Recent content by Laualie

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    Cases?

    If anyone is interested I've got the turquoise/sky blue IVSO case - bought two and will be keeping the other one. I'm happy to mail it, no charge.
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    Android 5 Lollipop coming to the Venue 8 7840 Tablet On April 21st.

    Thanks for following this Willy. Here's hoping it happens!
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    Cases?

    It was hard to tell what the cases would actually fit so I ordered two, they look to be exactly the same and fit really well. The hinge on the right must be due to the placement of power and volume buttons on the left - it allows you to prop the tablet in landscape and still have access to...
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    Battery stats?

    Thanks Willy. I'm satisfied with the battery life too - I finally ran the Netflix test and left the tablet streaming for 9.5 hours at about 2/3 screen brightness and it still had 20% left (OS still topped the list, though by less). Definitely looking forward to updates and hope Dell is serious...
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    Just snagged the Dell Venue 8 7840...wow

    +1 to this question. It seems like you're getting around 7 hours of use out of a tab rated at 9-10? My tab also consistently reports Android OS at the top of the use page across varying levels of use. - in the 70-90% range. I haven't tried to see what the max life on the battery is yet, but the...
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    I'm Happy With My Dell Venue 8 7840

    I was in the same boat - using an older 7 inch that was starting to lag, but nothing on the market seem to fit the bill for a solid android tablet. Everything either had low-end specs, cheap hardware or tons of bloatware, or all three! I had no idea that Dell was even in the running until a...
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    Battery stats?

    Great to find a forum for the 7840, thanks all for your helpful posts so far. I'm curious about the battery stats that you all experience - not battery life necessarily, but the report you get when you go through settings and click on the battery. I consistently show Android OS as the biggest...