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Old 07-22-2012, 10:25 AM   #101
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Anybody having any of these issues?

http://mobilesyrup.com/2012/07/20/qu...lay-shadowing/
I've had the screen flickering problem. I turned off the automatic brightness and it seems to have gone away.
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Old 07-22-2012, 10:42 PM   #102
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Yeah, they obviously had no clue demand would be this high. Just crazy.

My dad wanted to get one too, probably still will. Just wait till they get more I guess.
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Old 07-23-2012, 11:26 AM   #103
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I just called my local Visions and they have one in stock with my name written on it.

FS and BB were out of stock locally as per the website.
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Old 07-23-2012, 01:50 PM   #104
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I've had the screen flickering problem. I turned off the automatic brightness and it seems to have gone away.
How widespread are the issues with the side lighting leakage? Is this something that can happen over time or just straight out of the factory? Just a quick survey between my friends and I and our three units seem ok so far.
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Old 07-23-2012, 07:15 PM   #105
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I don't have light leakage, just flickering. It's like the backlight is quickly changing brightness, which is why I turned off auto brightness to fix it.
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Old 07-23-2012, 07:16 PM   #106
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I need a nice case for this, I assume stuff's only available online at this point?
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Old 07-24-2012, 04:22 PM   #107
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http://gizmodo.com/5928597/the-googl...nd-falls-short
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Old 07-24-2012, 05:08 PM   #108
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Old 07-24-2012, 05:23 PM   #109
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Numbers are real life, it's perception that isn't real.

I don't think it means it's a crappy product, I still like mine fine, but when watching a movie I did notice that something was a bit off, but I just chalked it up to it being a cheaper tablet. This kind of explains what I was seeing.

This would indicate that the screen actually IS as good as much more expensive products, but that it's being hampered by a bad implementation, which is unfortunate. That's the story that I found interesting.

Hopefully it's firmware fixable, or hopefully they'll swap mine if it's fixed in rev 2 (I had a Dell monitor I had swapped for a similar reason, bad implementation in firmware, non-user flashable).
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Old 07-25-2012, 06:21 AM   #110
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Looks like Google didn't pay enough attention to the Steve Jobs memo that the key to a successful Tablet is an outstanding display.
Is he really saying that the shortcoming in the display makes the Nexus 7 inherently unsuccessful despite it flying off of the shelves and receiving generally very good reviews? Weird definition of successful.
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Old 07-25-2012, 08:08 AM   #111
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I don't think success is defined by the first few weeks, but I also don't think the screen is poor as it is, just not what it could be (hopefully firmware fixable).

Went out to try and find a case that would fit (travelling soon). The only thing I could find was Kobo cases with fabric elastic straps to hold the unit. Not ideal, but will hold me over until I can get a case specifically for it.

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/ereadi...5480-item.html

Not quite perfect as the fabric elastic wants to press the power button, but better than nothing.
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I need a nice case for this, I assume stuff's only available online at this point?
All I've seen is products online so far. Haven't seen anything at futureshop yet.
What kind of cases are you thinking about? I vaguely remember hearing somewhere that there's a magnetic sensor built into the Nexus 7 so it'll do the screen shutoff when a magnetic cover is present.

The official one has the charger and headphone ports in the right place so that's nice
https://play.google.com/store/device...XzdfY292ZXIiXQ..
Here's an aftermarket one that looks similar I was looking at
http://www.amazon.com/Poetic-Portfol...=5336653508-20
A leather one
http://www.amazon.com/MoKo-Slim-fit-...=5336653508-20
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I kind of like the ones that look like a book with the elastic strap to keep them closed, for this one anyway since outside of development my primary use case is probably going to be reading.
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I kind of like the ones that look like a book with the elastic strap to keep them closed, for this one anyway since outside of development my primary use case is probably going to be reading.
Dodocase?
They are amazing for the iPad
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Dodocase?
They are amazing for the iPad
Yeah those look nice, and they have one for the Nexus 7 too.
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Edit: Sure would be nice to be able to take a screenshot on this thing tho...

Edit: Never mind, I figured it out

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Old 07-25-2012, 11:30 AM   #117
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I installed the SNES emulator. Playing NHL 94 now.
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Are these in stock anywhere in Calgary? Have been looking for one for a couple weeks now.
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Are these in stock anywhere in Calgary? Have been looking for one for a couple weeks now.
Saw some at futureshop northland a week and a bit ago but it seems they've since sold out along with everywhere else in Calgary. You're probably better off ordering off Google play store if you want one since they are in stock now and two days for shipping or just order one online from one of the other places like (NCIX, FS, BB, Staples or Memex) that is OOS and wait for it to ship.
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I installed the SNES emulator. Playing NHL 94 now.
NO WAY!

I'll be right back . . .
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