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frahse · 10-06-2011, 11:57 PM

1. The sale of the A1 on the Lenovo site is to Oct 12.
2. Estimated ship date is Oct 27.

The picture on the Lenovo site is one I saw 2 or 3 weeks ago and even made a page copy, and then it disappeared

Then as X said, they reduced the Storage to 2GB. They say hard drive, but I am pretty sure that they speak solid state drive. For this they want $199.

Earlier they were talking 8GB for $199 but not in the USA.
In the USA they were talking 16GB and 32GB (not mentioned now) and the 16GB was $249, the 32GB was $299.

I would never buy 2GB and put an SD card in though that might be cheaper than buying 16GB for $249.

I want to see what configuration Amazon will carry.
I assume that Lenovo will get the early adopters now, and then either on Oct 13, or Oct 28, 1 day after the dates they are citing, give the product to Amazon for mass sales.

Anyway, with 16GB at $249 the A1 compares to the Galaxy 5.0 WiFi 5 inch at $269 with 8GB and a release date at Amazon of Oct 16. It is already in my shopping cart.
[[I do worry that they seem to keep changing the size of the pixels on the Galaxy screen. I think it is 800x480 but 480x480 keeps popping up, thought I think that is for the 4.0 (4 inch version).

The decision tree is leafing out.

I am feeling much better. I don't mind making hard decisions when all the decisions feel good.

I am going to leave the Kindle Fire with those folks that want to live in Jeff Bezos's cloud, and good luck to them finding a WiFi spot to connect with that cloud.

10-06-2011, 11:57 PM	#34
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	1. The sale of the A1 on the Lenovo site is to Oct 12. 2. Estimated ship date is Oct 27. The picture on the Lenovo site is one I saw 2 or 3 weeks ago and even made a page copy, and then it disappeared Then as X said, they reduced the Storage to 2GB. They say hard drive, but I am pretty sure that they speak solid state drive. For this they want $199. Earlier they were talking 8GB for $199 but not in the USA. In the USA they were talking 16GB and 32GB (not mentioned now) and the 16GB was $249, the 32GB was $299. I would never buy 2GB and put an SD card in though that might be cheaper than buying 16GB for $249. I want to see what configuration Amazon will carry. I assume that Lenovo will get the early adopters now, and then either on Oct 13, or Oct 28, 1 day after the dates they are citing, give the product to Amazon for mass sales. Anyway, with 16GB at $249 the A1 compares to the Galaxy 5.0 WiFi 5 inch at $269 with 8GB and a release date at Amazon of Oct 16. It is already in my shopping cart. [[I do worry that they seem to keep changing the size of the pixels on the Galaxy screen. I think it is 800x480 but 480x480 keeps popping up, thought I think that is for the 4.0 (4 inch version). The decision tree is leafing out. I am feeling much better. I don't mind making hard decisions when all the decisions feel good. *I am going to leave the Kindle Fire with those folks that want to live in Jeff Bezos's cloud, and good luck to them finding a WiFi spot to connect with that cloud.* Last edited by frahse; 10-07-2011 at 12:02 AM.