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Setting up NC for use by child.

Im going to be giving a nook color to my son for his birthday and I was just wondering if anyone had any tips on which rom and programs to use.
Thanks for the help!

How old is he? My daughter is 8 and she runs circles around me. I am using the mirage cm7. Although miui is very simple and straight forward and it runs great on the nook.I hope I helped a little.
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Kids mode if they're really little.

He is 6 and can figure things out quickly. Loves angry birds on my phone.

Make sure the play store and amazon app store are pin protected my daughter spent $247 on in app purchases in about 15 minutes playing draw something
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JT75 said:
Make sure the play store and amazon app store are pin protected my daughter spent $247 on in app purchases in about 15 minutes playing draw something
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Good Idea! That sounds like something my son would do.
What about themes? I was thinking about using launcher pro to put a bunch of apps on a single home screen with a cool background.

What's the best office app for the Nexus 7?

So I'm curious what others have found to be the best office type app out there that works on the N7 here?
I bought Docs 2 Go back when it first came out and I was lucky enough to catch the Amazon FAOTD when they gave away pretty much every big office app; Docs2Go, QuickOffice Pro, QuickOffice Pro HD for Honeycomb (not sure this would even load), and OfficeSuite Professional 6.
They all seem to have good and bad, but I'm wondering if others out there have more experience, different opinions, etc.

Quick office

Quick office to not sound redundant
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+1 to QuickOffice
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Read here

I have been VERY happy with Kingsoft Office.
It is in the Play Store for free. It integrates with Dropbox, box.net, and Google Drive. Nice, smooth UI. I've used it on several devices and like it more than the other options out there.
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Kingsoft
NookFan said:
I have been VERY happy with Kingsoft Office.
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+1 this^

kwarner666 said:
+1 this^
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Also a very good app. I was about to type that but I see people are already using it.
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I like OfficeSuite Pro. It was the App of the Day with Amazon a few months back and does a good job. Otherwise I try to stick with Google Docs/Drive.
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Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went with Quickoffice Pro HD. Seems pretty good so far!

Actual QuickOffice Pro HD? I purchased it previously for another tab but it tells me now it is incompatible with the Nexus 7. What am I missing? Good Play Store shows regular QuickOffice Pro available but that is all.
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Above post should say Google Play Store not Good! Auto correct can be a pain sometimes.
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elwood1229 said:
Actual QuickOffice Pro HD? I purchased it previously for another tab but it tells me now it is incompatible with the Nexus 7. What am I missing? Good Play Store shows regular QuickOffice Pro available but that is all.
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I got it as a FAOTD from Amazon and it actually says "QuickOffice Pro HD (for Honeycomb tablets)" and seems to work fine.

Best is onlive. Pay to get the free virtual machine setup with win7 and office. Use your tab just like it was running office 2010 native.
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ExploreMN said:
Thanks for the feedback everyone. I went with Quickoffice Pro HD. Seems pretty good so far!
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Good choice. That's exactly what I was going to suggest.
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Had to go with Office Suite as Quick Office couldn't open my password protected Spreadsheet files.

Is there an office suit that has a 'dark mode' like the e-reader apps all do? -Ara
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Gensoid on Tab 2 10.1 P5110

Hi
Anyone got this awesome emulator running to a good standard? Resolution is very poor on my tab. Looked great on my old LG honeycomb tablet but this looks pretty terrible it has to be said.
tried anothergenesis emulator off the play store but the framerate was junk tbf
Cheers
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I'd recommend u Md.emu, beats the **** out of Gensoid and can play hacked games (I play the Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy hack). You can buy it in Google Play or search elsewhere

Top man. Bit pricey at £3.50 but runs much better than the normally reliable Gensoid on my tab.
Thanks again
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Best FaceTime type app?

Hi,
I am curious as to which app is the best that is like Apple's FaceTime on Android?, also, is this app on iPad as my mum has an iPad 2 and I am buying 2 maybe 3 of the Ainol Novo 7 Fire's for family members for Christmas, and myself I have a Galaxy Note, would be good to know of an app that has video calling and IM built in, but at the same time is free (or a low cost) and displays your video in the corner as well as theres on full screen.
I am fairly new to all this Android stuff and am keen to learn about new apps and the such.
Thanks,
Martin

Tango
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How about using Google Hangout.. a feature now included in Google Plus and also the Gtalk messenger if am not wrong.

Fring also works well
Cheers!

Skype also works, this is what I'm using mostly.

Problem with Skype is you cannot see yourself as well as the other person like you can in Face time, Google Talk and Tango.
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Yahoo messenger
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The Nexus 10 Arcade

Greetings XDA! I have been a follower of XDA for a long time, but this is happens to be my first post, so I figured to commemorate it, I would share V1.0 of my Nexus 10 Arcade machine using the Icade unit! The unit has been given a massive cosmetic overall with brand new custom artwork, and will soon feature LED backlight in V2. Hope you guys enjoy it and it's good to be here! :laugh:
Since I cannot post a video link quite yet, simply type "The Nexus Arcade" in the Youtube search engine and enjoy!

Looks nice!
Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUSQ99tvs1E

This is too awesome! Now I'm gonna have dreams about it

Where can I order mine and how much does it cost?
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T was an awesome project for me. Im looking forward to lighting this thing up! After that, I will be installing a built-in Bluetooth speaker to berf up the core sound quality.
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Its hard to say...
Logistically?
The icade unit cost me $30 on Ebay, and I got a deal.
The vinyl stickers cost me $35.
The LEDs cost me $30.
Thinkgeek offers them for $100, but I would try Amazon or ebay.
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Dude that is sweet, nice job. Do the controls actually work? How are they connected?

The controls work perfectly. They are connected via Bluetooth. Thats why it works with the android tabs and the ipads.
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Very cool! :good:

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The controls work perfectly. They are connected via Bluetooth. Thats why it works with the android tabs and the ipads.
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Nice!
Again, awesome job. What games are you running on it? I love the classic style arcade games.

Over 2000 games, but some of my favorites are:
Asteroids
Galaga
Pac-Man
Street Fighter II-III
PONG
Frogger
Donkey Kong
Marvel VS Capcom
DOOM
TRON
Metal Slug
Darkstalkers
Fatal Fury
And tons More!
To see V2, search for "The Nexus Arcade V2 (Nexus 10)" in the YouTube search engine
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouqNaaL3RJ4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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photonwavezeroNXS said:
Over 2000 games, but some of my favorites are:
Asteroids
Galaga...
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I built a full size arcade cabinet that runs MAME - it's a lot of fun. I'd love to get MAME running on my Nexus 10, but I haven't found a version that works well full screen.
What software are you using?
Also, if anyone is interested, I ripped some sounds from Galaga (ringtone & notification) - almost guarantees your phone will sound unique.

Its running MAME 0.139. It gets the job done.
See version 2 of the device in the link above.
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photonwavezeroNXS said:
Its running MAME 0.139. It gets the job done.
See version 2 of the device in the link above.
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Looks great!
I realized my problem with Mame4Droid Reloaded was that I was using incompatible ROMs. I found some ROMs that were the right version.
If you're not using Mame4Droid Reloaded, what emulator are you using?
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Any chance you could send me a link to the version of MAME your using? I've tried mame4droid (can't get full screen) and mame4droid reloaded (can't get most of my ROMs to work). I was hoping to find a fairly simple solution that would let me use my existing Roms full screen.
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It is running Mame4Droid Reloaded. 0.139 is the rom version. I also use Final Burn Alpha for some of the CPS-based games like Street Fighter III
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photonwavezeroNXS said:
It is running Mame4Droid Reloaded. 0.139 is the rom version. I also use Final Burn Alpha for some of the CPS-based games like Street Fighter III
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This has become quite a time hog...
Mame4Droid Reloaded. 0.139 is running great. I think I might pick up a PS3 controller - seems to be the best option for a universal controller. I don't need to go the iCade route for a controller since I've already got a full size cabinet.
Researching and finding newer versions (0.139u1 compatible) of all my favorite ROMs has made me want to update my cabinet to run the same version as my tablet. I forgot how much fun messing with MAME & various front ends can be - and how quickly a lot of time can be spent.

Anyone know of an inexpensive bluetooth controller with a trackball? I so want to play my favorite arcade game ever, Marble Madness, and was disappointed to learn that MAME4droid doesn't support the Nexus 10 accelerometer. Actually, it does support it but only for left/right (driving) controls.

Good luck finding a trackball gamepad in general... FPS players have been asking for this for a few years now lol... You might be able to use a trackball mouse or keyboard though

This is awesome!