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    Anyone get a droid tablet yet?

    Looking at getting that Asus Transformer for $399. Usually I'm not an early adopter of new stuff, instead waiting for them to get the bugs out w/ the 2nd gen version. Figured it is cheap enough. Anyone have experience w/ one of these tabs they'd like to share?

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    I have a Xoom and use it daily. I absolutely love it. I mostly use it as an ultra portable browser but of course there are tons of apps for it as well. I'd buy it again if I had to do it all over again. It's so convenient.

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    i used to have a rooted nook color (7" IPS LCD, 1.4ghz snapdragon) and played around with it for awhile but i honestly found myself using my android phone more because its more portable and i just have it with me at all times... so i sold the tablet
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    I love my xoom too, but it is buggy as hell.

    I lost thousands of pictures from my Xoom, due to the bugs. I am not sure if it is due more for apps not being compatible or what...

    The bugs I see are mostly with adding/removing pictures. Folders and Gallery not updating. Showing older folder name. Even after clearing the data and cache.

    I love it, but also hate it.

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    Honestly I don't use my Xoom for much more than a portable browser and nav unit. I also run a couple apps on it. The kids use it to play Angry birds. I haven't really discovered any bugs with it, but at the same time, don't really use it to the fullest extent.

    Now that I have a boat, it's great to run the Marine App on it and check the NOAA forecast last minute at the boat ramp before I head out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kpxgq View Post
    i used to have a rooted nook color (7" IPS LCD, 1.4ghz snapdragon) and played around with it for awhile but i honestly found myself using my android phone more because its more portable and i just have it with me at all times... so i sold the tablet
    Doesnt the nook color use a 800Mhz OMAP?
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    I will be getting Transformer within few days... en route from Amazon.
    Between a browser, TV/movie viewer, games, kids' entertainment, Wiki for kids, and other educational stuff, I think I will get a good money's worth from it.

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    I now own an HP touchpad. Give it a few weeks, and it will be my first Android based tablet.

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    So you got it for $100?

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    Quote Originally Posted by proxops-pete View Post
    So you got it for $100?
    Got 2 of them for $150 each . (32GB model, the 16GB was the $100 deal)

    1 for a "safe" tablet, 1 for hacking the bejeezus out of.
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    I have a 7in Galaxy Tab as I wanted a play with Android while keeping my main phone on Maemo and I didn't like the 10in tablets which I simply find far too large. I'm now looking to change to an Android phone as the N900 is sadly getting old and hasn't been properly supported for a long time even by Nokia and I'm struggling to see the point in keeping the Tab. I find the current tablets are just too underpowered and basic given they're pretty much just smartphones with bigger screens, I'd rather something that was a more genuine stepping stone between smartphones and ultralights.

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