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01-22-2012, 10:55 AM | #197 |
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Woot's starting to do a lot of these refurb sales. The Acer Iconia A500's there today (refurbished) for $300.
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01-23-2012, 05:49 PM | #198 |
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I got a Velocity Micro Cruz for Christmas.
I'm happy with it. Great features for the price. The only downside to it is the camera it lacks.
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01-23-2012, 06:00 PM | #199 |
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Im still ****ing stuck on what to get kindle or nook tablet ughh. Leaning towards the kindle though. I hear its easier to mod and im a noob in that area.
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01-23-2012, 06:46 PM | #200 |
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Well the Kindle Fire is very rugged. My daughter left her Fire in the freezer for 24 hours and it turned on and still works like a charm, If that helps your decision any. She left it in the freezer for 24 hours!!!!!
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01-23-2012, 07:19 PM | #201 |
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Umm...how does such an event occur? Did she mistake it for a Tony's pizza?
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01-23-2012, 07:20 PM | #202 |
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As for the Fire, my wife loves hers as an eReader, web browser, and basic app player. It is, however, pretty locked down as Android tablets go. Out of the box at least, you have to get everything from Amazon's app store, and they don't have most of the Google apps that I use all the time.
Never personally used a Nook, so I can't speak much to that. |
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01-23-2012, 07:36 PM | #203 | |
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01-23-2012, 07:44 PM | #204 | |
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The main complaint she has is that there's quite a bit of glare on the screen. I haven't used them, but I've seen a number of companies offering anti-glare screen protectors, so that might help. She hasn't been annoyed enough to look into it much, though. |
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01-23-2012, 07:44 PM | #205 | |
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Lost of companies who sell electronics where specs are very important to the enduser(amps for audiophiles), they will test their equipment in sub zero freezers, b/c they can get better numbers out of it before if burns out. Heat, is the real enemy of electronics. |
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01-23-2012, 07:47 PM | #206 | |
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Luckily i still have a few more weeks left to make up my mind. I just want to see some impressions of the Nook, they are hard to find as not many have one. |
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01-23-2012, 07:58 PM | #207 |
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I really don't know. I just know I found it ice cold, and thought WTF? She said I have been looking all over for my Kindle Fire.
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01-29-2012, 07:40 PM | #209 |
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Quick update on the Prime. I'm thrilled with the "important" stuff, but I've had fairly major issues in a couple "unimportant" areas. My AC charger has a weird issue where it won't charge the tablet if I leave it plugged in all the time. I have to unplug it for a bit, then plug it back in for it to work. I've read online that they have a common overheating issue of some sort that resets after you leave it unplugged for a bit. Annoying, but I was living with that one.
The second issue is that there's a piece of plastic in the middle of the port where you plug the power cord in that just broke off. Admittedly, I set it down somewhat awkwardly, but it wasn't THAT hard. Anyway, it's going in for warranty service. I'm still generally happy with the purchase, but you'd think a "premium" product like this would have better QC. |
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01-29-2012, 08:44 PM | #210 |
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I love my Fire. For reading in bed its top notch.
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