I am seeing too many (obviously from you guys) reviews crying about a locked bootloader. That is not something to cry about. Asus never promised it to be unlocked. It doesn't detract from usability or experience. It's something that affects 1% of owners who want to void their warranties.
So stop trolling the reviews. Asus already gave in, you won. Deoccupy amazon now.
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Really dude?
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I wouldn't give it a 1 star rating but to me that is one of the most important things about a tablet/phone and they DON'T list it in the specs. I would give it a 3 of 5 rating most likely. Now, it is a 5 star. Go preach to someone else about how/if/when/why to leave a review on a product.
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I am seeing too many (obviously from you guys) reviews crying about a locked bootloader. That is not something to cry about. Asus never promised it to be unlocked. It doesn't detract from usability or experience. It's something that affects 1% of owners who want to void their warranties.
So stop trolling the reviews. Asus already gave in, you won. Deoccupy amazon now.
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Who are you to make a request like this? What does it matter to you?
Whiner thread review:
I give this thread 1 star (lowest it can go unfortunately)
Pros: None
Cons: Locked bootloader.
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I agree. giving the prime a bad review over bootloaser being locked is dumb and unneccessary. Asus already said they will release an unlocking tool for poeple who want to do it themselves. Asus won't unlock it for security reasons n such. so at least they giving you the option to do it yourself, at the cost of voiding warranty though.
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Who are you to make a request like this? What does it matter to you?
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When people don't buy the prime because of such reviews then Asus will stop making tablets and supporting of the tablets.
And i want future updates and a company like asus which supports their android products.
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Whiner thread review:
I give this thread 1 star (lowest it can go unfortunately)
Pros: None
Cons: Locked bootloader.
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that's funny
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When people don't buy the prime because of such reviews then Asus will stop making tablets and supporting of the tablets.
And i want future updates and a company like asus which supports their android products.
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I agree. The Transformer series has been revolutionary so far, and you wouldn't want Asus to stop their fine work simply because of people complaining about bootloaders.
Reall you guys have nothing better to do then making fake shop reviews? Retards.
Every person has the right to review any product how they see fit. To many people the bootloader is important, and locked it different than ENCRYPTED and locked. On top of that, ASUS has not actually said what they mean by unlocking the bootloader and won't until (if) they actually release it.
This is important information about a device that I believe should be made upfront. I, for one, would find these reviews helpful as I would have liked to know before I bought mine. People that don't understand what a bootloader is will probably ignore it anyway. If they are going by an aggregated review score then they are not making an informed decision anyway. Welcome to the Inter-webs.
Kinda like knowing what kind of tires or batteries your car takes. Some people may not care, but if it means you have only one shop you can take it too it can affect your purchasing decision.
In any case, the bootloader issue is widely reported and has shown up on every Tech News site, Android Community forums, etc. So pointing your finger here is kinda of douchey. You do realize that there was an entire social media campaign about this right? I doubt the xda-developers are the sole Android developers that use Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Amazon.
That said if I actually had an Amazon account, hell yes I would make my opinions known on the tablet I purchased. And I could really care less if you liked my opinion or not. You always have an option of posting your opinion and I will not hold your against you.
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I am seeing too many (obviously from you guys) reviews crying about a locked bootloader. That is not something to cry about. Asus never promised it to be unlocked. It doesn't detract from usability or experience. It's something that affects 1% of owners who want to void their warranties.
So stop trolling the reviews. Asus already gave in, you won. Deoccupy amazon now.
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Really you came here to post that? I mean who are you? CEO of Asus? Why should you care about what people say about it. If you're happy then great. I originally ordered from amazon, but they cancel on me so I can't comment there, but I would about the GPS, it's not functional and people should know so they can make a buying decission. And if they lock it and some people find that's not a problem then they won't care about it.
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To many people the bootloader is important, and locked it different than ENCRYPTED and locked
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To many people HERE. Not on amazon. and for those wondering, I'm an active prime member of the amazon community. I read and write product reviews. And I hate seeing whiners nerd about something the average consumer doesn't even know about.
I wouldn't worry too much about this, it was simply a strategic measure to get Asus to respond (by threatening their sales).... which worked. Fortunately, the reviews/stars on Amazon are able to be edited/updated, so now that Asus has given in to the demands of unlocking the bootloader, the XDA community can simply update their rating to what ever they see fit (which by the way, many have already done).
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Just as the title says. It was an error and local stores WILL NOT be honoring a price match.
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http://androidcommunity.com/htc-flyer-on-sale-for-99-at-best-buy-fly-to-your-local-store-20111006/
Not that I think I'm entitled to a product at 1/3 the cost of its manufacture, but the tease is getting old...
(Not to mention, I really want to know how other people keep beating me to the punch. Are there really people out there that waste more time on gadget blogs/XDA than me?)
Well, I got two before the store opened at $99, saw geeksquad outside, asked a guy about it, and he offered to sell me early. Got home and saw the pricing error, I really hope the guy doesn't get in trouble, but I got two. I feel bad but is was an honest mistake.
Got one before store opened as well. 99....guess I got lucky.
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I've always wondered what the laws/courts specifically say about situations like this. While I understand that businesses shouldn't be held to honest mistakes. What if a typo or printing error meant a car dealer had to sell all his cars for $1, he would obviously go out of business if he was required to honor the advertisement.
On the other hand, somebody can definitely claim intentional false advertising or a bait-and-switch type thing. Get people to the store, then say "Ohhh, it was a mistake . . . but why don't you buy it anyway for full price while you're here?"
I was told that i will be given credit of $200 for price adjustment this morning. Hopefuly they carry through with it.
Otherwise, I'm prepared to pay the $300 like I agreed to in the beginning. I just hope they don't eff things over like they have a reputation for doing.
Just bought one for 99.99 from a best buy "vending machine" in the las vegas airport!
Pretty lucky if I do say so myself.
I got one as soon as the store opened. They honored the shelf price, then took down the $99 tag.
They canceled my online order .
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Ok, now they are toying with me. They just sent me a UPS tracking number for my order
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Walked in at 9:55am. I grabbed the very last one. I saw people running in as i walked out lol! I still think the HP Touchad was a better steal at $99.
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Walked in at 9:55am. I grabbed the very last one. I saw people running in as i walked out lol! I still think the HP Touchad was a better steal at $99.
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No way. The Flyer is head and shoulders better than the Touchpad - no matter how good the Cyanogenmod group is, it will always be a hack. The Flyer is purebred Android through and through.
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I've always wondered what the laws/courts specifically say about situations like this. While I understand that businesses shouldn't be held to honest mistakes. What if a typo or printing error meant a car dealer had to sell all his cars for $1, he would obviously go out of business if he was required to honor the advertisement.
On the other hand, somebody can definitely claim intentional false advertising or a bait-and-switch type thing. Get people to the store, then say "Ohhh, it was a mistake . . . but why don't you buy it anyway for full price while you're here?"
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It depends on the applicable consumer protection laws--those usually differ from state to state (not that greatly) but it is general practice to honor the advertised price. There's mostly case law on it, but it's arguable to a point.
Contracts was so long ago ...
This, the Touchpad firesale and especially the Amazon Fire (250k orders in 5 days) send the industry (and hopefully HTC) a clear message: people want low priced tablets.
Exactly... they expected me to pay the same amount on the tablet as I did for my laptop, which can perform better in every single category (even in battery life).
(Acer 4820TG with SSD)
And who cares about the "iPad killer?" It pisses me off how many companies and review sites use Apple as the standard for everything. The only reason why they're successful is that they actually use common sense when designing their products and they come out with products BEFORE everyone else (which I think is kinda important).
Just make an attractive device without the iPad's price tag!
Lucas0511 said:
This, the Touchpad firesale and especially the Amazon Fire (250k orders in 5 days) send the industry (and hopefully HTC) a clear message: people want low priced tablets.
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Yes, and compared to the Flyer, the Fire is a slower and limited device. Your get what you pay for
The Flyer is a fine device at $300. Any lower has to be a loss, based on quality and features of the device.
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It depends on the applicable consumer protection laws--those usually differ from state to state (not that greatly) but it is general practice to honor the advertised price. There's mostly case law on it, but it's arguable to a point.
Contracts was so long ago ...
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Having to honor the advertised price is what I would think, from what little I know about the consumer protection laws. But it seems this kind of thing happens all the time, where retailers state that an advertised price was an error. I'm on Newegg's email list, and it seems like every couple months they send out a message saying so-and-so price was an error, and they apologize, blah blah. It would seem that these retailers would be out of business, if they had to honor every advertised price that was a mistake. And the mistake might not even be theirs, but the fault of an ad agency, typo in newspaper, etc.
I wonder if promptly sending out a correction helps their case? Conventional wisdom (which of course does not always apply to the law!) would seem to dictate that making a conscious effort to quickly inform the public of the error, would help deflect any claims of intentional false advertising.
What's crazy us that if you look it up via the mobile app, it is still listed at $99. I have mine already, but seeing that price is tempting.
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I can't even purchase it on the mobile. I couldn't get pass the log in stage.
W00t!!!!!
Went to pick it up from best buy. Receipt said $99!
I contacted amazon to get info on my order and they told me that the prime was delayed due to technical issues so im tired of the rumor crap that asus keeps refusing is happening so I called asus and the lady said she didnt have any information so I asked who or which department will give me some info or I can speak to about this issue and she said no one...i said what does that mean she said...no one will speak to you on that matter mamm. I said that there's no one with asus that will speak to me regarding a product I am purchasing from them and she said that is correct...
now what tablet do you guys recommend?
The Asus Transformer Prime.
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With these useless threads. Really.
skeptikal said:
The Asus Transformer Prime.
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This.
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I recommend the iPad 2, because OF COURSE if you call Apple you'll get directed to someone who will answer questions about backordered and/or not-yet-shipping Apple products. Apple is absolutely, completely, perfectly transparent with their users and are happy to talk to ANYONE about future plans, ongoing issues, etc.
So, yes: iPad 2. Definitely.
Probably because Asus isn't deal with you, they are dealing with vendors, and you won't get any information unless you're a vendor.
I'm a CUSTOMER I'm more important than a vendor without "me" the customer they don't exist!!!
I wasn't asking for a ship date or anything I was trying to tell them another vendor was saying asus delayed due to technical issues I WAS TRYING TO HELP THEM!!!
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I'm a CUSTOMER I'm more important than a vendor without "me" the customer they don't exist!!!
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Without ALL customers they don't exist. Without you? Eh, they'll be fine.
By the sound of your posts, I feel quite confident that you asked all of the right questions in all the right ways to make them want to help you in any way that they could. However, Asus is hellbent on losing every customer it has one at a time by conspiring to withhold any and all information related to or concerning the Transformer Prime.
Wow, people are really getting edgy with this whole situation with Transformer Prime.
Seriously, take a deep breath and just wait for the device to come. Its not like Asus is giving them away for free, you are paying the money and you will get it soon enough. If there is a delay, they will tell their distributors and retailers who will then relay the information to their customers..
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I'm a CUSTOMER I'm more important than a vendor without "me" the customer they don't exist!!!
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Actually, ASUS doesn't sell directly to end users, so their customers ARE the retailers. That's who they're set up to deal with, and that's why you didn't get directed to anyone.
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Without ALL customers they don't exist. Without you? Eh, they'll be fine.
By the sound of your posts, I feel quite confident that you asked all of the right questions in all the right ways to make them want to help you in any way that they could. However, Asus is hellbent on losing every customer it has one at a time by conspiring to withhold any and all information related to or concerning the Transformer Prime.
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Hey butt I put it in quotes meaning customers read it next time!
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Hey butt I put it in quotes meaning customers read it next time!
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Were you calling me a butt? Or did you mean "Hey, but I put it in...'? I will be sure to read your posts much more closely next time. How embarrassing for me.
As I said I didn't want info I was trying to give them info...does anyone read or does people just skim...I didn't care when I got it I am PO'd that they spoke like that when I was trying to give them info...they could have said thank you we will pass it to the appropriate people weather they did or not...
I don't shop at BB for rudeness...one of their people refused to match a price I told him fine...his boss came up and asked what I wanted and he told his boss what I wanted and stopped his boss from approaching me saying I know her she'll be back tomorrow...
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As I said I didn't want info I was trying to give them info...does anyone read or does people just skim...I didn't care when I got it I am PO'd that they spoke like that when I was trying to give them info...they could have said thank you we will pass it to the appropriate people weather they did or not...
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They probably should have put you through to the corporate offices right away in my estimation...Very important info that Amazon is slandering Asus. I can't wait to read about it in Business Weekly. No sarcasm intended in this particular sentence.
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I wasn't asking for a ship date or anything I was trying to tell them another vendor was saying asus delayed due to technical issues I WAS TRYING TO HELP THEM!!!
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How nice from you... I guess they really need your help... I wonder why they didn't ask you for help in the first place...
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Angel7777 said:
I don't shop at BB for rudeness...one of their people refused to match a price I told him fine...his boss came up and asked what I wanted and he told his boss what I wanted and stopped his boss from approaching me saying I know her she'll be back tomorrow...
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And did you come back? Just asking...
Just call them back and tell them that you're the southern california Best Buy district manager and you need an update.
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Just call them back and tell them that you're the southern california Best Buy district manager and you need an update.
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Funny thing is, even then you might not get a response. The retailers all have buyers who deal with ASUS, and they've probably established long ago that only those buyers should interact with ASUS directly. Nothing could create a flustercluck quicker than every store from a retail chain calling manufacturers asking about upcoming stocking levels and such.
I'm betting the Best Buy stores call Best Buy HQ, and then Best Buy HQ calls ASUS. The information is then passed back to the stores.
Scratch all that as well, here's a quote from a Best Buy employee in this thread:
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As a current Best Buy employee(Senior at Purdue University(Seasonal employee)...(the same on helping a good amount of this forum get grey docks ahead of schedule) I believe I can shed some light on this issue. Today while using our inventory management software (RSS) I looked up the grey 32 TF201. In BEST BUYS system the sku has been DISCONTINUED. This generally happens when we are no longer receiving that particular model of a computer or tablet physically in stores in the future. This is, in my opinion, not what is going on. As most have noticed the grey 32 prime has been pulled from BBY.com. Only the CG is even on the site. The grey was taken down and given a "secret sku" that was to be used for those who had pre ordered a CG and were given the opportunity to switch to grey. This sku has gotten out to the forums and has been being used to order grey 32 primes online through BBY.com. I suspect BBY is changing the sku so this can no longer be done, and giving the prime a dedicated sku for in store availability which should be occurring within the next 2-3 weeks.
The prime is here to stay.
-Quix
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Also, I never knew this forum was fulled with /b/tards. Shoulda inb4 OP is a troll.
Scratch all that, just talked to a support rep. They're done manufacturing the First model of it. They've got a second model they're planning to roll out this month (just like ICS would be available before the end of the year). That would explain why Best Buy assumed it's done, discontinued the first version of the TF201. Perhaps a TF211? Feel free to call 'em up and ask if it's been discontinued. They should respond with something along the lines of Lol new model! Or something to that effect. Waiting for a supervisor to call me up tomorrow.
Just got off the phone the Best Buy.com floor manager, and *apparently* Asus is no longer manufacturing the Prime. I wanted to return it for a REPLACEMENT, and nobody could answer one simple question: Do you have one in stock to replace it with? I got to the supervisor and he simply told me it was done, gave me a direct number to Asus. He also told me to file an RMA and that Asus would try to fix it, and if they couldnt, then I'd get a same or better one.
Great.
I'm calling Asus to see what's up. I'll update the OP with more info. I want my damn Prime fixed...
I'd appriciate it if someone else called Best Buy to see if this true. Get to a live person, and ask for their supervisor. The guy I got was 'Micheal'. Be sure to ask for his name to see if it's the same guy. Thanks
lol.
Sure
that's because thing is littered with some minor manufactured defects.
oh well, at least it will go up in value
also I bet HASBRO had something to do with this too. Glad I got mines before the court ordered junction was put in place.
LOL, please don't tell me your gonna believe this? Then Asus will probably also be done.
Just delete useless threads like this, thanks.
One thing you should learn pretty quickly is to never believe anything a dumb store manager or CSR tells you.
Im guessing they think they are talking about the OG transformer.
Or did we bully Asus somuch it just up and quit the whole thing?
bwaaa ha ha WTF? BB employees are like VZW employees, I often know more then they do about their own products, thus I don't trust comments like this 1 bit.
i don't know guys, i think the Best Buy.com floor manager is a pretty reliable source...you didn't get to become "floor manager" for nothing....
Maybe the BB floor manager is sick n tired of dealing with all the botched prime exchanging?
I know I would be by now.
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i don't know guys, i think the Best Buy.com floor manager is a pretty reliable source...you didn't get to become "floor manager" for nothing....
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Yeah, probably the OG Transformer.
How the heck would a BestBuy *floor manager* get wind of something faster than Endgaget, ITworld, Anandtech, The Verge and the rest of the technocrat blogosphere?
There is a higher probability of Bigfoot doing the Mambo in Time Square
He probably meant the TF101 original Transformer. It makes perfect business sense to phase out the TF101, now that it's replacement is coming to market.
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lad I got mines before the court ordered junction was put in place.
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Why is it "mines" and not "mine"?
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How the heck would a BestBuy *floor manager* get wind of something faster than Endgaget, ITworld, Anandtech, The Verge and the rest of the technocrat blogosphere?
There is a higher probability that of Bigfoot doing the Mambo in Time Square
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WOW...Bigfoot can Mambo?
LOL this is the funiest thing I read all day!!!
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i don't know guys, i think the Best Buy.com floor manager is a pretty reliable source...you didn't get to become "floor manager" for nothing....
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Are you KIDDING ME??? Best buy has launched more misinformation that the Counter-Spy's did in WWII.
I had one "E-Commerce VP tell me that ASUS Hasn't RELEASED the dock yet, it will be out at the END OF JANUARY, LOL! I had to tell him that my co-worker HAS one from Best Buy sitting on his desk, and he still doubted me. I had to point him to one of the "Dock Sources" thread here at xda.
He DID NOT become a floor manager by knowing ANYTHING about product releases, I will tell you that. Man that's funny!!!
I almost hurt myself laughing. HEHEHEHEHE! HAHAHAHAHA!
Sorry - it's my fault. All the tablets i buy go end of life about a week later
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+1000
if anything bby doesn't have a proper in store stock date so their system is screwed up. no one on CS or at the store level has any idea of what's going on as far as manuf or actual stock beyond what their inventory system shows them, and that system is a piece of crap (unless they updated it significantly after i quit from there, which i doubt)
the only actually plausable thing one can take from this is they are for some reason giving the new batches a different sku and discontinuing the old one.
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Yeah, probably the OG Transformer.
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I thought they are still making the original Transformer?
Yeah best buy also told me that Asus wasn't coming out with the Prime back in december.
Major bugs, horrible design flaw and dishonest sales tactics mixed together with a name that is clearly ripped off from hasbro will lead to its demise.
Prime could have been a real winner but Asus just couldn't live up to it.
They will probably stop making the current bugged out and defective units and redesign it with a plastic back and rename it to the Asus Tranny.
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Are you KIDDING ME??? Best buy has launched more misinformation that the Counter-Spy's did in WWII.
I had one "E-Commerce VP tell me that ASUS Hasn't RELEASED the dock yet, it will be out at the END OF JANUARY, LOL! I had to tell him that my co-worker HAS one from Best Buy sitting on his desk, and he still doubted me. I had to point him to one of the "Dock Sources" thread here at xda.
He DID NOT become a floor manager by knowing ANYTHING about product releases, I will tell you that. Man that's funny!!!
I almost hurt myself laughing. HEHEHEHEHE! HAHAHAHAHA!
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wow.... have i made myself look that stupid in the 20 posts i have here, or did i just misuse an emoticon? i thought the rolling of eyes implied sarcasm...but then you rolled your eyes at me? is that in jest? what if i do it now? does that deflect your sarcasm and reinstate my own? making you look like the fool?
boy, i'm really confused now....
haha....
http://www.bgr.com/2012/02/13/samsungs-galaxy-note-is-the-most-useless-phone-ive-seen/
Im kind of at a loss for words on this one.
Yes, it is a large phone
Yes, it is not inteded for the general population
but there is no need to hammer it for its size. The size is what makes it unique and functional! Cant wait to get my carbon blue on friday and prove them wrong!!
Frank
I like how everyone in the comments railed on him . . . lol
That is THE strangest hands-on I have ever read.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Not even sure what to say.
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That is THE strangest hands-on I have ever read.
The phone is too big. You will look stupid talking on it, people will laugh at you, and you’ll be unhappy if you buy it. I really can’t get around this, unfortunately, because Samsung pushed things way too far this time.
Not even sure what to say.
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Its very embarassing to publish something like that. Sounds like a little kid tyrade!!
The Galaxy Note essentially has everything you’d want in a smartphone: a great dual-core processor, a solid camera, a beautiful display and good build quality, and it runs on AT&T’s new 4G LTE network that delivers incredibly fast downloads speeds. Plus the battery seems actually decent so far, which is a triumph for modern smartphones.
Throw all of that right out the window.
The phone is too big.
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Essentially: Nothing but praise, but it's too big!
If you look at the first picture you can see that the "reviewer" has pretty small hands. It's fair to write an article saying that the phone doesn't work for you, but to say that anyone who uses the phone looks ridiculous and that people will laugh at you is just poor journalism.
I think size 6 shoes are too small, but I don't go around criticizing people that wear them...
it's not something I hide...I can't stand that site.. they rarely back anything up
but this kind of thing happens often with android phones in general....
they get used to simply point out how much better some other device is.
Did you expect anything less from this apple fanboi? He just had not been told by apple yet that a 5.3 inch screen is better than a 3.5 inch screen.
No sense in waiting to get the phone to prove him "wrong". The phone is / will be amazing and the biggest reason I personally bought it was for its size. The guy who wrote the article doesn't like things that are big.......just the same way some people would prefer to drive a Civic over a lifted F350 Diesel. Big deal? The guy is entitled to his opinion as much as you are entitled to your right to buy and enjoy the best smartphone currently out.
I will give him 2 thumbs up on the comment about Android Phones having 7 different flagships in the same year......that part needed to be said. Each time I walk into an AT&T or Verizon store, they have a different lineup of Android phones....but the iPhone is sitting there...in the same place it has for months.....and still outselling all the rest.
Be secure with your purchase - and use it because YOU want to use it, not to use it to prove someone else wrong. That's just......silly.
I guess jockey-sized hipsters shouldn't be reviewing Samsung devices ...
His article kind of reminds me of the Burger King commercial about the guy that doesn't want to go and get a BK Double Cheeseburger because it will make his hands look small.
This is an example of an apple fanboy in fear that android has made a device that totally demolishes the iPhone. Get over it and suck on your apple.
This image sums up my reaction to the article.
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ultravorx said:
Im kind of at a loss for words on this one.
Yes, it is a large phone
Yes, it is not inteded for the general population
but there is no need to hammer it for its size. The size is what makes it unique and functional!
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BGR --- "but, But, BUT... It's not the size of an iPhone!!! Waaaaaaaaaaaaah"
If I was as bad at my job as that guy is at his, I'd be fired.
Im 6'5 and have big hands. I own a HTC Desire HD and every time i went to type on a new rom i either had to install a new keyboard theme with bigger keys or turn to landscape to type. This phone is exactly what i need. Having a stylus is great too because some people can write faster than typing...i do see gimmicks here but what phone doesnt have them? its how they sell. some people use them, some dont.
BGR Stinks
unibomber said:
BGR Stinks
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Exactly why I get my news reviews from un/less-biased sources like:
-The Verge
-Slashgear
-Ars Technica
-Anandtech
I would suggest going to those instead for tech news. BGR is complete trash (and this is coming from an iPhone user)
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I think size 6 shoes are too small, but I don't go around criticizing people that wear them...
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This sums it up nicely.
If he'd given specific reasons like:
Screen is too big so battery life is horrible
Phone is too big and makes it heavy in the pocket
its not a review but a rant.
Did you see the size of the little hand on that guy? I think BGR should stand for Baby Girl Report.
thinguy said:
its not a review but a rant.
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Not really sure he's claiming anything different, and he does say a proper review is forthcoming. I don't follow bgr--and after reading this I definitely won't--but posting childish rants like this just strikes me as the sort of thing people should reserve for their livejournals and not for a site that would like to provide credible tech info and reviews.
Is the phone too big? As many (reasonable) posters have said in this forum, that's a matter of opinion. Obviously Mr. Geller feels that it is, but I can't imagine why anyone posting with that tone would expect to be taken seriously. The iPhone comparison is particularly ridiculous at this point; while it is more or less indisputable that Samsung's Galaxy line took a great deal of inspiration from the iPhone design (he should have found a pic of the international note with its physical home button to up the similarity!), the Note actually looks significantly less like the iPhone than some of the earlier incarnations. That sort of comparison would be better suited to some BS patent infringement case filing.
This type of article is exactly why I have been posting the details I can get like I did with my in and review thread. tons of details and a few opinions.
I am no journalist but I like to believe people get something useful from it.
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Hi Guys,
I just won the asus transformer prime tegra 3 off an android gaming website. Does this thing have a locked bootloader? If not are there any good roms/kernels/hacks available? I'm mostly a motorola guy but am very excited to check out this tablet. I hear it's great for gaming.
Also does this thing have a case that works well with the keyboard dock? I would appreciate any tips!
Honestly did you even bother to read any of the topics existing in the accessories subsection or android development? All of your questions are answered there.
There are cases and there are roms. Bootloader is unlockable but I don't think fully. Asus provides a tool to do it but it also voids your warranty and it cannot be relocked.
Ignore the Rudeness
Coderedpl said:
Honestly did you even bother to read any of the topics existing in the accessories subsection or android development? All of your questions are answered there.
There are cases and there are roms. Bootloader is unlockable but I don't think fully. Asus provides a tool to do it but it also voids your warranty and it cannot be relocked.
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Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
Jonphinguyen7 said:
Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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Thanks for the info. I don't mind what the guy above you said. He is right I should read around but to be honest I've "owned" the device for about a half hour lol. I was excited and am trying to get all the info I can as fast as I can. I have been going over the threads here but it's not as organized as some of the other devices I own.
I look forward to rooting and seeing what this device is capable of
Jonphinguyen7 said:
Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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I wouldn't go as far as calling it rudeness
as there are people who would reply much worse than I did. And I did answer cop's question to an extent
Prack said:
Thanks for the info. I don't mind what the guy above you said. He is right I should read around but to be honest I've "owned" the device for about a half hour lol. I was excited and am trying to get all the info I can as fast as I can. I have been going over the threads here but it's not as organized as some of the other devices I own.
I look forward to rooting and seeing what this device is capable of
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Good luck. I picked up the dock a day ago too so I'm in a similar boat. But I feel like I'm going to have 2 cases. One for tablet and one for both keyboard and tablet
Jonphinguyen7 said:
Ignore the rudeness of this guy.
TO THE OP:
I know when I first started finding out answers to the most basic questions were pretty tough to find on my own. Anywhoo yes the bootloader is locked, and unfortunately the only way to unlock it is to use the ASUS tool provided. However, doing so will void your warranty, so proceed with caution. As far as a case goes, check here. Just read around in all the forums and once again, ignore the rudeness.
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Nothing rude about that, one can at least expect people to read around themselves and in all honesty these answers are found on the first page of the various subforums.
Coderedpl said:
I wouldn't go as far as calling it rudeness
as there are people who would reply much worse than I did. And I did answer cop's question to an extent
Not trying to start an argument here, just covering all the bases. If read in a particular way in can be taken as rude. Sure, there are posts out there that are 100x worse, but an apple is an apple, even if it's a 1000 ft tall apple.
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Jonphinguyen7 said:
Coderedpl said:
I wouldn't go as far as calling it rudeness
as there are people who would reply much worse than I did. And I did answer cop's question to an extent
Not trying to start an argument here, just covering all the bases. If read in a particular way in can be taken as rude. Sure, there are posts out there that are 100x worse, but an apple is an apple, even if it's a 1000 ft tall apple.
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True. I guess I could have worded it differently but it wasn't meant to be rude. My apologies if it offended any1
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Oh you poor guy :/ congrats to this monstrosity of a device. Look at all the threads in this forum, this tablet is soooo bad and sucks sooo hard that you will be wishing you never won! Nothing will work, there will be bugs all over the place and you get 0 (ZERO) support from Asus. Which is obviously the worst company in the universe (reffering to every 2nd post in this forum). They intentionally made it all aluminum to **** your wifi signal up and they are spying on you with the front facing camera all the time and laughing about you when you get angry because of all the bugs.
Also if you have the Transformer Prime you now know how you will die. One day you will get lost in the woods and die of hunger because the GPS of your prime couldnt find a signal.
Now if you want all of this not happening to you, if you want peace in your life again, if you want to go to heaven... Just send your prime to the following adress.......
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(thx @all the whiners for making this possible )
What I don't know is why people take the time to be dicks in their reply to someone. You exert the same energy being negative. If you read the post and don't have anything helpful to say to the OP just shut the @#$%:up and move on.
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grneyez said:
What I don't know is why people take the time to be dicks in their reply to someone. You exert the same energy being negative. If you read the post and don't have anything helpful to say to the OP just shut the @#$%:up and move on.
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...and how exactly did you contribute?
this made me lol hard
OH YEA USE THE SEARCH FUNCTION FOR GAWD SAKES lol only kinda joking but yea search if your friend
one more time
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you got my prime and dock I was supposed to have won! lol. I entered like 3-4 of those contests Asus sponsored over the weekend for various tech sites.
Congrats! you going to love it! Best tablet out today
Lol @ the troll post. If I was lost in the woods I don't think my transformer prime would be my go to survival tool....
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...and how exactly did you contribute?
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I didn't, but I guess it hit home with you.
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