well, if purely as a media player + medium resolution (800x480 or 854x480) i think FroYo is fine... the main thing abt Honeycomb's UI change is to take full advantage of the increased screen estate in tablets...

anyway for ppl who hold a media player they won't be so concerned with updates anyway... juz pretty it up with a nice UI is already good enuf...

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Added on April 16, 2011, 10:23 pmmore details... http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ion=toshiba+ant

3 models:
ANT-100, 8GB, US$450 (Newegg.com)
ANT-102, 16GB, US$500 (Newegg.com)
ANT-104, 32GB, US$580 (Newegg.com)

common features:
- 10.1-inch capacitive 1280×800 display
- 1GHz NVIDIA dual-core Tegra 2 CPU
- 1GB RAM
- "Adaptive Display" and "Resolution+ Upconversion" technologies
- accelerometer
- easy-grip surface and user-replaceable 6-cell battery
- 5MP rear camera, 2MP front-facing
- USB, miniUSB, and HDMI ports
- 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi
- SD card slot
- 1.7 pounds in weight; 0.6 inches in thickness
- Android 3.0 "Honeycomb"

the most notable feature is the full USB port, which is lacking in most Honeycomb tablets, while Transformer has it only on the keyboard...

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 16 2011, 10:24 PM

yeah, a full USB 2.0 port, same as the ones on desktops/laptops... so i suppose u can stick a 3G Modem onto it...

at the very least, it's cheaper than Xoom, and has 3 different capacity to choose from... it's the only 10" in the market to come with 8GB ROM only...

imho i will go for Transformer + Keyboard combo... the Transformer keyboard is one of the most useful tablet accessory i ve ever seen... 16GB is the sweet spot for Android now (from my experience on original Galaxy Tab), and microSD dun cost a bomb anyway... and Transformer (without keyboard) is also one of the cheapest tablet in the market now...

depends on wat u re looking for... at this pt i prefer to ve keyboard due to my work

Transformer was available for pre-order in Singapore today, and has juz ended 10mins ago...

probably...

that's wat Asus Singapore posted on Facebook...

anyway, dug up sth interesting abt Transformer...

http://technidroid.com/2011/04/16/asus-tra...elected-models/

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 18 2011, 01:27 PM

well, i think it's useful in certain situations... more of like a "nice to have" feature... same thing as camera on phones...

sold out already...

does it come with camera anyway?

and "free" keyboard indeed... SG$699 = US$561... and in US it's US$400 + US$150 for Transformer and keyboard...

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 18 2011, 03:19 PM

u ve to take into the account that Engadget = iGadget...

seriously, if u want to compare BlackBerry's tablet OS against iOS and Honeycomb, i would say there's no fight at all...

sure it runs fast, but there's still quite a lot of rough edges that needs to be smoothen out first... not that iOS nor Honeycomb is perfect (the former needs a UI overhaul to suit the larger screen, while the latter needs to work more on security - Google admitted that corners were cut in making Honeycomb so as to speed up it's development, and till now Honeycomb is still not released for general consumption yet), but there's still quite a lot of catching up for RIM (and the others), if they re serious abt the tablet market... especially when iPad is basically dominating the market now... no pt having a pretty UI/shell when the inside is crap...

supporting Android apps out of the box is the right direction, let's see wat else RIM has in their sleeves...

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 19 2011, 04:19 PM

honestly i dun see which Honeycomb tablets cannot rival it in terms of hardware...

take LG Optimus Pad for example...

2MP front camera, dual 5MP rear cameras, capable of 3D 1080p recording
32GB ROM + microSD expansion
1280x768 8.9" monitor

RIM needs something else to distinguish itself from the others... so far it basically look more like a Galaxy Tab or a Flyer competitor...

but personally i prefer Asus Transformer or Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9...

so is iPad2, if u ask me...

camera, wifi tethering, all these are old tech that Apple market as new features...

erm, u forgot the original Galaxy Tab?

hmm, i haven't seen the review from my favourite site, so it's 60D at the moment...

yeah, but thing is it's competitors have those features way ahead of them, and it's not difficult to implement...

wifi tethering has been in Android since FroYo, and if u count rooting, even earlier, Cupcake...

copy and paste and multitasking are juz another 2 classic examples... these are like features that ppl would expect in the latest mini computer...

possible name for the Toshiba "ANT" tablet: Thrive

clue 1: Toshiba filed the following trademark in early April



clue 2: Toshiba registered the following domains in March
- ToshibaThrive.com
- ThriveTablet.com
- ThriveToshiba.com
- TabletThrive.com

still, these are juz guess works, but looks pretty solid to me...

nah, juz happened to see it in one of the Android blogs that i go...

anyway i wonder which Toshiba genius come up with this name... in case u dunno there's already a Thrive from LG in the US, an Optimus One variant...

http://www.gsmarena.com/lg_thrive-3918.php

what surprised me more is that it took Toshiba so long to come up with a market name (but still end up being the same as some other devices)...

juz go on with Folio, i think that's fine...

Toshiba is not know to be good with software anyway... unlike Samsung who has been fiddling with mobile OS for so many years... Android 2.x on tablet is not really a simple task since u re dealing with a phone OS on a "non-phone"...

let's juz hope Toshiba learnt their lessons and Thrive will work on Honeycomb better...

all depends on 3rd party support... for me that is...

well, honestly i am not too fond of Acer when comes to Android... there's nearly zero support from them when comes to update, and also zero support on XDA...

Toshiba Regza Tablet (aka rumoured Thrive as we know it)

1Ghz dual-core Tegra 2 processor
1GB RAM
16GB Internal storage, SD Card slot
5MP rear camera, 2MP front camera
10.1 inch, 1280×800 display
HDMI, miniUSB, and USB ports
available in Japan only, June 2011 release
approx. US$730





now that's pretty expensive if u ask me...

This post has been edited by astria: Apr 21 2011, 11:42 AM