Am I the only one who finds this unacceptable? isn't sony known for their media savvy phones? I'm on 020 and was wondering 026 still has this issue? I really like the ui and find that all other media players on the market have too many shortcomings to use them. suggestions?
yeahyeahyeah1981 said:
Am I the only one who finds this unacceptable? isn't sony known for their media savvy phones? I'm on 020 and was wondering 026 still has this issue? I really like the ui and find that all other media players on the market have too many shortcomings to use them. suggestions?
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Believe it or not, but that's just Mediascape! It just lags like crazy... nothing can be done.
I belive this is an effect from Android 1.6 and i'm almost certain this will improve with 2.1
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It seems to work a little quicker in the 2.1 videos that have been posted. I agree, if it wasn't for the lag, it would be great.
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try mixzing from market.. it goes very fast!
Maybe I'm lucky.. Mine doesn't lag.. I've just tried all sorts of stuff on it and it was fine...
I'm on R2BA026.. No task killers. 8Gb Class 2 mem card.
Mediascape is horrible, like timescape. It lags, takes forever to do anything.
Sound quality on audio is average, album art is hit and miss. Videos are ok, limited formats and lash make it crap. Pictures are a real let down, slow to update, quality when you zoom is poor too compared to other apps.
I hope 2.1 improves things as I like the idea of doing things that way. The implementation is not too good and the lack of any way to customise features does it no favours either.
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you sure that audio quality is not more like an hardware issue?
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oh and yes, Mediascape is really that slow. unacceptable ain't it?
latest versions of 1.6 firmware don't solve the problem definitely, you just gotta wait 2.1 - hoping that ppl at SE want to save their asses and that they're gonna do sth to make this phone a SERIOUS smartphone.. it ain't atm
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Tuxo87, hardware is a possibility, but mixzing on default settings is most certainly superior. So is meridian come to think of it.
Not entirely sure how this side of the x10 ended up being so flawed, especially considering the pedigree se have.
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Im having some problems with the normal Music v2.2 app that comes with Cyanogen RC1... its pretty basic, the widget is flaky, etc. so im looking to replace it.
I checked Market real quick for some other Music Players and there are quite a few that come up - some free, some paid.
... so, basically... Im just looking for some feedback on whats the "best" one out there? Is there possibly one out there that is really just that good? Or, personal recommendations on whats worked best for you, etc.
Thanks again for the help!
I have Mixzing and liked it enough to get the paid version its nice you can set it to look at different folders for music and ignore others. I hated the default app that came with my phone i had a few audiobooks, pre-audible, that would shuffle in when playing from my collection. Very annoying to go from music to spoken word when you expect music. it does all your basic functions and such has some other features but i never got into the more premium stuff.
+1 for mixzing, very nice app, and I have the free version. If you're just looking for plain, good-looking simplicity though, not features, Try zimly (free in market).
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Mortplayer is the best imo
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I actually didnt try either of those 2 that you recommended, but am about to here in just a few mins. I donwloaded "Music Player" which was highly rated and talked about a good bit - but its volume is horrible. Even after going in to settings and moving their volume up and having media volume up I have to have the volume knob in my car all the way to the right. I thought this was weird so I switched back to the one that comes with CM6, freakin almost blew my speakers. It seems like each app is using the volume different, which is weird. And I definitely went through all the settings to ensure that the volumes were all the way up.
I listen to audio books a lot as well - I freaking love them!!! Makes my car ride to and from work so much better its stupid... but I know what you mean when it comes to them switching from word to music, etc. haha!
Is this volume issue common? Is there anything that will actually boost the volume past the normal max level?
Thanks
I'm a fan of cubed by Felipe Abrantes.
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I'm a fan of cubed by Felipe Abrantes.
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I downloaded yesterday, and it's ages better than the old stok music app, but i feel its really "heavy" its the app that runs less smooth on my phone, somehting im bummed about is that the album art looks too small, i want it bigger ala winamp also the widget is HORRIBLE , it's been the same since android 1.5, we need more choices, there's not even a previous track button on the widget!
What music app? Android one or HTC? And choose htc music widget, it have back button.
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The new dosent have dolby or any sound enhancement in it... :'(
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Are you talking about the new Google Msuic player that's in beta?
I think it's awesome. For better sound get MusicFX from the market.
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What music app? Android one or HTC? And choose htc music widget, it have back button.
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the one google jsut premiered, its on the market
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Are you talking about the new Google Msuic player that's in beta?
I think it's awesome. For better sound get MusicFX from the market.
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it still needs some work
I think Google is thinking right, and I think its awesome.
Works great, i just wish i could control it from the lockscreen.
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Works great, i just wish i could control it from the lockscreen.
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thats what i miss the most from the sense player , also i noticed a bug, sometimes when the player is on pause it still plays the song, but you can hear it, i noticed because i got all these sctobblings in my lastfm when i wasnt listening anything
US only
Right, I'd like to try this app out but it seems it's US only, isn't it?
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Right, I'd like to try this app out but it seems it's US only, isn't it?
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The app is worldwide, the music download service is in beta in the US
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The app is worldwide, the music download service is in beta in the US
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I'm not sure. I'm in france, I can't find Google Music application on the market. Of course I still can install it with an apk but it's different...
Unless you're talking about stock music player and not google music service ?
HTCs player looks much better.
its a lil bit slow.
also dont like the landscape interface.
1. Whats it like as a wireless hotspot, my Galaxy S2 is flaky at best with lots of dropouts?
2. Can it play avi files out of the box, and if not, whats playback like in Moboplayer, any sync issues?
3. What sort of games are currently available in the PS store?
4. Hows the camera?
5. Has anyone loaded Google Music and streamed their music?
Thanks all!!
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1. Whats it like as a wireless hotspot, my Galaxy S2 is flaky at best with lots of dropouts?
2. Can it play avi files out of the box, and if not, whats playback like in Moboplayer, any sync issues?
3. What sort of games are currently available in the PS store?
4. Hows the camera?
5. Has anyone loaded Google Music and streamed their music?
Thanks all!!
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This is just personal experience, but YMMV.
1. Wireless hotspot has worked great for me. I hook my iPad up to it when I'm at my grandparent's house and there's never any loss of connection. That's even on the awful Kentucky EDGE network, too.
2. I can't really help there because I never play those types of videos.
3. The PS store? If you mean the Playstation Pocket app, if you're in America (and possibly Canada), nothing. All you gots is Crash Bandicoot. FPSE is better for PS1 emulation, anyway, if that's what you're looking for. A lot of people get their games from Gameloft.
4. The camera is pretty decent. It's better than the camera on my old Desire HD that I sold. It would be better with different software (it's the AOSP app), so download Vignette or Camera 360 if you want better pictures. On this subject, the FFC looks black and white unless you're in good light.
5. I have and it worked fine on said slow network. The speaker is really loud, too.
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2. Can it play avi files out of the box, and if not, whats playback like in Moboplayer, any sync issues?
3. What sort of games are currently available in the PS store?
4. Hows the camera?
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2. The Stock Media Play can not play .avi straight out the box.....BUT......all you need to do is download a better media player and it will work straight out the box.
MoboPlayer is my recomendation to you. It plays everything i have thrown at it so far.
3. The actual Playstation games are not worth buying at all imo. Just download FPSE and get all your PS games on the emulator. (leglally you need to own the games before you download them, blah blah technical blah blah).
The Xperia Play games from Gameloft and a few other devs are quite decent quality. I love Gameloft games. Some people do not though. Remember this is a phone first and foremost. Not a dedicated games console.
4. Camera is OK. 5MP is decent. Not amazing, but clear enough to have them pictures full blown on your PC monitor without seeing many pixels.
The video recording is ok too. Not 720p, but not far off, it takes a keen eye to tell the difference.
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2. Can it play avi files out of the box, and if not, whats playback like in Moboplayer, any sync issues?
3. What sort of games are currently available in the PS store?
4. Hows the camera?
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2. Yes, Moboplayer works great. You'll have no issues playing standard def content, and in some cases 720p works too.
3. Very few, Crash bandicoot, midevil, and jet moto or something along those lines, haven't used it in a while. I used fpse and play the games I want to play (Final Fantasy VII in my case) I also use it for Super nintendo, nintendo, gameboy, and N64.
4. Fine for a cell camera. Not as good as the more camera oriented cyber-shot phones, but it holds it's own. Also the shoulder buttons make it easy to tak pictures compared to touch screen shutter.
As stated this phone has the loudest speakers out of any phones I've seen. It has two very nice cell phone speakers rather than the standard one, so everything from ring tones to games are plenty loud. They also have extremely good frequency response for cell phone speakers. Music, games, videos, everything sounds "fuller" on the Play compared to other phones.
Thanks all for the great answers.
Overall I just want to make sure I can load Google Music app despite being in the UK and that there aren't audio sync issues with avi files like some phones i've tried.
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Well on android market Google Music apps says
This app is incompatible with your Sony Ericsson R800i.
This item cannot be installed in your device's country.
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im from the uk. Also ive played h264 videos with mobo player which are more taxing on the phone and they play fine so avi should be fine, i guess...?
Also found this on web
Reports are flooding in that Google has extended invites to its cloud-based music streaming service for residents of the UK. The buzz over Google Music has been building since it launched in the US following Google I/O.
In order to enjoy the music-streaming goodness that is Google Music Beta , you’ll need a Nexus S running Android 2.3.4. Users who fit the bill will be greeted with a self-install notification following the completion of the sign up on Google’s website.
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So im guessing its coming to the rest of us at some point?
Yeah i've installed the US version of music before in the UK by grabbing the apk from Modaco or using Market Access (through root).
Dev community doesn't seem busy for this phone.
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I just love thought of physical buttons for games and emulators.
Even with overlays on my 4.3 S2 its irritating!
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I can't imagine the developers forum to be that busy, this phone is for the niche population of the people who enjoys gaming.
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Deoxlar said:
I can't imagine the developers forum to be that busy, this phone is for the niche population of the people who enjoys gaming.
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Would you recommend it?
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Would you recommend it?
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If you're addicted to flashing ROM's, don't get it. I only got one because I traded my Inspire for it.
The game buttons are the selling point. I personally missed development going on...so my mom needed a phone with a SAMOLED so I got a Nexus S for her. :-D
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If you're addicted to flashing ROM's, don't get it. I only got one because I traded my Inspire for it.
The game buttons are the selling point. I personally missed development going on...so my mom needed a phone with a SAMOLED so I got a Nexus S for her. :-D
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I'm not addicted but would like root control for Titanium Backup and some manual tweaking.
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Then the would be the right phone for you.
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Got a near mint boxed one today for £240
Couldnt refuse!
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I mean solely for Android 2.2+. I've already gotten Netflix, Crackle (sadly, doesn't work, the sound goes really, really slow) and a few games I got off of Amazon's deal of the day that were 2.2+ only. There's obviously Flash 10.3, too. The other one I got (which I've been trying to get ahold of since I got my phone) is Kongregate Arcade.
Anything you guys know of that's a really good Android 2.2+ app that I'm missing?
If you put up the money get voodoo control plus and get voodoo sound v10... it makes this phone sound awesome via headphones xP
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I mean solely for Android 2.2+. I've already gotten Netflix, Crackle (sadly, doesn't work, the sound goes really, really slow) and a few games I got off of Amazon's deal of the day that were 2.2+ only. There's obviously Flash 10.3, too. The other one I got (which I've been trying to get ahold of since I got my phone) is Kongregate Arcade.
Anything you guys know of that's a really good Android 2.2+ app that I'm missing?
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The only other that I know is 2.2+ specific is Google Music. I haven't really used it much though.
Netflix and skype with video chat
Can't really video chat without a FFC
You can of you stand in front of a mirror! XP
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I'm actually working on trying to get the i9000 front facing camera mod to work on our Continuum. I need an i400 I can tear apart and do some fitment testing. I've seen some photos of the i9000 camera and the i500 (Fascinate) camera which I think is the same as the Continuum camera. It might work with a little trimming here and there. Ill post back once I have some results.
This is gonna sound pretty silly but the new Captain America game requires 2.2. I'm not much of a gamer but I actually bought it for $1 in the market and it installed then after the ~150mb download it gave me the error message on my stock Continuum. Took my son to the movie and we loved it, was looking forward to letting him play the game(which was well reviewed). Bah.
So happy to see this 2.2 update stuff. I'm going to have to do my homework now and make a visit to the darkside. I love this phone, will be more than happy to de-bing and de-bloat it!
Speaking of games: Plants vs Zombies and Peggle on the Amazon App store.
Was lucky enough to catch them free, but could not get them to run on Eclair.
+1 for netflix and google-music.
Being able install google search has been very nice as well.
So the Flash works well with this release?
Yes. I just spent the weekend streaming a UFC event on it :3
Chrome to Phone is a MUST.
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Just loaded the apk for the new market... It's pretty sweet... First froyo apps I loaded were Chrome2Phone, Google Music, and Netflix...
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Weudel said:
Just loaded the apk for the new market... It's pretty sweet... First froyo apps I loaded were Chrome2Phone, Google Music, and Netflix...
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Jill plays tricks, Jack plays God
Browser to Phone is even better lol At least in my opinion
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wiirecords.chrometophone
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Browser to Phone is even better lol At least in my opinion
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ha ha wow!
and by the way, i couldnt stop noticing this, kept bugging me, so i had to say something,
"My Motto: If you don't know how to do someone here on XDA, and don't know how to properly look through the threads or do a search, then you don't deserve to be flashing/changing anything (If the answer isn't already out there, that's different [obviously, lol]"
If i dont know how to do someone? lol, dont you mean something?
In the latest update Motorola Atrix was finally whitelisted for Skype
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And it's on the front camera, the way it should be!
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Yes!
so happy man
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iRobby said:
Yes!
so happy man
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Yep, the Atrix made it this time, and the last one on the list
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I just hope our XDA modder updates this version. I really like having the exit button that the stock skype lacks.
when will skype support push notifications?
thank god! I was really hating tegra because of this.
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YAYY! At last! The waiting is over...
no sound when video
Hi Folks !
Have you tried Skype w/video in your Atrix ?
Works Ok ?
I tried mine this morning, but when I start video, just hear noise and the other party seems to hear a lot of noise too...
The video works Ok, but kills audio...
When I make audio only calls, it works like a charm.
I see an update in the future
tibmart said:
Hi Folks !
Have you tried Skype w/video in your Atrix ?
Works Ok ?
I tried mine this morning, but when I start video, just hear noise and the other party seems to hear a lot of noise too...
The video works Ok, but kills audio...
When I make audio only calls, it works like a charm.
I see an update in the future
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I second that. Made a call just now, the other person got feed back and noise.
Also, the video and whole skype interface is really not slick at all. Very laggy all round. I'll be sticking to Google Talk for now. Once they solve rhese issues i'll be happy and so will the other half as I can then Skype video her in the car instead!
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I just hope our XDA modder updates this version. I really like having the exit button that the stock skype lacks.
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just use the sign out button located under profile. Click profile push menu to sign out.
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tibmart said:
Hi Folks !
Have you tried Skype w/video in your Atrix ?
Works Ok ?
I tried mine this morning, but when I start video, just hear noise and the other party seems to hear a lot of noise too...
The video works Ok, but kills audio...
When I make audio only calls, it works like a charm.
I see an update in the future
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Same. For what it's worth, I'm on cm7 beta.
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how i hate those guys. this app is free...so there is no running version. that is the way of microsoft. it is really fantastic how a company like ms is not able to keep good software running.
so in my opinion there will be no finally. would like to use gtalk but lovly motorola do no want to oupdate the european atrix. great move too. a bit disciminating....the rest of the world has it, but there has to be a reason...because moto is great.
It's the same for me, video works great but audio is very noisy and doesn't work.
Can someone try a videocall with headphones? I can't beacause don't own it.
Skype with ear buds worked better. The person on other end had much less static. Could actually understand me.
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I'm very happy with the skype update for Atrix. All I can say is a big **** ya on the video quality! I have been using Google Talk/Qik since I got the phone but with horrible quality over the network and wifi...
I haven't had a issue with the sound on either end of the calls yet but I'll have to try the headphones next time maybe when I'm out somewhere or something.
So go skype... about damn time.
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It's the same for me, video works great but audio is very noisy and doesn't work.
Can someone try a videocall with headphones? I can't beacause don't own it.
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Did the sound test call without headphones and couldn't understand a word. With headphones the sound great.
I, honestly notice almost the same call quality as I have on my laptop, if not better? Same for the video, truth is I've only used it over wifi.
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Wow! It's working great on my rooted but otherwise stock Bell ATRIX with 2.3.4, with a Asus Transformer running 3.2, both 3g and wifi working well.
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Can we use the speaker phone while using the front facing camera? It doesn't make sense to talk with the handset by the ear while using the front facing camera. Am I missing something here? I wasn't getting the speakerphone option.