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Dev support for A500

So I picked up a A500 yesterday off craigslist for $300.00 and wow! Coming from the viewsonic gtab this tablet is soooo nice! Absolutely loving it.
Honestly I'm not overly concerned that I do not see a lot of dev support for this tablet but I'm just curious on why not much is going on with it? Is it due to the locked bootloader?
For the price of this tablet and the build quality its a huge win in my book over other tablets.
Now I just wish someone would buy my gtab off craigslist
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18.4009 said:
So I picked up a A500 yesterday off craigslist for $300.00 and wow! Coming from the viewsonic gtab this tablet is soooo nice! Absolutely loving it.
Honestly I'm not overly concerned that I do not see a lot of dev support for this tablet but I'm just curious on why not much is going on with it? Is it due to the locked bootloader?
For the price of this tablet and the build quality its a huge win in my book over other tablets.
Now I just wish someone would buy my gtab off craigslist
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We just got a custom (partially working) recovery yesterday, so patience is still a virtue. Thus, no development (other than focusing on how to get past the bootloader issue) has really begun to occur yet.

also no kernel released from acer so far as i can tell.

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also no kernel released from acer so far as i can tell.
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Yeah, and there is that lousy fact too. Wish they would get it out already.

It seems to me being a long time android user on the cell phone side that manufacturers keeping their system open and unlocked is nothing but a plus for them. The geek community is massive on android and the more open it is the more geeks will flock to that device (hint hint Acer)
But none the less this is a fabulous tablet!
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The locked bootloader is one (major) issue, although it appears that some of the devs have recently worked around it. I think the promised and impending 3.1 official update is another factor; once 3.1 is available I'd expect to see a bit more activity. Not a lot of purpose working on fixes for a version about to be replaced.

ASUS announces Eee Pad MeMO ME370T and new Transformer Prime TF700T

How about that?
http://www.androidcentral.com/asus-announces-eee-pad-memo-me370t-and-new-transformer-prime-tf700t
...and some video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xDDxMusFK9E#

About the TF700T, now we are talking about a substantial upgrade for my TF101 and even my Ipad 2. I'm on it, I'm really glad Best buy screwed up my prime preorder twice. I definitely will be getting this unit as long as it costs under $600.

jrsalda said:
About the TF700T, now we are talking about a substantial upgrade for my TF101 and even my Ipad 2. I'm on it, I'm really glad Best buy screwed up my prime preorder twice. I definitely will be getting this unit as long as it costs under $600.
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TF700T Prices:
$599 for 16gb
$699 for 32gb
Read this over on droidlife.

Would hazzard a guess that the plastic looking strip at the top also will fix GPS/wifi issues some primes suffer from
DESIRE HD using ER3BUS ASUS TRANSFORMER on KRAKD

combat goofwing said:
Would hazzard a guess that the plastic looking strip at the top also will fix GPS/wifi issues some primes suffer from
DESIRE HD using ER3BUS ASUS TRANSFORMER on KRAKD
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Heres a link to the new features: http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...ra-and-gps-fix-also-introduces-7-memo-me370t/
Will fix the GPS issue. Adds 1920x1200 screen. 2 Biggest additions IMO but read up anyways.

But it still only has one speaker grill...i wonder if this is replacing the Prime...even tho they say it's not, because of the gps and wifi issues.

SiNJiN76 said:
But it still only has one speaker grill...i wonder if this is replacing the Prime...even tho they say it's not, because of the gps and wifi issues.
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Not supposed to be replacing the Prime but basically is being that it is the same cost but new features.

All i can say is i feel this is the result of asus trying to rush products to the market so they could be the only quad core tablet of 2011 with hopes of ics....and FUMBLE they did in my opinion with all the shipping nightmares and recalled devices and gps joke...
in comes the tf700t in a vain attempt to please alot pissed off customers. people can say "oh i wont use the gps so it doesnt matter" all they want to and i still call BS, if i buy something like this the gps is a standard feature anymore and should deinetly be there and work. they know it thats why they are fixing it with this model. NICE TRY ASUS.... i love my tf and i will probably get a prime all though the new lenovo s2 10 with docking keyboard that looks copied straight from asus is looking quite nice as well, basically theres alot of nice stuff coming out and asus will have to get away from crap like this to remain the pc company they are.

neofreek01 said:
All i can say is i feel this is the result of asus trying to rush products to the market so they could be the only quad core tablet of 2011 with hopes of ics....and FUMBLE they did in my opinion with all the shipping nightmares and recalled devices and gps joke...
in comes the tf700t in a vain attempt to please alot pissed off customers. people can say "oh i wont use the gps so it doesnt matter" all they want to and i still call BS, if i buy something like this the gps is a standard feature anymore and should deinetly be there and work. they know it thats why they are fixing it with this model. NICE TRY ASUS.... i love my tf and i will probably get a prime all though the new lenovo s2 10 with docking keyboard that looks copied straight from asus is looking quite nice as well, basically theres alot of nice stuff coming out and asus will have to get away from crap like this to remain the pc company they are.
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Blame it on all the people who whined and whined and whined about the prime not arriving in time.
I said this months ago. I'd rather wait a couple months for a polished product than getting screwed over a rushed product.
This happened with my brother as well. He paid top dollars for an architect and a crew to build his custom made home. Towards the end, they asked him for 3 more weeks to get things polished. He said no and pointed them to the contract. What resulted were noticeable places put together in a hurry. He ended up having to hire the same crew again to fix up his house while he and his family lived in a hotel for weeks.

Sticking with the OG TF?

So I have been reading a lot of threads recently about people debating upon the two, and just wanted to know who plans on upgrading and whos staying.
Personally I own the OG Transformer, rooted of course, and have no intentions to update, a new processor is not going to get me to give up my pride and joy!

I'm honestly glad to have a TF101 now and didn't sell it off to get a Prime. With all of the problems with the Prime (poor wifi, removed GPS functionality) I am happy to have let it pass by. That said, I am kinda drooling over the just announced TF700T.... basically a re-designed Prime to fix wifi/gps and with a 1920x1200 resolution!!! Yummy!!!

The TF Prime looks pretty half baked. By the looks of it Asus more or less released a beta product and then charged 500 bucks for it. Once problems started cropping up they announce the TF700 as an "upscale" version of the original Prime which was fraught with issues. I think I will stick to my original TF101 to see if anyone with a clue makes a compelling upgrade for me.

a.mcdear said:
I'm honestly glad to have a TF101 now and didn't sell it off to get a Prime. With all of the problems with the Prime (poor wifi, removed GPS functionality) I am happy to have let it pass by. That said, I am kinda drooling over the just announced TF700T.... basically a re-designed Prime to fix wifi/gps and with a 1920x1200 resolution!!! Yummy!!!
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And the prime dock is supposed to be interchangeable drool lol

I got my tranformer in early december as a gift from my mother. I was seriously thinking about selling it and going for the prime but it's sufficient for what i use it for. Like everyone else I'm seeing a LOT of negative Prime feedback.
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There are only two reasons I can see for getting a Prime if you already have the OG.
A.) You just got to have it. Just like that 2012 Lambo in your driveway.
B.) You're in need of a 32GB/$500 price range tablet with a dock and can choose between TF101-B1 and TF202-B1.
In boat B, I was still tempted to get another TF101-B1 but don't want e.g. a B80 to replace my B50.
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I'm a fan of sticking with a device until it no longer suits my needs. my tf does everything I need it to wonderfully. there may be quite a few generations of tablets before I "need" to update.

Now that I have some money, I probably would sell off my transformer to get the TF700T eventually..

fishrule said:
The TF Prime looks pretty half baked. By the looks of it Asus more or less released a beta product and then charged 500 bucks for it. Once problems started cropping up they announce the TF700 as an "upscale" version
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That's utter crap...
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Asus totally rushed the Prime. Quad core is good and all but they should've spent more time on the OG Transformer. For Example, correcting the power button, light bleeding from the screen, and HONEYCOMB!!! However, in the world of business I guess you have to do everything and anything to remain relevant. I'm Sticking with my Transformer!

Indeed the prime is not even released in most countries and they already announce a new version... they just wanted to be the first on the market and rushed the product release.
ICS is released for it now only a couple of weeks after, as if a normal company wouldn't have waited 2 weeks more for a proper release and as if they didn't know the GPS was borked when they shipped out the product.
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i will make up my mind after ics update is released for tf101. HC makes the tablet slightly unresponsive and i can definitely feel the lag here and there. if ics makes all that go away, it just feel like brand new device again for me and i am happy to stick with it until either it's stolen, destroyed or sold

Sticking with the OG as well. It took me a while to get the original one without bleeding on the bottom. Now there's reports that Prime has GPS issues (or GPS is unsupported to begin with due to the unibody design), I very much like my TF101 with working GPS. This is not to ignore that the Prime has a boatload of new features including a better screen, thinner profile, better design, better cameras, better processor, etcetera.
But the TF101 works and Asus is on a tear releasing new tablets way too often, they've just announced the TF700 that probably pissed off some Prime customers.
In all, TF101 works, I got one without problems, I'll keep it until at least a year or two when the landscape has settled and I can see what's coming out or is out and then replace my TF101 with the best Asus tablet then. Selling and buying every time they release a new one is somewhat stupid IMO, especially when Asus is releasing tablets so quickly. It's best to wait IMO until your device becomes old and outdated and unsupported and then choose.

Tubular said:
Sticking with the OG as well. It took me a while to get the original one without bleeding on the bottom. Now there's reports that Prime has GPS issues (or GPS is unsupported to begin with due to the unibody design), I very much like my TF101 with working GPS. This is not to ignore that the Prime has a boatload of new features including a better screen, thinner profile, better design, better cameras, better processor, etcetera.
But the TF101 works and Asus is on a tear releasing new tablets way too often, they've just announced the TF700 that probably pissed off some Prime customers.
In all, TF101 works, I got one without problems, I'll keep it until at least a year or two when the landscape has settled and I can see what's coming out or is out and then replace my TF101 with the best Asus tablet then. Selling and buying every time they release a new one is somewhat stupid IMO, especially when Asus is releasing tablets so quickly. It's best to wait IMO until your device becomes old and outdated and unsupported and then choose.
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I agree. I will probably keep My transformer for about a year or so. Hell, I still have my HD2 in mint condition. I like to hold on to products until they're obsolete and not just upgraded (e.g. extra camera and memory)

As someone who has a B40 transformer (yeah an oldie) and just got a dock if i were to get another tablet i would be getting a memo. I could afford $250 as an upgrade and it wouldn't have the primes problems, would be much fore pocketable as well as have a tegra 3. Would just need to see what the dev community would be like but at its price...

shadymouse said:
I agree. I will probably keep My transformer for about a year or so. Hell, I still have my HD2 in mint condition. I like to hold on to products until they're obsolete and not just upgraded (e.g. extra camera and memory)
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i was on the same boat, till i upgrade my hd2 to galaxy note

I'm not made of money so I'll be sticking with my TF101.

regP said:
I'm a fan of sticking with a device until it no longer suits my needs. my tf does everything I need it to wonderfully. there may be quite a few generations of tablets before I "need" to update.
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I totally agree with this, as tempting as the newer models are.........

I like the fact my OG dont show finger prints all over the outside and that it has two speakers.

34Ford said:
I like the fact my OG dont show finger prints all over the outside and that it has two speakers.
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The speakers are very loud and clear. My friend's laptop speakers can't even compete, despite the fact he paid $200 dollars more lol. I haven't heard the sound on the Prime though, I wonder if its as loud and clear as ours.
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Just picked up my tab

Hey i justed returned my problematic prime and picked up my gtab. Im nit trying to spark any argument here. My first impressions were that samsung rpackaged it alot better than the prime. I also like how they gave free headphones. Next i noticed how much better and solid it felt than the prime. Im really happy with the exchange. Im not trying to say the prime isnt a good device cause its great but im really liking the gtab.
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Hey i justed returned my problematic prime and picked up my gtab. Im nit trying to spark any argument here. My first impressions were that samsung rpackaged it alot better than the prime. I also like how they gave free headphones. Next i noticed how much better and solid it felt than the prime. Im really happy with the exchange. Im not trying to say the prime isnt a good device cause its great but im really liking the gtab.
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more solid than the prime???...wth? yeah its solid but how can it be more solid than metal?...weird
just a question...why did you post this?...at least its not in the dev section

Wait this is in the dev section? My bad. And ya idk i just picked up so i felt like doing it. I guess it was kind of stupid. And yea it does feel more solid or better put together than the prime.
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What was wrong with your prime if you dont mind me asking? I was pondering the idea of getting rid of this tablet and going for the prime as its replacement.

jonnyg1097 said:
What was wrong with your prime if you dont mind me asking? I was pondering the idea of getting rid of this tablet and going for the prime as its replacement.
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Don't do it.. I had the Prime for 10 days and returned it.. It's plagued with problems and issues.. Glad nobody bought my Tab off Craigslist because I'm back using it and happy..

Ya they have been pretty problematic, i have gone through two of them before i gave up.
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gregnetz18 said:
Hey i justed returned my problematic prime and picked up my gtab. Im nit trying to spark any argument here. My first impressions were that samsung rpackaged it alot better than the prime. I also like how they gave free headphones. Next i noticed how much better and solid it felt than the prime. Im really happy with the exchange. Im not trying to say the prime isnt a good device cause its great but im really liking the gtab.
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Thanks! Glad you posted this. I'm sure me and many others were thinking of jumping ship to the Prime. However, I have not heard many good things about it. This post really concrete's my decision on keeping the Tab.
Thanks!

I also gave up on the Prime. I'm trying to decide whether to go with a gtab 10.1 or wait a few weeks for the newer versions coming out.

Thats a shame
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I also gave up on the Prime. I'm trying to decide whether to go with a gtab 10.1 or wait a few weeks for the newer versions coming out.
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Sorry to see you gave up. I have posted more than once that I am "Mostly Happy" with the Prime, having come from a TF101 (That required 2 exchanges to get right, but only cosmetic defects. The Prime has become a tremendously pollarizing device, more than any in recent memory, possibly on par with the iPhone itself. There are people that will plain not hear ANY critisizm of it. Granted there has been a huge amount of whining and moaning, and not enough constructive looking at the issues.
As it has been observed, both camps have a point, and should be able to post about it as much as they please, though creating redundant threads is an annoyance no matter what the subject.
Personally, I am only bothered by 2 kinds of posts: The "Prime is a POS and Asus should be forced to buy everyone a new device" and the "The Prime is the king of all human endeavors, easily surpassing the Apollo Mission, The space shuttle, and the seven wonders. If you want to say anything negative about it I stick my fingers in my ears; lalalalala I can't HEAR YOU. Lalalalalala"
Both kinds of extremism are so tedious. The Prime is an incredibly CAPABLE device with huge POTENTIAL. It has a somewhat higher amount of teething pains, but Asus is one of the more responsive companies, witnessed by Gary's presence and the regular releasing of updates. Notice I didn't say SUCCESSFUL updates. But give credit where it's due, they are tryng like hell.
Where they get a major fail in my book is how slow, and painful RMA process is. Asus should be making a much geater effort to fix or replace the defective units, at whatever cost. Especially if they feel that they have gotten the bugs out of manufacturing. Hmmm. I wonder if they are there yet. If not, I hopr they pull it off, and get consistent, defect free Primes rolling out VERY SOON. This seems to be a tipping point for the devices ultimate failure or success. We may even have passed the point, as a lot of damage has been done in the media. When you are at the top, everyone wants to knock you off. Give them ammunition and it's that much harder to maintain.

My wife went to buy me a prime about a week ago and the tech guy told her they were expected to be totally recalled in the next week. She bought me a tab instead and I love it. When you live an hour away from where you buy something having to exchange it even once is a big PITA.
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Depressing in this forum! ?

I have 2 tf300's and they both have been running just about perfect! I feel horrible about all the negetive experiences I keep reading about. I hope it gets better because its a great tablet.

I'm loving my tablet. It runs very fluid. Way better then I expected. No issues.
Whats the OTA all about? I am so happy with performance I'm scared to update!
Whats new in OTA?

If rooting is something you are interested, dont update before your you can dl voodoo OTA root keeper, and read the post in the development section

leroybrute said:
I have 2 tf300's and they both have been running just about perfect! I feel horrible about all the negetive experiences I keep reading about. I hope it gets better because its a great tablet.
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me and alot others went thru way worse than this with the prime. we feel the same way. best advice is don't let others dampen your great experience with device. don't let others try to convince you your tablet is defective like theirs. Reality is there will always be people who cry n complain. alot have valid reasons but some like to go overboard on the pity party. Then you will always have some devices that are going to be defective. That's the nature of the beast here, electronics. just enjoy your device n don't let the negativity get to you.

I happen to love my 300 honestly I think its better than the Acer a510 and the Toshiba excite 10. Apperently the excite has terrible light bleed issues.
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Well its nice to see a few people being positive. I was going to wait for the tf700 to come out but it was too hard to resist for the price. I had the a500 and I felt jealous of my son with the tf101 with keyboard dock. Plus I had both tf300's rooted and build props updated in 45 minutes. I wish my phones were so easy.
No regrets at all. I am ticked that my sons tf101 got an update today with face unlock and we don't have it. Lol. I love it on my HTC Resound.
PS. Its nice to see the quick updates with Asus. 2 updates on the tf101 in a months time is pretty cool in the android world!

I'm pretty happy with mine, thus far. I had to return the first TF300 I got because it had a flaky touchscreen, but the second one's been working well. The only problem I've noticed is that the sound occasionally gets scratchy. At first I though it was a software issue, but now I'm leaning to it being due to a contact shorting when you squeeze the screen, because I've heard it making that scratchy sound when I do that.
All in all, though, I really like this thing. I can't ever see myself being satisfied with an old-school laptop after this. Having the choice of using it as a laptop or removing the screen and using it as a tablet is just wonderful.

Agreed. While not without a few quirks, the overall experience has been fantastic!
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That's really pathetic, according to some suggestions here, we are suppose not only to enjoy but to keep a positive attitude towards our half-baked product. In a few words and based on the suggestions here we need to learn to deal with it and be patient waiting for Asus that eventually will get those issues fixed with a new firmware release.
If the tf300t were a $99 product I wouldn't mind, but I paid $399+$150(dock) for the fist tf101(RMA 3 times), $499+$150 for the tf201 preorder and now $400+$150 for tf300t.
I love ICS, and I love my tf300t as well and will keep it anyway to try new ROMs when they become available, but definitely will get a different brand next time(w/ different SoC, snapdragon or exynos), not Asus anymore.
My question to you would be.. would you tolerate a $550 laptop if it had half of the issues tf300t has.
Other than that I find it really hard to believe some of you have a 100% perfect unit.

jrsalda said:
That's really pathetic, according to some suggestions here, we are suppose not only to enjoy but to keep a positive attitude towards our half-baked product. In a few words and based on the suggestions here we need to learn to deal with it and be patient waiting for Asus that eventually will get those issues fixed with a new firmware release.
If the tf300t were a $99 product I wouldn't mind, but I paid $399+$150(dock) for the fist tf101(RMA 3 times), $499+$150 for the tf201 preorder and now $400+$150 for tf300t.
I love ICS, and I love my tf300t as well and will keep it anyway to try new ROMs when they become available, but definitely will get a different brand next time(w/ different SoC, snapdragon or exynos), not Asus anymore.
My question to you would be.. would you tolerate a $550 laptop if it had half of the issues tf300t has.
Other than that I find it really hard to believe some of you have a 100% perfect unit.
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I personally haven't found any issues with mine. All that people in this forum are saying is that if you aren't having issues, don't let the people who are having issues ruin your experience with your tf300t.

Yeah im running pretty good. No issues
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Doing great on my end. My 3rd Android device. Use to the quirks of the software now. Much more patient these days than I was 2 years ago. Very happy as far as the hardware goes.
Really have to take forums for electronics with a grain of salt. People get disgruntled, hyperbolic, and very fanboyish.

I just like to vent once in a while
I have several of these.
All of them I got just over a week ago, and I have vented in the forums regarding the size limitations with the internal storage, and not being able to route or install new apps to the SD cards. I really do think this was stupid on the part of the manufacturer to put such a limitation in the devices.
However" even though I vent a little bit, I also have perseverance that most do not. Give up really isn't built into my fabric. With that said I like these systems a lot, and I will go through some hoops to get them to where I want them.
So far I'm very happy with these, and my son absolutely loves his. A little too much in fact, at the point where he is on a break from the tablet for the next week or so until all his MCAS and finals are done for the year, hehe.
I think most people like these that have them - people just get frustrated when they have to deal with some of the standard Android issues like Rooting, and storage.
Performance wise the TF300T is a excellent little piece of equipment.
If Asus made them come with Root right off the bat, and removed the storage limitation issue with the SD card so you didn't have to implement a work around for it. I would push for my company to get these.
Currently my company hands out the iPads and Motorola Zooms to every one so we can develop apps for both markets.
I feel the Asus is a far better product aside from the Root and SD card issue.
The SD card issue is a deal breaker on the company wide side of things though.
All and all, I like mine
nordis,

I love my tf300. No issues at all.
What a great purchase!
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Also no issues here, had it two weeks now i think to this day.
well only issue is not getting an OTA update but that's pretty minor.

moisaal said:
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I'm rooted, updated, and re-reooted. Thanks for the heads up!
Eveything still running great... I did find a .25" stratch on the screen once there was a completely white background it exposed itself to me. Its not too bothersome but my OCD claws at the back of my mind about it.

TXKSSnapper said:
I personally haven't found any issues with mine. All that people in this forum are saying is that if you aren't having issues, don't let the people who are having issues ruin your experience with your tf300t.
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Exactly, i havent had any issues either, so dont let people put you off too much. It is obvious that the people with issues are going to be posting more on the forums

jrsalda said:
That's really pathetic, according to some suggestions here, we are suppose not only to enjoy but to keep a positive attitude towards our half-baked product.
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You've got two options:
1) enjoy it for what it is
2) return it
I'll probably hang on to mine. Fact is, for all the QC issues that have arisen with this tablet, there's nothing else like it in the market today.
Yeah, if there were four or five other Tegra 3 tablet/netbook hybrid devices out there I might take mine back for the speaker issue and the display issue that's reared its head a couple of times since I've had it. But there aren't. And I'd rather enjoy this thing for the 98% of it that works the way it is supposed to than rant and rail and raise my blood pressure over the 2% that doesn't. You might not. And if you don't, then take it back. No sense in getting all worked up over a product that you can take back to the store for a refund.

I got mine today. Firmware updated and factory reset but seems slower now
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152 hours uptime no issues at all, much better than my 101 that I returned
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