What are some books you guys and girls have read so far?
One's you liked, loved, and hated. I want this to be a place to discuss and discover new books.
If there's a thread already then mods please delete.
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Will update this post with a list of books.
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I just finished reading A Game Of Thrones (all five books). Read all of them using Kindle app. Excellent series.
Just now starting Neil degrasse Tyson's Space Chronicles.
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Well, I finished an audiobook called Ready Player One, by Ernest Kline (i think).
Read by Will Wheaton even.
Grea book, lots of fun
Check out "Wool" in the Kindle store, series of 5 novellas that are pretty intense.
Game of thrones had been the best series I've read in a long while. Terry pratchett takes up a huge section of my bookcase.
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Check out "Wool" in the Kindle store, series of 5 novellas that are pretty intense.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Just downloaded the series and will post thoughts later.
I read Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential as it was on sale at the Play store and I am pretty interested in cooking. Really good book, definitely recommend it if you are interested in cooking or the restaurant business in general.
Bought the Hunger Games trilogy for my wife and currently reading it now because I was curious' I'm on Catching fire right now. They are okay so far.
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Looking for a great thriller/mystery book.
Anyone have suggestions?
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JaZart said:
Looking for a great thriller/mystery book.
Anyone have suggestions?
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My first response is always Sherlock Holmes for mystery, Hound of the Baskervilles is one of the best and should be free on Google Play.
Let me stew on this for a bit, but I have heard some great things about the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo trilogy.
Edit- More horror than thriller, but I loved Horns and Heart Shaped Box, both by the amazing Joe Hill.
All of the circle series books by Ted Dekker are great. He also has another series that falls in with the circle series called The Lost Books. There's 6 of those.
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I need some good books to read, I haven't read a book since Of Mice and Men and that was 3 years ago! Haven't got a clue what sort of books I'd be into since I don't read much.
Just read Gone Girl. Pretty twisted stuff.
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FTMDan said:
I need some good books to read, I haven't read a book since Of Mice and Men and that was 3 years ago! Haven't got a clue what sort of books I'd be into since I don't read much.
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Lol. Well, it's difficult without knowing what you like. Have you read The Hunger Games? That's a nice fast read, pretty exciting too.
Nexus 7 Used Guide is a good one for you guys to read . Jkjkjkjk
I read way too much, although some books are just that good. Anyway I don't know how old you are or what genre exactly your looking for but mystery/ thriller. Actually tell me what your looking for and in that genre do you care/like if its gory. If your looking for ya books I can recommended some. I read most genres except romance and hardcore SciFi. I'll think of some good authors. Right now its been top ten for a few months is gone girl by gillian Flynn, but her other books imo are much better like dark places . Another decent thriller that's been pretty popular lately is cj Lyons books the FBI thrillers.
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Any good cheap books in the play store?
None of them seem to that interesting..
Maybe I need to dig more.
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Any good cheap books in the play store?
None of them seem to that interesting..
Maybe I need to dig more.
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Try kindle. Works very well and there are often offers. I've just read on exsellent book by Ken Follit 'Eye of a needle' which I found on the kindle store for 20p (UK). These offers tend to be 'one-offs' and disappear very soon after they appear. Search 'mostpopular'
Definitely a +1 for the Game of Thrones series (I'm halfway through the third book and it's just getting progressively better). I also strongly recommend the Hunger Games books and the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (as previously mentioned). If you like crime fiction then James Patterson's 'Alex Cross' series is a good, light, read.
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I been searching for.some time now for any educational apps for my 18 months son with little luck.
Most apps are geared towards older children,not to mention not too many have child lock on them to prevent children from hitting capacitive buttons.Seem like all good children's apps or on ipad/iPhone and I won't to avoid this option if I can help it.
Anyone know of any good apps?
Here are few apps that I have so far that are usefull and not too complicated for children that are 1-3 years old.
1 Toddle Animal Numbers (Probably the best one,its educational and its free)
2 Undersea Adventure for Toddler (Not really educational but a fun and simple game,and its free)
3 Kids Doodle Paint (Best thing about this is that it has child's lock built in,so you can go to sleep while they draw and not have to worry about them turning it off,this one is free too)
And that's about it,yeah I know that's a damn shame.Rest that I tried is to complex.
The sprout app is a good app i use
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The sprout app is a good app i use
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Looks good bout to try it,I must have missed this one.All the good apps might be burried at the bottom of search list.
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Looks good bout to try it,I must have missed this one.All the good apps might be burried at the bottom of search list.
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My 19 month son loves the balloon pop game
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Apps by intellijoy.
Also, there are lots of interactive books by people like "Oceanhouse media" (the book reads and the child interacts with the page.)
This is a good thread, I have an app called "kid mode" that has a lot of stuff in it, my 18 mo old daughter likes it.
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Sub'd! Got my second unit due in April! Will be keeping an eye on this thread.
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You can try BabyApps 2.99 on Play.
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No offense but why would anyone give a toddler a smart phone to play with?
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My daughter sits on my lap and looks at pictures and plays games, she's not allowed to do it on her own.
"We're coming from a pure power source"
Get a Nexus 7.
A broken n7 is cheaper than a broken sgs3.
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No offense but why would anyone give a toddler a smart phone to play with?
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They are toddlers...
They can take your iPad, S3 or whatever you have before you blink. So its better find them with the phone in theirs hands than see your gadgets on the toilet or trash can because they got bored.
Thats why also I have a Otter Defender.
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csmasn said:
They are toddlers...
They can take your iPad, S3 or whatever you have before you blink. So its better find them with the phone in theirs hands than see your gadgets on the toilet or trash can because they got bored.
Thats why also I have a Otter Defender.
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I guess if you store devices on the floor this would be an issue
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Toddlers love technology too why you gotta be a hater.
Cmon guys this get this on track. Its a good thread. Who cares why a toddler has a phone. Its the parents choice. My four year old has my old nexus s that she uses all the time.
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I guess if you store devices on the floor this would be an issue
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Bro... you must be gay or sterile. Only that 2 kind of people hate babies.
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xjayman said:
No offense but why would anyone give a toddler a smart phone to play with?
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If I had kids I would. Getting them a grasp of new things at an early age is important and most useful for the future. Smartphones are only materialistic items so I wouldn't care really unless they're looking at things they aren't supposed too.
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No offense but why would anyone give a toddler a smart phone to play with?
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Bc babys love the S3
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Here are the apps that my 3 year old plays with and has played with for a long time (probably since he was 18 mo.)
Monkey Preschool Lunchbox (His absolute FAVORITE!)
Color & Draw for kids phone ed
Kids Connect the Dots Lite
Thomas Game Pack
Kids Piano Lite
Zebra Paint
SUPER WHY!
And here is the toddler lock I used to use before he really knew how to handle a phone.
Toddler Lock
When my daughter was 18 months old she liked learning animal sounds, She particularly liked the cat on this one Toddler Animal Sounds by Bluphant Games, They also do a paid for version which has a child lock built in it.
Now she's 3 however it's Peppa Pig all the way!
Black ops zombies came out for the rest of android today. I bought it but it wouldn't work on my nexus 7. I was just wondering if there are any other zombie fans that might of gotten it to work.
Edit: got it working
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How did u get it to work when I open it it goes to download then get server error
Mine downloaded perfectly, and works just fine. Although, it is not fun at all playing alone :crying:
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Mine downloaded perfectly, and works just fine. Although, it is not fun at all playing alone :crying:
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I hear that, whats nazi zombies without coming to someone's rescue with glorious monkey bombs
or vainly sacrificing said friends to save yourself :]
anyway hows the adds with glu mobile?
there usually fine on paid games but their free-to-play stuff can be invasive
and for 6 bucks I worry
At first it didn't work for me but then I flashed a different ROM and all is well. It works great on the latest version of black bean.
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I'm requesting a refund doesn't work. Used my 25 dollar gift from Google. Normally I would not spend money on a game, but son is really into zombies.
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So it may not work on some ROMs?
How's the gameplay and visuals for those who have gotten it to install
Its not bad but does require a WiFi connection to play it I guess.. And yes in my experience some games don't work on certain ROMs for some reason I had the same issue with plants vs zombies back in the day
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Still doesn't work and they won't refund.... They said o had 15 min for a refund....wtf....it took an hour to download......
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i got the game running but with huge graphics glitches
Same here buddy, see through wall
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Ok people,
Just a reminder not to go into Warez discussions. We all "know" you can get these at many Warez sites. And if they don't work, well, good
XDA prohibits Warez, Warez Links, Links to paid apps, Posting of paid apps, Including paid apps in roms, and any discussion of Warez Apps.
Just a reminder.
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Who's got it lol. Just installed and well I'm infected now lol its addicting!
I'm addicted as well, saw it on Taptu.
Just got it too... Idk, I feel kinda weird wanting to kill every person in the world.. Haha
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Looks fun. I played something like this before. Pretty fun.
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After seeing this thread and your responses I decided to check it out.... and then proceeded to play it for 45 minutes, bought it and then played it for another hour. Its a good dose of evil fun lol
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After seeing this thread and your responses I decided to check it out.... and then proceeded to play it for 45 minutes, bought it and then played it for another hour. Its a good dose of evil fun lol
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Just looked in the Play store after reading this thread. Game is listed as free...what did you buy?
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Just looked in the Play store after reading this thread. Game is listed as free...what did you buy?
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He unlocked the ad free version lol
I spent hours completing the flash like a year ago, got all but Australia I think. Huge timewaster
I cannot for the life of me win lol
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I cannot for the life of me win lol
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I won it!
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Just a heads up this app does NOT like JRO03S at all.. consistent crashes and a horrible experience.
The game does not like my GNex, constant crashes usually always 20 mins into the game.
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I won it!
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Lol I had to follow a guide :/
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Lol I had to follow a guide :/
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Lol. It's a pretty good game, glad I found this post.
Anybody else feel a bit evil when you play this game?
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Only problem is i see it uses up resources even when you choose the game completely.check using a task manager app it always pops up under the services area.......
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Man. This game is fun, but hard. I can almost get through on normal, but just keep barely missing the goal.
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Man. This game is fun, but hard. I can almost get through on normal, but just keep barely missing the goal.
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I beat normal lol focus on transmission and do t worry about lethality till it spreads everywhere then crank it up and watch em go lol
O.k this is kinda cool, fun to play when you're in a destructive mood! Only played 3 times lost twice on normal but wiped out the world in 540 days on casual
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Have it on iOS but on the iPod it was just too hard to play. Nexus is perfect size.
The trick on the first level is devolve symptoms immediately when they mutate until the entire planet is infected. Store up as much DNA as you can so you can become lethal as soon as you decide to pull the trigger. I had 124 DNA points when I decided to start killing everyone.
Game is superb fun. Great music too.
I've bought a few in-game purchased to help me along, the best one is to auto-pop the bubbles. I've been able to decimate the globe on casual after only playing it about 5 times, I just can't beat it on normal. Its either that I make it too lethal before it spreads everywhere or I make it spread everywhere and kill half to 3/4 of the population but then they cure it.
The game also annihilates my battery, I'm running Clemson's elite kernel and when I have the game fast-forwarded it takes up so much power that even when I have it plugged in it won't charge the battery but just sustain the current level and maybe decrease it by one or two percent!
Who's getting it?!
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Got it already.
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How are you liking it? I'm thinking about getting it but I don't know if I should get all access or Spotify.
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I'll get it when it comes to Canada. So probably never.
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Got it.. Absolutely incredible and the SQ is AMAZING considering it's streaming.. Interface is an absolute DREAM to use.. Google NAILED IT
Flawless. Simple to use. Worth it. Its great as it combines with your own music on device and your library.
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It's a shame as always that only for the US. Shame on you google for not thinking globally.
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It's a shame as always that only for the US. Shame on you google for not thinking globally.
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It will roll out over time. I would assume before the end of June when the price goes up to $9.99.
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Not really interested! Subscriptions are always unsuccessful... sorry
Switched from spotify this afternoon. Been waiting years for this.
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I seriously think Google forgot to add a "Remove From Library" feature for the app.
On the browser verison I can add an album to the library, then remove it.
On the app if I add an album to the library there are no options anywhere to remove it.
Or I am blind
I love it
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I'm debating on getting it. It sounds like it will be worth it.
I'm am seriously digging this new update. Switched from spotify immediately plus I'm locked in at $7.99/month... $2 cheaper than the competition. I was always seriously annoyed by spotify's playlist layout, lack of landscape orientation, and overall ugly UI. Now my library and streaming/radio service are all in one app and the sound quality is pretty damn impressive...Win
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Not really interested! Subscriptions are always unsuccessful... sorry
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Netflix and hulu are really struggling indeed.
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The keep on device downloads are infuriating.. They either error out and say will download later, download a decent amount of songs then just stop downloading anything... Glad the first month is free... I have 3 songs left to download but it just got stuck 10 minutes ago and hasn't finished anything.. I'll have to force stop the app and restart it now
Im in Jamaica I tried accessing it via VPN and no luck
I haven't tried downloading anything, but so far I'm loving it. Much awaited ui update for the music app, plus awesome on demand music. There's a few quirks but over all impressive and fantastic job.
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Love it so far, cancelled Slacker and was deciding between GMusic or Grooveshark but so far so good :good: Kudos for Google!
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Love it so far, cancelled Slacker and was deciding between GMusic or Grooveshark but so far so good :good: Kudos for Google!
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The All Access radio station generated playlists blow away Slacker (or anyone else) out of the water. Slackers radio was awful.. If you say.. Started a "Pearl Jam" radio station. You'd hear nothing but Jeremy and every other radio friendly hit song they had 10,000 times.
Google Play All Access. I just started a Pearl Jam radio station and the first song was Can't Keep off Riot Act.. This song is never played anywhere..
FINALLY.. DEEP PLAYLIST STREAMING RADIO!
Just start The White Stripes radio station and the first song was Truth Doesn't Make A Noise off De Stijl..
Incredible playlists...
Anyone have insight on when this may get resolved? Should I go back to 4.2.
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It will be resolved when app develops resolve it.
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Considering that the OS has been around for a bit over a week I'm amazed at how many apps ARE compatible.
If you have mission critical stuff, by all means go back to or stay with 4.2.x until the specific developer updates.
Otherwise enjoy the new OS and be patient. The good Devs are on it...
how many apps aren't compatible that you've encountered? surprisingly I haven't gotten any incompatibilities
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how many apps aren't compatible that you've encountered? surprisingly I haven't gotten any incompatibilities
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I was checking out this thread because Comixology seems to be the first app that's not working in 4.3 for me. It force closes as soon as I open it.
I haven't run into a single app that has been incompatible.
I must not be a true "power user". :laugh:
Duh its new... You would have hated to have got the nexus s when ice cream sandwich first dropped.... Barely any apps period...
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All my apps work perfectly 50+
I haven't had any fail on me yet.
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Engadget doesn't work for me
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Engadget doesn't work for me
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Use Google currents and add Engadget under the science and tech section. I never used currents before, but its quite convenient once you get all your reading apps incorporated in to it.
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QUOTE=michaelg1030;44367194]Use Google currents and add Engadget under the science and tech section. I never used currents before, but its quite convenient once you get all your reading apps incorporated in to it.
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i have ran into a few. HBO go, bang bang racing. no need to beat the guy up over a statement. some haven't been updated since the original nexus. kinda sad actually
just wait until keylime pie is release
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just wait until keylime pie is release
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Well worth it being without a few apps for awhile.
This is the price we pay for being the very first to get these updates. I don't mind it myself but for those that are bothered just wait for a free weeks before upgrading next time to give the app devs time to catch up.
Food anyone have the amazon store.apk? Not the app store but the app for the regular store. I think it will work but play store won't let me download.
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Well worth it being without a few apps for awhile.
This is the price pay for being the very first to get these updates. I don't mind it myself but for those that are bothered just wait for a free weeks before upgrading next time to give the app devs time to catch up.
Food anyone have the amazon store.apk? Not the app store but the app for the regular store. I think it will work but play store won't let me download.
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First to get updates is the whole reason I bought my nexus. I love being on the bleeding edge of tech
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anyone get winamp working with nex7 fhd? keeps crashing on mine
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I was checking out this thread because Comixology seems to be the first app that's not working in 4.3 for me. It force closes as soon as I open it.
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Just you. I've been using it without any problem. Clear cache and (if necessary) data on the app.
can anyone run Radaee PDF reader? it says incompatiable WTF? thats the best/fastest reader, stock nex7 reader is so slow
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Use Google currents and add Engadget under the science and tech section. I never used currents before, but its quite convenient once you get all your reading apps incorporated in to it.
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Try Feedly instead. Same concept but MUCH better than Currents. It's so good that I now use Feedly as my go to reader for all news, tech, sports, and car sites on my phone, tablet, laptop and desktop.
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Try Feedly instead. Same concept but MUCH better than Currents. It's so good that I now use Feedly as my go to reader for all news, tech, sports, and car sites on my phone, tablet, laptop and desktop.
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Thanks I'll check it out.
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