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Netflix app

Anyone able to get the netflix app off the LG Revolution?
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Ohh, I want it too!
Hopefully this means we will be getting it soon (hacked or official). Apparently, you can have up to 6 devices linked to one Netflix account. So I will be able to watch using my wife's Netflix account.

Please oh please oh please!

I hope soon, I've been waiting fooorrreverrrr for this!
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That's a quick way to reach your alloted 5gb of 4g data!

yeah, sucks having to tether to an ipod touch to get your netflix content while away from a Wi Fi source. Might be the only reason why I haven't sold my ipod actually, the netflix app.

I would be happy with just a Netflix app that solely provides the opportunity to search for movies and manage your queues, not for watching movies on the G2 (although that would be sweet).

dustrho said:
I would be happy with just a Netflix app that solely provides the opportunity to search for movies and manage your queues, not for watching movies on the G2 (although that would be sweet).
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Umm, they already have that.

redpoint73 said:
Umm, they already have that.
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Care to share which one is actually worth using? I've tried a couple and they're not really good. I'm looking for one designed by Netflix, not some 3rd party developer.

as far as i know android hasnt received love from netflix due to security and piracy concerns. Dated November 13th (short article BTW)
http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/13/netflix-headed-to-select-android-devices-early-next-year/#

androinica claims they have seen the Netflix app on an LG Revolution. But where can I get it for my G2?

I've about had it with Netflix and their crappy movie line up anyways. They charge you $8.99 a month (which is fair) but then they offer so few good available and the others are dvd only. Then they "fix" this issue by charging you more dvds out at a time to make up for it. Its just about screwing over folks and milking them for the $20, 30, or 40 plan. I wish they would just upload all digital streaming and offer dvd to those old fashioned folks who actually want it. Plus, their reasoning for not offering their app on android is ludicious.... I hope something better comes along soon

Damn peoples. You gotta be patient. How are people going to pull and share the Netflix app when they just figured it out recently that one exists for Android. I mean don't get me wrong, I want the app as much as the next person but its not going to magically appear. Let the Android community do its magic. I don't even think people even got to mess with the phone yet let alone the Netflix app.
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History of android phones has shown that apps from pre-release dumps and leaks from upcoming phones as well as preview phones have found their way to xda before a phones release. It isn't too far fetched nor unreasonable to have a little expectation that it may have happened or will in this case
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sino8r said:
I've about had it with Netflix and their crappy movie line up anyways. They charge you $8.99 a month (which is fair) but then they offer so few good available and the others are dvd only. Then they "fix" this issue by charging you more dvds out at a time to make up for it. Its just about screwing over folks and milking them for the $20, 30, or 40 plan. I wish they would just upload all digital streaming and offer dvd to those old fashioned folks who actually want it. Plus, their reasoning for not offering their app on android is ludicious.... I hope something better comes along soon
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I was under the impression that one of the main reason Netflix has not come to Android is because of the backbone of Netflix streaming, which is M$ Silverlight
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sino8r said:
I've about had it with Netflix and their crappy movie line up anyways. They charge you $8.99 a month (which is fair) but then they offer so few good available and the others are dvd only. Then they "fix" this issue by charging you more dvds out at a time to make up for it. Its just about screwing over folks and milking them for the $20, 30, or 40 plan. I wish they would just upload all digital streaming and offer dvd to those old fashioned folks who actually want it. Plus, their reasoning for not offering their app on android is ludicious.... I hope something better comes along soon
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Its not netflix - its pressure from hollywood and the studio execs for both the lack of streaming titles and the android app/"drm" concerns. And let's not forget that apple has their tentacles deep in hollywood cuz of their involvement with pixar and apple tv (jobs was the ceo of pixar).
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Yeah, that sounds about right about the lack of complete library streams. Other the other matter, I'm sure ports will be on the way. The only issue I foresee is linking the account to the device if its ported. Might be a pain to get the port properly to avoid that issue...

I'd greatly appreciate a netflix app for my g2. I'm jealous of the iphones netflix app. -__-
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dustrho said:
I would be happy with just a Netflix app that solely provides the opportunity to search for movies and manage your queues, not for watching movies on the G2 (although that would be sweet).
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You mean, like QueueMan for Netflix??

sundar2012 said:
Its not netflix - its pressure from hollywood and the studio execs for both the lack of streaming titles and the android app/"drm" concerns. And let's not forget that apple has their tentacles deep in hollywood cuz of their involvement with pixar and apple tv (jobs was the ceo of pixar).
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I am personally inclined to believe it has more to do with Apple's influence/blackmail than the pirating issue. It seems far fetched that someone would resort to a phone stream to pirate movies or shows.

Spotify for EVO?

Does anyone have the spotify service for their evo 4g?
im planning on paying the 10$ a month for the premium service but i want to know if it is worth it.
anyone care to elaborate on their experience?

Anyone have spotify for their evo?

I tried it for a day. The service works, but didn't have the music I liked. I was able to get a refund because they also didn't include the Radio feature that was advertised very early on launch day.
Be sure they offer the music you want before paying.

I use the free service and it works well for me.

I've had it for about 1.5 years(vpn service and paypal acct setup as uk). I like the service. I find that they have stuff that rhapsody does not.

I have premium and it works over 3g but not 4g. Even when I tether my eee transformer, it stays offline when 4g is on.

I just got it. I personally love it (for now). You must have the premium subscription for the mobile app

ya im trying to pay for the premium service is it actually worth it

Love the app. Totally worth the $10/month if you listen to a lot of music on your phone.

I like it. The downsides are: you're renting music. Occasionally there are play back issues. Spotify doesn't have an intuitive way to find new music save a simple search. With millions and millions of songs on there, it would be awesome to have something like 'find similar artist'. The desktop client may have this, but I've been using it 99% mobile so I wouldn't really know.
Other then that, its the bee's knees

pandamaja said:
I like it. The downsides are: you're renting music. Occasionally there are play back issues. Spotify doesn't have an intuitive way to find new music save a simple search. With millions and millions of songs on there, it would be awesome to have something like 'find similar artist'. The desktop client may have this, but I've been using it 99% mobile so I wouldn't really know.
Other then that, its the bee's knees
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check this out
http://gizmodo.com/5821515/the-essential-spotify-tools

What is up with nexus q?

What is the big deal and price tag?
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- Streaming Multimedia PC with a Nexus Tag (developer device?!)
- "Social Media"
- awesome looks
- general "hackability"
- $299
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F5FO-MyR0o

I agree, it is a bit of a rip-off in my opinion. It should be roughly half that price. I'd be willing to pay $150-$180 for it. At $300 you can buy a PS3, xbox360 w/ kinect, a Nexus 7 tablet, build a DIY PC and run it as a HTPC, and a slew of other things. $300 is just plainly too much for what it is - but it's made in the good ol USA!

akira02rex said:
I agree, it is a bit of a rip-off in my opinion. It should be roughly half that price. I'd be willing to pay $150-$180 for it. At $300 you can buy a PS3, xbox360 w/ kinect, a Nexus 7 tablet, build a DIY PC and run it as a HTPC, and a slew of other things. $300 is just plainly too much for what it is - but it's made in the good ol USA!
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EXACTLY.
How cares that it's made in USA? it doesn't justify the price tag.

Chinese Fender = 400$
US standard = 1500$
America simply costs more in just about everything
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You still need speakers too...
I still think a Sonos system trumps Nexus Q
http://www.sonos.com/

This is ultimately cheaper than buying an AirPlay-compatible A/V receiver and trashing your existing receiver. Also, it's its own Android device, which means in the future you'll probably be able to mod it into a Google TV set top box, and even use it as a gaming device since it has the same GPU as the Galaxy Nexus.
Did you guys even read the specs?

ArmanUV said:
EXACTLY.
How cares that it's made in USA? it doesn't justify the price tag.
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I do. a couple hundred dollars to know that I am feeding my own country's economy versus that of another country is a fair price to pay.

earlyberd said:
This is ultimately cheaper than buying an AirPlay-compatible A/V receiver and trashing your existing receiver. Also, it's its own Android device, which means in the future you'll probably be able to mod it into a Google TV set top box, and even use it as a gaming device since it has the same GPU as the Galaxy Nexus.
Did you guys even read the specs?
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It should have been an Android / Google TV device by itself. Maybe they'll announce some weird integration with Google TV tomorrow. (Tomorrow is keynote 2, don't forget!)
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Well i see the the basics and lackluster specs. It basically seems to be a gnex under the hood so if it includes the iva video chips and ti sound chip, even with the par gpu it should be capable. Mostly. Just trying to figure out what it is. Is it.supposed to be a multimedia device where you supply the screen and bumps? I have a ps3, laptop, galaxy nexus and a galaxy tab 7 2 to handle those duties. Albeit my tab is collecting dust. Anybody want to get a great price on a tab? It is rooted.
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I guess we'll have to wait an see what comes out of the "general hackability" of it. There's no way in hell I'm spending that much just so I can buy all my media from the Play Store. For under $100 I got a Roku and for $3 I got an app that let's me stream video, music, or pics from my phone to the Roku. As for the jukebox functions I can already do that with Subsonic and my PC.
EDIT: And with Subsonic I can also allow my friends with Android devices to choose songs.

well i hope enough xda people buy it and get smacking on it and share their experience. kinda curious still as to how this will change the living room.

hey and did anybody notice that one of the accessories for the nexus q are $400 pair of bookshelf speakers?

jesusice said:
For under $100 I got a Roku and for $3 I got an app that let's me stream video, music, or pics from my phone to the Roku.
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What app is that?
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Part of the expense is the high quality amplifier in it. I however agree that it better do way more than just stream from the play store with my phone or tablet as a controller to justify a 300 dollar price tag. BUT DAMN IT IS SEXY

It's a $300 bowling ball that will play music and videos from the Google Play store only... but you need your own speakers and TV for it as well.
Yeah, not really sure where they're going with this one.
If it was a proper home media server that allowed you to stream off your Nexus 7 or GNex phone (or your home PC)... then yeah. 300 would be a nice price for the integration.
It has shiny lights and visualizers though!

ceribaen said:
It's a $300 bowling ball that will play music and videos from the Google Play store only... but you need your own speakers and TV for it as well.
Yeah, not really sure where they're going with this one.
If it was a proper home media server that allowed you to stream off your Nexus 7 or GNex phone (or your home PC)... then yeah. 300 would be a nice price for the integration.
It has shiny lights and visualizers though!
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It does let you stream from any Android device...
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anybody buying the $400 triad bookshelf speaker option from the play store? $50 speaker wires too. ugh.

IgnorantNerd said:
What app is that?
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jigawattlabs.rokujuice

ceribaen said:
It's a $300 bowling ball that will play music and videos from the Google Play store only... but you need your own speakers and TV for it as well.
Yeah, not really sure where they're going with this one.
If it was a proper home media server that allowed you to stream off your Nexus 7 or GNex phone (or your home PC)... then yeah. 300 would be a nice price for the integration.
It has shiny lights and visualizers though!
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I actually LOL'd at the visualizer

[Q] Movies

I would like to start watching some movies on my note 2. I don't want to download them to my device. I was thinking of using drop box and a program which puts dvds as a file. It takes a rather long time and I would rather not want to do this every time. Is there a website or something that allows you to Stream your own movies for free?

most movies nowadays come with ultraviolet copies. if your dvds don't then try setting your computer up as an ftp server and host them yourself
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reinaldistic said:
most movies nowadays come with ultraviolet copies. if your dvds don't then try setting your computer up as an ftp server and host them yourself
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How do you set up and do the ftp server thing?

islandjat said:
How do you set up and do the ftp server thing?
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if you were trying to "share" movies over your own home network, like watch movies that were on a home computer in another room, that would be easy. Stupid easy. Set your folder with movies as "shared" over the network, use something like BubbleUPnP player, or even XBMC for Android (quite a bit more complicated to set up, but Way Worth it, once you set up the library and shares) to browse and watch. (with XBMC, I woiuld set it up on the host sys, set up the libraries and metadata there for sharing over the network.)
if you are trying to "share" movies over the internet (from your home, I assume?), for you to watch when you were out at another location, well that's a hobby unto itself, and outside the scope of what you could expect here at XDA. Learning how to set up a "real" server (FTP, SMB/CIFS), takes time and (at least self-) education. People get paid to do that kind of stuff, right? Worth learning, if you have the time. But I don't have the time to even teach you the basics. There are no basics.
Not to mention most likely your bandwidth upstream from home, on most IPSs, is not very great. I wouldn't want to stream anything but standard definition vid files, And it might "kill" the internet use for anyone at home.
But for fun, here are some basic solutions and/or information for you to explore, get started. If you start to play around with networking, you'll quickly become a "computer genius" to family n friends. :
http://lifehacker.com/5919558/turn-...p-streaming-or-torrenting-machine-with-ubuntu
http://www.techsupportalert.com/content/how-i-set-home-file-server-free-review-freenas.htm (FreeNAS is one of my faves)
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/9659/how-to-install-and-setup-windows-home-server/ (WHS is another fave, even though they dont "make" it anymore, it can still be found, and is a stupid easy way to "get started" in servers if you're comfortable in the Windows environment, I always recommend it to anyone that doesn't want to get into command line *nix kinda stuff, just wants to play around with a functional and easy way to have a server, works great, and completely instantly compatible, obviously, with any Win based PCs at home.)
http://lifehacker.com/5821512/use-plex-to-stream-your-media-from-home-to-your-phone-anywhere-you-go (found this randomly, seems .. idk.)
Good Luck!

I use Remote Media Center from the play store. In conjuction with remote potato server app running on your home computer to serve your media. RMC will utilize MX player to handle the video playback on your phone. (Install MX player). I've been using this setup for almost a year no problem. I've got tons of video and pictures, music I don't need to carry with me.
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elniper said:
I use Remote Media Center from the play store. In conjuction with remote potato server app running on your home computer to serve your media. RMC will utilize MX player to handle the video playback on your phone. (Install MX player). I've been using this setup for almost a year no problem. I've got tons of video and pictures, music I don't need to carry with me.
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Huh. I should have guessed there would be new apps for this.
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kingdazy said:
Huh. I should have guessed there would be new apps for this.
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Yea.... Remote Media Center is the only one that's free with the most features.There are a couple others that you have to purchase the app and or server too, that are more polished.
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Our phones come with everything you need to do this already. I use this all the time. This video explains it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RJjDUe-NH0

You fellas dont know it huu -_- the BEST APP there is is this one . Ajd and its awesome true hd movies all for FREE!!!! new movies aswell. Hit thehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hd.peliculashdpro3 thanks button
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Nice, works for me!
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chuko303 said:
You fellas dont know it huu -_- the BEST APP there is is this one . Ajd and its awesome true hd movies all for FREE!!!! new movies aswell. Hit thehttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hd.peliculashdpro3 thanks button
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I downloaded this after seeing your post and have watched every new movie from 2012 I'd wanted to see but wouldn't pay $20 to go sit in a theater full of morons crunching popcorn, slurping soda, texting, talking and making my night miserable what a waste. I haven't been to a theater in 2 year's or so cause of that crap. Price is too high to go watch a movie that you miss half of from the rude idiots acting like they're sitting on their own couch and didnt just pay a small fortune to be there. I can't quite figure out why the prices have gotten so high its not like the theaters have gotten any nicer or more private. I could see a price increase if they weren't packing 200+ people in a 150'x150' room im seats where you're practically sitting on each others lap.
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I downloaded this after seeing your post and have watched every new movie from 2012 I'd wanted to see but wouldn't pay $20 to go sit in a theater full of morons crunching popcorn, slurping soda, texting, talking and making my night miserable what a waste. I haven't been to a theater in 2 year's or so cause of that crap. Price is too high to go watch a movie that you miss half of from the rude idiots acting like they're sitting on their own couch and didnt just pay a small fortune to be there. I can't quite figure out why the prices have gotten so high its not like the theaters have gotten any nicer or more private. I could see a price increase if they weren't packing 200+ people in a 150'x150' room im seats where you're practically sitting on each others lap.
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Iphone will NEVER have an app where you can watch free full length hd movies hahha
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I downloaded this after seeing your post and have watched every new movie from 2012 I'd wanted to see but wouldn't pay $20 to go sit in a theater full of morons crunching popcorn, slurping soda, texting, talking and making my night miserable what a waste. I haven't been to a theater in 2 year's or so cause of that crap. Price is too high to go watch a movie that you miss half of from the rude idiots acting like they're sitting on their own couch and didnt just pay a small fortune to be there. I can't quite figure out why the prices have gotten so high its not like the theaters have gotten any nicer or more private. I could see a price increase if they weren't packing 200+ people in a 150'x150' room im seats where you're practically sitting on each others lap.
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it's basic economics. wherein a business is not considered successful unless there is measurable Growth in profits to show to investors every year. (ie: "how can we squeeze more money from our customers while bringing production costs down/delivering less, and do it better than last year?") theaters have become the worst experience you can have for $15, hands down.
if it wasn't for IMAX, i wouldn't go to theaters at all. even then, at home i've got excellent surround sound, 55" screen. and i get to take pee breaks. and i make way better snacks than Regal. (you haven't lived until you've had my open-faced chopped steak and provolone sandwich)
and people wonder why i'm a verified, unrepentant, and proud pirate. over 700 movies in my collection, and counting. (not to mention TV seasons... and hundreds of thousands of songs...) that's why I maintain a robust server in my basement. any bit of my media collection is accessible by any terminal in the house.
call me a hypocrite if you like, but i never pirate software. and verbally slam those that do. *shrug*

Why would they have an app that allows for not so legal activity in the play store?

Questions like this is why they get pulled........ shhhhhh
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Exactly shhhhhhhhhh
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Its internet connection is blocked by AdBlock and after I opened it it placed another app shortcut on my homescreen "Aplicaciones". No thank you. Looks fishy. Uninstalled.

Worked fine for me with adblock and no shortcut created. Checked out with several phone and pc based av progs too.
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spotopolis said:
Its internet connection is blocked by AdBlock and after I opened it it placed another app shortcut on my homescreen "Aplicaciones". No thank you. Looks fishy. Uninstalled.
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I can confirm this. Looks cool but push notificatons on my notificatin bar. Unistalled.
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mexiking713 said:
I can confirm this. Looks cool but push notificatons on my notificatin bar. Unistalled.
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That's what airblocker is for :thumbup:
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On sale ebay $199 32gb with touch cover.

I couldn't resist this deal but reading the reviews now was it really a good buy?
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It was a hell of a deal, much better than most of us who have them got it for. You're asking us to tell you, after the fact, if it was wise? That's between you, your use cases, and your money. You should always know what you're buying, whather it costs $2 or $200...
With that said, if your use cases are anything close to what the tablet is good at, yeah, that's a hell of a steal.

Primarily movies and streaming media like tv shows and stuff.
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Quite good for that, though you might want to get a microSD card if you want to store movies locally. Those will use up the internal storage quickly.

Yeah, this is a good price. Probably a student or teaching staff that's flogging it though.

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Quite good for that, though you might want to get a microSD card if you want to store movies locally. Those will use up the internal storage quickly.
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Yeah but I never store movies seeing them once is enough lol. Plus you can find everything online these days so.
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Indeed a very good deal. at that price the surface is the best tablet For me, I bought it because I moved to another country and didn't had a PC at that time. So for that it's a very good deal as you have a tablet and a pc at the same time/ I wanted to be able to use my USB device but also be able to browse my network drives connect via ssh to my apple tv,...

diamantericos said:
Yeah but I never store movies seeing them once is enough lol. Plus you can find everything online these days so.
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Plus you can get USB hard drives quite cheaply now, especially with the money you have saved on the surface in the first place. Stick movies on there for long term storage.
You will probably want the microSD anyway though, 32gb on a windows machine is very little. You can use 64gb microSD's in it I think, or just use 32 or less I guess.

diamantericos said:
I couldn't resist this deal but reading the reviews now was it really a good buy?
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I too couldn't resist. Mine arrived yesterday. While it has "REFURBISHED" stickers, both the unit and keyboard look brand new. The only minor sign of prior use is with the power supply.
I've been running RT 8.1 on my Dell XPS 10, so I knew what I was in for as far as the OS is concerned. In other words, I am very happy it jumped.

diamantericos said:
I couldn't resist this deal but reading the reviews now was it really a good buy?
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Buying what?
You might want to be more detailed for those of us reading on tapatalk...

I bought mine in the uk last weekend for £319 with touch cover, I knew exactly what I was buying, as I hate the ipad and have grown to detest android, even after having and hacking a dell streak, Motorola droid etc. I also used ios for years with jailbreak and in the week I have had the surface I have to say am very happy. if I had bought at $199 I would be singing from the roof tops as that's a steal. it is a tablet that divides opinion, because the world, cant see how not having to sync to the bloody terrible iTunes is a good thing. tonight I have rearranged the music on the usb stick, I use in my lexus, written a couple of lengthy emails with attachments, reviewed a couple hotels, and created half a power point presentation all from my tablet.
I can honestly say that the only thing I am missing from ios and android is bad piggies and I am pretty sure that Google and apple fanboys would say that's cause there app stores are better, they maybe but they make up or stale hardware.

rydroid said:
I can honestly say that the only thing I am missing from ios and android is bad piggies and I am pretty sure that Google and apple fanboys would say that's cause there app stores are better, they maybe but they make up or stale hardware.
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At one point Rovio mentioned that Bad Piggies would release on windows 8, and the unity game engine does support both windows 8 and RT, no idea what happened to that.