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first "good" tablet.

http://www.pdfdevices.com/first-tablet-with-android-ice-cream-sandw...

Got myself the first gen of eee pad transformer ( I have been looking at the prime and the zenbook with envy since). I could say I'm very satisfied. But raw proccessing power is not everything (As Apple has proved). Plus this Tablet processing power race make me think of soundcards, processor, graphic cards, these are time when buying an android tablet make it obsolete already (it's a good thing they are already running linux, in a way).

i don't really understand how touchwiz is bloated.

I don't think many people are aware of the lawsuit stuff and the ones that do already know what's on the tablet market.

Customers look at advertising, prices and offers. Most won't even read any reviews and buy a tablet because it looks nice and it was an offer. And as the Tab looks and smells like an iPad those customers probably think they bought a Samsung iPad.

Only 2 weeks ago this guy at work asked me what to buy. I told him to get an iPad. Then he got a call from his wife who was at the store to get an iPad, but she had bought some weird brand tablet. The sales guy had told her it was basically the same as an iPad and they were giving them away at a lower price.

You contradict yourself. Somebody didn't just "look at advertising, prices and offers", somebody asked you (with inevitable response, but that's beside the point), somebody also asked a shop clerk. And at the very least, you and that clerk follow the market a little more closely than "ads, etc.", probably in part also thanks to the recent court circus.

I'd offer a $50 trade-in for any iPad or iPhone on a new Samsung phone or tablet and call it "cash for clunkers".

Edited 2011-12-15 12:00 UTC

I have "moderated" you recently so I can't vote for you today. This will have to do. (;

Hey, maybe he meant some beat Mercedes truck, bus or van (the real products of Daimler AG, passenger cars are just a side business) and Honda NSX? (that's how this car was known to most of the world)
;)

Yes, size matters. I really, really want a Galaxy Note. I wrote to Santa begging to put one under the tree. If not I hope global warming fcks up his palace.

I had one when I was five years old. The novelty has gone.

I agree, faced with a corporate choice of iPhone or Blackberry, i went naturally for the newer thing (had been using a Blackberry for 3+ years) but the iPhone does feel dated and also dysfunctional; it's often slow to respond and certain interface elements are just plain wrong ('search' so close to 'add new contact' tab in contacts to make it difficult to use; auto-complete being available in some areas but not others; in German getting words with auto-complete that are annoyingly incorrect - try typing the frequent adjective 'gut' (good) plus 'e' for female nouns without getting 'Güte', the noun for 'Kindness' repeatedly offered - I am sure there must be numerous other examples). Almost beginning to think it is just the cool factor that you are buying (into).

All the current smartphones are bulky with lousy battery life.

I may even resurrect my old 2007 vintage Nokia candy bar - half the size, half the weight and twice the battery life of a smartphone. It has survived being dropped quite a few times and has even had an accidental trip through the washing machine undamaged.

I was about to post a long reply endorsing your view about the current crop of smartphones when my iPhone battery died on me. Says it all, really.

I've thought about the perfect phone:

- <$50 unlocked
- excellent reception
- big raised buttons
- bright colours so you don't lose it
- non-slip tough case
- shockproof
- powered by rechargeable AAA batteries.
- reasonably waterproof.
- does nothing except make calls and send SMS
- 300 hour standby
- 12 hour talk time

Just like a typical (apart from the batteries) low end Nokia or Samsung from the mid 2000s.

Edited 2011-12-18 08:00 UTC