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[PaulOBrien]

...that is the question!

It's a pretty interesting device, but with a Galaxy Tab and a Vega on the way, I probably should return it!

Regardless of what I do, i'll make sure I leave behind all the resources i've created for other devs to use!

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[steviesteve]

 Paul, on Nov 22 2010, 19:06, said:

...that is the question!

It's a pretty interesting device, but with a Galaxy Tab and a Vega on the way, I probably should return it!

Regardless of what I do, i'll make sure I leave behind all the resources i've created for other devs to use!

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I say its a keeper. Its no secret that Im a big fan of this device but I honestly prefer the size/weight when compared to the tab or ipad.

Thanks for the effort made today, will I be able to remove the crappy launcher with your ROM?

[PaulOBrien]

Yeah, i'm going to add in the stock Launcher as a kitchen option shortly.

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[steviesteve]

Amazing... Never felt so compelled to get a subscription before today. Glad that I did. Looking forward to the basic flash guide. Thanks again.

[hmsq82]

How well does it do, playing avi videos with rockplayer?

Thanks

[FatherD]

 hmsq82, on Nov 22 2010, 22:51, said:

How well does it do, playing avi videos with rockplayer?

Thanks

Not sure about the rockplayer, but the default video player plays mp4 encoded at quite high bit rates without any problems, I haven't checked all rates/sizes, but a 700mb avi movie rip looks awesome

[hmsq82]

 FatherD, on Nov 23 2010, 00:41, said:

Not sure about the rockplayer, but the default video player plays mp4 encoded at quite high bit rates without any problems, I haven't checked all rates/sizes, but a 700mb avi movie rip looks awesome

Divx / xvid movie rips?

[PaulOBrien]

Pretty much decided to send mine back I think...

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[Carbonize]

 hmsq82, on Nov 23 2010, 01:19, said:

Divx / xvid movie rips?

http://android.modac...-achilles-heel/

[FatherD]

 Paul, on Nov 23 2010, 12:52, said:

Pretty much decided to send mine back I think...

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Sad to hear that Paul, would loved to see further developments of your first rom but I quite understand. This is a basic device, I will certainly upgrade when something comes out that has high specs, good battery life and 3g .. all on a 7" package.

[Carbonize]

 FatherD, on Nov 23 2010, 16:14, said:

Sad to hear that Paul, would loved to see further developments of your first rom but I quite understand. This is a basic device, I will certainly upgrade when something comes out that has high specs, good battery life and 3g .. all on a 7" package.

Samsung Tab?

[PaulOBrien]

That's the thing you see, I have a Tab!

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[Carbonize]

yes but I was taking to FatherD

Would be nice to see you take apart a Archos 70/101's rom and see what could be done with it. Archo shas obviously done a lot of modifying for the uPNP and all the additional codecs.

[FatherD]

 Carbonize, on Nov 23 2010, 16:15, said:

Samsung Tab?

hmmm .. no! I really dont like the size of the Tab, or the price! it is an excellent device but it just doesn't appeal to me  

The Archos 70 .... I would l love once of those if they had squeezed a 3g card in there without hiking the price! ... never gonna happen.

Edited by FatherD, 24 November 2010 - 01:19 AM.

[Carbonize]

 FatherD, on Nov 24 2010, 01:10, said:

The Archos 70 .... I would l love once of those if they had squeezed a 3g card in there without hiking the price! ... never gonna happen.

No but it does have tethering ability built in so you can use your phone. I just need to figure out how to get it to work through my GT540 (which is a pile of faecal matter).

[PaulOBrien]

Just arranged the return...

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[FatherD]

 Paul, on Nov 26 2010, 12:53, said:

Just arranged the return...

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Hi Paul, can I assume that you will not be putting out any updates to the rom or recovery!?
Even so, I am working on a framework mod shortly

[fresh87]

 Paul, on Nov 26 2010, 12:53, said:

Just arranged the return...

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Does that mean you prefer the advent to the commtiva, and would you recommend the advent over the commtiva?

[Carbonize]

 fresh87, on Nov 26 2010, 14:30, said:

Does that mean you prefer the advent to the commtiva, and would you recommend the advent over the commtiva?

I would. I mean right now you might look at it and be thinking, "I only need a tablet for reading ebooks, listening to music and surfing the web". But somewhere down the line you are probably going to start to want to watch movies on it  or play games or view full screen Flash videos. I was originally looking at a cheapo £80 from Toys R Us but realised that in the future I would want more than just reading books.

Another big question to ask yourself though is do you want 3G and GPS? At present the Samsung Tab seems to be the only tablet that ticks all the boxes of being powerful and having GPS/3G but is it worth the money ?

[PaulOBrien]

Well, they're different - 3G and GPS is certainly nice in the Commtiva, but what with having a Tab too it didn't make sense for me personally.

If a Tab is too expensive and you need 3G / GPS, the Commtiva is pretty decent.

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