Mobile phones & tablets thread

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Originally Posted by Jag_Warrior

No matter who was at fault, if I had a phone that functioned one day and the day after Microsoft sent out an update it became a large paperweight, that would the last phone of that type that I would buy. Microsoft is already having issues capturing market share with the WP7 platform, so I doubt that helped.

But as I said, that is what the free market is all about: people have a wide variety of choices in the mobile phone market these days. There are people who don't/won't buy Apple products, just as there are people who don't/won't buy Microsoft products. I'm glad that we have the choices that we do. But alarm clocks and antennas aside, the objective data on the iPhone's customer retention rate speaks for itself. I'll be anxious to see what the customer retention rate is for the various WP7 phones when that data comes out.

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But Apple has done updates which have bricked phones as well. The difference is that microsoft came out and admitted the problem straight away, stopped the update, handed out new phones to those affected and sorted the update out.

Funny, but I cannot find anything about this device. In fact, I can't even find any android powered Ipads on Ebay. I bought mine to use in Japan because we had free wi-fi, and I was able to check my email, log onto this board and the footy board, and read the news from the Ozzie papers. I sold my Ipad today for what I paid for it in HK, because I have no use for it anymore.

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Originally Posted by Valve Bounce

In fact, I can't even find any android powered Ipads on Ebay.

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Technically there's no such thing, it would be like looking for an Electrolux Hoover or a JBL Tannoy system :p

Plenty of Android tablets on Amazon and eBay, ranging from spectacularly crappy resistive touchscreens running 1.6, right up to "proper" 10inch screens running 2.2 for a fraction of the price of an iPad.

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Originally Posted by Dave B

Technically there's no such thing, it would be like looking for an Electrolux Hoover or a JBL Tannoy system :p

Plenty of Android tablets on Amazon and eBay, ranging from spectacularly crappy resistive touchscreens running 1.6, right up to "proper" 10inch screens running 2.2 for a fraction of the price of an iPad.

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OK, my bad. Just shows how little I knew about this machine. All I knew was that the one I sold was the latest tablet from China and had a dual core processor. I managed to bargain the guy down HK$290 when I bought it, I used it fro 9 days only, so the guy who bought it from me got a good deal as I included a 16 whatever memory card, and a nice protective case.

Sounds like a fake ;)

I read today that Apple may be affected by the lack of parts coming out from Japan for the Ipad 2. Its a feasible story but could just as easily be a ploy to make you rush out and buy one next Friday before they sell out.

It's not beyond question, I've read elsewhere that there were supply problems of certain chips coming out of Japan, which is understandable given the present situation there.

Given that if you take more or less any single part out of an iPad that it won't work it's certainly true. The problem is that you can't just set up manufacturing elsewhere all of a sudden.

Any reason why they cannot be made in China?

Having sold my android tablet after returning from holidays, I think the next time I need to have internet access while on holiday, I would invest in a netbook instead; something like the Acer Ferrari, although by then there will be a superior product or upgrade. The fact that they sell laptops and netbooks at Costco makes this an attractive proposition because the Acer Ferrari is sold with a two year warranty. I think it is priced at just under AUD$600 which is not bad. And of course, Costco will refund your money if you return it within 3 months if you are not happy with it.