Guys, how's the voice call quality?

I'm previously attached myself to Dell Streak cos I was thinking that 5" should be the maximum size to be pocketable already and besides, my past experience with Samsung devices had given me hell lot of nightmares already so I dun really trust Samsung device ever since.

But this Tab is really tempting for web-browsing and ebooks reading...
Or even throw in Comics into Memory Card and read them!

So I'm kinda swaying between Dell Streak and Tab...
Therefore, for those who has compared Streak and Tab, can you please give me some guidance on which one is better in overall experience?
Let aside the OS difference since Streak has already got its Froyo already...

My main concerns are:
Portability
Battery Consumption
Voice call quality
Custom ROM possibilites

any reply is much appreciated

thanks!

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Nov 22 2010, 11:34 AM

thanks. 6 hours eh?

Seems just mediocre for battery performance
but still I guess during workdays I seldom use it for 6 hours continuous...

sorry noob here....
what is KIES?

Okay, thanks for the reply... I didn't own Tab yet... although I'm seriously thinking of getting one:)

Yes! Finally get myself a unit today. So far so good the device. Though I must admit that the device us much bigger than I thought.
Still playing with it right now.
I'm replying this thread using my Tab!

actually nope. I went to Miri Maxis Centre last week to ask for the Tab then they told me out of stock and will be in-stock by this week. So I asked her to gimme a call when it arrived. Until yesterday they didn't call me up so I decided to pay them a visit to check the stock myself, and luckily enough to grab an unit

well, last night I was playing continuous (music, surfing, ebook, download apps etc)around from around 6pm until nearly 11pm and the battery ran down to 11% or so... didn't check the initial battery left so can't really comment much about it yet... will update with this thing... Currently trying to do several complete cycle charge to optimize the battery performance first...

The warranty is offered 1 year I guess? IIRC, the warranty offered by Maxis is based on your contract.. 1 year contract = 1 year warranty.

Man, I must say that this device is really shiok for Ebook reading and surfing!!!
By the way, it is pocketable to my front pocket (office pant) and rear only for jeans...
haven't try it out on my basketball short pants yet

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Added on December 2, 2010, 7:53 amdunno, i maybe wrong but China doesn't have official release of the Tab isn't it? And their price seems to be much higher than Malaysia... simply hits RMB 6999 (China Ren Min Bi)

besides, most of them in China are importing the Tab from UK or US... there are even some who are unaware of the "No-phone" capability Canada-set and import it at last to be frustrated. My suggestion will be getting either from Maxis or Singapore

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Dec 2 2010, 07:53 AM

Okay. Just a little update for day 1 usage. Overall the device is awesome. But the battery is really just mediocre. Just slightly better that iphone 4

frankly speaking I'm kinda disappointed with this battery performance. However other than this issue so far I must say that I'm really enjoying this device. Hopefully throughout a couple of complete cycle charging and discharging. The batter will be optimized and last much longer.

Sent front my Tab;-)

ya lor... me feel like being cheated... when I first saw the info of Digi getting Tab with better plan than Maxis... Man, I just got my Tab for not more than a week le...

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Added on December 8, 2010, 7:35 amhere's what I use:

1) Dolphine HD (so much better than Tab's built in browser!)
2) Default (Thinkfree is doing good enough for me already)
3) Rock Player (can play RMVB)
4) Default (not fan of flashy photo viewing or something... so didn't really take time to search for this apps)

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Dec 8 2010, 07:35 AM

actually in my case, I'm using Celcom as my primary SIM card... but I want this Tab so bad hence ended up signed up with Maxis to get the Tab.

As for the card that I getting from Maxis? I'm gonna plug it into my TP2 and use it as my secondary phone with data connection turned off. Maybe occasionally use the data once in a while...

well, i guess it will offer only MicroSIM... correct me if i'm wrong

anyone know if this bag is available in the forum? Kinda interested...

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Dec 9 2010, 08:47 AM

well, rumours say Foxconn will be shipping out Ipad 2 and Apple will start selling it on April... just ETA after all...
no first party info so far...

well, one thing I've learnt from this...
"Never ever trying to be early adopter, especially when it comes to Maxis's offer"

yeah, once 1 year is up will terminate the contract asap... lol...
Didn't expect other TelCo will actually selling Tab cos I thought not much Malaysian will like Tab in the first place...

Guys,just wanna ask if you experience a problem where the 3g or edge data connection just lost without any reason and can't be re-connected unless restart the Tab?
I think I've seen this issue mentioned somewhere in the thread but couldn't find it back.
Can someone care to enlighten me? Thanks.

Yes, we can play PS game on Android using emulator. It is just that without the physical button makes the gaming experience worse.
After all, PS games ain't developed for touch screen technology. Unless you paired your SGT with a bluetooth controller then you will feel really shiok with the PS gaming experience.
However, this is kinda pointless cos I would rather playing emulator on PC/Laptop instead of SGT if I want to fully experience PS games. That being said, if you are only opt for casual gaming, then SGT should be fine for casual gaming lo.

If you are really interested playing PS game on Android... you should wait for Sony Xperia Play!!

Indeed... Xperia Play's screen is too small for optimal mobile gaming experience.
It should be at least same size like PSP 2000 or 3000 series. However, I think that Xperia Play will have its own line of games library...
IMO, Play is a mobile game-oriented device for casual gamers; not for hardcore gamers. Similar to roles that Wii and PS3/Xbox360 differs.

Yeah, 7" screen looks great but I really had hard time playing the game for long time due to awkward way of holding my Tab. My fingers get tired so fast.
It just doesn't feel right. I tried FF3 of SNES emulator. Haven't try PS emulator yet.

yeah, if you can't wait, just get SGT or DHD.
Otherwise you can wait for Motorola Atrix worldwide version... haha... dual core 1Ghz RAM...

IIRC, this issue had been mentioned in the middle of this thread....
If I'm not mistaken, you have to connect your phone to the PC and get access to the PAPAGO folder using your PC and change the folder name to the resolution that fits SGT.

quote from Uncle Benny's reply the other day:

You have to manually rename all 480X854 folders to 600x1024. Connect your Tab to computer. Search for all folders with name " 480x854" - then rename each of it. There should be a few of such folders.

After that, locate SPARE PARTS in TAB menu and enable full screen. Reset your TAB and it should be OK

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Jan 18 2011, 02:11 PM

@ Uncle Benny and Bro naTTAN

I thought that Tab currently doesn't have any custom ROM, does it? Though I heard about Cyanogen project for Tab is being passing around in the forum but haven't see any custom ROM being made yet other than flashing to other region.

May I know the benefits of flashing to other region's ROM?
I'm aware of the US Tab doesn't have Phone Call Capabilities so that's why they are flashing to the Euro Tab. Since that we have all the functions, is it worth the hassle to flash to other region ROM?

I haven't root my Tab yet unless there are custom ROM available around the net.

*edit: oops... just noticed that there ARE some ROMs available on the XDA already... however, it seems flashing Tab is quite a hassle work and more complicated than flashing G1 (arr.. guess I need to re-learn everything again since G1 flashing was kinda easy compared to this and I nearly forgot everything already... )

This post has been edited by arbelnox: Jan 19 2011, 07:43 AM