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[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotleadsingerguy:
That's true, but in all other performance-related issues LauncherPro and ADW perform *MUCH* better than Motoblur. It's quicker in almost every regard...almost instant to the touch. Motoblur is delayed in almost everything you do.
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mpalatsi:
I'm all about making things look good, and motoblur looks like a flaming turd at my front door... :p

LauncherPro FTW!
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rafaelbrandao:
I restored motoblur launcher after instaled gingerblur 1.3, motorblur is way better than the gingerlike launcher IMO
[Xperia Play General] matknny:
Thanks for your review my xperia play hoping arrives tomorrow. Just depends on Royal Mail. I'll post my findings on XDA too.
[Xperia Play General] arcticmedia:
Thanks for the review my xperia play will hopfully come in today if not tommorow by UPS

Will post my findings about it aswell :)

Although I think it will be positive to play all my childhood games again :)
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
yay! i've just received my xperia play! for the record you get a 16gb class 2 card with it and they also provide you with a screen protector (not fitted).
[Xperia Play General] metcard:
Can someone confirm whether the screen is plasstic?

I really wanted this phone but having a plastic screen and not glass is a deal breaker for me.
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
its hard to tell, becuase there seems to be a screen protector already fitted on the screen by default (ignore my previous post! had a closer look). so you cant really tell if its plastic or glass :/
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
so there is already a screen protector installed? no need to buy one more or evne use the one it comes with??
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
yh as far as i can tell there seems to be one installed, looks very well done. plus you get a spare one in the box. so alls good.
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
I got the phone today and ran it thought a few tests. :)

First of all - Beware! If you're getting the phone from the UK but are not currently in the UK, it seems Playstation Pocket is unavailable in many countries still. I am in Ireland and it's not available for me yet. I contacted support and hope it'll be enabled soon.

Let's get to the performance - Quadrant does around 1600, Linpack around 38. All in all, a little disappointing, it's about as high as the Nexus One gets. I'm pretty sure that's because it's still running a rather early build of the software. Let's see how well it'll perform with Android 2.3.3, I'm sure there's still a lot to improve.

The screen feels solid and nice, it's hard to tell if it's plastic or glass, to be honest. Feels a lot like the screen of the Nexus S. It supports a 4-point-multitouch and it works well. The Notification-LED supports all colors from red to white, the Playstation controls work really nice, but I had troubles with the analog sticks - altho I didn't really need them much. The buttons work awesome for emulators and even quite a lot of normal Android-Games, like Radiant and EVAC HD.

The browser is fast and the flash player works great. All in all, it's quite nice and it got quite some potential. Altho I miss the Notification power widget from the Touchwiz/Cyanogenmod roms
[Xperia Play General] Tornlogic:
Thanks Meister!

I really want to get a Play and sell my DroidX. Problem is, I'm not sure it would be an actual upgrade. I really want dedicated controls, but benchmark scores are lower than my non-overclocked X. *sigh* what to do, what to do.
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
I got it after the Galaxy S and for me, it really was an upgrade. Not on a hardware side, it's still in that Droid 2/X - Galaxy S/G2/DHD Range, but it's still absolutely worth it for the controls. Being able to play Zelda like that with my phone? So freakin' worth it. Aside from that, it looks really sleek and feels great. True, the screen isn't Super Amoled, but it's very good, and true, the Software still feels a little rushed but... Compared to what the Galaxy S shipped with, it's pretty amazing. And when looking back at what we where able to finally make out of the Galaxy S, I think this thing got a great future. Aside from that, the Dual Core phones still seem to be plagued by a lot of issues like battery drain, performance hickups and the like - this one is very consistent and running Zelda in an GBA Emulator for about 30 Minutes drained 3% Battery. Yes, it's not perfect, but it's pretty good, I'd say :P
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
holy **** im so on the fence but comments like yours make me want to get it now. stupid rogers not accepting orders yet.
[Xperia Play General] metcard:
Sounds like the shatter proof skin that se put on the x10, this would suggest that the screen is glass. The x10 screen felt very plasticky to me initially.

The xplay might still be in the running for my monies.
[Xperia Play General] Techdread:
BenchMarks don't tell the whole story, this machine is fast when playing action games. using FPSE I get 55- 60 fps sustained on Tekken 2, Tekken 3 & Gran turismo :D

The quadrant scores are skewed by the IO tests like the stock Galaxy S.
[Xperia Play General] Tornlogic:
Gran Turismo!?!? Did you say Gran Turismo?!? Dude if that's running smooth and controls are spot on, I'm so getting this phone.

But you're right, benchies, don't tell the whole story. How is web and flash performance? I feel on my X things are a bit sluggish. Scrolling around, its as if I'm seeing 10-15fps.

Also, is the screen readable outside on a sunny day. It is on an X, but you have to strain.
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
The screen is perfectly readable in sunlight and flash content as well as websites load, scroll and play very smooth.
[Xperia Play General] Tornlogic:
Niiice. Thanks so much
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
Okay, after two days with playing around with it, some pro and contras. :)

Pro:

- Great screen! It's vibrant, bright, perfectly readable. The blacks are not as awesome as on Amoled-Displays, naturally, but it looks a lot better than normal TFTs, I'd say it's closest to the iPhone 4's IPS display.

- Great controls! The controls are awesome. It's amazing what a difference it makes to have actual buttons to press, ESPECIALLY in Emulator games. GBA, NES, SNES, Gameboy, PSOne, they all work perfectly with this thing.

- It feels good in the hand - with the game controls slided out or in, it always feels comfortable to hold. The screen is small enough to be used with one hand, but big enough to enjoy movies and games on it.

Contra:

- The software is still a little wonky. Especially the auto-brightness seems to be working only sometimes. Still, you can set the brightness manually, so it's not so bad until it's fixed. Also, the performance is still a little hit or miss sometimes. For example, while the Galaxy S has pretty consistent FPS in Quadrant, it wildly varies on this device - The DNA only has 15 FPS, while the Planets have 59. On the Galaxy S both had about 30. I'm pretty sure that's a software issue as well, tho.

- The internal Memory is quite tiny, especially with the pre-installed games. You can move most apps and games to the SDCard, which is insanely fast, really. I never noticed a difference in the speed to launch a game from SD or internal memory. However, some games, apparently especially Gameloft games, don't allow you to install them on SD Card. Hopefully, with root access, we can uninstall some of the useless apps and games to free up more space.

- The Notification LED is hard to see. It's nice it has one, but it's hard to see when the phone is on the table.

- No Notification power Widget, no Gingerbread Screenoff-Animation. I'm pretty sure those two will come once the sources and Root are released. :)
[Xperia Play General] Barguast:
Very odd that a lot of reviews are complaining about the screen brightness. I'm inclined to think it's a sporadic software bug associated with the auto-brightness feature, but that might be wishful thinking!
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
I can't really agree to those reviews. When you manually set the brightness on max, that thing is bright as all hell and perfectly readable even in direct sunlight. So the screen defiantly is able to be very bright. It's just the auto-brightness software that's wonks.
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
wait we cant install all apps to the SD card?
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
Yes of course. Ever since Android 2.2, you can move apps to the SD card in the App menu. Just go to settings - Applications - Manage applications - SD Card. There you can open an installed app and choose "Move to SD card" when it supports it.
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
i know how you feel mate. i came from a galaxy s, better cpu, better gpu, better screen. but i just hated playing games on the touch screen. i made a compromise; i wanted physical controls. now i have an xperia play and i just cant stop playing my emulators xD
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
Same here. The Galaxy S is a nice and powerful phone, but playing games with a touchscreen is pretty craptacular. ESPECIALLY after playing the same games I tried on the Galaxy S with touchscreen (Reckless Racing, Evac HD, Radiant) on the Xperia Play, I never want to go back.

I also got an update from contacting the SE customer support about the Playstation Pocket app. They adviced me to switch the connection to Wifi. As you can imagine, that didn't help. I sent them a reply with all the information they could possibly want now, tho. :P
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
so can you even play crash bandicoot? or its just you cant access the playstation pocket store or something? i hav'nt really messed with it too much, hell i've barely played any of the pre-installed games!
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
Yes, I can play Crash as it was pre-installed, however, I can't search for any other playstation pocket game and the ones available in the market are not available for install on my phone. This however should be easily fixable as soon as we have root access, as you can then fake your SIM-ID with the proper apps and thus pretend you're on 3 UK instead of O2 Ireland, for example :P
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
oooohhhh i see. well lets hope for a speedy root!
[Xperia Play General] AriStar:
what do you beam "when it supports it"?
[Xperia Play General] Meister_Li:
unfortunately, not every app does. There are some limitations, like widgets, witch generally have to be on the phone's memory. Also apps that are badly written sometimes don't have that option.
[Xperia Play General] Deadeye*:
My mini review: i got it from CarPhoneWarehouse whit Vodafone. The first thing i dint like it was the screen, it has Bluish tint a bit, and to not have turn off auto screen brightness is ridiculous. The performance i tested whit quadrant i'm getting ~1360. Don't know why, i disabled all the widgets, disabled animation, and off course kill all apps but still the same... Right know i'm just waiting for stock version of android 2.3 to try it.
[Xperia Play General] :
Almost all apps. Only one I know and used to use that doesn't is tango.
[Xperia Play General] awoken:
And where in the box did you find that screen protector ? I didnt get one, and mine isnt fitted with one either.
[Xperia Play General] emann56:
I thought they were taking pre-orders?
[Xperia Play General] windfall:
Try to use android SDK and set default installation location to SD card by "adb shell pm setInstallLocation 2". This method can install programs to SDK card even it doesn't support app2SD.
[Xperia Play General] XZQ't:
Let me ask about phone space. In the specification SONY said it has 400 MB ROM.

But I would like to know how much left after all the pre-install apps.

I know A2SD is there, but not entire app can be moved, right? You may reduce from 10 MB to 8 MB in some app.
[Xperia Play General] Tornlogic:
Well there is actually 1GB. After the OS is installed with all the bloat, you're left with the claimed 400MB
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
where did you get yours from? i bought mine here in the UK from box.co.uk. sounds like you got short changed?
[Xperia Play General] awoken:
Got mine here in the netherlands from my provider KPN. wich is one of the 2 best here. The box was sealed so they couldnt have taken it out. :confused:

Maybe its a conspiracy with the dutch screenprotector union :D

No seriously i rechecked and there is notthing in the box. there is something on the screen but i dont if that can come off.
[Xperia Play General] svenk919:
Dutch T-mobile user here, also had no screen protector in my box.
[Xperia Play General] ungaze:
Sweet!

Now tell us. How's battery life? with minimal use(everything set to low and battery saving but phone still left usable as a phone and as an android device) and with insane usage.
[Xperia Play General] mitchman1411:
Tele2 in Norway here and I got no screen protector and the memory card was only 8GB (!).
[Xperia Play General] mrbkkt1:
I have one question, and its important for me. Can you access the playstation network and reply to messages?
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
it was well known before the play was released that there would be no PSN integration....
[Xperia Play General] leninthe31st:
The name of the device gives it away too.

It is an Sony Ericsson Android handset. The 'PlayStation Certified' is a bit of a gimmick really. It just means it has the PS controller layout.

Also, the 'Playstation Suite' will give access to PlayStation content, although currently all that is available are a couple of crummy PSone ports that you would be mad to purchase. Especially with FPse.

If you have purchased the Xperia Play because you thought it was the 'PlayStation Phone', you have pretty much played right into the hands of those highly paid marketing executives that work for Sony...
[Xperia Play General] tanquef:
this will sound like apple marketing but... there is an app for that!! lol

check the market for psn, there is an app who lets you control your psn data, and you can use it on your nexus.
[Xperia Play General] mrbkkt1:
not that I know of... even tried the official euro ps app. Basically, I was wondering if it supported remote play like the aino....

if you know of a specific app, a link to the apk would be greatly appreciated.
[Xperia Play General] tanquef:
i have an app called psn trophies, which allows me to check my status and my friends.

there is no app to play online, since like they told us, this phone will not enter into the psn, so its likely that online gaming is not going to happen, at least for now...
[Xperia Play General] MarlowXim:
Based on Zub7 review I'd like to add.. Got to try one at the Xperia launch in Canada. The screen needs to be brighter! It was too dim even in the lowest light conditions.

The dpad could of been softer, my comparison was the dpad on the ps3 controller.

Sound was lack luster, used ultimate ears headphones, in music and in game.

Anyone know what sound codec chip they packaged, because whatever they selected, the implementation wasn't too pleasing to the ears. (Subjective disclaimer)

There was considerable fps drops on the demo game asphalt, I had a galaxy s on hand to compare during the looping demo.

I hope they'll atleast make a reversion with a brighter screen or atleast the same quality screen as the arc. I can't say I was impressed with device, despite the convenience of having a dpad. I wouldn't recommend purchasing it yet until the screen issue is addressed maybe on a future reversion.

Also Zub7 I believe you can pair a wiimote to the galaxys. I don't know if stock rom will allow it, but it is definitely supported in cyanogenmod.
[Xperia Play General] Zub7:
thats the thing, i dont want to carry around a second device just to play games. i dont regret my purchase of my Xperia Play, i play my emulators so much now compared to when i had my galaxy s, becuase using touch screen controls was so horrible.

you get used to the d-pad, at first i didnt like it, now im more used to it and its ok. however its not as good as a PSP d-pad or a normal controller d-pad.

the screen imo is not great nor is bad. its ok. indoors in normal light, i think it is perfectly fine. outdoors, yh a bit crappy.

sound imo, is better than most phones tbh, they use two actual seperate speakers, and its decent. of course though, you'd want to use headphones, you'd get better sound quality plus much better battery life. and i always use my headphones, apart from maybe playing some simple NES games or something.
[Xperia Play General] NeoTechni:
I'm comparing it to PSP go for obvious reasons

The screen is fine, no complaints.

The volume buttons are bigger and easier to find

There are no screen/note buttons, which also means no TV out

The L/R triggers are thinner on the Z axis, and thus harder to press

The slider/joint is stronger, and thus harder to open/close

The Start/Select buttons are just as bad

The dpad/face buttons are no better/worse. I dont have long nails at the moment so I was unable to test if its any easier to use or not with them.

The analog touch pads are not a good replacement for a moving analog nub. There is no tactile feedback to tell you where it thinks your thumbs are (its variable, depending on where you apply the pressure. With an analog nub, it's not variable) I only tried it with Space Battalion for a bit, but it felt like I had to continually pet it, instead of holding it in a direction.

The one game I played did have better graphics than what I've seen of the 3DS. (Though this phone is twice as powerful, and ironically has almost twice the battery life.)

The android UI doesnt switch to landscape mode when the controls are open. Slightly annoying. But I can just make an XMB clone for it.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kenfly:
What is the best Rom/Kernel for playing 3d games? Im trying to play emulators and all of them are really slow, but I'm sure theres a way to speed things up a bit.

And YES I DID SEARCH THE THREAD BEFORE POSTING :0
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] teh roxxorz:
CM7 is nice for gaming. But if its just slow, go into your governor settings and ramp up your cpu usage just a bit.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ranoko:
Been using Salvage-Mod 1.1 for gaming. Works great for me : )
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grifforama:
http://www.htcphones.net/htc-droid-incredible-reaches-end-of-life/

I guess this means that we won't be getting Gingerbread officially at all on the Incredible ?

I'm starting to feel a little let down by all this. I bought the Incredible less than a year ago now, and it would appear that the only way to upgrade the software would be by by rooting and ROM'ing.

I'm totally cool with that, but it's the way Verizon lock you in for 2 years, then tell you that the last year of your contract is basically unsupported ?

Is there any way any dev's could port the Dezire Z GB ROM over ?

goo.gl/cKasq
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Smabbage:
Time for a little Cyanogmod 7 lovin'. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PGleo86:
We're getting Gingerbread, I got this from a HTC employee:

"Dear (My name),

I understand your concern about wanting to know if the Incredible will be updated to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). I’m pleased to inform you that there is going to be an update in the second quarter of this year to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). At this time we do not have any more information about the update. When the update is released we will announce it on www.htc.com and www.facebook.com/htc

.

If you feel you need more information, you are welcome to send us another email or you can contact the HTC Technical Support team at 1-866-449-8358 daily from 6:00AM until 1:00AM Eastern.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and

your ticket number (ticket number).

Sincerely,

Joe

HTC"
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] grifforama:
Awesome news. Thanks for that.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
This is sad. I just recieved my local stores LAST ever incredible. :)
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BarackMitzvah:
Here's what I got -

Dear (Meh Name),

I will be more than happy to assist you with this information. We are excited to announce that the HTC Incredible will receive the Gingerbread (Android 2.3) update in Summer 2011. Stay tuned for details as we get closer to the update availability.

To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number (ticket#).

Sincerely,

Philip

HTC
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walk.away:
According to the Carphone Warehouse website, one of the features for the GalaxyS2 is quoted as HSDPA+. Is this an oversite on carphone warehouses part or will HSDPA+ actually be available to us in the uk?

http://www.carphonewarehouse.com/news/coming-soon/samsung_galaxy_s_2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the phone has HSPDA+ (4G)

the question is if your phone company supports 4G or not

even if 4G is not an option for your cell company, you can still get 3G with the phone
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walk.away:
yeh the question is whether uk phone companies will support hspa+ as it is an extension of 3g really?

because if not they shouldnt be advertising a feature that is disabled.

or due to the recently announced 4g spectrum auction, they are just meaning it will be compatible once the 4g network is set up.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
its just hsdpa+ enabled and thats that... what carrier the consumer will be using and if the carrier supports it, is none of their business. they sell internationally just because uk carriers dont support this yet doesnt mean that they arent supposed to describe exactly what they are selling...
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] walk.away:
no, you guys aren't understanding me. it is a uk website, not an international website of samsung, it is a uk seller selling to the uk, we have tranding standards laws so products arent missold.

do any uk people know if this is possible in this country?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PartyMango:
I'm not quite sure you actually know what HSPA+ is - the phone does support this wireless standard, but for it to be useful to you your cell provider needs to have HSPA+ capable stations in your area. They are selling you a capable phone, not cell phone service - and the maximum speed this phone can attain is higher than other phones maximum speed.

And, of course, UK providers do support this standard. You are most likely to get a HSPA+ signal in metropolitan regions. If you absolutely have to know if your area is covered, you need to research further - but this will change over time, as more and more regions are upgraded.

But even if no cell phone provider in your area had capable stations it wouldn't be mislabeling as the seller is only describing the capabilities of the phone - you could be buying it for use outside the UK.

You really need to research before asking pointless questions.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] virussnake:
carphone warehouse ships INTERNATIONALLY this means its shipping to countries that do have hsdpa+ carriers...

why make a big deal out of this? even if the uk doesnt have it right now they will in a few months. if they have it already, great...