{"id":520698,"date":"2010-04-08T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2010-04-08T19:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=17822"},"modified":"2010-04-08T15:14:42","modified_gmt":"2010-04-08T19:14:42","slug":"starfield-3d-live-wallpaper-double-tap-to-engage-warp-engines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/520698","title":{"rendered":"Starfield 3D Live Wallpaper: Double-tap to engage warp engines"},"content":{"rendered":"

What dreamy-eyed boy hasn\u2019t looked up at the stars and wanted to see them speeding past at warp? Well now you can! The once-popular screen saver for Microsoft Windows has made a comeback as a live wallpaper for Android. You can imagine you\u2019re looking out the window of a Federation starship as it traverses the quadrant while you navigate your homescreens. As you swipe to a different homescreen panel, the perspective of the starfield changes letting you see a 180 degree arrangement of stars.<\/p>\n

The app lets you add a fixed background behind the moving stars, which looks quite nice but can slow down performance quite considerably. You can also customize the number of stars in the field and also the speed at which they fly past the screen. You can also double tap on the screen to get the warp stretching effect as seen on Star Trek: The Next Generation.<\/p>\n

Live wallpapers are known for their detriment to your phone\u2019s battery life, but I haven\u2019t noticed any change in my battery life since having Starfield running. The app is also the best performing live wallpaper I\u2019ve seen so far. It runs perfectly on my HTC Magic with absolutely no lag, even when swiping homescreens.<\/p>\n

Final verdict<\/strong>: I was a bit sceptical about the live wallpaper idea at first, and the ones that come standard with Android 2.1 didn\u2019t do anything to change that. Since installing Starfield however, I\u2019ve realized how awesome they really are. I will definitely be keeping this as the wallpaper on my phone since it just adds a little extra pizazz to the device. And since it\u2019s free, you\u2019re almost losing money by not trying it out.<\/p>\n

The goods<\/strong>:<\/p>\n