Android

[Bart]

How would you test someone who claims to be an Android expert?

We need your help in putting our proven Android experts to the test. Suggest your toughest challenges by replying here and our experts will try to beat them on their new Samsung GALAXY SIII.

Make a short film, or customise their handset from head to toe? Let your imagination run wild. Nothing is too hard for our Android experts, or is it?

We'll be giving away $25 in Vodafone account credit to the best challenges laid down. To add yours, just reply below.

The best 10 challenges suggested by you will join a few that we've got lined up and will be dished out to our experts beginning Monday the 9th of June.

Here's some of the things we've got lined up for our experts:

- Game challenges - Download a game and become a master - with high scores to prove it.

- Completely customise their GALAXY SIII, and we mean completely!

- Quick reviews of their top 3 apps and why they're better than the alternatives.

- Scan a QR code and follow it wherever it leads (and we mean wherever!)

Challenges suggested:

Billchen61 - Master the Amazing Spiderman in under 5 hours

Will89 - Give the phone back

Darko Bogdanovic (via Google+) - Create a complicated automation using Tasker

zabzabcanfly69 - Access your desktop PC via your Android phone and play a game!
Graham Klerks (Via Google+) - Convince a specific user why Android is a better platform for them.

JD Davison (Via Google+) - Help the Blues win the origin in 2013.

Lawstudent18 - Replace the default keyboard / Create a full word document and upload it from your phone

Lawstudent18 - Use the phone to replace your PC for a day!

zabzabcanfly69 - Create a song using your phone!

zabzabcanfly69 - Create and edit a video clip with special effects or an overlay or  filters.

zabzabcanfly69 - Set a custom message tone without an app and show how you did it!

The challenges have begun over here come join in!

[Bart]

If you've landed here from Twitter, we're hoping you can share a tough Android challenge or two for our experts. They've just received a brand new Samsung GALAXY SIII each and we're itching to see our experts put the devices through their paces.

If your challenge is chosen for our experts to tackle, you'll receive $25 Vodafone credit!

For more details, check here or scroll up.

-Bart

[Phroghollow]

Put Stock Jelly Bean on it 

[BillChen61]

How does it perform against an iPhone? What is the frame rate which the screen refreshes? WHEN IS JELLYBEAN COMING TO THIS DEVICE? Is a 4G version coming?
CHALLENGE: 1080p video playback with no background syncing and other services, at a moderate brightness, how long does the battery last against other flagship devices eg. One X and CrApple iPhone 4S

[BillChen61]

One more thing: Please come to XDA developers forums, and join the biggest Android community in the world! my username at XDA: billchen0014

[Bart]

Hi Bill,

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BillChen61 wrote:

CHALLENGE: 1080p video playback with no background syncing and other services, at a moderate brightness, how long does the battery last against other flagship devices

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That sounds more like a challenge for our devices team! I'll let them know

Our Android experts are members of the Community, rather than internal staff and we're trying to challenge their Android abilities.

What challenges would you love to see them do?

-Bart

[will89]

Give me an S3 and i'll customise the hell out of it and send you a picture of the outcome. I'll send the phone back too.....promise

[Kingybear]

I'm looking forward to the game challenges

[BillChen61]

oh, um, how about master the amazing spiderman in under 5 hours? i would like a copy of it too you know

[Tim_H]

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will89 wrote:

Challenge: Send the phone back

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I'm paraphrasing here! I don't know if you have any chance of me convincing them to do that

Kingybear: You'd better be! These will be serious challenges!