Xoom, anyone get one? - Page 9

HansTWN · 03-06-2011, 11:16 PM

For me iOS (it is inefficient, cannot be customized, no widgets) and iTunes are the big drawbacks of the iPad. The hardware of the iPad2 is very nice. Lighter than the Xoom, much thinner, it looks better, and colors look better. Now if some friendly hacker managed to get full fledged Honeycomb running on this baby I might actually buy one...

Dulin's Books · 03-07-2011, 05:26 PM

haha i was thinking the same thing- if i could hack android onto the ipad 2...

Dulin's Books · 03-07-2011, 05:27 PM

but no- no hdmi out

kennyc · 03-07-2011, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Dulin's Books

but no- no hdmi out

and no SD card and no USB

HansTWN · 03-07-2011, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

and no SD card and no USB

You could solve those with a few add-on dongles. Not a bad idea to have these separate if it cuts down on overall size -- after all this may not be stuff you need every day, HDMI and USB, at least. The SD card perhaps. But 64GB "should" be enough. Actually I was expecting Apple to offer 32/64/128GB this time. Cheapened out again, I guess.

boswd · 03-08-2011, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by HansTWN

You could solve those with a few add-on dongles. Not a bad idea to have these separate if it cuts down on overall size -- after all this may not be stuff you need every day, HDMI and USB, at least. The SD card perhaps. But 64GB "should" be enough. Actually I was expecting Apple to offer 32/64/128GB this time. Cheapened out again, I guess.

ahh but you are missing one key point of having an Sd card slot, you can pop in your card from your camera or video camera or your mP3 player and integrate it into your files on your tablet. Sd card slots are more than just memory expansion though, that is a fantastic perk in of itself.

The Terminator · 03-11-2011, 10:23 PM

Take a bit of saving up but really want it, The thing that was holding me back on the pad was that it doesn't support flash

and the ipad isn't actually cheaper than the xoom for the same thing I mean once you add up the price of the ipad 3G 32 gig and the USB converter thing they are the same price and the xoom you get way more. Can't wait gotta get it

kennyc · 03-12-2011, 05:24 AM

Just got the over the air update to 3.0.1 Honeycomb. Flash will be available to install in 3/18.

HansTWN · 03-12-2011, 07:11 PM

Apparently Flash 10.2 for the Xoom has been leaked on XDA-developers.com, in the Xoom sub-forum. If some of you check it out, we expect full report, of course!

kennyc · 03-12-2011, 07:31 PM

Yep. I'm going to wait on the official release though.

Skydog · 03-12-2011, 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

Yep. I'm going to wait on the official release though.

Ditto.

murraypaul · 03-14-2011, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by boswd

ahh but you are missing one key point of having an Sd card slot, you can pop in your card from your camera or video camera or your mP3 player and integrate it into your files on your tablet. Sd card slots are more than just memory expansion though, that is a fantastic perk in of itself.

Which you can do with the camera connection kit, the add on dongle mentioned in the previous post.

boswd · 03-14-2011, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by murraypaul

Which you can do with the camera connection kit, the add on dongle mentioned in the previous post.

And don't you see lunacy of this, so inorder to do what a Android tablet can by simpley putting your card (at no extra cost I might add) into the slot, you have to go retreive all your gadgets and toggle them up .

are you not seeing this?

slip card into slot or

hook up camera connection( which costs you extra money to have) to your camera and send it to iTunes and then you are in business

or

slip it into the sd card slot.

am I missing something here?

kennyc · 03-14-2011, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boswd

And don't you see lunacy of this, so inorder to do what a Android tablet can by simpley putting your card (at no extra cost I might add) into the slot, you have to go retreive all your gadgets and toggle them up .

are you not seeing this?

slip card into slot or

hook up camera connection( which costs you extra money to have) to your camera and send it to iTunes and then you are in business

or

slip it into the sd card slot.

am I missing something here?

nope.

boswd · 03-14-2011, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by kennyc

nope.

Hey Kenny how's the Xoom been working out for you? You got flash coming this week, that's good news.

Just waiting for after tax season then I'm taking the plunge.

Just watched a Samsung promo youtube video, it really could have been the xoom just as easy, but it just really showed off Honeycomb.
I can not wait to get my Xoom.

03-12-2011, 07:31 PM	#130
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Yep. I'm going to wait on the official release though. Last edited by kennyc; 03-12-2011 at 08:13 PM.

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Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	haha i was thinking the same thing- if i could hack android onto the ipad 2...

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Dulin's Books Wizard Posts: 2,806 Karma: 13500000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Portland, OR Device: Boox PB360 etc etc etc	but no- no hdmi out

03-11-2011, 10:23 PM	#127
The Terminator Retired Posts: 2,552 Karma: 37638420 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver Island Canada Device: Kobo Touch, Optimus One (2.3), Nexus 7 (4.2)	Take a bit of saving up but really want it, The thing that was holding me back on the pad was that it doesn't support flash and the ipad isn't actually cheaper than the xoom for the same thing I mean once you add up the price of the ipad 3G 32 gig and the USB converter thing they are the same price and the xoom you get way more. Can't wait gotta get it

03-12-2011, 05:24 AM	#128
kennyc The Dank Side of the Moon Posts: 35,907 Karma: 119230421 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Kindle Fire	Just got the over the air update to 3.0.1 Honeycomb. Flash will be available to install in 3/18.

03-12-2011, 07:11 PM	#129
HansTWN Wizard Posts: 4,538 Karma: 264065402 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Taiwan Device: HP Touchpad, Sony Duo 13, Lumia 920, Kobo Aura HD	Apparently Flash 10.2 for the Xoom has been leaked on XDA-developers.com, in the Xoom sub-forum. If some of you check it out, we expect full report, of course!