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mgmueller · 07-31-2014, 10:17 AM

I've just ordered it.
The NVIDIA website states "available in Germany around September 1st".
The German merchant I've just ordered from states "you'll have it in 1 to 3 working days".
Let's see, who's right...
Anyway...
I'm reading a bit on all my tablets, so this probably won't be any exception.
But of course it's mainly for playing.
I'm not playing much, maybe 30 minutes per day.
Emulators (Commodore 64 and the other treasures I've owned 20+ years ago) and some Android games.
I hate playing games on touch screens (maybe with the exception of Soduku and similar games) and so I was glad when the Shield console came out.
Love it, but a tablet for some usage patterns might have advantages.
And the K1 processor is rumored to be spectacular...

EDIT: Now my merchant states, I should have it September 5th. So NVIDIA was right, and the website of the merchant when ordering was wrong. Did they intentionally show the wrong date? Is it really so complicated, to keep a webstore up to date?
Anyway...I'll stick to the order. My 32GB/LTW version isn't out in the US yet, either. So I probably couldn't get it any faster anyway...

I'm looking forward to it. Tests and review are quite enthusiastic so far. Not just for gaming, but a powerful tablet for all usage patterns. And with great speakers, one of the flaws in most tablets.

07-31-2014, 10:17 AM	#1550
mgmueller Member Retired Posts: 3,308 Karma: 13024950 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets	NVIDIA Shield Tablet I've just ordered it. The NVIDIA website states "available in Germany around September 1st". The German merchant I've just ordered from states "you'll have it in 1 to 3 working days". Let's see, who's right... Anyway... I'm reading a bit on all my tablets, so this probably won't be any exception. But of course it's mainly for playing. I'm not playing much, maybe 30 minutes per day. Emulators (Commodore 64 and the other treasures I've owned 20+ years ago) and some Android games. I hate playing games on touch screens (maybe with the exception of Soduku and similar games) and so I was glad when the Shield console came out. Love it, but a tablet for some usage patterns might have advantages. And the K1 processor is rumored to be spectacular... EDIT: Now my merchant states, I should have it September 5th. So NVIDIA was right, and the website of the merchant when ordering was wrong. Did they intentionally show the wrong date? Is it really so complicated, to keep a webstore up to date? Anyway...I'll stick to the order. My 32GB/LTW version isn't out in the US yet, either. So I probably couldn't get it any faster anyway... I'm looking forward to it. Tests and review are quite enthusiastic so far. Not just for gaming, but a powerful tablet for all usage patterns. And with great speakers, one of the flaws in most tablets. Last edited by mgmueller; 08-02-2014 at 02:45 PM.