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Category: Android

  • Nexus One Firmware 2.1-Update1 Pinch-to-Zoom Feature Video Demo

    Demonstration of pinch-to-zoom gesture feature working on a U.S. Nexus One with the Android 2.1-Update1 firmware update applied.

  • Nexus One Indoor Video Sample – Quick Adjustment to Changing Light Conditions

    The overall quality of still photos and videos recorded using my Nexus One continues to impress me.

    This video was recorded at 4:10pm in a a room with windows. I started the recording with the room lights turned off. Then, I turned the lights on and panned across the room to get a few different room lighting conditions including backlit. The Nexus One adjusted relatively quickly to a variety of light conditions during this brief test.

    After using the Nexus One for a couple of days now, I’m convinced that its still photo and video quality is significantly better than the Motorola Droid.

  • Google Nexus One Video Samples

    Received my Google Nexus One Android phone a few hours ago. The video sample above was transcoded (by Google) from the original 3gp file recorded on the Nexus One. The video sample below is a video recorded using the Qik for Android app.

  • Mini-Podcast 17: Voice Recorder for Android Sound Sample

    I’m always looking for voice recording apps that might help me in my podcasting projects. I tried the free Voice Recorder app for Android by Mamoru Tokashiki over the weekend. You can hear a sample of the voice recording I made using the app on my Droid in the mini-podcast embedded above.

    I ran into a couple of problems using Voice recorder on my Droid:

    – It crashed a couple of times
    – Its home screen widget did not work
    – It stops recording if the Droid is moved
    – The resultng recording has a low volume. I used Audacity to increase the volume of the recording to product the mini=podcast
    – I think, but am not 100% certain, that the app caused the Droid’s battery to drain rapidly. I uninstalled the app to test this possibility

    The app itself has a nice simple and easy to understand interface. I like its ability to both save and email a sound recording. I’ll make a note to check on this app’s progress a few months into 2010 to see if it might make its way into my toolset.

    – You can listen to the podcast right now from your web browser by using the embedded player above.
    – You can also subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or this RSS feed.
    – You can also point your smartphone’s browser at mobiletoday.podbean.com to listen to or download the MP3 file over the air to your phone.

  • Dolphin Browser Provides Pinch & Zoom Gesture Support on a Droid

    Got a Droid? Wish it supported the pinch and zoom gesture (which Android 2.0 does but is not turned on for the Droid)? If so, you might want to consider downloading and installing the free Dolphin Browser from the Android Market. As you can see in my demo, it supports the pinch and zoom gesture even on the Droid.

  • Google Goggles (Visual Search) for Android Video Demo

    Sorry for the difficult to see screen demo on the Droid. Brightness cranked up but still nearly impossible to see. But, I wanted to quickly put up some kind of demo of Google Goggles running on a Droid. So, here it is such as it is 🙂