I've been recently impressed with the latest android builds, if I wasn't already in the past. Though, the biggest issue now I have is the resolution we boot in. We need to boot Android in a closer resolution to the current native Android phones in order for apps to look right. The draw backs are with a higher res are: Text is a little blurry(due to our native res), and the UI is a tad bit small for our fingers. A positive is 90% of the apps fit on the screen. Less force closes I presume.
So I decided to boot android in QVGA, added 240x320 and lcd.density=128 to my default.txt..I'm using xrom based off firmware 1.5. I was suprised how clear the text in linux was and the overall look is a lot more crisp and proper for our screen size. Everything seems to be formatted for the screen but most apps..the core of android looks good. This is where we need to post what apps you can find on the market that fit and look good in QVGA. Might be pointless until an official android QVGA phone comes out...but this is a start. Most apps I've tried actually launch..they just are not formatted for qvga or don't scale down.
Free Apps that work with QVGA:
-Market
-Dialer
-Calender
-Google Maps (not streetview)-I think we have to boot 480x320 for that.
-Browser
-keyboard
-IM
-terminal emulator
-Neocore
-Java App
-ACV(comic book reader)
-Alarm clock
-Task Panel X
-Google Talk
-Messaging
-MixZing Lite Media Player (large widget doesn't fit)
-Gallery( Partially works)
-Youtube app (some youtube videos work, but some don't)
-App manager
-file managers and browsers (astro and OI)
-smspopup
Apps not usable under QVGA..
-Gmail - Works when viewing whole emails, but email tabs dont fit
-Music - Works but graphics dont fit
-Weather Wiget
-ilock 2.0
- Most Sound boards and games I've tried..for obvious reasons ( the java app could hold us untill more qvga support)
Also.. apps that support scrolling usually will be usable on our screen.
Apps that dont support scrolling or side scrolling dont fit..
Besides apps.. I'm actually able to watch a qvga mp4 video without extreme lag.
Help me find more apps that work with qvga(for now) list em here if you found apps that work or don't work under android QVGA.
*Reserved for future use*
try 336x448 resolution (with ion)
till now i didnt notice any major problem with apps.. and i download hundreds from market
ruizit0 said:
try 336x448 resolution (with ion)
till now i didnt notice any major problem with apps.. and i download hundreds from market
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I realize that..with 428x320 most of the apps looked good. It's just the overall look of android looks better i think in qvga..even the text in linux is readable. pop-up notifications in android fit the screen better, text in android is cleaner and bigger, smaller text is readable. I can now watch videos in qvga without getting heavey lag. 3D apps like neocore scale-down to the resolution. I even got a Youtube video to play for the 1st time.
Hi,
Is there a way to get the lock screen to show the whole screen using the QVGA size? it does not show me the bottom row of on screen buttons, also I love the clearity and sharpeness it gives when using the 240x320 setting
Sincerely,
Christopher
spiritssight said:
Hi,
Is there a way to get the lock screen to show the whole screen using the QVGA size? it does not show me the bottom row of on screen buttons, also I love the clearity and sharpeness it gives when using the 240x320 setting
Sincerely,
Christopher
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which rom are you using..is it a lock screen app of some sort?
Hi, After rooting my Nook Touch I've been trying to find apps that work. It made sense to me if there was a sticky making it easier to play with our new toys so hopefully a mod will stickie this.
I haven't tried any of these yet but Aruangra said they work with Nook Touch:
Opera Mini (There are zoom buttons !. But it cannot access the local host (192.168.x.x))
Opera Mobile (It can access the local host)
Dictionary.com
NewsRob
Kindle
Documents to Go
Dropbox
InstaFetch
Aldiko
ASTRO file manager
SpeedTest.net
PG Calculator
BuzzBox RSS
Evernote
Moon+ Reader (The physical buttons can also change pages !!! and every page is refreshed. No more ghosting issue)
ADW Launcher (Maybe the only launcher that can change background color of Drawer)
Advanced Task Killer (a Must have)
Button Savior (a Must have)
NookColor Tools (a Must have)
Superuser (a Must have)
Rev01 says these work:
working (on restore)
Titanium Backup
Read it later (Pro)
ElectroDroid
RootExplorer
Terminal Emulator
Wifi Analyzer
Permissions Denied
Samba Filesharing
ShoppingList Plus
Wuala
Autostarts
XDA (Premium) (some threads are empty)
Tebra says these games work:
Crimson Fields
Andoku
Four in a Row HD
apeine:
Tried some, but most of them has some level of ghosting:
Working so far:
- Klondike
- Reversi free
- Nemo picross
- GObandroid (to play Go! - very good)
- Super Sudoku
- Klondike free
- Dark nova (used to love Space Trader on my old Treo)
- Repligo and ezPDF. Both allows annotation and bookmarking. Give it a try!
Repligo doesn't work, or at least it didn't work for me. It installed, but every time I tried to open a .pdf it would flash the menu to accept the license and then disappear.
ezPDF reader seemed to work just fine.
Sync with Google calendar
One of the major reasons for getting my Nook Touch was to be able to sync with google calendar. I was very upset when I learned the ability to sync the calendar was random until now...
synker allows you to manually sync your calendar and mail.
I also have found that Jorte is a much nicer calendar/planner than stock. Both of these apps are free and available on Android market.
The greyscale screen on this takes me back to my old M105 palm pilot days! Just for nostolgia, it would be pretty interesting to see some of these old applications revived either through a palm pilot emulator, which does not exist, or developer-made applications inspired from palm applications. There use to be a whole ecosystem of palm pilot applications built for greyscale touch screens (in super-low resolution) with a poor refresh-rate in mind.
I had an M100 too, and the way that Palm soft was integrated is nowhere to be seen nowadays (not on standard IOS, Android, etc), maybe only on WebOS. If there was such a family of apps as in Pam, the nook would rock. I'll second Starbux on his request.
I'd be the third for a Palmish app. I loved my Treo PDAs. I had some programs to this day I'm unable to find a good replacement for.
Zeam Launcher 2.8.8 with N2E text color fix (and russian language).
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Zeam Launcher 2.8.8 with N2E text color fix (and russian language).
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Hi kaznelson,
could you explain what's the "N2E text color fix" in this version?
Thanks
White text on a white background is corrected (in preferences - seekbars).
Before and after photo:
ryanpl said:
Tebra says these games work:
Crimson Fields
Andoku
Four in a Row HD
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Hi! I've found this post looking for references to my apps, I'm the developer of Four in a Row HD (it has its own thread here at XDA).
I didn't know about the Nook Touch till now, that's e-ink screen, isn't it? I wonder how it looks there. I suppose choosing the "Plastic" skin (no textures, just vector graphics) and disabling animations in the options menu would fit fine.
I'm really curious to know how it looks in e-ink, could anyone send me or upload a picture or screenshot? Thanks, and enjoy the game!
google Talk and words with friends
anyone try to use either of these apps? Talk loads but only part of keyboard is shown, so you cannot send messages. my contact list shows up and i can send single words to people as long as the words dont include the letters that are missing.
i loaded words with friends and when i try to load a game or invite someone to play, it says there is a network error. maybe there is an easy fix to this?
other apps that seem to work.
sense analog clock widget
crossword light
google maps
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Hi! I've found this post looking for references to my apps, I'm the developer of Four in a Row HD (it has its own thread here at XDA).
I didn't know about the Nook Touch till now, that's e-ink screen, isn't it? I wonder how it looks there. I suppose choosing the "Plastic" skin (no textures, just vector graphics) and disabling animations in the options menu would fit fine.
I'm really curious to know how it looks in e-ink, could anyone send me or upload a picture or screenshot? Thanks, and enjoy the game!
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Here is a screenshot of your game on the nook touch.
As you can see, it's a lite difficult to see difference between black player and the not used places on the 16 gray level of the e-ink display.
Thanks! It looks playable, but I'll look into adding a high contrast theme, not just with colors but with textures/patterns. 16 gray levels, OK xD
Thanks, Mocelet2000. I know that B&W tablets are not a "growing" market for Android apps, but your concern shows that maybe it is viable.
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Thanks, Mocelet2000. I know that B&W tablets are not a "growing" market for Android apps, but your concern shows that maybe it is viable.
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No problem, fortunately my game is not about fancy animations, so fixing the contrast in red pieces (haha, sorry, that's black for you) might be easy.
I have a 10" Honeycomb tablet, it is heavy and has too much brightness at night (even at minimum settings). The capacitive screen makes it impossible to write notes or have some precission when drawing. Of course, it's great for all the other things.
A lightweight tablet, with high contrast screen of about 7 inches, easy on the eyes like e-ink (a bit more refresh rate wouldn't hurt...), with resistive stylus, may be even cheap to make and would be the ultimate notepad on the go.
EDIT: a sneak peak of the new theme "Naughts and crosses" designed for black and white screens It will appear in the next update of the game in the Market. Since I don't have a Nook Touch, the following screenshot is actually a screenshot from my mobile phone displayed in my ebook reader (quite weird testbed, haha, but it's closer to reality than photoshop).
Four in a Row HD with enhanced grayscale screens support in the Market now, make sure you're installing version 3.3 at least.
Recommended preferences for the Nook Touch in options menu:
- Choose the "Naughts and crosses" skin.
- Disable animations.
- Check "solid black background" box in case the new gray stripes looks bad.
Other skins might look better now also, specially the default metal skin which has textured face. Moreover, the striped default background helps differentiating holes and chips.
If you've found this update useful, please rate and comment in the Market and/or the official thread at XDA, thanks so much!
Mocelet2000, Thanks for helping us out with the new skins. It's great to see developers supporting such an atypical device such as our Nooks. Ryan
mocelet2000 said:
Four in a Row HD with enhanced grayscale screens support in the Market now, make sure you're installing version 3.3 at least.
Recommended preferences for the Nook Touch in options menu:
- Choose the "Naughts and crosses" skin.
- Disable animations.
- Check "solid black background" box in case the new gray stripes looks bad.
Other skins might look better now also, specially the default metal skin which has textured face. Moreover, the striped default background helps differentiating holes and chips.
If you've found this update useful, please rate and comment in the Market and/or the official thread at XDA, thanks so much!
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I tried your last version with your recommended preferences on my Nook but there are some graphical bug on top of the screen.
See picture
tebra said:
I tried your last version with your recommended preferences on my Nook but there are some graphical bug on top of the screen.
See picture
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Thanks for the report! It seems the Nook does not clear the canvas as it's supposed to do before each call to the drawing routine.
Anyway, now I paint a big black solid rectangle before anything else, should do the trick. Version 3.3b in the Market now ^^
Overdrive (public library ebooks) works
Friends,
Just wanted to let you know that Overdrive works for reading public library ebooks.
No icons, no wallpaper, no images of any kind. I've seen themes that used images of text to get the aesthetic down, which is still cool, but it seems like there's room for a launcher with a super tiny footprint that also looks sweet. Of course, if I've missed it, and this already exists, I'd love to be corrected.
Icons: plain text but could be include the ascii round of characters, maybe even the full unicode set?
Folders: Like any other asciicon. You could add a smaller ascii symbol to the lower right/left hand corner to signify it was a folder not a program if you really wanted. You could create a folder with ascii art.
Wallpaper: ASCII art. Not a photo thereof, actual ASCII. Would need the ability to alter color and perhaps alpha to avoid confusion with foreground.
Widgets: text output only. Input fields would be reminiscent of a terminal input. Associated buttons would be dealt with a la asciicons, with ascii symbols.
Customizability: on par with ADW or LP.
I'd pay for that ^. Would anyone else? I realize these days with super phones, live wallpaper and 3d carosels are more sexy, but there are a lot of hacked devices running froyo that are still light on specs and plain text can have a nice sharp retro appeal. It seems like there's a potential market there for an enterprising developer.
Is there a launcher whose theme engine could produce a plain text only setup? Would the footprint be significantly reduced by such a theme?
What this lacks in popularity, it makes up for unanimity. 100% in favor. An enterprising developer could just charge me and that one other guy who likes the idea a fortune each and still turn a profit! Any takers?
One last New Year's bump.
Hi,
I'm currently learning Android programming and studying Launcher2 code. In near future I will be starting a launcher which will have a pseudo-graphic text mode (remember Turbo Pascal?) with minimalist (16x16?) icons, some simple widgets, notepad/folders (which will work like resizable and stackable windows), and a commandline mode (can be configured to mimic either DOS or Linux, but with some builtin shortcuts and functions for Android usage). It doesn't have a name yet. I will certainly announce it on xda when any usable version will be finished and tested on at least a few devices.
mhzesent said:
Hi,
I'm currently learning Android programming and studying Launcher2 code. In near future I will be starting a launcher which will have a pseudo-graphic text mode (remember Turbo Pascal?) with minimalist (16x16?) icons, some simple widgets, notepad/folders (which will work like resizable and stackable windows), and a commandline mode (can be configured to mimic either DOS or Linux, but with some builtin shortcuts and functions for Android usage). It doesn't have a name yet. I will certainly announce it on xda when any usable version will be finished and tested on at least a few devices.
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Sounds interesting, I look forward to it. Are you gearing the text mode to have a super small footprint, or is it more for nostalgia's sake?
fortunz said:
Sounds interesting, I look forward to it. Are you gearing the text mode to have a super small footprint, or is it more for nostalgia's sake?
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Mainly for nostalgia's sake and "I just want it on my phone so badly and no one did it before" sake, though I know few people who could use it. I wouldn't release the project open source but it will probably free for ever. I won't include all dos/linux commands, of course (keep it simple and not bloated), and i will simplify/shortcut some things for android usage (like, running apps from CLI just by their name, not any going-in-depths-to-system-folders stuff), though I shouldn't spoil everything already lol. Also I still have a 2.3.7 device...
I've found lightning launcher and it's the lightest weight launcher I've found. My 528mhz dinosaur actually feels snappy again after I pared down the options to it's most minimal setup. What's more there are lots of customizations available even for devices that aren't ancient.
It's not plain text, but it is light.
I've been looking for a theme like this for a long time, never found one. It would be cool to have a phone without all the aesthetics. Black screen with only text , or very small symbols.
Name: My SCII Ladder
With this application you are able to view your Starcraft II ladder and career progress.
- View your top leagues in 1v1, 2v2, 3v3 and 4v4
- View match history
- View career stats
- Live tile with current 1v1 rank
- Add favorites
Available from Windows Phone Marketplace
Change log
1.2
Favorites now support viewing ladder
Home button for favorite page
Fixed bug with match history, tie didn't display icon
Added missing portraits, StarCraft Master and PanTerran Marine
1.1
Added portraits and animated tile
Support for favorites
Background agent for updating live tile
Fixed bug with map names
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I am also looking to get some feedback from other Windows Phone developers. Is there something I have done wrong in this app? It's my first app, so take it easy on feedback =)
Really nice app. I'd love to have options to have live tiles with 2v2, 3v3 or 4v4.
OVERVIEW:
Current Version: 1.5.1
Requires Android: 1.6 and up
V1.5.1 update:
BETA 1.5.1
Launcher 360 – 18th January 2012
-Enhanced icon.
Themes in this pack (because themes for this launcher is not available in the Market, i post it here)
iPhone
Attractive Red
Cool black
Cool green
Dark blue
Snail
Paris
Love Tree
Windy sea
Peak colourful
Laser colour
Hello Kitty
Christmas present
Doraemon
Warm Christmas
Robot city
Sewing
Lockscreens:
Christmas
Android 4.0
iPhone
Overview:
Simple design with great usability makes your phone nothing like it before.
360 Launcher is an android based desktop enhancer. It allows user to change the them that they want to use, along with handy widgets right on your desktop screen, so you never have to dig them again. Simple design with great usability makes your phone nothing like it before.
Features
1. Impressive screen-switching effects
2. Lots of beautiful skin to choose
3. User defined folder to classify applications
4. Convenient to custom workspace screens
5. Built-in widgets to get weather information, task manager and quick-settings
6. Support to sort applications, hide app and new installation message]
DOWNLOAD: <-- CLICK
Link to version 2, English translation (no, weather still only China). I'm not sure I'd trust the OP, looks suspicious to me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1345601
Link to newer version posted; closed.