Tech Review: Android Development Thursday, June 6, 2013

Creating a Navigation Drawer for Xamarin

Navigation Drawer

http://developer.android.com/design/patterns/navigation-drawer.html

• bring on to screen by on of the following
• swiping from the left edge of the screen
• touching the application icon
• overlays content but 

Android Virtual Device Manager (AVD)

Tech Review: Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Parallella: The $99 Linux supercomputer

http://www.zdnet.com/parallella-the-99-linux-supercomputer-7000014036/?s_cid=rSINGLE&ttag=rSINGLE

• sending out this summer
• Linux number one supercomputer OS
• credit-card sized parallel-processing board
• 90 GLOPS
• like 45GHz CPU
• Ubuntu 12.04

Parallella – Supercomputing for the masses

http://www.linuxuser.co.uk/interviews/parallella-supercomputing-for-the-masses

• Epiphany 16 and 64 cores
• Parallella
• ARM Cortex-A9
• Epiphany based co-processor
• Releasing all specs under opensource
• C and C++

Fast, Faster, Fastest: Linux rules supercomputing

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/fast-faster-fastest-linux-rules-supercomputing/11263

• Beowulf was first a NASA
• 90% of the top 500
• supercomputers are running linux

http://www.adapteva.com/

• Nice video 
• host machine through USB port

http://www.adapteva.com/introduction/

• goal of 100TFLOPS by 2017

Xen becomes a Linux Foundation project

http://www.zdnet.com/xen-becomes-a-linux-foundation-project-7000014025/?s_cid=rSINGLE&ttag=rSINGLE

Amid great expectations, the Samsung Galaxy S4 has arrived

http://www.zdnet.com/amid-great-expectations-the-samsung-galaxy-s4-has-arrived-7000012629/

• both cameras at once
• 25 pics per second
• common phrase translator that works off line
• 100Mbps download and 50Mbps updloads

Samsung Galaxy S4 up for preorder in U.S. today

• $639

Toshiba Excite 10.1" 16GB Tablet w/ Quad-Core Processor, Android 4.0 OS, 1GB RAM ($200)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200913635875

• Tegra 3 Quad core
• Refurb
• very nice for price
• 1.3 lbs
• 14 day return policy
• 1 Sale A Day
• 98% positive rating

Tech Review: Android: Friday, August 25

HTC Nexus One PB99100 (Gray) Unlocked T-Mobile 3G - 00300389 - Reconditioned ($120)

http://blutekusa.store.buy.com/p/htc-nexus-one-pb99100-gray-unlocked-t-mobile-3g/221497016.html?listingid=229316243

• Just like the one which is current misplaced.

Tech Review: Android Software: Friday, August 17, 2012

Android Game Competition 

http://www.codeproject.com/Competitions/585/Android-at-Play-Android-Game-App-Contest.aspx

• Intel sponsored
• $25,000

Setting Up Your Android Dev Environment

http://news.dice.com/2012/08/14/set-up-android-development-environment/?CMPID=EM_SV_UP_JS_AD_LC_AD_&utm_source=Cheetahmail&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=&utm_campaign=Advisory_Lifecycle&om_rid=AAMTz6&om_mid=_BQLQo$B8tfjrpg&dadv

Humble Bundle for Android 3 Comes to Ubuntu 12.04

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Humble-Bundle-for-Android-3-Comes-to-Ubuntu-12-04-286594.shtml

• Could not find it in the Ubuntu Software Center

Tech Review: Android Hardware: Friday, August 17, 2012

Check Out Samsung's New Super Tablet That's More Powerful Than The iPad

http://www.businessinsider.com/samsung-galaxy-note-101-2012-8

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1: Game changer for business?

http://www.zdnet.com/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-game-changer-for-business-7000002687/

Around $560

Lexar 32GB Class 10 microSDHC Flash Memory Card - LSDMI32G-C10-1004 ($20)

http://www.buy.com/prod/235818150.html

Tech Review: Android Hardware: Friday, August 10, 2012

ASUS TF300T-B1-BL Eee Pad Transformer Tablet - Android Ice Cream Sandwich, NVIDIA Tegra 3 1.2GHz, 1GB DDR3, 32GB Flash Storage, 10.1" Multi-Touch Screen, Dual Webcams, Blue ($374? or $400)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=2339671&sku=A50-101208&SRCCODE=WEM3209TT&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM3209-_-tigeremail3209&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM3209&cm_lm=hughes.stan@gmail.com

• 1.4 lbs or 22.4 ounces
• 10.1"
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• NVIDIA Tegra 3 Guad-core at 1.2GHz
• GPU/VPU (Graphics processing unig and Visual processing unit)
• 28 review at 4.7 or 5 stars

This is the machine I would buy if I could afford it.

Pandigital 8" 4GB Android 2.3 Internet Tablet and Transcend 16GB Class 4 microSDHC Flash Card Bundle ($100)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3420501&sku=P32-1070%20B16&SRCCODE=WEM3209TT&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM3209-_-tigeremail3209&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM3209&cm_lm=hughes.stan@gmail.com

• 8" Capacitive multi-touch
• how many points (5?)
• Blutooth 2.1
• Dual camera (3PM and 0.3MP)
• GetJar App Store
• Warning!!!!!!
• 16 GB class 4 microSDHC
• would be better with a class 10

Not having the normal app store is a major draw back.

Velocity Micro Cruz T410 10" Internet Tablet and Transcend 16GB Class 4 microSDHC Flash Card Bundle ($160)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3754701&sku=V288-101200%20KIT&SRCCODE=WEM3209TT&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM3209-_-tigeremail3209&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM3209&cm_lm=hughes.stan@gmail.com

• 10" 
• capacitive
• how many points (5?)
• 1024x600
• Android 2.3 (Ginger Bread)
• ARM Cortex A8 1.0GHz
• 512 Memory
• 4 GB internal
• 16 GB class 4 microSDHC card included
• Amazon Appstore
• not really what I would want
• front camera
• no idea of quality
• Refurbished
• 4.6 of 5 starts with 49 reviews

Arnova by Archos ChildPad 502171 Internet Tablet for Kids - Android 4.0, ARM Cortex A8 1GHz, 7" Multi-Touch Capacitive LCD, 1GB RAM, 4GB Memory, WiFi, Webcam, Pre-loaded Kid Apps, Parental Control App ($130)

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-Details.asp?EdpNo=3464367&sku=A685-70207&SRCCODE=WEM3209TT&cm_mmc=email-_-Main-_-WEM3209-_-tigeremail3209&utm_source=EML&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=WEM3209&cm_lm=hughes.stan@gmail.com

• for children
• Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
• 1 GHz Cortex 8
• 7" 
• Capacitive
• points?
• 800x480
• new
• Google Play
• no Blutooth

Tech Review: Android: Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Samsung Galaxy Note™ (T-Mobile)

http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones/SGH-T879ZBBTMB?MKM_RID=0121899443&MKM_MID=1149834&CID=eml-mb-cp-0812-179

• 5.3-inch HD Super AMOLED display (1200x800)
• Samsung Approved for Enterprise (SAFE)
• S Pen
• 6.35 ounces
• 10 hours talk time
• 2500mAh