Nexus One or Nexus S?

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iridebikes said:
Strange, I found youtube playback to be done exceptionally well, the vids looked great and I think they loaded even faster than they do in Safari on my laptop... then again I never upgraded my iPad to 4.2 (or whatever it is) and thus didn't have multitasking etc..

Regardless, I expect the next one to be a workhorse. My only complaint about 1st gen is the speed at which it renders long webpages and forums... I like instant, but you have to scroll and then wait a fraction of a second. Not a big deal, but its not 100%.
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I had the first ones out that were released. I agree with the webpage loading. I also didn't like the fact that I wasn't able to get a lot of software installed that I would normally want to use. The apps offered on the market that would substitute were pathetic. For that reason the adam looks pretty good to me right now. It's specs, loading and ability to handle multiple software running is really good.

Reading PDFs on the ipad even at 9" screen was bad. The margins settings were annoying you had to manually zoom in per page or set the margins per page. Hopefully these things get improved with new apps.
 
i don't know which one im going to get, i actually didn't even started to look(so many now), hopefully this forum or the regular sites i visit daily, will give me suggestions.
not in a rush(maybe 1-2 months till i purchase), it must be similar screen size as the ipad, not into anything small(phone is only for outdoors), thats why i love my instant on Macbook air(no waiting), so i don't have to depend on my iphone4 small screen, if i don't have patience(who doesn't today).

CES will definitely be my focal point of any purchases soon.

its kinda hard to learn android without physical use, but atleast i'll be ready for it.
 
Archos 101 is a pretty interesting looking tablet. I know I was drooling over it when it was announced. Available in the $400 ballpark over fleabay. I haven't been keeping up with the tablets recently so I'm not sure if a better bang for the buck is out there. They also have 7" models, but I prefer something in the 10" ballpark.
 
FiReSTaRT said:
Archos 101 is a pretty interesting looking tablet. I know I was drooling over it when it was announced. Available in the $400 ballpark over fleabay. I haven't been keeping up with the tablets recently so I'm not sure if a better bang for the buck is out there. They also have 7" models, but I prefer something in the 10" ballpark.
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Yeah Archos 101 looked hot until I saw archos 101 had 256mb of ram.
 
thanks yo, didn't know about that device(Archos 101), looks good(hdmi), and thanks for the heads up on 256mb of ram(prefer higher,i'll keep looking), anymore?

i think motorola got something big to announce at CES, a tablet.
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there is a video making fun of the ipad and galaxy
[video=youtube;quI2I8wLPdc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quI2I8wLPdc&feature=player_embedded[/video]
 
hey firestart or anyone, is it possible for you to start an android apps and tweaks only thread, this one might not work out(title is off), it should be easier and handy for all.
 
I'd do it but I already started 2-3 smartphone-related threads on a motorcycle forum, so I'll let someone else lead the way...

P.S. Good catch, Link... At the time when I was looking at the tablets, 256 wasn't that I didn't remember that part.
 
Ya, it's a big issue when updating to 2.3 where 512 is min required. Problem with Archos is that they like to close up their systems a lot and control them.

Don't buy a motorola. It's a either a hit or miss with their product and almost no support ever for any product. 99% of motorola customers are ****** off with them that they aren't updating the OS. Huge customer base has complained and they still refuse to do it. They make the initial investment in developing the product and anything after that they aren't interested.
 
No, your Android tablet can't run Honeycomb

Are you looking forward to booting Honeycomb on your current Android tablet? 

Well, sorry to disappoint, but it seems as if the next-gen iteration of Google's popular mobile operating system requires some pretty hefty specs.

According to PC World, Honeycomb won't run on anything less than a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor and may demand an uber-high screen resolution set at 1,280x720.

Currently, however, such processors (on the actual market) are in short supply, with only a select few - such as Nvidia's Tegra 2 platform - offering enough dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 horsepower to power Honeycomb. 



If true, what does this mean for you?

Well, as PC World's Sascha Segan notes, Google may have embarked - at least initially - on "two parallel" software paths for tablets.

"Honeycomb will be reserved, at least initially, for high-spec models such as the Motorola tablet, LG's rumored tablet, and the Toshiba tablet," speculated Segan.

"With their Cortex-A8 processors and 1,024x600 screens, the popular Samsung Galaxy Tab line of Android tablets run 'Froyo' (Android 2.2) and can be updated to Gingerbread, 2.3, but not Honeycomb."

Nevertheless, Bobby Cha, managing director of Korean consumer electronics firm Enspert, believes that Honeycomb-capable tablets will be priced fairly reasonably in the near future.

"You're [definitely] going to see price erosion on many of the components in tablets right now.

"Folks like Samsung, the industry heavyweights, are going to add pressure to the component guys to lower their costs. [But for now], a tablet is still kind of an expensive toy."
 
My vote goes for the underdog..... Playbook.


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FullMotoJacket said:
Ha ha ha ha. Maybe now that the iHack guys have got 2.3 (Gingerbread) running, you guys might see an update, too.

http://gizmodo.com/5729428/iphone-3g-hacked-with-android-23-runs-gingerbread-before-your-androidphone?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+gizmodo%2Ffull+%28Gizmodo%29&utm_content=My+Yahoo
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To me, it looks like they finally put a half-decent OS on that thing.. Froyo is already available for my phone, I just run CM on my phone instead, so currently waiting for stable Gingerbread-based CM7.. Once I see if it offers anything that I'd really like to have and that it doesn't have any major bugs, I'll install it.
 
MotoStark said:
My vote goes for the underdog..... Playbook.


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The Playbook will only sell well to enterprise businesses. The fact that you need to tether it to a Blackberry in order to have a fully functional email, calender or BBM is a huge mistake. Leave it to BB to over complicate the simple experience of mobile tablet computing. Also since BB phones are losing market share I think requiring a BB for the Playbook was a big mistake. For all non BB users (the majority of the market) they will be much much better served with any of the honeycomb tablets or the ipad2.

I'd also love to see some battery stats. The one demo I saw had a fully charged battery listed as 5 hrs runtime. That is a colossal fail for a mobile tablet. If you have to tether it to a power supply every 5 hours you might as well just get a laptop.

Lets also not forget the playbook doesn't currently have GPS support. That is a big failure failure imho.
 
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too many, but thats good, prob more price drops,....since they introduced a couple, and im confused on what was what, i don't have an answer, but the motorola looks good, not to mention they described honeycomb as a sneak peek, so more to it, cant wait to see.
in a few days or so, when the market decides and full reviews are out,....which "we" on this side of the border can only depend on reviews for now, until we actually see one to play with.
but i will have both the honeycomb android(whatever tablet) and an iPad 2 together.
don't care for an android phone(ever)
 
FiReSTaRT said:
To me, it looks like they finally put a half-decent OS on that thing.. Froyo is already available for my phone, I just run CM on my phone instead, so currently waiting for stable Gingerbread-based CM7.. Once I see if it offers anything that I'd really like to have and that it doesn't have any major bugs, I'll install it.
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A buddy of mine just built CM's gingerbread source this weekend. Apparently it was a nightmare to build. haha

I'll probably flash it sometime today. I'll let you know how it is.
 
Mikey-D said:
A buddy of mine just built CM's gingerbread source this weekend. Apparently it was a nightmare to build. haha

I'll probably flash it sometime today. I'll let you know how it is.
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Since I use mine as my primary communication device, I'll wait for the stable release to come out, TYVM 8)
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