With this new game controller childhood dreams come true. Everyone can now become a Jedi. In addition to video games, you can use it to control a home entertainment system or model air-plane. What’s missing in my opinion, are more new profiles in Bluetooth Smart. We need uniform interfaces and APIs. There is not just […]
Category: Android
iPhone user are living on an i(s)land = iLand. Do they live iSolated?
5 new features of the next iPhone – no satire – Headlines from iPhone magazine – Jan 2013 http://www.iphonelife.com/blog/30704/iphone-101-five-features-you-have-know-about? 1. Turn your phone sideways to display a larger keyboard Wow, a great feature that all Android phones and tablets already have. BTW, I installed a keyboard planned for Android phones on my Android tablet. I […]
Apple versus Samsung versus Google – and the magic of round corners
Out of the bothering patent war – the most innovative products lately are by Samsung. But all offer round corners – what is state of the art on any mobile product – not just for tablets or smart-phones only. Round corners save mechanical stress. It saved stress before somebody launched any tablet. Just go to […]
Bluetooth Proximity Tag plus free of charge Android utility app
The free Bluetooth 4.0 utility app is available for all of us at Google Play Store. Right now it supports Samsung S3, S3 mini, Note 2 and Note 10.1 . Android developers can make their Bluetooth 4.0 dreams come true. Nevertheless I put Bluetooth Proximity Tags for all of us on top. Such a Bluetooth […]
Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n inside Nexus 7
Nice – for just 199 Bucks I can get a Android tablet that covers nearly all radio links I was talking about at Droidcon in Berlin. Comparison of Radio Links inside an Android Device and Examples for Applications http://m.de.droidcon.com/session/comparison-radio-links-inside-android-device-and-examples-applications?device=mobile The only radio link missed is ANT+. Anyhow, ANT+ can be covered by USB. The first […]
WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM? Whatever happened to X10?
The question as below reached me after publishing the Home Automation Solution on the Google TV box on different channels. http://www.gsm-modem.de/M2M/m2m-componets/home-automation-on-google-tv-box/ I would like to share it with you. WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM? Whatever happened to X10? Thanks for the links Harald. They are definitely applicable to M2M! The TV box we got from Google helps […]
Home Automation on Google TV box
As promised some days ago, the video about the Google TV box in Home Automation is ready. On 22th. of May the wireless road-show will start in Dortmund. In Dortmund we will show the home automation application on Google TV box live. Developers that are interested in can get 1 to 3 days trainings on […]
Home Automation on Google TV Setup Box
I just would like to inform you that I will launch a Home Automation application on the Google TV Setup Box next week. HA already got a high interest at Droidcon in Berlin.. Maybe you or friends are interested in HA as well. The next step will be the upload of a video that shows […]
Comparison of NFC, Classic Bluetooth, Bluetooth Smart and WLAN
Presentation at Droidcon 2012 in Berlin 16 slides about short range radio links inside an Android device for download: http://www.box.com/s/d538e0081ff656c3d899 The focus of this presentation is on Bluetooth Smart. Bluetooth Smart was called WiBree years ago. Later on it was renamed to Bluetooth Low Energy also called Bluetooth 4.0. Four names for the same technology. […]
Android smart phone controlled by NFC
There is a nice free of charge NFC app at Android market. The author offers the source code as well. NFC app features enable/disable air plane mode on tag detection start an external app on tag detection enable/disable Bluetooth on tag detection enable/disable WiFi on tag detection switch ring tone on/off on tag detection set […]