Android Tablets - FNAC

RobertFoster

15/11/2011

madmoe

Great, I have a few weeks more then...

Can the Galaxy Tab 10.1 be bought with it?

dolallyoh

Great review.

A friend got a samsung galaxy 10.1 recently, also said it was sluggish. So rooted it and installed some overclocking app. Blisters along now. Trick was to move idle mhz to same speed as full speed, ie minimum and maximum the same

BTW 10.1 with 3g is 499 stg from amazon.

madmoe

dolallyoh wrote: »

Great review.

A friend got a samsung galaxy 10.1 recently, also said it was sluggish. So rooted it and installed some overclocking app. Blisters along now. Trick was to move idle mhz to same speed as full speed, ie minimum and maximum the same

BTW 10.1 with 3g is 499 stg from amazon.

Have the Galaxy Tab 10.1 with the Overcome ROM on it and there is a big speed improvement. Which one he using?

kin9pin

Trying to order the Iconia A500 with the voucher for my mate in England. I set my account up with his address etc. but get a message saying they can't ship it to the UK?? I can change the country to any other country and it works.
Anyway if it comes to it I'll ship to me and send it over to him, but I'm sure the avforum guys were getting orders through for the Touchpad to the UK?

pickarooney

madmoe wrote: »

Have the Galaxy Tab 10.1 with the Overcome ROM on it and there is a big speed improvement. Which one he using?

Out of curiosity, how to you change the ROM without an SD card?

Ste-

dolallyoh wrote: »

Great review.

A friend got a samsung galaxy 10.1 recently, also said it was sluggish. So rooted it and installed some overclocking app. Blisters along now. Trick was to move idle mhz to same speed as full speed, ie minimum and maximum the same

BTW 10.1 with 3g is 499 stg from amazon.

Won't this drain the battery a lot quicker ?
I.e. not using idle sleep as cpu will always be maxed out.

Rooy

order G9 from FNAC on Oct 20 , still at 'Commande en préparation' , fairly poor service that they cant ship an item within 8 days of receiving an order.

dolallyoh

Ste- wrote: »

Won't this drain the battery a lot quicker ?
I.e. not using idle sleep as cpu will always be maxed out.

It does but not drastically, something like 15% less life. Still don't have the name of the app.

Rafloution

Blackberry playbooks just dropped in price €100 voucher works with them too.

justsomebloke

Rooy wrote: »

order G9 from FNAC on Oct 20 , still at 'Commande en préparation' , fairly poor service that they cant ship an item within 8 days of receiving an order.

this could actually be archos' fault as I think they themselves are having supply problems

Rooy

justsomebloke wrote: »

this could actually be archos' fault as I think they themselves are having supply problems

Order was cancelled this morning. Their email stated multiple attempts to get payment on card were made. Contacted aib ,no authorisation attempted since initial order when they did a one euro authorisation which aib called me to confirm

dolallyoh

Rooy wrote: »

Order was cancelled this morning. Their email stated multiple attempts to get payment on card were made. Contacted aib ,no authorisation attempted since initial order when they did a one euro authorisation which aib called me to confirm

Another 100 eur voucher then ? ;-)

Rooy

dolallyoh wrote: »

Another 100 eur voucher then ? ;-)

probably wouldnt still be able to get a transaction thru anyway ! ,im sure there will be some decent tablet bargains elsewhere for < 200 in the run up to christmas

safetyboy

I ordered the Acer Iconia yesterday, lets hope it goes through as ive bought a case and a 32gig microSD off of Amazon!

Rooy

safetyboy wrote: »

I ordered the Acer Iconia yesterday, lets hope it goes through as ive bought a case and a 32gig microSD off of Amazon!

I would say if it still as Commande Preparation at start of next week to get in contact with them ,and maybe your bank to clear/confirm transaction.

I have AIB visa , got calls both times to clear transaction , they do a dummy €1 authorization/clearance first to ensure the credit card is valid. But for whatever reason they did attempt to authorization again for my Archos , althugh they claimed to.
You should be fine ,I think i was just unlucky.

safetyboy

Order shipped yesterday by DHL, no way of tracking it that i can see. At least its shipped

pissed

Another cheap pad has appeared on the list.

http://www.mpmaneurope.com/en/products/internet-tablets-14/internet-tablet-mp1027-180/

Coming in at €114 including shipping. Looks to be ok for general use.

Rooy

pissed wrote: »

Another cheap pad has appeared on the list.

http://www.mpmaneurope.com/en/products/internet-tablets-14/internet-tablet-mp1027-180/

Coming in at €114 including shipping. Looks to be ok for general use.

might have one last go off FNAC ! , this looks interesting ,i would have a worry about battery life and speakers on a cheaper tablet though , cant find any reviews.
Is it just me or the FNAC website half bate all weekend ?

pissed

Found a review for the 827 model which seems to be the 8 inch version of this one but with 4gb instead of the 8gb

http://www.testseek.co.uk/computers/tablets/e-readers/mpman_mp-827-p-d958d5a9-8a87-4049-7535-2e8a586771fd.html

Use Google to translate it.

pickarooney

That looks like quite a decent little tablet. I might go test it out in the FNAC this week if they have it in store.

digiman

What new tablets are coming out before Xmas? Will there be any coming out that have an ultra HD screen?

Rooy

Is it just me but all weekend fnac website is appearing as a big text list with no graphics or colour ? Like that for me on different laptop. No Internet issues

Rooy

Rooy wrote: »

Is it just me but all weekend fnac website is appearing as a big text list with no graphics or colour ? Like that for me on different laptop. No Internet issues

seems okay this morning , i have bought the mpman with the voucher , 3rd time lucky hopefully and no problems with bank/authorization.
It has gone straight to 'commande prepartation' and no call from bank so feeling more confident.

justsomebloke

madmoe wrote: »

When does the voucher expire dudes?

RobertFoster wrote: »

15/11/2011

Just a reminder that these expire next week

rgunning

Anybody got one a voucher that they are not using?

moonboy52

I must have looked at that page 1000 times trying to decide what to get.

I just placed an order for the Acer iconia Tab 10.1".

€254 is the best deal on that page in my opinion.

It is my first tablet so i hope i like it

Alt_M

moonboy52 wrote: »

It is my first tablet so i hope i like it

The only reason I got one was because of the voucher! Was unsure if i'd need/use it!

So handy though! Great for travelling/on the couch and all the things you do on your phone, but with more screen to work with!

moonboy52

Alt_M wrote: »

The only reason I got one was because of the voucher! Was unsure if i'd need/use it!

So handy though! Great for travelling/on the couch and all the things you do on your phone, but with more screen to work with!

Thanks for the feedback Alt_M.

I find my laptop too awkard when on the couch or in bed and my phone is too small and no flash support.

Having a fully powered USB port was the decider for me.

I will write a mini review when i get it


EDIT: AIB were on the ball i must say. They phoned me about 30 seconds after i placed the order to confirm the transaction.

pissed

Yeah same goes for TSB. Had a call within a couple of minutes. Tablet shipped already