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+ - Cydia Substrate ported to Android from iOS->

Submitted by EGSonikku
EGSonikku writes "Cydia creator Jay Freeman (Saurik) has long been known in the iOS Jailbreaking community, but now he's taking on Android and has released a port of Cydia Substrate on the Google Play Store.

The idea is that instead of developing for one ROM or launcher, one can instead develop for Substrate and deploy on any device. Full documentation and downloads available.

Is this the end of needing custom ROMs or launchers on Android?"

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Comment: Re:If you HAVE to have a Retina/Pixel display... (Score 1) 392

by EGSonikku (#42973655) Attached to: The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive

And OS X is an OS, and Chrome is a web browser (no matter how much Google pretends it isn't).

And they have nearly identical screens.

2560x1700 (Chromebook)
2560x1600 (MacBook)

So yes, it still makes far more sense to get the MacBook for $200 more to get the much faster CPU, 2x the RAM, and 4x the storage, and a legitimate OS.

Comment: Re:Super expensive? (Score 2) 392

by EGSonikku (#42972995) Attached to: The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive

How so? The 13" Retina MacBook Pro does costs $200 more, but for that $200 you get:

2.5GHz i5 instead of the Chromebook Pixels 1.8GHz i5
Double the RAM (8GB)
4x the Storage (128GB SSD)
Longer battery life

Seems to me it's the Chromebook that's a ripoff here.

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MD212LL/A?

Comment: Re:I'm willing to support linux OEMs (Score 1) 392

by EGSonikku (#42972955) Attached to: The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive

If you'd gladly pay that price for the screen get a Retina MacBook Pro, and then put whatever OS you want on it.

$200 more than the Chromebook Pixel, but you also get MUCH better hardware (double the RAM, 4x the storage, and much faster CPU).

http://store.apple.com/us/configure/MD212LL/A?

Comment: If you HAVE to have a Retina/Pixel display... (Score 5, Informative) 392

by EGSonikku (#42972517) Attached to: The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive

Get a Retina MacBook Pro.

Lets compare:

13" Chromebook Pixel
1.8GHz Core i5
4GB RAM
32GB Storage
5 Hour battery
Only runs Chrome
$1,299

13" Retina MacBook Pro
2.5GHz Core i5
8GB RAM
128GB SSD
7 Hour battery
Can run OS X, Windows, or Linux
$1,499

Seems to me that extra $200 gets you a LOT more bang for your buck. And if you don't care about the display then that same cash gets you a much better hardware spec'd laptop from many other places.

Comment: Re:Well.. (Score 5, Informative) 392

by EGSonikku (#42972297) Attached to: The Chromebook Pixel Is Real, and Expensive

The 13" Macabook Pro Retina starts at $1499.

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro

For that you get:

2.5GHz Core i5
8GB RAM
128GB SSD

And out of the box you can run OS X, Windows, or Linux.

So for $200 more than a Chromebook you get 4x the storage, and an actual OS and apps.

Seems a no brainier to me, assuming you HAVE to have a super HD display.

Comment: Re:HTML5 on YouTube? (Score 1) 393

by EGSonikku (#42854957) Attached to: Six Months Without Adobe Flash, and I Feel Fine

On a Jailbroken iOS device you can also install "ProTube" which will play any video regardless of the uploader disallowing mobile playback (complete with a humorous "The content author has disallowed mobile playback. Click here to play anyway" message). It also allows for downloading of videos, or even just the audio.

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