Recent content by troyinfortlaud

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    Anyone waiting for the Nexus 9 "Sand" color?

    The other problems were gone. The light bleed is still abhorrent and only slightly less annoying...but still annoying. I once had an Asus tf101 Transformer from around 2006. You could actually pry the back cover off and look inside. Even THAT had less light bleed.
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    Anyone waiting for the Nexus 9 "Sand" color?

    I said I'd come back to report on the light bleed. It's visible. It's not as bad as it was, but that's a very low benchmark. it's $500 of disappointment.
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    Anyone waiting for the Nexus 9 "Sand" color?

    I don't think I'd care at that point either (if I had to download an app to see the light bleed). However, the first tablets to market were MUCH worse. I'm hoping that fiasco is in the past and all tablets are congruous including the one being delivered to me tomorrow. Congratulations. I like...
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    Anyone waiting for the Nexus 9 "Sand" color?

    Sand is now available. It happened Monday, January 12 in the late evening. Very exciting . . . but I sincerely hope the light bleed is now gone. I'd be devastated if I had to return a fourth one. I'd be so distraught, I might even turn to Apple or Microsoft. I'll update whether it has the giant...
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    Anyone waiting for the Nexus 9 "Sand" color?

    I've returned THREE Nexus 9's for poor build quality. I can live with button-gate and the spongy back, but the light bleed is worse than any tablet I've ever owned, and I've owned some really poor tablets. So I've decided to wait for Sand in the hopes that HTC and Google will have their build...
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    Anyone waiting for the Nexus 9 "Sand" color?

    Oops, duplicate. How do you delete a duplicate. I'm sure it's simple.