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[Get Real!]

WTF!!! ... "dump it with the packaging" ...!!! Are you mad...??? Have kept all the lovely, to die for packaging, for our Macs and iPhones all wrapped up in protective plastic bags, ... now to go and find the cleaning cloths that must be in there somewhere...

I just hope you clean it regularly with some kind of cloth and solvent... at least if you're taking it in public.

[wyoming cowboy]

this is why microsoft penciled Jan for their release of the surface win 8 tablet...running INTEL i5, IVY bridge chipset and running a real win 8 PRO operating system...in the form of a tablet...same experience as the desktop...this not only will knock off the tablets/ipads but it will re-shake the notebook market as well...i foresee endangering the mac market as well...we are witnessing the re-modelling of the notebook maket.

Are you Steve Ballmer in disguise? They’re going to cost as much as an Ultrabook, but users get a smaller screen, impractical keyboard and poor battery life. Microsoft said it would start at a minimum of $1,000. You do the math… two iPads for the price of one Surface? I don’t think so.

Few people will adopt a tablet because it works with Microsoft Office. Google Android and Amazon offerings will continue to be less expensive alternatives to the iPad, while Apple will maintain its market lead on the high end. Between these alternatives, there don't seem to be much room for Microsoft.

there is another point Apple will keep its dominance in these gadgets, igadgets cost less and apple makes 200% on each sale because of volume, where Amazons kindle(any kindles in Cyprus?) makes about 8 percent and microsoft has to go up to 1000 to make money..Apple wins again

[cyprusgrump]

This looks pretty impressive and if this can be sustained with longer (2hr) movies could make a tablet an attractive propostion as watching movies on the go is something i could be interested in but is playing videos with those particular brightness/volume settings a fair test?

How about things like internet usage, up-loading/down loading /sending/reciveing emails, taking photos etc, ie a range of activities?

That wasn't my own review, I took it from another forum...

So far, battery life looks very good although I haven't done a formal test. I can use the machine on and off all day (browsing, playing games, e-mail, etc.) without it getting anywhere near 50%.

The only BIG problem I have found with this tablet so far is that Mrs. Cyprusgrump (who has had very little interest in computing up to now) absolutely adores it and I have to fight to get it off her...

I may need to buy another...

As for the general anti-tableteers; I have a desktop connected to a network which does everything I need. But for being on the go - travelling to the UK or being out-and-about I find the tablet a very convenient format. This thing is as fast as my desktop and has 64Gbytes of storage and as mentioned above, long enough battery life that I'm not looking for a charger (or bothering to take one). I also have a digital camera that I generally take with me as the in-built cameras on tablets aren't up to much. BUT I used to take a MP3 player too and the tablet replaces that now.

And yes, it does have an OTG connection.

[cyprusgrump]

Touchscreen POS machines (the first computers who got a touchscreen) we were selling at around 2003!

Actually, Hewlett-Packard introduced a touchscreen personal computer in 1983!

[Get Real!]

That wasn't my own review, I took it from another forum...

Well don't sweat too much Grumpy!

[cyprusgrump]

I just downloaded and ran the AnTuTu benchmark on my new machine - standard software - and got the following: -

CPU: 4337
GPU: 4611
RAM: 1894
IO: 826

Total: 11668!

Under the scores it says: - 1608MHz [800x1232]

[Get Real!]

WTF!!! ... "dump it with the packaging" ...!!! Are you mad...??? Have kept all the lovely, to die for packaging, for our Macs and iPhones all wrapped up in protective plastic bags, ... now to go and find the cleaning cloths that must be in there somewhere...

I just hope you clean it regularly with some kind of cloth and solvent... at least if you're taking it in public.

When Compaq’s iPaq first came out (2000/2 ?) buyers wouldn’t notice that there was a skinny plastic pen in the packaging that attached to the iPaq and would throw it out with the packaging!

In fact it was essential to setup the screen/graphics properly by following a one-off ritual whereby you had to tap the 4 corners etc, but alas…

[boomerang]

samsung galaxy S2...not overclocked
CPU: 2708
GPU: 4228
RAM: 1215
IO: 602

Total: 8753

CPU: - 1.2GHz
resolution: - 480x800

[cyprusgrump]

samsung galaxy S2...not overclocked
CPU: 2708
GPU: 4228
RAM: 1215
IO: 602

Total: 8753

CPU: - 1.2GHz
resolution: - 480x800

Cool!

We await the scores on the doors from iDemonax!

[Demonax]

You Fandroids do like your specs. So let's check that again:

Apple iPad 4 2082
Apple iPad 3 1801
Google Nexus 10 1353
Samsung Galaxy S3 635.3
Samsung Galaxy S2 395


For more equally disturbing results:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6426/ipad ... r-the-hood