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by toyg 5275 days ago
Happy to see that they're addressing the bootloader problem.

Less happy to read that GPS is beyond fixing. I don't particularly care about that, to be honest, so I might end up buying one anyway (once they're available in the UK, damn), but still, it's one of those where you wonder how the hell could make it through QA (and if they missed that, what else did they miss...?)

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I doubt they missed it, they just made the decision that most tablet users won't be using GPS. Most smartphones don't have GPS reception indoors, so tablet GPS reception is mostly a non-issue. It was probably a decision to either scrap millions in development cost plus delay launch, or just go forward with it.