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Five Best Smart phones to buy in 2011
http://in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/5-smartphones-buy-right-minute-084624364.html
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Using Android phone cam as your computer webcam
In this post i am going to show the way we can use android phone's camera as your desktop or laptop's webcam if your system doesn't have one.
For this we need to install USB WebCam software from placaware on android phone. This is available on android market.
Corresponding windows PC host application software need to be installed on your windows box. This software is available for free download here.
Apart from above 2 softwares you need to install ADB driver from google for making your phone recognized by windows. By default it shows it as mass storage device, if u want your pc to recognize it as android device we need adb drivers. For this you need to install android SDK. Step by step procedure for the same can be found in my previous post on android development setup.
Once you have the SDK installed on your system , follow the instructions given in Adding SDK Components to launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager. From the Available Packages panel, select "Usb Driver Package" and download it to your computer. The driver files are downloaded into the
After instaling this driver you will see Android Phone Device listed under your Device Manager(i.e. System Properties->Device Manager->Android Phone).
Now we are ready to use our phone as webcam of the desktop or laptop. For this we need to connect phone via USB cable. Run USB WebCam program on your phone as well as computer. Lauch skype or yahoo messenger and your phone will be detected as webcam.
I tried it and it is awesome, can use my HTC wildfire's 5 megapixel cam on my laptop with most of the video chat applications.
For this we need to install USB WebCam software from placaware on android phone. This is available on android market.
Corresponding windows PC host application software need to be installed on your windows box. This software is available for free download here.
Apart from above 2 softwares you need to install ADB driver from google for making your phone recognized by windows. By default it shows it as mass storage device, if u want your pc to recognize it as android device we need adb drivers. For this you need to install android SDK. Step by step procedure for the same can be found in my previous post on android development setup.
Once you have the SDK installed on your system , follow the instructions given in Adding SDK Components to launch the Android SDK and AVD Manager. From the Available Packages panel, select "Usb Driver Package" and download it to your computer. The driver files are downloaded into the
<sdk>\google-usb_driver\ directory.After instaling this driver you will see Android Phone Device listed under your Device Manager(i.e. System Properties->Device Manager->Android Phone).
Now we are ready to use our phone as webcam of the desktop or laptop. For this we need to connect phone via USB cable. Run USB WebCam program on your phone as well as computer. Lauch skype or yahoo messenger and your phone will be detected as webcam.
I tried it and it is awesome, can use my HTC wildfire's 5 megapixel cam on my laptop with most of the video chat applications.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
Android 2.2 froyo Sneak peek
Awesome video about android future and its upcoming 2.2 froyo version features from VP of engineering, Google.
It includes nice demonstrations of rich applications and monetization plan for apps. I liked their new features like ability to install apps on SD card and making phone as wifi hotspot. With earlier versions tethering your phone is a pain, thanks that Google fixed it now.Waiting for HTC to push this update in INDIA.
It includes nice demonstrations of rich applications and monetization plan for apps. I liked their new features like ability to install apps on SD card and making phone as wifi hotspot. With earlier versions tethering your phone is a pain, thanks that Google fixed it now.Waiting for HTC to push this update in INDIA.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Saving Android Battery
I recently observed my android phone battery getting drained even in half a day. After searching on net i found switching on 3G,GPS,frequent Sync are the main culprits in draining of battery. Once i started using them judiciously I now see my battery lasting 2 days without recharging.
Here is one of the best articles I found about saving your battery life on android phones.
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-Battery-Power-on-an-Android
Here is one of the best articles I found about saving your battery life on android phones.
http://www.wikihow.com/Save-Battery-Power-on-an-Android
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