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19 Jul 2008, 03:51
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Omac
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Dublin, Ireland
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Planetarion on iPhone - try it
hey guys
I just tried planetarion on my iPod touch and it seems to work well. If you have one please try it and let us know if it works on the go
Jamie
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19 Jul 2008, 16:20
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The BOFH
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 463
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
Any chance of considering other mobile devices instead of just the JesusPhone?
I'm not expecting every device to be compatible, but improvements could be made for better Opera Mobile, Opera Mini and a few of the other common mobile devices.
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20 Jul 2008, 21:54
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Inactive peon
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 6,050
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
To play PA all that is needed is a browser on a phone that can zoom in enough to see the login image (and that downlaods the image without overly compressing it so it can't be read).
The iphone has the advanatge of a decent sized screen - I'd hope any phone with a similar screen size would be ok.
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20 Jul 2008, 22:27
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mz.
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
A list of officially supported phones would probably come in handy.
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20 Jul 2008, 23:03
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: UK
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
My Nokia N95 works with PA fine, loading speeds are occasionally slow, but it works and its only really for "emergencies"
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20 Jul 2008, 23:15
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: England
Posts: 63
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by GReaper
Any chance of considering other mobile devices instead of just the JesusPhone?
I'm not expecting every device to be compatible, but improvements could be made for better Opera Mobile, Opera Mini and a few of the other common mobile devices.
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Another vote for this!
Yay! for the Opera browser, much more widely used and compatible with loads of handsets. Thereby giving any MobilePA solution the biggest potential audience.
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Originally Posted by Mzyxptlk
list of officially supported phones would probably come in handy
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Yeah and/or maybe a forum tree or thread to go with it. With a FAQ for mobile users section.
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20 Jul 2008, 23:28
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Fightin-irish for life
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: guinness brewery
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
www.operamini.com
it gives a list of compatible phones there plus its very easy to access the game from
just select mobile view from settings , regarding the bot question probably one in every twenty is hard to read in my experience
but it would be nice to bypass the login and bot question when using your phone as having to login from phone can be quite expensive
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21 Jul 2008, 01:03
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The BOFH
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 463
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
It would be nice if it was a bit faster and more accessible on more mobile devices, instead of being slow and taking up a bit too much bandwidth. This should be one of Planetarion's strong points, especially considering it's a game which requires quite a lot of attention throughout the day.
The mobile web is becoming more and more popular, these days it isn't as difficult as being forced to create a separate WAP site. Some optimisation of your existing code and images is still required though.
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21 Jul 2008, 07:39
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LDK
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Norway
Posts: 2,220
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
PA has been "working" on mobilephones since forever.
Doubt it wont work on iphone.
As mentioned above though, its only an emergency plan.
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21 Jul 2008, 12:38
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Mercenary
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Todmorden
Posts: 1,192
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
I have an I-Phone and it does indeed work on the "Go" as you say.
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15 Jan 2009, 06:40
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2008
Posts: 10
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
Im having problem logging in with my iPhone.
PA doesn't always work. It only works like 1 out of 5 tries. I've set my safari settings to accept cookies and it still doesn't work ev
ery time, any suggestions?
-Baba
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15 Jan 2009, 10:32
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JNLCWSFF
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 34
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
Playable with N82
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15 Jan 2009, 12:23
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Norway
Posts: 367
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by Baba
Im having problem logging in with my iPhone.
PA doesn't always work. It only works like 1 out of 5 tries. I've set my safari settings to accept cookies and it still doesn't work ev
ery time, any suggestions?
-Baba
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Hi BaBa
I think your having a problem with catching the bot stopper question.
So when you first put in your user/pw , and then comes to the math question.
Use the link who says "reload image".
That should hopefully sort it out for you.
If it dosn't, your free to drop by #support on irc.netgamers.org and have a chat with one of the helpers so we can try to help you more!
Regards
Spritfire
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15 Jan 2009, 13:11
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Fightin-irish for life
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: guinness brewery
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
Quote:
Originally Posted by Wishmaster
PA has been "working" on mobilephones since forever.
Doubt it wont work on iphone.
As mentioned above though, its only an emergency plan.
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i forgot i played most of rd 7 by phone but after rd 7 or during the rd they removed the access via wap iirc
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15 Jan 2009, 13:36
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Blah Blah Blah
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 622
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
PA works with nokias browser and opera mini without a problem i tried it on N6210 and N95! And i usually initiate most of the roids at start of the round using a mobile phone. You can also install j2me irc or another irc client to the phone and you can check scans etc...
Baba clean the buffer of the browser that sometimes causes problems.
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15 Jan 2009, 15:04
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Apprime Troll HC
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 857
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by ReligFree
My Nokia N95 works with PA fine, loading speeds are occasionally slow, but it works and its only really for "emergencies"
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The n95 is excellent for PA. I got one myself and i can do anything i want on my pa-account without much fuzz at all. easy to zoom in and out, and with the wireless-function its very fast, though its fast enough with just using the 3g network (wireless is free) Ive never had connection-problems either.
To save time and in some cases money, try switching off showing images, and manually turn them on when you need to read the login-question.
My impression is that PA has done a good job on this area, and its nice to see that omac wants PA to be as good as it is on n95, on other phones aswell.
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15 Jan 2009, 15:16
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mz.
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 8,587
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by HaNzI
My impression is that PA has done a good job on this area, and its nice to see that omac wants PA to be as good as it is on n95, on other phones aswell.
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Being a cynic by nature, I would guess this is a lucky coincidence, not something they specifically coded for.
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15 Jan 2009, 15:59
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Blah Blah Blah
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 622
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
I agree with mz its a coincidence that it works well but it does!
Well i have a unlimited package for internet with mobile and the connection is good HSDPA almost all the time (supports up to 7,2mbit) so it loads quickly.
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15 Jan 2009, 17:10
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: ******
Posts: 2,326
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kal
To play PA all that is needed is a browser on a phone that can zoom in enough to see the login image (and that downlaods the image without overly compressing it so it can't be read).
The iphone has the advanatge of a decent sized screen - I'd hope any phone with a similar screen size would be ok.
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I've played it plenty on my tytn ii using ie (which lacks zoom), and it worked all right.
The lack of a mobile UI was a bit of a pain, it was almost impossible to navigate some pages. Moving shuffling ships around fleets was hilariously involved, for example.
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15 Jan 2009, 19:32
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Insomniac
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 3,583
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
Quote:
Originally Posted by Spritfire
Hi BaBa
I think your having a problem with catching the bot stopper question.
So when you first put in your user/pw , and then comes to the math question.
Use the link who says "reload image".
That should hopefully sort it out for you.
If it dosn't, your free to drop by #support on irc.netgamers.org and have a chat with one of the helpers so we can try to help you more!
Regards
Spritfire
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It could also be that his mobile operator is caching images at their http proxy
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15 Jan 2009, 19:33
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Insomniac
Join Date: May 2003
Posts: 3,583
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by Banned
I've played it plenty on my tytn ii using ie (which lacks zoom), and it worked all right.
The lack of a mobile UI was a bit of a pain, it was almost impossible to navigate some pages. Moving shuffling ships around fleets was hilariously involved, for example.
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menu->view->zoom level->largest/larger/default/smaller/smallest
anything using ajax/dhtml/javascript will be lol-tastic though. ( its ie5 rendering engine or something )
Last edited by Phil^; 15 Jan 2009 at 19:43.
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15 Jan 2009, 20:31
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aka Duncan
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 49
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
I use "Skyfire" and dont really ever have issues with it logging into PA short of being a little laggy but that may be my phone more than anything. "Skyfire" is still in beta stage as far as i know.
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15 Jan 2009, 21:00
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Bad Girl
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: right here..right now
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by HaNzI
The n95 is excellent for PA. I got one myself and i can do anything i want on my pa-account without much fuzz at all. easy to zoom in and out, and with the wireless-function its very fast, though its fast enough with just using the 3g network (wireless is free) Ive never had connection-problems either.
To save time and in some cases money, try switching off showing images, and manually turn them on when you need to read the login-question.
My impression is that PA has done a good job on this area, and its nice to see that omac wants PA to be as good as it is on n95, on other phones aswell.
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Or wait for the relevant bit to load then hit stop, for me usually the login, bot stopper and recall fleet boxes, because my attack partner has just sms'd me to say recall !
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16 Jan 2009, 00:33
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BlueTuba
Join Date: Aug 2000
Posts: 6,339
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
I play PA with a samsung j700 with opera generic installed, and it's pretty workable. Slightly buggy at times but I can do stuff.
So long as you can install opera to your phone you should be okay.
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16 Jan 2009, 06:30
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This Space for Rent
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 583
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
i have a Sanyo M1 and it works with Opera Mini (so please don't break it). moving fleets around can be a pain and there isn't any java support on it either.. but it gets by and i've been using it for many rounds now.
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16 Jan 2009, 09:28
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Banned
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: ******
Posts: 2,326
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by Phil^
menu->view->zoom level->largest/larger/default/smaller/smallest
anything using ajax/dhtml/javascript will be lol-tastic though. ( its ie5 rendering engine or something )
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Zoom is called 'text size' on my .no phone, and it's already set to 'smallest'. And yeah, anything ajax fails massively. Works great for stuff like google reader/mail and bbc's mobile site.
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16 Jan 2009, 13:31
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PA Ancient
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Ventnor, Isle Of Wight
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
The I fone rocks infact I'm even posting this on it
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16 Jan 2009, 15:47
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Round 1er
Join Date: May 2001
Location: PA, USA
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
I have been using it since November, it rocks. However a lot of websites that you can goto redirect to a mobile site, mobile.planetarion.com would be nice, with a slim down version, with a login button, etc... something more mobile friendly. Other than that, it rocks.
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16 Jan 2009, 19:14
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This Space for Rent
Join Date: Jun 2007
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by DigitalZero
I have been using it since November, it rocks. However a lot of websites that you can goto redirect to a mobile site, mobile.planetarion.com would be nice, with a slim down version, with a login button, etc... something more mobile friendly. Other than that, it rocks.
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i wanna say that they have something that detects your browser. Cin (i think) had the advert taken off the login page for mobiles for instance. i'm not sure if he canned it for the web login too though /shrug.
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16 Jan 2009, 20:14
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PA Team
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: Planetarion on iPhone - try it
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Originally Posted by Zaejii
i wanna say that they have something that detects your browser. Cin (i think) had the advert taken off the login page for mobiles for instance. i'm not sure if he canned it for the web login too though /shrug.
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ads on login were removed completely
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