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    Help keyboard focus issue on ics

    Hi there, My blood pressure is fairly high right now, as I was trying to type this message on the SGT10.1 but it was so aggravating I had to get up and post this on my PC. Does anyone else have a keyboard focus issue that seems to occur randomly, where the letters typed will not appear in...
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    A500 Power Button

    Hi there, Is there anyone on here that has or is willing to pull their A500 cover off and take a close up photograph of the power button mechanism inside of it? I have someone wanting me to fix their A500 and the power button on theirs is not operating correctly, but I don't know what the...
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    Help Cleaning corossion from mainboard of Galaxy Tab 7

    Hi forum, I am hoping someone can give me some advice on if it is possible to clean corossion from the MB of the galaxt tab 7. A friend of mine lives near the beach and the corossion has gotten in at the charging socket (hes only had it for about 3 months!). I have pulled the tab apart...
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    Androi and Apple, where are they going?

    This thread I hope will not become a android/apple hate thread. But I havebeen wondering what plans Apple has in the future to keep competing with Android? Yeah i can see them competing with their phones but as time goes by I can see Android is going to be used on so much more than phones. The...
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    HDX Bone running Android

    Has anyone seen these devices? $183.00 - HDX Bone 1080P HD 2.5" SATA HDD Network Media Player w/ Google Android 2.1 OS/HDMI/AV/RJ45 (500GB) - HDD & Enclosures They are a HD media player running Android 2.1 with a 500gb hdd included. Supports wireless/wired USB keyboard for input, TV Output...
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    Market not password protected?

    Pardon the French but why the heck doesn't the Market have a password protection system on it? Practically everytime my kid gets the phone she buys something. Why don't Google just put a mofoing password on it like Apple does with the iStore? Kinda makes sense doesn't it? Or is it just me...
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    Help android 2.3, 3.0, gingerbread? confused a bit

    so I've read over the last two days that the galaxy s can have gingerbread on it and that xda developers have released some versions of it, but I've read that it is v2.3 (but called ginger bread all the same) then I read another article that it's 3.0. so I'm understanding that gingerbread is...
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    Help Password protecting installations from market?

    This question may seem strange but I have a reason, can you password protect the right to either 1. access the market completely or 2. install apps from the market or 3. buy apps from the market? Or is there a way to set up with google an email confirmation system to purchase apps? The reason I...
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    A good ebook/pdf library app?

    does there exist an app that handles ebook and pdf formats, that will display all of these formats in a library or "shelf" display, and _doesn't_ require you to put your books/documents into its own required path on the storage device? I store all my pdfs and documents in my own personal...
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    Help Galaxy S phone won't connect to home wifi - intermittant

    Hi people, I have a Galaxy S I9000 in Australia running Froyo and it has a strange problem. Sometimes it will connect to my router's wifi fine, and then other times it refuses to connect. I have lived with it for about a month and found usually turning the router off and on fixes it, but...
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    TLIShip CPU?

    Does anyone know of CPUs called TLIShip? [URL="http://www.anandasy.com/productsxx.asp?Sendid=925"]
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    Tablet Device Predictions

    I was going to ask this question in another thread but it is starting to deviate from the topic of that thread so I am making this one to discuss this topic. I am wondering what are people (here on the forums) predictions as to what sort of specs we might see in tablet devices in the next 6...
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    Capacitive vs Resistive

    Can anyone explain the key differences that end-users would notice between capacitive and resistive screens? What are the pros and cons of both? I am also interested to know what people think whether they would want a stylus as an option to use with a pad device? I wouldn't mind one...