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I've been waiting to try the new Sony Reader app since it was first announced a few months ago. December launch was bumped to January launch. It is finally available, but not for the X10. Froyo only. Talk about salting an open wound. Bummer.
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Of course that is not Sony's issue that Ericsson has decided to produce an outdated phone with outdated OS and not upgrade it to anything beyond 2.1 because their developers are not able to work on Time Scape and bring it to 2.2.
I forgot that in this particular issue, Sony and Ericsson are one entity. Yep, speak of which....
since se has no phone YET running froyo its more or less quite embarassing
Unless SE's hinting at Froyo for the X10 then this app is... I dunno what to make of this move... Sony can't be this stupid... or can they?...
Sure, they can say it's meant to reach not just their userbase but the android community at large but... wow... just wow
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Uh. Can't you see their marketing tactics?
"Hi all, we have a new app for you~!! What did you say? Your phone can't support? Fret not! Buy our Xperia Arc and you can enjoy the app and more~!!!!"
Lol.
loneLEE said:
Uh. Can't you see their marketing tactics?
"Hi all, we have a new app for you~!! What did you say? Your phone can't support? Fret not! Buy our Xperia Arc and you can enjoy the app and more~!!!!"
Lol.
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Sad but true
Anyway, not all is lost. This app could be ported...
Or we could just install Z's Froyo rom... other than no camcorder (pics work, just not video ATM) it is great and I am getting 1500+ in quadrant.
Just a suggestion, I know some like the stock rom, or just dislike a non-complete rom.
I am holding off on Froyo roms for now, but fully intend to use one before I buy another phone. My contract with AT&T just started in August. Gonna own this X10 a while.
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loneLEE said:
Uh. Can't you see their marketing tactics?
"Hi all, we have a new app for you~!! What did you say? Your phone can't support? Fret not! Buy our Xperia Arc and you can enjoy the app and more~!!!!"
Lol.
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Exactly. And if we ran Sony, we'd probably do the same thing.
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Sony Reader App
Has anyone gotten this to work on the G Tab? I have played with it for days even called Sony support and can not get it to work?
Is Gingerbread that Important. I am reading on many sites that the update is pegged for April end. As far as I know I don't think these will be major change with this update.. pls let me know if I am wrong. Is this update that Important
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Not really.
There are some "nice to haves" in gingerbread - and it gives HTC a chance to fix the bugs in the updates they've pushed out (such as the hella annoying SMS issue).
I'm running a GB ROM now and I am much happier with it than the Froyo ROMs - even if it is a leak.
My SonyEricsson LiveView works much, much better in Gingerbread than it did in Froyo. No more SMS issues either.
I just wish that someone was clever enough to hack CIFS support into the kernel as that's really the only thing I miss about Froyo - but I guess with a leaked ROM that's a bit tough!
I think the new htc sense 3d is really cool . I am not at all excited for gingerbread or any beyond update as I see no real changes... I am missing the apple app store big time and will switch back to iPhone if the app market don't improve on google. I like android handset but its slows down because of buggy software
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niks_5in said:
I think the new htc sense 3d is really cool . I am not at all excited for gingerbread or any beyond update as I see no real changes... I am missing the apple app store big time and will switch back to iPhone if the app market don't improve on google. I like android handset but its slows down because of buggy software
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If you think system is slowing down, try some no-Sense rom like CM7....its all about having options and setting up system to your liking....
I'm more interested in the multitouch typing. Hopefully it will keep up with me then.
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This is good news to our community since SE used to be anal about these mods.
They are giving 20 phones out to the CyanogenMod team and helping them out with kernals and debugging.
http://www.androidauthority.com/son...-modders-gives-20-phones-to-developers-25742/
Honestly, I couldn't be more happy with all the changes Sony Ericsson has made.
that is too cool!
Can't wait to see where development goes form here!
Very cool! That's a much better stance than Motorola is now taking (so much for their unlocked bootloaders).
Considering how many they gave, I'm going that includes the CDMA R800x!
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Very cool! That's a much better stance than Motorola is now taking (so much for their unlocked bootloaders).
Considering how many they gave, I'm going that includes the CDMA R800x!
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Haha I'm pretty sure they won't exclude the cdma versions since its so different from the gsm. Fingers crossed though.
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Loving my xperia play more and more each day
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Good on Sony Ericsson. Great move!!
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Deoxlar said:
Haha I'm pretty sure they won't exclude the cdma versions since its so different from the gsm. Fingers crossed though.
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I'm pretty sure they will. Keep in mind the R800x officially cannot be bootloader unlocked. If they officially support custom roms on the R800x verizon will not be happy.
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that's a great news!
maybe we'll see features in our xperia play combining the goods of cm7 and our phone.
Hopefully now that SE support development they can release their Kernel sources earlier
Loving the news.
My Atrix runs CM7 and it makes the device so customizable and better to use, so having this on the Xperia Play as well would be a plus.
With great news like these my atittude for Sony Ericsson is changing for the better.
Unlocked bootloaders and trying to help the community out. So much better than what Motorola and HTC have been doing recently.
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Just found this and wanted to share.
Arc & Neo ICS updates out today.
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/05/2...eo-android-4-0-ics-updates-start-rolling-out/
On a side note I thought I read somewhere that the Arc is a common ROM to be ported to Xperia PLAY.....this true?
Anyway just sharing.
Yes, it is true.
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Wohoo, this sounds promising, it sounds like my first try to port a ROM ever here, since I really want a ICS-ROM for Xperia Play, but only if the android version is 4.0.4 then, otherwise, it will not get better And after that I will try to get everything to work as well
it seems that the latest Xperia Pro ICS firmware has been leaked!
The sony devs better pray that it runs like crap on our phones because I cant imagine them looking worse than they do right now
If devs port this rom to the Play, get TouchPads working with all the touchpad games and I'll retract every ICS is bad for the Play comment I've made recently
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If devs port this rom to the Play, get TouchPads working with all the touchpad games and I'll retract every ICS is bad for the Play comment I've made recently
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Which is.... pretty much impossible. The dev's need to update the games.
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But we'll need a kernel won't we?
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If it wasn't for the custom roms, I would feel like crap for buying this phone (Xperia Play). At least, there are some decent roms out there.
Anyway, it is a shame that Sony hasn't released, at least, the sources, or have they?
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Which is.... pretty much impossible. The dev's need to update the games.
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I know I'm just staying on the Gingerbread side of the fence. Screw ICS. We dont need it
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CTU_Loscombe said:
I know I'm just staying on the Gingerbread side of the fence. Screw ICS. We dont need it
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ICS is great for us who pretty much just use the pad for emulators. Emulators work fine in ICS, and you get all the niceties (sadly the rotation animation is way up there on my list).
I could care less if Sony released an update or not, I'm still able to get a damn fine ICS experience with the aokp rom.
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I know I'm just staying on the Gingerbread side of the fence. Screw ICS. GSM users dont need it
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Fixed.
CDMA users definitely need something.
I am a little upset that the xperia E comes with official Android 4.1 JB having less specs then the xperia play and they get jellybean! not ICS straight to jellybean! both specs are identical but the xperia E has a lower Gpu and internal memory AND STILL! I understand that sony said that they wanted to leave this phone as a gaming phone but at least make it a optional update on your own risk or something
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I am a little upset that the xperia E comes with official Android 4.1 JB having less specs then the xperia play and they get jellybean! not ICS straight to jellybean! both specs are identical but the xperia E has a lower Gpu and internal memory AND STILL! I understand that sony said that they wanted to leave this phone as a gaming phone but at least make it a optional update on your own risk or something
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Yeah it sucks that we dont get it and we didnt even get ics (i dont count the beta because of all its bugs) but there was a rumored release for it a while ago could this be it? :sly:
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I think the problem is even if Sony released JB for our phone game development would still be slowing down like it has been lately. Plus all the older XPO releases like asphalt 6 and star battalion wouldn't work. Not like a lot of people play those. I still do. Is it possible to utilize some aspects of the xperia e's firmware?
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ozzmanj1 said:
I think the problem is even if Sony released JB for our phone game development would still be slowing down like it has been lately. Plus all the older XPO releases like asphalt 6 and star battalion wouldn't work. Not like a lot of people play those. I still do. Is it possible to utilize some aspects of the xperia e's firmware?
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thats why i say at your own risk, for people who might not want to game in the xperia play
Wouldn't be the first time a weaker phone got a newer FW than Xperia Play... we've already established that the reason Xperia Play didn't get ICS/JB was because it would throw the software compatibility way off.
If you want a good example of how bad it would've been, just look at all Evo V owners who are in an absolute fury because the vast majority of 3D games were made to operate under 2.3. The way I see it, Sony did the smart thing by opting for a more stable ecosystem.
The thing is that a lot of app developers are abandoning gb, and making apps for 4.0+, even Google them self, example, chrome browser a great browser but not for gb.
I'd even settle for a decent official ics from Sony, I mean the developers here are doing a better job than them
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The Xperia Play has a Scorpion S2 CPU, it's old. The Xperia E is a Cortex A5. Scorpion might be faster in raw flops but the A5 has more features. Snapdragon is quite poor by today's standards and the Xperia E will probably beat it in many ways.
xdarkmario said:
The thing is that a lot of app developers are abandoning gb, and making apps for 4.0+, even Google them self, example, chrome browser a great browser but not for gb.
I'd even settle for a decent official ics from Sony, I mean the developers here are doing a better job than them
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They don't do it on purpose. 2.x API just doesn't support anywhere near as much as 3.0+.
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The Xperia Play has a Scorpion S2 CPU, it's old. The Xperia E is a Cortex A5. Scorpion might be faster in raw flops but the A5 has more features. Snapdragon is quite poor by today's standards and the Xperia E will probably beat it in many ways.
They don't do it on purpose. 2.x API just doesn't support anywhere near as much as 3.0+.
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Hey dan!
and i see what you mean by the differences, i seen some benchmarks
I am going to admit many people know more about the inner workings of hardware. But I am sure that with the xperia e's 320x240 resolution also helps in benchmarks as it's not having to push as much in terms of resolution. Although I know that is only one aspect of a bigger picture.
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My friend has an Xperia J which is running on stock ICS and I can tell you it is laggy as hell, my phone with Krisdee's Hybrid ROM is much more stable. I know this has nothing to do with the Xperia E but Xperia J has similar hardware as our Xperia Play. Maybe he has a faulty device, I don't know.
Us modders have done a great job in making ics work well on Xperia play
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Mocket said:
My friend has an Xperia J which is running on stock ICS and I can tell you it is laggy as hell, my phone with Krisdee's Hybrid ROM is much more stable. I know this has nothing to do with the Xperia E but Xperia J has similar hardware as our Xperia Play. Maybe he has a faulty device, I don't know.
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My friend also has xperia j and yeah, it is laggy
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Haha off topic but I love how you titled that
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crazymonkey05 said:
Haha off topic but I love how you titled that
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Family Guy.......?
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ozzmanj1 said:
Family Guy.......?
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Yea lol
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xdarkmario said:
Yea lol
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Before I bring it back on topic. Here's a test xdarkmario. What FG moment has this line.
"Knuckle babies"
Okay back on topic of xperia e
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ozzmanj1 said:
Before I bring it back on topic. Here's a test xdarkmario. What FG moment has this line.
"Knuckle babies"
Okay back on topic of xperia e
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hmmm.... not sure
xdarkmario said:
hmmm.... not sure
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Its one Peters rants when he is at the movie store and Tom Tucker walks in asking for 18+ videos and the clerk tells him they don't allow 18+ movies. Peter goes off on a rant about 18+ videos and "fire off some knuckle babies"
Okay..back to topic.
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Ahh lol just got it lol
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We all know what is the real problem.... we don't have an option for buying an xperia play 2 sony failed the smartphone gamming community...
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