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Originally Posted by scottjl
First, thanks for the excellent review as an actual owner of all 3 devices. +25 Karma to you!
My only problem with this last statement is how many people are going to know about doing these tweaks and getting these additions..? Does Asus direct you to any of this OOTB or did you discover all of this on your own? How difficult was it to track down the files and install? Are they removable? I'm tempted to try and install these mods on my 1000H (with a self-installed touch-screen) just to check them out.
An advantage for the Nook and the iPad is they are pretty much OOTB, other than firmware updates, which for both devices is pretty painless.
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Well, the reality is that if you want an open device, you have to be willing to tweak it to fit your purposes. The Asus T91mt can do a lot more than the other devices, but out of the box you would never know it. The user must seek out what the user needs. Asus does little to promote how the device can be used. A general user should stick to the ipad or the Nook because everything just works and is easy to find.
I discovered everything by doing basic google searches and posting on both Mobileread and eeeuser.com.
The files were all easy to find and install. Also, they can all be uninstalled without any problems.
Honestly, it didn't take long to get the Asus going after I found out about the things that I posted. In a way, my post saved future users a lot of blind searching.
Being sort of a gadget hound, I really enjoyed messing around with the T91mt to see if I could get it to do what I wanted. It was like a mini competition between my wife's ipad and the rogue tablet. In the end, the ipad still does many things better (basic web browsing, video, ereading) but the Asus now more than holds its own. Also, it's actually a computer too.