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I checked the first 3 pages of the forums and didn't see this posted.
Here are some upcoming home replacements for Android. One name that should be familiar to us old WinMo users and a "newcomer."
http://www.tat.se/home/
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pre...gs-support-for-symbian-and-android-along.html
they both look pretty cool but I think tathome looks like it might be a little more to my liking.
SPB isnt out yet, is tathome available yet, i didnt see a download.
+1 for TAT home it looks like it could be NICE I checked out the video (good music and all ;-)) here: http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/15/tat-home-the-gesture-powered-3d-home-screen-your-android-device/
I used SPB Mobile Shell 3.x with my Touch Pro and I wasn't too impressed.
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Here is a video of Mobile Shell http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/mwc-video-spb-mobile-shell-50-on-android IMO Mobile Shell is suffering from what it always has LAG!!!!! Even on the N1 it looked slow, maybe because it's BETA.
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SPB isnt out yet, is tathome available yet, i didnt see a download.
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I don't think it's out yet either. You can sign up for the preview here http://www.tat.se/home/ They said that "more information" will be sent later.
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I don't think it's out yet either. You can sign up for the preview here http://www.tat.se/home/ They said that "more information" will be sent later.
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i signed up, thanks. good find.
I signed up as well hope I get to test.
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I signed up as well hope I get to test.
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same here... looks like something to test at least...
Looks cool! I signed up for the TAT preview.
Hrm, TatHome looks like what I envisioned Android 'should be' , I'm liking the look it quite a bit!! Next: to find out whether it really runs that smoothly on my Hero. 3d and graphics are great, but if it slows my phone down in the slightest its automatically going to get turned off.
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Hrm, TatHome looks like what I envisioned Android 'should be' , I'm liking the look it quite a bit!! Next: to find out whether it really runs that smoothly on my Hero. 3d and graphics are great, but if it slows my phone down in the slightest its automatically going to get turned off.
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cant imagine that it would slow it down anymore than sense but time will tell
muahaha, smooth as an iph*ne, and yet still kicking the pants off of it in terms of functionality = complete win for Android.
See, this is why Android is better, and why most everyone here bought an Android phone Since mostly everyone here probably signed up for that preview, the first person that gets the .apk for this, can you please post it up here incase they delay the preview to some people?
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See, this is why Android is better, and why most everyone here bought an Android phone Since mostly everyone here probably signed up for that preview, the first person that gets the .apk for this, can you please post it up here incase they delay the preview to some people?
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+1 on this but at the same time this is why some dont want to develop for android
Why would it make them not want to develop for it? Because some devices have different specs? I'm just curious.
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Why would it make them not want to develop for it? Because some devices have different specs? I'm just curious.
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Yes there are a lot of different spec'd Android phones out there but I think he is referencing the fact that Android apps are easier to "warez" than the apps on other OS's. All you have to do is sign up for the paid app extract the .apk post it somewhere. Also any dev can try to "reverse engineer" the app, change a few components and BAM it's on the Market as their "original" creation. Just my .2 cents
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Yes there are a lot of different spec'd Android phones out there but I think he is referencing the fact that Android apps are easier to "warez" than the apps on other OS's. All you have to do is sign up for the paid app extract the .apk post it somewhere. Also any dev can try to "reverse engineer" the app, change a few components and BAM it's on the Market as their "original" creation. Just my .2 cents
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that is correct. when swype was first leaked I was actually talking to them about the bennifits of releasing it through the market instead of through manufacturers and one of the biggest concerns that was brought up was the fact that security for apps is too lax. now dont get me wrong everyone knows that for every security mesure there is always a way around it but android security just sucks thats why for the most part people afften have a free version and a donate version. if people can try it and like it then they are more likely to buy it rather than just pirate it. setcpu is a perfect example of this. sure the dev could have made it a protected app (but being a member here at xda he probably knew it was pointless) but he offers it free here and then if you like you can buy from the market to donate to help keep him developing.
so basically all im saying is...ok we all (me included) have pirated apps but if you like the app make sure to go buy it from the market and help keep these people developing for us.
I know I went off on a rant there but without intrest in app development this great platform will fail.
I might be the only here without pirated apps then haha. I did have CoPilot once, but I didn't like it much so I got rid of it. The only time I ever use something pirated is to try it. If I like it and feel the developer should get credit, then fine, I'll donate/buy it.
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I might be the only here without pirated apps then haha. I did have CoPilot once, but I didn't like it much so I got rid of it. The only time I ever use something pirated is to try it. If I like it and feel the developer should get credit, then fine, I'll donate/buy it.
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same here the only thing I am using pirated right now is swype but thats only becuase there is no way to buy it. but thats also because im a cheap ass and maily use free apps unless I really find something useful but to date the only things that I have bought are setcpu and beautiful widgets. im trying cachemate now but it really doesnt seem to be very helpful. I wish I knew a little more about programing there is an app for the iphone that I would love to have on my hero.
i played around with "pandahome" some yesterday. it seems beta right now but they are apparently coming out with pandahome2 soon. it's a good idea, just not quite finished yet. (fc's and whatnot)
anyway you might go check it out (if your feeling froggy).
lots of options and skins ect.ect.ect.
marketplace. free.
Is it just me or the home screen wallpaper resolution sucks. is there a fix for that?
90% of the wallpapers i set look like they are zoomed in and don't look sharp, but the same wallpapers i set in the lock screen look great.
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Is it just me or the home screen wallpaper resolution sucks. is there a fix for that?
90% of the wallpapers i set look like they are zoomed in and don't look sharp, but the same wallpapers i set in the lock screen look great.
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Your right. Any wallpaper you set will appear blurred or the resolution is reduced. There is a fix(a tutorial) for it here somewhere but unfortunatley i can not remember where Sorry. Just have an depth look around the forum and your bound to come across it. Sorry couldnt be much of an help.
thanks. glad to know its not just me.
I also have the same and i would really appreciate it if someone can post the link to where i can find it, i really dont have the time to look thru all of these threads and find and its really annoying, thanks in advance
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I also have the same and i would really appreciate it if someone can post the link to where i can find it, i really dont have the time to look thru all of these threads and find and its really annoying, thanks in advance
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Same here, pls.
i don't know if there's an easier fix but this one surely works:
maranell0's hdwalls:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=503511
i also add rozenthal's tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=500178
hope this helps,
antaed
You need to install HQ Wallpaper Patch v1.22
Then use HDWalls to create cabs as the patch above disables the set wallpaper in the menu and the sense settings
thanks. but its really sad that we have to do all this work for a wallpaper. HTC/Microsoft should take responsibility and fix this. so lame!
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thanks. but its really sad that we have to do all this work for a wallpaper. HTC/Microsoft should take responsibility and fix this. so lame!
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What does Microsoft have to do with it?
Lamsebamsen said:
What does Microsoft have to do with it?
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Its one or the other. Microsoft is responsible for WM6.5, no?
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Its one or the other. Microsoft is responsible for WM6.5, no?
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Well, I thought HTC was responsible for Sense and not MS..
Am I right?
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Well, I thought HTC was responsible for Sense and not MS..
Am I right?
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Yeah; the 'problem' you guys are complaining about is HTC software. This has absolutely nothing to do with Microsoft. As to HTC 'stepping up and taking responsibility', they created their software to work a certain way. There may even be a reason for it. The iPhone always has crappy wallpapers because its hardware is limited to a 400*320 resolution (if I remember correctly), but no one complains about that because ... well, because most people just can't tell the difference. Not XDA users of course. That's why we are all on here, right?
But anyway, my point is that just because something doesn't work the way you want it to doesn't mean it's broken and that someone should take responsibility for fixing it. It means it doesn't work the way you want it to, and that's what's so great about this community - there are a ton of developers that want things to work differently, and so they work on it - often times for free - without having to delay the release of a phone or otherwise impacting a business' success. There is more to running a successful business than just producing 'perfect' products (again, look at Apple as an example of that).
The sad nature of a market that moves so quickly is that every generation is a little bit better than the one before, and if you are going to live on the bleeding edge you are just going to have to deal with things not always working exactly the way you want them to.
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Its one or the other. Microsoft is responsible for WM6.5, no?
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Yes, and HTC is "responsible" for Sense that is the graphical layer on top of Windows Mobile 6.5.
Stepping up and taking responsibility, Jesus man...
- you are one ignorant customer!
Just because stuff does not work as you want it to, does not mean that someone should step up and take responsibility...
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Yes, and HTC is "responsible" for Sense that is the graphical layer on top of Windows Mobile 6.5.
Stepping up and taking responsibility, Jesus man...
- you are one ignorant customer!
Just because stuff does not work as you want it to, does not mean that someone should step up and take responsibility...
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Yeah; what he said.
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Yeah; what he said.
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Some people...
guys, before you begin to reach any conclusion you might wanna check this thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6128206#post6128206
cheers ,
antaed
So after searching, and doing a lot of research I still haven't found a decent auto tuning application. Were are the devs at?? Im willing to pay, and im sure there are plenty of more people who are. With the release of the "I am t-pain" app on the iphone, android hasn't been able to keep up. I love the **** out of my evo, but I feel like there should be more in the app market. Theres no good drum apps, no auto tune, no good keyboard/synth apps, no recording apps. Why are we slacking so hard here. What the hell do we need to do to get this going and produce apps people want that aren't pointless. Please, lets shed some light on this!
wow.......
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wow.......
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Sorry to be so critical but as a musician on the go I would expect more from a "top of the notch phone"
wowwwwwwwwwwww
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wow.......
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wowwwwwwwwwwww
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So you mean to tell me neither of you expect more out of the app store?
gStrings free on the Andriod Market
Don't think he was talking about tuning a guitar... or g-strings....
Have you tried Loops?
I havent tried loops yet
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Think it might be similar to what you want. Just try it out, but I may be way off on the suggestion....lol
Just tried it out, pretty cool app.
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adelaney said:
First go to the store and get a tampon. Then, quit expecting your phone to be a mixer. ****
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So critical arent we...why so serious!...I feel my mans, I think that I am T. Pain app is fun especially for wasting time, it is not going to make or break how much I love my phone. But I would love to be able see more apps ported over to android from the iphone, such as that Bruce Lee game, totally rockin!
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First go to the store and get a tampon. Then, quit expecting your phone to be a mixer. ****
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First off, im not expecting my phone to be a mixer. Just looking for something to have fun with. Second, if your gonna be a douche bag and dis on my opinion and ideas stay out of my thread.
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So critical arent we...why so serious!...I feel my mans, I think that I am T. Pain app is fun especially for wasting time, it is not going to make or break how much I love my phone. But I would love to be able see more apps ported over to android from the iphone, such as that Bruce Lee game, totally rockin!
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Thank you, even if they made an app that could port iphone apps that would be amazing. Or even make apps on the iphone compatible with bump, cause I noticed you cant put apps in bump on the iphone like you can with droid. Maybe something along these lines would be better and cut the hassle of making apps for different platforms, and at the same time everyone can be happy.
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you're the one whining like a girl for your t pain app.
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Why waste your and everyone elses time with this type of stuff? Can the man ask a question? Man........
Anyway, I feel your pain. There really aren't any really nice music apps for android. I use beat maker on my ipod touch and its damn near a production center, unfortunately we just don't have the developer support. Not sure w are gonna get any support any time soon. They can't even pay developers to jump ship and develop for android
Hahaha I love all the hate I'm getting for saying something I would like to see. Feels like I'm back in high school again with all the little immature kids.
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check out ULOOPS and SIXTEEN BARS
As someone who's actually tried to get something like I Am T-Pain working on Android, I can tell you the reason you don't see more music apps like the ones Smule does for iPhone is due to the relative lack of any sort of low latency audio API in Android. See here for more information: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3434
I just found it amazing you said Android been behind the curve ever since the t pain app for iPhone, as if that's THE app that defines how good an OS is. Wow. Just as you said its a time waster, cool, but ultimately useless, and therefore I'm sure its not a priority right now.
Would be fun to play with though, all I have is my 1g ipod touch so I never got to mess around with it. Just not somethin I'm hurting for
Why so much hate in this topic? The guy is looking for a neat app on the apps discussion board. Big ****ing deal. If you don't like it, then don't even post and save everyone else the time of finding out what a baby you are.
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Another whiner, yay. Follow your own advice and shut the **** up.
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Could you be a bigger ****? Sorry your daddy didn't hug you enough when you were growing up but stop being such an asshole.
Hey guys, I just made a video on how to truly experience the captivate, or any android phone for that matter.
Check it out if you guys want to. Mainly for newer users but everyone is welcome to watch and critique
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2rrUm_vvWo&feature=channel_video_title
thanks and yeah i went a little overboard with descriptions lol
May I suggest you keep a list of talking points off camera for reference (maybe rehearse it a couple times before recording?)... To avoid all the "uuuhhhss" and "uuuummmms" it would make the videos shorter and make you sound much, much, more professional.
Flash a new rom.
Bam! Didn't even need a video for that!
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true true, ill keep that in mind
i had no idea what you were going to be talking about. start with that.
today im going to talk about... this this and this. now lets start with this....
and nothing you did makes anything "hd" there is nothing worse than making information that uses words incorrectly. it takes HD video, always has, and thats it.
besides that, i like that you are out here to help
Damn, I think I'm going to have to watch this thing. Right after "But I'm a cheerleader" lol
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Damn, I think I'm going to have to watch this thing. Right after "But I'm a cheerleader" lol
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continuum 5 eh? I really wanna get into gingerbread. my damn exams are taking too much of my time. but sooooon
and @Trussello
By changing the density like I did, it gives the illusion of an HD screen with a superAMOLED display which isnt even coming out with the S II :S.
I believe that this is far superior to the atrix's screen and it is in essence turning your captivate 'HD'
I think the title is justifiable.
Thanks for your feedback it is much appreciated and im learning a lot
Good job but be more prepared next time.
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duly noted. thanks
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continuum 5 eh? I really wanna get into gingerbread. my damn exams are taking too much of my time. but sooooon
and @Trussello
By changing the density like I did, it gives the illusion of an HD screen with a superAMOLED display which isnt even coming out with the S II :S.
I believe that this is far superior to the atrix's screen and it is in essence turning your captivate 'HD'
I think the title is justifiable.
Thanks for your feedback it is much appreciated and im learning a lot
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I downgraded. The KB lag was ANNOYING. No matter what KB or rom I used, KB lag and autoincorrect was horrid.
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I downgraded. The KB lag was ANNOYING. No matter what KB or rom I used, KB lag and autoincorrect was horrid.
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I see, thanks for the heads up. I'm probably gonna try it out for myself though. My exams end in 5 days so by then there might be a more stable kernal/rom
Tried it and its actually pretty good IMO but it was updated several times
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Hey guys, I just made a video on how to truly experience the captivate, or any android phone for that matter.
Check it out if you guys want to. Mainly for newer users but everyone is welcome to watch and critique
Here's the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2rrUm_vvWo&feature=channel_video_title
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What kind of a calender widget are you using?
It's great that you're doing this for the community Here's some hopefully constructive feedback:
Try to be more to the point. I was curious to learn some stuff, but i found myself getting bored and impatient, which is a shame. You basically spent 4-5 minutes on unlocking the screen with WidgetLocker, without really explaining what WidgetLocker really is, and on ADW EX, but only showing the setting for the number of desktop columns and rows. There are lots of neat things about both these apps, yet i didn't get to see any of it
Keep in mind who your audience is. For the people who are not familiar with the apps you're showing, you want to make sure you explain things. And you want to keep it brief enough so that people who are familiar with the app you're discussing don't get too bored and quit watching. My expectation going into a video like this would be that you will cover several things, and that i may know about a few of them, but not all of them. So the ones i already know about, i'd like them to be short enough that i don't get bored. And the ones i do not yet know about need to be informative enough that i get a basic idea of what it is and does.
My suggestion would be that for each app you try to give a 1-3 sentence explanation about what it is / what it does, and then demo a few features, without dwelling on it too long. I think you could put together a great video if you were to use a rule of thumb like that for each app and cool thing you want to show. Before you start recording, make a shot bullet list of the things you want to mention, so that you can stay on target. (Don't make a script with sentences, because you'd end up reading the script to the viewer, which really doesn't work.)
I hope that that helps you in some way. Again, it's nice you're doing this. I'm just trying to provide some feedback to help you get better I'm looking forward to more videos from you!
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What kind of a calender widget are you using?
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hey, i was using puregrid calendar
Espaa Valorum said:
It's great that you're doing this for the community Here's some hopefully constructive feedback:
Try to be more to the point. I was curious to learn some stuff, but i found myself getting bored and impatient, which is a shame. You basically spent 4-5 minutes on unlocking the screen with WidgetLocker, without really explaining what WidgetLocker really is, and on ADW EX, but only showing the setting for the number of desktop columns and rows. There are lots of neat things about both these apps, yet i didn't get to see any of it
Keep in mind who your audience is. For the people who are not familiar with the apps you're showing, you want to make sure you explain things. And you want to keep it brief enough so that people who are familiar with the app you're discussing don't get too bored and quit watching. My expectation going into a video like this would be that you will cover several things, and that i may know about a few of them, but not all of them. So the ones i already know about, i'd like them to be short enough that i don't get bored. And the ones i do not yet know about need to be informative enough that i get a basic idea of what it is and does.
My suggestion would be that for each app you try to give a 1-3 sentence explanation about what it is / what it does, and then demo a few features, without dwelling on it too long. I think you could put together a great video if you were to use a rule of thumb like that for each app and cool thing you want to show. Before you start recording, make a shot bullet list of the things you want to mention, so that you can stay on target. (Don't make a script with sentences, because you'd end up reading the script to the viewer, which really doesn't work.)
I hope that that helps you in some way. Again, it's nice you're doing this. I'm just trying to provide some feedback to help you get better I'm looking forward to more videos from you!
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Hey man, thanks for taking the time to write all that down. I will definitely try to keep everything here in mind.
Will put in a lot more effort to be concise lol. I just watched over the video and saw what u meant
Thanks again
Nice! Thanks for the vid!
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Nice! Thanks for the vid!
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no ploblem, glad u liked it
with the new gingerbread roms HD may cause complications. broke my camera, scaling was terrible, FCs and so on. tread with caution.
Just as the article mentions, its like the echo, now i personally dont like it as a phone but a tablet...idk tbh now the whole concept really looks like a 3ds lol, you guys think this thing will sell? What will be the major selling factor? hardware? bootloader? updates?
http://www.androidcentral.com/sony-unveils-s1-and-s2-dual-screen-android-tablets
Maybe if the echo wasn't so God damn ugly and had better hardware.. people would buy it
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
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Maybe if the echo wasn't so God damn ugly and had better hardware.. people would buy it
A drop of Chuck Norris's semen was placed on Android OS. We now have CyanogenMod.
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agreed as said by others at least dual core, 4g cmon you know lol get with the program
I'm actually quite interested in this. Thanks for the info.
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Systemfraud said:
I'm actually quite interested in this. Thanks for the info.
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np man i might see if i can pick this up, save a little money, i got an evo soon to be a 3d too, for my phone, and as of now im rocking the ipad 2 as my tab, hopefully these new tabs can take advantage of honeycomb
In before this thread derails.
Honestly right now the iPad looks more appealing than any Android OS tablet. I think Android needs to work on polishing Android for tablets a bit more.
That Sony dual screen is just atrocious.
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In before this thread derails.
Honestly right now the iPad looks more appealing than any Android OS tablet. I think Android needs to work on polishing Android for tablets a bit more.
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Idk about that. Have u seen the moto zoom. They r pretty polished and r running honeycomb. Very responsive and very fast
Yeah buddy, and the asus transform is $399 for the 16gb model, or $499 for the 32gb model.
Spam. In wrong section. Has nothing to do with Evo. Op needs to learn where to put non-Evo related threads.
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Spam. In wrong section. Has nothing to do with Evo. Op needs to learn where to put non-Evo related threads.
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Some people find this info quite nice, some people like you don't. You aren't a mod so if you have nothing postivie who cares what you have to say? Tired of people thinking they're in charge, and the flamers too. Go to 4chan if you wanna troll.
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Just report the thread at the top right hand corner to see it go away. I feel like I shouldn't visit Android Central on a daily basis because I can find all the articles on the XDA Evo section.
I don't doubt that this dual screen idea could be more of a future norm, so long as it is done right. Have gotten some hands on time with the Echo and while you sort of get the idea, it just really seems tacky. At least I came away from the Echo with that feeling. I'm more interested in dual screen displays than 3D as well.
So long as it's done right, all around.
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In before this thread derails.
Honestly right now the iPad looks more appealing than any Android OS tablet. I think Android needs to work on polishing Android for tablets a bit more.
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Systemfraud said:
Some people find this info quite nice, some people like you don't. You aren't a mod so if you have nothing postivie who cares what you have to say? Tired of people thinking they're in charge, and the flamers too. Go to 4chan if you wanna troll.
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Based on your logic common citizens shouldn't try to stop little old ladies from getting mugged, unless they are police officers. Your logic shows a small picture view.
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Based on your logic common citizens shouldn't try to stop little old ladies from getting mugged, unless they are police officers. Your logic shows a small picture view.
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Give it a rest. If you don't like the thread don't post in it.
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Based on your logic common citizens shouldn't try to stop little old ladies from getting mugged, unless they are police officers. Your logic shows a small picture view.
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umadbro?????
If they'd build this so that there's a flush (seemless) connection between the screens I'd seriously consider these ....as it is their just.... stupid.
Keep the thread on subject. I am moving it to General as it does not belong in the EVO section.
The concept is nice, however I just cant get over the gap in the middle between the two screens, it really ruins the experience for me. Now if they do it RIGHT and allow true multitasking between each window this will be a good competitor; the screens are 5.5 inches so that's just big enough to allow full featured browsing/operation on each screen.