frustration with apps. . .

brandonpaz

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Alot of the apps I use or want come formatted for the phone resolution rather than the tablet resolution and only take up maybe 3-4 inches on the screen.

Anybody else running into this issue?

Is there a way to search to make sure I am getting honeycomb apps? (I know their is not many yet)

I thought Asus shipped pandora with this tablet? I did not see pandora so I grabbed it fron the market and it is one of the apps, that is not working properly.

Other apps that Failed:

TV.com
Discovery
verizon fios


Youtube (stock that was loaded) froze a few times when watching high quality videos.

Any feedback is welcome!

Brandon
 

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Look for an app called "spareparts", there's an option there in regards to compatibility mode. It works great on making apps full screen. Some apps gets all wonky, but I know it works great on TV app. Hope that helps, good luck.
 

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Not quite the same thing. As an iPad user 12 months ago I had a 2X button to tap on which doubled the size of the app. Yes it lost some resolution but it was very useable. Some of these apps are so small it's funny! I wish the Market would be smart enough to state whether or not it was made for tablets or not.
 

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We are still in early days for apps. iPad users were at the same spot 12 months ago and look at it today.

I know and I realize this is not an ASUS problem but a Google\Android issue.

Just a little frustration, and I know we have alot of great folks out here that might know a solution, so I always pose the questions :)

Brandon
 

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My biggest frustration is the SiriusXM app will not even install :(

Brandon


The issue with 3.0 is that it is a stop-gap drop and developer know it. Google is not releasing source for it because it kind of a hack. They broke some compatibility to get it out the door. The next version ("I*") will be a lot better supported. Expect something at Google I/O (beginning of May) about the new version.
 

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My biggest frustration is the SiriusXM app will not even install :(

Brandon


The issue with 3.0 is that it is a stop-gap drop and developers know it. Google is not releasing source for it because it kind of a hack. They broke some compatibility to get it out the door. The next version ("I*") will be a lot better supported. Expect something at Google I/O (beginning of May) about the new version.
 

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This is not an android 3.0 issue. The same issue occurs on my Nook Color (CM7), and I have heard many complain about it on the Galaxy Tab. It seems certain apps are not coded well for multiple resolutions.
 

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