[Curly99]

This thread is a continuation of the part 1 thread here:

Galaxy Tab 7.7 users/opinion

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Originally Posted by SilverJDM

Hi psikey,

That's great news that I won

Thank you very much for this very kind gesture.

Brgds

I'm tracking my 7.7 from Panamoz & it has just left Dubai, due for delivery by UPS tomorrow, just hope the wife will be in to receive it.

[Ono]

ONe thing that I feel I haven't really gotten to grips with is what tablet specific apps are out there. It doesn't help that the Google Play site sucks when trying to split them from phone apps.

I have a lot of bare real estate on my tab at the moment.

[stevep94]

Originally Posted by Ono

I have a lot of bare real estate on my tab at the moment.

This! I'm really struggling to find apps that work "properly" with tablets in general! Quite a few don't seem to support widgets like they do on my phone! (unless I'm doing something wrong??? - Sky Sports app for example, the widget works fine on my S2 but doesn't show up in the available widget list on my tab!?!?!)

Also, any owners of the Stilgut case - is the panel over the screen pretty sturdy? (ie. will it protect the screen from an impact pretty well?)

Thanks.....

[Buster]

Originally Posted by stevep94

This! I'm really struggling to find apps that work "properly" with tablets in general! Quite a few don't seem to support widgets like they do on my phone! (unless I'm doing something wrong??? - Sky Sports app for example, the widget works fine on my S2 but doesn't show up in the available widget list on my tab!?!?!)

Also, any owners of the Stilgut case - is the panel over the screen pretty sturdy? (ie. will it protect the screen from an impact pretty well?)

Thanks.....

Hiya Steve the link I posted @ end of part 1 (ROOCASE) reason I ordered it was that it protects the corners also, no reviews on it for 7.7 but glowing reviews of same executive leather portfolio case of other products - its due to be delivered tomorrow in America & shipped ASAP to me when I'll give another review !!!

[SilverJDM]

Yay, mine has been delivered at home so I know what I'll be doing this evening!!

[psikey]

Better get that case out to you then Will post it tomorrow.

[BlueDolphin]

Hi Girls & Guys,

Stilgut Makes another mistake in sending the wrong item.

as quoted earlier by IL Cattivo

"Ordered the Slim GT 7.7 (P6800) Ultra slim case of theirs via Amazon which has taken over a week to arrive, only to open the package today and find they sent me the GT 7.0+ (P6200) one instead..!!"

Same thing just happened to me

Contacted Amazon & they said that I've got to return it for a full refund as they cannot replace it & that if I wanted to I could place the order again.

I've placed a new order, lets that Stilgut can get their act 2gether this time!!

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I've just looked on Stilguts official site & it's slightly confusing or maybe it's me

Here is the link

Tasche für das Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (P6800) jetzt versandkostenfrei bestellen | Stilgut

It states it for a 7.7 but when you go down to the product features it states "High-quality handmade pocket for the Galaxy Tab 7.0 & 7.0 Plus Plus N (P6200, P6201, P6210 and P6211)" No mention of the 7.7!!!

PS. It's not Stilguts fault as the order was fulfilled by Amazon....shame on you Amazon

[Buster]

Originally Posted by BlueDolphin

Hi Girls & Guys,

Stilgut Makes another mistake in sending the wrong item.

as quoted earlier by IL Cattivo

"Ordered the Slim GT 7.7 (P6800) Ultra slim case of theirs via Amazon which has taken over a week to arrive, only to open the package today and find they sent me the GT 7.0+ (P6200) one instead..!!"

Same thing just happened to me

Contacted Amazon & they said that I've got to return it for a full refund as they cannot replace it & that if I wanted to I could place the order again.

I've placed a new order, lets that Stilgut can get their act 2gether this time!!

Mine might arrive from America b4 you guys get yours loll hope they get the right one out to you this time !!!!

[BlueDolphin]

Originally Posted by Buster

Mine might arrive from America b4 you guys get yours loll hope they get the right one out to you this time !!!!

I think you will at this rate

[Coxy59]

BBC news item

"Samsung has said that the next version of its flagship smartphone will feature its new quad-core processor. The Exynos 4 Quad"

New smartphone to be unveiled in London on 3 May.

Would be great if they put it in an upgraded 7.7 with better cameras or in a Note. Apparently even though its a quad core it uses 20% less power. That means a battery increase from 10 to 12 hours for the 7.7!

Article also says Samsung tablets not doing as well in USA as iPads, but analysis does not include Note.

[psikey]

People in US are more loyal to home-grown brands IMO.

Are you guys not ordering direct from Stilgut?

It's this one
http://www.stilgut.com/for-samsung-g...b-77-p6800.php

Order shows as:

UltraSlim Case f. Galaxy Tab 7.7 (P6800) [X0003ECRH5]

[BlueDolphin]

Originally Posted by psikey

People in US are more loyal to home-grown brands IMO.

Are you guys not ordering direct from Stilgut?

It's this one
Tasche für das Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (P6800) jetzt versandkostenfrei bestellen | Stilgut

Order shows as:

UltraSlim Case f. Galaxy Tab 7.7 (P6800) [X0003ECRH5]

Hi Psikey,

I originally ordered through Amazon, just ordered from Stilgut direct.

Cheers

[Buster]

Originally Posted by psikey

People in US are more loyal to home-grown brands IMO.

Are you guys not ordering direct from Stilgut?

It's this one
Tasche für das Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 (P6800) jetzt versandkostenfrei bestellen | Stilgut

Order shows as:

UltraSlim Case f. Galaxy Tab 7.7 (P6800) [X0003ECRH5]

Having had a lot of dealings with the Americans & Canadians and hearing them first hand voice there concerns etc etc they have issues with our technology with them being on LTE etc & therefor compatibility issues this is in relation to the SGS3 - it could be likely that they go dual core as they hope this isn't the case as they would hate to have inferior products to us, and a fair few dislike AT&T & there extortionate data plans etc.

Yay my case has been delivered good o'l Amazon just like ours gets things delivered ahead of time should be shipping tomorrow to England hehehe !!!

[Derr1ck]

Decided to sell my 7.7 3G This is a great tablet and I love using it, but I have been looking for one device that I can carry for everything and I think that maybe the Note. Also need some spare cash to pay for my upcoming car service .

So mines for sale here

[psikey]

Originally Posted by Derr1ck

Decided to sell my 7.7 3G This is a great tablet and I love using it, but I have been looking for one device that I can carry for everything and I think that maybe the Note. Also need some spare cash to pay for my upcoming car service .

So mines for sale here

I've been having the same thoughts, as the Galaxy Note is with me all the time now and the 3250mAh non-OEM battery certainly lasts longer.

Personally, I'm still keeping my 7.7 as it is far better for web browsing & watching videos on the larger screen and for using Office Apps (excel/Word/pdf docs).

The Pentile display in the Galaxy Note is noticeably inferior to the SAMOLED+ screen on the 7.7 but only when you compare them side-by-side. The area I notice it most is with straight lines where it looks jagged close up rather than a smooth sold line (down to arrangement of pixels apparently on a Pentile display). The Note does make up for this somewhat with smoother text due to higher DPI.

Using my Note now 2d 1h 27m without charge and its still showing 37% battery Mostly using it as a phone, music player, PIM functions, ebooks occassional web browser. If I was using Games & watching videos on it I'm sure battery wouldn't last anywhere near as long but still think it would last all day for most people.

Also have the last version of the Stigut case coming for the Note (have the other 3 designs) and also ordered the Otterbox Defender durable case for it but thats still a couple of weeks before delivery.

My 3 SIM with unlimitted data is now in the Galaxy Note and I HotSpot the GT7.7 to it as needed.

There is also less hiss out of the earphone socket on the Galaxy Note and doing a bit of back-to-back listening between the two highlights that music SQ is better out of the Note (to my ears anyway).

[laowai]

I just want to share some of my recent experiences with tab 7.7.

I've been thinking of buying a Bluetooth headset for ages. Now I have a tab that can make and receive phone calls (staying in my backpack!) and I can listen to my music collection while on the move, so it all sounds rather interesting.

Being honest I was avoiding bluetooth for music because of the way A2DP deals with an audio stream. It does re-encode it using internal SBC codec and then transmits it to the headset where it is decoded and amplified. After all this manipulations Bluetooth headsets usually sound very dull at best.

Recently an alternative to SBC called APT-X was introduced and Tab 7.7 supports it. It is actually very old codec developed in the 80s. It was used in broadcasting for many years. I am not sure which flavor of APT-X is supported by Bluetooth, but there are near-lossless profiles defined by APT-X codec and this could be a very big improvement over standard A2DP.

So I did a search and found Samsung HS3000: link. Looks like a perfect candidate: apt-x, calls, I can use my own headphones (finally!!!).

I bought it last week and it arrived on Saturday. So I used it over the weekend. Short summary:

Used it mostly with my Sure SE530 (on a short lead), sound quality is pretty decent. It is not perfect cable replacement, but close to it. I actually liked the sound signature of the headset DAC better than Tab's built-in DAC. I liked the fact that I can roam around the house listening to the music. A few times I had some dropouts and clicks when I went into a far corner of the house.

Tried it with some other phones (without apt-x) and noticed dullness immediately.

I made a few calls and it worked very well. It also stays connected to my phone (or wife's phone ) and my tab at the same time, so I can receive phone calls from both of them. I could not figure out how to use voice dialing yet, this would be beneficial when the tab is in my backpack. I only managed to dial the last number.

It does a kind of a voice guidance. Scratchy female voice says things like "power on", etc. I might switch it off eventually.

Battery life seems not bad. I have it fully charged on Saturday and it lasted till Monday evening through all my experiments. I guess it lasted probably for 4-5 hours switched on and 3 days stand by.

Well for £26 it looks like a good value to me.

[psikey]

I know music quality is very subjective based on peoples hearing but I've always found Walkman & Sony Ericsson BT headsets excellent, first wth the DS-980 and now using a MW600 which lasts over 8 hours on battery.

Can also plug in your own earphones & I've used these with Klipsch S4i's and Shure SE535's. I've found them excellent with the Galaxy Note but still found some background white noise with the SE535's and the 7.7.

I'm now using my Galaxy Note with PlayerPro for most of my music listening but still use a 8GB Nano 6th gen with my Klipsch S4i's in the Gym for convenience.

Syncr and PlayerPro work perfectly to keep my iTunes playcounts/ratings sync'ed correctly.

[atg365]

I had the exact same problem as many others have had with the stilgut case.

Just wanted to point out that its not their fault though as its actually amazon who pick it from the warehouse. Just wish I had caught up with this thread before I reordered it this morning from them again and not direct! They did say that they would refund me any extra costs so I decided to get it shipped with expidited delivery . Hopefully amazon won't **** up this time.

[MarkE19]

I've reordered my StilGut case from Amazon again - so fingers crossed I actually get a 7.7 case this time. If not then I will probably go direct to StilGut, or try to find another decent case.

Mark.

[stevep94]

Another Stilgut via Amazon customer here - hopefully they will send the right one!!

Received my HDTV adapter this morning but not had a chance to see if it works with the 7.7 yet - fingers crossed!

*update* for anyone who is looking at it, the HDTV adapter for the 10.1 tab here works fine with the 7.7 tab!

Just need to wait until the end of the week to take delivery of my 32GB micro SD card (Sandisk Ultra) and the Stilgut to land and I am good to go!

[SilverJDM]

Originally Posted by psikey

Better get that case out to you then Will post it tomorrow.

Hi psikey,

The case arrived lunchtime, Thank you very much

Brgds

[b1ts]

Originally Posted by MarkE19

I've reordered my StilGut case from Amazon again - so fingers crossed I actually get a 7.7 case this time. If not then I will probably go direct to StilGut, or try to find another decent case.

Mark.

Look at zenus cases.

[laowai]

I received my stilgut case from amazon couple of weeks ago. Perfect fit. Very protective, does not obstruct the screen. Actually it saved my tab first day it has arrived. The tab fell from the table in a cafe onto a large metal leg of the table , fortunately it was in the case at that moment . The only gripe is that the area close to the headphone socket is obstructed, so I can not use my Grado headphones with the case on, I have to slide the case up slightly then it fits. All my other headphones are ok.

My 64Gb microsd card is on order from play.com since 8th of April, still "Awaiting stock". I am not sure what shall I do about it.

I have got the HDTV adapter. For me it is a bit of a disappointment:
- colors on my tv are off - I will try to calibrate an output for the tab
- not possible to change resolution or refresh rate
- 24p films are stuttering (cannot set the output to 24Hz)

Oh and I have got a usb host adapter for 5 quid: link . It works well with all my Sandisk USB sticks. It does not work with portable hard drives (not the adapter's fault, the Tab throws "High power device" error). I also intend to make it work with PS3 controller.

Just my 2p.

[stevep94]

Originally Posted by laowai

I have got the HDTV adapter. For me it is a bit of a disappointment:
- colors on my tv are off - I will try to calibrate an output for the tab
- not possible to change resolution or refresh rate
- 24p films are stuttering (cannot set the output to 24Hz)

Have you had any issues with the sound volume being low through your TV whilst using the adapter?

When I tried mine, the volume was extremely low, even if I ramped up the volume on my TV - although now I think about it, it never occurred to me to turn the tab volume up to see if that made any difference!

[laowai]

Originally Posted by stevep94

Have you had any issues with the sound volume being low through your TV whilst using the adapter?

When I tried mine, the volume was extremely low, even if I ramped up the volume on my TV - although now I think about it, it never occurred to me to turn the tab volume up to see if that made any difference!

No, the volume was fine.

I had it running through the SPDIF out on TV to the external DAC and was surprised to see the volume control on the tab working. I think you should try to use volume up button !

[IL Cattivo]

Well guys, it's time to give up on StilGut... Just received my 2nd attempted delivery of their 7.7 case via Amazon and yes, you guessed it, they've screwed it up YET AGAIN!! Got sent exactly the same 7.0 + case as last week...

No 3rd chances here I’m afraid. Shear picking and packing incompetence of the highest order.... Unbelievable how they can get something so simple so wrong, and multiple times with both the same and different customers.

<- Double facepalm of the week award goes to StilGut. Congratulations

[BlueDolphin]

Originally Posted by IL Cattivo

Well guys, it's time to give up on StilGut... Just received my 2nd attempted delivery of their 7.7 case via Amazon and yes, you guessed it, they've screwed it up YET AGAIN!! Got sent exactly the same 7.0 + case as last week...

No 3rd chances here I’m afraid. Shear picking and packing incompetence of the highest order.... Unbelievable how they can get something so simple so wrong, and multiple times with both the same and different customers.

<- Double facepalm of the week award goes to StilGut. Congratulations

Hi IL Cattivo,

I've just spoken to Amazon about this & she thinks that they may have received a shipment box of 7.0 plus cases that has been wrongly labelled as 7.7 cases, so the pickers are just grabbing a cases from that box she has reported this.

I also had the same probs & sent it back for a refund & ordered direct from Stilgut as Psikey suggested it's just being dispatched 2day I've got my fingers crossed

[Buster]

Originally Posted by IL Cattivo

Well guys, it's time to give up on StilGut... Just received my 2nd attempted delivery of their 7.7 case via Amazon and yes, you guessed it, they've screwed it up YET AGAIN!! Got sent exactly the same 7.0 + case as last week...

No 3rd chances here I’m afraid. Shear picking and packing incompetence of the highest order.... Unbelievable how they can get something so simple so wrong, and multiple times with both the same and different customers.

<- Double facepalm of the week award goes to StilGut. Congratulations

Although you can select 7.7 in pull down menu I saw on that same listing that it states that it is for other tabs bar the 7.7, although the majority of the people seem happy with it once they get the right item 1 review drew my attention and that it is actually fake leather (art leather) so I'd be concerned on how durable the case will be in months to come.

Blue Dolphin mines been shipped tomorrow earliest opportunity as with work commitments etc & didn't want it to get caught up in BH mess so looking forward to next week & tonights SGS3 launch !!!

[IL Cattivo]

Originally Posted by BlueDolphin

Hi IL Cattivo,

I've just spoken to Amazon about this & she thinks that they may have received a shipment box of 7.0 plus cases that has been wrongly labelled as 7.7 cases, so the pickers are just grabbing a cases from that box she has reported this.

I also had the same probs & sent it back for a refund & ordered direct from Stilgut as Psikey suggested it's just being dispatched 2day I've got my fingers crossed

Good luck BD... Hope you eventually get the right one. I don't suffer fools gladly and thus will not be having any dealings with Stilgut again period. Wrongly labelled or not, it's school boy trading if you ask me and i'm amazed these kinds of companies are still doing business.

I have now gone with a case from a different manufacturer, albeit a tad bit more expensive (genuine real leather) but this time I need not wait a week for it as it's been dispatched today for delivery tomorrow.

Thanks for the info chap..

[MarkE19]

Originally Posted by BlueDolphin

I've just spoken to Amazon about this & she thinks that they may have received a shipment box of 7.0 plus cases that has been wrongly labelled as 7.7 cases, so the pickers are just grabbing a cases from that box she has reported this.

But each StilGut case is individually boxed, and the box is clearly labelled as being for the GT 7.0+
Well mine should be with me in the next day or so, but I'm not expecting it to be the right case now

Mark.