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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] cyraxx84:
Has anyone succesful booted Win95 or Win98 on our Play?

I'm trying and i get to the boot screen with Win95 logo and it seems that its booting but after

30 min of waiting its still booting idk what to do tried some times and stiil the same!

Plz HELP!! :)
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] CliveEP:
Does carmageddon work well on this? If so I will purchase immediately!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Mysticales:
For W95. I KNOW you can get it to boot into safe mode, thats 100% for sure. Just gotta hit F5 on boot up.

But yea, we need to compare notes to get this working. That would make bragging rights fun on the xperia play. Not to mention.. maybe open some options to us for gaming.. or windows useage.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] gene_wildhart:
I'd suggest Windows98lite. Several users have reported running Win98 and Win98lite. Obviously, Win98lite will be a bit faster and use less resources; however, Win98 + DosBox Turbo seems to work well enough to even run Half-Life on the Xperia Play (although that is pushing the device a bit past it's limits). Another user posted a video of Half-Life (w/Win98lite) running much smoother on the Samsung Galaxy II. If you use the latest release (1.4.3), its good for another 5% speed increase on the Xperia Play.

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[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] rubbergnome:
hey gene, sorry to bother you.. any news about touchpad support? :( i'm waiting for it to play like ultima underworld and arena :P
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] gene_wildhart:
Sorry, no updates on the touchpad support yet. Still at a dead-end due to the Xperia Play SDK forcing a minimum of Android 2.3+ I'm working on a entirely new button mapping system. Once thats done, I'll have more time to figure out a solution for the touchpad support. I do not want to have a separate version of DB Turbo; however, it may be that Touchpad support will come in a separate add-on (kind of like the DosBox Manager).
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] rubbergnome:
mmh, have you checked out paulscode's work on mupen64plus? Maybe that's a different story with mouse inputs, though.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] gene_wildhart:
I did take a look at how he's doing it a while back, and it seems he has separate downloadable APK's for the Xperia Play version.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] rubbergnome:
True, but recently i think he managed to merge the two versions. Just saying, not gonna put any pressure on you of course. This is a fantastic emulator and nobody wants to compromise anything :P
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] Mysticales:
I should try this on my Galaxy S3 now.. since I can use gamepads natively now.. not to mention keyboards and so.

As for xperia. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1862722 is the new thread Gene. Might be of some help. Touchpad fixes etc.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] gururise:
Interesting.
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] gene_wildhart:
Thanks for the tip! Will look into it!
[Xperia Play Themes and Apps] rubbergnome:
I checked; he has indeed done that. More specifically, from his forums:

v1.9

- Merged Xperia Play branch into main branch
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zarthjr:
Yesterday I was playing with my daughter while trying to install the rom EWJet http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1192326 and ended up distracting me, and used the FlashTool to flash files Baseband xKernel v0.2.2 + .71 (FTF) and a BLRelock before installing EWJET GB file NEW FULL Version X7ex.

Now I have a cell with BL and the MIUI caught fighting in the middle of loading.

Any suggestions (besides paying attention to what you are doing?)

ps: sorry my poor english
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laneyofdeath:
Download flashtool and flash link in this post:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=23885732
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zarthjr:
TKSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Windows Phone 7 General] theheat94:
I didnt find similar thread through search so im asking it here in new thread.

So i have installed so many apps that the metroui menu forces me to use that ugly (my opinion) alphabet categorization. Is there a way to disable this from registry or someway? Im using HTC 7 Trophy running DFT rom and fully unlocked.

Sorry for bad english and i hope that this can be disabled :(

Thanks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lnndinky:
just use Registry Editor.

follow: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Start.

change value of "GroupingThreshold" to anothers number greater than yours

example: 150 or 200.... (if your apps over this number, WP7 show off new menu categorize )

. Then restart your phone. done
[Windows Phone 7 General] theheat94:
Thanks dude! :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sripal88:
I have HTC Titan with windows phone 7.5. can I remove the alphabet categorization.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dinchy87:
after 150-200 apps you want it back :) thats for sure, because the scrolling is long :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] sirajgoku:
can we like remove this option completely by adding a huge number in the registry?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dmoney94:
-Apple announce March 7 and release it on March 16

-Asus announce Transformer TF700t and Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 At CES January 10 and we still don't know the release date.

-By the time these products is release all hype will be gone,most of us will be looking elsewhere..

ANDROID MANUFACTURES when you announce a product release in a week or 2 weeks or don't announce it...

Thank you....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Jonphinguyen7:
+1

+1

You make a great point. Most people will by while still hyped about a product. Let the people buy the product, then let the hype die down after thousands of tablets have been sold, not before! :D
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] demandarin:
its because apple waits a whole year before announcing anything. then 2 weeks before they plan on releasing, they announce it. they give no hint of a new device throughout the whole year.

Android gives you a heads up of what's to come since so many different tablets to choose from. Apple has only 1 tablet so no need for a heads up earlier in the year. they let rumours build till the next year.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] wynand32:
Apple set the stage for this a few years back when they pulled out of the MacWorld conference and started hosting their own events. That way, they 1) isolate their message and 2) establish an annual upgrade schedule for their products. This is brilliant in a few ways:

1. It creates a built-in base of customers anticipating the next, great Apple product and ready to upgrade. If they don't upgrade annually (say, from the iPad to the iPad 2), then they absolutely upgrade every other year. They offer just enough value to entice those biannual upgraders, and count on the hardcore fans to upgrade every year.

2. It gives the media a chance to plan their stories (i.e., prime the hype pump). Editors and reporters love things they can plan out, and they likely keep their slates clean the month of the next Apple event.

3. It allows them to build out their inventory before announcing, and then release almost immediately. Because of #1 and #2, they're virtually guaranteed to sell out of these initial inventory runs. There's always some wiggle room on when the event actually takes place, so any glitch in supply of a week or two (or three, or a month) can easily be dealt with just by moving the date a bit.

Android manufacturers, however, pretty much rely on CES to show off their best stuff, and CES hardly ever seems to correlate with their product cycles. If they DON'T show at CES, then they're left out of the biggest hype cycle of the year. But by showing at CES when their product cycles are months out, they lose the hype. And Android manufacturers aren't alone, either--consider that HP pretty much killed the TouchPad and Pre 3 by announcing in February (around CES) and not releasing until months later. The same was true for the original Pre, which won Best of Show at CES 2009 but then completely dropped off the radar by the time it actually shipped.

Who knows, maybe Android manufacturers will start synching their product cycles to CES. Or, they'll do like Samsung seems to be doing--holding off on showing their best stuff, like the Galaxy S III, until it's closer to shipping. I have a feeling that the SGSIII will be released a few weeks after it's announced. Same thing with the next-gen Samsung tablet.

But someone like ASUS could NEVER get the traction necessary. It's CES, or fade into oblivion.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] gunzy83:
This +1000 time over. It looks like Samsung are starting to do their own thing now trying to compete with Apple but for smaller operations like Asus (who appear to not even be able to keep up with demand when one of their products does get hype), it's pretty much CES or bust. Its not just Android manufacturers at CES either, PC manufacturers and the custom PC parts companies have to show of their wares there too and for most of them it doesn't match their release cycles. I had to wait months after seeing the Corsair 600T Special Edition case at CES until I could buy one in Australia, very frustrating but its what they have to do to get it out there.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Keion:
nope.avi

10char
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] xGary:
Yep. Apple really knows how to treat its customers.

My Apple Experience:

-iPad announced with official release date and all details.

-Available on website for preorder right away.

-They released a map a few days later showing the exact date they will be delivered for every city.

-They release the exact hour and stores where the iPad will be available on release date.

-My iPad arrives at the door on release date.

Prime Experience

-Announced in friggin October or something.

-"Release date gonna be November"

-Delayed

-Release date gonna be December 9, 11, 21, or 23

-Delayed.

-Don't get it before Christmas

-Don't get it before New Year

-Finally get it in January.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dmoney94:
If Asus didn't mention nothing about the new Transformer's, i would have bought the transformer prime and be happy with it.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] MK17:
My prime experience is the same except you can add.

-Got Prime up and running and had Unknown Serial, No GPS, a white spot on the screen and another dark spot

-Finally got ICS by manual update (dealt with other issues)

-Decided to RMA device once Serial Number Unknown wasn't getting fixed OTA

-Sent it in

-Arrived the next day, checked in at Asus 2 days after

-Went straight to repairing for 2 days

-Went to WB5-Waiting for 3 weeks

-Contacted Asus and they said they would refund me and my issues may not get fixed if I wait it out.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Col.Kernel:
Seriously?

This is a piddling thing.

My problem with Android makers is two fold

A) They won't support (i.e. keep the OS current) their old product after the next version comes out

and

B) They keep locking the bootloader so WE can't get support anywhere except from them.

And they don't release their hardware drivers when they stop support.

In short, the whole thing is designed to be disposable in the short term.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ramius71:
Then stop *****ing about it here and stop buing Android merchendice!!!!
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Col.Kernel:
Wait, what?

The OP had some gripes, I happen to disagree with what should take priority and now I'm not welcome in this thread, or even on the majority of these boards (at least according to you)?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Primedoughnut:
ignore him, he's an idiot...or a troll
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ramius71:
Sorry if I was a little harsh, but you maybe got a little of my frustration about the *****ing on this forum that has been a bit much lately. Sorry about that.

All I´m saying is if you have that much against Android manufacturers and what they are able to deliver then maybe you should consider to switch to something else.

And if one of the things that is your biggest problem is a locked bootloader....yeah well..

Do you have anyone else in mind that does better?

I think the OP is on to something with what he is adressing. Because this hurts Android as a hole and not just us consumers.

People get their hopes and dreams up only to forget because of the very very long time it goes from launch til release.

The technogeeks like us stays with it, but the "normal" people loose interest quite fast.

That is one of the things that Apple do right imo. They tell everybody that "Hey...we will have this and that for you soon" and they actually deliver a couple of weeks later when the story is still fresh.

None of the Android manufacturers do this. And that is a shame because not only do we as consumers loose upon this, but the companies loose as well.

And the Apple way of doing it do look much more professional to the most of the public. They dont want to wait 2-3 months from they first hear about it until they can buy it.

And I am a Apple "hater", and wish that Android would rule the tablet world as well as the smartphone world.

I can´t stand the "Apple way" but I´m big enough to admit that they do something right. :)
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] clouds5:
Apple has their own stores. You cant provide the same experience with 3rd party stores. The way apple releases their products is nearly perfect.

But in my case, the prime situation was very good. I preordered in November and soon after that got a date "late january" - I got my prime around the 20th January and it worked perfectly out of the box (C1). So i'm totally happy with the situation.

What i really dont get though is that Asus decided to announce their new products so far ahead of the release (Tf700+Tf300). I dont see any positives to that.

->It stopped people from buying the tf201.

->before the new tablets get released there was the launch of the ipad 3 (i'm sure asus knew about that) - so alot of customers get lost to a competitor.

->It pisses off tf201 buyers and provokes product returns.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Ramius71:
Or maybe both. :p
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] lyon21:
The reason Apple releases so quickly after announcing is because they are already way behind the curve and don't want to fall back any further.

Sent from my ICS lovin 3D!!!

If I've helped you in any way... hit the "Thanks" button.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] htcplussony:
Its not really Android manufacturers to me but rather most tech companies.

I wish more of them would do it like Apple. Announce something and sell it in 1-2 weeks.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] andyxover:
While I understand OP's point,

I respectfully disagree, One have to understand Apple is in a different place with other tablets on the market right now.

They have their own ecosystem, they don't compete with other company that builds systems using the same OS.

They have their own timeline, and with their experience in software/hardware + load of cash.

And Apple customers are loyal, once they are used to apple products its not unlikely for them to switch.

Android is a different story, 10-100s of manufacture competing, every company has something to offer, and since they are offering a very similar user experience (like windows on PC, you are likely to have owned ASUS, Acer, Dell or HP and switch between them). If you don't get a heads up on what's coming a few months earlier, you are very likely to have bought say, the Motorola xoom II, which still runs tegra 2 and was released about 1 month before the prime.

And if you have already bought the xoom II, its very unlikely for you to buy the prime since you had just bought a new tablet.

So now which user has more buyer's remorse?

1. Someone who waits for a quad core tablet to come out, but got delayed for a month or two to receive it.

or

2. Someone who bought the Xoom II, have it for 2 weeks, and to find out the quad core tablet is releasing in 2 weeks?

And I think the reason they announced the TF700/TF300 has to do with a few points:

1. the IPAD3, people know the ipad 3 has retina display, so they have to show that they are working on something with ultra high display too, so android user are less likely to switch to IOS due to the high resolution display.

2. Other Android Manufacture, people know that other android manufatures are going to come up with some in the Android department too, so they have to show something new in order to stand out in CES.

3. X'mas is too close to CES, they tried to release the prime before X'mas, but it should be clear it was a nearly impossible mission, considering now almost 4 months later, there are no other tegra 3 devices out yet. But ASUS managed to release it right before X'mas. And as a result, the CES show was just 1 month away.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] dmoney94:
That's what I was saying....
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Col.Kernel:
Ok then. Thanks for clarifying your position on that.

Here's my take, and why my priorities are different.

Marketing is just smoke and mirrors. I hate it. Fact, not hype, is what should make the world go around.

The fact is that Android should be an open OS, the reality is that the bootloader is locked (and to add insult to injury it is my belief that it's locked for marketing reasons, i.e. if you want the next version of the OS you'll have to buy a new device).

Apple does marketing very well, and in some cases even make a superior product.

Nevertheless, I won't buy an Apple product (other than possibly for self education reasons, I'm in IT and may need to understand the practical differences between OSX and BSD for deployment and/or support purposes). You never actually own an Apple product, you just lease it for a while. I'm not a fan of monolithic OSs.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] e.mote:
>it is my belief that it's locked for marketing reasons, i.e. if you want the next version of the OS you'll have to buy a new device

Devices don't need to be locked for planned obsolescence. Vendors can already do that by simply ceasing software support at some point. Only the hardcore crowd would bother with custom rolls.

Devices need to be locked for content delivery. The content vendors demand it. NetFlix is only available in HD for locked devices. Because content (video, mainly) is what these devices are made for, then the vast majority would be, and indeed are, locked. My bet is that the 10" Kindle Fire successor will be locked.

As of present, the only known "unlock(able)" route is with x86 Windows tabs that are due in 2H. The user-installable/upgradable OS paradigm still holds, at least for this next generation. That MS sticks with the existing model isn't out of kindness, but the recognition that the OS transition is already tricky enough as it is, and being the underdog, it can't afford to piss off a large portion of the userbase used to the old paradigm. I think MS will move away from it eventually, once (if) Win8 gets a firm foothold.

It's worth noting that the ARM side (WOA) looks to have an appliance model, whereby much of the base functionality is "baked" into the product at start. Hence, the rationale for bundling MS Office and secure boot. Given Windows' normal 2-3 yr product cycle, I doubt these will be OS upgradable.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slef2003:
Hmmm

TOTAL CRAP !!

If you are going to post you could at least make some attempt to be accurate. As You have posted this on an Asus Prime section of XDA has it slipped your notice that Asus have released ICS for the Transformer TF101 (even though the next version the TF201 has been released) or are you more interested in posting negative comments ?
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] Col.Kernel:
I'm glad that Asus has done this.

Now how many other manufacturers do this? Samsung for one has been really horrible about it. I don't see ICS out for the HTC Doubleshot yet, and that's a phone that could clearly handle it.

You cite one exception and claim that I'm full of it. Find more manufacturers who are putting ICS (a 6+ month old version of Android I might add) on their "older" devices. I'll accept that as evidence that your opinion may have some validity. Until then, I'll stand by my opinion.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] andyqutami:
As far as Asus goes, you must keep in mind that they are also dealing with a vast number of complaints, both hardware and software issues, and overall bad publicity and lack there of. Now I understand that they have different departments dealing with different things, but it still slows them down. They're too busy dealing with their mistakes that they aren't focusing enough on the present/future. And releasing a new tablet (TF301 & 700) won't help either. They need ONE quality device, period. Why do you think Apple is succeeding so much? They limit their customers' choices. Simplify the lives of the consumer and you can make an easy sale.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] slef2003:
My post was not about other manufacturers, but made the point that as this is a discussion thread about the TFP, it is relevant that asus are releasing ICS on the forerunner to the prime, i.e the TF101 and that it was not accurate to say that all android manufacturers do not support their older products! So it was unfair to paint Asus with the same brush as other manufacturers who may well be guilty of your assertion, and as such it was an unfair negative comment on a company who are making efforts to correct the problems with their offerings. (and there are a number of XDA members who seem to post negative comments in totally unrelated threads, but lets not get into that.)

Hope this clarifies that I was specific about asus and not other companies.

peace

Andy
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] jordache16:
+1

I think you may have hit the nail on the head as far as why Apple is able to announce a product and release it two weeks later. From an Android tablet perspective, it would be risky to announce a new product and then release it two weeks later. In most scenarios this would end up in lost sales simply because of all the other competition that is out there. Apple does not have this problem as there is no other external competition. Apple only competes with themselves and they love it that way (and benefit from it greatly).

Announcing a new product (where there is competition) so far in advance will get several consumers to hold off on buying something that is currently out b/c they want to have the latest and greatest and are willing to wait until the next thing comes out (whenever that may be).

I can attest to this theory with my own personal experience around how I decided to purchasing the Prime. I started looking at tablets around October time frame last year and one of the first tablets that caught my eye was the Transformer. I really liked the keyboard dock concept and soon found that the Transformer was really the only tablet out there that offered this type of thing. Then I heard about the Black Friday deal for the Transformer and was really close to buying one then. Before I did though, I started doing a little research to see if any new tablets had been announced and sure enough, that's when I discovered the Prime. It was rumored at the time to be released sometime in December, so I thought I would wait for it as I didn't want to have an outdated product weeks after I purchased it. Not too long after that they announced that pre-orders were beginning for the Prime, so I jumped on that ship in hopes that I would be one of the first ones to get one. Well after the whole pre-order fiasco I ended up not getting my Champagne pre-order from Best Buy until February. So from ASUS' perspective they benefited as I made a $650 purchase instead of a $350 one. If ASUS didn't announce the Prime until a couple of weeks before it was released, I would almost certainly have a Transformer or possibly a Xoom right now.