Zedoriah
|  |  | Yeah, I'm on a Droid now too. Sz, I'll buy again if it's ported to Android! Or let us know if you write anything for the droid. |
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Shane
|  | | Add me to the petition! I'm a recent android convert and must say its the bee's knees. Well, except for the missing Bike or Die app of course.
Any chance? Pretty please, Sz. 
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Alpha
|  | | And add one more to the list. As of yesterday I switched my phone from a Treo 755p to an Android (HTC Hero). I'll keep the Treo for BOD, but it would be great to play on the droid.
Plz, with cherry on top, Sz. |
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Mr.pickle.
|  | | Ahh yes, alas the droid finaly doesnt...play Bike Or die. |
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klitao
|  | | I'm sure there is an android NDK that supports native code (c). Might not be as hard as originally thought. It all depends on making it worthwhile for Sz sounds like he's not very interested as of now... but with 100,000 new android users daily, there's no doubt that android will be really big! I LOVE my nexus one. It's missing only one thing - BoD |
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Vega
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Xuzz
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|  | | Probably not, Vega. It's possible that someone could create a Palm OS emulator, but that'd be a whole lot of work for little benefit.
Looks great on the iPhone 4, though . |
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casey
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|  | | Well I just traded in my mostly broken Centro for a Droid Incredible. I may trade in for a Droid X when it comes out in a few weeks. I resisted upgrading for a while because of BoD, but I finally just had to upgrade. I may come back and play a bit until the Centro gives out completely, but would love to see BoD get ported or emulated on Android. It's open source, so I'm sure we could get something running on there. |
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Vega
| | | Yah well I think Apple's response to the iphone4 issue is utterly ridiculous and unacceptable. I don't care if it cost Apple $50 million to fix the problem, they need to take the hit and offer fixes. Apple's market cap is over $200B and Steve Jobs has more money than God. The fact that they are just telling everyone not to hold the phone is a major fail. |
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mike flips
|  | | Do you guys think the iPhone Signal problem is actually just a miscalculation in their software or is it hardware related? I'm planning on grabbing one when I get back to Canada but now i'm a bit scared to. But I don't want a treo anymore... It's just way too old school.
Vega so u went ahead with the droid? I remember we went back and forth on droid vs iPhone for a while. I got an itouch with my MacBook pro and have been using it a lot recently. Pretty easy to use and so many apps - although i am just not cut out to play bike or die on it, I crave those hard keys |
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BikerBrian
|  | | I got an iPhone 4 on release day. I love it for the most part. The screen is incredible. It actually gets a signal in places that my 3Gs doesn't (unless you hold it in the wrong position). Facetime video chatting is very cool. Folders provide a great way to organize apps. I now have only 2 screens instead of 10.
To answer your question Mike, no I don't think it has anything to do with software - seems to be strictly a hardware issue. I think they are just stalling until they find a solution. I agree with Vega that they need to make it right somehow. I'm very tempted to return mine and wait for the next version.
Btw, sorry to see you back  . I've enjoyed my 15 mins (actually almost 15 days) of fame... |
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Xuzz
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| | | I just bought a $30 bumper case. Expensive, but it makes it much more durable, and I don't have any issues with the reception issue, so I just can sit back and watch the blogosphere explode.
It's a pure hardware issue, but, I don't think it's a dealbreaker. With a bumper, it doesn't matter at all, and you can just complain to support enough to get one for free. BoD looks amazing on the screen, and it just doesn't matter for me that much.
Android is certainly competitive, but the UI experience is just miserable. The phones can be great, but the UI sucks so much that I couldn't switch...I hope that improves, because I am a fan of open source, but it hasn't changed much.
The carrier skins like "Motoblur" and "Sense UI" just make it worse, too  . |
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BikerBrian
| | | Xuzz, I'm glad to hear that about the bumpers. My wife and I ordered ours. I was wondering if they actually solved the issue. |
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mike flips
| | | Ok, well it sounds like I should get it then. Maybe by the time it comes out in Canada (usually a month after USA) it will be fixed anyways.
BB i'm glad u enjoyed it. I found out about the new pack a few days after it came out ( I set my profile to email me if my bod position changes but since it never changed before I didn't realiZe it would go to my junk lol). By the time I lost the position and saw it was someone I likes in first I figured I'd let u keep it for a little while. But yes - I have played some of the new levels just to try it out on my iPod touch. I hate playing on touchscreen but have beaten enough levels to reclaim first. I can wait another few days before submitting them if ud like |
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Vega
| | | Hey it's Mike! What's up man? I didn't get the Droid. I still have my Samsung i760 and have been out of contract for over a year. I want the iphone4 more than any of them, but I am very displeased with Apple's response on this issue. I understand that it can be fixed with the case. But then they need to suck it up and give a case to everyone who wants one. The retail price is $30, but you know that doesn't cost Apple more than $5-$8 bucks a pop. To provide a case to one million iphone4 buyers would only cost them a few million bucks. That is a no brainer for PR and sales would likely increase greatly on morale and confidence in Apple.
Anyhow... the fact that they are claiming a software issue with the signal strength also is super dumb. Think about it. I figure 2 problems with this.
1. It kinda makes it seem like they had conveniently built the phone with an ever-strong signal, as if they were trying to trick everyone by making people believe the signal was always better than it really is. How 'interesting' that their 'calculation formula' was significantly inflating the signal strength. I am not saying that it was intentional deception, but I am skeptical about it.
2. The bigger problem is that regardless of the software in the phone, the FACT is that the signal strength is altered by holding the phone in a very normal and comfortable way. If the software shifts the signal strength by 1 or 2 bars lower, the actual problem will still physically exist. They may try to mask it with a software fix, but hundreds of video testimonials have proven that there is a physical issue. I think their response of "Oh it's no big deal" and "Don't hold the phone that way" and now "Oopsie! Our signal calculator was way off" is very messy and unprofessional.
So, I will just wait and see how things play out. There is still a lot to like about the phone, but I am not going to be jumping into either any time too soon.
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PMD
|  | | Here is a free (or at most $1) fix that works just as well as the bumper--use any Silicone bracelet (you know--like the Lance Armstrong Livestrong bracelet) you have sitting in a drawer. Wrap it around the iPhone4 just like the bumper and you are good to go.
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Vega
| | | Yes... any old rubber band will do. Very classy PMD  |
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PMD
| | | Yes, even Pickle could handle it on his budget.  |
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Mr.pickle.
| | | I second the opinion, if it is possible. |
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