Google Style..   I would like to know why Canada is being Held back from this service.  Here is a list of countries where the service is available.

MUSIC

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Music All Access

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

With rumors of the Ipod starting its exit strategy due to the decline in sales, I wonder when Google will step up to the plate and make their service available to everyone.  Itunes surely is the leader, leaving not too many alternatives.
Now that I’ve had the chance to test drive the Google service Google Play Music, well I’m not that impressed.  Save for the 20,000 songs you can upload, the interface on the cloud, is clunky.  Don’t forget we are talking Google here.  One of today’s leaders on the cloud.  Where I live, we still get:

So I had to find a way of checking it out.  So yes, it’s better to have it than not to have it, considering the price, but it could use navigational or organizational perks.  I’ve been doing mobile music since RCA Thomson came out with the Lyra 2201.  Oh yeah, so that would be 2 years before the first IPod came out.  Couple years later I graduated to the Lyra 2840.
What Apple brought to the table was a good way for the mass to manage, own, purchase music, after Napster got put on hold.  Personally, I never liked Itunes, but I got used to it.  On the Lyra, I just dragged and dropped and the song would copy over.  Totally like an external drive.  Playlists were directories if I remember well.  That of course changed later.

I’m getting away from my focus here…  Google Play Music, should be made available everywhere and it deserves a better mobile interface.

I waited over 6 months for this?  The only thing it’s done so far is reduce my wi-fi connection on the tablet, to stay connected.  I looked to see if there was a software tweak that I missed, but didn’t find anything.  If anyone can provide me with any support on this, please do!

I am having the same problem with my 7510 Wi-fi tab, after the upgrade, it doesn’t keep it’s wi-fi connection. Everything else on our network is fine. Just the Tablet has issues, and only since the ICS upgrade. There are 5 other wireless users on our network, Mac and PCs, no one else has issues, and this was never an issue on Honeycomb.

I am running ICS on a Galaxy 3, and there is no problem there.

So by habit now, the second I pick up the tablet, I disconnect and re-connect. Despite the fact that this solves my issue, I wonder if there is a fix for this?

Here;s another with WiFi issues,,,

http://www.galaxytabforums.net/forum/galaxy-note-10-1-help/5536-ics-upgrade-5ghz-wifi-not-working.html

About a week ago, I posted that I got my ICS upgrade on my 10″ Samsung Galaxy Tab P7510,  and that the first thing that I did was to update my tablet’s browser to Chrome.  Good move.  Funny thing is beyond that, I haven’t noticed too many changes.  I’m actually going to get a list of changes to check them out.  I forcibly,  used my Camera yesterday to see if that made a difference.  The interface is slightly different.  So I’ll get back to you when I’m done with the list.  I hope that’s quicker than what I waited for for the upgrade.

All in all, I’m obviously disappointed with the upgrade.  I guess it lost it’s humph.  Also, I may have a new problem after the upgrade.  I seem to lose my WI-FI connection after my tablet goes to sleep.  Oh, it shows connected by I get connection errors.  So everytime I turn my tablet on, I disconnect and reconnect.  Not a big deal for me, but an observation.  Did I mention, I’m not alone on this?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1834420
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1/604735-wifi-issues-after-ics-update.html

Yes, this post again!  See the original HERE.  Not too happy this time, so I took the product back to future shop hoping to get a new Tablet!  After all, the Tab 2 is in the news!  No such  luck.  Instead I got a slip of paper with Samsung’s coordinates.  I contacted Samsung and they asked after some talking that I send them the tablet.

This time, the tablet would boot, but get stuck at the Samsung logo.

This usually happens after I do a full charge over a period of 10 hours.  The guy was trying to tell me that that was the problem and tha the manual said not to do this.  WRONG.  I know the manual, and it doesn’t say that.  We actually went through the Manual, and I made my point.

I made sure the incident was recorded in my file at Samsung, and in the end, Samsung did get the Tablet going, I decided not to return it.  After all, who wants to be without their favourite toy?

I’m adding this YouTube Video I just found below.  It’s for the hard reset, CAUTION:  I DIDN’T CHOOSE THAT OPTION.  It erases all data and returns your tablet to factory settings.  I chose the option REBOOT.  You navigate the options with the volume up and down and you use the power button to confirm your choices.  Like enter.

.................Tablet won't power up.................

Here is my post from galaxytabforums.net

Galaxy 10.1 tab purchased in January 2012. Came home from the office last night and took it off charge. It wouldn’t turn on. I’ve read about this problem/issue on several forums. I did the power button, volume down routine, and it powered up normally. I tried other suggestions prior to this, and they didn’t work.

What is the problem?
Is this an Android related issue or just Samsung?
Has Samsung acknowledged this problem?
I will be travelling and using the tablet for business, should I consider another product?

This is my first Tablet, over all, I am happy with this product. I think Samsung is too slow to release ICS. I don’t need to be faced with the thought that it may not work next time I go to turn it on. I need a reliable product.

 

Basically the following thoughts go through your mind when this happens.
Fuck My Life!
Life’s a bitch and then you Die

I’m sorry Samsung – I’ve been slaming Samsung for a bug, which the more I read about and broaden my search appears to be across all tablets.  Yes even Apple.  Of course my concerns only involve the Galaxy Tab 10.1 7510 16g Wi-fi.

Enough rant, How about some found solutions for the Galaxy Tab:

I just had the same problem. Galaxy Tab 10.1

I didn’t have much on the tab but still didn’t want to reset the firmware to factory defaults.

Forcing a complete Reset worked. This option keeps all your existing data.

1. Hold Volume Down and Power button until presented with two icons (Open box and an arrow and an Adroid Doll)
2. Select the left option.
3. Volume down to toggle between options. Volume up to select.
4. Will be presented with the Recovery Console.
5. Select the first option “Reset”
6. Here the volume buttons are used to navigate up and down and the power button to select.

After selecting the reset option my Galaxy tab fully booted.

Good luck!

• First try this – turn off the tablet *make sure it is completely turned off by gonig to a dark room and ensuring the screen is not glowing – then while putting a finger on the screen, press the power button for 20 seconds while keeping a finger on the screen – let it boot up
• if that does not work, get to the screen shot above (usually by turning the tab off first, then by pressing volume down and power at the same time)
• The above is  what worked for me
• on the screen shot above- if you click on the left side, it should take you to recovery mode – typically some blue text – use the volume keys to navigate down to factory reset then click the power button
• if that does not work, then use the odin mode (right side download mode) and flash a new rom – you might need to search some sites (XDA is recommended) for a stock rom for your tablet – download that, download odin v1.85 and use odin to flash it.

I read on some forums, customers get totally stuck, with little support and end up scrapping or returning their tablets.  Others, have been able to get Samsung on the phone to resolve it.

This is a big disapointment.  Given the 2 or 3 years of tablets circulating, I would have thought these types of problems would be resolved.  Imagine, you drop $500-$1,000 on a Tablet, you’re at meeting, you took it off charge leaving home or the office, and it doesn’t turn on?  NICE!

From Galaxytabforums.com, many more approaches here.

So what is your take on this? If you have any new info on this issue, please post..
Thank you

Need a good office suite for Android. How about the real one. MS-Office for Android!!

My Galaxy 10.1 Tablet is great for surfing, playing games or playing around with apps.  Showing pictures to my friends, entertain me when I travel, reading news at bed time, chat,Skype and play music, movies,  watch trailers… And for these reasons I enjoy my Tablet, but it could be so much more.

I wouldn’t expect to do an entire spreadsheet on a cell phone, or a word document, but I would on a Tablet.  Question is, would I want to?

Apart from being very disappointed in Android’s spell check or the lack of, I’ve also found myself disappointed in the apps that are meant to do Office stuff.  Ok, I haven’t exactly spent money on it either, but of 4 or 5 apps that I did try, I wouldn’t spend a dime.

Where is Microsoft?  Perhaps falling behind in a new race again?  Certainly with the amounts of tablets out there, I would put a team on this project.  I can understand they’ve already fallen back on the mobile phone, but why not develop a winner that everyone will want on their tablet?  Save the icing for your own product, but in the meantime, don’t miss this opportunity.  This should have started years ago, when the Blackberry was leading the race.

So I’m not the first one to mention this.  The tablet could easily be the next laptop. The different platforms Windows, Android, Mac, Blackberry, a sea of competitors.  Recently there are rumors that we maybe weeks away from a Microsoft Office release for the Ipad.  Is it to little to late?

There are other productivity apps out there that have emerged for Tablets. Granted Apple did lead the market with the tablet products where are the developers?  Got to make more than Angry birds c’mon.  (Yes I play too ).