06-28-2012, 09:35 PM | #61 | |
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06-28-2012, 09:55 PM | #62 | |
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I approve of Asus' approach more. Early reviews of the prime infinity -- which carries a pixel density comparable to the n7 -- are positive. And indeed, density itself isn't the only issue and higher quality displays like IPS, AMOLED etc, bringing better viewing angles, brightness levels or higher contrast have a role to play as well. |
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06-28-2012, 10:09 PM | #63 |
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The 8GB has 5.92GB free out of the box, more than enough in my opinion to have a reasonable amount of apps and a couple of movies (Estimating movie's at 1GB), you'll just have to switch your movies out when you want to watch another. And given the price difference, having to switch movies for offline viewing is totally fine, plus you get a more powerful processor, more RAM, and an awesome screen.
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06-28-2012, 11:52 PM | #64 |
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Is google play the only store selling this? Google Play is not Amazon...
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06-29-2012, 02:50 AM | #65 |
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06-29-2012, 07:38 AM | #66 |
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If they can read external USB storage, then they've already had to pay. Microscum's VFAT is the standard there, just as it is for SD cards.
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06-29-2012, 08:19 AM | #67 | |
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06-29-2012, 09:25 AM | #68 |
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The only thing good about that abomination of the file system is that it is recognized by Windows boxes. Google is big enough to bite the bullet and write the piece of software that will solve the cursed Windows problem and make that insanity read something else. To "do no evil" is not enough, not anymore.
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06-29-2012, 09:29 AM | #69 | |
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06-29-2012, 09:52 AM | #70 |
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No, it is just fine. Paying royalties for any file system is an abomination in this day and age. There are free alternatives, and Google most certainly knows about them.
"Isn't so very terrible" does not cut it for something that I am forced to buy. It has to be "superior" to the free alternatives. I don't have issues with divergence from the spec as long as the user is clearly warned when he formats his SD card. Just pass the decision to the users, and let us see what happens. |
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06-29-2012, 09:55 AM | #72 | |
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06-29-2012, 09:58 AM | #73 |
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Not to mention the fact that they wouldn't even be "SD cards". The SD standard specifies not only the hardware, but also the filesystem.
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06-29-2012, 10:06 AM | #75 | |
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The SD card would not be destroyed, one can take it to another device with SD slot, format it there and continue to use the device. I don't know about the others, but my SD cards, these days, rarely leave their slots. What, these days we still depend on standardization of the SD file system as means of transferring data from one platform to other that it is better to have no SD slot at all than non-standard SD file system? |
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