Stuart McLachlan
stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Sat Jul 14 09:11:07 CDT 2012
Talking of new toys... I've just bought myself a Motorola Xoom. We've been using them for recording and emailing results for the PNG National Elections. Some else wrote the application to do that and I've written a system in PowerBasic/Access to automagically collect the emails, strip out the results, store them in the database, print out a copy on receipt and send updates to the website at http://results.pngec.gov.pg. The Access app also generated various printouts/reports. Having seen what the tablets can do, I decided that I really had to learn to program them. I've found a neat tool called Basic4Android and installed all the necessary bits but haven't really started learning to use it yet. It looks like a great way to develop Android apps for anyone with VBA/PB etc skills. I've spent the last couple of days playing with the Xoom and downloading various free tools/apps. All I can say is - WOW! I love it. MS are really going to have to work to make a dent with Win8 for tablets. -- Stuart On 14 Jul 2012 at 8:15, Tina Norris Fields wrote: > John, > > One word: WOW! > > T > > Tina Norris Fields > tinanfields at torchlake.com > 231-322-2787 > > On 7/14/2012 12:25 AM, jwcolby wrote: > > I bought a Seagate Satellite to pack with videos to stream to tablets > > / phones for the kids on the vacation this summer. > > > > http://www.amazon.com/Seagate-Satellite-Wireless-External-STBF500101/dp/B004Z0S7K6 > > > > > > It works though the interface is pretty stone-age. I am using DVD > > Catalyst to convert the movies on my server at the house to MP4s which > > can be played by the droids. So far I have converted and pushed 73 > > movies at about 80 gigabytes total. > > > > This beast basically creates a wireless network which any wireless > > capable device can request data from. Using the Kindle fire, I open > > the Dolphin browser, go to 192.168.0.1 and hit the wireless created by > > the Satellite. Select Videos and it displays a alpha list of every > > video that it found on the disk, sorted in alpha order. Double click > > on any .MP4 and it starts to play the video. > > > > Likewise with my Droid II or Droid Razor smart phones. > > > > The Satellite can (theoretically) stream to three different devices > > independently - different movies etc. In fact with the latest > > software, possibly as many as 7 devices. Of course that all depends > > on the bandwidth each device requires. > > > > It does in fact work. I have simultaneously streamed two different > > videos to two devices (the Kindle Fire and my Droid II phone). > > > > In years past we have used the typical DVD player with multiple > > display heads, with all the attendant "It's my turn to pick the movie" > > whiney stuff that kids are famous for. > > > > If this works... > > 100 or so videos to select from... > > A private WiFi right inside the car... > > A private WiFi in the hotel... > > A private WiFi at Aunt Janices house... > > > > Plus the Kindle at least can play a ton of games. > > > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >