* Must have Wi-Fi connection to download
* Chuzzle will not run on these devices:
* --All tablets
* --Sony Ericsson X8
* --Motorola Droid
* --Motorola Devour
* --LG Ally
* --HTC MyTouch 3G
* --Samsung Transform
* --Sanyo Zio
*Link is taking a while to get sent to my phone, probably due to "Free". <S>Taken about 5 min so far, no link. /edit about 10 min now. Submitted email about 2 minutes ago, just got email. Still no text. Use an email that you have access to on your phone for fastest service</S>. Just go here from your phone: https://www.amazon.com/app-email to download the Amazon App Market App
*As with most things Free, it is for a reason. You have to install the Amazon Marketplace on your Android, then sign in to download and install this app. This will all be 100% worth it when you are blowing up all the Zombies on yer lawn in the near future.
That wi-fi only restriction is weird. Is it because carriers don't want Amazon appstore traffic on their networks? I don't understand the rationale.
I saw a bit of discussion on this on the comments for the game. One particular comment from a 5 star review offers this advice:
A lot of complaints about being forced to download on wi-fi, but i think Amazon is to blame for that. In the settings, there's an option to force wi-fi if a download is too big. You can't turn this off; the max is 20mb.
And yes, the file is pretty large. The graphics are also pretty smooth. So you could get worked up about it, or you could stop pretending every Android game in the world can fit on your phone at one time and uninstall the 6 other versions of this game you have.
Edit to add: also it seems you do not need Wifi to download the Amazon Market. I was able to download it over 3G on my G2.
FWIW - Been using Amazon AppStore since it came out (and have gotten close to 10 free useful apps already, awesome service) and wi-fi only is not a requirement for 'normal' days. This is the first I've seen of it.
For some reason, PopCap decided to include ALL the assets for the game in the initial .apk, rather than splitting it out like some of the larger apps (WSOP Hold-em for example, another free app of the day) and downloading the big assets later at the user's convenience.
From what I've been reading, the PopCap games are relatively low-effort ports in an attempt to get them out quickly. Hopefully, they'll work a little harder on later games (and maybe updates to existing games) to account for the Android method of doing things in the future.
A fun little Ninja game available today free, YooNinja. Worth the time to download. Also if PvZ is supposed to be here "Later this month" (May), it should be in the next 3 days.
The Android multi-tasking model suspends inactive applications and writes their last operating state to the internal storage, then removes the active portion from RAM.
Taskkiller, on the other hand, forcefully brings those applications out of the suspended state just to kill them. In other words, you're actually using the CPU/RAM/NAND when you didn't otherwise have to, and that's a direct hit on your device's battery life.
Just say no to task killers.
If you want to save battery life, learn tasker and learn how to underclock your device in the screen off state.
1 Year bump if anyone still runs the Amazon App Store log in today and the origional Angry Birds (Ad Free) is Free today
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
That's awesome...but I stopped using the amazon app store and any of my apps I got for free on it. It bloated the crap out of my phone, and the interface for it was just abhorrent. I'd totally pick it up, otherwise =/
They recently redesigned the store. I would recomend giving it another try if you are even remotly interested in Angry Birds without ads. While I have never noticed the store bloating on my phone, I went months downloading the daily free apps and that eventually filled up my memory with aps/games I never played. I treat it like my Steam library now. Authentacate the purchase but just don't click download. When I am in the mood to try out some new games I hop onto my list and download a couple that look interesting.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
edited August 2012
Am I able to delete things from my list yet?
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Went to the Amazon site and picked it up. Didn't even have to install the app. Might do it later, I did have quite a bit on it.
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I just checked, and it looks like you /can/ delete stuff now. That was my biggest beef, what with all the crappy free things I tried out. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, btw
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So, somehow picking that up gave me a $1 mp3 credit. Now I have ad-free Unhappy Avians and a copy of Bliss - Song for Olabi
Yes! Every time you download the daily app it counts as an "order" and it does seem random orders are chosen to get a $1 credit towards Amazon MP3. I've recieved 2 $1 credits that I used to pick up an SOAD album.
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midga"There's so much hot dog in Rome" ~digi(> ^.(> O_o)>Icrontian
Man, I haven't listened to System in years. Kinda wanna turn them on now...
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Beepin n' BoopinDetroit, MI Icrontian
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Of Note:
* Must have Wi-Fi connection to download
* Chuzzle will not run on these devices:
* --All tablets
* --Sony Ericsson X8
* --Motorola Droid
* --Motorola Devour
* --LG Ally
* --HTC MyTouch 3G
* --Samsung Transform
* --Sanyo Zio
*Link is taking a while to get sent to my phone, probably due to "Free". <S>Taken about 5 min so far, no link. /edit about 10 min now. Submitted email about 2 minutes ago, just got email. Still no text. Use an email that you have access to on your phone for fastest service</S>. Just go here from your phone: https://www.amazon.com/app-email to download the Amazon App Market App
*As with most things Free, it is for a reason. You have to install the Amazon Marketplace on your Android, then sign in to download and install this app. This will all be 100% worth it when you are blowing up all the Zombies on yer lawn in the near future.
I saw a bit of discussion on this on the comments for the game. One particular comment from a 5 star review offers this advice:
Edit to add: also it seems you do not need Wifi to download the Amazon Market. I was able to download it over 3G on my G2.
For some reason, PopCap decided to include ALL the assets for the game in the initial .apk, rather than splitting it out like some of the larger apps (WSOP Hold-em for example, another free app of the day) and downloading the big assets later at the user's convenience.
From what I've been reading, the PopCap games are relatively low-effort ports in an attempt to get them out quickly. Hopefully, they'll work a little harder on later games (and maybe updates to existing games) to account for the Android method of doing things in the future.
I should create an app that shows a few bells and whistles, maybe impacts performance a bit, and sell it for $2.99.
The Android multi-tasking model suspends inactive applications and writes their last operating state to the internal storage, then removes the active portion from RAM.
Taskkiller, on the other hand, forcefully brings those applications out of the suspended state just to kill them. In other words, you're actually using the CPU/RAM/NAND when you didn't otherwise have to, and that's a direct hit on your device's battery life.
Just say no to task killers.
If you want to save battery life, learn tasker and learn how to underclock your device in the screen off state.
I have no problem with charging at least once per day and have a 3-pack of spare batteries for when I know I won't be near a charger.
It's what you do to be able to carry around a little PC in your pocket.
Yet to try it but it's by Konami, doesn't have the best reviews and hey.... it's free!
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Went to the Amazon site and picked it up. Didn't even have to install the app. Might do it later, I did have quite a bit on it.
--edit edit--
I just checked, and it looks like you /can/ delete stuff now. That was my biggest beef, what with all the crappy free things I tried out. Thanks for bringing this to my attention, btw
--edit edit edit--
So, somehow picking that up gave me a $1 mp3 credit. Now I have ad-free Unhappy Avians and a copy of Bliss - Song for Olabi