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Is Dolphin HD still the preferred method ?
Stock browser?
Chrome? doesn't do Flash though.
What else?
I love ICS Browser+. It is the stock browser with more options and tweaks. You can add a third ring to the Quick Controls. (best thing about stock browser, I never have to do anything but move my finger slightly to control all navigation). It is in the labs section. Quick Controls. On ICS Plus Browser it is just under Quick controls.
I use Dolphin for things still. But in general I have my ICS Browser+ set for PC mode and just use it for almost everything.
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I did try Opera and Dolphin but both of those seemed to have issues with the BBC iPlayer. The Dolphin one, for example, would not go full screen. So I have gone back to using the Browser+ as that seems to work fine.
I'm loving Chrome, use it on my xoom, gnex, and all my pcs. The sync function is awesome.
Chrome
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Ics browser +
Opera
Overskreen. This one is the best floating browser.
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I've been using the stick browser mostly. It's seems to work well on my Xoom. I'm going to give the ICS Browser + a try though. Just looked at at on the market. Looks nice.
I use Chrome as my main browser, because it syncs bookmarks.
But for the occasional time I need flash on my xoom, I use the stock browser.
Quick ics browser
Quick ICS browser+ is way better than ICS browser+. For pages loading nothing can beat Opera Mini but it doesn't load every images on certain websites so i use quick ics.
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I tried, Opera, Chrome, ICS+, Stock, Boat, Maxthon, but i keep coming back to Dolphin HD. I think that once Chrome is officially released, i might drop Dolphin.
seems im the only one using opera mobile in my ics xoomstock was also nice but opera with sync rocks big time!
This is just the type of thread I was thinking about posting, I never got the chance though. I'm currently using ICS Browser+ but this brings up some questions I've been having. I recently got my Motorola Xoom and I love it!
The reason I'm using ICS Browser+ is because I can change the user agent. Right now I have it set to iPad otherwise pages just load mobile versions. The other question is, is it just me or does Google Chrome on Android stutter and show a lot of white when scrolling quickly?
Chrome also doesn't allow user agent switching and also only loads mobile desktop websites which is kind of surprising and really upsetting. I'm hoping Google changes it to load desktop websites by default.
Any suggestions for a new Xoom user?
Thanks all.. I'm trying out ICS quick browser, it is nice, but wow, one of the biggest reasons IMO for android tablets>Ipads is FLASH.
and the ICS quick browser + doesn't seem to do flash at all..
Meanwhile dolphin HD , seems to do it just fine, but I do like general browsing better on the +
sucks!
And Chrome simply will NEVER support flash, so thats done with too
Chrome+Flashify to redirect all flash content to Browser=THE solution. There simply IS no other solution. I wish Google would just put Flash into Chrome, but it's not their choice seeing as Adobe is Apple's *****.
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Rblacula said:
Chrome+Flashify to redirect all flash content to Browser=THE solution. There simply IS no other solution. I wish Google would just put Flash into Chrome, but it's not their choice seeing as Adobe is Apple's *****.
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YOU DA MAN!! thanks bro!! I love Chrome, but no flash is a deal killer for me, you saved me!!
fastfed said:
YOU DA MAN!! thanks bro!! I love Chrome, but no flash is a deal killer for me, you saved me!!
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Glad I could help!
Im using ICS Browser+ because it has more features than the stock browser. and opera mini because it's as smooth as the iPad's browser.
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Im using ICS Browser+ because it has more features than the stock browser. and opera mini because it's as smooth as the iPad's browser.
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Safari on my Ipad , is dog****.
It's horrible, it freezes, lags and just plain sucks.
Not alone with that problem either.
Every tablet has its issues imo, but so far this thing is rock solid
fastfed said:
Safari on my Ipad , is dog****.
It's horrible, it freezes, lags and just plain sucks.
Not alone with that problem either.
Every tablet has its issues imo, but so far this thing is rock solid
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I've noticed that, too, on my friend's iPad which I occasionally use. Chrome got an update which is (mostly) awesome! Way smoother, and pages load quicker for me! Only bad part is the new icon... In the Play Store it shows as the same, but on actual devices the colouring is faded, fugly, and gringey... I want the old icon back! The red looks pink-ish, purple-ish, and the green is puke green... Yellow is dingey as well. The white gradient is also coming from the left of the top instead of the centre... I'm kinda disgusted by it... It looks better on my Nexus S 4G because SAMOLEDs are oversaturated, but it's still a good 1,000 times more dingey! It's soooo much uglier, but I love its speed...
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I think that once Chrome is officially released, i might drop Dolphin.
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Beta releases are effectively official releases in the world of Google.
Hi xda forum! I'm new, my name is Stefano, italian.
I bought my new Infinity Pad and i have some questions, 'cause it's my first android device.
I noticed that the device isn't so smooth, especially in navigation. I can't understand why! Do i have to do something (factory reset? it's new...).
1- What's the best browser to get?
2- What has to be done to flash a custom rom? i read the guide, but i'm still confused ; in order to flash a rom i have to: become root, unlock bootloader, install recovery, and then how to install the rom? (zeus v4)
3- If I flash the zeus rom, how can i upgrade to jelly bean when the update comes out?
Thank you very much
1) The best browser is mostly depending on what suits the user. I prefer chrome because i use it on all of my devices and computers. Some people prefer the stock ICS and JB browser, others use opera, dolphin or firefox. (those are the top 5 browsers of choice)
2) Before you flash a rom you do need to be rooted, bootloader unlocked and a custom recovery needs to be flashed. flashing a rom isnt the hard part, its making sure you obtain root and unlock the bootloader which is more tricky. although, there are risks and things to be aware of when flashing different rom.
3) if you flash zeus's rom then you wont be able to receive the OTA update. you will have to wait until someone posts a rooted and unlocked version of the OTA.
read up on the forums about rooting and unlocking bootloaders and understand what it does BEFORE you start doing it. you need to understand all the potential risks involved and get familiar with ADB and its basic commands. when you start rooting and unlocking bootloaders you may run into problems and brick your device. with it being your first android device, i suggest you take the time to learn android and what kind of features it offers before you dive into changing system files and flashing roms.
Rooting
ADB Commands
check out those links above and post back with any questions you have, we are here to help.
Thank you very very much!! For the moment, i just disabled some stock application that were annoying. Now i will practice with the system..
Another question: I downloaded and installed the package of flash player but nothing happens. Note that in the stock browser i checked "Activate plug-in" in -Always-.
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Thank you very very much!! For the moment, i just disabled some stock application that were annoying. Now i will practice with the system..
Another question: I downloaded and installed the package of flash player but nothing happens. Note that in the stock browser i checked "Activate plug-in" in -Always-.
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CryTeknik,
Don't forget to hit vegandroids thanks button!
Try the Dolphin browser from the play store it's flash capable and seems very speedy of late.
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Thank you very very much!! For the moment, i just disabled some stock application that were annoying. Now i will practice with the system..
Another question: I downloaded and installed the package of flash player but nothing happens. Note that in the stock browser i checked "Activate plug-in" in -Always-.
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First of all: all of the above in the answer of Vegandroid is correct.
Some also say Boat browser is the fastest and (overall) best browser yet for the tf700.
Maybe you should reinstall Flash, since the stock browser should always display Flash correctly.
Hope this helps!
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First of all: all of the above in the answer of Vegandroid is correct.
Some also say Boat browser is the fastest and (overall) best browser yet for the tf700.
Maybe you should reinstall Flash, since the stock browser should always display Flash correctly.
Hope this helps!
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I've already tried TO reinstall but nothing has changed
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I've already tried TO reinstall but nothing has changed
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Did you try a reboot by any chance?
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Did you try a reboot by any chance?
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Yes, also tried on Dolphin.. I downloaded the 11.1 version !
Give Boat Browser a shot - I've never had any issues with Flash using Boat.
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Yes, also tried on Dolphin.. I downloaded the 11.1 version !
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Does flash content or any web video content for that matter play at all on the tablet?
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Does flash content or any web video content for that matter play at all on the tablet?
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I solved the problem downloading from a different source the .apk .. Now all works fine.
A different matter instead is that i noticed some stuttering in scrolling pages (in browser, supernote ecc ecc) it seems like it suffers from bad management of animations .. for example when i scroll a simple pdf file it isn't very smooth.. is that normal?
CryTeknik said:
I solved the problem downloading from a different source the .apk .. Now all works fine.
A different matter instead is that i noticed some stuttering in scrolling pages (in browser, supernote ecc ecc) it seems like it suffers from bad management of animations .. for example when i scroll a simple pdf file it isn't very smooth.. is that normal?
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Glad you got flash working!
I don't see a lot if any stutters with mine.
Try to use task manager to kill off anything running in the back.
Go into settings and try to disable some of the crapplications you can do without too.
These were suggestions from other guys here at XDA they helped me a bit.
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I solved the problem downloading from a different source the .apk .. Now all works fine.
A different matter instead is that i noticed some stuttering in scrolling pages (in browser, supernote ecc ecc) it seems like it suffers from bad management of animations .. for example when i scroll a simple pdf file it isn't very smooth.. is that normal?
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The first thing I do with any of my android devices from ICS on is go into Settings/Developer Options and either reduce animation settings to none or at least to .5. This helps to increase smoothness in scrolling.
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The first thing I do with any of my android devices from ICS on is go into Settings/Developer Options and either reduce animation settings to none or at least to .5. This helps to increase smoothness in scrolling.
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Already done .. Maybe is just me , i'm not handy with android os and i can't tell how much the lag is.. i also disbled some stock apps.. i feel like some animations aren't smooth at all.
Android 4.0 isn't as smooth as iOS. It gets better with 4.1 but it's hard to tell how much improvement we'll see on the Infinity.
And I would stay away from taskmanagers. Android can handle that on its own most of the time. If an app is misbehaving its enough to kill it in the settings/app section.
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I can say this - Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7 is *very* smooth - I'd go as far to say maybe even smoother than iOS (I also have an iPad 1 from when it originally came out). Jelly Bean is very smooth (and stable) on the Nexus 7 - I'm hoping it's similar on the TF700...
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I can say this - Jelly Bean on the Nexus 7 is *very* smooth - I'd go as far to say maybe even smoother than iOS (I also have an iPad 1 from when it originally came out). Jelly Bean is very smooth (and stable) on the Nexus 7 - I'm hoping it's similar on the TF700...
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Same situation on my Nexus.
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honestly, i hate apple... i have an iphone 4 and a 4s but i dont think android will be as stable and smooth for a little while. they have an os thats optimized for one phone, one ipod and one tablet. all of these different devices that android runs on has to be optimized specifically. i hate to be that guy to say that because i will never use apple products other than to test them and play with them, none are used as daily drivers. ill go back to using my lg double play before using an iphone 5.
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honestly, i hate apple... i have an iphone 4 and a 4s but i dont think android will be as stable and smooth for a little while. they have an os thats optimized for one phone, one ipod and one tablet. all of these different devices that android runs on has to be optimized specifically. i hate to be that guy to say that because i will never use apple products other than to test them and play with them, none are used as daily drivers. ill go back to using my lg double play before using an iphone 5.
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Have you tried a Galaxy Nexus with 4.1 yet?
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yes, i was playing with one yesterday at work. i have 4.1 on my s3 and its sweet and smooth. ios just doesnt have the kind of software issue that android does, gpu rendering is still not fully optimized for android devices. thats no way keeping me from using android, but its not like ios is a completely **** os compared to android.
EDIT: also to the dude who wanted to get flash working.... pointless to do it now because once JB is released adobe isnt supporting it.
Will we receive android 4.1.2 or asus will just wait till android 4.2?
The only solution for now is to wait and see.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/...e-gives-nexus-7-owners-landscape-home-screen/
I don't think we will get 4.1.2 as we never got 4.0.4 before
I have no idea, but one thing I noticed in this announcement is that one of the improvements is the ability to rotate the Home Screen in landscape.
Just got my Infinity, and even the original Firmware had this ability, which was maintained in the JB update. I really like this feature.
Ironically, my Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus, also recently updated to JB (Stock OTA update) does *not* have the landscape rotation in the Home Screen, which is one of my few gripes with the device. Yes I know some third party launchers will add this, but often create other unwanted effects, so I haven't explored this yet.
I don't think they added anything that will enhance the experience on this device specifically.
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KilerG said:
I don't think they added anything that will enhance the experience on this device specifically.
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On 4.1.2 they have added to the functionality of the notification menu. Instead of having to use 2 fingers to expand the gmail notification, for example, you just need to use one finger now. But they still haven't updated GAPLESS PLAYBACK for google music.
http://i.imgur.com/CnBTA.png Muahahaha? (But seriously, custom ROMs are great)
On 4.1.2 they have added to the functionality of the notification menu. Instead of having to use 2 fingers to expand the gmail notification, for example, you just need to use one finger now.
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Is there an option that has to be enabled or something? I still need both fingers to expand/collapse notifications.
Features I'd like
I've no problem with performance or battery life... those are fine
The only features I want is:
Wifi-Direct back (why would they REMOVE a feature in a UPdate?)
Fixing the random freezing that happens on normal OTA JellyBean and Custom ROMS. You'd try to turn on the screen but it won't, forcing you to reset the tablet by holding down the power button, that's all I want. <<< most important
Getting the wallpaper to scale nicely in portrait and landscape outside the stock launcher app
Removing idiotic items from the settings menu, like the tethering options. This is a wifi-only tablet, so how exactly would you like to use tethering? Your asking a cart to pull another donkey...
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http://i.imgur.com/CnBTA.png Muahahaha? (But seriously, custom ROMs are great)
Is there an option that has to be enabled or something? I still need both fingers to expand/collapse notifications.
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I don't know. I think the 4.1.2 is for the Nexus 7 GNex for now. The update we just got was only 4.1.
what the hell, you only had portrait in nexus 7 up until this update? really?
thought whole purpose of tablets were to go landscape
way smaller phones go landscape...why not for a much larger device off break to do that??
apple would have called this an innovation though
agdroubi said:
Will we receive android 4.1.2 or asus will just wait till android 4.2?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/09/...e-gives-nexus-7-owners-landscape-home-screen/
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What makes you think we're going to get 4.2 (presumably the post-JB android)?
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what the hell, you only had portrait in nexus 7 up until this update? really?
thought whole purpose of tablets were to go landscape
way smaller phones go landscape...why not for a much larger device off break to do that??
apple would have called this an innovation though
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hahaha, I agree with you 100%...wtf right?
Any idea when Asus will be releasing 4.1.2 ? It's been a while since it was released.
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Any idea when Asus will be releasing 4.1.2 ? It's been a while since it was released.
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Hm, maybe Asus is going to skip Android version 4.1.2 and they will release Android 4.2 (if google release it at 29. oct)
They had skipped 4.0.4, too.
But its only speculation
So I'm loving my tf700, but supprised is still 4.1. Has there been any sign of 4.2 coming?
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So I'm loving my tf700, but supprised is still 4.1. Has there been any sign of 4.2 coming?
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Nope, no sign, no smoke signal yet.....
Google replaced the Bluetooth stack in 4.2 and effectively destroyed Bluetooth on many devices. Google is now trying to correct the problem and have announced that 4.2.2 will be out shortly, whatever that means, and have a fix.
So I would think that no devices will be getting 4.2 for some time until Google works out its self-caused Bluetooth disaster.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/android-4-2-on-nexus-7-has-broken-bluetooth-users-complain-50009768/
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39633
http://www.blue-creation.com/blog/android-dumps-bluez-and-integrates-broadcom-bluedroid-stack/
http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s721534
I own a nexus 7 in addition to a TF700. It is running 4.2.1. The new Bluetooth stack brings back lag on streaming audio - particularly Neflix
There are partial fixes like occasionally clearing the cache on the Bluetooth service/software, and frequently restarting Bluetooth - but its a pain and it doesn't work well.
So be careful what you wish for....
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So be careful what you wish for....
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Right, and I am also not convinced that the new two-bar system UI is usable on a 10" device.
I also don't like the idea of the wasted screen space. On my Nexus 7 it's such a shame.
No thank you, I'd rather keep 4.1 with the streamlining updates Asus keeps sending us. For the moment 4.2 seems like a step backwards.
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No thank you, I'd rather keep 4.1 with the streamlining updates Asus keeps sending us. For the moment 4.2 seems like a step backwards.
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I would actually say that 4.2 is a step backwards.
4.2.2 is out for nexus devices. That means the bugs(Bluetooth and WiFi) in the the original OS got a fix so we could expect the update for asus transformer infinity in a month or so. Waiting desperately for it.
Why are you waiting desperately? What does it bring that you can't have now?
Multi-User support?
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Multi-User support?
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You can have that now with Switch Me if you want though.
The new multi user support creates lags when a second user is added. The fix? Remove second user ... :laugh: Gotta love googles betas!
4.2 is a keeper for me, mainly because of Google's swype-style keyboard. It's excellent.
And I would definitely like the new UI that is on nexus 10. The new multi-tasking is kinda nice. I guess swiping the apps up or down is better that swiping them sideways to close them.
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You can have that now with Switch Me if you want though.
The new multi user support creates lags when a second user is added. The fix? Remove second user ... :laugh: Gotta love googles betas!
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Source?
martindesu said:
4.2 is a keeper for me, mainly because of Google's swype-style keyboard. It's excellent.
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The stock ASUS keyboard also has Swype-like feature, admittedly it is nowhere as good as Google's 4.2 keyboard. Nevertheless, I personally don't like swype on tablets, since it is a lot more tiring on tablets, I have to slide my fingers on a very big screen. To me swype makes a lot more sense on phones.
You can't beat Swiftkey... and if somebody comes out with something that does, I'm signing up LOL
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Source?
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User complaints on xda, news releases, Google. Pretty well known bug. Not sure if it was fixed in the 4.2.1 update.
Digital Man said:
Google replaced the Bluetooth stack in 4.2 and effectively destroyed Bluetooth on many devices. Google is now trying to correct the problem and have announced that 4.2.2 will be out shortly, whatever that means, and have a fix.
So I would think that no devices will be getting 4.2 for some time until Google works out its self-caused Bluetooth disaster.
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/software/an...has-broken-bluetooth-users-complain-50009768/
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39633
http://www.blue-creation.com/blog/android-dumps-bluez-and-integrates-broadcom-bluedroid-stack/
http://www.broadcom.com/press/release.php?id=s721534
I own a nexus 7 in addition to a TF700. It is running 4.2.1. The new Bluetooth stack brings back lag on streaming audio - particularly Neflix
There are partial fixes like occasionally clearing the cache on the Bluetooth service/software, and frequently restarting Bluetooth - but its a pain and it doesn't work well.
So be careful what you wish for....
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I have no bluetooth issues wharsoever,
Sent from my GNexus
huy_lonewolf said:
The stock ASUS keyboard also has Swype-like feature, admittedly it is nowhere as good as Google's 4.2 keyboard. Nevertheless, I personally don't like swype on tablets, since it is a lot more tiring on tablets, I have to slide my fingers on a very big screen. To me swype makes a lot more sense on phones.
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Swype beta is available for free.
It has a mode that displays a smaller version that floats so that problem is non-existing.
After handwriting with a pen this is the best way to type on a touch device! Unless you have the dock...
4.2.2 is out today for the Nexus 7, Nexus 4 was yesterday I think. Mixed reviews so far. People are happy with the responsiveness and smoothness but there still seem to be some issues.
Is there an APK for the stock browser that came with the Xperia Play on Gingerbread.
I really liked that for ease of use and speed. Since upgrading to JB, I've got something else I don't really like.
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Is there an APK for the stock browser that came with the Xperia Play on Gingerbread.
I really liked that for ease of use and speed. Since upgrading to JB, I've got something else I don't really like.
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Here you go.
Red_Kop said:
Is there an APK for the stock browser that came with the Xperia Play on Gingerbread.
I really liked that for ease of use and speed. Since upgrading to JB, I've got something else I don't really like.
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oh no no no the browser isnt the problem the thing is that that gingerbread is the smoothest android version for xperia play and also gb browsers wont work on ics which is sony based so dont even think about aosp jb