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[LG Optimus Black] Felsar:
That's weird cause I'm on zeusV6 too and is running wonderful... and yes I got it from LG smartworld
[LG Optimus Black] lgoptimusblack:
Great ! But i think the heavy games like NOVA are not funny like games as angry birds :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luuthian:
Just attempting to see what's out there. I'm loving Angry Birds Space, Sonic CD, Dead Space, etc. Problem is, the marketplace is really difficult to find anything else worthwhile outside of looking at the "Top Paid" or "Top Free" menus. That's great and all, but it's basically impossible to see what else is available.

So, what are you favorite games? I'm hoping to fall in love with something I've never heard of.

Also, is there a site similar to "Touch Arcade" dedicated to Android gaming? I'm assuming Android gaming isn't as popular, but you never know. This is basically my dedicated handheld system now so yeah... Trying to get the most out of it. Really happy so far though. 4.6" makes gaming with onscreen controls so much better...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JobberMP:
Some of he best games out right now Imo and off the top of my head....

World of Goo,

Apparatus,

Draw Something,

Galaxy Hero RPG,

Zenonia 3 and 4,

Inotia 3,

Cartoon Wars,

Plants vs. Zombies,

Destinia,

..... Off the top of my head, that's about it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ArmanUV:
That ^

+ Cut the rope

+ Osmos

+ Jelly defence

+ PewPew
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Milamber:
I will check these out, are they good graphics?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josephislee:
Osmos HD

Riptide

Where's my water
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phaze one:
Spectral Soul is dope too. 15 bucks but totally worth it in my opinion. Graphics are insane and its probably going to take 100+ hours to complete.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] cmajpwc:
Is Dead Space worth it? I loved the console version, but paying 6 bucks for a game on my phone seems a bit too much.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KLUVJ:
YOU GUYS MISSED ONE OF THE BEST GAMES EVER！ GUERILLA BOB！
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chlehqls:
Anomaly HD

World Of Goo

Osmos

Chess free

Not a big gamer as I used to be. Man, I remember the days of me being glued to the DS' screens.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Valynor:
Minecraft Pocket Edition should be mentioned. Still in alpha with not that many features, but at least a real game (unlike the Zynga stuff IMHO).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KeithRVA:
Shine Runner

Sprinkle

Turbofly 3d

SpeedX 3d
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] malteschulz13:
Spy Mouse

They Need To Be Fed

Game Dev Story

Where's My Water

Sprinkle

Cogs (Humble Bundle)

Zen Bound 2 (Humble Bundle)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GavinMazey:
http://www.humblebundle.com

All of them are good
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phaze one:
Dude. Dead Space is sick! Make sure you play with headphones on. Completely worth the 6 bucks. Highly, highly recommend. ****, I went out on a limb and paid 15 for Spectral Souls. 15 bucks! WHAT? Then I started playing it and I said "ok I get it now". That game is dope as hell if you like rpg, tactical type games. But yeah Dead Space? Winner in my book.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Drzfr3shboialex:
Agree 100%
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wyattyoss:
Does Angry Birds Space seem to just not look right on our screens? Everything is just so small.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] finnybro:
i like all the angry birds..

Yeh I love all of them, probably cos they are free. Fragger is also pretty good
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luuthian:
Thanks guys! I downloaded a ton of stuff. Nice to know Android had more gaming options than I knew. I was worried when I opened the marketplace and didn't find much outside of a couple lists.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Epix4G:
NBA jam o.g
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Saintfyre:
Was surprised noone had mentioned this, byfar one of my most favorite games, and I can just pick it up at home and continue in my world on my Xoom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TiltedAz:
Shadowgun

Sudoku

Chess
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] The Gingerbread Man:
Gta 3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Temple Run (New favorite)

World of Goo

Cut the Rope

Hyper Jump

DrawSomething

Words with Friends
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NinjaMic:
Sonic CD is pretty awesome
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Temple run doesn't show in play.

Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sdotkdot:
I'll agree, Dead Space might be the best of the ones mentioned. It's pretty damn good. GTA III is ok but crashes occasionally (for me anyway). Draw Something is a great game to pay with friends (as long as they're not lazy & just wrote the word out lol). Real Racing 2 is good also. Had anybody had success getting NBA	Jam to work? It looks really cool but can't get past the wrong country code error.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mitchmoney:
Yes it does.. You need to scroll down a little bit in the google play store..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Reeebo:
my favorite game is the...... HUNGER GAMES!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] KLUVJ:
wow...didnt know this was out...did engadget miss it hmmmm thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mchimney:
Uh best game ever

Draw something

Where's my water?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I'm game impaired, I don't like DL'ing an extra 35 MB to my phone to figure out it sucks.

Sooo...I'm presently gimping along on:

-Running Fred

-Asphalt 6HD (if it was >10 cents when I bought it on sale, I would've been pissed); the physics are a bit off, and motion control doesn't work on the GN

-Flick Golf

-Have Shadow Gun as well, but haven't played it much yet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
Dude spectral souls best game ever, RPG wise. Are there anymore tactical rpgs that are good like spectral souls???

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tornlogic:
Can't believe no one has mentioned the two most solid games out there. Most of the stuff mentioned is garbage when compared to:

Order & Chaos

Dungeon Defenders

Notable mention to Minecraft and GTA3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] NCRoadster:
I really like the game Cogs.

It's a puzzle game, and there's a free demo on google play.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Tornlogic:
If you like Cogs you'll probably like Enigmo... in my eyes a very underrated game. Very unique idea for game play using a physics engine.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zephiK:
Temple Run
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phaze one:
Not that I've found.. yet atleast.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andy7g:
You need the HD version on GN:cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kbrian:
How do you get hd version? Is it just another app on the market?

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] enzomtrx:
Pew pew 2

Cartoon wars

Draw something

Wordfued

Vector pinball
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Try " temple run" . it is available for Android since to days and is really great!

Gesendet von meinem Galaxy Nexus mit Tapatalk
[Verizon Droid Charge] ferny_dx:
I got an update notification today telling me to update to fp1 i don't think i will take it but for those who took it anything lost/gained with the update? eg. root, tethering, recovery?
[Verizon Droid Charge] ferny_dx:
And how do i disable the update reminder?
[Verizon Droid Charge] luis86dr:
That will be the FP1 update. Search the forums general section. There is a thread on this subject already.
[Verizon Droid Charge] buhohitr:
to disable update notification:

If you go to system/etc/security and rename the otacerts.zip to otacerts.zip.bak it shouldn't ask you to download the update anymore until u put it back

New FP1 firmware: The biggest thing is the modem, it stopped cracking/poping voice and also improved on internet surfing/facebook. New lock screen( many people like this), remote control service(for VZ tech support and it's safe, no privacy violated). Those are the main high lights.
[Verizon Droid Charge] ferny_dx:
Sorry i searched the q&a and the development but general never crossed my mind :P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fewiohro3rw:
It is strange that the reviews have someone commenting with their phones also being a samsung galaxy s, yet I can't purchase it. I'm wondering if this is an issue on my end.

I'm running cm7 nightly 181.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nezys:
Hi!

I bought FIFA 12 from Italian Google Play Store last week.

What's your country?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] musikalharmony:
I've tried every combo ever and I can't get it to screen shot...I'm on the epictouchasopmod ics rom has anyone got screen shot to work?
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
I am on it also. Everyone keeps coming in and saying the same thing about every ICS leak and every ICS leak rom.

It is Vol Down + Power.

If you trigger the screen off or the volume slider you failed to press the buttons correctly and at this point you have failed it will not work until the screen is cleared. You have to try it again.

Nearly everyone with this sort of thread figures it out sooner or later.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] coiledwire:
You have to press and hold volume down + power for a couple seconds.

Sent from my SPH-D710
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RayTrue04:
I just took the leap to try out ics and i can take screen shots with power + vol down and power + home button. Just make sure that whichever way you choose to do it you hold both buttons down for a few seconds.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] RainMotorsports:
Hey your right the old combo works on fc22 never tried.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rauelius:
So basically you bring your phone and have it run similar tasks to a Windows Phone. If your Phone is faster, then you win a laptop. If you lose you get to trade in you slower phone for a new Windows 7 Lumia Phone. I could see this go two ways...One some one gets a list of what MS plans to have the phones do and have a specialized ROM that can accomplish those tasks quickly. The phone would also likely be overclocked to the brink. I'm not saying Android Phones are weak, I love my G2x(rooted, OCed to 1.4Ghz) , but in some things my Quantum is quicker at. That's despite only being a single core running at 1Ghz.

The other side, is to bring a "ringer" phone (geddit?) like an old HTC Hero or an LG Optimus V...have it lose and walk out with a nice Windows Phone.

I like Windows Phone 7, the interface is clean and quick, like a nicer version of iOS. But the AppStore is an abomination. I constantly Cross shop Apps across my iPhone4, G2x and Quantum and sometimes could justify getting the same app across them because of sales or it's available for free on one platform or the other. But when I turn to the Live Marketplace, it's like walking through a mall that only has 1/3 of it's spaces leased out and the places that ARE there are selling stuff at twice the price you can get from another mall across town. Angry Birds for example is available for Free or $1.00 on iOS or Android, on WP7 it's $3. I'm going to tell you...the WP7 version is not 3x better than the iOS or Android version. In fact the Android Version will scale up for tablet screens and look good doing it. The iOS(phone) version can be stretched, but it looks less sharp. I digress....It's a a neat idea for a promotion, but I wish WP7 had a more customer friendly prices.

http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/03/23/windows.phone.speed.contest.gives.free.devices/
[Windows Phone 7 General] I Am Marino:
Interesting find.

Sent from my ADR6425LVW
[Windows Phone 7 General] rowan112:
when will this promotion happen? and where
[Windows Phone 7 General] dinhdai88:
So desperate... So embarrassing...

Vietnam holidays-Red dragon Halong bay-Song Xanh Sampan Cruise Mekong
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
smoked by wp7 has been going, on for some time and has been very well received so far. They're just now bringing it to Microsoft stores which is cool considering wp7 has lost less than 5 percent of their contests so far. Its a good campaign, it shows that Microsoft knows where their strengths lie.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Dark lord me:
Time to grab my moms optimus one and go find a windows store. I would really like a new lumia
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Its awesome, I haven't used mine in three days trying to get a feel for MeeGo. I'm pretty sure I'm having withdrawals.
[Windows Phone 7 General] zadox:
I 'll never get a windoze phone or laptop even if they pay me, that's for sure.
[Windows Phone 7 General] T__:
US only..dang. Woulda totally loved to walk away with a free laptop. Free money!
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Can't say they aren't trying.
[Windows Phone 7 General] orb3000:
Thread moved
[Windows Phone 7 General] Strike_Eagle:
I live near one MS Store, look like it is time to have a new laptop since i have a Windows Phone also, lol.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Seed 2.0:
The 5 challenges are clearly listed in the rules, per official link below.

http://content.microsoftstore.com/store/smokedbywindowsphone/rules

You have 4 days left to make it to a MS store. The ONLY phones it states are NOT included happen to not be " phones " but the Nokia 800

bundles

" I would ask for a Lumia 900 for sure... :D

Edit: Only 10 prizes per Microsoft store. So ~180 prizes total nationwide. That's ~$180,000 for a pretty impressive commercial.
[Windows Phone 7 General] gamescan:
Nokia Lumia 900 is not available in the US and the Lumia 800 is only available in the bundle.

I did this today. Ended up trading a Palm Treo for a HTC Titan.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Too bad they're relying on social networking for the contest tasks. Not everyone cares about facebook or tweeting.

I'm sure they're going to give away quite a few.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
I'm browsing mobile, and this is the only mention of typical challenges listed:

" Microsoft typically in the challenges, as they play to the phone's strong points of unified social and media hubs as well as specific features like live tiles and Local Scout point-of-interest finding. The company does occasionally lose, however, and Electronista saw a scoreboard at Mobile World Congress where Android and iPhone users had occasionally tied or beaten Windows Phone."

Please post a direct link if you have a better description of the typical challenge.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
Microsoft have already been caught cheating:

http://skattertech.com/2012/03/i-won-the-windows-phone-challenge-but-lost-just-because/

Sounds like this store don't have any laptops to give away, and were assuming they'd win all challenges..?
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Thanks !

Sooo, from the 5 choices outlined:

" (5) "Smoked by Windows Phone" challenge scenarios selected by Microsoft at its sole discretion including: (1) Pocket-to-Picture-to-Post, (2) Real-Time Information with Live Tiles, (3) Using the People Hub to Stay in Touch with the People You Care About Most, (4) Updating Your Status Across Multiple Social Networks, and (5) Local Scout ("Challenge"). "

1 is possible

2-3 are windows phone specific apps/os

4 social networks that everyone doesn't use

5 is pick your app and have a contest.

At least you've got a 20% chance off the bat !
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
1 picasa instant upload (wp does this too, its going to depend on connection speed who wins, not the os, unless we're talking social networking again)

2-3 don't require a security reduction or rooting. They're called widgets (assuming you're biasing against android)

4 facebook does not equal social butterfly

5 I've seen locall scout and google-local. They're negligable differences. Like I said, 20% chance off the bat.

Just got through skimming the several thread comments about ms getting caught cheating. Apparently the public is not amused. See link:

http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/rdgtz/i_won_the_windows_phone_challenge_but_lost_just/
[Windows Phone 7 General] nicksti:
Taking the link at face value I agree it is terrible. You will make more enemies than friends. Let us face it, there are people that will show up with only the intention of winning the laptop and have absolutely no interest in switching.

Stick to giving away money, or smaller prizes. $100 if you win. Chance to trade in your phone for a Windows Phone if you lose and maybe give someone incentive to trade in their phone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Would have been so much easier (and spread like wildfire via word of mouth) to just give the phones away with a $100 discount for 1year contract. Or anything really. Worst thing to do to potential customers is pull a fast one instead of a real contest, and then expect to generate a sale.

How long before people walk in with 4 widgets showing weather in different states, countries, and cities (covering all the bases) to prove the contest a farce ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Anyone who thinks the odds of winning are not is MS favor is completely fooling themselves.

If Apple set one up, odds are they would win.

If Google set one up, odds are they would win.

Etc..

It was great marketing at CES and MWC, but now it just looks like desperation.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Kawaisa:
Just came back from the MS store with a Lumia 710 (traded in a banged up iphone 2g) since the rest were out of stock and I didn't want to take a raincheck as I don't want to gamble with a possibility of those not being honored.

I sold my photo for a nearly free phone :p

And the "contest" is totally rigged no doubt about it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] the92playboy:
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_...apologizes-to-smoked-by-windows-phone-winner/

And first thing this morning, Ben Rudolph, the "Smoked by a Windows Phone" guy, makes things right. Doesn't throw anyone under the bus, doesn't accuse anyone of cheating or not truly winning, just comes out and says he wants to apologize and get Sahas his laptop.

Yes, the promo it a pretty big speed bump, but give credit where credit is due; Microsoft handled the fallout extremely well (as opposed to "you're holding it wrong").

But in the end it doesn't matter. Posters like yourself have made up their minds long ago that Windows Phone sucks, and nothing will change that. As they say, haters gonna hate.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
There are now a number of comments on the original blog article, wpcentral and on reddit about people being cheated out of winning this contest. Seems there are no laptops to give away, and store employees will just change the rules and make excuses if they lose..

Mark my words, this is going to blow up in Microsoft's face; total PR disaster.
[Windows Phone 7 General] giddorah:
Strange, I don't see such posts on WPCentral... However... It's even more strange that once MS (Ben) honored the loss, people (according to you) have started accusing them of cheating.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ohgood:
Wpcentral cleaned their articles and threads. The redirects from other forums come up 404 or other oops.
[Windows Phone 7 General] deepra:
The tasks at least according to what I have read are not accurate reflection of the speed to accomplish things at all.

For eg. The task where you need to check the current weather at 2 cities. If WP7 user had the live tiles on, it would have been very quick. But if the user had not pinned this, it would have taken a longer time.

Similary for Android, if the widget has been fixed, then it's simple. Otherwise its probably takes a similar amount time as unpinned tiles.

If the other tasks are as inconsistent as this, then the whole competition is useless.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
Exactly, it's not fair. Microsoft staff are allowed to prepare (weather tiles pinned, search shortcuts set up and pinned etc) and the challengers aren't. As someone commented on reddit; even pen+paper could beat any smartphone if the person using it is given sufficient preparation time.

The weather challenge is also a total fix. IOS5 now has a weather widget in the slide-down notification tray, and Android also has homescreen widgets plus it can display weather on the lockscreen! To get around these issues and ensure success, they had to change the challenge to display 2 weather locations - even though checking two is a pretty uncommon task.

In the the original smokedbywindowsphone by Ben the PC guy, the other side was told their task, and then they were allowed to prepare and practise before doing a timed run. This new in-store promotion is just a sham.

EDIT: I've just noticed that Microsoft extended the contest and have updated the rules of the contest, making them even more strict:

http://content.microsoftstore.com/store/smokedbywindowsphone/rules2

Note:

"Some Challenge scenarios reflect set-up and pre-installed apps.".

This means Microsoft are allowed to pin shortcuts to the homescreens, for the people or locations they need to search for. The can also set up specific apps with "favourite" searches, e.g. at the start of the day they could go to IE9/local scout, type in "4 star restaurant" and then when it comes to the challenge they just need to hit "4" and up will pop the pre-cached search..

"Any entries for which the challenge task has been pre-loaded are not eligible.".

So this means the weather challenge is now un-winnable. If you do have 2 weather widgets set up, you're automatically disqualified!

"The decisions of the Microsoft judges are final and binding".

The judges are the store staff; so if they decide/say you don't win, there's nothing you can do about it.

"If you send an email to SBWP@microsoft.com within 30 days after the end of the Contest (April 5, 2012),and we will provide you with a list of first prize winners."

I will be doing this! Curious as to how many people officially won; obviously Microsoft had a pre-determined number of first prizes to give away, I reckon it'll be about 10.
[Windows Phone 7 General] lil_dipo@yahoo.com:
I think people are missing the point here, its obvious the challenge is in microsofts favor, theres like a 2% chance of actually winning lol

I went to the galleria(houston) on friday to take the challenge since i had a couple of old windows mobile phones lying around and i was like, i might as well get a 2nd gen wp7 for free no contract, and i did. I lost the challenge using my touch pro 2 on Att against a titan and the challenge was to find movie times at a local theater.

They are literally just giving away the phones as long as you qualify by having a data plan and is not a wp7 or jailbroken.

I would say its a success because there have been hundreds of people in line pretty much for the last week.They are getting more people to get their product just by trading in an old smartphone, i would say out of the 90-100 ppl i was in line with, no one took the challenge seriously lol they just wanted a free phone and we all got one. We are on a waiting list so i pick mine up sometime next week and you have 24hrs to pick it up after they contact you.

The challenge has been altered since yesterday and its still the same ules just that i think they are only giving to the 1st 100 ppl or while supplies last till the 5th of april and i think a 25$ microsoft gift card to the rest.

i can understand a few people actually trying to actually win the challenge but the majority of ppl there are just trying to get a free phone and even the microsoft employees know this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Evi1d33d:
I think the contest really helped out Microsoft. I got a first generation Moto Droid that is slow and very unlikely to see any more software updates. I traded in for a Focus S and really love how WP7 feels. I was a huge Android fan and I would never touch a WP7 device otherwise, now I'm recommending WP7 to other people.
[Windows Phone 7 General] uptempo777:
I did the challenge and lost to get a rain check for a HTC Titan. Is it for sure that we are gonna get the phone? It would be pretty awesome if they said "I'm sorry we no longer have the HTC Titan but you can take your pick of a HTC Titan 2 or a Nokia Lumia 900".
[Windows Phone 7 General] scaz1:
As they say, haters gonna hate