Angry Birds preparing lighter version for weaker phones

November 18, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

Though developer Rovio Mobile has taken pains to make Angry Birds compatible with as many phones as possible, people have still reported a great deal of lag and problems on certain devices. Rovio has responded to those problems by finally relenting and deciding to build a lighter version of Angry Birds that will be optimized for less-capable phones.

QVGA screens and legacy devices with older processors will be better equipped to handle the upcoming version of Angry Birds. Rovio promises to keep both versions on par with the amount of levels, but the code will be re-done to improve the fluidity of game play.

Rovio is also exploring how it can resolve the issues that users are reporting with the in-game ads. Angry Birds has been available for free because the game is ad supported, but the recent update repositioned ads to the top-right corner, which has proven to be distracting and possibly contributing to the slower performance. I asked Rovio if there would be an option to remove ads by purchasing a premium version of the app but received no response.

Here’s a list of the devices currently not supported. The game may load on some of these phones, but it might not be a good experience. Also keep in mind that Rovio does not support custom ROM’s or anything below Android 1.6.

Droid Eris
HTC Dream
HTC Hero
HTC Magic/Sapphire/Mytouch 3G
HTC Tattoo
HTC Wildfire
Huawei Ideos/U8150
LG Ally/Aloha/VS740
LG GW620/Eve
Motorola Backflip/MB300
Motorola Cliq/Dext
Samsung Acclaim
Samsung Moment/M900
Samsung Spica/i5700
Samsung Transform
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 mini
T-Mobile G1
T-Mobile G2

[Rovio]

android games, Angry Birds, Games

7 Comments

Mike Tufano said: On November 18, 2010

G2 not supported? Why would that be? It flies on mine.

- Jay said: On November 19, 2010
  
  it's the HTC Hero they meant, as in the "HTC Hero/T-Mobile G2 Touch"
  
@tenkely said: On November 18, 2010

Angry Birds flies on the G2…
My recent post Man Whore er Pug Whore

nyreyn said: On November 18, 2010

maybe I'm mistaken but wasn't there an underpowered G2 in the UK released last year? If so, is that the one that's not supported?

Levjonek said: On November 18, 2010

Latest version is working quite well in Sony Ericsson X10mini pro, but I personalized system a bit. I guess that a little tweaking in game code could help. There are always bottlenecks to remove. All programs have some.

h8i9oo0 said: On November 26, 2010

how long until the new version is available?

asd said: On January 22, 2011

does not work on htc tattoo

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