New Kinoma Play update: Better Twitter, a little rocket science and more
Just a couple weeks after we gave you the biggest Kinoma Play release since we introduced it, we all chipped in and got you a great little update!
Kinoma Play’s new Twitter app is a big hit with customers, and this update makes it even faster and more reliable.
Not only did we fix an issue where it could seem “hangy” (sorry to get all technical!) on slower connections, but it’s now faster thanks to more efficient “conversations” with Twitter.
Finally, this update makes it a snap to retweet (RT) your favorite tweets.
Advanced Settings
Introduced in the last release, the new Advanced Settings app gives power-users a way to control some deeper settings, like which folders and which kinds of files Kinoma Play should manage.
For phones with an HTC G-Sensor, this updates includes a new Orientation setting that let you dynamically enable/disable G-Sensor support. (This option only appears if your phone has a G-Sensor, natch.)
Improved orientation detection
Not all G-Sensors are tuned alike, and we’ve found that some of the phones out there are a leeetle too sensitive.
With this update, Kinoma Play performs some advanced signal processing* on the G-Sensor input to reduce false positives for orientation changes, which will make orientation changes seem less “twitchy” on those phones.
(*Yes, it kind of is rocket science. You’re welcome!)
But wait, there’s more!
- More Home shortcuts — The last release introduced a super-convenient shortcut that lets you go Home just by holding the Center key on your 5-way. Now, you can press-and-hold the Back button as well.
- Live365 — The “More” now works correctly for stations listings and presets, and we fixed an issue where audio scrobbling didn’t work for everyone.
- Facebook Media — We updated the terminology to match the current Facebook style (i.e. “What are you thinking?”).
- Get Apps — We improved the way screen shots appear on screen to make your eyes happier.
- Improved press-and-hold feedback — Now when you press-and-hold on lists and grids to bring up the menu pod, a nifty icon appears to show when you’ve pressed long enough. Didn’t mean to do that? Just drag the screen to continue doing what you were doing.
If you hang out with us on our forum, you’ll see that most of these improvements are direct responses to customer feedback and feature requests. So thank you, and enjoy!
will the advanced options come to freeplay as well? all i need is that i could choose which libraries i’d like to be scanned.
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Just wanted to let you know that your application is pretty much the only reason (besides my calender and contacts) that keeps me on my smart phone all day. Kinoma play encompasses a brilliant multimedia mobile experience.Your updates are awesome and appreciated. Other software companies could only hope to be as committed as kinoma play is in creating such an intuitive user experience.Thanks again.