Android

[Colani1200]

Are you an Android fan?

I really enjoy using it and I'd say it's definitely the best smartphone OS out there. The biggest flaw in it is the update policy, which is mainly up to the manufacturers, but I think google will get this sorted in the long term. In the meantime, make sure you pick a Nexus model or a device that is supported by Cyanogenmod.

The quality is nice in the Iphone.

The hardware design is quite appealing indeed. Though you have to be really careful with the glass...

If Android phone manafacturers steered away from trying to copy the IPhone

Sorry, that's Apple marketing BS.

[Colani1200]

Well it's definitely BS, Android is a blatant copy of iOS and that's all there is to it!

I hope you have some decent arguments for this? Or are you just parroting Apple propaganda?

[Colani1200]

I have got to a stage in life, Im not that old, where I cant be bothered to install loads of thirdparty hacks

Wow, what are you doing in an Amiga forum then? :p

and widegets etc etc.  I just want to use something.  

A smartphone that cannot even display a simple calender widget with my appointments rather seems of little use to me to be honest.

A lot of people I work with have android phones and there does not seem to be any rules about UI desgin or standard functionality.

Freedom of choice, customizability... Some of the main points that made the Amiga such a great platform.

This needs to change.

No.

[Colani1200]

Notifications do just fine... My appointments are available me with a simple swipe down the screen.

OK, they copied the notification bar from Android. Still, this is not a widget you can place on the screen where you like and where it best catches your eye.

But at the expense of reliability

Not really.

 and consistency...

Maybe. ;-)

[Colani1200]

:-)

[Colani1200]

That is very awesome! Though, as I have discovered, the Amiga UI/games do really suck on a touch screen

 So true... What even sucks more is the 600 MHz ARM6 CPU in my phone. But I would imagine that UAE might run quite nicely on a decent device.

[Colani1200]

Interestingly enough I'm currently trying to get FS-UAE to compile on my Raspberry Pi which has similar specifications to that!

I am sure it'll be much faster on the Pi since no Java is involved there and it provides better gfx acceleration than the ZTE Blade.

[Colani1200]

noooo!

*pours another islay single malt*

Now that is something to agree with.

[Colani1200]

Interestingly enough I'm currently trying to get FS-UAE to compile on my Raspberry Pi which has similar specifications to that!

I know benchmarks under emulation are a no-no, but it was fun so there you go:



Actually UAE4Droid seems to be much snappier under Android 2.3 than under 2.2 when I tried it the last time. Possibly due to the Jit-compiler introduced with 2.3...

[Colani1200]

As long as the frame rate is 50/60Hz that's more than enough for some classic gaming!!!

Tried this with Hybris. I only get an average of ~15 FPS. :-/
I'd really like to see this on a Galaxy S2 or S3...

[Colani1200]

Have you got a download link, I'll get my friend to try it on his new Samsung phone!

UAE4droid is in the official play store:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ab.uae

[Colani1200]

Yeah it wouldn't work...

Try this one:

http://droidpuae.blogspot.de/2011/12/droidpuae-wip03-16122011-build.html#comment-form