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this episode of Android QA is brought to you by audible go to audiblepodcast.com/tekzilla to get a free audiobook download of your choice when you sign up today welcome back to Android Q&A my name is Jason this is where we try and answer your most pressing Android questions like if you were stranded on a remote island full of zombies which system-on-a-chip would you take with you the Tegra k1 or the Snapdragon 805 well I've uncovered some goodies that will help you stay quit to kill some zip here we go first question comes from Vegard where he says which system-on-a-chip do you like most so of course after CES there was a lot of hoopla but the Tegra k1 192 count'em a whopping 192 cores very impressive indeed and after Tom's Hardware put out an initial bench testing indicating that yes the system-on-a-chip outperformed anything currently on the market but of course Qualcomm did not take those claims laying down Qualcomm said no no no Nvidia your so-called benchmarks are a little bit disingenuous as those tests do not have any real-world mobile use case scenarios yet but Qualcomm did put on a pressive demo themselves I thought this was really cool now the Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 combines fork rate 450 CPU cores and a brand new Adreno 420 GPU and with a GPU heavy focus Qualcomm was more than eager to show off a bunch of games running Snapdragon 805 tablets at the show these tablets were running 2560 by 1600 and had no issues delivering smooth playable frame rates regardless of the content now it should be said here with a big caveat that neither of these system of chips have been tested at scale in a real-world environment it is fair to say that there are big step up from their own previous generations it's also fair to say that there's a big emphasis on graphics for all you mobile gamers moving on on how to find out if your mobile device is USB on-the-go compatible Jagadish says Jace can you tell me if my phone is compatible with USB on-the-go please tell me I really need to know yes Jagadish you can go to this link right here and you can see all the lists of mobile devices that are supported by USB on-the-go check let me know how it goes moving on to another question about batteries you guys sure love your battery talk marques Washington asks what's the difference between lithium-ion and lithium polymer battery of the same capacity a little history break here but did you know that lithium-ion batteries go way back to 1912 but did not become popular until Sony adopted it in 1991 lithium-ion batteries have high densities and cost less than lithium polymer batteries in addition they don't require priming when first use and have a low self discharged lithium batteries do suffer from aging even when not in use and of course in the rare case lithium ion batteries have been known to go poof on the other hand lithium polymer batteries can result in credit-card thin designs while still holding relatively good battery life in addition lithium polymer batteries are very lightweight and have improved safety however these batteries will cost more to manufacture and have a worst energy density than lithium ion batteries Kelvin asks how do I change an app drawer view list instead of a grid list now for those of you don't know what Kelvin and I are talking about Calvin wants to be able to take this view on his phone and change it to this view now Calvin I found an app in the Google Play Store called app drawer of all things and it allowed you to do that and many other customizations Calvin please try that out and tell me in the comments below how it works I haven't tried it myself thanks for watching android peeps i just wanted to point out that i know that many of you have questions both on twitter and in the comments that i have not answered either in the comments or in the show and i apologize for that I can't possibly get to all of them but we have decided we're going to double the Q&A shows per week next month because there's so much demand for it and we shall see how that goes connect with me on Twitter or Google+ I'd love to chat with you don't forget about my brother's an Android Josh Jo and the tech ninja Kevin I shall see you next week on a dry Q&A