A few Android ques

Pawnless Endgame · 1 Apr 2012 at 20:58

1. Is it possible to emulate Android on a PC? Would love to play some of their apps on my 24" monitor. Plus, my monitor has swivel, so that you can play upright games. Presumably mouse-driven rather than touch?

2. When will I get ICS/4.0 on my SGS2? It's been out for a few weeks now and I understand that it'll be on a staggered roll-out across the operators. I'm on Orange.

3. Any g-force monitoring apps? This will be for roller coasters, not for car dashboard. Tried a few accelerometer apps, although none measured over 1.5g when I knew that some rides should clearly have been in excess of 4g.

4. I've been happy with the stock browser but wondered what OcUKers are using on their Androids? I've always been a Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox kid on the PC

5. And for Orange Android users, which swappables did you pick? I did initially use Play Games but they charged me for the 2 'free' games that I chose. Thankfully I got the money back through customer services. Then I switched to Navgon and had The Times as my 2nd swappable.

Ta muchly :-)

chiggz · 1 Apr 2012 at 22:27

1 -

If that's the reason, you can get MHL cables and connect Android devices to a TV/Monitor. If you really want to run Android apps on your PC, then I think there may be ways. E.g.:
http://www.engadget.com/tag/x86//20...r-lets-you-run-android-apps-on-windows-pcs-o/

2 -

It's rumoured to officially come out very soon. You can always throw ICS onto a SII yourself with custom roms, however.

3 -

Smart Tools may help you out here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kr.aboy.tools&feature=search_result

Maybe there are other apps too!

4 -

On ICS I think the stock browser is pretty decent. Especially if you get the modded ones, e.g.:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...m5ldC52aXJpZmkuYW5kcm9pZC5xdWlja2Jyb3dzZXIiXQ..

5 -

With the MHL cable described in 1, I reckon the Sky thing might be awesome! I'm not on Orange.

Pawnless Endgame · 1 Apr 2012 at 23:53

Wow fantastic, thanks Chiggz!

Actually I prefer your solution to #1 because I can run the SGS2 at its stock hardware speed without losing performance by going down the emulation route. I did think about getting that Cotton Candy computer (basically Android-on-a-stick with SGS2 specs) but makes sense using my own SGS2. Plus it will still be linked to my Google account and have my existing apps etc.

Many thanks again. Will check everything out here.

Myshra · 2 Apr 2012 at 08:44

Best swappable by a MILE is deezer.

kalvindeane · 2 Apr 2012 at 10:25

I've been using the Dolphin HD browser on my S II, it's pretty good.

Grrrrr · 2 Apr 2012 at 13:18

Monserrat said:
4. I've been happy with the stock browser but wondered what OcUKers are using on their Androids? I've always been a Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox kid on the PC

There are 3.5 main alternatives

Dolphin
Boat
Opera

and the 0.5 is probably Firefox's offering.

Dolphin browser is very good, i love the layout and you can use add-ons but Boat browser wins it purely on speed. It's much snappier than Dolphin so that's what i used day to day. Not tried the others

Frapple · 2 Apr 2012 at 13:41

Firefox Aurora build is awesome, can't believe it's took em this long to get a functional browser!

Can't wait till it hits beta/release.

Pawnless Endgame · 2 Apr 2012 at 22:52

Thanks again guys. I've found an MHL-to-HDMI cable. Then I realised something missing - connection of input devices! I know that the Cotton Candy single-board computer offers USB. Are there adapters for the SGS2 that will do the same? This phone has simply got me more and more interested in Android, although I am still a PC gamer at heart and I'm due a new PC soon anyway.