Heroes of Camelot
Heroes of Camelot is a card summoners game by Kabam. For those who do not know, a card summoners game is one where the player is given a hand of cards that act as their game characters. You build a deck or hand of these characters to fight against other decks or hands. The player generally has no control over the battles themselves. The game play consists of “exploring” game fields and leveling your cards by combining them together.
Heroes of Camelot is no different. You start off with a hand of cards and are sent off to “Reclaim Camelot from the Black Knight”. The game play is over simplified. You tap explore to advance your position in the dungeons. Occasionally, you are met by another group of characters who battle you. The player has no control over these battles as with most other card summoner games. All one can do is tap “Battle” and hope for the best.
While the player is given no control over the battles itself, they can manage their hand to ensure a higher chance of victory. To do this, one has to collect various cards with different stats and abilities. The player is left to build their deck with their various cards. The abilities are activated randomly during battle, so all you can do is make sure that you have useful abilities to ensure that whatever is activated will be useful.
Once a player has their hand built, they can also upgrade their cards. This is achieved by adding cards together to level up the base card, or merge two cards together to evolve the base card. This boosts the stats of the cards making your hand that much stronger.
Although I find most card summoner games to be boring and never end up playing on for more than 3 hours, Kabam did something different with theirs. I can’t quite identify why I am more attached to this game over others, but I actually have logged in to the game for 8 days straight now. I have never had a streak of more than 3 days in a row before.
My best guess is that I like Heroes of Camelot more than others because of their resources system. While they do have stamina and mana limiting how long you can play, I have never found it to be as much of an annoyance as I have with other games.
Mana is used to let you field your chosen cards in battle. The better the card, the higher the mana costs. Every battle, the total mana required by all of your cards is subtracted from your mana pool. My current mana pool is only able to support my cards through a single battle.
Stamina is used when you explore the dungeons. Each time the player elects to progress in the dungeon, a predetermined amount of stamina is taken from your stamina pool.
Both, your mana pool and stamina pool, are replenished each time you level up. To enable myself to continue playing, I return to past dungeons in order to gain experience and level up. That way, I can refill my mana pool in order to fight a battle in my current dungeon. Most of your game play time is spent spamming the explore button in an attempt to level up.
While there are IAPs, they are actually not required to progress in the game or to avoid waiting between gaming sessions. I have not spent a single penny on this game, and I have a very respectable hand going along with plenty of gold to pay for my card upgrades. Basically, this is in no way a “pay to win” or “freemium” style game.
After you build up your hand to a reasonable level, you can participate in PvP. You could have done this just about the entire time, but you wouldn’t win a single battle. The PvP mechanics are the exact same. Click battle, watch the cards fight it out, repeat.
Heroes of Camelot can be fun for a while, but after about two weeks to a month, I expect it to get really old really fast. There is nothing new or challenging. All I do now is tap the explore button. There is no challenges at all. It is repetitive and no real journey.
Keep in mind though, I am not a fan of card summoner games in the first place, and I have played this one for more than a week now. That is an amazing accomplishment by Kabam. For anyone who is into card summoner games, Heroes of Camelot should keep them entertained for a good while.
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Spotlight Watch Face [‘Watch’ This App]
If you want a simple analog watch face, but sometimes have trouble reading one with small numbers, then the Spotlight Watch Face may just be the app to solve that problem for you. All it is is a watch face that is a huge close up of the hour hand with a red line going… Read more »
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LG’s Wine Smart is an Android flip phone for the messaging elderly
Friends (“The One Where the Monkey Gets Away”) is on TV, Alanis Morissette is angrily screaming “You oughta know” on the radio, your bff messages you on WhatsApp. What’s this misfit in this picture? Nothing if you’re rocking LG’s Wine Smart — a rare smartphone flip phone. Nostalgia from the 90s (or, really, 2007) aside, the Wine Smart isn’t all that unusual. Flip phones are still popular in certain markets, and why wouldn’t you want one with the latest version of Android, a 1.2GHz processor, 8-megapixel camera and expandable memory? Well, that’s exactly what the Wine smart has, although if you were hoping LG’s 2K display might filter down from the G3, you’d be fresh outta luck (3.5-inch, 480 x 320 is what you’ll have to settle for). The inclusion of a “safe keeper” function that alerts friends or family if you fall suggest this is pitched at an older crowd. But, then there’s a dedicated button for a instant messaging app, too. We’re sure LG knows its market though, so who are we to question? Oh, there’s an FM radio too. Perfect for that Morissette revival, whenever and wherever LG decides to release it.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, LG
Via: Android Community
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Adobe Echosign releases for Android
Adobe, the company behind .pdf files and Acrobat, is bringing its e-signature solution to android devices. Adobe Echosign can now be used on all of your android devices to allow businesses to collect and track signatures across many devices in a business. Instead of getting the signatures with a pen and paper, you can just send the document and they can legally sign it and send it back to you all in a matter of minutes with Echosign.
Tablets are becoming very popular in many different types of businesses. With this new solution, they can safely get legally binding signatures effortlessly; which adds more value and productivity to the tablets for the businesses.
Source: Adobe
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Hopes of Android L on the Nexus 4 gain traction after Googlers spotted with build on Chromium
It must be a nervous time being a Nexus 4 owner. After Google essentially left the Galaxy Nexus out in the rain when it released Android KitKat last year, it’s a possibility that Google might do the same with the Nexus 4 with Android L. While signs are pointing at a tentative “yes” for Android L on the Nexus 4, any new evidence is still a good thing. At the very least, it appears that Google employees themselves are testing Android L on the Nexus 4, spotted on the Chromium issue tracker as they discussed their issues with their current build, in this case LRW52G – the latest Android L build we have seen is LRW66E on the Nexus 5.
With this news, the previous release of partial preview code to AOSP, and the fact that Google is updating the super-budget-friendly Android One devices, one would hope that Google will continue to update the Nexus 4 especially after the hell that has been wrought on users after the Android 4.4.4 update. That said, the Galaxy Nexus was more than capable of running Android KitKat – even the Nexus One was – the final call is up to Google – these employees might just be doing viability tests. All we can do is cross our fingers and wait till Android L is officially released sometime in the next month or so.
What do you think the chances are of Android L on the Nexus 4 happening? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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Samsung’s Galaxy A5 device leaked in pictures and specs
The Samsung Galaxy Alpha, one of the nicest looking phones Samsung has ever released, is now the inspiration behind the new Samsung “A” line of devices. The first device in this line will be called the A5, and it is the start of something good.
Details for the Samsung A5 have been leaked by sammobile.com. The device will be considered a mid-range device with a 5-inch HD Super AMOLED display, a 13-megapixel camera, a Snapdragon 400 processor, 2,330 mAh battery, 16GB of expandable storage, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
The most interesting thing here will be with the material that Samsung uses to make the device. The A5 won’t be made of metal, or plastic. According to Sammobile’s source, it will be a material that feels just like metal, but it will be as cheap to manufacture like plastic.
If samsung can find the sweet spot between the very popular S line and the premium look and feel of the Alpha device, They will be looking at a great line of devices.
Let us know what you think of this new phone, the Samsung A5.
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Samsung’s Galaxy A5 has some Alpha style, but not the substance
Samsung likes to get some mileage out of its lofty design themes and plenty of people have gone gaga over the Galaxy Alpha’s subtle style, so it’s no surprise that the phone’s design DNA is being injected into other devices. SamMobile has been reporting for a while now that the Korea electronics giant has been working on a range of phones — the so-called A series — that feature some of the Alpha aesthetic, and now they’ve obtained images of the first one. It’s called the Galaxy A5, and if these reports hold true it falls very firmly onto the middle of the road. There’s a 5-inch Super AMOLED screen running at 720p up front, paired with a 13-megapixel rear camera and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 chipset ticking away within the minimalist frame that may or may not actually be made of metal. Yeah, we know, it’s a bummer, but the more modest price tag that’ll almost assuredly stick to it might make the change in materials worth it.
Source: SamMobile
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Organize your life with Centrallo
Introduction
I have had the great fortune to be a beta tester for a service new to Android, Centrallo. Centrallo is a cross platform organization app focused on productivity. You are given a space in which you can create lists within lists within lists. You can have an unlimited number of lists within lists to organize what matters to you.
I have used Centrallo for the past few weeks to organize what I am expected to do for various organizations. It has helped me keep my projects separate and made sure that I completed them on time.
Centrallo is a great solution for a number of different problems. It can help you take those quick notes about things that you are likely to forget, you can organize projects, and you can organize your life. Now let’s look into where Centrallo shines and where it falls short. Here is a look into why Centrallo will remain installed on all of my devices after this review is finished.
Positives
I am as scatterbrained as they come. I can forget things two seconds after they occur. With Centrallo, I can quickly type up notes about things that need to be remembered. It works great as a note taking app.
While it takes a while to get it set up, after you have a few entries under your belt, note taking becomes quick and simple. The quick add feature is perfect for this type of usage. It allows you to make a text entry, set a reminder, save a photo, make a voice note and more! Great for the forgetful types such as myself.
The app is also great for project management. I have multiple different obligations that fall under multiple different organizations. The lists in lists feature allows me to keep everything separate in an orderly fashion.
Probably the best feature a developer can provide for their app is support. In the time that I first reviewed their beta to their initial public release, a lot of additional features have been added and a lot of my gripes have been fixed. You will notice update tags after a lot of the points that I make in this post. Those are all things that the development team at Centrallo added or fixed after the initial review after they were brought to their attention.
Upcoming Features
The dark theme can be a bit much. It is dark and I personally feel it slightly depressing. At the time of this review, there is an option in the settings to change the background color, but you can’t actually change the color just yet. Centrallo has assured me that there will be additional themes added into the app, so that is something to look forward to.
Update: A lighter theme has been added in the settings. It looks just as clean as the dark theme, but with a white background base.
While the app is running great on my Moto X, I could not install it on my Nexus 7. The reason for this is that I am running the Android L developer preview. The current beta that I am using does not support Android L currently, but I was told that Android L support will be coming shortly and will definitely be ready when Android L hits full release.
Update: Android L is now supported, however, my untrained eye did not see any material design elements just yet. Hopefully those are still to come!
Negatives
There are many good things to look forward to in the Centrallo app release, but there are also some things that could be improved. It is a long list, but they are very minor inconveniences that are quickly remedied.
Tips are too bloated. While it is great for starting off, there is just too much to go through. It shows off the lists in lists feature quite nicely, but it takes too much time to go through them all. It would be better if they were to just create a tutorial that pops up in the first running of the app along with an option to run through the tutorial again in the settings if it is required. This would make learning how to use the app less of a pain and get users off to a quicker start.
This leads into my next quarrel. Storage restrictions. The initial restriction makes sense. 100MB for a lightweight user free with an option to purchase more storage space for about $5 a month. However, the premium subscription only gets you 1GB of storage. There is no option for unlimited storage. Even though that I have not used even 1MB of my 100, this still doesn’t make sense to me. There will always be that heavy user that uses way more space then one would ever think possible. The premium subscription should get you unlimited storage. If I can’t touch my 100MB, then it is doubtful Centrallo will lose much by letting people have unlimited storage verses the 1GB limit.
My last bone to pick is with the user interface. The ui is clean and works well after you have played with it for a good amount of time. It takes a bit of fiddling to figure out how everything works and during that learning process, I lost a good number of my lists. Again, this is where a tutorial in the first boot up of the app would come in handy.
Lacking Features
The app has its faults, but I believe that it can be made perfect (for my usage) with a few additional features. In my opinion, these features should be already implemented. Keep in mind that I am using a beta release, so that these features might actually be in development and could be present in the final release.
Hyperlinks. Centrallo has added a very helpful feature where you can share links from your web browser to Centrallo to save the link as a listing in the app. A quick note to remember a site that will be useful later on, but not enough to bookmark it. The only thing missing is hyperlinks. You can’t just tap the link to open up your web browser. You have to manually copy the link and paste it into your browser of choice. This is an unneeded annoyance and time waster.
Update: Hyperlinks are now supported!
Another issue is the sharing feature. While you can share individual items, the recipient has to have a Centrallo account or will have to create one to receive the shared item. There should be a function where you can share whatever is saved in that particular note through text, email or social networking. An additional feature that would be great is if you could send an entire list of lists instead of the individual item through the same manner.
Update: Lists can now be shared
Conclusion
Centrallo is a great concept and a great app. It is important to remember that I am using a beta release, so it is not a completed product just yet. The app and service has great potential and will be a great benefit to users who need something to organize their lives. The world is a busy place and I plan on using Centrallo to help me manage my workings in this busy world.
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Need two screens on your smartwatch? Try the Oru Watch
If you have been looking for a smartwatch and thought the current watches with only one screen weren’t for you, take a look at the Oru Watch. The Oru features a low power, always on e-paper screen on one side and a high resolution, touch screen, TFT screen on the other. If that’s not enough,… Read more »
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Findery now on Android to Help Travelers Discover the World Around Them
For the folks who love to travel and explore, this news is for you. Discovery service Findery has officially launched their Android app, making “the Findery family” complete. Starting on the web, then launching an app on iOS in March, Android users now have access from their smartphones.
With Findery you can find “notes” hidden by other users all around the world. Literally. Along with their announcement of the Android app, they say there is a note in every country around the world.
I just downloaded the app myself, honestly a little skeptical (based on trials of other exploration-based apps) and opening it up I actually find quite a few notes located directly around me. To be fair, I recently moved to Phoenix from a small town in Los Angeles County, but nevertheless I was impressed by what I found. And that was just opening up the app. I think I’m going to hang on to this one, and see where it takes me.
If you like to discover fun tidbits about your surrounding area, or like making your traveling experiences full of exploration, then I recommend this app. You’ll never know what you’ll find.
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