Super Ads XL [Review]
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Almost everyone loves Super Bowl ads, whether it’s a witty Pepsi commercial or GoDaddy’s questionable shower scene. Aclass Apps delivers all of your favorite commercials and more to your local Enyo-supported device.
Similar to it’s smaller, phone version, when you first open up the app, it displays each Super Bowl game in a list on the left side from XLIII to XLVI. Once you select a Bowl, a list of advertisements appears. You select one and a popup appears with a YouTube version of the ad. Once finished, you can close out and select another. It’s simple to the first degree, and it should be.
To set favorites, just click(or tap) the big star next to the ad you like. It is saved in a list of favorites. One thing I did not like is that the “Favorites” list item on the left is inside the Bowl selection. I think it would make more sense to have the Favorites button where the Support button currently is, and have Support be in the App Menu(for non-Touchpad devices, there could be a button to bring down the App Menu, which is currently empty).
In terms of functionality, the app works great. The user interface is simple. I like the logos and the scores for the specific years bowl. However, the text for the teams name is a little hard to read. Upsizing it about 2px per font would do the trick.
The developer has promised the following:
1. Sharing will be in the first update.
2. New ads added as we find them automagically.
3. Have plans to add a Villo chat room.
4. Expect to see it on other platforms soon.
We at WebOS World are especially excited to see our own Villo services being used in any app.
Overall, the app is great, and with future updates already in the works, I can see a lot of people downloading to watch their favorite ads all in one place.
WebOS World Rating: 5/5
Demo and FAQ at: http://aclassapps.com/apps/superadsXL
Download links:
HP Touchpad
Google Chrome App Store
How to seriously improve your webOS legacy device [2.x+]
So we all know that although you can doctor your legacy device(Pre-, Pre+) to webOS 2.1/2.2.4, it does not run that great…at all. There may be a few exceptions based on deviations in devices handling of certain kernels(SR71 at 1.2GHz can only be run by a few phones).
With the release of a few select patches, your device can be turned around once again! I actually switched to an HTC Arrive last summer because my Pre-’s software became unbearable and I did not want to switch back to 1.4.5. The hardware was also on it’s last ends but that’s another story.
Point is, I turned on my Pre- recently, ran Emergency Patch Recovery(EPR), uninstalled Uberkernel and re-patched my system. Here’s the list of things that really turned my phone around.
Voogle Information
Customers of Voogle 3.0 or VoogleXL that require support or would like to provide feedback to help us improve the application, please read below.
To download Voogle 3.0 on your webOS device, go here: https://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?applicationid=10627&packageid=com.webosworld.vooglev3
To download VoogleXL on your HP TouchPad, go here: http://developer.palm.com/appredirect/?packageid=com.webosworld.vooglexl
Voogle 3.0 Supported Devices:
- Pre
- Pre+
- Pre2
- Pre3
- Veer
VoogleXL Supported Devices:
- TouchPad
For customers. Current Voogle3.0 release is version 3.0.9. Current VoogleXL release is version 1.0.0.
Open Issues:
— Current Fix: Change Google password and try logging in again
- Detailed description of problem you are experiencing
- Voogle version number
- Device model
- webOS Version
- Connection type (wifi/3g/etc)
UPDATE – 10/29/11:
HP wants to Listen *and* Learn?
With a recent post on the webOS Developer Forums (you can find that post here) we heard that HP wants to Listen and Learn. When I saw this, I was very happy. If you are thinking what I have been thinking over the past week, it has been something along the lines of “What are you thinking HP?! This is not what webOS needs!” and now HP wants to listen to what *we* think. And they will supposedly learn from what we say too. What more could you want?
I think we should all take a part in this, and tell HP how we feel about the recent news, and how we think they can fix it. They say, you don’t get what you don’t ask for.
So, I think we should all tell HP what we think about this past week here.
QuickOffice Editing coming this week?
So, there has been news about Quickoffice document editing coming to the HP TouchPad for some time. Looking at the above screenshot (taken on my HP TouchPad), we see some exciting news! We should see an update to Quickoffice by the “end of the week.”
This update will include Document Editing (probably Word documents), and Spreadsheet editing (presumably Excel). It seems that PowerPoint wont be coming for a little while longer, but hey, you can only ask for so much at a time.
Check out Quickoffice’s official webOS page here
HP modifying Cloud Services security settings, might affect meta-doctored devices.
WebOS 3.0.2: What’s new?
HP is finally rolling out the promised OTA update for the Touchpad, and we’ve got a list of changes that you need not miss. Of course there are always internal things listed as “minor tweaks and bug fixes” but we’ll list the big ones.
- New Calculator app
- New Clock app
- Improvements to Email app(rendering/scrolling, better folder support)
- Set wallpaper from Photos&Videos app(previously was done in Screen app)
- MUCH better Auto Correct
- Improved Skype calling
- HP Movie Store & Kindle apps(Kindle beta already out)
- Amazon MP3
- Fixed accelerometer/screen rotation
- MANY MANY MANY bug fixes, especially ones that caused reset.
- Improved OS all around
Let us know in the comments if we missed anything and we’ll add them ASAP.
Sources: PreCentral, Twitter
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