Returned mine today

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I returned mine today and Office Depot did not want to refund my money even though I had until 1-7-12 to return it according to my receipt.  They finally did refund my money but was not happy about it.  But I give them credit for finally doing the right thing.  I wish everyone here best of luck and I did learn a lot since the only tablet I had before now was a 1999 Fujitsu 10" Stylistic Tablet running Win 98 (Still works great, but kind of heavy! !) and a 2010 7" Pandigital <$80 tablet that also works great (but resistive touch screen).  My main reasons for returning the product are listed below in case there are other folks on the "fence" right now as far as return dates are concerned.  I think this will be a fine Android Table after the kinks are worked out but I suspect it was released too soon.
Reasons for returning:
1. I live on SS and had to save the $300 over a period of months.  Can't take a chance on a product that had so  many fails in only one week of ownership.
2. Constant loss of WiFi even when device was only a few feet (less than three) from the router. All other WiFi devices in my house work fine even at the furthest distance from the router in my house.  I did try a different router (to improve streaming) but there was no change.  At its best it would only go one room away before losing signal (small house, one wall, no metal between router and device).
3. Device would cause constant buffering after the HDMI cable was plugged into my TV.
4. Device caused constant buffering even when not using HDMI cable.
5. Lock ups. Freezes.
6. GPS didn't work (not that I would really use it....but still....I paid for it.)
7. Fear it would die after my return period had passed.
Again I think this will be a great product when the kinks are worked out.  And I suspect there are plenty K1s out there working just fine right now.  I think $300 is a LOW price for the K1 if everything worked.  I will really miss it since I really liked it (even if this post makes it sound otherwise). I will consider buying another one after checking in at this forum now and then to see if things are better.
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Answer 1

I can relate to the on SS and counting pennies idea. I just got my K-1 two days ago after returning a Nook Tablet to Barnes and Noble. I got tired of "workarounds" to use the device as I saw fit. Last straw was when they did a "security update" that blocked all sideloading of apps. No complaints though, as I was on Lenovo site looking at the A-1 when I came across a deal for the K-1 at Staples. Took a few phone calls but got the last one anywhere within 100 miles. I don't think I'll be returning mine.
"I'm lovin' it." __Ronald McDonald
I haven't had it long enough to have everything figured out but Android Market recognized my account from my smartphone and setup some key paid applications without having to buy them again. Nice.
Weirdest thing so far is not being able to connect to my Lenovo X-60 laptop via the proprietary USB cable (running Linux Mint). It works when booted into Windows and I can send data to the K-1 from there, but so far I haven't figured out the workaround to connect in Linux.
Thinkpad X-60 (Linux Mint 13_Maya, running VBox WinXP and Win7
Ideapad K-1 Now running Jelly Bean (kudos to Khanning and krook