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Default [Q] Multiple Users Accounts Possible?

Hey guys,

I just preordered the Asus Eee Pad, main use is not just for me, but for the family.

I was wondering if it's possible to have a selectable account when using the the Tablet, sorta like how Windows/OS X allows you to login and have your own specific "desktop" or in this case "Home" page?

Is this possible?

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No seperate user accounts in the way windows has it, but you can tie seperate syncing/app accounts to 1 transformer.
 
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i too think this would be a great feature, even if you dont have a "user selection" but rather different lockscreen patterns or pins. enter your personal pin or lockscreen pattern and it opens to your custom homescreens, caching, app data etc...
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I would really like a multiple profile feature, but I think it'd have to be done at an Android OS level. I haven't seen anything like this for any tablet, though
 
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I would really like a multiple profile feature, but I think it'd have to be done at an Android OS level. I haven't seen anything like this for any tablet, though
i think a launcher could do it.
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A Launcher could do it marginally well. You would have to manually switch profiles, and it would only affect what showed up in your app drawer and on you home screens.

It would have to be done on an OS level or individually for each app if you wanted different email account notifications based on user, or different settings based on user.
 
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Theres no multi user support but your not the first to request it http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=15030
 
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It just seems like a feature that should be supported, no?

Hope to see this feature added in soon.

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My transformer arrives today and I've been wandering about this.

Has anyone tried this/this
 
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Isn't this the initial process for the creation of bloatware?
More and more features requested.

 
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