I am currently looking at buying an Android Tablet. I heave looked at a few but not sure which one to pick.
What I am looking for is the following:
Android 2.2 or better
10" screen
web cam
multi-touch screen
good battery life
1080p HD playback is a positive
access to the Android Market would be best but not a necessity
<$400
fastest processor possible
If anybody has any ideas or suggestions I would appreciate any feedback.
I have looked at the following but I am open to other suggestions
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Viewsonic GTablet
Nook Color
Samsung Galaxy Tab - dont need the cellular connection and would really like a larger screen
I have a ViewSonic G Tablet running TnT Lite 4.2.1. Installed LauncherPro on it, and I'm loving it. Playing Dungeon Defenders, Raging Thunder, Pocket Legends, Angry Birds, Crazy Snowboard, all perfectly at full screen. WiFi connection works great, Dolphin HD Browser loads all sites with flash (Even works on Hulu for the most part, some videos on Hulu I have had to reload once or twice to get them to play).
USB keyboard plugs in and works flawlessly, has read all of my USB Hard drives without issue (Fat32). Dumped photos off of my Sony digital camera right onto the internal tablet storage.
All in all, for under 400 bucks this tablet is a steal. And being the only Tegra2 one on your list (not sure if it's the only one on the market now other than the Adam), I'd say go for it. The thing really flies once you get a custom rom on it like TnT Lite (or other).
You should decide if you are looking for something that "just works" or if you want to tinker.
On that list, I'd put the Galaxy Tab in the "just works" column, with all of the others in the "tinker" column.
I love my gTablet, but wouldn't recommend it to anyone that isn't a tinkerer. It is an awesome platform and the software gets better by the day. Given the specs you list and the price point, it is a solid option. You have several great choices of Android builds (CM, Vegan, TNT Lite) and the stock build is pretty usable these days.
If you get any of the "tinker" tablets, prepare to spend all of your free time for a few weeks flashing new roms, trying new apps, testing every little tweak - and finally settling into something usable for you. For me, the time was a bit frustrating - but the roms are much more mature now, and I suspect you'd be up and running in no time.
Given that Tegra2 looks to be THE big Android tablet platform for 2011, I expect my gTablet to keep up with the big boys.
I can't emphasize enough however that the screen sucks - thats the big difference IMHO between the $400 price point and the $600+ price point of the upcoming Android tablets. If you can live with it, its a great value.
Thanks for the info. I was leaning towrds the GTablet. Just wanted to get some.solid opinions of what I was looking at. I am very much a tinker at heart been flashing cell phone since 2004 constantly re-installing an OS on my laptops. I just recently found a ROM that works for me on my Samsung Captivate, which is why I want an Android tablet instead of an iPad or a windows version. The OS is so customizable you can make it your own.
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Really looking forward to get one, but i m worrying if it is too wide for playing games like shadowgun, nova, dead trigger, gta, punch hero etc
I use my tablet for almost everything included gaming. I m a heavy gamer.
Using motorola Xoom running jelybean now, n the gaming experience here is really awesome. It is Smooth, n the corner edge is not too wide. I played my friend's transformer and it's corner make it not so comfortable when playing games.
So any opinion to share here? If its ok, i think i will grab it.
Thanks. Sry for my bad eng.
i had a Lg G Slate (9") prior to this, and I thought the thing was unwieldy for gaming, couldnt bear having to hold it with one hand while the other does whatever swiping gestures that are asked of me in Fruit Ninja, Mass Effect, or Dead Space; or holding it up for tilt-based racing games. I liked what I had seen from playing GTA on it though.
It's a lot heavier than the Note, thats for sure; this thing is feather light. The sides slope into the rounded corner and its rather comfortable in hand, I'd recommend checking it out at a Best Buy - be warned, they took out the S Pen and left it on perma-screen saver mode at my local store.
I have never done "touch gaming" for action. For action-type games - it's sixaxis controller + a stand.
Dead Trigger + N8013 + Sixaxis Controller = awesome
East to hold, games look good, and they sound pretty decent for what the speakers are.
As Entropy noted, playing with a PS3 controller (if you have one) is awesome. Otherwise I don't find it impossible to use the touch controls. I find them a a bit large, but that's a good thing compared to trying to use touch controls on my phone and can't see anything because my fingers are in the way. I can play with the Note 10.1 for a few hours without getting tired.
Mmm, and I got Dark Meadow working a little while ago.
Has anyone gotten a PS3 controller to work with the usb otg cable without rooting? I saw this video and it looks like it's possible but the vid isn't in English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZyRVOcrnIQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Like the title says.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ggee.vividruntime.gg_1638
Anyways, I'll be downloading this asap and I'll let everyone know if Xperia Play support is still available in this release and how well it works.
BrianChase said:
Like the title says.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ggee.vividruntime.gg_1638
Anyways, I'll be downloading this asap and I'll let everyone know if Xperia Play support is still available in this release and how well it works.
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No, it's not been improved any, from what it was.
Well, I hadn't played the JP version but I can say the Play controls work well enough but the lag is **** awful. Messing with settings right now but even no sound and low resolution don't seem to do the trick.
Would certainly not recommend this at $9.00. If you have an overclocked device give it a go but I can't find a way to make it run like anything but ass on stock.
Holy ****! Wish there was a demo to try.
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Would certainly not recommend this at $9.00. If you have an overclocked device give it a go but I can't find a way to make it run like anything but ass on stock.
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Game runs fine here on stock GB, sim free, rooted uk R800i, no lag, no sound issues, looks, plays and sounds as good as the DC original.
Slide the pnone open and you can use the D-Pad, and screen buttons or mix it up and use touch for move, and physical buttons.
Dunno what your issues are, but it's fine here.
Maybe reboot your device, or clear some crap from your phone/check whats running when the game is played..
And run G-Gee offline, that's more bother than it's worth.
I bought the Japanese version, which sits at game version 1.0.0, same as the Western version, it's just the G-Gee programme that was updated, not the game with the recent update a couple of days ago/Western Release.
Not ideal but playable on my xplay, levels work great, but some slowdown during the first two bosses.
Perspective is very disorienting
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Game runs fine here on stock GB, sim free, rooted uk R800i, no lag, no sound issues, looks, plays and sounds as good as the DC original.
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Also running fine on stock for me.
No tweaks, no nothin'... just a root+debloat.
Heres a little video I made about Ikaruga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=924RTWq0abs
LegionTHEFecalExcretion said:
Heres a little video I made about Ikaruga
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=924RTWq0abs
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Cook, but a couple of inconsistencies with your review(on your site).
The ships are white and black, not red and blue, same with bullets(although the black bullets do have a red.hue to them).
And please don't mention the Gamecube version, it was an abomination, IMO.
It may be a shooter, in the sense you shoot things, but it's more of a bullet ballet, and memory game, as knowing where and when to chain, is vital, for a decent score/decent game, with attack patterns and boss patterns having to be foremost to enjoy the game.
Also, as you know, the game is available around the world, so you don't need market enabler any more to buy it.
And if you play with the network disabled/internet off, G-Gee doesn't hinder gameplay, and you get a screen that you just press the "Play" button to get to the game.
EspGaluda II and DoDonPachi Resurrection are another two titles worthy of your money, to add to your shooter collection, BTW.
Cool, thanks for the feedback. I made the video review a while ago for another site but it was never used. I decided to branch out on my own and I needed a starter article while I work on other aspects of the site so I threw that up real quick. Of course that very day the Global version comes out, I figured it would be best to leave the references in there seeing as how it was the japanese version I originally reviewed. I probably should update it though.
Well hopefully someone gets a video of it running on the Play because even after a clean reboot it runs terrible on my device. How do you run G-Gee offline btw?
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Well hopefully someone gets a video of it running on the Play because even after a clean reboot it runs terrible on my device. How do you run G-Gee offline btw?
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Brian, click on Legion's link to his site..he has it running on Android in the video in his review, it's not a Play it's on, but that's how mine runs, smooth, no lag, and plays just fine with the D-Pad slid out, and using the onscreen buttons for fire/change, and laser.
As to G-Gee, Just disable your wifi or your data connection.
Start Ikaruga, the G-Gee screen appears, and it should then go to a blank screen, with something like "Network Error", or "No Network", in the middle, with a logo top left, and as *mine is the Japanese version*, on the top right, I assume it says "Play Game",
Hit that, game starts, and to end it, long press on the back button and select Exit.
This, and DoDonPachi Resurrection, and EspGaluda II all run fine offline with wifi/network disabled.
In the video it runs quite a bit better than it does on my device but there is still a lot of choppiness. I'd love to see that same phone playing level 5 since each level (due to the increasing amount of enemies) runs slower and slower for me. Either way, if mine ran as well as the device in the video I'd probably be a lot less angry but I still wouldn't call it a great or even good port.
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but I still wouldn't call it a great or even good port.
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I't's the same as the original version, so I wonder how could it be any more towards "good"?
Ok sure. That is a Galaxy S3 right? It does not perform to my liking on an incredibly high end phone even though the hardware is more than capable had more work been put in to the port. JSR, Expendables, Crazy Taxi on the i-products have all translated well to newer devices (not using the Play as a benchmark here, keep in mind). It is a $9.00 application that is attached to a social networking program, something which I find very irritating. There are no game-play limitations like you would have in Ikaruga for the DC or GC since the game defaults to free-play with a level selector. Changing resolution settings and turning sound off does very little to help with performance which screams of bad port. When playing at the lowest settings the frame-rate becomes incredibly jerky since the game does not have a very good frame limiter. DDP and Espgaluda 2 both worked great on my device but this port clearly has not received as much love.
Works relatively well in my one x, it jinks a bit here and there, but it's mostly very playable.
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Ok sure. That is a Galaxy S3 right? It does not perform to my liking on an incredibly high end phone even though the hardware is more than capable had more work been put in to the port. JSR, Expendables, Crazy Taxi on the i-products have all translated well to newer devices (not using the Play as a benchmark here, keep in mind). It is a $9.00 application that is attached to a social networking program, something which I find very irritating. There are no game-play limitations like you would have in Ikaruga for the DC or GC since the game defaults to free-play with a level selector. Changing resolution settings and turning sound off does very little to help with performance which screams of bad port. When playing at the lowest settings the frame-rate becomes incredibly jerky since the game does not have a very good frame limiter. DDP and Espgaluda 2 both worked great on my device but this port clearly has not received as much love.
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It performs just fine on Xperia Play, so something must be wrong at your end, either bloatware on your phone, or your operator rom/custom rom is rubbish, something interfering with it like apps/software running, or your memory card is either fragmented, or just plain slow.
I use a 32gb class 10 card, stock uk r800i sim free, no bloatware, rooted, a couple of sound mods edited build.prop, and nothing else.
Once you get past the "social networking" programme, the game itself runs directly from the SD card, hence the 170+meg download, it doesn't run from the phone, the .apk that is a couple of megabytes is G-Gee's app, with a link to the game.
The ports fine, it's designed for touch phones/tablets, what more do you expect?
The chaining/gameplay is something that was intended to use buttons and a stick, not swipe controls and 3 areas of touch for fire/lock on/change, but with the phone open the D-pad works well, and the on screen buttons work fine for their purpose.
As to free play, how many people do you imagine want to sit for 10+ hours or whatever it was to unlock things, and up their credits, like the original.?
You don't have to continue, you don't have to pick other levels other than the first, but for those who do, who maybe never unlocked everything, or can't/don't play for hours, it's perfect.
As to your earlier slowdown point, you are aware the original version had deliberate slowdown, and this is present in this version also, which leads me to think this is closer to the original version more so than the 360 ports new coding.
The only thing this version is missing is Shinra walking towards Ikaruga, on the startup screen.
And as to DoDonPachi, and EspGaluda, they're not on par with what ikaruga is, as it's full 3d rendering, etc is hardly a patch on 2d spritesm even though there is a ****load going on..heck some emulated old titles fling around similar amounts of bullets, and sprites.
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can anyone provide a titanium backup for ikaruga 13.01.01 i was playing this game yesterday but after opening the game again game screen just went black i dunno what happened . .tried reinstalling but still the same. thought maybe because my phone is rooted or something. i will try your titanium backup file and see if this solves my problem :/
Just to confirm: is the game Xperia Play optimized? Or do you have to use gamekeyboard?