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Some questions before I buy...

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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TheMathMan said:
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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TheMathMan said:
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.

TheMathMan said:
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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TheMathMan said:
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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TheBassman369 said:
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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[Q] Television on Iconia?

Have owned my Acer now for about 2-3 weeks and have gotten used to a lot of the functions and am slowly discovering new things about this tablet and its awesome. One thing I am wondering is, is it possible to get television on the tablet, i'm from Australia so for those of you from Aus as well im talking about channels like channel 7, 9, 10? thanks

Slingbox or tempting into a htpc, but I have not came across any USB quam tuners for and android
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Richard25 said:
Have owned my Acer now for about 2-3 weeks and have gotten used to a lot of the functions and am slowly discovering new things about this tablet and its awesome. One thing I am wondering is, is it possible to get television on the tablet, i'm from Australia so for those of you from Aus as well im talking about channels like channel 7, 9, 10? thanks
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Only way possible is via the tv station website if they stream over the internet.
Or as the other gent said slingbox.
I dont recomend remoting into an htpc with a tv tuner because the resources required will not allow for decent quality video.
It would probably be jumpy missing dozens of frames per couple of sconds and have rolling lines from screen refreshes.
But if you are at home doing this its possible remote desktop might be ok.
But via cellular or public wifi...? No
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Richard25 said:
Have owned my Acer now for about 2-3 weeks and have gotten used to a lot of the functions and am slowly discovering new things about this tablet and its awesome. One thing I am wondering is, is it possible to get television on the tablet, i'm from Australia so for those of you from Aus as well im talking about channels like channel 7, 9, 10? thanks
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It 'may' be possible but will require additional hardware.
I have an HDHomeRun from SiliconDust and essetinally, what it does is stream my OTA antenna to my network computers.
Was reading about an Android App and ran across posts on a forum @ SiliconDust that someone there metioned an app called SinCast from Sinderon:
When I get time, I'll try it out and report back (may be a day or two before I get time).

I second the slingbox option. Easy and just works
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I use Slingbox & it works perfectly.
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rosskis said:
I use Slingbox & it works perfectly.
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yep another vote for slingbox

Interesting....
http://www.mygica.com/pa/t803.asp
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I want to do the same. I have been looking at MediaPortal with aMPdroid.

Try Vulkano Flow. A less expensive alternative to slingbox. The quality of the picture on the tablet is awesome.
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I think streaming video from internet is the only option?

Synthacon said:
I think streaming video from internet is the only option?
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Know a site?
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Richard25 said:
Have owned my Acer now for about 2-3 weeks and have gotten used to a lot of the functions and am slowly discovering new things about this tablet and its awesome. One thing I am wondering is, is it possible to get television on the tablet, i'm from Australia so for those of you from Aus as well im talking about channels like channel 7, 9, 10? thanks
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I can't help you with getting actual tv on your tab, but some channel 7 programs can be streamed from here http://au.tv.yahoo.com/
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Is there a way to play music from browser with screen off?

Alright so the other night I was showing off my new Nexus 7 to a friend. He's a strong Apple fanboy so naturally we were we comparing several different features between our devices. I showed off Google Now and all that goodness. But I soon found myself missing a feature that he had on his 4S. And that was the ability to play music from a browser or YouTube app while having his screen off.. I'm pretty sure this was the first time I was envious of an iOS product.
Well so the question is, is there any way to play music from a browser while having my screen off? Even when switching tabs in Chrome, the music will stop playing. And no I don't want to download the audio file from the YouTube video using a special app or website.
Thanks for the future advice/info.
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Oh yes, the old double tap home button after locking the screen at YouTube trick. It brings up the volume , pause and play buttons, but if you hit play, it streams the audio. Pretty badass
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Oh yes, the old double tap home button after locking the screen at YouTube trick. It brings up the volume , pause and play buttons, but if you hit play, it streams the audio. Pretty badass
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Can you elaborate? Double tapping just seems to bring up the launcher for me.

thebobp said:
Can you elaborate? Double tapping just seems to bring up the launcher for me.
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he's talking about the iPhone
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sharp2G said:
he's talking about the iPhone
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I see, what an ass.
Anyway, PVSTAR, and to a lesser extent StickIt.

There's an app called nextvid that replaces YouTube and does that.
Compatible on the n7, hope that helps.
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Not to worry, Apple is removing YouTube from iOS 6. "We're mad at Google and we're going to take it out on our customers!"
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Still, we need desktop style android mode

Xbmc Android

Been mucking about with Xbmc for android on the s3 and although it's still a little buggy I reckon it has great potential.
One thing that's annoying me though is that I can get any scrapers to work. It searches for stuff i don't have and it's not the way folders are set up because they work fine on the pc. But I won't go into that just now.
Been using the wii remote to control it and it works pretty good but there's no keyboard.
Then I did a wee test with my dad's tablet, using that as the remote and it worked perfect. Bit draft me going out buying another android phone just to use as a remote though.
Just wondering what everyone else is using or if anyone has any ideas?
Cheers
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Can someone please move this to the .QA section. Just realised where I've put it
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I've got XBMC. Works quite well. I have the same aeon Skin as my desktop, something my Raspberry Pi couldn't handle. The only issue is in that skin, you need to press cursors to access certain menus and that is not working very well as I dont have cursors in the app. Other than that its fine though. All my movie and TV info is there.
I recently got the XBMC remote app. Thats great. Can scroll stuff without changing the display. Queue things up. Its actually much better than the hardware keyboard/remote I have, which awesomely since I have an S3, also works with XBMC for android
All in all, it needs some thought around control functions but other than that pretty neat. One thing I would like with the skin is 2x movies secti
ons via the skin rather than via the list. One for on VPN externally and one whilst local. That way I wouldnt have 2 of everything like I do now in the same folder

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I've got XBMC. Works quite well. I have the same aeon Skin as my desktop, something my Raspberry Pi couldn't handle. The only issue is in that skin, you need to press cursors to access certain menus and that is not working very well as I dont have cursors in the app. Other than that its fine though. All my movie and TV info is there.
I recently got the XBMC remote app. Thats great. Can scroll stuff without changing the display. Queue things up. Its actually much better than the hardware keyboard/remote I have, which awesomely since I have an S3, also works with XBMC for android
All in all, it needs some thought around control functions but other than that pretty neat. One thing I would like with the skin is 2x movies secti
ons via the skin rather than via the list. One for on VPN externally and one whilst local. That way I wouldnt have 2 of everything like I do now in the same folder
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Nice.... I got a raspberry pi also , don't forget the s3 is much.... much better hardware than the pi.... but the pi has very good hw decoding
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I'm running aeon nox on my s3 it's pretty sweet like.
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italia0101 said:
Nice.... I got a raspberry pi also , don't forget the s3 is much.... much better hardware than the pi.... but the pi has very good hw decoding
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With xbmc I struggled to get h.264 decoded with any consistency. Sometimes had to reboot a few times. Just got it sorted after 2 weeks without an amp (which is why I used pi anyway) then replacement amp came
But back on topic, xbmc have some work to do but it'll be great on the s3
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Last i played with xbmc on the S3 it doesnt hv gpu decoding. Is it still the case?
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[Q] TV Out?

I do a lot of YouTube commentary while playing games and would like to try a Nova 3 or Modern Combat 4 walkthrough, just for sng's as nobody seems to be doing it for android games too much. I've been using BBQ screen with my PC and the framerates are good enough to consider using it, but the quality is awful at low settings (naturally) and anything higher than around 65 drops frames below 20fps on the receiver side and still looks really dodgy. Reading up on the subject of MHL and there is apparently no support for this on the RAZR m. What about the 3.5 mm RCA adapters? Or is MHL actually supported? Is there any other way of recording my screen and retaining half decent quality and framerate without theuse of a camera pointed at my screen? ZScreen and screen cast also don't work

There isn't any way to do TV out on the RAZR M (other than VNC)
Maybe someone will adapt screen sharing on chromecast.
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Leraeniesh said:
There isn't any way to do TV out on the RAZR M (other than VNC)
Maybe someone will adapt screen sharing on chromecast.
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And VNC is pretty much a slideshow. As far as I know chromecast already has screen sharing. Like, isn't that the point of the thing? Lol

dragonhart6505 said:
And VNC is pretty much a slideshow. As far as I know chromecast already has screen sharing. Like, isn't that the point of the thing? Lol
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My bad, the word I was looking for was device mirroring. All that the chromecast does (at the moment) is stream videos from YouTube, content from your Google account and Netflix. All your phone does is serve as the remote control.
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Leraeniesh said:
My bad, the word I was looking for was device mirroring. All that the chromecast does (at the moment) is stream videos from YouTube, content from your Google account and Netflix. All your phone does is serve as the remote control.
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Ah I see. Maybe if that becomes a thing I'll be more inclined to take a look at a chromecast

I had HDMI out on my prior device, and I used a grand total of one time in the phone's 2+ years of usage.
it's nice to have, but I never needed it, as other, easier options were available.