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[Update][3.0.26] Android Market

A new version of the android market has been releases recently, featuring an over hauled UI, the books market, and the movie rental market.
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Download here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?vb7t34i0sgijura
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Link Broken?
I'd love to get a hold of the new update, but it appears the file has been deleted?

Give me five seconds and I'll upload the apk =P
Edit: APK attached and link updated
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android market 3.0.26
Was this market intended only for phones? I know it said 2.2 or higher, and another site said 2.2 and 2.3...but was it also intended for tablets? for 3.0?

I believe it was, although I'm not completely sure. If you own a tablet I would recommend trying it to be sure.
Also, movie rentals cannot be watched on rooted devices.
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vishious89 said:
Was this market intended only for phones? I know it said 2.2 or higher, and another site said 2.2 and 2.3...but was it also intended for tablets? for 3.0?
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Honeycomb has the movie tab already. So I wouldn't try it on my xoom, but I've already got it on my dx. its not bad, seems really cluttered.
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runandhide05 said:
Honeycomb has the movie tab already. So I wouldn't try it on my xoom, but I've already got it on my dx. its not bad, seems really cluttered.
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I agree, it looks a bit messy.

pool_shark said:
I agree, it looks a bit messy.
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It looks very WP7ish.
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Thank you for the new market. Works fantastic on CM7 for DX. No problems with anything here.

Just reporting this wined on my transformer tablet too!! Thanks!

How are magazines on the Nexus 7 screen?

Hey guys, quick question - could someone tell me how the Nexus 7 is for reading magazines? Screenshots would be helpful but no worries if you can't. I'd like to be able to read mags without having to constantly double tap to zoom in and then pan around like I do on my PlayBook. I was hoping the extra pixels the N7 has over the Playbooks 1024x600 would allow me to do this. So how is it?
Cheers!

Hope this helps, popular science was free and preloaded. Used it as a example for your question.
Its a OK experience, but I'm coming from a larger tablet (iPad 2) and the smallish screen is still a feature I'm getting used too.
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according to several reviews, there should also be a text only/reading mode which is much easier to read (like an ebook). see googles I/O address for N7.

Yes, that functionality does indeed work. I've attached some screenshots from Pop Sci.
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flash_beezy said:
Hope this helps, popular science was free and preloaded. Used it as a example for your question.
Its a OK experience, but I'm coming from a larger tablet (iPad 2) and the smallish screen is still a feature I'm getting used too.
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Yes, that functionality does indeed work. I've attached some screenshots from Pop Sci.
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Thanks for the screenshots. I was just thinking about how magazines would look on the N7. That text mode is a definite plus as well.:good:

Honestly it looks awesome.
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Thanks guys that's awesome. Unfortunately I won't have access to Play Magazines because I'm in the UK but I use Zinio, and I just checked on the Play Store and it says that has a text only mode as well.
It's very very tempting, now if I can just find somewhere that stocks it...

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Thanks guys that's awesome. Unfortunately I won't have access to Play Magazines because I'm in the UK but I use Zinio, and I just checked on the Play Store and it says that has a text only mode as well.
It's very very tempting, now if I can just find somewhere that stocks it...
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Thanks.. was searching my ass off for textmode in magazine i downloaded ^_^ ... any idea how to load in a magazine in pdf format into Zinio ?

Streaming H.264 Videos Help!!

Hello all,
I am a new owner of a Nexus 7 (16G-All stock) and so far so good...except for the blueprint lsat prep website:
Note: I'm sorry, I'm new and cannot post links yet. If you try to go on the blueprint lsat prep website, the homepage has a link to sample videos of the course.
The company claims that it is possible to watch on Android. I have tried to watch using Chrome without any success. Tried it on Iphone, and the video played.
Since I am quite happy with the Nexus 7, I'd hate to have to return it and exchange it for an Ipad.
Please, please help!

Have you tried a third party media player such as mxplayer, or dice player? There are a few on the play store.
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minhboo said:
Hello all,
I am a new owner of a Nexus 7 (16G-All stock) and so far so good...except for the blueprint lsat prep website:
Note: I'm sorry, I'm new and cannot post links yet. If you try to go on the blueprint lsat prep website, the homepage has a link to sample videos of the course.
The company claims that it is possible to watch on Android. I have tried to watch using Chrome without any success. Tried it on Iphone, and the video played.
Since I am quite happy with the Nexus 7, I'd hate to have to return it and exchange it for an Ipad.
Please, please help!
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I went in to try, and I guess this was what you meant? It seemed to work for me.
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Try a browser other then chrome. I've had better luck with the stock browser or dolphin for playing videos
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Try a browser other then chrome. I've had better luck with the stock browser or dolphin for playing videos
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I have tried other browser and switched the user agent to iPad and it works, except that the video looked funky and there was no video control.
The sample videos are on blueprintprep dooot com slassh last_phone
Thank you for your help!

This looks like a YouTube embedded video, which works for me as well on Chrome.
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[PROJECT] Writing proper emulators for Android

Hey guys, I know you've seen a lot of some emulators on the Play store, for all kind of old-school consoles, NES, SNES, N64... Most of them are released under GPL license, so yes, they are open source. Sadly, the UI design doesn't match with Android's holo (4.0+) style. So, my proposal is simple. Let's develop a couple of free, open source emulators, from XDA members, with a proper UI (I can help with that, I've written a couple of modern looking apps: LockIt, wRotatr, Halo)))). My weak point is JNI. I hate it. Period. I will need a lot of help to get the emulators buiding, but after I get them, you will see a lot of UX/UI improvements.
Sources can be found here. I'd like to start with Nesoid. So, is anybody here, expert on JNI development, willing to help me on this? :good:
Cheers,
D4.

Bumping this, I have archieved some UI fixes. Still not able to build native libraries.
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The sad news is that I dropped android < 4.0.3 support

Any news on your progress?

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Any news on your progress?
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I haven't been able to build native libraries yet. Without that there's no emulation

How's the emulation overhaul coming along? Seems like a great project
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worhello said:
How's the emulation overhaul coming along? Seems like a great project
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I'm trying another UI attempt, but it's not yet working (emulation still broken, I haven't found anyone to help me with JNI)

Abandoned

Project Ara dual analog controller concept

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Wish this was real... Could still be.
http://phandroid.com/?p=138809
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I hope someone develops something like this. Maybe a slide version if possible like the Play so we can still use it as a phone without the gamepad getting in the way.

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i need that when it comes out...
Anyway i think the Shell style isn't convenient, slider rulez

I agree slider rules. I may not have my PLAY anymore, but I still consider it to be the best gaming phone around. At least as far as emulators. I was able to run MC4 at 35-40fps by using app quarantine to kill all apps except mc4 the launcher and keyboard. And over clock to 1.4 with performance on lupus kernel. Game flew. Anyways sadly I had to sell my old xperia play some months ago. But I used it for almost 3 years.
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Another interesting article mentions the beloved xperia play.
http://www.projectaraforum.com/threads/flippypad-an-xperia-play-like-concept-for-project-ara.2/
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This would be awesome to see and try out, granted it will never replace my xperia play which I found a keyboard that lets me type using the gamepads slbut sadly its only compatible with gb but I still have a select few games I can play without the use of the touchscreen

Looks really cool, would be nice if they did make a module like that
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ozzmanj1 said:
Wish this was real... Could still be.
http://phandroid.com/?p=138809
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Lol ozzmanj1... You always bring us the juiciest of the news, even if it is a concept.
If people are looking into such possibilities, Project Ara might end up being the place to go after the Play.
Perhaps add extra battery capacity in the controller too? Or space for more Ara modules... Just a few ideas. lol.
On another note, Ara is going to be epic - been following it closely for a while now ever since PhoneBlocks.