Ive got an sgs2, had and xperia x10 and have been looking around for a few weeks for the tablet i want. i looked at all sorts and at a range of prices and configurations here in aussie. I was in a mojor department store today and looking at the new sony tablet s at $689 {aussie} 32g version but couldnt be convinced, then the salesman tells me that he got one at the staff release night and didn't want it. never been opened and all mine for $350 {pick it up on Saturday}. goodbye iconia/tosh/asus......
I got the usb adapter too but want to know {because of conflicting posts} what can or cant i use through this attachment? i can use the logitech gamepad because there is a video with it, but what about my portable hard drive? i fly a lot so no blue-tooth.... its the usb or nothing for the most part. what about a wifi dongle? tethering? {obviously whilst not flying}
Also i personally loved the screen, but some people say they cant play various movie players but some say they cant..... has arc been tried? i loved the screens richness and black depth for movies and games primarily. is there truth the post that no file over 4gb can be opened? what is the correct sd card type to but?
MHL support?
PHEW! sorry bout the post hope it wont piss people off...... oh also, any closer to a root? ill throw some cash but an expression of interest would help. maybee a few hundred if someone is prepared to have a proper go.
The design of this thing is awesome. Pair it with those monster 14 pound EACH speakers and man, that's drool worthy.
However, this device is kinda confusing to me. Is it a dumbed down receiver? Is it a dumbed down Google TV device? I can play vids from YouTube and and Google Play and music and that's it?
Where are the shots of what ever interface this will have? Where is Netflix? Huluu Plus? Amazon Prime? This seems to be the most limited - as far as what can be done with it from the get-go - device I have seen El Goog push out in a long while. Sad.
As good as it looks, it seems rushed to me. Why pay $299 for something that is simply novelty and available in many different flavors already?
Till they add a bit to it, or someone hacks it and makes it much better. Sorry Goog, I pass.
While they were doing the presentation, I understood it as it was just a receiver that connects to some speakers or a tv, so once you connect to it (I forget if it was WIFI or NFC) you can just play music or videos on the speakers or tv; and anybody that connects to it is able to play what they want on it.
It looks great and all but for $300 its definitely not worth the price tag.
This is on the network so I hope that it has easy access to Windows shares and that it will be able to play 1080p MKVs with lossless audio.
I haven't played around with playback on devices.
Even though it is pricey if it has this full feature set then I may pick this up. Would be a nice improvement over plugging in a laptop to the TV.
Shieze said:
This is on the network so I hope that it has easy access to Windows shares and that it will be able to play 1080p MKVs with lossless audio.
I haven't played around with playback on devices.
Even though it is pricey if it has this full feature set then I may pick this up. Would be a nice improvement over plugging in a laptop to the TV.
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From what I was told yesterday, it won't. The guys here at IO said it would only stream from them (movies and music stored in their cloud or Play Store).
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I'm hoping there is at least some logic within the box that allows you to play more sophisticated content.
Mi|enko said:
From what I was told yesterday, it won't. The guys here at IO said it would only stream from them (movies and music stored in their cloud or Play Store).
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It's $300 because it's supposedly actually manufactured in America... so do with that what you will
I'm still very confused as to what it is/how it works. Doesn't seem worthwhile.
seems like the coolest looking piece of crap.
The engadget preview says much of the price is because of the built in amp, which, IMHO is totally unnecessary. I have a surround sound system.. why would I want stereo sound from that puny little thing?
Drop the amp and $100 off the pricetag and this thing will sell itself. Oh, and unlock the damn thing. Only plays stuff from the play store? Google is starting to sound like apple...
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Google is starting to sound like apple...
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Really? It has a USB port explicitly for the purpose of hacking it. I have no doubt the Nexus Q will be a cool device to own once there's enough dev support for it.
It seems like Google released the Nexus Q with the idea that the android community would figure out what to do with it.
Nexus q + dev support = sold. However I will wait for the support first instead of buying and hoping....
Its an interesting device, but I'm disappointed that they at least didn't add an "airplay" style connection for displaying your phone or tablet screen on the tv via wifi. That would at least make it more appealing for the price
I sat there during the keynote thinking what a killer feature this would have been for a google tv. Instead it's a more expensive and more limited device.
I came away from i/o feeling like the google tv is being de-prioritized and they want to push this device instead because it's locked down to google play content. There were zero mentions of google tv during either of the keynotes. There were sessions but after sitting through a few it seemed as if all the new and exciting things were happening in other product lines. I don't mean this as a dig at the google tv devs. I just think the company has made a cooporate decision to lock this down.
Maybe I'll feel a little different after unboxing it tonight and playing with it some but I just can't see myself getting on board this product line and I'm a google fanboy. It just feels like a limitations by design concept.
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Really? It has a USB port explicitly for the purpose of hacking it. I have no doubt the Nexus Q will be a cool device to own once there's enough dev support for it.
It seems like Google released the Nexus Q with the idea that the android community would figure out what to do with it.
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That's cool. But inconsistent. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to even flash anything and I would be more apt to group those individuals with ones who would use the banana plugs on the back. It doesn't take an audiophile to desire more than 2 channels of sound.
I think its a brilliant device and ill probably get one once the price goes down. I just think it may increase sales to offer one without the amp - is it really that big of a selling point?
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That's cool. But inconsistent. Not everyone is tech savvy enough to even flash anything and I would be more apt to group those individuals with ones who would use the banana plugs on the back. It doesn't take an audiophile to desire more than 2 channels of sound.
I think its a brilliant device and ill probably get one once the price goes down. I just think it may increase sales to offer one without the amp - is it really that big of a selling point?
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Agreed. This isn't like our Android phones running custom ROMs. You buy an Android phone, ANY Android phone, and you can:
1. Make phone calls
2. Send text messages
3. Use email
4. Browse the web
5. Download, install, and use the full Play Store catalog of apps
All without any hacking at all. When you install a custom rom, you're basically getting a few added features, customization, optimization, maybe the ability to overclock or run a select few apps that need root. You know, little things that aren't necessary but are nice to have.
The Nexus Q is different because it's gimped right out of the box. You basically can't do anything with it, other than play music and videos from the Play Store only (and who even has a huge collection of that stuff?). Even the very first Apple TV was capable of streaming content through a local network, even if it was limited to stuff you added to your iTunes library.
I appreciate Google reaching out to the dev community, but they can't rely on them to do all their work for them. What the Nexus Q should have been was a tiny Android desktop computer, controllable directly with an Android phone using a specific app (something like Gmote) and able to run any and all Android apps. I'm excited when I see thumb-sized Android computers available for under $100. The NQ could have been a cooler, more premium version of that, but as it is, it's both overpriced AND has no features.
YouTube app
So not living in US forces me to use Music and the YouTube app. Now it's time to do some raging.
Playing youtube vids on my tv is awesome through the app and all that. But I want to be able to play several videos. I have several playlists but the only option on a playlist in the youtube app is to delete it. Opening the playlists gives you the possibility to play one (and only one) video in a row. It really sucks. I don't want to open the app every time a video has ended :/
Guys what are you complaining about? Your where given cool toy for free because you are developers. You are suppose to find better applications for it . Just do it. Few years ago you had T-Mobile android phone without anything useful on it , nobody completed
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All you guys in here complaining are just not dev or inspiring to be one cause from what I seen you're able to load a launcher to it from adb and stream netflix in 1080 so you guys dont really understand android or google yet but you will.
Sadly, I will buy a multitude of these for a project if someone can get the damn thing rooted and unlocked...
FIrst post, looooong time lurker here. Thanks to all the devs who continue working on our tab.
There is just ONE thing that would make this tab the best. Currently im a typing this on my bluetooth keyboard /mouse with the tab hooked up to my 24in hd monitor via hdmi. I hate that it hdmi mirrors when I'm using it for non-processor intensive tasks at 720p (like what I am doing now) and can playback 1080p movies on the monitor without a hitch...
I would pay GOOD money for a dev to trick the tab into outputing the high res.format permanetly whenever the tab is connected via hdmi. I dont really care about hdmi mirroring since Id like to use the hdmi as a total laptop replacement (which it is now very close thanks to Task650 and his ICS rom). Is there any way to do this??? If it requires money i can provide it.. Lol but not more than $10 for an app that can do it. I do not think its a hardware limitation at all because its capable of outputing 1080p video, the tab and other android tablet s waste processor power by mirroring onto an hdtv instead of just outputing everything onto the monitor at a higher res... Gah.... Make it happen pleaseee
Sorry for any typos like I said im typing this via bluetooth keyboard connected to my tab... So no automatic spell check haha
Prepared to pay "GOOD money" for a freshly developed app/hack/tweak that turns out to be about 10 dollars?
I think you and I have a different view on money.
Pratez said:
Prepared to pay "GOOD money" for a freshly developed app/hack/tweak that turns out to be about 10 dollars?
I think you and I have a different view on money.
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thanks bro. thanks for also answering my question. glad you have a lot of money.
in case you havent realized devs release roms not even expecting a donation, its the pursuit of using the device to its full capability and having the heart to share it with others that drives them.
btw, pretty sure $10 for an app IS in fact a lot when you can get most things for $.99 on the play store, and an amazing custom rom for free.
Hi, I have been marveling over the SGS2 1080p vid playback and with my new 64gb sdxc card watching video is more of an option, however, while the screen rocks it is not a 52" TV set either. I keep seeing various articles about goggles to be used with TVs etc but of the ones i have been able to find none of them seem like something that could connect to the SGS2. The coolest would of course be something like streaming via bluetooth/wifi from the SGS2 to the goggles but something like HDMI (or USB?) seems more practical? Regardless I haven't been able to find such things yet, something like the itvgoggles (the fancy models are overkill [not looking to pay a mint] but i am not sure if any of them work with android, the ITG-230 seems to work with ipod, any thoughts?) so if anyone is aware of such options a heads up would really be appreciated!
Cheers,
-Gaiko
I highly doubt you will find anything of the sort without some kind of device in the middle. Even then it sounds like tech of the future
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Hey, Rizur, i just found Vuzix Wrap 920 which seemed promising in terms of at least being able to connect to an android phone but a bit too flawed in feel, aspect ratio, and rez (was also hoping to be able to use this in conjunction with a bluetooth mouse but the rez according to reviews seems to be not quite adequate for that). Will keep looking, but technically it does seem to be what i am looking for (hard to please i suppose )
Just bought one, totally unimpressed with it, tried to airplay from ipad on ios7, just get audio
Try it on my galaxy note 3, won't play showbox through it
Anyone else bought one?
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Just bought one, totally unimpressed with it, tried to airplay from ipad on ios7, just get audio
Try it on my galaxy note 3, won't play showbox through it
Anyone else bought one?
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I just got one last week, and am a little more impressed with it than you are. Tried it last night with my Nexus7 (2012), and had it quite happily streaming a movie onto the TV via both its own iPush app and also various DLNA apps (Skifka, MediaHouse etc). Setting it up was reasonably easy compared to some reports I've read online about it, although the interface was a little clunky and took a while. Plus of course the written documentation shipped with the device is awful, although ironically the on-screen stuff that the iPush actually displays on the TV when you connect it is much clearer.
So far I only see a couple of negatives. The biggest one is that its built-in WiFi hotspot seems to have a fixed password and always be broadcast (even when it's connected to another device/router), which I would say is a fairly major security hole as it could let someone into the network as a back door. Secondly when I tried it with my HTX 8X (WinPhone 8) it was visible as a renderer to MyMediaHub when the phone was connected directly to the iPush's hotspot, but it didn't seem to pick it up when connected via another hotspot (my Ravpower WD-01 filehub) even though my N7 happily did so in the same scenario. But that second one could just as easily be a glitch with the HTC.
But I have read elsewhere of several people having issues with iOS and Airplay, which I think were also mentioned in the Amazon sales blurb when I got mine (being on Android I didn't take too much notice as it doesn't apply to me). Basically that there wasn't video support for Airplay due to license/copyright issues or something, but beyond that maybe a little Google-Fu could turn something up?
Anyway there seem to be a few firmware updates around which may (I hope) address the wifi password concern. But that's tonight's little project.