the tablet war is heating up

[falcarrion]

Are there Coyotes in Hollywood? Because otherwise, the naming convention doesn't seem very consistent. Nonetheless, this is some tantalizing rumormongering about Amazon's alleged upcoming tablet:

Amazon prepping dual-core 'Coyote' and quad-core 'Hollywood' tablets for 2011

Yes. There are coyotes in every state but Hawaii.

 

[falcarrion]

Unfortunately, she chose her case based on cuteness rather than practical considerations. When caught between a rock and a hard place, cute always fails. As this one did. So far mine has withstood 10x as much punihment with my Otterbox. Of course everyone makes fun of me for it being unstylish.

Anyways I won't vent here further. It's too bad they made those decisions as I do think it weakens the overall product, but it hasn't seemed to slow down sales. As to the contoversy about whether or not gorilla glass has been used...I didn't even know there WAS controversy. I thought it truly had gorilla glass.

Of course, some claim Apple has had other instances where they either intimate or claim one of their products has a feature that it turns out not to have....such as the new Time Capsule which they supposedly claim has an enterprise class hard drive, when teardowns have revealed it may be a regular hard drive.

Does Apple's Time Capsule really use a 'server-grade' hard drive? | Crave - CNET

I'll take her to the Apple Store tomorrow and see what happens. My sister claims she dropped hers and they replaced it free of charge, and the person behind her in line had dropped theirs, and it was also replaced for free. If that's done, I'll definitely have to eat some crow.

Banshee

Summer Crow Kabobs
submitted by Gordon Krause (The CrowMaster)

Ingredients
16 pieces of crow breast meat (no bones) (8 crows)
16 pieces of green pepper
16 cherry tomatoes
8 button mushrooms
8 ears of sweet corn
1 1/2 cups of Teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup melted butter
8 kabob skewers
Preparation
Cut each piece of crow in half and place in a covered bowl with the Teriyaki sauce over night. Clean and cut each ear of corn into 3 pieces. Cook in boiling salt water for 10 minutes. Alternately put corn (3 pieces), green peppers (3 pieces) and cherry tomatoes (3) along with 4 pieces of crow meat on each skewer. Use 1 mushroom to top each skewer. Brush with melted butter and place on preheated grill for about 4 minutes. Flip, butter again and place back on grill for another 4 minutes. Repeat one last time for a total of 12 minutes or until they appear done. Serves four adults.

 

[Banshee16]

Summer Crow Kabobs
submitted by Gordon Krause (The CrowMaster)

Ingredients
16 pieces of crow breast meat (no bones) (8 crows)
16 pieces of green pepper
16 cherry tomatoes
8 button mushrooms
8 ears of sweet corn
1 1/2 cups of Teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup melted butter
8 kabob skewers
Preparation
Cut each piece of crow in half and place in a covered bowl with the Teriyaki sauce over night. Clean and cut each ear of corn into 3 pieces. Cook in boiling salt water for 10 minutes. Alternately put corn (3 pieces), green peppers (3 pieces) and cherry tomatoes (3) along with 4 pieces of crow meat on each skewer. Use 1 mushroom to top each skewer. Brush with melted butter and place on preheated grill for about 4 minutes. Flip, butter again and place back on grill for another 4 minutes. Repeat one last time for a total of 12 minutes or until they appear done. Serves four adults.

I hope not to have to use the recipe, but thanks for supplying it. I'll find out more tomorrow..

I'm not too proud to accept a bit of generosity. I'd rather eat crow and save that $200, rather than be right, and be out $200

Banshee

 

[Relique du Madde]

I dropped my Droid 2 today. It didn't break.

Unfortunately it still isn't 2.3.

 

[Banshee16]

I dropped my Droid 2 today. It didn't break.

Unfortunately it still isn't 2.3.

I don't think we have nearly the same choice of Android phones up here. My current carrier has the Samsung Nexus S and Galaxy S....beyond that, it seems like lower end phones....one called the Liquid, and one that seems like both a phone, and a PS3 controller.

In any case, interesting to hear that yours didn't break.

Do you use a cover? I've had three Blackberries, and only one ever broke. And that one only had a hairline crack across the screen, despite falling on concrete, and it still worked perfectly well.

Phones just seem to be one of those things that are easy to drop. I haven't dropped my laptop the same way, so I figure it might be the same with a tablet....not that I ever want to!

Banshee

 

[Relique du Madde]

In any case, interesting to hear that yours didn't break.

Do you use a cover?

Half a cover. The face cover always breaks off. I was worried the phone was going to break since it fell face first onto ceramic tiled floor.

What's funny is that one of the hostesses at my family's restaurant just got a Thunderbolt with a cover that has to be the thickest cover in the world. The cover literally adds as full quarter inch to it's bulk. I would be amazed if that phone isn't able to survive a drop (assuming it doesn't land on something that strikes only the glass).

Phones just seem to be one of those things that are easy to drop. I haven't dropped my laptop the same way, so I figure it might be the same with a tablet....not that I ever want to!

Even though my Xoom's cover is pretty thick, that is one thing I don't want to drop.

 

[Fast Learner]

I'll take her to the Apple Store tomorrow and see what happens. My sister claims she dropped hers and they replaced it free of charge, and the person behind her in line had dropped theirs, and it was also replaced for free. If that's done, I'll definitely have to eat some crow.

Here's my advice on Apple Store repairs: be utterly and completely honest, it'll go a very long way.

I've heard similar stories before, but here's my experience: I spilled water into my MacBook. It wasn't a lot and I immediately shut it down, shook it out, didn't start it until it was good and dry, etc. Nonetheless it was damaged and about half the keys on the keyboard didn't work.

I took it into the Apple Store and they looked it over. They asked me what had happened and I told them that I'd screwed up and spilled some water into it. After going through everything the repair turned out to be quite pricey because it was a bit of damage to the logic board, which they don't break down and fix, they only replace. $400. Crap.

He said, however, that he'd have it fixed for free, and for one big reason: I'd told the truth about what happened. He said that you wouldn't believe how many people come in with damaged devices and claim that nothing happened, that it just stopped working and that the manufacturer's warrantee should cover it. Damage like a smashed in laptop screen where whatever had hit it had enough force to outdent the aluminum lid. Damage like machines that not only had all of their immersion sensors set off but still had pools of water inside. Etc.

I know that if I was in that guy's position and had people blatantly lying to me like that, if it was in my power I'd definitely reward the people who just came in and told the damned truth about what happened.

 

[Banshee16]

Here's my advice on Apple Store repairs: be utterly and completely honest, it'll go a very long way.

I've heard similar stories before, but here's my experience: I spilled water into my MacBook. It wasn't a lot and I immediately shut it down, shook it out, didn't start it until it was good and dry, etc. Nonetheless it was damaged and about half the keys on the keyboard didn't work.

I took it into the Apple Store and they looked it over. They asked me what had happened and I told them that I'd screwed up and spilled some water into it. After going through everything the repair turned out to be quite pricey because it was a bit of damage to the logic board, which they don't break down and fix, they only replace. $400. Crap.

He said, however, that he'd have it fixed for free, and for one big reason: I'd told the truth about what happened. He said that you wouldn't believe how many people come in with damaged devices and claim that nothing happened, that it just stopped working and that the manufacturer's warrantee should cover it. Damage like a smashed in laptop screen where whatever had hit it had enough force to outdent the aluminum lid. Damage like machines that not only had all of their immersion sensors set off but still had pools of water inside. Etc.

I know that if I was in that guy's position and had people blatantly lying to me like that, if it was in my power I'd definitely reward the people who just came in and told the damned truth about what happened.

That's something I wasn't sure of. I figured honesty might help, but I've been told not to admit it was dropped on concrete. I've got other phones that's happened with, and they didn't shatter. This one did. We were walking the baby buggy, she went to pull out the camera, she had reached below the handle to get the phone out of the "glove compartment", and as she pulled it out, the back of her hand accidentally got caught against the handle, and it must have startled her or whatever, as it loosened her grip enough that it dislodged her phone from her fingers, and it tumbled to the ground.

Were we being reckless? No. It was just pure, bad luck.

It's a phone. You're going to use it. You're unlikely to strap it to your body....so you have to pull it out to use it, and accidents happen. Mine has a slight chip in the screen, despite the otterbox, as I was listening to some tunes while I was walking our german shepherd, he saw another dog and started going insane barking at it, when I tried to stop him, he got his front leg caught in the earphone cord and ripped the phone out of the belt clip and smashed it to the ground on top of a rock. I've since learned to wear the cable for my headphones *under* my clothes, to prevent a repeat. The chip itself is so tiny you have to hold it an inch from your face at an angle to notice it. I was disappointed at first, but at this point, it's a big deal. Unless I specifically look for it, I don't notice it. That particular fall on concrete was far more violent than what happened to her phone. The only difference, I think, was the case.

Incidentally, I still haven't figured out how to get the dog to stop barking at other dogs when leashed. If we're at an off leash dog park, or in the house and a visitor comes over, it's a different story. All happy wagging tail and face licks. But that's seriously off topic at this point.

Banshee

 

[Banshee16]

Incidentally, I checked out the EEE Pad Transformer at Staples, and it actually seems quite nice. It really doesn't feel that thick or heavy, even though it has more of both measurements than the iPad 2.

The keyboard dock is rather nice as well. And the screen quality is pretty good. I have to say, they had it mounted next to the Xoom and it compared very, very well.

Banshee

 

[falcarrion]

That's something I wasn't sure of. I figured honesty might help, but I've been told not to admit it was dropped on concrete. I've got other phones that's happened with, and they didn't shatter. This one did. We were walking the baby buggy, she went to pull out the camera, she had reached below the handle to get the phone out of the "glove compartment", and as she pulled it out, the back of her hand accidentally got caught against the handle, and it must have startled her or whatever, as it loosened her grip enough that it dislodged her phone from her fingers, and it tumbled to the ground.

Were we being reckless? No. It was just pure, bad luck.

It's a phone. You're going to use it. You're unlikely to strap it to your body....so you have to pull it out to use it, and accidents happen. Mine has a slight chip in the screen, despite the otterbox, as I was listening to some tunes while I was walking our german shepherd, he saw another dog and started going insane barking at it, when I tried to stop him, he got his front leg caught in the earphone cord and ripped the phone out of the belt clip and smashed it to the ground on top of a rock. I've since learned to wear the cable for my headphones *under* my clothes, to prevent a repeat. The chip itself is so tiny you have to hold it an inch from your face at an angle to notice it. I was disappointed at first, but at this point, it's a big deal. Unless I specifically look for it, I don't notice it. That particular fall on concrete was far more violent than what happened to her phone. The only difference, I think, was the case.

Incidentally, I still haven't figured out how to get the dog to stop barking at other dogs when leashed. If we're at an off leash dog park, or in the house and a visitor comes over, it's a different story. All happy wagging tail and face licks. But that's seriously off topic at this point.

Banshee

First I wish you and your family well. Second a dog story now and then is good for the heart. I lost mine about 5 years ago.
Though knowing me I would be working on a harness for her to hold the ipad.
That way I could pet her and play on the Ipad at the same time.