Category Archives: Misc

Misc Categories

Android Takes Down iPhone for 2nd Most Popular Smartphone in the U.S.!

Posted on May 10, 2010 by max

(Frustrated Jobs, wondering what went wrong, why did suddenly Android phones become more popular in the U.S.)

Just in, according to first quarter results for U.S. mobile market, Android takes down iPhone for the second most popular smartphone OS in the U.S.   While this is no big news with popularity of Droid, Nexus One, and other HTC branded Android phones that have flooded the market, it’s certainly going to mean more Android apps and growth for the Android, good news for all of you who have been using Android phones.

Just reported, it looks like Android smart

Click Here to Read Full Article

Leave a comment

Nexus One Hack – Quake 3 Running on Nexus One!

Posted on May 10, 2010 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yp2jeZU9HQ

Check out this video of Quake 3 running on Nexus One, rather flawlessly as the author says:

ANY LAG ON THIS VIDEO IS THE CAMERA AND VIDEO QUALITY. The game is perfectly smooth on medium/high-ish graphics. Shit quality video of a Quake 3 port to Android on my Nexus one. I’ve mapped the volume up to walk forward, and volume down to jump. The trackball is set to high sensitivity and works perfectly as a mouse. (Also, pressing the trackball is to shoot) In 3 minutes i got 8 kills, 3 deaths. It’s definitely playable on a non-k

Click Here to Read Full Article

1 Comment

DSLR Hack – How to Make a Shoulder Rig for your DSLR Camera!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by max

As an avid DSLR fan (as of 6 months ago when I bought my Canon 7D), here’s a totally awesome DIY SLR should rig you can make that also comes with a soft-focus control. I have seen a slew of DIY steadicams but one problem with steadicam is that you must carry it on your hands, making long videos painful on your joints.

I have seen every professional cameramen using ca

Click Here to Read Full Article

Leave a comment

Solar DIY – How to Make a Bike Solar Boombox!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by max

For those of you who enjoy riding your bike outdoors in the California sunshine (or any other sunshine), you should take a look at what this guy did, make a bike solar boombox that plays music off raw solar power.

In this instructable I will show you how to make a solar powered bike stereo box that fits in a milk crate, which you may already have on your bike!  This instructable assumes you have some proficiency in woodworking and soldering, and is really about the solar to battery circuitry and the options it provides.  This system could be used for any variety of applicat

Click Here to Read Full Article

Leave a comment

Best HD Media Player Review!

Posted on May 7, 2010 by max
ASUS O!Play Air - Wireless N TV HD Media Player

For those of you who have an HDTV and a bundle of media that’s sitting on your laptop or computer (that you haven’t been able to play on your HDTV or simply you decided to hook up HDMI cable everytime you wanted to stream something going back and forth between your computer and the sofa), here’s a couple HD Media Players you can get to ease your HDTV experience.

Of course, my best bet is that you actually get a media PC such as the ASUS EB1501 but if you don’t need to turn your HDT

Click Here to Read Full Article

5 Comments

DIY POV Sword!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by max

er

Remember I made the world’s first-ever golf club POV? (And free Nike ad?)  Well, here’s something similar, it’s a POV sword that’s used as an art performance. [Designer: Moritz Waldemeyer]

Gotta love this, you can follow my golf club POV DIY instructions (also in my e-book) to

Click Here to Read Full Article

Leave a comment

Adobe Air on Android (Nexus One) Hands-on Review!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by max

Well, it’s been exciting to see the very first Android Tablet (larger than 7-inches) hands-on but I did also see Adobe’s Air working on the Android smartphones (Nexus One).

See the hands-on video of Adobe Air games running on Android (Nexus One):

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JmQCr-t1Vg

Adobe Air brings a lot of possibilities for developers to bring mobile applications to different platforms including Android phones, Palm Pre, and m

Click Here to Read Full Article

3 Comments

Zedomax in French!

Posted on May 4, 2010 by max

video://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z08ZdfYoKas

Haha, I just found this video of Nexus One I took in French. One of the French guys contacted me earlier so they can translate my videos to French. Cool.

Click Here to Read Full Article

Leave a comment

Palm Pre Flash Player!

Posted on May 4, 2010 by max

Flash player is going to be available on the Palm Pre and Pre Plus on your next software update (probably) according to an Adobe rep at Web 2.0 Expo show that was held today.   This is going to be good as I will have two smartphones that will be capable of playing flash content. (including my Nexus One)

Adobe rep wouldn’t let me take a video of it but the above screenshot is all I was able to get but you should expect it very soon, maybe a week or two.

Click Here to Read Full Article

2 Comments

Android Multi-Touch Tablet Prototype Hands-on Review! [Web 2.0 Expo]

Posted on May 4, 2010 by max

Today, I was at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco as soon as it was open (as I blogged about it several hours before).  Upon walking around the exhibit floor, I quickly found Adobe.

Oddly, they were displaying all smartphones such as Google’s Android phone like Nexus One, Droid and the Palm Pre but nowhere was an iPhone nor iPad to be found.

(Sorry, Apple, no free lunch for you at Adobe’s booth this time!)

Upon closer look, I found Adobe had one of the Google Android Tablet prototype running Android OS 2.1 (I believe).

The Google Andr

Click Here to Read Full Article

212 Comments