not sure about the the iPad 2, but the same USB charger can be used to charge other phones, because according to USB 3.0 standard, it is backwards compatible to previous USB versions, and iirc they can also charge at the higher voltage, so it can be faster also

do u guys have the touch pad disabled? cos i read on the xda forum and someone claims it's related to the touchpad

weird, some claims that it's the wake up on charge setting, i might need to look more into it later today when i get home...

for movie, due to some codec limitation currently both also need do convert if u want best playback experience.. however the screen ratio for the TF is more suitable for movies, reading PDF also the screen ratio(longer) would also be better for reading in portrait mode.. typing emails and docs also the keyboard would be a great help if u plan to get it, other wise, u would have more space on landscape also due to the longer screen, that would help to reduce the mistakes

however u just wan facebook + light browsing + angry bird, i would suggest ipad only, for simple usage like this better stick with idiot proof products

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Added on July 7, 2011, 1:50 pmbtw about the screen auto light up again after i close the lid... i tried disabling the touch pad, and it really works, it doesnt light up anymore when i close the lid now after i disable, while i try enable back, it will light up

This post has been edited by BBXiong: Jul 7 2011, 01:50 PM

not sure about replying message, but so far i really love that app... just lacking of a few minor thing and the facebook chat feature... but then the chat also can be replaced with many things lar

i don have any 3G dongle, otherwise i be happy to try it out... alternatively, if u don mind me asking, what phone ur gf using? if iPhone, can just bluetooth tether, or wifi tether if the iOS is version 4.3, just bring along the cable so that she can charge her phone while she tether, that way it wont affect battery life also

like? no audio sound? that would be because the audio format is not supported by the TF, for the problems u might wanna convert them to the suitable format

what did u do before it reboot?

anyone went to fix their TF before? mine suddenly left speaker no sound, dunno what happened when i am not home, so now need to claim warranty and get the speaker fixed, normally need how long ah? plan to go evernew pyramid tonight to claim it

i tot someone reply to ur issue edi? for me also same wor dunno why @@
maybe i try booting without memory card later

i also dunno why, mine even first few boot also taking long time edi, i never really remember any 40 seconds boot before since i use the device..
maybe they should implement something like HTC did, 10 seconds booting

sometimes it does, upgrade new kernal/new custom rom versions, or test other roms, those are taking forever... while boot up time doesnt concern most ppl, there are ppl that hope it can be faster lar

well.. mine is repair, not exchange, so no need to wait stock to arrive bah... if they have technician there i think this small issue might even be able to fix in a day, hopefully

lol honestly i havent been using it since i recover it from custom rom(games all wipe out, need to root again to restore), so i think i can bear one month la...
somemore my keyboard the left side there sometimes when i press got 'tak tak' sound, dunno why... maybe try ask them along see if i can claim warranty with that also

hmm, the pyramid evernew staffs are quite helpful, they straight away call the service centre to ask about stock availability and tell me fastest by one week, instead of "dunno, cannot guarantee".. they say got spare part available for the speakers, just hope mine aint caused by motherboard issue...
and i also ask them my keyboard dock one part of the housing actually sticks out, so can claim warranty a not, they say just send along and see.. no harm there, since the KBD wont be of much use without the tablet itself too, haha

so far as i know, not quite possible, the one available to us now is just the WiFi version also, technically the 3G version should be able to if google/3rd party enables the telephony function, but as of now, i don think so

for tethering, there are 3 kinds right now,
first, USB tethering, which means cable tethering, but needs driver from the connecting side to support it
second, Bluetooth tethering. It uses bluetooth to connect to ur device, and ur device will use ur phone as a bluetooth modem to connect to the internet
third, Wifi tethering. It use the built in wifi to let ur phone act as a router-alike device, allowing more then one device to connect and share ur 3G connection.

for now, TF supports 2 and 3, so there's no need of cable. However i would suggest using bluetooth tethering, cos it uses a lot less battery compared to Wifi tethering, and u don have to worry that someone might tap into ur connection. Also, Wifi tethering have 2 type as i know, Hotspot and Ad-Hoc. Hotspot will show ur Wifi as if it's from a router, like iOS 4.3 tethering, while Ad-Hoc would be like connection to another peer device. The latter is not supported in TF unless u apply some fix which require rooting.

anything that other find wrong or misleading feel free to correct me, this is based on my own understanding on tethering

This post has been edited by BBXiong: Jul 20 2011, 12:15 PM

haha.. thanks

if u don mind rooting i can dig up the xda forum page for u, or alternatively flash to a custom rom will do just fine... from my experience most custom rom flashing will not wipe out ur data

why? rooting is easy and harmless de... u don even need to scare u brick ur device, just use APX mode to reflash a proper firmware into it and we are good to go. Tegra 2 is a very good flashing chip, haha

nope, this is based on the color gamut standard and all, contrast, brightness, color saturation, all those have some static data to tell, the article is comparing against higher contrast/better color gamut/better color accuracy, this one is not really subjective, rather, they have some really professional testing method to test on those that i mentioned. You notice that on the second link he mention about color gamut(which already have a standard for accuracy), color accuracy, contrast, viewing angle.. those are all statistic based, and they do reflect on how in real life it affect us. those that are doing research can read up those before they know what they can expect.
i do agree that screen is user subjective, but most user would prefer accurate color with less reflection and higher contrast, so i definitely think the article is helpful, at least to people that understands those terms... ppl that dunno, u can start learning those terms, as u will see them much more when u are researching for LCD/plasma/LED TV