Category Archives: android

Nook color gets Cryogen 10.1 (Android 4.2)

Posted on April 26, 2013 by robertwilkie

YEAH…I can upgrade a nook color to run almost latest and greatest  🙂 http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/04/nook-color-gets-cyanogenmod-10-1-nightlies/  

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Arduino Uno vs RPi vs Beaglebone

Posted on April 23, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article comparing the three boards, I was a little disappointed that didn’t include TI’s MSP which would be comparable to Arduino in A/D and is very cheap.  Actually I have never really looked at beaglebone since they are $99 … Continue reading →

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Spec’s for Google Glass

Posted on April 18, 2013 by robertwilkie

From the published spec’s, it sounds about par for a cell phone.  But its a pair of glasses.  I wonder if they will have one for prescription glasses?  Oh and its running android of course. http://gizmodo.com/5994737/here-are-google-glass-tech-specs

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Theres an app for developing Arduino

Posted on April 17, 2013 by robertwilkie

Figures…now there is an app to develop arduino code on android…I just can’t see doing this on a phone, but its there.  And its $3. http://blog.makezine.com/2013/04/15/developing-for-arduino-on-android/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+makezineonline+%28MAKE%29

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Android remote apps

Posted on April 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting review of a bunch of android remote control apps. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/android-xbmc-remote-apps-compared-which-one-should-you-use/

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How to encrypt your android phone

Posted on April 6, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice article on how to (and why) encrypt your android phone.  NOTE: you need to enable PIN support on the phone. http://www.howtogeek.com/141953/how-to-encrypt-your-android-phone-and-why-you-might-want-to/

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Sailfish SDK released (Opensource)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by robertwilkie

So what is Sailfish?  Well its another phone OS based on Linux.  It sounds like it has more multitasking functionality over android, but I am not positive on that.  A company called Jolla is doing the work and it looks … Continue reading →

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Oracle looses first round in Java API copyright

Posted on April 1, 2013 by robertwilkie

Oracle lost its first round in the courts with google and others over copyright for the Java API.  Google built many android interfaces in wbut using the same Java API but different tech under the hood.  Oracle (which hasn’t really … Continue reading →

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Article on the MiiPC

Posted on March 27, 2013 by robertwilkie

Interesting review on the MiiPC, a 99 dollar computer running android and oriented towards kids.  Apparently it has a “remote access app” for parents to control and see what kids are doing.  I wonder what that “app” does under the … Continue reading →

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How to control an arduino thru a phone

Posted on February 21, 2013 by robertwilkie

Actually its more of arduino via bluetooth to android phone.  Still this could be useful for custom robots and such.  Just the range of bluetooth is no so great. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-control-arduino-board-using-an-android-phone-a/

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