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[Galaxy S III General] the2rrell:
the padfone looks good, and i think all smart phones will get to this point, even with desktops........bring home your smart phone and bam dock it and use external keyboard and mouses with your phones quad core and it will be just as snappy as your laptop. this is my ulimate hope that my phone will replace my laptop and desktop and do it with ease and style.

seems like the padfone will be a little bulky with a PHONE inside of a Tablet....but again the idea is what i like.......heres to hoping that samsung or another vendor can improve on this.
[Galaxy S III General] funb0b:
LOL

I was thinking more like if the phone was totalled/bricked, tablet bit is not much use on its own ;)
[Galaxy S III General] Marlinn:
Imo, the Padfone looks better then the S3 and I like the 28 nm dual core more then a 32 nm quad core (eventhough the quad core is a bit faster), the S3 has a way better camera though. I prefer the Padfone, but the problem is, it has been delayed so many times, and I need a new phone. I'm waiting until the end of june, if it still hasn't shown up in the Netherlands, I'm getting the S3..

Btw I see the docking capability as a huge bonus on this phone, I won't buy a tablet, I don't think I'll use it very often. But the padfone offers me a high end tablet for a relatively low price :)..

Review with batterylife of the

phone

, it uses the 1500 mAh very, very well.

http://www.hardwarezone.com.ph/review-asus-padfone-new-breed-hybrid/performance-and-conclusion-48
[Galaxy S III General] DJ Palmis:
Same thoughts!

I repeat: What scares me is that there is not even a Padfone forum!

And that says a lot..

:(
[Galaxy S III General] HKboy92:
The phone has a 1520mAh battery indeed, but you forgot the Tablet/Dock. Epic times.
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
why would people get any other phone? there is a reason why samsung is so awesome. it's their R&D that is unmatched by any other manufacturers. There is a reason why their phones are the fastest and the most durable. Samsung is king right now, and no one even comes close to their phones. padphone? really....
[Galaxy S III General] HKboy92:
Any Android fanboy loves the Padfone idea. Atleast the concept where a tablet and smartphone can be used as 1 device. I'm getting the S3 no matter what, with Asus being my favourite notebook producer.

And fun story: Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Asus Transformer lost with tablets in my opinion for a Sony Tablet S. It had more unique selling points ;]
[Galaxy S III General] DJ Palmis:
+1!

Any technology lover in the world!

And with this toy http://www.imwatch.it/it-en/ smartphone became.. a VERY Personal Computer..
[Galaxy S III General] Marlinn:
Just because 1 company is bigger doesn't necessarily means its products will be better ;)

Yea, but I saw alot of complaining about the phone's battery here, so this test shows those were unfounded :)

A bigger battery would have been better ofcourse, maybe you can buy 1 on ebay..

Well Asus obviously doesn't have the budget to market it, the device isn't that well known.. I just hope they don't screw up the launch anohter time since it has already been delayed for over a month, after a way too soon (in my opinion) launch.

There is a padfone topic though, at general Android discussion ;)
[Galaxy S III General] kingnaldo28:
If they don't market it, it smell like dell streak 5.
[Galaxy S III General] boodies:
I agree 100% but in the case of Samsung, They ARE better.
[Galaxy S III General] Marlinn:
Depends, I for one like a 28 nm dual core more then a 32 nm quad core, simply because the dual core is alot more energy efficiënt (too bad the low battery kinda evens it up). Also, eventhough I haven't seen the S3 in person, and I have rather big hands, I do find 4,8" kinda big. Also, I like the design of the Padfone ALOT more then the s3, which is, as has been said many times, a little bit dissapointing. The S3 has a better camera though, which is also high on my list, but I'm willing to sacrifice that. And this is all without even considering the tablet, or even the netbook function. I'm probably going to study next year, and a netbook with a very large battery life would be ideal, so I won't have to carry a big notebook with me all the time :)
[Galaxy S III General] the2rrell:
Its a GREAT idea.......but after watching the videos on youtube.....it seems like it is not so smooth when docked with the Tab. and i personally do not like the design of the Phone, the design of the tab and pairing of the 2 is Nice though.

looked laggy to me though, and thats NO GOOD....lol
[Galaxy S III General] BarryH_GEG:
You really need to check out the Prime forum. Tons of QC and wireless issues, some related to design, some due to the choice of components. For example, a HannStar display with LCD bleed and dead pixels and an AzureWave Wi-Fi chip with no 5Ghz support that doesn't allow BT streaming and Wi-Fi simultaneously.

Here's a tear down of the Prime, it speaks to assembly and QC...

http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/cr...ardown-solid-tablet-but-not-without-flaws/399

While a company's size doesn't determine the quality of a product they produce their choices in design, parts, and assembly sure do.
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
It shows nothing about what the phones battery life will be like. The test setup has a total of 8160 mAh and it utilizes the dock only. To test the phones battery life, you will have to do it outside the dock.
[Galaxy S III General] ph00ny:
You may automatically think that quad core in 32nm will be inefficient but there are quite a few clever tricks under the sleeve

1. Each core is power gated indvidually (meaning doesn't need a companion core to preserve power)

2. HKMG. Significantly less current leakage. Higher scaling and more power efficiency
[Galaxy S III General] Gambler_3:
Exactly what I was thinking. The battery life is almost a deal breaker but I suppose it uses lower resolution and smaller screen with a more efficient chipset so it may not be very bad but it certainly cant be above average.
[Galaxy S III General] Marlinn:
If you looked at the site I posted, it showed the battery life of only the

phone

- with a 1520mAh battery.

http://www.hardwarezone.com.ph/review-asus-padfone-new-breed-hybrid/performance-and-conclusion-48

With all the other stuff on it, the battery will be tenfold, but has to power a larger screen. Asus themselves claim a 9x larger batterylife, gotta wait for benchmarks but it looks very promising.
[Galaxy S III General] Gnarfsan:
My bad. I had your link mixed up with the other. The battery life is quite impressive :)
[Galaxy S III General] Sir-Awesome:
Handtec.co.uk is selling it for 499.99 pounds if you're in Europe...

Since I'm from Australia, they're selling it for 416 pounds or something. :)
[Galaxy S III General] HWSPoison:
I'm in the same situation... S3 or Padfone?....

Comparing the HW, the S3 is better, no doubt. But how the ICS is able to handle the diferent processors may actually make a diference on the performance... and make them be pretty much the same...

The lag that appears on the youtube videos are explained on the same... those are prototypes. In some videos de camera doesn't even work.

The pricing won't be very different considering all the accesories... The S3 has been announced for about 700€, and the Padfone with all the parts is rumured for about 850€(phone, tab, dock, stylus). Some say will be possible to buy jast the phone, phone and tab, and the full package. If it would be just for the phone, probably I would buy the S3. But considering the price difference and the padfone I may actually choose the padfone. But not until I see real reviews and hard data to decide.

And just to make it worse..... there will be an 4G version coming later... so I believe I will only chosse by the end of the year...(Yes... it will be a loooooong wait... :) )
[Galaxy S III General] brunes:
Without 850 mhz band, the decision has been made for me.
[Galaxy S III General] HWSPoison:
I'm sorry, but I don't understand... what do you mean without 850? I saw all the specs and both use that band. And how would that influence your decision?

I'm really asking to learn something I might have missed. thank you
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
I've taken the SGS3 plunge, Padfone taking too long to be release worldwide. This has always plagued Asus Android releases:confused:
[Galaxy S III General] brunes:
The 850mhz HSPA band. Without it this phone only gets EDGE speeds through a lot of North America because it is used by Bell, Telus, Rogers, ATT. And in my case it makes my coverage footprint decrease by around 50% since my carrier uses that band nearly exclusively.

Frankly I don't understand why Asus did not make this a Pentaband phone and release it worldwide.
[Galaxy S III General] cty.stuart:
No, it feels different when you're hands on it. Really, no lags whatsoever unless you're new to the transformer series ;)
[Galaxy S III General] cty.stuart:
I think it all comes down to the concept, whether you like it or not. Asus is not trying to sell a superb phone here. If sg3 and pf went head on, sg3 would win in terms of benchmarks (except vellamo for some reason).

What they are trying to point out here is the new concept of all data i one place. You no longer need to sync files as if you have 2 seperate device, and this can save u a few bucks too as you don't need 2 sim cards. It allows you to take everything you work on the go. That's their main selling point i think.

Also worth noting that you do not buy 3 devices with one price. You buy 3 in 1 device. The tablet and dock remained as accesories. The station is useless without the phone. But it does functions as an ICS tablet when docked.
[Galaxy S III General] ronj1986:
The Padfone is available in North America FINALLY!!!

http://negrielectronics.com/asus-a-series-padfone-16gb-unlocked-brown.html

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[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Beautiful interactive live wallpaper with 12 amazing predefined themes and lots of customization options. Сreate your own themes by changing backgrounds, images, colors and 3D effects! Full HD custom images supported (full version only)!

Featuring 12 different themes and the ability to tweak these in a variety of different ways, it’s a fantastic app that adds a vibrancy to your homescreen.

Version 3.6 released

Auto-pan feature for those devices that does not support wallpaper scrolling by default (to use Settings -> Advanced -> Auto-pan)

Brand new icon design

Additional icon for devices with high density screens (xhdpi)

Version 3.5 released

New Night City theme

New Phoenix theme

New Plastic World theme

Amazing interface improvements

Performance optimization

Version 3.1 released

Bug fixes

Memory usage improvements

Version 3.0 released

All new interactivity feature

Interface improvements

Fullscreen preview from settings

1 more free theme

Dramatic memory usage improvements

Performance optimization

Full HD image support

Version 2.5 released

Performance and memory usage optimizations

New battery saving option

Free version is no longer required for full

Please uninstall all prev. versions and update from the market

Version 2.0 released

5 new amazing themes (space, nature and more)

2 completely reworked themes from the prev. version

New options and customizations, including custom colors and themes images usage

Great cpu usage optimization

All known bugs fixes

Hope you will enjoy this update and will continue discover more and more about metaballs. We still dont know enough who they are...

[YOUTUBE]ALm6ipvx9UI[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Do somebody have problems with our LWP? Maybe some suggestions?
[Android Apps and Games] bodryachog:
Do you plan to add more metasurfaces? Cubes, toruse or planes? P.S. looks very smooth
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
It depends on how popualr our wallpaper will be on the market. We dont want to work for completely free and the situation on market isn't so good for unknown developers right now.

There is no technical problem to add more features like you suggest but we think users lead the rules.

P.S. You like our wallpaper? Are you planning to buy the full version?
[Android Apps and Games] peoii:
Very excellent looking wallpaper! Will certainly try out.

Sent from my Sensation, powered by Wang
[Android Apps and Games] Paradoxxx:
Really nice.

Sent from my i9100. No HyDrOG3NICS? No SWAGG..
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Hi exisapps, I like your LWP. It's running pretty slick on my Motorola Electrify (2.3.5/Gingerbread, Tegra 2).

99¢ is very fair for a live wallpaper that is good, I think, and I thank you for offering a 24-hour demo. I'll have to explore the features. I actually prefer the default settings. I don't like some of the other themes, but I'm glad they're there. More choices is definitely better. I just love blues and greens.
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Dark Reality, Paradoxxx and peoii! Thanks for your replies and suggestions. Its really important to us to know that we can make something that people like.

Custom settings is an important attribute for most of the users on market, you know.

Predefined themes are good, but custom settings could make app very popular. And we decided to make themes and settings both available.

We dont like 15 mins google refund policy so we to add 24 hours trial to let users fully test the product. You confirmed that it was a good idea to do it, it sounds great for us!

Thanks a lot for your replies and suggestions!!!!
[Android Apps and Games] bodryachog:
Yes I like. I'm using customized theme. It looks fine on my Desire S. Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Try to use your girlfriend/mother/father/child picture on balls. Looks funny ^)
[Android Apps and Games] taomorpheus:
Really nice, I will try it tomorrow. Have you used only native sdk or some engine? :)
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
We done rendering in C++ with JNI, all user interface and texture loading in Java.

The only engine we used is GlWallpaperService that manages EGL configs.

P.S. Happy that you liked it, thanks
[Android Apps and Games] exidler:
I have the problem.

In settings when the phone in landscape, preview of balls looks uggly. Like distortion or noise. Could you fix this one?

I have send screenshot to you..

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Just bought it. It was gonna prompt me in a few hours, but I was bored. First live wallpaper I bought. First one after the gingerbread nexus one I liked. Good work, and thanks again.
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Seems like on some devices some texture dimentions make opengl feels crazy.

In preview mode when you rotate the screen and go into landscape mode the size of preview was 355x452. I cant understand why it renders with such distrortions, but when i set the size to 352x452 or 353x452 or 357x452 it starts to render good.

Anyway, the problem for your device is sovled, please update from the martet. Thanks for feedback
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Thank you for support, very pleasant to us
[Android Apps and Games] the sandman89:
I like this LWP so decided to buy it! Looking forward to future updates!

I only have one problem: when I try to set a custom background it doesn't work
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Thanks for support! There was a bug on the first version, custom images worked only on android 4.0 devices :) We fixed it already, please update from the market!

P.S. if the problem will still exist, please tell me your device details, we'll fix
[Android Apps and Games] the sandman89:
I believe I'm using the most recent version, 1.1 that was released today. My phone is the Droid Charge running Gingerbread 2.3.6
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Ok, thank you, we'll definitely fix it. Please provide some more info:

1. Do you receive crash notification?

2. Is the problem exist on both background and ball images?

3. The problem appear on all your images, big and small resolution?

4. Is gallery appears when you click set image option from the settings? Do you see cropping rectangle after that?

Thanks a lot for replies
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Two each problems and suggestions:

Problem: When choosing a custom background, it wants the double-wide aspect ratio a launcher would use if it wants to shift the background with home screen change. But, as far as I can tell, your LWP doesn't shift its background. So I'm cropping 3/4 off the bottom, and it's cropping another half off the sides. This results in a pretty ugly background. For my screen (qHD, 540x960) I should be able to select same-size or same aspect ratio image, right?

Problem: When entering any number (speed, for example) the text is formatted white on white. Can't see what I'm typing.

Suggestion: Allow the user to select the other backgrounds and ball meshes so as to combine a theme. Also, if I change one or the other, the only way to go back to default is to reset all the settings. If I could just pick from the backgrounds and ball meshes you have, I wouldn't have to.

Suggestion: Save custom presets. Even if it's just a few, e.g. Preset 1, Preset 2, and Preset 3.
[Android Apps and Games] MamaSaidWhat?:
Loving the wallpaper. I'm using it right now :D it really is very smooth, and it isn't a resource hog (like so many LWP are) so I've gotta say, I'm impressed. Great choice of options too, especially for a free version.

Rated you 5 stars and gave some feedback in the Play Store as well. Good luck with the app guys :)
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Some of the launchers doesn't tell live wallpaper service offset changing when you scrolling your screens. I know that's true for HTC Sence 3.0. We can't fix it coz it's the problem outside the wallpaper at all. Futhermore, we don't know whould the currently installed launcher send us scrolling changing events, so on background choosing screen we always show 1x1.5 your native aspect clipping area.

We'll check it out. Btw settings screen of the wallpaper was supposed to use your default dark theme as we use device default dark theme for each version of firmware separately. Maybe sometimes it doesnt work or you miss/replace the default dark theme.

Yeah, we were thinking about it. I think we'll implement custom presets manager soon.

Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Thanks, but i'am gonna warn you about the trial period of 24 hours. Customization options will not be available when it will expire :o
[Android Apps and Games] the sandman89:
1. I don't receive a crash notification, when I try to choose a custom background it just reverts to my old wallpaper

2. Yes, it occurs with both the background and the ball images

3. Yes, the problem happens with many different images that I tried

4. When I try to set an image the Gallery comes up then I choose an image, but nothing happens. I exit out the settings and it reverts to my old wallpaper
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Ok, got it. It's very strange, the same bug was in the first version. Have you tried to reinstall the wallpaper? Maybe some bug with update.

P.S. We'll see it tomorrow if not, i am almost asleep right now, its 5 am in Moscow :)
[Android Apps and Games] the sandman89:
Tried re-installing the wallpaper but that didn't work
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
I think I understand. But, I went and enabled default/horizontal scrolling, changed my wallpaper, and re-applied Metaballs as my wallpaper, and it isn't scrolling. I think the images that come with the LWP (at least the planetary wallpaper in the topmost preset) scale to the screen, so shouldn't the custom images, as well?

Either way, it isn't a big deal. There are literally thousands of great space wallpapers out there that are greater than or equal to 1080x960 that I can crop to that. I just don't think I should have to since your live wallpaper won't scroll to the edges of it (or maybe it will, with an image wide enough, I will have to try this).
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
There is no difference between predefined themes images embedded in the wallpaper and custom images. We apply no scaling to original image aspect ratio.

And we tested it on so may devices including HTC Sence based that i'am almost sure that the horizontal scrolling is a launcher issue. You will not see scrolling on neither static wallpaper nor live.

I'll stay in touch, hope you will :) Thanks
[Android Apps and Games] Rdogg112:
Looks good
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Okay, now it's not letting me customize anything... I can change the presets, but I can't change the wallpaper. Either using Gallery or QuickPic (gallery replacement) it just doesn't accept what I choose.

It was working before, so I can probably just clear the cache and/or data of the app and get it sorted...
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
We'll check it. Btw, our key needs internet connection to be available sometimes. Maybe your network was down at that moment. If problem still exist, please send us debug log thru Contact us menu item from settings. Thank you
[Android Apps and Games] CoolBoy323:
looks very nice ;)

downloading... :)
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Hotfix:

Bug with custom gallery images fixed

Usability of custom image selection control greatly improved

Please update Google Play Main App

Please update key if you have any issues with full version Google Play App Key

Stay in touch, thank you
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Please update from my previous post, hotfix
[Android Apps and Games] the sandman89:
Yessss!! Custom background now working thanks you are awesome!
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Thank you! Everything works now! And I will make sure your LWP's key gets full access through my firewall (LBE). On some apps I restrict them to WiFi-only, but for something that just needs to authenticate, that should not use much data. (I've never been in danger of going over my cap, but I'm trying to be smarter about it.)
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
So, don't forget to share metaballs around your friends :)
[Android Apps and Games] dragontology:
Showed my wife, she was not impressed. Not your fault -- she kept the same wallpaper on her last phone for over a year, for a gaming clan she was a part of. Now she has Spider-Man up there and will probably leave it up there until the end of time. Haha. She isn't one for customization. But I will definitely spread the word about it when Android customization/decoration comes up in conversation. I think it's very cool.
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Ok, thanks, tomorrow i'll make videos to improve user impression
[Android Apps and Games] exidler:
Great!

The problem go away! Thank you!
[Android Apps and Games] KSpawNO:
Very nice wallpapers. thanks
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Just released one more update.

Custom image selection from gallery optimized. Enjoy!
[Android Apps and Games] exidler:
Thanks a lot, will you add more themes in next updates?

I prefer abstract space themes and I think its one of the most popular theme on the market.
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Sure, on this holidays we'll release Metaballs HD Space theme pack with several predefined space themes.
[Android Apps and Games] exisapps:
Thanks a lot for your support, guys!

We got 5k downloads in 10 days! Also metaballs is currently on the 10th place in Top New Free of Themes/Personalization categories. It inspires as hell!

I hope you really enjoied metaballs and i have good news!

We almost done with the next update.

We added full rgb range color picker for trail and completely reworked trail/blur effects. Futhermore, we added 5 new amazing themes.

Here are some screens from my Galaxy Tab 7.7

Stay in touch, coming soon :D
[Android Apps and Games] alex6999:
yes, first it not free. why no to tell it prior install

second - heavy background CPU usage(33%)

taskmanager shows it(LWP not displayed)

verizon galaxy nexus ISC 4.0.2