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that what i hate about most OEM? why can't we can get on the initial launch? they are potentially losing lots of sale.

No wonder Samsung and Apple are leading. At least they give a date to launch the product. Some of our product here you wait until you gave up on it or buy overseas.
 

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No wonder Samsung and Apple are leading. At least they give a date to launch the product. Some of our product here you wait until you gave up on it or buy overseas.

they just can't understand at by making the product more easily available it helps in sale. xbow one is another example, in the meanwhile PS4 is enjoying all the sales.
 

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they just can't understand at by making the product more easily available it helps in sale. xbow one is another example, in the meanwhile PS4 is enjoying all the sales.

Another example is the 8 inches windows 8.1 tablets. They are reasonably priced and people will buy if the product is here. They are announe 2 months before but there is no news in sg to come here.:s22:

(Toshiba came but the others not confirmed):(
 

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Another example is the 8 inches windows 8.1 tablets. They are reasonably priced and people will buy if the product is here. They are announe 2 months before but there is no news in sg to come here.:s22:

(Toshiba came but the others not confirmed):(

wish that i could know the real reason behind the delay of local launch to better appreciate them.
 

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Hi echoblue, does yours have this problem ? even after updating it ?

Sorry for the delay. Just remembered this post. Yup confirmed I have sound distortion when transitioning from one song to another while tablet is on standby.
 

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Sorry for the delay. Just remembered this post. Yup confirmed I have sound distortion when transitioning from one song to another while tablet is on standby.

Oh thanks this is real bad, seems like Microsoft representative when I called their service side, told me their tablet does not function the background music when tablet goes to standby or sleep mode. As their application going to suspend mode ( which means in hibernation ) hence the power is reduced down... and that affects the music playback on background mode.

I not sure if ms Representative is giving me a correct answer hence I asked you guys who have the set. Is this a glitch on hardware or software ? ( :( no point holding my set if it cannot do playback )

Well I hope they can iron out this issues.
 
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Probably SW. No problem before the update. If I remember correctly when the rt was first released, they had this distortion issue but was later on corrected. I hope they correct this soon! Mine still plays but subtle distortion at start of next song (more noticeable on other songs). Its just a second of the song but majority of the song is ok... I will monitor this and see if it improves on the next update...

Oh thanks this is real bad, seems like Microsoft representative when I called their service side, told me their tablet does not function the background music when tablet goes to standby or sleep mode. As their application going to suspend mode ( which means in hibernation ) hence the power is reduced down... and that affects the music playback on background mode.

I not sure if ms Representative is giving me a correct answer hence I asked you guys who have the set. Is this a glitch on hardware or software ? ( :( no point holding my set if it cannot do playback )

Well I hope they can iron out this issues.
 
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Going to Tokyo for CNY. Would love to buy surface pro 2 thr. Anyone can advise me where to get (BIC camera?) and how to go about with tax refund and setting up in English? TIA.
 

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Going to Tokyo for CNY. Would love to buy surface pro 2 thr. Anyone can advise me where to get (BIC camera?) and how to go about with tax refund and setting up in English? TIA.

got counter to do tax refunds at the ones at akihabara and shinjuku. As for language wise can get a Japanese staff at the hotel to help they are helpful.
 

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got counter to do tax refunds at the ones at akihabara and shinjuku. As for language wise can get a Japanese staff at the hotel to help they are helpful.

thanks. Anywhere to get the latest price?

edit: found it.
256GB at abt $1570 with tax
128GB at $1210 with tax.

minus 5% gst will be
256GB at $1495 without tax
128GB at $1152 without tax
 
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I bought mine in Dec. Charged 90600 yen and my cc bill only sgd 1125
 

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thanks. Anywhere to get the latest price?

edit: found it.
256GB at abt $1570 with tax
128GB at $1210 with tax.

minus 5% gst will be
256GB at $1495 without tax
128GB at $1152 without tax

I heard from friends that most outlets have tax refund but I can't verify it so yea enjoy ur trip and happy hunting!
 

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I bought mine at the Yurachoko (sp?) outlet.
Think the big outlets should have.
 

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there's no local display set. exterior is identical to Pro 1. Just head to Harvey Norman, Challenger or Newstead outlets to do a handson

hmm out for 2 mths already but still no local display set lol

wth is microsoft marketing dept doing :s22:
 

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hmm out for 2 mths already but still no local display set lol

wth is microsoft marketing dept doing :s22:

out but only in selected markets. Given that they are out of stock US, I highly doubt it will launch her any time soon
 
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