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And you can use any reader app you want to read various formats without rooting at all. And if by "purchasing content from any vendor" you mean "Google Play" then you can do that by rooting, too fairly simply. So get that Fire back! ApK |
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05-10-2012, 08:59 PM | #47 |
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This is probably old new to you guys, but the Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 is on sale for $220 at eBay through this link:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog...-amazing-deal/. Really tempted...especially after reading David Marseilles' remarks today. Last edited by CharlieBird; 05-10-2012 at 09:02 PM. |
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05-11-2012, 09:11 AM | #49 | |
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That is, will the GPS work in the middle of the ocean, with no cell towers or wifi? If so do they require a view of the sky, or will they use a terrestrial system when indoors and such, even if they are not actually signed into a wifi network? |
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05-11-2012, 09:23 AM | #50 |
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I use my Galaxy Tab 10.1 as GPS with the Navigon app. Works just as well as my TomTom (which got appropriated by my daughter) and much easier to read the screen (10. 1 means I don't need my reading glasses...) . It works indoors just fine too. I would image Samsung uses the same type of GPS technology in the Tab 2 (Navstar)
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05-13-2012, 08:57 AM | #52 |
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Netflix Issue - I am experiencing very, "laggy" scroll response on the netflix app. By this I mean in the app menu where you scroll through your movie choices. Both up and down and side-to-side scrolling is darn near non existent.
Movies play perfectly very crisp and smooth, it is just in trying to navigate and find a movie where this occurs. On other aps such as Pulse or Taptu News similar scrolling is very quick and fluid. It is not wi-fi strength related. I have downloaded Flash 11 and re-installed the netflix app from the the Google Play Store. I also use a rooted Nook Tablet and the netflix app works flawlessly on it. In fact you can get the scrolling to look like a slot machine on it with the speed it produces. I would appreciate hearing other's netflix experience with the Tab 2 7.0. Suggested fixes as well of course! Maybe it is just the app itself not configured for Ice Cream Sandwich?? Thank you in advance!! |
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A friend who has ICS on his Fire said an issue with scrolling through Netflix choices is the one glitch he'd noticed so far versus the stock OS, so maybe it is an ICS compatibility thing.
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05-13-2012, 12:01 PM | #54 |
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Nah. I have an HP TouchPad running CM9 alpha 2 (Android 4.0.3) and Netflix works perfectly.
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I believe that you need to be signed into a network to be able to use WiFi positioning (ala Google Maps), at least I've never come across an app that stores maps on your device, but uses known Wifi networks for positioning. I use Copilot and it looks like they've added a free 2d version. Copilot free |
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With a killer price and specs on the Nexus 7 and lower prices from B&N, new tabs are on the way for the holidays. I'll wait for the quad-core SGT3.
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i'm waiting for the SGN 2 can't wait to see it.
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