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noal | # 3851 | 2011-07-02, 10:28 | Report

Originally Posted by danramos View Post

Talk about perfect timing, noal.

Perhaps they heard my screams of frustration?

I wonder how long it will take to come across the Atlantic?

...waits.

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debernardis | # 3852 | 2011-07-02, 19:54 | Report

Did you know of Mplayer for android?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1077188

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railroadmaster | # 3853 | 2011-07-03, 02:05 | Report

Originally Posted by debernardis View Post

Did you know of Mplayer for android?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1077188

Yes I do its been around since the creation of Android, it does the job but the performance is underwhelming.

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danramos | # 3854 | 2011-07-03, 09:00 | Report

Originally Posted by debernardis View Post

Did you know of Mplayer for android?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1077188

I actually did not know about this--but yeah, seems not-impressive. Still, good to know it's there, I suppose.

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debernardis | # 3855 | 2011-07-03, 13:49 | Report

You're right, performance doesn't seem impressive, but having it might allow some tricks, first of all watching Italian rai-tv streams encoded with the infamous smoothstream technology from MS Silverlight...

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railroadmaster | # 3856 | 2011-07-03, 17:58 | Report

Also several Linux games run perfectly on Android. I think they they would be good on a large 7inch display.
http://libsdl-android.sourceforge.net/
Also
ScummVM
http://www.scummvm.org/downloads/
scroll down and you will find the Android APK
Also FreeCIV is good too
http://hackcasual.net/?p=34
http://forum.freeciv.org/viewtopic.php?t=6347

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railroadmaster | # 3857 | 2011-07-04, 16:01 | Report

Also at bestbuy is now including the HTC Flyer's pen
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HTC+Flye...99159200050028
http://www.netbooknews.com/29441/bes...thout-catches/
Yey HTC actually listens to their customers

However I'm still going to wait for pricedrops.

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danramos | # 3858 | 2011-07-04, 19:04 | Report

Originally Posted by railroadmaster View Post

Also at bestbuy is now including the HTC Flyer's pen
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HTC+Flye...99159200050028
http://www.netbooknews.com/29441/bes...thout-catches/
Yey HTC actually listens to their customers

However I'm still going to wait for pricedrops.

GOOD! Excellent news!

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railroadmaster | # 3859 | 2011-07-04, 21:50 | Report

Originally Posted by danramos View Post

GOOD! Excellent news!

Yah the HTC Flyer like the Samsung Galaxy Tab will loose value very fast.

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railroadmaster | # 3860 | 2011-07-04, 22:13 | Report

Also some one managed to get handwriting recognition to work on the HTC Flyer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvXCTtcTktk
I don't know how this person pulled it off but it looks pretty real to me.

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