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[TouchPad General] Solidus_n313:
gonna add some of my faves that havent been listed yet

APPS

if you like to monitor IRC channels, i 100% recommend wIRC (preware i think) its amazing! you have seperate cards for each channel, and it can log sessions as well. fully recommended and free :)

Khan academy is great too, but not enough content (but whats there is consice and complete) (catalog)

Epicurious is great for a new recipe or quick meal if you're bored/want to try something new. (catalog)

LCARS-Clock, you DON'T need to be a trekkie to enjoy this, it just looks amazing and has alarm as well

Internalz Pro is a MUST! (preware)

GAMES

Radiant lite looks really good on this, i liked it for android. this is an exact port. (catalog)

Vector Conflict Lite, another great title, mildly adictive, but repetitive

Chained, just an amazing puzzle game, a little confusing at first, but addictive

Risk, oh man, worth every penny. online multiplayer and great design
[TouchPad General] bassrebel:
emitapp.com works like a charm :D

thanks!
[TouchPad General] dmarchant:
UPnP AV Player works fine for me. I have been testing the free version and that pops up a message box every 3 minutes, but works well enough for you to test before buying.
[TouchPad General] Easy10pins:
Check out Splashpad.com for remote desktop. It's $4.99 in the app catalog.
[TouchPad General] mike-y:
*it's splashtop.com
[TouchPad General] jamezr:
Is there anyway in Webos to have widgets for apps like we do on our Android phones?
[TouchPad General] Solidus_n313:
unfortunately, nope.

the only "widgets" available are apps currently running on the lockscreen (music, messaging, emails, updates and other notifications)

but music is the only one that is interactive on the lockscreen
[TouchPad General] murso74:
yeah what's the deal with that. what's the point of pandora buttons if you can't press them
[TouchPad General] Solidus_n313:
yeah really, its a bit of a tease! thats one of my biggest gripes about webOS, all that desktop real estate, and NO use for it!
[TouchPad General] scrizz:
I actually like a clean desktop TYVM, and I'm not the only one.

;)

My PC is the same way.
[TouchPad General] Solidus_n313:
to each their own, i love android/htc widgets, streamline the entire user process on my fone

mind you i do understand the lack of desktop junk to preserve resources, and would bog up the card system something fierce
[TouchPad General] scrizz:
That's not the reason I do it.

I just like clean desktops.

:p
[TouchPad General] dbreakers:
anyone having issues now with the new update of Pandora. I finally got Impostah setup correctly where it shows in the app catalog (I'm in Canada) and had Pandora working last month... Today when I open it, it now says it doesn't work in my country. Frustrating, as I was very much in love with this app!
[TouchPad General] Boniat:
Anyone know if pandora is working now?
[TouchPad General] BigBadWolf84:
I used Pandora today. It's still phone size but it worked.
[TouchPad General] Grigoriz:
There is a new unofficial app for Pandora in the app catalog. I didn't try it because pandora it's not available in my country
[Xoom Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kokjsch:
I see this thread for my friend's device

(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1221336)

and i find it that Honeycomb stock launcher can gpu accelerated.

This device is advent vega,

CPU is Tegra2, ram is 512MB

so, our xoom is well spec than device

but, you see this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNvsKffbVYE

When i see this video, i feel very envy this device

because, if xoom run the Live wallpaper and do scrolling,

the scroll is not smoothing but, this video it's not!!!!

and thread say, some tweaks have this kernel.

Can we possible do GPU accelerated in stock launcher like advent vega???:)

Thx for read this post.

(I need to learn more writting english....)
[Verizon Droid Charge] vegittoss15:
I've tried getting this to work under GBE, but I'm having little luck. If someone's got a patch or any clues as to how to go about this, I'd appreciate it.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] digitalpirate:
Not sure if I like the new controls yet....
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] _terror_:
is that it? You couldn't like share a pic and tell us something about the game? Why even start a thread if you're not gonna share more info about the game? Next time, do it from the beginning, and do it right.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] HearthC0re:
Post pumping. The usual..

i frown upon these posts.

And i frown upon posts like mine right now.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Dyelon:
The dude just wanted to start a conversation about a game...it is a GAMING phone
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] _terror_:
yeah i get that, but the "dude" can write something more then just that he doesn't like the controls, right?

A good start on a discussion would be (IMO)

* Short info about the game

* 1 or more pics of the game

* link to the game

* Own personal review of the game

* a question to start the discussion.

He failed on every part. The only thing he said was something about he didn't like the controls. That's a pretty ****ty start of a discussion if you ask me.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] digitalpirate:
If you don't like it then don't post in it? Didn't realize there you were the posting police.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Cl8rs:
Agreed....
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] mission26:
may be it is just a way of increasing your post????
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] narflynn619:
that guy always does that.. too much talking with less substantial thoughts.. it's still your "IMO": your opinion is way different from his opinion, besides this game spent a long time already in the market so there's no way you shouldn't have known about it.. thread starter only wanted to discuss about the "Xperia Play Optimized" update.
[Galaxy S II General] KnowledgeBroker:
Okay, others have asked prime or hercules, and my real question that would determine which I choose.. our vibrants had REAL potential. No less than the new phone should have, just lesser hardware. All of the sgs1 us versions seem to have no support or updates except what you find on here(after a few months).

Will the hercules have the same fate? Is there any reason to believe they won't do the same thing again? I don't want to spend another 500+ on a device they forget about a few months after they release it. Would you take the chance seeing their track record with our phone and variants?

The most odd thing is that the international versions seem to be better supported(the i9100 more than i9000), so is the problem that they don't want to waste their resources keeping 4 different models of the phone updated in the US? And could they possibly keep the hardware on the us variants close enough spec wise that they could work on an upgrade for all versions, and just tweak each for specific devices?

I know there are no solid answers out there, but I am more wondering what the community here thinks.
[Galaxy S II General] Jasonhunterx:
Most likely not this happened do to the SGS4G came out if something similar happens again but you know that is why there is xda an the cyanogen team so don't worry
[Galaxy S II General] da_dragon2k3:
Not sure what the guy above wrote, but yes it will happen again. I dont think its sammys fault completly. More so the US carriers. My next phone will either be a nexus/htc/motoroogle.
[Galaxy S II General] jneal9:
Yes it will most likely happen again. It's the carrier's business model. They want you to shell out the money to buy the newer phone so they only support the older model for so long. Get a Nexus phone if you want updates faster.
[Galaxy S II General] mritek:
From what I have read this far the sg2 will be replaced by the sg2 plus to match the nexus prime's screen resolution. Because of that fact I will not buy sg2 as well the nexus phone will be the last sammy phone because google just acquired motorola. So the next google phone will be a motorola.
[Galaxy S II General] KnowledgeBroker:
Well the nexus got updates quicker and I constantly see(via news readers) most phones getting updates regardless of carrier.

What the jasonhunterx said(that I could understand) about having xda or cyanogen is opposite of ideal.. where would our devices be if we got a source from Samsung for gingerbread? Miles ahead, everything working, less headaches for developers and users..

But I don't see this as something the carrier is responsible for unless the manufacturer made an agreement with them, which would border on crooked.

I would have bought the sgs2 if it wasn't with att bands.. and there's no promise that the prime will be offeres as a T-Mobile phone.

If the prime doesn't hit T-Mobile and the Hercules is doomed to make the same mistakes, what phone would you get to stay with tmo? Is there an international phone that has the right bands and can compare to sgs2, Hercules, or prime?
[Galaxy S II General] iynfynity:
Yes it WILL happen. The right thing to do is just buy a nexus phone.
[Galaxy S II General] KnowledgeBroker:
And if Samsung makes the prime? Or if tmo doesn't get the prime? That is the question.
[Galaxy S II General] Dan_Brutal:
I believe that the Hercules will have much better support. In my opinion, just like the second poster said, they stopped supporting the vibrant because tmo launched its new "4g" service not too long after the vibrant dropped. So unless 5g comes out a week after the Hercules, I don't think we should have anything to worry about. I hope.......
[Galaxy S II General] christpuncher:
Of course its going to happen.
[Galaxy S II General] kaintfm:
Here is a position I just don't understand. I won't call it whining. Lets say the constant negative portrayal of the Galaxy S line, Samsung, and every other phone manufacturer at one time or another as not supporting or updating their software often enough.

If you look at it objectively, does the Vibrant really need an update? It came out with Eclair. Then came the upgrade to Froyo, which raised Quadrant scores (if you care about that sort of thing) four fold. Finally, the incremental upgrades through Froyo from J all the way to KB5. KB5 is rock-solid stable and fast in its stock form, and even better when customized.

So why all the complaining? The phone is fast and stable. I don't hear anyone complaining about Team Whiskey's Bionix 1.3.1 even though they haven't updated it in many months. Why? Because it's fine as is. So, in my opinion, is the Vibrant.
[Galaxy S II General] iynfynity:
Yes 2.2 for vibrant is stable but there are some Apps that can only be use when you're using gingerbread.
[Galaxy S II General] Jasonhunterx:
There's like 2 of those
[Galaxy S II General] KnowledgeBroker:
There are phones running 1.5 stable, but that isn't a reason it shouldn't be upgraded to whatever it can run. Take the Motorola droid. I have no idea what they updated to, but the og droid has run cyanogen stable far before our vibrant could run it at all. It is a solid phone, and wasn't "discarded" by the manufacturer soon after the release. They did a good job I heard.

The sgs1 branded phone is capable of more than the current generation of android. The iphone, with all the things I don't like about the way they do their phones, supports multiple generations of their products for multiple years. Our phones shouldn't be 2 generations of os behind with no real hope of an upgrade within a year of coming out.
[Galaxy S II General] Emama:
pretty sure yes, so if u want a SGS II get the "international' version

for me NO MORE US VERSION of any Samsung phone
[Galaxy S II General] AustinKnight45:
I think the Hercules will be the lower of the other sgs2 variants nothing will be easy just as the vibrant was full of great dev but nothing to work with but the same stuff. GB has came a long way we thought that was going to be a easy port, lol I really hope they at least get the gps right on the sgs2 this run. End of rant ;-)
[Galaxy S II General] adamcooks:
I say look at track record.

Behold->Vibrant-> hercules. It just goes to show, if you want something done, you just have to do it yourself. I mean really, I just rooted lg vortex, from two years ago that had 2.2.2

Beware of angry gingerbread man
[Galaxy S II General] TheBrandonWRX:
2nd this. Same ol from Samsung/T-Mobile. Going HTC prime or iphone next round.
[Galaxy S II General] veekay666:
Yes i am quite sure that these phones will not get the support that the unbranded version will get...

A company like Apple has a tough time supporting a couple of devices then just imagine how difficult it is for samsung to provide great support for the 50-60 phones it dishes out every year :P
[Galaxy S II General] Pig Vomit:
No support for Hercules. It's Vibrant/Galaxy S 1 all over again. Each of the carriers releasing a different variant of a phone that was released months ago in Europe. You'd be crazy to buy a Hercules or other SGS2 phone. Just what was the reason for the delay? Carrier customizations, more than likely. And the fact that it took them so long to release the US variants does not speak well for future updates.
[Galaxy S II General] plymouthman17:
Like a lot of ppl posted here samsucks never again
[Galaxy S II General] f1restarter:
After dealing with this crooked company called Samsung and their BS games they played last year as far as the update with the Vibrant, I'm done with them. This is the last time I ever trust them and wish I had payed attention to Samsung owners that had been stung by their promises only to be let down badly. "Fool me once shame on you.." comes to mind.
[Galaxy S II General] firetager:
Yes why because the american carriers are going to make a cluster **** of mods to their sgs2.

Which is sad because I kind of like the hercules
[Galaxy S II General] cashyftw:
Duh it's going to happen, look at the behold, and our vibrants, go with an htc or nexus the hecules looks nice, but your going to be here again wishing you got something different. In all honesty: probably going to the iphone 5.
[Galaxy S II General] reuthermonkey:
If it's a Nexus, it will get updates. That's the ENTIRE point of a Nexus device.

Are you kidding? The Behold II never got an update.

The Vibrant has had a full release update, as well as multiple incrementals.

Regardless of all of the other BS though, if you want updates directly from the manufacturer, you need to get the international version which hasn't been customized by the US or Canadian carriers.

You can whine and moan about how it's all Samsung's fault, but the evidence speaks very much to contrary (not that things like "evidence" or even "a calendar" makes much sense to the whiners). The SGS got Froyo back in August of last year.

The SGS got Gingerbread in April of this year (actually before every other manufacturer).

If you want to cut out the carrier BS, buy the international variant unlocked.
[Galaxy S II General] adamcooks:
BhII went from 1.5->1.6

Beware of angry gingerbread man
[Galaxy S II General] hotadef:
well to me it doesnt matter a phone is out dated in like 6 months if you get the fastest one out at that time. so yes you can get the updated software. but that software is running on something with better hardware in about 6 months so it doesnt matter much to me. i know after i purchase a phone to start saving for my next phone.

sure its nice to have my old phone running the new software but its still and old phone. it wont have the hdmi that the hercules has or the bigger screen the dual processors the list go on. once i get the prime or hercules the quad phones will come out. then id get one of those guess what time to up the resolution on the screen and increase the speeds of the 4 cores. in the end it would be nice for my vibrant to be able run all the software updates nice but guess what i wouldnt use it.
[Galaxy S II General] mritek:
I also heard they are releasing the galaxy sIII within Q1 in 2012 to upgrade galaxy s to ice cream sandwich
[Galaxy S II General] reuthermonkey:
fantastic.
[Galaxy S II General] MailenJokerbell:
This thread.

And this, my dear gentlemen is why my next phone will be a nexus.

I'm freaking tired of Samsung bring an ass with their updates.
[Galaxy S II General] KnowledgeBroker:
This is the first post here that made me wonder if sheep learned how to type. Seriously, buying a device knowing you'll buy the next one even if there is no need is why they keep putting out **** devices. I would expect this kind of talk out of an iPhone fanboy, usually if they buy a new iPhone it isn't because it is ACTUALY better.. until there's a reason to do quad core or any other garbage concepts out there.. I'll be happy with the dual core they haven't fully taken advantage of yet. And I wont buy a new device till there is a REAL reason, something that is a big and REAL upgrade.

I bought the vibrant because it had specs superior to all else, but I'll buy the prime(if it can be used on tmo) because of much improved hardware and it will he ahead two generations software wise. I'll buy it so I DONT have to upgrade, hopefully for a long time(the idea of a nexus is that it is more capable than other devices)

If the prime doesn't go T-Mobile I'll get the Hercules because its international version shows superior battery life and specs to everything besides MAYBE the prime. I'm only concerned about manufacturer updates from the devs, I doubt I will ever stay stock for long..

If and only if other wireless companies offered prices comparable to T-Mobile I would consider another phone, but they cost significantly more without doing anything better. So for me it is Hercules or prime as options, and that's it.
[Galaxy S II General] The Tech Game:
Yes. After all, it's the Samsung Cycle.

What is the Samsung Cycle? This image explains it well: http://i.imgur.com/ETN4X.jpg
[Galaxy S II General] movieaddict:
no matter wht u say i will be getting a hercules!
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
+1

i'll be getting the Samsung Galaxy S II (Hercules) for sure, i've been waiting for it for ever

next step... get CM7 ported over for Hercules :D

and Netarchy Kernel, and Trinity Kernel, etc...
[Galaxy S II General] KnowledgeBroker:
Or start out with ics. It should be obvious, start with a device with the source code, and it will only get better. I guess that is my point, I'd rather have a device with a starting point that only gets better..
[Galaxy S II General] itsjusttim:
Noo! Wait for the nexus... your a good dev and I'd rather have you in our forums.

Unless you are getting both...
[Galaxy S II General] movieaddict:
haha we get Allgamer!! in the hercules forum....
[Galaxy S II General] VeryCoolAlan:
Yes

To answer the original question
[Galaxy S II General] ursubpar:
Why can't samsung have a phone with tons of 3g bands on there like the nokia n8?

It would make updating the device so much easier because there would only need to be 1 version of hardware and small FIRMWARE changes to get the phone on separate carriers. To get something that works on one phone to on to another phone (GPS files, softkeys, wifi drivers, modems, kernels, etc.) there would need NO changes whatsoever. Just one version.
[Galaxy S II General] reuthermonkey:
1. those radios cost more. Not a lot, but when you're making 10 million phones, shaving a dollar or 2 here and there saves a lot of money. Thus...

2. Who would purchase this phone? Europeans and Asians, obviously. But Americans don't buy unsubsidized phones. We buy them through carriers because we're dumb enough to think it's "cheaper" that way. ATT doesn't want phones that support AWS, since it doesn't help them at all. So to get ATT to purchase your phone in bulk, they request that you don't include AWS on their bulk of phones. And since it costs you more money to include AWS anyways (extra band, more expensive chip), it's a pretty simple decision to cut out the AWS band, or simply make 2 tri-band chips for the various markets.

It may be more simple to make one phone, but companies run on cash, not simplicity. And if it's cheaper to make different versions of phones, then that's what they'll do.
[Galaxy S II General] N8ter:
What he said...

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Galaxy S II General] prophetic:
After finding out the Hercules will not have an Exynos, I'd say that T-Mo users are out of luck in terms of support.
[Galaxy S II General] lotherius:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...-ii-snapdragon-rumored-to-be-the-replacement/

Exactly. Having a different processor than the rest of the Galaxy S II line 100% guarantees that development for this phone will be abandoned before the first shipment reaches T-Mobile shelves.
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
that's not quite true, it'll just take extra effort

CM7 is already working on the Sensation, which also uses the same CPU

so it's just a matter or combining the CM7 of SGS2 & use the CM7 CPU parts of Sensation
[Galaxy S II General] SamsungVibrant:
The SGS2 variant for T-Mobile will have a 1.5 dual core Qualcomm APQ8060 processor. According to Samsung's Twitter account. The reason T-Mobile chose this processor is because this processor supports T-Mobiles faster network speeds. However, the processor has a slower GPU than the Samsung Xynos.

I would not get this phone unless T-Mobile gave it away for free or under a hundred bucks. It's going to be the same junk as hour Vibrant. Unsupported and the XDA forum will be a ghost town with no development for it.

That's just my opinion though.
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
here's the source http://www.tmonews.com/2011/09/sams...cidentally-spills-galaxy-s-ii-processor-info/

can't wait for this baby to come up :D

you'll never see a lack of development in XDA

it's just more fans or less fan to certain models, but development will always go on regardless

besides, what else would you really need once you get CM7?
[Galaxy S II General] N8ter:
The other variants will most likely get CM7 first, as well as HTC devices. What does CM have to do with the hardware being neutered so they can advertise "4G" speeds no one will see or needs on a smartphone? CM7 won't make the Snapdragon perform as well as the Exynos in Games and graphics Apps, nor will it change the fact that the T-Mobile variant will need some drivers that are different from literally every other variant just for itself for development reasons.

Wouldn't be suprised it it gets [factorably] delayed updates, as well (i.e. Source released later), and it can potentially have it's own sets of bugs that need to get fixed independent of other models, at a potentially delayed rate...

This is an issue from both a developer and end-user perspective...
[Galaxy S II General] iBustCh3rries:
I called Ms. Cleo and she grabbed her magic 8-ball and told me it said the future is cloudy... seriously though e eryome stop trying yo predict what's next because its all speculation... none of us work for Sammy or T-Mobile (call center employees do not count because you guys know Jack $h!t.... no offense) so buy the phone or not all we can really do is wait and see... I for one can wait to get my grubby little hands in the beast of a device!!
[Galaxy S II General] movieaddict:
+one hundred
[Galaxy S II General] AllGamer:
for reference, you can see the HTC Sensation before and after bench results, as well as the LG 2X bench results when using a factory stock ROM vs a Custom ROM, usually CM7 or some derivatives of it.

and both of those phones performs way better, than original doom & groom reviewed by many.

the HTC sensation uses the same Qualcommn CPU as the Tmobile version of the SGS2

but they are on 1.2 Ghz, and the SGS2 is on 1.5 Ghz
[HTC Sensation] lovecomplex:
So, I recently got my nice ram mount installed on my motorcycle, but it seems that at certain rpms/speeds my phone just dies, and when I bring it back the battery life is severely reduced, even to the point that just activating the flash will kill it again. I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this, do I need to disable the accelerometer some how or something? I really can't for the life of me figure out what's going on. I'll try later on with my mt4g and see if the same thing happens, but I loaned it to a friend and wont have it back for a bit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.