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"While the Samsung Galaxy Gear isn't the greatest piece of consumer technology we've ever seen, once you sidestep Samsung's not-very-useful software, you'll find a pretty cool platform for hacking.
The Galaxy Gear ships with a "USB debug" checkbox in the settings. Check that box, hook it up to a computer, and it will be usable with ADB, the Android Debug Bridge. ADB will in turn allow you to fire up a command line and sideload whatever you want onto the Gear's 4GB of storage. The Gear runs Android 4.2.2 with an 800MHz processor and 512MB of RAM, so it can run real apps just like any other Android device. Considering that the original Android phones all had 528MHz processors and only 192MB of RAM, the Gear is a miniature powerhouse in comparison.
While there's no way to get root access (yet), you'll find the Gear to be surprisingly capable of running a normal-looking Android setup. I was able to get a few apps running, play some music, and even watch a very tiny video!"
Video Link: http://bcove.me/dqk9hu4f
Full Story: http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...real-apps-running-on-the-samsung-galaxy-gear/
more to come in the smart watch/gear forum
I hope we will see more in the firmware and applications!
Please read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/samsung-galaxy-gear
thread!
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iDisplay
Turn your phone into the second monitor for Mac or PC! From developer of IM+.
Add a second monitor to your Mac or PC! iDisplay is designed to increase your productivity by maximizing the viewable area on your main monitor.
Ideal for multi-taskers who want to increase their efficiency, iDisplay expands the viewable area of a user's main monitor by moving other needed programs such as IM, Twitter and news gadgets to an external display using their Android tablet or mobile device. This frees up your main monitor to only display programs for which more view space is needed.
NOTE:
In order to use iDisplay please download the free desktop part to your computer (PC or Mac) from:
http://www.shapeservices.com/en/products/download.php?product=idisplay&platform=android
I don't know if many people are aware of this app, but I heard about it from a friend of mine, and just thought of giving it a try. And believe me guys, I am fairly impressed by this app!
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P.S: I am neither the developer of this app, nor am I anyway related to the developer!
Nice! I've heard of it already. But I'll give it a try
Great idea
Downloading
Hello fellow XDA-ers
I was looking around on the internet, and I found this:
http://www.exportprive.com/en/pantech/13858-pantech-smp-301m-sky-the-player-32go-pmp-blanc-.html
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Pantech's SMP-301 "SKY the Player"
A relatively unknown PMP, that never made it past Korea, made by Pantech. Based on that site, the player comes with 32 GB Internal Memory, a 3.7" 480x800 AMOLED display, and from small research, I hear it's capable of 1080p video playback without conversion.
There's one thing which I feel is a let down to this device though, and it's got Android 2.1 Eclair on it, and I have tried to look for developments for this device and found none.
My question is this, do any of you know of android developments for this device, if not, based on experience and perhaps knowledge, how difficult would it be to port a Gingerbread, if not ICS Build on the device? I'm thinking a good starting point would be to work from other developments on Pantech devices already.
Thoughts guys? :O
Hey everyone,
Been searching around for a decent Android head unit and stumbled upon these:
http://www.tradesolution.hk/e/ptxwebstore_product/1227.html
http://www.tradesolution.hk/e/ptxwebstore_product/1226.html
http://www.chinavasion.com/china/wholesale/Car_DVD_Players/Android_Car_DVD_Player/
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I'm interested in a single DIN unit so that the screen can be hidden away when I don't need it. Primary function would be to interface with my Megasquirt ECU and display necessary gauges for me via MSDroid or Shadow Dash.
Those above examples have dual core 1GHz A10 CPUs with 1GB RAM, running Android 4.0. Not too bad.
Does anyone have experience with these particular models? Or any other recommendations.
Something discrete or able to be easily tucked away is important, I have a very minimalist interior and would like to keep it that way.
Trying to find out if it has USB OTG or USB Host, planning to use a USB to Serial RS232 converter. I contacted TradeSolution and they said the head units don't support USB OTG or Host.
I know the units above use WiFi/3G USB dongles, and you can plug a USB hard drive to it. Doesn't that mean it does have OTG/Host functions?
Hello
Wondering if I can ask some advice. I'm looking to start a car PC project soon based on Android, I will probably go with Android x86 Kitkat as I was previously but I guess something like this should be agnostic with many versions and devices.
I am looking to interface a graphical LCD, such as one of these:
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They are usually controlled over a serial connection which presumably wouldn't be an issue with a USB-Serial adapter (or even with Android x86, a physical serial port on the PC). So assuming connections are possible, are there any apps to display metadata like Now Playing songs etc on such a screen? Maybe even a small menu to change music etc? Even to display any data at all I'm thinking I may be able to adapt something to suit my needs.
On Linux/BSD, a program called LCDProc is a common choice for controlling such screens, is there anything similar available for Android? Obviously it wouldn't be the main screen on the device it would just be an accessory to display metadata and other info.
Any information pointing me in the right direction would be very much appreciated.
Hi
I think the best place to ask this this question is in the Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting section, so please stand by while we have your thread moved there.
Good luck!
Google used to provide a semi standalone Android Studio installer with at least the SDK included. However, as of version 3.x such option is no longer available. Even with the semi standalone installer, a connection to the internet is still required to download junit and sync gradle. Why, though? Why not make a single fully functioning installer so that people all over the world can get on with their coding lives?
Well,
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define "all".
Behold a tear inducing image of the error that pops up after creating a simple android project.
Tears fall down after downloading Android Studio @ 150 kbps at an internet cafe on a flashdrive to use it on a desktop somewhere internet-less hoping that you can have a great weekend working on your killer android app project.
Summarizing, in order to start developing for android using Android Studio, one has to connect to the internet at least once after the installation.
On a more "serious" note, India, South America, Africa etc, are places where, unfortunately, unlimited internet is not available to everyone, heck even the U.S. has some places where internet quality is lower than the chances of the awesome people at Google actually consider this request.