The officially unofficial "Optimized For Honeycomb" List (n=292)
- Thread starter hypocaffeinemia#AC
- Start date
The "00,100" number totally ignores the fact that most existing Android apps are completely usable on Honeycomb without resorting to a "2x" mode that turns the device into "Baby's First Tablet".
what a ass hat
It's not out yet, but Words With Friend's latest update said 'Coming soon: Honeycomb Support'
Pretty excited for that. And also an instant messenger specifically for Honeycomb. Trillian barely works, and AIM does, but they both just look sort of silly.
Pretty excited for that. And also an instant messenger specifically for Honeycomb. Trillian barely works, and AIM does, but they both just look sort of silly.
Well, before it would Force Quit every time I started it up, and after the update, it still force quits occasionally, though no where near as often. I'm hoping they update it to fully support Honeycomb with a new UI and everything. Chats look funny stretched completely across the screen.
Drew2u
Well-known member
- Feb 28, 2011
- 190
- 17
- 0
Yet another great thread!
I'm not sure what qualifies as "optimize" - does the publisher have to say it? I would consider Adobe Reader application and the Pulse news reader application as optimized for tablet display. Adobe Reader behaves differently on my Xoom than on my Droid, as does Pulse, with Pulse making full advantage of panels.
How about Google Earth?
I also didn't see Google Books in the list, but that's clearly optimized for tablets.***
Finally, should any of the stock applications be listed, or does it go without saying?
Camera
Contacts
Email
Gmail
Gallery
Maps
Movie Studio
Music
Navigation
***Note: I have the OG Droid and Google Reader is installed there. When I got my Xoom, I used the same Google account to register my Xoom and sync my apps. However, while syncing it uninstalled the tablet Google Books app and replaced it with the original phone-based Google Books app! It took me quite awhile to figure out why I wasn't seeing the nice books display on my new Xoom that was demonstrated in the store... Not sure if others had this same problem!
I'm not sure what qualifies as "optimize" - does the publisher have to say it? I would consider Adobe Reader application and the Pulse news reader application as optimized for tablet display. Adobe Reader behaves differently on my Xoom than on my Droid, as does Pulse, with Pulse making full advantage of panels.
How about Google Earth?
I also didn't see Google Books in the list, but that's clearly optimized for tablets.***
Finally, should any of the stock applications be listed, or does it go without saying?
Camera
Contacts
Gmail
Gallery
Maps
Movie Studio
Music
Navigation
***Note: I have the OG Droid and Google Reader is installed there. When I got my Xoom, I used the same Google account to register my Xoom and sync my apps. However, while syncing it uninstalled the tablet Google Books app and replaced it with the original phone-based Google Books app! It took me quite awhile to figure out why I wasn't seeing the nice books display on my new Xoom that was demonstrated in the store... Not sure if others had this same problem!
njbianco#AC
Well-known member
- Nov 5, 2009
- 84
- 1
- 0
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farago.filestationtablet&feature=search_result
File Station Tablet - a decent file browser optimized for tablets
File Station Tablet - a decent file browser optimized for tablets
Where do i find the offical Adobe Reader app? I've looked. Bought docs to go to read local PDFs.
Drew2u
Well-known member
- Feb 28, 2011
- 190
- 17
- 0
This is odd... You can still see it in the web Market at the link below, but it's not in the Xoom Android Market right now! (If it ever comes back in the Xoom Market, search on Adobe Systems to help filter the results. Then pick one of the Adobe apps, like Adobe Air and choose "More from Adobe" to truly find all apps published by Adobe.)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.adobe.reader&feature=search_result
I'm positive I saw Adobe Reader in the market this past weekend, so it's interesting it's not there now. Here's another oddity: The web Market page says it's installed, but in the "My Market Account" listing, "Reader" is not present. Something going on with it?
I wrote Adobe about this same issue earlier this week and I was told that with the recent update from version 10.0.0 to version 10.0.1, they restricted the Adobe Reader requirements to exclude Honeycomb as they were planning to come out with a tablet-optimized version of Adobe Reader soon, no specific date given. If you look around the Internet for the apk file of either 10.0.0 or the new 10.0.1, it will still work fine. I used 10.0.0 last week and this week I manually installed 10.0.1 from the apk and it works great on tablets.
I've update the list this morning. Thanks for all the suggestions and keep them coming!
a) The developer has updated/created the app using the new SDK and design scheme
-and/or-
b) The developer has specifically updated/created the app to make use of the larger screen space, dual cores, and gpu that this new line of tablets will use. This extends to recognizing and acknowledging that landscape mode is the more natural position for tabs these large and rendering properly as such.
There's some grey areas because there are tons of apps that work really well on the Xoom just because unlike iOS, android apps are made to scale well out of the box thanks to the sheer variety of devices they must support.
Didn't add anything that comes by default inside honeycomb/Xoom as no one would need to seek out and find them.
What I mean by "optimized for honeycomb" is either:
a) The developer has updated/created the app using the new SDK and design scheme
-and/or-
b) The developer has specifically updated/created the app to make use of the larger screen space, dual cores, and gpu that this new line of tablets will use. This extends to recognizing and acknowledging that landscape mode is the more natural position for tabs these large and rendering properly as such.
There's some grey areas because there are tons of apps that work really well on the Xoom just because unlike iOS, android apps are made to scale well out of the box thanks to the sheer variety of devices they must support.
Pulse was made specifically for honeycomb and it's on the list. Adobe Reader isn't downloadable from the market this morning for unknown reasons, but I will test it as soon as it works.
Added.
Didn't add anything that comes by default inside honeycomb/Xoom as no one would need to seek out and find them.
Trending Posts
-
-
-
-
-
Question anyone heard of Ryoko portable wireless wi-fi hotspot?- Started by ShaggyKids
- Replies: 1
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram