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Help Do all Android Market apps work on Note?

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CorruptedSanity

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A friend was saying that some Android Market apps don't work on the Note because of the Note's larger resolution ?

Is this true?

Will a lot of apps not work or have compatibility issues with the Note?

Many thanks.
 
Yes that's correct, well that is until the developers update them. Some of them will still work, but will have black boxes on the sides of the screen. On games like Chuzzle everything is completely off, and makes it unplayable.

Since this phone was one of the first to have such a high resolution, it's going to take a little while before devs update their apps to work with it.

I've only come across a small amount of apps that won't work, but most do. Some things just look funny, like the Amazon Appstore. Everything on that app looks extremely tiny on my Note.
 
Not that I have found, mainly just incompatible games. Everything else has worked perfectly.
 
One thing I've noticed is that some app widgets are designed for 4x1 or 4x2 layout, so there's a gap on the Note's screen. But this is a pretty minor thing - the screen is so amazing I forgive the odd app not making full use of it!
 
biscuitlad said:
One thing I've noticed is that some app widgets are designed for 4x1 or 4x2 layout, so there's a gap on the Note's screen. But this is a pretty minor thing - the screen is so amazing I forgive the odd app not making full use of it!
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Aye, and you can always drop in 1x1 shortcuts to fill the spaces.

The only non compatible apps I have found were ones that were region specific rather than phone once I had drilled down to the details of the incompatibility.
 
johnb41 said:
2 apps that I have come across that aren't compatible are:

OnLive Desktop and 1Weather
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Did you expand the reason for Onlive Desktop incompatibility? The reason given to me is that it is not available in my country. US only just now.
 
Bodestone said:
Did you expand the reason for Onlive Desktop incompatibility? The reason given to me is that it is not available in my country. US only just now.
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I'm in U.S. and it's not available. Won't even let me download/install. I also have a kindle fire (rooted and with Cyanogenmod 7) and it's not available for that either. Looks like you need a larger tablet for it to run)
 
I can't download Chrome for Android Beta..... I'm assuming that is because it's a Note *shrugs shoulders*
 
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