Few questions before I take the plunge

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Alright so I've wanted a tablet for a while now. None of the Froyo ones of the past really appealed to me but now there's of course the Iconia A500 and the Transformer out...well, if you can find it.

I was initially sold on the Transformer, in fact I would've picked it up on the first day had there been any stock...but now I've also been hearing about a lot of problems with the Transformer (bricking, touchscreens failing, and more).

So right now I'm really considering the Iconia, but I have a few questions for those of you who already have it.

Basically, there a few things which the Iconia must do well. I'm a huge YouTube user and I need a solid, reliable experience with that. My dear old Droid Eris (rooted) occasionally hiccups when it comes to YouTube (HQ not playing, etc) so I was wondering how the YT experience is on the Iconia (any video lag, choppiness, etc...)

And of course next is web browsing. So far I've only heard good things in this regard, that it works pretty much like you would expect of a desktop, which is good. Any issues? Is the browsing smooth? I hate to make this comparison here, but it's inevitable...how is it in comparison to the iPad? I would never buy an iPad, but my father has one so I just need something to consider it to. Lack of flash notwithstanding, it's pretty smooth and responsive...

Other than though I'm excited at the prospect of charging my phone and tethering at the same time, haha. Honeycomb looks really great and I really want to take the plunge.

Also, I've read people saying that Best Buy has a 14 day return policy...is there a re-stocking fee or anything? Would be a great way to try it out.

So, if you can let me know what you think of your Iconias, I'd appreciate it a lot! Pros, cons?

I have been test driving my roommate's xoom which should be pretty similar to the a500 in terms of performanceand I have to inform you that youtube is not as good as with ipad. I dont know if it's the tegra 2 or if honeycomb needs cleaning up but there are frame rate stutters that I see on there that I dont see on my desktop or the ipad 2

The websurfing is fine. It's fairly smooth. However, the one site that choked the crap out of the xoom is this forum...which i found odd.

Okay, so then I was thinking of waiting for Tegra 3, but then I recalled that it can't be the hardware, YouTube HAS to be able to run on a dual core 1GHz, and it must be the software, which can be updated in the future...

Hmm...anyone else?

If anyone has experience with Best Buy's return policy that would be idea, that way I can try it out for myself

Originally Posted by cdkizzle

Okay, so then I was thinking of waiting for Tegra 3, but then I recalled that it can't be the hardware, YouTube HAS to be able to run on a dual core 1GHz, and it must be the software, which can be updated in the future...

Hmm...anyone else?

If anyone has experience with Best Buy's return policy that would be idea, that way I can try it out for myself

I think the issue is not with the chip but more of the os. Alot of people need to remember honeycomb is so new that there will be alot of updates once it becomes a main stream os . Even apple had issues with the youtube when it first came out . Also the ipad does not play flash alot of sites have videos that youwont be able to watch sometimes .

I have the first Gen Ipad which i love but in all honesty the iconia and my dell stream have got me hooked on android. When rooted you pretty much have the freedom to do whatever you want and even when your not rooted apps can be installed via email or SD card when some cell providers block apps. Also remember as new chips come out your going to run into issues some apps are not going to work for that chip. For example the atrix had few issues where some market apps will not work with a dual core cpu . Hope this helped

Mine seems to play video fine

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I use the youtube app and have had no problems whatsoever. I recently added qqplayer to play divx movies and it seems to be running fine as well. I am very pleased with it overall.

Alright, thanks for the input. Anyone else?

Also, if someone knows the the deal is with Best Buy's return policy that would be cool.

The device for me has been running great youtube app runs great lags once in a while but nothing major,

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Originally Posted by cdkizzle

Alright, thanks for the input. Anyone else?

Also, if someone knows the the deal is with Best Buy's return policy that would be cool.

youtube stutters quite a bit on HD videos but it does it on both the Xoom and Iconia so it is probably Honeycomb. When Adobe put out an update recently it mentioned to a hardware acceleration fix in a future Honeycomb update.

As far as BB goes, their return policy is 14 days and no restocking fee. Returned a Xoom with no problems.

Originally Posted by dsEVOlve

youtube stutters quite a bit on HD videos but it does it on both the Xoom and Iconia so it is probably Honeycomb. When Adobe put out an update recently it mentioned to a hardware acceleration fix in a future Honeycomb update.

As far as BB goes, their return policy is 14 days and no restocking fee. Returned a Xoom with no problems.

That's awesome, I think I'll go buy it to try it out and see if I like it.

great let us know how u like it ;/

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