ipaq_101
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I am very intrigued by this, has anyone tried this? What are your thoughts?
Microsoft News | Run Android Apps On Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Microsoft News | Run Android Apps On Microsoft Surface Pro 3
Android on SP3 - Bluestacks?
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tuchas
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I installed Blue Stacks on my SP3. It runs a bit slow but mostly workable. If you pay for the service ($24/year) it's supposed to be much faster and ad-free.
liftbikerun
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tuchas
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Some Android apps under Blue Stacks are crashing the Android-emulated OS, but that was happening on other PCs as well. Someone on another thread mentioned Genymotion - anyone try that emulator?
www.genymotion.com
www.genymotion.com
unruledboy
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@jedge
free version will force downloading apps? will it install the apps auto?
free version will force downloading apps? will it install the apps auto?
jedge
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It says to continue using it after the first day, you can choose to pay $2 per month ($24 for a year) or download the free app of the day. I chose the free app option, but i don't think it ever downloaded anything. I've only had it for 1 day. I'll check again later.
Seems pretty stable to me, though it does seem to get confused when it expects location data.
The resource monitor apps usually don't work too... ex: it can't report on the battery.
It does recognize the Type Cover 2 as an input device with no problems.
If you run it in full screen mode, it will take over your desktop and you can't reduce it. If you want to use the desktop you have to close it. But if you run it in window'd mode that's not a problem, but kinda destroys the experience.
Phone doesn't work either.
It looks surprisingly good on the screen. No scaling or hi-res issues like other apps show. Here's a full scale screenshot of the corner:
unruledboy
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@jedge
nicely done, bro! i will install it and give it a shot :in love:
nicely done, bro! i will install it and give it a shot :in love:
I downloaded it and ended up uninstalling it 10 minutes after. Wasn't the same as Blue Stacks and I didn't feel like spending anymore time trying to figure out how to add stuff from google play store.
