No Gtablet in the Sears ad for Black Friday? Yes there is.

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Added: Sorry for the post here, but after a brief run through with the 101 8gb and see how the hotswap works fine, hard drives work, two logical drives showing in storage mode and wiimote working- kind of got me frustrated that something as basic for hardware does not work on the Gtablet.


Edited, since the G is in the ad. Edit: Will the many out of box issues create a return frenzy?

1. Accelerometer screwed up
2. Microsd not seen in USB storage mode
3. Microsd & USB not hot swappable
4. Hard drives (FAT32, of course) do not appear to work
5. Box still has Flash on it
6. No download option on the web page for the half a55 update the OEM did.
7. Viewing angles only a modder would learn to love.
8. Laggy UI
9. Youtube does not work hardly at all. In fact, putting the word "work" in the sentence, takes the point out of context- It is broken.
10. Most popular game on Android (so far) evah! does not work (Angry Birds) nor does a few others without the Nvidia patch.
11. Bluetooth and USB devices appear to not work well at all
12. One of the dumbest app market access solutions since the DIVX movie rental disaster by Circuit City (remember that?).

Sure, the Archos 101 is gimped with half the ram and a 3630, but items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 , 10 and 11 actually work very well- JUST as the Gtablet should have.

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Saturday my G goes back and I will hover like a buzzard for a refurb. My guess is there will be plenty of "carcasses" to choose from

Just curious with all the issues you pointed out why you would want a refurb one at all.

Hoping the issues are not absolute and will be fixed

Originally Posted by rushless

I did not see it- did more aware folks in Sears marketing see a train wreck in the making? This device has too many issues, especially for the "out of box", non-tinkering consumer majority that exists:

1. Accelerometer screwed up
2. Microsd not seen in USB storage mode
3. Microsd & USB not hot swappable
4. Hard drives (FAT32, of course) do not appear to work
5. Box still has Flash on it
6. No download option on the web page for the half a55 update the OEM did.
7. Viewing angles only a modder would learn to love.
8. Laggy UI
9. Youtube does not work hardly at all. In fact, putting the word "work" in the sentence, takes the point out of context- It is broken.
10. Most popular game on Android (so far) evah! does not work (Angry Birds) nor does a few others without the Nvidia patch.
11. Bluetooth and USB devices appear to not work well at all
12. One of the dumbest app market access solutions since the DIVX movie rental disaster by Circuit City (remember that?).

Sure, the Archos 101 is gimped with half the ram and a 3630, but items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 , 10 and 11 actually work very well- JUST as the Gtablet should have.

added:

Saturday my G goes back and I will hover like a buzzard for a refurb. My guess is there will be plenty of "carcasses" to choose from

Maybe you can lurk around for mine then. sorry guys, but it looks like I'm going to jump ship to. I've learned how to work around most of the software limitations, but I just can't seem to get around the horrible ergonomics of this thing. Got past the power button and side button limitations, somewhat. I'm just really tired of accidentally hitting the back button, home button, considerable eye fatigue when reading, carpal tunnel, after prolonged use, etc. Such a shame. I really think this thing has a lot of potential outside of all that. I may hold out for the Notion Ink Adam, supposedly going to be available for pre-order in a week or so.

Originally Posted by rushless

I did not see it- did more aware folks in Sears marketing see a train wreck in the making? This device has too many issues, especially for the "out of box", non-tinkering consumer majority that exists:

1. Accelerometer screwed up
2. Microsd not seen in USB storage mode
3. Microsd & USB not hot swappable
4. Hard drives (FAT32, of course) do not appear to work
5. Box still has Flash on it
6. No download option on the web page for the half a55 update the OEM did.
7. Viewing angles only a modder would learn to love.
8. Laggy UI
9. Youtube does not work hardly at all. In fact, putting the word "work" in the sentence, takes the point out of context- It is broken.
10. Most popular game on Android (so far) evah! does not work (Angry Birds) nor does a few others without the Nvidia patch.
11. Bluetooth and USB devices appear to not work well at all
12. One of the dumbest app market access solutions since the DIVX movie rental disaster by Circuit City (remember that?).

Sure, the Archos 101 is gimped with half the ram and a 3630, but items 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9 , 10 and 11 actually work very well- JUST as the Gtablet should have.

added:

Saturday my G goes back and I will hover like a buzzard for a refurb. My guess is there will be plenty of "carcasses" to choose from

The gTablet is in the Thanksgiving Day Ad in my area. (Sears is open 7am-Noon)$379 + free case. Just picked one up- they had about 30 in stock.

Originally Posted by craigwillie

The gTablet is in the Thanksgiving Day Ad in my area. (Sears is open 7am-Noon)$379 + free case. Just picked one up- they had about 30 in stock.

Must be regional then? No add in mine (Kentucky area).

Here in Connecticut the ad came out yesterday for today's (Thanksgiving Day) sale. Only about 45 minutes left for the deal. Tried to go yesterday to Staples for match price but it turned into a hassle so I left. Thought about going to Sears today, purchase, return to Staples all to save $15. Decided not worth my time. Perhaps Sears will put it back on sale after next weekend when they only sell 10 of these. Especially when netbooks are on sale today for less than $200. Walmart had a great looking one.

Gtab $380 @ sears w/ MIR for a DOCK!

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New poster/long-time lurker here.... Wanted to let you know about this:

1. Surf to sears' shoplocal site (sears.shoplocal.com)
2. View Sears' 11/25 ads - Gtab is on the front for $380.
3. Click on the front page to view the ad, then
4. Click on the Gtab (this will take you to sears' online shop).
5. Click on the "buy online" button.
6. Notice that there is now a mail-in rebate! So, click on the "details" link.
7. The MIR is for a free DOCK! (6-8 weeks....)

Furthermore, I bought my gtab on 11/21, then took it back and asked for today's deal. They re-rung my purchase for today, gave me $20 back, and now I have a receipt dated TODAY so that I can get the dock....

Originally Posted by markgolly

New poster/long-time lurker here.... Wanted to let you know about this:

1. Surf to sears' shoplocal site (sears.shoplocal.com)
2. View Sears' 11/25 ads - Gtab is on the front for $380.
3. Click on the front page to view the ad, then
4. Click on the Gtab (this will take you to sears' online shop).
5. Click on the "buy online" button.
6. Notice that there is now a mail-in rebate! So, click on the "details" link.
7. The MIR is for a free DOCK! (6-8 weeks....)

Furthermore, I bought my gtab on 11/21, then took it back and asked for today's deal. They re-rung my purchase for today, gave me $20 back, and now I have a receipt dated TODAY so that I can get the dock....

Our Sears ad did not have the 101. Weird. I pity my narrow minded lack of consideration for other sources except our mailed ad.

Originally Posted by craigwillie

The gTablet is in the Thanksgiving Day Ad in my area. (Sears is open 7am-Noon)$379 + free case. Just picked one up- they had about 30 in stock.

At least you are able to pick one up inside a brick and mortar store compared with the Archos 101 which is no where to be found.