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- Super Battleships app review
| Get this look for your Android homescreen: Tiles 2.1 Posted: 15 Jan 2013 11:02 AM PST
One of our absolute favorite things about Android is the fact that you can bend and tweak the platform to your needs. Sure, there’s rooting and modding for deep level personalization, but that stuff does not always concern the everyday user. Some of just want to change the home screen around a bit and create a new user experience. To that end, we present our weekly series of Get This Look posts. In a nutshell we will show you a new look for your Android handset and tell you which apps you’ll need if you want to mimic the feel. Note that the following details are but the ingredients to which you can create your own delicious Android dish – results will vary. But that’s awesome. In fact, many of the designs we highlight tend to use the same apps Continue reading: Get this look for your Android homescreen: Tiles 2.1 Be sure to follow AndroidGuys on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! |
| Audiobooks.com debuts new Android subscription options Posted: 15 Jan 2013 07:24 AM PST
The new plans take effect immediately and work for those who like either one or two audio books per month. Unfortunately the all-you-can-enjoy plan is gone, but not without much consideration and homework. As it turns out, listeners were not really going beyond 1-2 books per month.
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| AT&T offering $100 bill credit with 2 year service agreement on Nexus 7 Posted: 15 Jan 2013 06:48 AM PST
AT&T is offering a $100 bill credit for anyone who picks up the Nexus 7 tablet and pairs it with one the carrier’s data plans. The deal runs through February 14, 2013 and requires a two year service agreement on either a standalone postpaid plan or add-on to Mobile Share plans. When all is said and done, customers will end up with a 32GB version of the Android tablet with HSPA+ connectivity for only $199.99. Head to the Google Play Store for more details. The small print:
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2013 07:18 PM PST
Upon opening the app you’re greeted with a big red button with an arrow directing you to unlock to the right. With no written description or indicator advising what lies ahead we were somewhat curious as to whether this was the right game; there was no splash welcome screen with the game title. That said, a simple tap of the button and you’re tossed into a game. Reading the app description, we’re told there are multiple degrees of difficulty. It’s possible that green-to-red scale that wraps the red button is a way of changing settings however it was not immediately obvious.
There appears to be but one game mode for Super Battleships in that it is a single player game against the computer. While this might work for most people, we would have liked to been given an option to play and pass with another player. Players are given 20 spots to scatter across the board, with ship sizes varying from 1 to 4 pegs total. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t care and just wants to get into it, the game will randomly shake things for you. We noticed that when we attempted to place pieces about the board that it would not let us put them in adjacent or intersecting spots. Given that this is available in the board game version, we would like to see that here as well. Your board is shown in the upper right corner while you guess where your opponent is by using the big board in the center. A hit results in an immediate followup while a miss turns things over to the computer who tries to locate your ship(s). Also, should you land a hit on a peg, you’ll be shown some adjacent spots where the opponent will not be located. After a time or two through the game you’ll be able to move quickly to detect the computer’s spots. Where things get tricky are in the single-peg ships as they can be scattered all over. Graphics are very simple but there’s not a lot you can do for a peg-based layout. If we could make a suggestion, we wouldn’t mind seeing an occasional image of a ship being hit or an animation of a battleship sinking. If not for every time, at least for the bigger ones. What We Liked
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