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Have you tried rotating it when on the homescreen yet?
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Have you tried rotating it when on the homescreen yet?
DanielT
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It's designed not to be rotated on the home screen.
happypig
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I hadn't. That's a bit of a fail.
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Eh?
OK then - you're watching a film, or playing a game, in landscape and you're done and pop back out to the homescreen. Oh - it's wrongly oriented in portrait.
That is a very, very strange 'feature' to have.
LamieRobertson
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totally off topic...is ya neck better?
gullty
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Try a different launcher.Nova, Apex, Zeam, all available free or pay at play store.
Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
That is very weird. I have an Asus transformer and there's a little check box which allows for reorientation of the home screen. Doesn't jelly bean include this?
Edit: just read up about it and although jelly bean includes the feature Google locked the nexus 7 home screen display for some bizarre and stupid reason. Ridiculous that at the moment one would need to use a different launcher in order to have full functionality.
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Biancazzurro
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I've got a rooted Kindle Fire running Jelly Bean and I love it! It does everything I need including playing HD video and has a lower spec than the Nexus 7. If and when it dies I'd happily go for a Nexus if it performs anything like my current tab.
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We have been looking at the transformer.
Could you give me your take on pro's and cons please.
Green Cross Code Man
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We have been looking at the transformer.
Could you give me your take on pro's and cons please.
Hi, I've had my transformer since just before Christmas and on the whole I've been pleased with it. I use it a lot to write and browse and send emails etc. The calendar functions etc help to organize my life so that now i know what I'm doing (useful as I'm at that age when I'm likely to forget) and it syncs seamlessly to my Google account with contacts etc. I guess this is pretty much the experience with any android tablet user though. An advantage of the transformer is the ability to add a keyboard dock, i haven't bought one,i use an app called Swype to type very quickly, it's great!
On the negative side, although ics was a big step up from honeycomb, there were some compatibility issues with Asus tablets (not the only ones, even Motorola has similar problems with the xoom) which caused some machines to have random reboots and other minor problems. These have largely been smoothed out now and the experience is, at least for me almost perfect. On a build level, the speakers are not particularly great quality especially the left one, i have a 101, i don't know if that was improved with the prime. The prime is a pretty fantastic machine i believe but i can't comment as i don't own one.
All in all I've been very pleased although the software issues were a bit annoying tbh.
You're aware this is also a 'feature' of iOS?
We have been looking at the transformer.
Could you give me your take on pro's and cons please.
Hang on in there until August Asus Transformer Pad Infinity TF700 is due for August UK release - The Inquirer
Pros great spec class leading specification
Cons - The manufacturer is dishonest, unreliable, or illegal, especially in a devious way (allegedly)
Latest update my super tough well 'ard 7 inch wonder tablet is due for delivery today.
Tests Suggest Google Nexus 7 Tougher Than New iPad - News - Trusted Reviews
1-0 to the shonky boys.
Tests Suggest Google Nexus 7 Tougher Than New iPad - News - Trusted Reviews
1-0 to the shonky boys.
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Many thanks for your knowledge..................but August is such a long way away............... can i manage it
Yes i can, just!
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No, no it's not. I rotate my iOS tablet and the home page correctly turns with me.
(I can choose for that not to happen and lock it and prevent this behaviour. But it's my choice.)
DanielT
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No doubt it will be possible to rotate homescreen soon. If something bugs users, google are pretty good about adding options. Or there will be a third party option to do so.
Unlike the ios dictatorship ;-)
One shiny new device in my mitts.
First up storage. Hmm not much doing with the USB port, tether to a PC no problem, stick a USB drive in and no can do. This was sort of what I expected, bit more surprised then that my portable USB charger doesn't play nice, still with a 10 hour run time, there should be no major panics on recharging.
Next up the 3G thing. I created a mobile hotspot on my low cost android phone, connected via Wifi and bingo, we are mobile.
First up storage. Hmm not much doing with the USB port, tether to a PC no problem, stick a USB drive in and no can do. This was sort of what I expected, bit more surprised then that my portable USB charger doesn't play nice, still with a 10 hour run time, there should be no major panics on recharging.
Next up the 3G thing. I created a mobile hotspot on my low cost android phone, connected via Wifi and bingo, we are mobile.
gullty
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Daddies_Sauce
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Google halts new orders for 16GB Nexus 7, surprised by demand | Technology | guardian.co.uk
"In the UK, Tesco is understood to have turned down a number of orders made online for the 16GB version after overwhelming demand. It is not selling the 8GB version." - I'm still waiting to find out if my order will be fulfilled, it's due to be available for collection from store tomorrow.
"In the UK, Tesco is understood to have turned down a number of orders made online for the 16GB version after overwhelming demand. It is not selling the 8GB version." - I'm still waiting to find out if my order will be fulfilled, it's due to be available for collection from store tomorrow.