I noticed an interesting email on the MythTV-Users mailing list today. Apparently someone (Fredrik) has released an Android app for the MythTV Frontend. I have not tested this myself and likely won’t because I don’t have an Android device, but for those that do this could be useful for you. The one big drawback that I see at the moment […]
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The A.C. Ryan Veolo is an Android 2.2-based media streamer. It supports the usual range of formats and offers the option of accessing the entire Android Marketplace, placing a wealth of media content options, games, and other services on the big screen. The A.C. Ryan Veolo’s implementation of Android is pretty barebones and this review does point out that controlling […]
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Google TV has received a major update that brings the platform up to Android 3.2. The update is rolling out to Sony devices first, but is eventually expected to be made available for the Logitech Revue as well. The move to Honeycomb brings with it a few big changes for Google TV, including hardware acceleration for apps, an improved Chrome […]
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The A.C. Ryan VEOLO is an Android 2.2 based media streamer. It isn’t rocking the Realtek or Sigma Design chips that we usually see in these sort of devices, but rather a 1Ghz ARM Cortex-A9 processor. The VEOLO lacks HD audio support, but it looks like it covers the standard video formats reasonably well. While I appreciate the versatility of […]
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There have been a plethora of Google TV announcements at CES this year, but Lenovo decided to take a different tack with their SmartTV K91. They did go with a Google platform, but Lenovo decided to go with Android 4.0 instead, making the K91 the first Ice Cream Sandwich TV. Take away the 55 inch screen and the Lenovo K91 […]
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Well, that was fast. Just a couple of days ago, Western Digital dropped a big update on the WD TV Live family of devices along with a brand new remote control app for iOS devices, with the promise that an Android version of the app would be available soon. Usually that means a few weeks, not days. The Android version […]
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Myriad launched Alien Dalvik to some fanfare a few years ago. The idea behind Alien Dalvik was to make it possible for Android apps to be run with little or no modification on any OS. The ill-fated MeeGo was the first OS to support Alien Dalvik, and unfortuantely Myraid’s technology never really seemed to gain much of a foothold anywhere […]
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The folks over at Plex have updated their Android app, bringing it to version 2.0.2.1. The update brings with it a variety of video related fixes, including a number of UI tweaks to make using the video player a better experience. The big news for this update is official Ice Cream Sandwich, Android 4.0, support. There are not many ICS […]
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Time Warner Cable hasn’t managed to put out an app for streaming live TV anywhere but the iPad so far, and has only recently started paying attention to Android tablets, but Android phones are getting some extra attention from TWC. TWC has let slip two new apps specifically formatted for Android phones. There is My TWC, an account management app, and […]
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Intel and Google got together a few months ago to announce that they were working together to optimize Android support for the x86 architecture, but Intel’s plans were for releases to begin in 2012. In the meantime, VIA is announcing that they too are stepping up support for Android on x86 starting with the EITX-3002. The EITX-3002 is aimed at […]
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