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KegDroid: Android shaped beer on Android

KegDroid – Google employee Paul Carff makes its own beer since 1991. According to him, was drinking beer but “boring” and he found it hard time to put some life into the brewery to bring. He therefore KegDroid, a beer tap in the form of the Android mascot, indeed, running on Android. The device operates using a Motorola Xoom and use include NFC chip (Near Field Communication).

His creation is a great way to developers and manufacturers to demonstrate how Android can be used in applications where you might not initially think of.

Android and USB applications on KegDroid

The KegDroid of Paul Carff called Betsy and works as follows: when you have a badge on the reader of the device does is automatically the Google +-ID badge that achieved. Google your name + is removed and this is displayed on the screen. You can then choose one of the two beers that are currently connected to the tap.

The drive of the KegDroid goes through a Arduino-board. This is a USB-board that can be used for the production of accessories Android. In July last year announced a special kit for Arduino development of USB accessories. This made the company after Google announced the Open Project Accessory. With this project it is possible for various Android USB apparel.

Motorola Xoom: in America waiting for a new update ICS, In Europe still Honeycomb

Again and again Motorola Xoom updates. To the lucky owners of America and enrolled in the program Tablet Motorola Feedback Network, seems to be coming a new update ICS officer. Again because, while Europe Motorola Xoom still has Android 3.2 on the official level, America is already released Android 4.0.3 and could soon include version 4.0.4 or even 4.0.5. Motorola has in fact sent an email warning imminent arrival of a new update over the coming days.

Although the XDA procedures for updating on Motorola Xoom are many, it is undeniable how the house winged continue to believe the European market “of seie B” with updates of virtually all products in the U.S. lags behind the range or even absent. We’ll see if this new update will be the right candidate for the Motorola Xoom European models that await ICS officer in Q2.

Motorola Xoom starts to get Android Ice Cream Sandwich

Motorola Xoom – It was among the first to obtain the release of Android tablet dedicated and now, although a little late, it begins to be the first to get the update to Android Ice Cream Sandwich. Clearly I am talking about the Motorola Xoom, so if you own or the one you have on one side of your table has one, say that an update is available via OTA.

Apparently, as previously mentioned, the Motorola Xoom model will first Wi-Fi as well as anticipated, the first update would be available to owners in the U.S. active forums and forming part of the Motorola. However, with this finally confirms that other models can be reached fairly soon.

They said they did: the first tablet Android 4.0 is comes from Chinese tablet

Oh it’s going to hurt this new generation of Chinese tablets with Android 4.0… especially for manufacturers that rely on hardware and finishes below the competition or do not offer real innovations. Take for example this tablet unveiled yesterday, a kind of clone of the first Motorola Xoom, running on Tegra 2, with 1 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage: it is the first to run Android 4.0.1 and, even if there is still no dates or prices, I’m willing to bet that it will be below the models we have today fitted with the same hardware.

We agree that these are the specifications of the beginning of 2011, but hey, Sony is not ashamed to sell it with its recent € 600 Sony Tablet P. So, imagine this to € 200 with Ice Cream Sandwich, low prices unlikely. As noted by the reporter Techcrunch, the ESC and it will probably approach the Android 4.0 to vomit in the ice cream sandwich from every pore. But what will be interesting, it will compare the quality and price of the tablets with those no-name brands of tablets. In my opinion, a major reorganization of the market is under way: hope for them that the “big” realized this… Android 4.0

Marine: Europe, a maritime navigation on Android

Today, as you may have noticed from the articles, we have committed ourselves to the world of applications and games that we missed during the week to give space to news of Android 4.0 and Galaxy Nexus. Among the new paid app exits lately we have noticed quite particular: Marine: Europe. This is an application that offers Marine cartography Navionics on Android devices. A sort of marine navigator that can be used anywhere in Europe.

The Marine characteristics indicate that we report from the Market:

    * √ Cartography vector included in the price of the app

    √ * Download all the maps you want, without limits, and save the memory of your phone! √ User-Generated Content (map of the community) – the best local

    * √ With the new “My Info” you have direct access to information such as weather, tides, currents of your favorite places √ With the new “newsstand” laws directly geo-referenced articles in App! Find your destination and read what the journalists recommended! All items are saved in a digital library to be consulted anywhere, anytime. Navionics will continue to add articles from publishers around the world. Check back often to see new languages ​​that will be added!

Asus updates Ice Cream Sandwich for the Eee Pad Transformer and Eee Pad Slider

According to a statement from Johnny Shih, Chairman of Asus, in connection with an interview on AsiaD will partly Eee Pad Slider and partly Eee Pad Transformer will be updated to Android 4.0 / Ice Cream Sandwich. They also argue Shih, without any guarantees promised, the update may appear before the year end.

Historically, Asus has so far proven to be good at delivering updates to the latest versions of Honeycomb for his two tablets. Furthermore, it has often occurred at a rate that surpassed other manufacturers such as Motorola, whose Tablet Motorola Xoom came to be the first Honeycomb, but today at least here in Europe than without an update to version 3.2 of Honeycomb. Eee Pad Slider and Eee Pad Transformer

Motorola announces Droid RAZR tomorrow

Samsung and Google are not the only two companies that currently are preparing to launch grand. Motorola will also be at the event which we Ice Cream Sandwich for the first time will see, something to launch.

It has just been announced that in any event all that it is the announcement of a new Motorola Droid RAZR, Motorola device which a few years back it was great stir.

The meeting’s theme: ‘Faster, Thinner, Smarter, Stronger’, but otherwise there are no indications that it actually matters. Several blogs have already beaten the guesswork and thus expected to include the Motorola Xoom 2 and Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition to see. The latter will be a competitor to the current e-readers to be.

Of course there is also a site for the unveiling of the air. Here you can find all the puzzle pieces into the solution should result. Motorola has to help the 16 main sites of the United States, a box with a number of indications sent.

Motorola Xoom tablet could be the first to receive Android 4.0?

Motorola Xoom, the first Android tablet to debut on the market about a year ago with the system Android Honeycomb, could be the first tablet to receive the update Ice Cream Sandwich, and according to Fudzilla, the chances of this happening are very high, thanks to ‘Motorola’s acquisition by Google and the fact that the tablet is a Google Experience.

The expectation then is placed in the presentation is tomorrow night, so we invite you all to participate for Motorola Xoom, and is organized by Motorola in the event tomorrow.

The Motorola Atrix and Motorola Milestone 2 will come under Gingerbread next month in Europe

In Europe Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) is nearing the end of the month for the Motorola Xoom. Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) on the Motorola Atrix and Motorola Milestone 2, it will have to wait until mid-November.

Motorola Mobility is recognized for the quality of its phones on the material side. But as soon as you scratch to the software side, one is immediately surprised by the difference in treatment. MotoBlur is often considered ill-suited and lags behind its competitors. Since Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), the syndrome attenuates with a redesigned interface. But it is still necessary to have this version!

Indeed, although the Motorola Atrix with Gingerbread tastes this summer in North America, Europeans are simply deplorable policy of Motorola Europe. However, a new message on Facebook, we learn more about the arrival of this upgrade:

GTA III available for Android

Just in time for the game’s 10th anniversary, Rockstar Games announced that it will release an Android version of Grand Theft Auto III (GTA III) “selected” Android phones and tablets.

GTA III was the first game in the series that took place in a 3D world. It will be great to see how the game stands up 10 years after it was released.

The units that are currently supported are: Droid X2, HTC Evo 2, LG Optimus 2X, Motorola Atrix, Samsung Galaxy S2, Acer Iconia, Asus Eee Pad, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Rockstar Games said that they probably will add more units as they can test that they work with the game.