Google Leak Hints At an Android Game Center With Multiplayer Support 44
An anonymous reader writes "Google appears to be preparing the launch of a game center for Android with an unknown name. It looks like the new hub will sport a slew of features, including multiplayer support, in-game chat, lobbies, leaderboards, and achievements. The leaked information come to us courtesy of Android Police, which amusingly stumbled on the details by tearing apart the apk file for MyGlass, the Google Glass companion app that launched earlier this week. The feature list was hidden within, though it's not clear if this was done on purpose to build hype or entirely by accident." While on the topic of Google-branded Android hardware speculation, this wishlist at The Full Signal makes some feature-list pleas for the rumored Nexus 5.
Ouya console? (Score:4, Interesting)
It looks like this might be a blessing for the Ouya console, if they can support it. They don't have to develop multiplayer capabilities or host their own network.
Also, first post?
About the Nexus 5 wish list ... (Score:2)
One thing that I do not understand ...
They are saying that Qualcommâ(TM)s Snapdragon 800 chipset are much superior than anything else, even surpassing Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa
Not that I'm in the "more core more better" camp, but I can't help but wondering what makes Qualcomm's offering so attractive to those folks in the first place ...
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You always have to remember that it takes a lot of time to properly design your hardware around your components, make sure the component drivers behave well, test the stuff, go into production, test again...
Computing power
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Re:Ouya console? (Score:4, Informative)
Oh, you mean like anything running Cyanogen, etc, Kindles, HP TouchPads, etc? Sure they can.
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Read more carefully: Google services via their proprietary apps (Gmail, Maps, YouTube, etc...).
Android is open but Google's apps are not. HTC, Samsung, etc have them because they pay google money. Kindle and el cheapo android phones don't have them because they didn't pay the google tax.
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They don't have them because they don't want them. They can be manually installed. Kindle wants you to go to Amazon, etc. There is no Google tax.
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They cannot be preloaded with them because Google controls it.
There is a set of requirements that a vendor must meet in order to qualify to have the Google apps. These include passing the CTS, being an OHA member (and paying the necessary dues) and having an agreement signed with Google. This will get the OEM access to the official Android repository (the one that
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While AOSP products CAN have Google Apps installed manually, they technically do not qualify and there's no support for it, and in a sense, they are "pirated" versions.
"technically not qualified" and "no support" don't mean "pirated", just because they have in common that there is no support for pirated versions of software.
Google has allowed Cyanogen to be the sole distributor, however,...
espescially they can't count as pirated when someone is ALLOWED to distribute something.
Copyright in the Google Play Store application (Score:2)
"technically not qualified" and "no support" don't mean "pirated"
Let's assume here the "pirated" refers to copyright infringement. Google owns copyright in the Google Play Store application. Google authorizes nobody but its OHA licensees to make and distribute copies. How are copies of Google Play Store, if obtained through other means, not infringing?
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Nexus 5 needs it own topic (Score:1, Offtopic)
This is two topics in one, and I suspect everyone who looked at the Nexus 4 is of the mind. Thought that it did not have enough local storage, compounded by having no expandable storage...on a device that was sold out so quickly because of its amazing price. It just pissed people off.
People buy the Nexus range for regular updates of stock android, running on great, but good value hardware. Whether its 4" or 6" I couldn't care less...or whether it contains IR/Waterproof/Wireless Charging etc etc I don't even
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I bought one despite the space deficiencies. For someone with an older phone who wants to get out of the contract cycle, the price was too good to pass up. I can live without the removable battery, but I very much miss the local storage. I was actually thinking it would be cool if someone came out with a low cost flash drive with secure wifi or bluetooth access to it. For the right price that might almost be better than extra storage in the phone.
Backup, root-and-wipe, restore (Score:2)
It requires a y-cable, rooting, and a custom kernel.
I don't own a Nexus 4 phone, but I do own a Nexus 7 tablet. Rooting it and installing a custom kernel required wiping the device last time I checked. And this in turn required finding some sort of backup solution for the information already on the device. Which tool do you recommend to back up the information on an Android device so that it can be restored after rooting?
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Which tool do you recommend to back up the information on an Android device so that it can be restored after rooting?
Either CWM (ClockworkMod Recovery) or TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project). I prefer TWRP, its interface is far superior to CWM. Both let you make full-device backups.
I don't know how it works on Nexus devices, but on my SEMC Xperia Play you can fastboot a recovery boot.img without flashing it. You can thus boot (e.g.) CWM and perform a nandroid backup. These backups do not restore the kernel so you want to identify a good allegedly working stock kernel image before you begin. If something goes wrong you'll nee
Google has taken too long, buy openfeint (Score:5, Informative)
This is great news, but so late to the party similar social platforms include Heyzap, Plus+, Crystal, Gameloft Live, Scorelp, Geocade, Scoreoid, agon and Apple's Game Center...and the now discontinued openfeint.
Everybody recognise there is a need for a social gaming platform, many games leverage Facebook to do this, so I'm expecting better organised G+ gaming extension in future.
The only question is when Steam for Android will happen.
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Great post btw, I wasn't aware of a few of these networks.
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With OpenFeint already bought and shut down there would be little value to Google, better to buy one of the other actively running networks.
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From Duke Nukem 3D (Score:2)
Maybe you mean Total Entertainment Network service offered PC game players a place to play DOS and Windows-based games online with and against other players, to chat, to download game-related content, and to compete for high scores and to win tournaments. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Entertainment_Network [wikipedia.org] The service was bundled with many PC games....Kali featured an Internet Game Browser for TCP/IP native games, a buddy system, a chat system, and supports 400+ games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kali_ [wikipedia.org]
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