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Also, what is the conventional wisdom on extended warranties with tablets?
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Because ALL the tablets are so dam thin, damage to the display/screen is very common. In the case of apple the glass and display are glued together. Not sure they will even fix it, just mail the busted one back for a new replacement.
The g-kids left theirs on the couch while at lunch, came back and sat down, cracked glass. It still ran but my daughter didn't want the kids sliding their finger over the crack(s)..
It was a week old... 
Now, on the other hand, IF you are a Isheeple, you will sell the USED one to purchase the newest toy every 10-15 days, and don't worry about warranty..
Net Net: If you plan to keep it more than a month,, An extra 100USD is probably worth it with today's hyper-thin, hyper-lightweight, hyper-disposable toy market..
These things are like TP,, use more than one time at your own risk... 
From the guy that thinks the extended warranty business is a 100 bazillion dollar scam...
My $00.0002 
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06-23-2012, 11:54
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Holy Cow! I had not heard of that!!! I did a quick search and found this story. Is that the one to which you referred? If so, that is the Samsung Galaxy cell phone. I have one of those, too, and have never had that problem. However, it sounds pretty scary. I do know that the batteries in most of today's devices can get very hot and mine has heated up, but never to that extent. |
Yep that's the one that almost blew the guys nuts off.......... 
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06-23-2012, 13:29
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Now, on the other hand, IF you are a Isheeple, you will sell the USED one to purchase the newest toy every 10-15 days, and don't worry about warranty..
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Didn't you know, they don't sell the old ones. They put them in the closet next to the shrine to Steve for an offering.
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06-29-2012, 16:34
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Just curious
What did you end up going with?
These are coming out soon and they look sweet
http://www.asus.com/Tablet/Nexus/Nexus_7
$200 for the 8GB $250 for the 16GB
Our customers (regional retailers) are getting stoked for pre-orders
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06-29-2012, 16:39
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I like this one.
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06-29-2012, 21:51
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No problems with squaretrade warranty. Pleased with service and coverage.
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06-30-2012, 01:46
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microsoft Surface FAIL
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06-30-2012, 10:09
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That's a salesman worst nightmare,to have your presentation freeze up on you like that!......... 
Big Teddy
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Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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06-30-2012, 10:35
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I like this one.
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Nice!
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07-13-2012, 11:04
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I am looking into the Sony tablet. I hear good things about it and it does a lot of the things that I want. I have to get my hands on one when I get back from England. I will let you guys know. I am going to wait until I get a chance to check out the Google Nexus 7. I am hearing a lot of things about that.
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07-19-2012, 21:33
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Does anyone have suggestions on which tablet is best suited for searching through, reading, and annotating .PDFs? I need a tablet that has the horsepower to handle a lot of PDFs. (I have about 35,800 of them. But I'm not OCD. )
At present, I'm torn among the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, the Blackberry Playbook, and a pre-owned device from this website.
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Sigaba,
Adobe is a memory and CPU hog, considering that the Galaxy and the Playbook essentially have the same specifications, in my slightly biased opinion, I would stick with the Galaxy as I feel that Android or more specifically, Linux, runs more efficiently on ARM based hardware than RIM's QNX based OS. Again, YMMV. Hit an electronics retailer and spend some time playing with both.
My .02
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