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[APP] SPB Shell 3d released

For those who did not noticed, SPB shell 3d is released.
See https://market.android.com/details?id=com.spb.shell3d
Did not tested it myself as I was to late to enter the beta testing. Who did and thinks it's an improvement and worth the amount of money (USD$ 14,95 or €10,53) you have to pay for it?

It's a cool home replacement, but is really lacking in features at the moment, simple things even like landscape mode. Also the app drawer is a bit buggy. I don't know what everyone complains about, 15 bucks is nothing, its dinner for a night, or a pack of cigarettes somewhere. So 15 bucks still isn't a huge amount to really drop on an app. Visually tho it looks really nice and smooth.

I love the way you think. My mom wont even buy us dinner for fifteen bucks when its not even that much money.
Sent from a smart 15 year old's HTC Vision

15 bucks iz way too much for a home replacement,....yes $15 might be dinner for a nite, but thats dinner, its an app....... i tried it, it looks cool, just not customizable enough for me....with that price tag it has to be PERFECT!!!

I have managed to obtain this app. I will try it and get back to you guys.
EDIT: App drawer lags. Honestly I think it's not for me because I'm more of a minimalist guy, and this launcher has like 3-8 homescreens full of random stuff like Travel and Time and Tools and Pictures and Calendar. For those who likes tonnes of **** on their homescreens this would work fine. The novelty of the 3d effect quickly wears off. You have to press a button to make it go into "3d" mode, and then you can navigate around ur homescreens in a 3d way. Normally when you swipe left or right there is no 3D effect. Well, there is, but it is minimal compared to when you press the button that launches the 3D navigation.
All in all, I'm still sticking with ADW EX.
TL;DR version. It is definately not worth $15. Even if it was priced the same as ADW EX or Launcher Pro Plus, I'd get ADW EX.

I tried it, I love it but I refuse to actually pay 15 bucks for it
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tehseano said:
It's a cool home replacement, but is really lacking in features at the moment, simple things even like landscape mode. Also the app drawer is a bit buggy. I don't know what everyone complains about, 15 bucks is nothing, its dinner for a night, or a pack of cigarettes somewhere. So 15 bucks still isn't a huge amount to really drop on an app. Visually tho it looks really nice and smooth.
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Lacking in features and a buggy app drawer? That doesn't sound like its worth 15 bucks to me!

I have it and like it, like the SMS widget for sure. It's more eye candy than anything, though.

It's not worth 15 bucks. Unless your not low on money. I have it, I like it, but it uses up a LOT Of ram, i mean like 30-50mb.. and the scrolling has no resistance... and not enough customizing yet

It's a nice launcher. but hope that it will support live wallpaper in the future.

Did a whole second page of flame just get vapourized?

They were pretty good back on Windows Mobile (have alway been pricey as hell) but they have a lot to learn about Android... so not worth the price

convolution said:
Did a whole second page of flame just get vapourized?
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Yes lol
Sent from a smart 15 year old's HTC Vision

paid for it a couple of days ago to try it...disappointed

Illegally tried it, pretty much hated it. I can't stand not being able to place Widgets and icons where I like, and there's not enough 3d Widgets altogether.
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Yall have broke your damn think-sponges if you pay $15 for a home replacement... I can see $3 for ADWex but... $15?!?!? Wow!

It's definitely lacking features right now... $15 is way too much for a home replacement, especially one that isn't clearly superior to all other launchers. I bought it and am deciding on whether I will keep it or not. Not being able to customize every little thing is not a big deal for me, I just want it to look nice and run smooth, which it does very well. I like the messaging and gallery widgets, as well as weather and all the rest. Everything runs smooth. I just think it's more of a gimmick than anything; they're trying to sell the "3D" aspect of it, which is not really all that impressive at all. I mean it's the same thing we saw on Windows Mobile, nothing new here.
I think this post just convinced me to uninstall.

i tried this launcher too, the illegal way, got to work too without it saying you need to buy it from market place, but its just horrible, its absolute rubbish, it aint worth the money

I bought it and I like it, but I agree with the comments that it's not ready for prime time - yet.
I had an HTC Touch (Windows Mobile) before the Android revolution, and back then, you could entertain yourself with the shell itself. Now we have good apps, so the shell just needs to get out of the way...
The thing I like most is how smooth the app launcher is. The thing I like least is the lack of widgets, lack of landscape mode, and especially that the 'special animations' only appear when you put the shell in rotate/demo mode.

jonathanacohen said:
I bought it and I like it, but I agree with the comments that it's not ready for prime time - yet.
I had an HTC Touch (Windows Mobile) before the Android revolution, and back then, you could entertain yourself with the shell itself. Now we have good apps, so the shell just needs to get out of the way...
The thing I like most is how smooth the app launcher is. The thing I like least is the lack of widgets, lack of landscape mode, and especially that the 'special animations' only appear when you put the shell in rotate/demo mode.
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I agree 100%.
I came directly from an HTC TouchPro2 with SPB and absolutely loved it. It changed my opinion of WinMo up until the Tmo G2 dropped. ADW and LauncherPro have done amazing jobs as far as replacements go.
However the 'old' SPB 3.5 and the themes, skins, etc. that followed it - excuse me for saying this so feel free to flame away - SPB 3.5 poops-upon what is currently out for android. Until the devs get the hang of the SPB interface in android, and friggin release the darn UI OEM only tool..It will just be a pretty piece of eye-candy.
Yes I paid for it. I have paid a total of 25$ for my apps for my phone..and I got all the shiny toys on my G2. Pimp'd to the maxx.
And how many of you suckers pay $60 habitually for video games that do the same thing...over, and over, and over. Duh...
I'm just say'n.

Hey EVO users...... GET IN HERE!

How do yall feel about SPB Shell 3D? I think It's going to be better then adw and LPP put together. It's priced at $14 tho which is crazy!
I want to know who is using this already and who's not. I want to purchase it but I want some incite on this bad boy first. So tell me (if u use it) what do you like about it.
Thanks....
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Really cool concept, but I felt it got old and gimmicky after 5min with it. I returned it. Not worth $15 imo, but some people love it. There is a long thread in general about it.
http://tinyurl.com/4xuw3jq

jstalford said:
Really cool concept, but I felt it got old and gimmicky after 5min with it. I returned it. Not worth $15 imo, but some people love it. There is a long thread in general about it.
http://tinyurl.com/4xuw3jq
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That's kinda how I felt. I downloaded with 4share and played with it before uninstallin after 5 mins and deleted the apk off of the SD (that's how I do before I make a purchase if they don't have a trial or demo). I feel its early for it but dammit in s few months It's going to take ove'!
Imma go check that thread out too
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Yeah, I downloaded it, backed it up with Titanium and uninstalled it for the refund and restored from Titanium in case I wanted to use it longer than 15min to decide whether or not to purchase.
For $5 it would be a home run. For $15, better make me a sammich.

I didnt like SPB Shell 3D much, seems like a memory hog. I just got Regina Launcher, it seems pretty cool but not for me. Back to Launcher Pro again.

I tried to get on the beta for this back when I had my vibrant. Personally I like it. I guess it's something different. The $15 tag is a bit hard to swallow though.

I checked it out. Looks cool. But no demoware/trial. Fifteen bucks is hard to swallow with what a 15min return period.. I'll stick with GO Launcher for now.

DonSolo said:
That's kinda how I felt. I downloaded with 4share and played with it before uninstallin after 5 mins and deleted the apk off of the SD (that's how I do before I make a purchase if they don't have a trial or demo). I feel its early for it but dammit in s few months It's going to take ove'!
Imma go check that thread out too
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Pirate much! Lol but yeah its garbage.
~ d3rk

I played with it...some added features since the beta, like an app drawer, but it seemed okay. Still on Launcher Pro.

dirkyd3rk said:
Pirate much! Lol but yeah its garbage.
~ d3rk
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Exactly lol... I guess we have to wait until it gets better over the course of updates. But to the naked eye, It's the sh!t! Welp, you guys helped me save 15 dollars by switching my insurance to Gieco! Wait... I mean by telling me the real deal about SPB LOL... thanks
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I currently use it and I like it but I really wish I didn't pay 15 bucks for it. It beter smd with a new update or I will be dissapointed. I figured that it's so new it still will advance with future updates because in the couple weeks I've had it, its updated about 3 times. I think for 5 bucks it would be great but I can't help but feel that I wasted 15 bucks on a launcher, till I get a 3d phone that can actually take advantage of the 3d capabilities. In conclusion, I would wait for a price drop or something because it's nice but not worth 15 bucks.

TheSilverStig said:
I currently use it and I like it but I really wish I didn't pay 15 bucks for it. It beter smd with a new update or I will be dissapointed. I figured that it's so new it still will advance with future updates because in the couple weeks I've had it, its updated about 3 times. I think for 5 bucks it would be great but I can't help but feel that I wasted 15 bucks on a launcher, till I get a 3d phone that can actually take advantage of the 3d capabilities. In conclusion, I would wait for a price drop or something because it's nice but not worth 15 bucks.
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Wouldn't it have to have been designed with autostereoscopy in mind in order for it to be 3D on the upcoming 3D phones? Considering there are no phones with this capability out right now, I doubt that they incorporated the 3D technology needed into the software now. Even with the Evo 3D, it would look exactly as it does on your phone now.
Anyone that knows more about this can feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

TSF Shell Launcher Pro Now Available

Exciting stuff!
$16.80 is a little steep, but it's probably worth it.
It seems the widgets don't work right now.
https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50c2Yuc2hlbGwiXQ..
Happy leap day

andddlay said:
Exciting stuff!
$16.80 is a little steep, but it's probably worth it.
It seems the widgets don't work right now.
https://market.android.com/details?...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50c2Yuc2hlbGwiXQ..
Happy leap day
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Damn, that is expensive. I really wanted to try this when I first saw it but for that price, I dont know if I will take the leap now.

Yeah, its one of those products that would greatly benefit from a trial period, with the full version. Let you try everything, just for a limited time. Don't know if that's possible for them...
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kbizzle said:
Damn, that is expensive. I really wanted to try this when I first saw it but for that price, I dont know if I will take the leap now.
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I made the leap - pretty sweet so far. the widget bar is kinda buggy. when i installed the widgets, they all showed up in one spot so i can't choose which one i would like to add.

andddlay said:
I made the leap - pretty sweet so far. the widget bar is kinda buggy. when i installed the widgets, they all showed up in one spot so i can't choose which one i would like to add.
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Well keep posting back with your findings. I am curious now.

kbizzle said:
Well keep posting back with your findings. I am curious now.
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few other things i noticed:
-only default theme is available (not surprised here)
-very VERY smooth with neat animations
-takes a little to get used to (i keep tying to swipe left and right on the main launcher screen to change screens - that's not the case anymore)
-for the weather it says i'm in a city 20 minutes away
-hitting menu brings up: add, manage apps wallpaper, themes, tsf homepage (brings up browser), and system settings
-cool animations, kinda like what one would expect in golauncher
-after downloading new app, the app shows fire on it like advertised - however, the fire doesn't animate while in the launcher unless you switch screens. not too worried about this lol.
-doesn't look exactly like the one on the video they provided months ago. not a good or bad thing as the changes are only minor.
-giant button at bottom right is cutting off one the bottom-left-most app. can't see the whole thing.
kinda like spb shell (from what i've read), there aren't many settings like other launchers.

Well I couldnt hold back, I bought it for the 15 min refund time and well, I refunded it. It was extremely smooth. Loved the animations, hated the price. Way too much for something that doesnt give you a lite version to get used to before making the leap.

kbizzle said:
Well I couldnt hold back, I bought it for the 15 min refund time and well, I refunded it. It was extremely smooth. Loved the animations, hated the price. Way too much for something that doesnt give you a lite version to get used to before making the leap.
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honestly i probably should have too. unfortunately, it's past the 15 min window i'll try to make the best out of it though...

andddlay said:
honestly i probably should have too. unfortunately, it's past the 15 min window i'll try to make the best out of it though...
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I’m curious about what impact this launcher has on the battery life.
If you could post your thoughts after you have a few days to let it set in, that would be much appreciated.
Thanks

They are smoking crack asking that much for a launcher when you have Go and other launchers for free.

Adanorm 000 said:
I’m curious about what impact this launcher has on the battery life.
If you could post your thoughts after you have a few days to let it set in, that would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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ok, not a problem.
as a side note, one thing I do NOT like is that the capacitive search button doesn't do anything
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Go Launcher FTW!

andddlay said:
ok, not a problem.
as a side note, one thing I do NOT like is that the capacitive search button doesn't do anything
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You have to keep your finger on it, after a sec it pulls up voice search options.

I am considering buying it.. It looks good and have nice gestures. 9.99 should be the price tho
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Got it and refunded. It its nothing like the video. Lots of functions missing.
Will get it when it gets better
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patrick_1 said:
You have to keep your finger on it, after a sec it pulls up voice search options.
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yeah I knew about that. I just wanted to hit it once and quickly be able to do a google search
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I paid for and downloaded this yesterday. After upgrading from CM9 Alpha 3.1 to Alpha 4, the app no longer shows up in the market, not even in the list of apps I have paid for. Very curious.

Adanorm 000 said:
I’m curious about what impact this launcher has on the battery life.
If you could post your thoughts after you have a few days to let it set in, that would be much appreciated.
Thanks
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for today, I took my phone off the charger at 11am, and it's now 8:20pm - I still have 41% battery street moderate use, GPS and wifi on. Compared to go launcher that I was using, it seems it has better battery life. However, one day isn't long enough to tell.
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I can't wait to publish some apps those guys are already pushing 16 grand and they just released it lol
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Personally, I hated it. I think it disrupts work flow. Im curious to where they are going to take it.

TSF Shell

Is anyone brave enough to drop 17 bucks on this new launcher? Apparantly it is as awesome as the videos released awhile back. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Im about to take the plunge and purchase it but would like to know if anybody else has tried it yet and feels that its worth it.

There isn't enough flashy effects or options that would ever have me drop $15+ on a launcher. To each their own. Most free or low priced launchers are plenty smooth with all the options I need or want.
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jspsuperman said:
Is anyone brave enough to drop 17 bucks on this new launcher? Apparantly it is as awesome as the videos released awhile back. Anybody have any thoughts on this? Im about to take the plunge and purchase it but would like to know if anybody else has tried it yet and feels that its worth it.
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Not even if I was a millionaire....
Today I bought real racing 2 for £0.70 - much more worthy.
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I'm not happy with it.. waste of money...if it was $2 ..maybe...trebuchet is better imo
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I just used tsf for about ten minutes. I would definitely not pay what they are asking. Not only is the launcher overly complicating and a waste of ram, its overly sensitive.
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tdwp16 said:
I just used tsf for about ten minutes. I would definitely not pay what they are asking. Not only is the launcher overly complicating and a waste of ram, its overly sensitive.
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The video shows features that isn't even included yet kinda sad
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i was just about to post asking about this when i saw this thread. is the epic able to handle it well?
it sounds like people are going by bad first impressions. the problem is i would be shocked if this thing didn't take awhile to adapt to. can you guys who tried it honestly say you would not come to love it once you adapt?
the functionality and looks seem amazing and i was shown the video by my friend who uses a bionic and he loves it. does it lag on the epic?
but yeah 17 bucks is steeeeep in a culture that doesn't like to pay for apps already.

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i was just about to post asking about this when i saw this thread. is the epic able to handle it well?
it sounds like people are going by bad first impressions. the problem is i would be shocked if this thing didn't take awhile to adapt to. can you guys who tried it honestly say you would not come to love it once you adapt?
the functionality and looks seem amazing and i was shown the video by my friend who uses a bionic and he loves it. does it lag on the epic?
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For that much money id better like it right away now have to "adapt" to it. That's crazy expensive...
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haha true but they show most of the features in the video so you should be going in knowing that you'll eventually be able to move everything around that fluidly, but will take a bit of getting used to. shouldn't be more than a few hours i'd imagine.
anyway i'm thinking of taking the plunge when i get home, just wondering if those who tried it got bad lag or anything on our dated phones

It actually runs just as the video does, I dnt dislike it but its just extremely complicated. Def not worth 17 bones, but having aquired it *cough* thru alternative means *cough* I can say it is a very pretty launcher.

Man, I've been wanting this Launcher for 2 months, and its 17 bucks? Forget it.
I am Z.

Coming from a person that actually bought the 15 dollar spb shell launcher
This blows
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xopher.hunter said:
Coming from a person that actually bought the 15 dollar spb shell launcher
This blows
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Heh. My GF loved the SPB launcher, but i finally converted her to ADW. Might sneak her over to GO Launcher next update.
Still, I felt $15 was to much, but $17 is just an absurd amount for just a launcher.
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Been using this for a few days. I like it and its nice eye candy but... definitely NOT worth $17. Honestly, no launcher is.
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the most ive EVER paid for a launcher is nova launcher prime...and that was only 4 bucks. 17 bucks?? for a phone app?? ONLY if i was rich... or maybe if i had a really nice tablet or something, but not on my epic. cm9 with nova works perfect for me. i wshould look at this video tho, now im curious to what a 17 dollar launcher looks like. anybody find it on 4shared mobile yet?? :x

unfortunately this is a terrible launcher.
It's unintuitive
Features that one might look for aren't there.
Memory hog
this are some of the falling points of the launcher, but that doesn't make it bad enough.
There is no free version of this launcher, no way to give it a test drive before you get down and dirty with it.
You MUST drop over 17 dollars on it!
WOAH!
Hold the phone a minute.
Seventeen dollars for a launcher, a homescreen.
What does it do for these 17 dollars of mine?
It launches other apps.
What else?
That's about it.
Well does it at least have some sort of cool effect that shows you're using a powerful phone capable of handling an app that costs seventeen bucks?
No. It has very simple graphics.
Why does it cost so much then?
Eh. Why not?
Bottom line:
Crappy app not worth the money.

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nvertigo said:
haha true but they show most of the features in the video so you should be going in knowing that you'll eventually be able to move everything around that fluidly, but will take a bit of getting used to. shouldn't be more than a few hours i'd imagine.
anyway i'm thinking of taking the plunge when i get home, just wondering if those who tried it got bad lag or anything on our dated phones
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It's real snappy yet it does cause a slight lag in other apps on mines. Although pricey...I still kinda like it.
from my wonderfully customized TPR2.2 Epic4g (Mysterious Beast) Themed.

I dont know if you guys know or if its illegal to mention it in this site but the ppl that arent willing to spend $17
Mod edit: should not use it!
It is against forum rules to mention pirate sites here. DO NOT DO SO AGAIN!

y2bangali said:
I dont know if you guys know or if its illegal to mention it in this site but the ppl that arent willing to spend $17 can always *edit* it.
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Not illegal (like you won't go to jail lol) but strongly frowned upon...

[APP] Draw Something

Anyone else playing this? It's pretty addicting and you can play cross-platform with your iphone friends since it uses Facebook.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omgpop.dstpaid
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There's a free version too.
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Pheno.menon said:
Anyone else playing this? It's pretty addicting and you can play cross-platform with your iphone friends since it uses Facebook.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omgpop.dstpaid
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There's a free version too.
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Been playing this for last couple of days non stop. I wish there were notifications though. Really annoying that I have to keep opening the app to see if it's my turn yet...

Kruxoli said:
Been playing this for last couple of days non stop. I wish there were notifications though. Really annoying that I have to keep opening the app to see if it's my turn yet...
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Agreed, though I'm sure they're going to add this given the iphone version has notifications.
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My phone wants to update the app but says its incompatible.
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Yeah, this game has blown up in the past few weeks. However, it's BUILT LIKE $HIT. No notifications, no chat, a few other bugs as well. Hopefully they'll keep updating. The last update finally added the ability to delete games.

Yeah the Android version is definitely lacking polish. But it's playable
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I bought a stylus just for this game

lol all day bigritz hit me up lol

Lol I've been playing nonstop too! I love this game.
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AVAH0LIC said:
I bought a stylus just for this game
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Does it help? I was thinking of picking one up today just for this game.

+1, i'd like to know also - although drawing on a tablet is easier

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AVAH0LIC said:
I bought a stylus just for this game
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lol my Fiance and I are addicted to this game and she just actually said she want to get a stylus for the Epic touch....

Been using this to kill time at work lol. Anyone have a good stylus recommendation?

Picked up a cheap $10 Siig stylus at Fry's, works great. The tip on it is thinner than most, which is exactly what I was looking for.
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Pheno.menon said:
Picked up a cheap $10 Siig stylus at Fry's, works great. The tip on it is thinner than most, which is exactly what I was looking for.
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Does it work well? I'm looking to buy myself one too, for the same reason lol.
Just that it gets kind of difficult to draw curtain things, and I have a stylus but the tip is kind of thick which isn't much of help.

Pheno.menon said:
Picked up a cheap $10 Siig stylus at Fry's, works great. The tip on it is thinner than most, which is exactly what I was looking for.
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Got a link to it and does it work good