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[Q] Viewsonic g tablet ram upgrade

My G-Tablet came with 512 mhz of Ram is there an easu way to upgrade the ram at home?

bump, please, someone have the answer to this. i am also interested if it is possible to upgrade the hd.

Mine has 512 megabytes of usb power and a terebyte of processor wtf @@
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beleedat said:
Hahaha made my day. thank you.
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Mog, and the other two...
Why do you guys make fun of these questions?
They obviously have a legitament question which you can be answerd. No need to answer in the way you did.
First of all, The Gtab, in essence is a Malata zpad. And the T2 version was offered with 1gig of ram... If you did some reaserch you can see this. It is a legitament question.
I never took apart a GTab so I have no idea if its possible.
As far as the hard drive, you could have mentioned to them that it uses a flash based memory and may not be upgradable.
Was that so hard?
Reading responses like this is the reason why I don't like to comment on this forum.

MALUMAN said:
Reading responses like this is the reason why I don't like to comment on this forum.
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God's sentence!

Interesting
I'll take my gTablet apart later when I get home from work and let you know if the RAM is soldered onto the board or if you can swap it out. My guess is that it's soldered.

I've taken mine apart and it's not like a PC or netbook where you have SIMM slots to add / change RAM - it's a chip soldered onto the board.
With that in mind - it may not be impossible, but definitely not an easy task, imo.

roebeet said:
I've taken mine apart and it's not like a PC or netbook where you have SIMM slots to add / change RAM - it's a chip soldered onto the board.
With that in mind - it may not be impossible, but definitely not an easy task, imo.
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SIMM Slots? Thanks for that flashback.

rr5678 said:
SIMM Slots? Thanks for that flashback.
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SIMM slots, math co-processors and HS/Link. Ah, the good old days...

*facepalm*
First of all. 512MB of RAM, DIMM slots, etc... My head hurts.
Brief spark of flame... Onto the help.
In my brief stint at staples, I saw the release of the G Tablet. And VERY quickly saw its recall. Whether you are running the original or their "fixed" edition, common sense derives you should get out from under that thing and get a much better tablet (anything not made by ViewSonic would be a GREAT start).
Now, onto what I do know about upgrading Soldered RAM. In almost ALL cases pertaining to ram that is soldered to the motherboard, it is almost impossible to upgrade it in anyway. I say "almost" because there is one exception I know of to date.
The original Xbox (ohhhhh, i miss that big black brick!!!). It came stock with 64MB of internal RAM. Soldered to the board. But there were 4 extra "slots" to solder down additional RAM as long as it was RAM from the same generation board (as there were a total of 8 or 9 different editions of the xbox motherboard released) and it was done CAREFULLY.
I highly doubt that viewsonic had any need or want to allow for expandability in their horrible excuse for a tablet (seriously, I think the nook color is faster than that pile of garbage). So my general answer (thanks to process of elimination) is NO, it will not be possible.
Have a nice day!

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AngelosDracul said:
First of all. 512MB of RAM, DIMM slots, etc... My head hurts.
Brief spark of flame... Onto the help.
In my brief stint at staples, I saw the release of the G Tablet. And VERY quickly saw its recall. Whether you are running the original or their "fixed" edition, common sense derives you should get out from under that thing and get a much better tablet (anything not made by ViewSonic would be a GREAT start).
Now, onto what I do know about upgrading Soldered RAM. In almost ALL cases pertaining to ram that is soldered to the motherboard, it is almost impossible to upgrade it in anyway. I say "almost" because there is one exception I know of to date.
The original Xbox (ohhhhh, i miss that big black brick!!!). It came stock with 64MB of internal RAM. Soldered to the board. But there were 4 extra "slots" to solder down additional RAM as long as it was RAM from the same generation board (as there were a total of 8 or 9 different editions of the xbox motherboard released) and it was done CAREFULLY.
I highly doubt that viewsonic had any need or want to allow for expandability in their horrible excuse for a tablet (seriously, I think the nook color is faster than that pile of garbage). So my general answer (thanks to process of elimination) is NO, it will not be possible.
Have a nice day!
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Stop using effing Tap'nTap and throw a custom ROM on there and stop whining.

You talking to me or the OP?
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AngelosDracul said:
You talking to me or the OP?
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I was talking to you. Now my original post may be a bit harsh, but I'm sick of hearing the complaints about Viewsonic's stock software. Everyone knows it sucks ass. That's why there's ROMs like Vegan-Tab. Try that out, see if it changes your mind about this tablet.

rr5678 said:
I was talking to you. Now my original post may be a bit harsh, but I'm sick of hearing the complaints about Viewsonic's stock software. Everyone knows it sucks ass. That's why there's ROMs like Vegan-Tab. Try that out, see if it changes your mind about this tablet.
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+1000
I bought one just to dabble around with since my HP laptop that I was using for web surfing died. tried the stock ROM, holy s***, what a pile. Put Vegan Tab on it and it is quite a nice tablet now. Of course I did my research, and decided that I don't need 1 GB RAM especially with the improved performance of the Vegan ROM. But, if I decide to go the internal GPS route, I might go for some RAM too while I'm in there if it is possible.
EDIT: Just noticed, I have been on here for almost a year, and this is my first post.

rr5678 said:
I was talking to you. Now my original post may be a bit harsh, but I'm sick of hearing the complaints about Viewsonic's stock software. Everyone knows it sucks ass. That's why there's ROMs like Vegan-Tab. Try that out, see if it changes your mind about this tablet.
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Hmmm. I was not talking about the software. I was talking about the sad excuse for original hardware. You might have gotten it AFTER the recall. But they RECALLED it for a reason. My store got 100 of them in at launch, and all of them got recalled within the following month. Why? The GPU's were built wrong. And I had a few customers flash custom ROMs and still had the same issues.
Thanks for the clarity, though. We were apparently talking about two different generations of tablets.
And either way. I hate everything Viewsonic makes. Spend another 50 bucks and get a better quality piece of hardware. I have never had anything but trouble with ANY of their products in the 7 years I have been in electronics retail.

AngelosDracul said:
Hmmm. I was not talking about the software. I was talking about the sad excuse for original hardware. You might have gotten it AFTER the recall. But they RECALLED it for a reason. My store got 100 of them in at launch, and all of them got recalled within the following month. Why? The GPU's were built wrong. And I had a few customers flash custom ROMs and still had the same issues.
Thanks for the clarity, though. We were apparently talking about two different generations of tablets.
And either way. I hate everything Viewsonic makes. Spend another 50 bucks and get a better quality piece of hardware. I have never had anything but trouble with ANY of their products in the 7 years I have been in electronics retail.
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I got one of the original units a month after it came out. When I got it, there were no issues whatsoever after flashing a custom ROM. It got sent back during one of my "dumbass wanna-be dev" moments (I tried to get Windows CE on it and flashed the wrong BCT)
My 2nd one had a busted screen
3rd a busted screen LED backlight
and now the 4th is on it's way out (it thinks it's charging all......the.....time)
All my units are before the recall.
(and Tapn'Tap is still one huge Pileo'**** )

Did not want to "Flame" you with my last response. But it seems that your history with the device is kind of shot. lol. There are just so many problems with the VS name, that I gave up on them YEARS ago when I first started selling Home Theater and Computer tech with their logos on it. *sigh*
And for the record, I have never used Tap'n'tap, unless it was on a demo unit (for the quick week we had them) in store at Staples! (lol)
AAAAAAAAAAAND... I am a n00b to ROM/Flashing/Etc... , but learn quick, and have absorbed A LOT just on the epic in the past two weeks since I got my phone (first smart phone ever). I really hope to step up and contribute to the community here and weigh in. This is one of those sites that will live for a VERY long time, unlike Xbox-HQ, which is the last site I was an administrator on.

AngelosDracul said:
Did not want to "Flame" you with my last response. But it seems that your history with the device is kind of shot. lol. There are just so many problems with the VS name, that I gave up on them YEARS ago when I first started selling Home Theater and Computer tech with their logos on it. *sigh*
And for the record, I have never used Tap'n'tap, unless it was on a demo unit (for the quick week we had them) in store at Staples! (lol)
AAAAAAAAAAAND... I am a n00b to ROM/Flashing/Etc... , but learn quick, and have absorbed A LOT just on the epic in the past two weeks since I got my phone (first smart phone ever). I really hope to step up and contribute to the community here and weigh in. This is one of those sites that will live for a VERY long time, unlike Xbox-HQ, which is the last site I was an administrator on.
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Yeah, all these problems are starting to make me hate the G-Tablet
I wanted to blow up the tablet when I tried to use Tapn'Tap
And yes, this site will last a long time. At least I hope it does.

The memory as far as I can tell is in the FBGA package. Which means Fine Pitch Ball Grid Array. In otherwords you can't just get in there with a solding iron like a metcal, and a microscope and change it. It would require more expensive equipment to reflow the chip off and replace it with a 1 gb Ram package. What they use on the 1GB version is HYNIX H5PS1G83EFR-S6C.

NVidia Tegra 3 - Project Kal-El reveals further information - now on FIVE cores

Details down on the link below.
http://www.seednonym.com/2011/09/nvidia-kal-el-reveals-fifth-core.html
NVidia Tegra 3 has now revealed its whitepapers and guess what, the upcoming quad-core processor runs on 4 + 1 cores instead of just four. Check out the link above and the attached whitepapers!
Feeling excited? You bet. The whitepapers include various benchmark performance comparisons and detailed information regarding the soon-to-be released SoC.
If you don't know much about the Tegra roadmap, please visit.
http://www.seednonym.com/2011/09/nvidia-tegra-nd-qualcomm-snapdragon.html
For the complete details.

Great! now our batteries will be drained in 1 hour instead of 1 day
seriously, when are we going to hear news about new super long life batteries that can last a month on 1 charge?

AllGamer said:
Great! now our batteries will be drained in 1 hour instead of 1 day
seriously, when are we going to hear news about new super long life batteries that can last a month on 1 charge?
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Actually, no. If you have read the article, you should know that the cores are not used simultaneously for every single task.
The attached picture in the article shows how the cores are utilized separately, so in reality, the companion core is there to help you save battery, not drain it further.

Does this documentation being released imply that the first kal-el tablets should be here soon??

Actually Tegra 3 was due end of August but reportedly because it wants to co-release with the Asus Tf2 and ICS the unveiling is delayed even until now. Expect October!

I really hope so as October is only a few weeks away, but isn't it weird that not much info has been leaked about any specific Kal-El devices.
I mean we know that the TF2 will have Kal-El, but how come not much info is known about the TF2 itself. Usually specs and some pics or something leaks way ahead of release.
I'm just worried that my wait is going to be dragged out until 2012

No.I don't feel excited. I don't want to see another hardware war on phones. Had enough with computers.
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richteralan said:
No.I don't feel excited. I don't want to see another hardware war on phones. Had enough with computers.
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Hard ware wars does keep the competitiveness up.

richteralan said:
No.I don't feel excited. I don't want to see another hardware war on phones. Had enough with computers.
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Hardware-wars are a GOOD thing. It means more choice and lower prices with more feature for more people. This is how wealth gets extended deeper and deeper across society--by making more goods and services accessible even at the low end .
So, does this mean Tegra 4 will be out in a year when Windows 8 launches? I can't wait to replace my iPad with a Win8 Tegra powered slate!

jasongw said:
Hardware-wars are a GOOD thing. It means more choice and lower prices with more feature for more people. This is how wealth gets extended deeper and deeper across society--by making more goods and services accessible even at the low end .
So, does this mean Tegra 4 will be out in a year when Windows 8 launches? I can't wait to replace my iPad with a Win8 Tegra powered slate!
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Supposedly ASUS is releasing a Win 8 powered Tegra 3 transformer next year april.

I saw tegra3 benchmark information. Really Lunge performance and low power are expected to meet at the same time.

jh_papa said:
I saw tegra3 benchmark information. Really Lunge performance and low power are expected to meet at the same time.
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Yes, all thanks to nVidia's ULP technology. Now with the companion core it further dumbs down the need for all four cores in casual tasks and distributes tasks evenly.

jasongw said:
Hardware-wars are a GOOD thing. It means more choice and lower prices with more feature for more people. This is how wealth gets extended deeper and deeper across society--by making more goods and services accessible even at the low end .
So, does this mean Tegra 4 will be out in a year when Windows 8 launches? I can't wait to replace my iPad with a Win8 Tegra powered slate!
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And yet we fully forget the software.
I prefer a more optimized Android which requires less computing power than hardware wars.
This is like computer programming again: fewer devs willing to optimize their software and mostly rely on exponential increase in hardware powers.
But wait! You may not know that the hardware power will not increase indefinitely. And all these four-five-eight cores SoC will be some niche market items.

ToonXW said:
...so in reality, the companion core is there to help you save battery, not drain it further.
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Is the companion core an Aperture approved device?

It seems powerful
Maybe 10 hrs of Apple cant even withstand 2 hours of playing

richteralan said:
And yet we fully forget the software.
I prefer a more optimized Android which requires less computing power than hardware wars.
This is like computer programming again: fewer devs willing to optimize their software and mostly rely on exponential increase in hardware powers.
But wait! You may not know that the hardware power will not increase indefinitely. And all these four-five-eight cores SoC will be some niche market items.
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That's what we are hoping ICS to bring with the new platform. The current Gingerbread doesn't even exploit the full potential of dual-cores and neither Honeycomb does.
Loggerhead87 said:
Is the companion core an Aperture approved device?
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Sorry but what does "aperture approved" mean? I know only it in camera terms.

ToonXW said:
That's what we are hoping ICS to bring with the new platform. The current Gingerbread doesn't even exploit the full potential of dual-cores and neither Honeycomb does.
Sorry but what does "aperture approved" mean? I know only it in camera terms.
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Aperture Science is a fictional corporation from Valve's Half Life and Portal game series...

Mr. Raven'sFjord said:
Aperture Science is a fictional corporation from Valve's Half Life and Portal game series...
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What?! LOL

ToonXW said:
What?! LOL
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In the games Portal and Portal 2, there is an 'entity' known as the Weighted Companion Cube, built by a company called Aperture Science. It's pretty much an internet meme.

Sjael said:
In the games Portal and Portal 2, there is an 'entity' known as the Weighted Companion Cube, built by a company called Aperture Science. It's pretty much an internet meme.
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I see! LOL thanks for the input.

What to Expect Tomorrow? Apple's Annual Media Convention at Cupertino Headquarters

The tension is peaking and the official media event of Apple will launch tomorrow!
Find out more in the link below:
http://www.seednonym.com/2011/10/what-to-expect-tomorrow-apples-annual.html
Will keep you guys posted on any further updates.
Do provide me feedbacks!

A lot of people are in for a huge disappontment tomorrow.

AnyMal said:
A lot of people are in for a huge disappontment tomorrow.
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Typical Apple. They will leave you either utterly impressed or vastly disappointed.

Is not the media event . Is it ? I read it was lets talk iphone event. Anyways im waiting to see what they come out with sold my iphone 4 already and if that next iphone comes out and impress me enough I'll get it
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4s confirm got adi
but still duno the spec for 4s and 5 ><

perhaps this time instead of the Antennae-gate problem, they might possibly see GPS-gate or Battery-gate

jgalan14 said:
Is not the media event . Is it ? I read it was lets talk iphone event. Anyways im waiting to see what they come out with sold my iphone 4 already and if that next iphone comes out and impress me enough I'll get it
Sent from my Galaxy S II
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Yes, it's the Let's Talk iPhone event but with the press present in the convention I might as well term it as a media event.

AllGamer said:
perhaps this time instead of the Antennae-gate problem, they might possibly see GPS-gate or Battery-gate
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The antenna problem is terrible enough, on top of the extremely conductive material of the iPhone making it super hot after awhile of heavy usage.

Sprint just placed an order with Apple for an astounding 20 billion dollars. Apple better have something real special up their sleeves or Sprint is toast.
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Luckily we'll know soon enough. Personally I can't wait to see what the iPhone 5 brings!

the iphone heading to sprint seems to be the CDMA version of iphone4s available in black or white as it was leaked on the website
source http://mobilesyrup.com/2011/10/01/a...and-its-design-within-the-latest-itunes-beta/
so i doubt it's the iphone5
in other words... people in sprint will be more happy enjoying the SGS2 LTE than iphone4S

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Typical Apple. They will leave you either utterly impressed or vastly disappointed.
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I would say the same and I about know what they they will say, but any ways.
I hope most don't care about LTE or most will be vastly disappointed.

Well what I do expect is a great overall piece of hardware with maybe a few nicks here or there like every phone has. Software wise I don't see it as bringing anything substantially new. It's like the gingerbread update, or maybe a 2.3.4-2.3.5.

Kailkti said:
Well what I do expect is a great overall piece of hardware with maybe a few nicks here or there like every phone has. Software wise I don't see it as bringing anything substantially new. It's like the gingerbread update, or maybe a 2.3.4-2.3.5.
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That was what I thought, but it was claimed that iOS 5 carries more than 200 features upgraded from iOS 4. I have yet to see that.

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Sprint just placed an order with Apple for an astounding 20 billion dollars. Apple better have something real special up their sleeves or Sprint is toast.
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I think Sprint will be fine. It's in Apple's best interest to see Sprint survive. A duopoly would not only screw over the customers but also the phone manufacturers.

bleach168 said:
I think Sprint will be fine. It's in Apple's best interest to see Sprint survive. A duopoly would not only screw over the customers but also the phone manufacturers.
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After all, Sprint decided to throw all 20 bil in regardless of whether people are buying their services or not.

Steve Jobs is back!
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[Q] What's next?

The Galaxy S lll is coming out in the next couple of months and the rumor mills have it set up as the most advanced phone yet.
Quad Core 1.5 processor
LTE 700
720 x 1280 pixels (720P HD), 4.7" Non-Pentile screen (Possibly)
12MP Camera
[email protected] video recording
NFC
Active noise cancellation
So, my questions are...
1) where does the cell phone industry go from here?
2) How does it improve on this phone?
3) Why would it have to? After all, this is still a phone, not a portable computer, that is what tablets are for.
4) Can this be the last phone I buy for the next 10 years?

rumor mills suggest s3 is already out there and is none other than note but still a device actually named s3 is not denied in the future.
About the improvement, it won't stop. Something will be improved further and further, for example better GPU.

w98seeng said:
1) where does the cell phone industry go from here?
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To the moon! Using our money!
2) How does it improve on this phone?
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Who knows what can be dreamed up? Did you think 5 years ago such devices would be everywhere? At the very least we can expect incremental improvements like we've seen the last few years.
3) Why would it have to? After all, this is still a phone, not a portable computer, that is what tablets are for.
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But it IS a portable computer, obviously. And what about users who pass on tablets because they need a computer that will fit in a pocket?
4) Can this be the last phone I buy for the next 10 years?
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Not a chance. The technology is moving WAY too fast.
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You know, that is a pretty sweet lookin' phone, but it totally makes sense to me if they're going to do what I've heard (from the rumor mill) about Android 5 (JellyBean?). The rumor is that you can pop your phone into a specially designed laptop, and the phone will do all the processing for the laptop, and Android 5 will be designed to support that sort of UI. Not sure how that'll work, not even sure if these rumors are true, but it would explain a quad core and everything.

w98seeng said:
Quad Core 1.5 processor
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And the battery is empty after 1hour

Crashdamage said:
To the moon! Using our money!
But it IS a portable computer, obviously. And what about users who pass on tablets because they need a computer that will fit in a pocket?
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Yes, technically, it is a computer, but how many people today use it as such?
la_poigne said:
And the battery is empty after 1hour
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From what I have read, quad core CPUs are very energy efficient.

w98seeng said:
Yes, technically, it is a computer, but how many people today use it as such?
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Everyone who uses a phone to surf the web, do emails, read or edit documents, etc, etc. IOW pretty much everyone with a 'smartphone'.
Registered Linux user #266351

Very true, this is my first Android phone, and before this I could only call and text (reasonably). Just the fact that we can install our own programs and do development make these pretty nice little computers.
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It will probably be faster, nicer screens, more memory, but still have not improved their battery life alot, which is actually what should be focused on...

hello, lets buy an ubuntu phone

if all members of xda deveolopers buy an ubuntu phone
only that way ubuntu could reach its goal of 32 millions to make the ubuntu phone
example
40 000 members x 700 dls= 28 millions

I thought about it, but I just received the Sony Xperia Z Ultra!!
They still have a long ways to go as of today. Only 9 million and they were after the 32mill. Too bad. I was hoping to see this a success.

punkmexic said:
if all members of xda deveolopers buy an ubuntu phone
only that way ubuntu could reach its goal of 32 millions to make the ubuntu phone
example
40 000 members x 700 dls= 28 millions
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Because ever member on xda has $700.00 just to spend on a new phone.
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They need another $21,000,000 to reach their $32,000,000 target! And only have 11 days to do it....not gonna happen I'm afraid
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Unfortuanely, most Americans won't be able to buy this phone. The monthly service bills are whack a$$ high because the carriers want you to sign a 2 year contract. That way, you get a higher monthly bill but a lower up front price.
You could buy an unlocked phone, but then you would end up paying the same service bill as someone who got their phone for 500USD less. So unless he or she is OK with paying for the phone almost twice, no American will buy this phone. Or any unlocked phone.
Or of course, someone may have money to burn. The only major carrier that (only 1month ago) doesn't use contracts anymore is T mobile.

punkmexic said:
if all members of xda deveolopers buy an ubuntu phone
only that way ubuntu could reach its goal of 32 millions to make the ubuntu phone
example
40 000 members x 700 dls= 28 millions
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whats so special about a ubuntu phone.

biker4033 said:
whats so special about a ubuntu phone.
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Nothing special at all
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superkang said:
Nothing special at all
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Except a sapphire crystal display, which I believe has a hardness of 9H; Diamond is 10H.
A 128GB capacity.
4 GB RAM.
Silicon Anode Li-ion batteries (as opposed to standard graphite) that are estimated to have 3X the capacity.
Stereo speakers (like the HTC One)
The ability to dual boot Android and Ubuntu.
The ability to connect to an external display and become a full desktop PC.
Dual-LTE antenna.
OTG support.
$700 price.
Nope, nothing special about this phone at all.
Obviously, this is only on paper. The Edge, unfortunately, will never see the light of day. The specs are unrealistic for the price, unless Canonical is working on a tiny, tiny margin. I would LOVE to have this phone instead of my One. But I live in 'Murica, where everybody who doesn't sign a contract pays double for their phones...

I would love to see the Ubuntu Edge make it! Here's to hoping for a last minute "Hail Mary".
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Too bad none of us are winners of that recent Powerball drawing.

Is there an Ubuntu phone?

Canonical is a kid compared to Google (the beast)...android is the best
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it would be really cool phone, 700$ dosn't sound to bad for the phone.

Canonical's Ubuntu Edge missed their indiegogo funding by $20mil

Too bad that they didnt reach their goal, wanted that phone
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Will the people whom donated get there money back, or did Mark Shuttleworth just make a crap load for nothing but shiny pictures and unreal expectations.

knightron said:
Will the people whom donated get there money back, or did Mark Shuttleworth just make a crap load for nothing but shiny pictures and unreal expectations.
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You merely needed to have a look at the indiegogo page to see that nobody made a "crap load":
What if you fail to reach the funding target?
We appreciate every bit of support we receive during the 30 days, and every backer will be welcomed into the Ubuntu community. If we don’t reach our target then we will focus only on commercially available handsets and there will not be an Ubuntu Edge. All contributions will be fully refunded.
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Anyway... as a Maemo user (still), I'm glad Ubuntu will be focusing on commercial handsets. I've no use for a super Ubuntu phone that costs as much as a mid-level laptop; rather, I want Linux to breathe life in the low-end segment. Android is a RAM hog, and the low-end handsets don't quite have enough to run it properly; but a pure Linux system works wonders with low amounts of memory. My N900 does almost everything I'd want to do on a modern dualcore phone with a gig of RAM, and it only has 256 megabytes. If we got Ubuntu running on cheap phones we could get excellent performance on phones costing less than $150 - possibly even entry-level ones costing less than $100, if the system could be slimmed down enough.
I'm also hoping that the availability of drivers for Ubuntu might make it possible to run other systems - specifically, Debian-based ones.

I like its look and feel but Android looks and feels even better
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How long time to reach this goal.