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Hey guys I saw no slickdeals that the price of the HP Touchpad is dropping 300 bucks tomorrow cause they dropped it! I called to confirm and its true, I bought 3 for the full price and they 100% guaranteed that I would be given credit when the price adjust tomorrow at 7AM EST.
Heres the Slickdeals thread:
http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=3220862
You can either wait till tomorrow for the price drop or call in right now and pay full price and have it adjusted tomorrow morning. Some are saying the new price is live for the Academic shop but some people can't see it with .edu email addresses.
I have played with the tab in a store and I have to say for $99 this is one Hell of a steal.
Good luck.
Wow. I was expecting a liquidation, but this is remarkable. For browsing the web and random Document editing, this is an amazing price!
Does anyone know the hackability of this device? Do you think that, despite discontinuation, that the app market might become at least respectable (with xda involvement)?
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Wow. I was expecting a liquidation, but this is remarkable. For browsing the web and random Document editing, this is an amazing price!
Does anyone know the hackability of this device? Do you think that, despite discontinuation, that the app market might become at least respectable (with xda involvement)?
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I don't know about the hackability but I'll tell you this tab handles flash like a boss. Its the only one I've seen that can do 1080p youtube without a hitch. And I dunno, they are killing off the touchpad itself but they want to keep webOS alive, I don't really know what that means for webOS on the tab.
Think we can get android on this?
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Think we can get android on this?
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Uh, I've heard that someone is making progress with ubuntu but I've seen nothing on android. And its probably not gonna happen for all I know cause isn't honeycomb based on tegra?
So I can just buy this to just surf the internet? If so, I am ready to buy a couple.
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So I can just buy this to just surf the internet? If so, I am ready to buy a couple.
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Yep, and its pretty dam smooth while browsing too.
Looks like I'll be buying one of these.
Is this only through slickdeals or is this hp's doing?
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I'm torn between buying it or not. If an android port was confirmed to be possible and in the works, I'd definitely buy one.
**** 100 for a dual core 10 inch tablet it's on like donkey Kong.
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Thank you for the information I'll keep this in mind
Does anyone know what stores have lowered the price? I've been checking the usual suspect's websites and they haven't updated yet. I'd rather walk into a brick and mortar place to get it though. I don't want to wait for shipping if I don't absolutely have to.
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Does anyone know what stores have lowered the price? I've been checking the usual suspect's websites and they haven't updated yet. I'd rather walk into a brick and mortar place to get it though. I don't want to wait for shipping if I don't absolutely have to.
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Target and amazon both had it but they sold out in minutes. I don't know but maybe bestbuy might have it tomorrow, I say this because Bestbuy Canada had the $100 price online.
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Uh, I've heard that someone is making progress with ubuntu but I've seen nothing on android. And its probably not gonna happen for all I know cause isn't honeycomb based on tegra?
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Honeycomb has been ported to the galaxy s line, galaxy tab and evo... Probably more too, I think Nook. So... Maybe it's possible?
*might* have to get one of these... If I can afford it
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I'm DEFINITELY buying one and I'm sure ICS can be ported to it when the time comes since the source will be released for it. This is a SNAPDRAGON QUALCOMM CPU and GPU and HTC uses that for their CPU/GPUs so I don't see why it's not possible, someone would have to write a kernel from scratch though to make it smoother, just like how the HD2 has Android, but it's not perfect since it's not using it's own kernel. If someone actually takes the time to unlock the bootloader(if it isn't already unlocked) and write up a kernel for it and port ICS to it, this tablet can be badass ;D $99 Android Tablet with ICS pl0x.
Oxirane said:
Honeycomb has been ported to the galaxy s line, galaxy tab and evo... Probably more too, I think Nook. So... Maybe it's possible?
*might* have to get one of these... If I can afford it
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Cool, that sounds awesome!
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I'm DEFINITELY buying one and I'm sure ICS can be ported to it when the time comes since the source will be released for it. This is a SNAPDRAGON QUALCOMM CPU and GPU and HTC uses that for their CPU/GPUs so I don't see why it's not possible, someone would have to write a kernel from scratch though to make it smoother, just like how the HD2 has Android, but it's not perfect since it's not using it's own kernel. If someone actually takes the time to unlock the bootloader(if it isn't already unlocked) and write up a kernel for it and port ICS to it, this tablet can be badass ;D $99 Android Tablet with ICS pl0x.
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Might wanna do it soon, the 16gb just went out of stock.
Damn, and 2wks ago, i just bought my daughter a 7" 4GB android 2.3.3 Coby tab for 180$ !!!!! Damn damn damn damn.
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Got one for $90. I mean, at that point I couldn't resist. Heck, at worst I feel like if I use it, dont like it, I can still flip it for a tiny profit on craigslist or ebay.
Im really hoping for an android port. The specs on this tab are actually quite good. Im probably going to end up keeping it regardless. I'll probably just end up using it for bedside web-browsing, movies, and music.
There's a killing to be made by porting android to this thing. thousands of people just picked up this thing on slickdeals (there are literally over 11k browsing right now). I know tons are willing to donate (im good for 10$-20$ myself depending on quality and progress)
Looking forward to a touchpad xda forum soon
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Got one for $90. I mean, at that point I couldn't resist. Heck, at worst I feel like if I use it, dont like it, I can still flip it for a tiny profit on craigslist or ebay.
Im really hoping for an android port. The specs on this tab are actually quite good. Im probably going to end up keeping it regardless. I'll probably just end up using it for bedside web-browsing, movies, and music.
There's a killing to be made by porting android to this thing. thousands of people just picked up this thing on slickdeals (there are literally over 11k browsing right now). I know tons are willing to donate (im good for 10$-20$ myself depending on quality and progress)
Looking forward to a touchpad xda forum soon
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How did you get it for $90? I should say "where?" On slickdeals, itself?
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All I want for Christmas is my...... I was wondering what fellow Inspire/android users are crushing on when it comes to a pad. I LOVE android with its different spaces, the HTC sense, hundreds of ROMs and widgets. Unfortunately, the iPad is kinda sweet and no one android pad has caught up. For me, I would go for an iPad simply because android lacks that one stop usability for everything that Apple has, andoid pads are overpriced and android is missing a killer office suite. If Microsoft made office lite for android and prices were lowered by 20%, android would make a dent.
Until then, I'm crushing on the iPad 3.
What do y'all think?
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All I want for Christmas is my...... I was wondering what fellow Inspire/android users are crushing on when it comes to a pad. I LOVE android with its different spaces, the HTC sense, hundreds of ROMs and widgets. Unfortunately, the iPad is kinda sweet and no one android pad has caught up. For me, I would go for an iPad simply because android lacks that one stop usability for everything that Apple has, andoid pads are overpriced and android is missing a killer office suite. If Microsoft made office lite for android and prices were lowered by 20%, android would make a dent.
Until then, I'm crushing on the iPad 3.
What do y'all think?
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i hate my ipad. every time i want to visit a site with flash, i have to pull out my touchpad or a laptop...
so now my wife uses the ipad as an expensive kindle
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i hate my ipad. every time i want to visit a site with flash, i have to pull out my touchpad or a laptop...
so now my wife uses the ipad as an expensive kindle
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So it basically makes a nice colorful paperweight/kindle. ;p Most of my work is word processor/calendar/ppt intensive. I think the Atrix is a great idea if it could be perfected so that we could have a phone/pad or computer that would be our source for presentations and for sites we could use some more space on.
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So it basically makes a nice colorful paperweight/kindle. ;p Most of my work is word processor/calendar/ppt intensive. I think the Atrix is a great idea if it could be perfected so that we could have a phone/pad or computer that would be our source for presentations and for sites we could use some more space on.
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LOL....i dislike my atrix too. great concept, extremely poor implementation
I prefer a Android tablet, specifally, the Asus Transformer (still trying to root it). Because I feel very wrong inside about buying an Apple mobile device...
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I prefer a Android tablet, specifally, the Asus Transformer (still trying to root it). Because I feel very wrong inside about buying an Apple mobile device...
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Same here
Maybe it's my instinct against Apple.
Pirateghost said:
i hate my ipad. every time i want to visit a site with flash, i have to pull out my touchpad or a laptop...
so now my wife uses the ipad as an expensive kindle
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PG how are liking the touchpad?
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Played with iPad but lacked without micro sd support, hdmi out and full usb port. Use an Archos 101 Internet Tablet 8gb and now the Acer Iconia A500 and really enjoy it. It all seems to be what system and build fits your needs or your preferences. Just throwing this out there for anyone who may be interested, selling the Archos...
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PG how are liking the touchpad?
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i love it. too bad webos failed with market penetration. its a beautiful os, but there is no app support. i am patiently waiting for a stable android build now....
Picked up the Jetstream last week and love it! Much prefer it to the ipad. The price is high but I think the specs will pay off in the longterm.
On this size screen I prefer the normal sites vs apps or mobile so the lack of honeycomb apps isn't a big deal.
We need some secs on it though. I want root!
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My children love their $700 toy that is the iPad. Personally I am not crazy about tablets, I prefer my laptop. Anything I would do on a tablet I can do on my phone or laptop. This is just a personal opinion of course, if I traveled a lot, I would probably find a tablet more appropriate because of size. All that being said, I would love to sell my iPad that I haven't used in probably 8 months, but my wife won't let me because the kids love it. If I did purchase another tablet, it would be an Android powered tablet just because I prefer Android over iOS and it would probably be the Asus Transformer
I love my wifi xoom, haven't had the chance to use it much lately since school started
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flappjaxxx said:
My children love their $700 toy that is the iPad. Personally I am not crazy about tablets, I prefer my laptop. Anything I would do on a tablet I can do on my phone or laptop. This is just a personal opinion of course, if I traveled a lot, I would probably find a tablet more appropriate because of size. All that being said, I would love to sell my iPad that I haven't used in probably 8 months, but my wife won't let me because the kids love it. If I did purchase another tablet, it would be an Android powered tablet just because I prefer Android over iOS and it would probably be the Asus Transformer
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Well, I will warn you: If you get one brand new, it's very likely it's not rootable. I have one, and I am still waiting for a nvflash that targets B70+ models, a working 3.1-3.2 exploit, or both.
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Well, I will warn you: If you get one brand new, it's very likely it's not rootable. I have one, and I am still waiting for a nvflash that targets B70+ models, a working 3.1-3.2 exploit, or both.
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Heh well until the ipad dies I am on gadget restriction as per my wife. My MacBook died a while back so I bought a new laptop without discussing it with my wife(asking for permission) so I am not allowed to buy anything until something else dies. Not really in the market for another tablet anyway, its just not practical for me. I would buy a new phone before I would buy another tablet
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I have an iPad2 and enjoy it quite a bit, but I am basically an Apple guy (more Apple gear around here than I care to admit) and the iPad fits in well with the Apple ecosystem. (And yes, I own an Inspire 4G but until I bought it, I was a solid iPhone man).
Truth be told though, if the Jetstream had existed when I bought my iPad, I would have SERIOUSLY considered it instead. That is one sweet machine.
Liked the Viewsonic G-Tab, then sold it on Ebay and bought the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1", when Staples had the $100 off coupon. Couldn't be happier!
Asus transformer, B70 model and rooted ...
But seriously android tablet is insanely customizable, I had an ipod touch 4 and sold it. Why? Because even jailbroken customization was extremely limited.
Android can do anything.
This changes everything, again. XD
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Even though I do like my mother's iPad, I'm of course gonna go with my Nook Color running Cyanogenmod 7 due to many reasons.
1.My instinct to hate Apple
2. ITS. FREAKING. CYANOGENMOD.
Apple can KMA
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I'm finally ready to get a tablet and I've decided the Asus is the way to go. Should I just buy one now or wait for the prime? Is the difference all that significant?
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I'd say it really depends on what you're willing to spend. If you decided you wanted it two days ago, you could have gotten one from best buy for 249. I would wait if I had the extra cash, the tech gets so old fast so it's the only way you can stay on top of it.
It depends. I got my transformer off someone locally for 200$ a month ago. After one month of using it I still feel that I could never spend 500$ on a few tablet. Dont get me wrong this thing is amazing but I still prefer my 200$ net book. I just bought it as an expensive to mess around with and to play around with android on a tablet.
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I just got one a few days ago for my kids. I think you should get one if you don't care about having the latest specs. It is a fine tablet that you and your family can enjoy for a while until prime 2 comes out
If you can afford a Prime, wait for one. I own TF1, but 2nd makes it look ancient. I would wait.
I think the Prime has enough features to wait a month or two for, but for someone who already has the TF101, I am riding out this device for a while and see what comes out in several more months to come.
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I think the Prime has enough features to wait a month or two for, but for someone who already has the TF101, I am riding out this device for a while and see what comes out in several more months to come.
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see, wanting to get it at the 250 price is what got me into this mess haha. I saw it was going to be on sale and I figured I'd pick one up if it was a good buy. So I did my research and decided I wanted one reallllly bad. Of course all the best buys in my area were out of them before I could get one. Now I'm just considering buying it at the regular price, though I feel a not like the rest of you and can't justify spending so much on a tablet haha idk
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see, wanting to get it at the 250 price is what got me into this mess haha. I saw it was going to be on sale and I figured I'd pick one up if it was a good buy. So I did my research and decided I wanted one reallllly bad. Of course all the best buys in my area were out of them before I could get one. Now I'm just considering buying it at the regular price, though I feel a not like the rest of you and can't justify spending so much on a tablet haha idk
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FYI - you can still get the Transformer for $299 @ GameStop!
Foe the price difference, I would get the original Transformer. It is still a very fast tablet and you really can't beat the price ($400 for tablet and dock compared to $499 for the TF Prime tablet alone - not sure what the dock costs for the Prime).
Besides, we still don't know what kind of issues we'll run into with the Prime yet - just like the original keyboard dock had a hardware issue that needed an RMA to fix...
So now Google is releasing this Nexus 7. However I still can't decide between this and a TF300. Sure the 7 is a Nexus device, so I'll be getting a perfectly stock experience with good updates, but compared to the TF300 it still seems lacking: no SD slot, way less memory, smaller screen...ok, I know the TF300 isn't as cheap, but compared to the 7 in its 16 gb version it's not much more expensive: I could get it for 330€ right now, and maybe it will drop a little more before the 7 starts shipping. Also, ASUS hasn't got a bad update policy anyway, so it's really a close call. Any suggestions? I really can't decide.
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For the price of one TF300 you could buy 2 Nexii tablets... they are also targeting two different groups of people. Think do you need a 7' or a 10' tablet and then your decision has been made
First decision you got to make at to you want a 7' or 10.1' tablet
Secondly. do you want the microSD
Finally. do you need the dock for the TF300
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Well, honestly I'm not bothered too much by the smaller screen, but I assume that the TF300 will have a bigger battery. Anyway I'm still not sure, because at the end of day it's just a tablet, I don't know if it's worth the extra buck, basically because I'm not really sure about how much I will actually use it.
At the end of the day I just want a new toy, but maybe the TF300 could be more useful in general, and maybe even replace my laptop on some occasions...the dock is cool, but the package becomes expensive that way
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I say wait a bit a they should release a Nexus tablet with Jelly Bean and an SD slot and more memory.
Nexus 7. Don't have to spend an arm and a leg to get one. And its a Nexus device!
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ice2seeyou said:
Nexus 7. Don't have to spend an arm and a leg to get one. And its a Nexus device!
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Yeah, the fact of it being a Nexus device appeals me the most, basically because I've never owned one. I'd be getting the 16GB version tho, so assuming it will cost 249€ the price isn't that different from the one of the better specced TF300...if it drops to 299€ or so then it would be definitely a better bang for the buck...
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I say wait a bit a they should release a Nexus tablet with Jelly Bean and an SD slot and more memory.
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A nexus device has never had a SD slot... I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you...
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Also note that chances are the TF300 had a wireless problem due to its metal case.. although only a handful of people experience this..
If you don't fancy screen size and storage space I'd suggest the N7..
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Gorjess said:
Also note that chances are the TF300 had a wireless problem due to its metal case.. although only a handful of people experience this..
If you don't fancy screen size and storage space I'd suggest the N7..
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As far as I know that was the Prime, the Pad (aka TF300) has a plastic back instead, so it should be fine...
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A nexus device has never had a SD slot... I wouldn't hold my breath if I were you...
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Oh really... I'd advise you to look up the specs of the Nexus One.
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Oh really... I'd advise you to look up the specs of the Nexus One.
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Exactly. But since then, (to my knowledge) there hasn't been a nexus device with expandable memory.
I think I read an article no too long ago that companies might start moving away from sd slots.... But I think that seems pretty far-fetched and ridiculus. Anyone know anything about that?
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As far as I know that was the Prime, the Pad (aka TF300) has a plastic back instead, so it should be fine...
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It should be, and both have pretty much the same specs.. but still you have to test everything before buying..
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I think at the end of the day its all about the price... paying twice as much for a transformer with some more features probably won't go down with people too well... but yes if maybe a $50 difference then sure transformer it is...
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I'm in the same situation, the N7 is great but it's missing some features that i really want. Think i might also wait for the new Kindle specs.
I actually just managed to pick up an open-box TF300T for $300 on JR.com this past Saturday. They also have an open-box dock for $100 when it's in stock.
If you can find a deal like this, I'd definitely jump on the TF300T instead. :good:
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I actually just managed to pick up an open-box TF300T for $300 on JR.com this past Saturday. They also have an open-box dock for $100 when it's in stock.
If you can find a deal like this, I'd definitely jump on the TF300T instead. :good:
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Yea I agree with you there... $50 more for all the added specs is probably a better idea... but apparently the reviews arnt too great regarding the keyboard...
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Now I'm almost sure I'm getting the TF300, mainly because I would really miss the HDMI port (I also heard somewhere that the 7 doesn't even support MHL, WTF??), and also because the N7 won't ship to Italy until september, and I definitely wanna have my tablet with me when I'll be on vacation
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The Nexus One had an SD card...It was also the first Nexus device...
So after having my TF101 for over a year, it took a nasty fall and became unusable. This was of course devastating, made even worse by the fact that I am about to start at a new school. I have been wanting to upgrade for awhile, but since I bought it with my last paycheck from a job I lost, this has not been possible. However, due to this tragedy, my parents are considering buying me a new one, but paying full price is out of the question. So, I found this site through Google selling a TF300T for only $229, which seems too good to be true. Can anyone say if this is a legit site?
discountinstantly.com/products/ASUS-Transformer-Pad-TF300T-32-GB.html
If it seems too good to be true and is from an unheard of retailer, i'd recommend you avoid it
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Can you do a price match at best buy?
Why wouldn't you want the Nexus 7?
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Why wouldn't you want the Nexus 7?
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I read a lot of comic books and the 10.1 screen is perfect for them. Also, I like the convertibility. And of course, the Nexus not having expandable storage is a deal breaker for me.
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I read a lot of comic books and the 10.1 screen is perfect for them. Also, I like the convertibility. And of course, the Nexus not having expandable storage is a deal breaker for me.
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You can expand the storage by connecting a memory stick/HDD into the micro-USB port by using some cable (can't currently remember the cables name). And there have been rumours of a Nexus 10 coming soon. Anyways 229 is probably too little for TF300 because here where I live the 32 GB one without the dock is 419.
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Try ebay. Some good deals show up.
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CyberQuaker said:
I read a lot of comic books and the 10.1 screen is perfect for them. Also, I like the convertibility. And of course, the Nexus not having expandable storage is a deal breaker for me.
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If you can afford it, then, I'd go for the TF700. I downloaded the "free preview" of Watchmen from Barnes & Noble and it was pretty cool, but it was also pretty obvious that on a high-def screen it would absolutely rock. I'm not much of a comics guy, but if I were, that's definitely what I'd do.
I got mine from amazon....it was used like new and I'm very satisfied with my purchase.
hell just send me the cash i would at least send you the empty box you would not even get that from them i see them vanishing really quick in the near future
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I got mine from amazon....it was used like new and I'm very satisfied with my purchase.
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I second this, got my from Amazon, next day shipping, Like new, for 269 I believe just a couple weeks ago. Still had ICS on it (no promise there though) so if I had wanted to retain the ICS bootloader I would have been able to.
I'm smitten with mine, although I really REALLY wish dev. would move forward a little farther.
Nice tablet though! My fiance was able to trade her BS prime in for a brand new TF700 at Best Buy, straight trade even thought we have had it for almost a year due to the issues it is known for. Color me jealous