Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Jul 14 12:26:48 CDT 2012
Hi Stuart: Looks very nice and obviously, from your comments runs nice as well. Your elecetion app seems to do the trick as well. So which of the dozen parties are you supporting? Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 7:11 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Seagate Satellite 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/B004 Z0S7K6 > > > > > > 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 > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com