[jonathan_phang]

Cool, will probably get that when I finally put an order in. I'm sure that I read somewhere that you can put it in Airplane mode and then turn on the wifi manually? Just wondering if I'm just around the house then I can turn off the signal radio as its just going to be on wifi at home, and save more battery life (ie. In cases where it might be borderline signal and it wastes more time 'searching' for a 3G lock).

[Buster]

I've just done that & yes you can manually turn wifi on whilst on airplane mode done it on mobile phones b4 so yep glad that ta still able to do it in here

You can turn off a whole host of settings to aid the batteries life or you can preset it to shut them off for you upon reaching certain levels of battery remaining etc !!!

[jonathan_phang]

Excellent. Just need Tina to get back to me about payment and I think its time to order a 3G one, and a data plan SIM...

[Buster]

I put a 3 sim card in it 600 mins & unlimited data works a treat !!!

[jonathan_phang]

I'm thinking of Giff Gaff. £5 a month and 500mb data, and it uses the 02 network.

[daverawley]

Originally Posted by jonathan_phang

I'm thinking of Giff Gaff. £5 a month and 500mb data, and it uses the 02 network.

That's what I use. I just use the pay and go option. I don't use 3G very often so it only costs 20p per day if I need to use it

[Buster]

When I upgrade fone next month going on 1 plan unlimited tethering if needs be !!!

[fastpuma]

Hi all

Well I've been playing the tab, absolutely loving it.. but the only downside is that I can't use bbc iplayer on it. Gutted!

Downloaded the app and it says not supported!

Tried using the web browser and same error message.

Johnny! I would recommend it, right size and good display screen


Just perfect.

[Ono]

Originally Posted by fastpuma

but the only downside is that I can't use bbc iplayer on it. Gutted!

Just use the full iPlayer site via the browser.

[jonathan_phang]

Going to try and have one last play in a shop tomorrow, then hopefully take the plunge and order a 3G one...

[fastpuma]

Originally Posted by Ono

Just use the full iPlayer site via the browser.

I tried that?, Just went into Google and typed in BBC iplayer and got am error message?

I'll try it again when I finish work.

Thanks for the tip. Ono!

[fastpuma]

Originally Posted by jonathan_phang

Going to try and have one last play in a shop tomorrow, then hopefully take the plunge and order a 3G one...

Johnathan, where has the tab in stock? I've tried looking at online websites, but only carphonewarehouse has them. And that's only the Wi-Fi version.

[daverawley]

Originally Posted by fastpuma

I tried that?, Just went into Google and typed in BBC iplayer and got am error message?

I'll try it again when I finish work.

Thanks for the tip. Ono!

It works fine for me as long as you are using the default browser. I get an error with dolphin and opera

[jonathan_phang]

Originally Posted by fastpuma

Johnathan, where has the tab in stock? I've tried looking at online websites, but only carphonewarehouse has them. And that's only the Wi-Fi version.

Do you mean to go have a look at? Or to buy? Physical shop is just Carphone Warehouse - will nip into town on lunch break - then if all is well then I will order from Panamoz.

[Buster]

Order it JP you know you want to then ya can play with it to ya hearts content from Fri onwards stop putting off the inevitable hehe !!!

[jonathan_phang]

Originally Posted by Buster

Order it JP you know you want to then ya can play with it to ya hearts content from Fri onwards stop putting off the inevitable hehe !!!

Yeah, I know I want to - but as ever with my Tech purchases doing more research than is humanly possible before committing But yes, looking inevitable now...

[fastpuma]

Originally Posted by jonathan_phang

Do you mean to go have a look at? Or to buy? Physical shop is just Carphone Warehouse - will nip into town on lunch break - then if all is well then I will order from Panamoz.

Yeah! I mean to hold it and play with it. Haha that doesn't sound so good!

I wanted to play with it before purchasing it from panamoz,but I was keen follower on this thread. So I purchased last Sunday night and it came on Friday morning.

I would personally say this is much better than the iPad. At least you can upgrade the memory micro sd .
Good amoled screen as well!

[fastpuma]

Hi jonathan

Don't mind me. Asking, your username, phang. Is that Malaysian? I've got a friend that is almost the same name as yours but it's pang not phang.

[fastpuma]

Hi

Has anyone of you tab owners have the infra red port on your tab?

I had the 6200 and mine had a infra red port. It was handy ,but not way could it replace your remote controls. As it was limited

Just asking as my cheap silicon case has an opening for the infra red port.

[fastpuma]

Originally Posted by daverawley

It works fine for me as long as you are using the default browser. I get an error with dolphin and opera

Hi daverawley,

So just use the default browser? I had a shot at it last night and I was using Firefox and it came up as error.

Thanks for advice

[daverawley]

Originally Posted by fastpuma

Hi daverawley,

So just use the default browser? I had a shot at it last night and I was using Firefox and it came up as error.

Thanks for advice

Yes the default android browser seems to be the only one that works with iplayer

[Buster]

I tried it earlier works flawlessly !!!!

[fastpuma]

Hey buster

Ive tried using the default browser to use bbc iplayer, but i still get an error message. Could it be my part of the uk? Im in scotland .

Ive attached a screen shot of the err0r message.

Any ideas?

[Buster]

Do you have latest flash????

[mannp]

Originally Posted by daverawley

That's what I use. I just use the pay and go option. I don't use 3G very often so it only costs 20p per day if I need to use it

Same here

[fastpuma]

Originally Posted by Buster

Do you have latest flash????

Hi

I do have the latest flash, its all updated!

Dont know why I am still getting that error message, Ive tried the default browser, dolphin, firefox.

So Bascially I just typed in bbc iplayer in the search bar,

that then took me to BBC homepage, Clicked on BBC iplayer.

And just be getting the same error message .

Sorry for all this! Im just a noob when it comes to this!

Any ideas on what I am doing wrong?

ITV player app works fine.

HMM!

[jonathan_phang]

Well, managed to get into town today and to Carphone Warehouse. After fighting off the chap who works there, I managed to have a good 20-30 minutes with the unit, and the Tab 10.1 and Transformer Prime that was along side it. Tested full fat web pages in both landscape and portrait and looked at hte overall weight and feel etc.

I found that reading full webpages in portrait was just about possible, though it was much easier to read in landscape, with obvioulsy lots more scrolling. Loading of media heavy pages (think football websites, bbc main/sport landing pages) wasnt as smooth as on the Prime, but I can forgive it.

The unit felt much more pleasant to hold (tough to guage as there was a giant security tag on the back of each of them), though much like the HTC legend I had a while back with a aluminium unibody, I think that it might be a little tough to grip one handed - Any comments on that from all you owners? The weight of the things is really nice. The virtual keyboard was easily usable in portrait mode, and i had to use one hand in landscape, which makes sense really.

Screen wise, I have to say the Prime looked better, though that might have something to do with the display mode that both models might have been on, I dunno. Web pages displayed well enough, and even tried out a bit of iplayer watching abit of the f1 highlights. The quality wasnt great, though I did notice that even though i went to iplayer through the full bbc homepage, it went to the mobile eqivalent (or at least not he full page). Maybe using Dolphin, setting the user agent to desktop might result in better streams.

Youtube with HQ streams were much better, I looked up some of the vid reviews of the 7.7 that I knew went into proper HQ and they looked fine in full screen.

Homescreen performance was as most reviews said, and I'm going to put it down to Touch Wiz, so thats that. I'd probably get rid of all the widgets anyway.

All in all, quite happy with the unit, so now need to make the decision about whether or not its worth that much money. Its a lot of money, so just trying to justify to myself that I actually need it.

Oh, if anyone else is interested, Tina confirmed to me that you can pay through BACS and that there is no difference in the purchase except the payment method (ie. Its not some shady off the books things, that never existed). She said to me that I would contact her with what I want and then they would pass on the details for me to take it further.

Decision time...
JP

[psikey]

My collegues pink leather Noreve leather case arrived today for her Galaxy S2.

Style is very similar to the Stilgut cases I have for the Galaxy Note (a Real Leather one and a Synthetic 'Art' Leather one).

She wasn't impressed! Its basically a thinner case shell to the Stilgut with Leather purely glued. Only stitching is on the hinge piece holding the back to the front and inside glued leather is coming away at one edge.

Glad I didn't purchase one as it doesn't look anywhere near as good as the Stilgut quality which is fully stitched, and the inside cover facing the screen on the Noreve is also leather rather than the much better microfibre cloth material which IMO is much better as front screen contact material. The 7.7 case looks same from the website photos and those posted in the thread further back.

On a plus it is lighter/thinner (but will also give less drop protection) and the leather is nice quality but no more than the Stilgut Real Leather case (No real leather option for the GT7.7 case with Stilgut).

[stevep94]

I don't know if it has been mentioned anywhere on here but TV Catchup is marvellous on my 7.7!!!

[mannp]

Originally Posted by jonathan_phang

there is no difference in the purchase except the payment method (ie. Its not some shady off the books things, that never existed). She said to me that I would contact her with what I want and then they would pass on the details for me to take it further.
JP

Then pay on the credit card so you have some protection ...