is great.
The resolution is better on the N10 but, really, I'm not a huge freak about that.
I'm sure the resolution is great and it has IPS mode right? I've heard good things about that.
I thought I'd be missing NFC, but in reality, it's a novelty to me, wow cool, ok move on. I've used it like 4 times on my S3, only because i bought a bunch of the tiles. They are in a drawer somewhere. Useless.
The dock looks pretty decent, kinda pricey but, i'll find a used one.
The infinity has USB OTG right? I'm assuming it does.
The processor difference between the N10 isn't that great and I don't really do anything that requires that much power..besides wow'ing myself with benchmarks, so i think it will be fine.
I'm not too worried about the updates since I won't be stock ever. I'm sure we'll be at 4.2 within no time if isn't already.
Thanks for the tips, I'm going to try to score the infinity off craigslist right now. I'll let you know what I think.
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The resolution on the infinity still wows me though, its a nice looking tablet regardless. Sadly the infinity doesnt have USB on it however there is an adapter that plugs into your charger port to give you that support.
I have to agree that the dock is sweet but pricey, I personally dont own one yet and am patiently waiting for a Ubutu port before I make any further purchases.
Yeah the benchmarks on this thing are crazy if you do some tweaking, I will attach a pic with my benchmark on this post. It is pretty good.
Just make sure that it is indeed the infinity as the post says the transformer prime which is different then the transformer infinity. If the guy has the box the box should say infinity. Good luck man!
EDIT:Yes that is referring to is color not a stupid question either lol.
mj23kb24 said:
The resolution on the infinity still wows me though, its a nice looking tablet regardless. Sadly the infinity doesnt have USB on it however there is an adapter that plugs into your charger port to give you that support.
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The dock has a USB port and a full-sized SD card slot.
mj23kb24 said:
Because its a google product so logically google is going to release all of its updates and support quicker then any other device period. Dont get me wrong Asus has some awesome support.
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Except it's still Samsung.... updates still have to go through the original OEM... So if the oem sucks, so will update. Look at the galaxy nexus as an example...
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
pierrekid said:
Except it's still Samsung.... updates still have to go through the original OEM... So if the oem sucks, so will update. Look at the galaxy nexus as an example...
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T
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I guess that's true I just don't see them releasing updates for other tablets before their own.
mj23kb24 said:
I guess that's true I just don't see them releasing updates for other tablets before their own.
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No, it’s a Nexus device the software will be updated by Google. The OEM means nothing.
Where did you see a TF700 for $350
mccahon said:
Where did you see a TF700 for $350
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I already got it for $350.
apristel said:
I already got it for $350.
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BS a $500 tablet for $350 where
He got it off of craigslist.
How are you liking the tablet thus far?
mccahon said:
BS a $500 tablet for $350 where
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$350 used isn't that unreal since you can get it new online for $429 shipped... so BS nothing.
mj23kb24 said:
He got it off of craigslist.
How are you liking the tablet thus far?
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So far so good. I really haven't played with it, been busy with some other stuff but i'm glad i got it over the n7 or n10 even.
Once I root/rom i'll let you know, stock isn't what i like on anything.
Thanks for asking though!!
Congrats on the Infinity purchase!! You'll love it! Better choice than the N10 in my opinion. I had the Prime, then bought the Infinity when it was released and my girlfriend got the Prime. The only thing about the N10 that excites me is that GameLoft and EA said they are going to support it with their games. So that means the Infinity will get support too with its high res display!! Bonus!!!
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Thats good that your liking it man, once you root it and get that custom rom on it you will be amazed believe me. I only have one complaint about the tablet and its the my left side of my screen creeks but other then that I dont have any of the other problems people are complaining about.
Yes!! Finally gameloft will support this beast of a device!
apristel said:
$350 used isn't that unreal since you can get it new online for $429 shipped... so BS nothing.
So far so good. I really haven't played with it, been busy with some other stuff but i'm glad i got it over the n7 or n10 even.
Once I root/rom i'll let you know, stock isn't what i like on anything.
Thanks for asking though!!
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I got my infinity from best buy for 347.99 I believe on a price match
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As an Infinity owner I would have gone to Nexus 10. It is so much better device than this.
Just saw a video where some guy had opened 6 3D games and was multitasking and playing fluently those games. You just can't do that with this tablet. This will die under 2 games already.