Comments on: Tapatalk HD Out of Beta on Google Play, Launch Sale Initiated at $0.99

By: michael arazan

michael arazan — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:23:00 +0000

Had replaced my old Gnex smashed the screen, all my old apps i have re-installed and non of the iaps are recognized, i know how you feel its bs paying twice

By: Scott Wood

Scott Wood — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:20:00 +0000

Ripped off! Will not work on my Nexus 7. Won’t allow register or login. SMF!

By: KRS_Won

KRS_Won — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 22:47:00 +0000

Works only in my tablet?
But my phone is 720.. The beta worked fine on my phone :-

By: vs8

vs8 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 20:29:00 +0000

Have you ever heard of responsive design?

They are making you pay twice. I don’t like that.

I do respect their decision, though. But it could be better.

By: Shawn Villaire

Shawn Villaire — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:29:00 +0000

It is the principal. I have a $15 credit in the Play Store, but I am not going to give these devs more money for an app that I already purchased. I use Chrome to visit forums on my Nexus 10 anyways.

By: Ming Wei Hsu

Ming Wei Hsu — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:14:00 +0000

Yeah there is. Same way Google talk and Reddit is Fun know if you have a tablet and will add in the second side of the screen…

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:14:00 +0000

Thanks.

By: Raven

Raven — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:12:00 +0000

That is exactly how Android was designed to work, with different layouts for different screen sizes in the same app. The only reason that there ever was for regular and HD versions is if there is a significant size difference to the package. Like if the Regular is 10M and the HD is 50M, but this app is only 3M, so that only leaves the excuse that they wanted to do a complete rewrite and/or make more money.

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:12:00 +0000

But that way, if you just want the tablet version because you don’t do forum browsing on your phone because of it’s atrocious battery life, you’d have to buy both apps, which doesn’t make much sense. (Thunderbolt, G-Nex, etc.)

By: JoshGroff

JoshGroff — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:07:00 +0000

This^

But, if you think about it, they usually bake in features and menus that wouldn’t be practical on the phone app, and thus it has to be kept separate. (Unless there’s some way to make it become one way if it senses a phone and another for tablets, but alas I’m not a dev so I don’t really know.)

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 19:04:00 +0000

Its 99 cents relax.

By: ericl5112

ericl5112 — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:57:00 +0000

Should be an IAP in the first app if they wanted payment for it (understandable). Not a seperate app.

By: jdhas

jdhas — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:52:00 +0000

No they’re not. They’re asking you pay for a new version of the app, into which a good number of dollars and man hours were invested. It’s called “capitalism”.

By: DanSan

DanSan — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:50:00 +0000

making us rebuy the app just so it looks better on my tablet? some bs there if i’ve ever seen it. with that said, and the dev knows this people will still buy it. I got a $50 play store credit for christmas and have no need for it. especially at $1 looks like ill grab this lol

By: Turdbogls

Turdbogls — Mon, 14 Jan 2013 18:49:00 +0000

agree. i would have really liked a seperate update to the original app. maybe holo theme it, and add in tablet support instead of this seperate junk. this isn’t iOS guys. android paved the way for a single app to work on multiple screen sizes/resolutions….USE IT!