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is video out possible?

i have tvs in my car and i can connect anything to them via RCA cables. i was wondering if i can get my slingbox running via 3g connection on my tilt? is this a possiblilty? i figure my 200$ ipod can play videos, why not my 600$ pda/cell.

I dont believe so. Only option is to play from a pc via Active Sync and have pc go out to a TV.

too bad seamed quite possible. guess it was too good to be true

You can check out www.orb.com. It will allow you to stream your recorded TV shows from your home PC to your PPC using 3G

Obviously you didn't search, if in fact you did you would not have asked a question that has been asked many times before. And if you don't like the fact that you paid 600 for a SMARTPHONE that does not have video out, then you either should have done your homework or, bought one of those things call a cockphone no umm fagphone umm no no no balllickerphone no, thats not it, a imgayphone, damn i just cant think of it, its made my crapple i believe. Anyway one of those phones is like 400 and you could fit in with all the other trendy happless techno weenies and "touch" yourself.

Read my i-mate MWC report; in there, I've linked to a microSD card from there

There are two ways that I know of. One is with the Spectec SDV-841, which uses SD. I'm not sure if there is a way to adapt the product to other SD formats. You could contact the company.
http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=reviews&id=813
And the other, more expensive route, is to use a phone projector...
http://www.projectaphone.com/

REDFLY-Help me Help me:-) JK, have a look

Hey guys,
I got an e-mail last week about a gadget that seemed too good to be true but I just had to bite at a $200 device that promises a full keyboard, touchpad, screen, and USB ports to my HTC. Got it late yesterday and it does as promised and a pretty good job at that, but does open up a new can of worms. The resolution of the screen is WVGA 800 X 480, and looks reeeeeeeally nice on that apps that run, but the ones that do not will fail out because of this higher resolution mode by telling you the app will not support it or getting a microsoftish error that when the code is looked up means the same thing. Mobile Explorer runs, Opera does not, Garmin XT and Tom Tom do not, File explorer looks like you are on a real laptop and is great, but even the today screen does not look just exactly right. The thing connects either by USB or bluetooth, the later being good even for browsing but graphics intensive stuff you better plug in. She is fast, well as fast as the phone is, and consumes almost no system overhead at all which is surpriseing for what it is doing. Plug in a 16 gig stick into the USB and you have 'external storage' on file explorer, and sure enough it is there and works great, but at 1mbps so if you want to stream mp3 from it to your phone you better plug in. So basically this is a great gadget but someone with good understanding of WM should write drivers for this resolution, and amazingly they seem to be for each app and not the entire OS like big Windows ;-)

Try this
http://www.celiocorp.com/content/?page=TodayScreens

[Q] Nook Color = My new laptop

Im thinking of getting this and using it to replace my netbook. Does anybody know if I can hook up a bluetooth mouse and keyboard? Has anybody tried this or have any thoughts?

No, not yet anyway. Bluetooth doesn't work with the NC, although there has been some development work in progress to enable bluetooth, as it seems to be built in, just disabled.

Haha I actually bought my nook as a replacement for my netbook .
I don't use a mouse or keyboard (You can't, as far as I know), but it seems to be serving its purpose fairly well.

you can always add in a stylus as well.
check out this thread, i think theyre talking about different ones that would work on the nook color.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896838

I'm actually on my way back to the netbook at this point. I just can't get text down quick enough on this device.

I use a netbook as my primary computer.
In no way can the Nook replace it.
The Nook is my fooling around device, and my only android device.

The nook color in my opinion is a great netbook replacement. A netbook's main purpose is to be light, small and look stuff up online easily, all things the nook color excels at. It can play music, load youtube (if using eclair) and use most of google's (online) apps. Also rooted dolphin works pretty well as a desktop web-browser.

personally i have a laptop,used for multi tasking, video editing, watching 1080p movies but i recently bought the Nook Color and planning on rooting it. the Uses of the Nook Color would be browsing the internet , playing games on the go.
I also ordered the Notion Ink Adam which i am also planning to use but it is much more powerful than the Nook Colo so ill see which one i prefer

I bought the nook color to replace my netbook as well but I do have a real laptop as well. I was primarily using my old eeepc for reading since I bought my normal laptop, a Toshiba protégé R705, which I also love by the way, so the nookColor made sence. I don't think I could use the nookcolor as my only computer.

Poor man's Ipad/Netbook...
I use my Nook Color almost just like a netbook. Rooted and optimized, it performs almost all the same functions I need in a netbook. I read on it, I study with it, browse the internet with it, check email, etc, etc, etc. That said, the Nook Color will never replace a computer with a real keyboard. If I have to type anything greater than an email, I switch to the nearest desktop at my university's library.
All things considered, the Nook Color provides almost all of the functions that the Ipad or a netbook does, but at less than half the price. That's a steal!

I'd love to replace carrying a laptop with the nook for school. I went from a dell 700m to an aspire one and found a huge difference in back pain after a day. Now I'm carrying the cr48 but that will cut down a lot if I could use a bt keyboard with the nook. Hopefully the hardcore XDA devs will make a breakthrough on it before too long. Without a keyboard, you just can't input data fast enough.

After I got my NC I planned on keeping my netbook. But after using it for 2 days, I didn't touch it. So I sold it. Haven't looked back. Oh and for flash I use Skyfire. Works fine for me.

I still have a use for my CR-48, at least at this point. The nook doesn't work quite well enough and isn't quite powerful enough for netbook use. Perhaps once bluetooth is working in ubuntu I can replace my laptop, but not until then.

The Nook is currently acting as my computer when I prefer to be away from my main laptop. After working all day in IT, sometimes the last thing I want is staring at the computer when I come home. The Nook is perfect for checking Reddit, my e-mail, playing a few games, accessing my music collection via Subsonic, and catching up on my reading. Perfect 2nd computer!

The Nook is a great media CONSUMPTION device. I think I would never use it as a netbook replacement. Trying to use an onscreen keyboard to type out anything of any length is just painful.

I really like thumbkeyboard to type on, but still it can't compare to a full size laptop keyboard for me

I love my nook! Use it all the time, oddly enough a fair percentage for actually reading B&N e-books. It could never replace my Dell Mini 10 netbook, though, for one very simple reason. I chose a netbook that still had an ethernet port on purpose, but ethernet connectivity simply does *not* exist on any android devices that i'm aware.
I use my netbook to test ethernet connections at work (I'm in IT), and I could never do that with nook unless it had a working ethernet dongle.

Nexus 7 with portable DVD r/w NAS as wireless entertainment system for car or travel

Nexus 7 with portable DVD r/w NAS as wireless entertainment system for car or travel and can be used a wireless access point if you plug into your hotel or home ethernet port. I use a car inverter plug to power the samsung optical smart hub. I can read. write or stream files from cd or dvd or flash storage or hard drive attached to the hub. Can be accessed simultaeneously by 4 people. Two people can watch same dvd at different stages in the movie or 4 people can watch stream files off usb memory. UYou do not need root for doing this. It works out of the box. see my youtube video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dKvwom5K8s
also see my other nexus 7 videos on my link in my tagline below. see my various nexus 7 and android play lists as well, which might be useful for some people. subscribe to my youtube channel if you like my videos as i will be uploading few more nexus related videos as i have shot some more but havent uploaded them yet and will do so soon.
my nexus 7 is in car entertainment system and is portable as not built into dash and can take with me while travelling. My wife and child watch live TV and tv catch up and surf the net or do skype video chats for free (excluding the cost of my unlimited data plan) by tethering it to my samsung galaxy note by wifi hotspot.
my total cost was 189.99£ for 16gb nexus 7 + about 70£ for samsung optical smarthub from amazon + 15£ for car inverter = cheap as chips in car entertainment system / NAS that can be shared by 4 people wirelesly and can play dvds, read / write / copy / stream to dvd / cd / flash drive / hard drive and do device back ups or watch internet tv and radio and skype video chats. Has got ethernet port to connect to hotel ethernet port to use a wifi access point when travelling. Can connect to laptop to act as internal drive via usb or as dvd player for TVs although i havent tried those features.

so I had obvious questions, like software, wifi setup, etc, but I guess this "smarthub" device has much of that built-in. how is it over bumps? lose data connection any? can this work with any video/media file type or does it have to be DVD movies only?

640k said:
so I had obvious questions, like software, wifi setup, etc, but I guess this "smarthub" device has much of that built-in. how is it over bumps? lose data connection any? can this work with any video/media file type or does it have to be DVD movies only?
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i cant answer all the questions today but might be able to either tomorrow or over the next few days. I am on holiday for the last week and will be for about a week more. So busy travelling or making travel plans most of the time as am going on short breaks on a daily basis or recovering in between.
They sent me one with a EU plug and the fit into the inverter is a bit loose. Although i get a contact i dont like it being loose so just use an existing EU to UK plug adapter from tesco (think might have been £1 or so) to plug into my car inverter. The nexus 7 has no probs catching the signal or playing dvds or cds. I tried accessing documents and they work fine as do avi videos from what i remember but i emtied that flash drive for other stuff so cant check the formats now.
I didnt get to use the hub much as my 3y child was more interested with playing on the nexus 7 or watching cartoons on the internet television or my wife was watching television on it so i couldnt check it out as i was driving most of the time. Will try to check it out tomorrow or over the next few days.
The techradardeals website seems to have goofed up and i got an email saying my two 64gb flash drives usb 3.0 are not being delivered, so i am busy making other arrangements for my data for the trip. I had deleted some of my movies from my sd cards in anticipation of getting the drives but now have to copy them to alternate flash drives IF i can find some spares tonight as most of my existing ones are filled with other documents. But will definitely try some dvds tomorrow if my child allows it as she will be using the nexus 7 while i am driving! Today and the last few days she was busy playing on the nexus 7 in the back seat or watching internet TV or skype video chatting or my wife was surfing or watching internet TV, so i didnt get much of a chance using the device myself! Am wondering whether to get another nexus 7 now for only myself. This one was my childs present!!! which i thought i could use but my child has other ideas!!! so my PLAN to get a gadget for myself didnt work out!! I still use the tablet when at home or at night though. But my child uses the tablet the entire journey if she is not sleeping, by playing games or watching TV or listening to songs as she now wants to hear it on the tablet rather than the car stereo and she is only three soon to be four years old.
Anyway enough of me digressing from your queries.
You can see more videos and tutorials and FAQs for the device here http://samsung-odd.com/eng/
the user manual here http://www.samsungodd.com/WebManual/SmartHub/SE-208BW/en/index.html
specifications here http://www.samsungodd.com/WebManual/SmartHub/SE-208BW/en/Specifications_Product.html
you can directly connect this to compatible TVs or photo frames with usb slot function http://www.samsungodd.com/WebManual/SmartHub/SE-208BW/en/Using_AV_Function.html
I am not sure what codecs etc are supported. File sizes cant be more than 4gb. There are a couple more videos on this device on my "android accessories playlist" as far as i remember. see the one by mavericchoi if i remember the name right.

got a few dvds to test tomorrow and some videos (m4v, avi) copying to my flash drive now. will check it tomorrow or over the next 3 days and get back here. they work fine in the stationary car, so i dont see why they wouldnt work while moving unless the electrical connection gets loose. wifi signal strength is great.

640k said:
so I had obvious questions, like software, wifi setup, etc, but I guess this "smarthub" device has much of that built-in. how is it over bumps? lose data connection any? can this work with any video/media file type or does it have to be DVD movies only?
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Dvd works fine in my car and handles the bumps fine. Did not loose connection at any point. Flash drive seems corrupted, as my movies are not working working. But previous hard drive movies played fine.

I bought one of these as well, and it works great with the Nexus 7. I haven't put it in the car yet, as I'm still doing my testing, but here are the things I've noticed so far.
1. My MP4 files aren't playing when using the Samsung Smart Hub app. It always says unsupported media type. I used handbrake and the ATV2 setting, which works for every other third party player I've tried (BSPlayer, ES File Manager player), but the Samsung video player chokes on them. However, if I use the same ATV2 setting, but choose MKV, they play. Definitely an issue with the Samsung player.
2. The Samsung video player cannot handle any HD content without stuttering. That's pretty much a kiss of death for me, because I'm not ripping the DVDs that come with my BDs just to have them for travelling. So, instead I use ES File Manager - the navigation is very easy and the player works great for all of my HD content.
3. If you want to play DVDs using the streaming app, then the Samsung video player definitely works and does the job perfectly. The only issue I had was getting a message about setting the correct region. All of my mobile devices can play DVDs that way (HTC One X, Nexus 7, iPod touch, and iPhone 4s).
4. MP3s play great using the Samsung video player.
Those are really the only things I've noticed so far. I don't have any other media types to try, because I only use MP4 and MP3, but for me this device will do exactly what I want - have a mobile media hub during our long trips, that all of my mobile devices can use.
If you visit the Samsung ODD support website and read the manual, and watch the videos, setup is a breeze. First thing - make sure you already have a USB drive/stick/etc with some movies or songs on it, because the SmartHub will choke when you try to navigate around in the app. I have a 32GB SD card (Amazon Basics - cheap but works great) and a SanDisk MicroMate SD reader plugged into the Hub, and it works great. External USB hard drives work, too - I've tried two different 2.5 SATA drives and both had no issues. After you set it up, plug the USB drive in before doing anything else. I didn't bother with the included setup CD - I just connected the SmartHub to my home network via ethernet cable, let it acquire an IP, then I used IE and browsed to http://smarthub. I could set everything up that way, including doing a firmware update. My device came with A00, and A03 was available, so I went ahead and did the firmware update. Once that was done, I changed the SSID and password (the default SSID and password is on a label on the bottom of the device), changed the SAMBA sharing password, then I disconnected it from my home network and rebooted the device.
Next, I changed my Nexus wireless network to the SmartHub's - that's very important, because you can't use it at all unless your mobile devices and the SmartHub are on the same subnet! I think that's the biggest issue with people having problems getting things to work. I started the Samsung Mobile Smart Hub (previously downloaded from Google Play), set my SAMBA password, and I was up and running.
I don't think I'd use this for my home network streaming/playback, because I already have things in place that take care of media, but I don't think there's a better media hub type device for travelling.

Thanks. OP! I just ordered one as they are on sale for $40 at Amazon (US):
http://amzn.com/B007JUFLS0

Not knocking the Samsung thing -- especially at only $40 -- but anyone considering it should at least look at the (much more expensive) Seagate Satellite. It is a battery-powered 500gb HDD with onboard WIFI and file server. I've installed hacked firmware and can stream four different movies to four different devices simultaneously without problems. Now three kids of differing ages and tastes can watch whatever they want to watch on a long car trip.
At $40, the Samsung thing is a steal -- almost an at-the-cash-register impulse buy. At $160, the Satellite is a good value, but not an impulse buy. But being able to store 500gb of movies... well worth the money IMHO.

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Not knocking the Samsung thing -- especially at only $40 -- but anyone considering it should at least look at the (much more expensive) Seagate Satellite. It is a battery-powered 500gb HDD with onboard WIFI and file server. I've installed hacked firmware and can stream four different movies to four different devices simultaneously without problems. Now three kids of differing ages and tastes can watch whatever they want to watch on a long car trip.
At $40, the Samsung thing is a steal -- almost an at-the-cash-register impulse buy. At $160, the Satellite is a good value, but not an impulse buy. But being able to store 500gb of movies... well worth the money IMHO.
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But does the HDD come with an intuitive user I interface that kids can use and understand in order to select the movie they want to watch? That's the biggest draw with the Samsung solution, even if the interface is a little spartan in design.

SoonerLater said:
Not knocking the Samsung thing -- especially at only $40 -- but anyone considering it should at least look at the (much more expensive) Seagate Satellite. It is a battery-powered 500gb HDD with onboard WIFI and file server. I've installed hacked firmware and can stream four different movies to four different devices simultaneously without problems. Now three kids of differing ages and tastes can watch whatever they want to watch on a long car trip.
At $40, the Samsung thing is a steal -- almost an at-the-cash-register impulse buy. At $160, the Satellite is a good value, but not an impulse buy. But being able to store 500gb of movies... well worth the money IMHO.
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Thank you for sharing this, any chance you could say where you got the firmware from? This could be pretty amazing with a head rest mount.

What do you use your pi for?

I am looking to get a b+ to set up as a mini computer on the cheap.
What do you guys use your pi for?

Torrent downloader + media player
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Routinely sits in front of the TV as a media player too (OpenElec), but after a quick change of SD card has a second identity for the kids with Minecraft, Scratch and beginning to edge towards Python and some similar coding and basic I/O learning via the GPIO.
The Pi is OK as a cheap computer, as long as you don't expect too much from it in terms of processing power. If what you want to do could broadly be done on a smartphone or similar device (or a mid-spec tablet) then you should be ok, but if you want to replace a true PC then you may struggle depending on exactly what it is you plan. It'll certainly handle day-to-day stuff like email and web browsing though (if you're not so concerned about flash and that kind of stuff, as with mobiles too).

Currently using my Pi as a web server. It does well for keeping it up and running but there is a problem regarding power. I'm using a Bluetooth and WiFi adapter (as I have no way of connecting it to Ethernet), the power issue is that the poly fuses kind of blow up after a few days or hours and therefore either one or both of the USB ports don't have any power, I have to disconnect the power and then plug it in after a few hours/minutes and then it works again (self-repair). Really annoying so I may need keep it for local hosting while an other product that I'm hoping to receive shouldn't have issues with it and should be more powerful so that I can make it public and run it with no issues.
The Pi tries to use less power as possible by boosting the power to the USB ports (consider the fact that the Pi takes around 5v of power, same for a single USB port) so if you need to use USB devices which are doing to be a little intensive with power then expect the USB devices to get a power cut off.
If the Pi is going to be used for something that isn't so power hungry then it should do for certain things.
You can boost the Pi's power (talking about literal energy, not performance) but that means more parts.

You may also partially get around that by using a powered hub to take some of the strain. But there again you are adding additional parts and power requirements. There are cases available with built-in hubs and more chunky power supplies to drive both the hub and the Pi which at least partially get around some of that, but it's more investment.
The other alternative is to minimise such power-hungry items and consider things like ethernet-by-powerline for the network if a direct cable would be inconvenient or impossible (but again at the cost of extra bits of hardware and further set-up).

DarrenHill said:
The Pi is OK as a cheap computer, as long as you don't expect too much from it in terms of processing power.
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Yeah, this will not replace my pc, rather just be a little fun project, as it will be more unique than a tablet, and serve the same purpose.

Media center and APRS digi, another is my marine reef tank controller

Portable (battery powered) Mp3 player/Internet radio streamer.

Chris J said:
Portable (battery powered) Mp3 player/Internet radio streamer.
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Where do you get a suitable battery pack from?

I bought it with a whole host of wonderful ideas of what to use it for, and never got round to anything.
Very occasionally it gets used as a media player (with OpenELEC), with an external HD, but since I've had a Chromecast it's pretty much been gathering dust!
One day I'll get round to doing this: http://www.raspberrypi.org/ambilight-alike/

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Where do you get a suitable battery pack from?
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Amazon; 2600 mAh cellphone charger. It only cost around five dollars and provides stable output while charging, so you don't have to bother with switching it when the charger is plugged in.
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I also have one connected to a 1TB hard disk I use as a file/print server. It doesn't actually see much use, but it consumes so little power that there's no harm leaving it on.

house automation
I use mine as a server for house automation using FHEM.

Jesse72 said:
Where do you get a suitable battery pack from?
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Just normal portable battery is ok.

Mine makes me hungry

Mine is a honeypot
(always work in progress)
http://nowhere.purificato.org:65000/

As server,for play music+films and for learning,but most for crying,lol.
GREETZ FROM TEAM-OPTIMA!!!

All sorts!
I've used mine as a web server, a bluetooth portable speaker, a wifi point (when my wifi access point went bang) and now it sits and controls the lighting in my computer and cupboard-under-the-stairs!! (where me and my computer live!!)
I'm gonna get some arduino stuff and adafruit stuff to do the lighting soon then I'll figure out another use for it.
Probably going to buy a B+ board and retire my current one to my son so he can do his school Scratch projects on it.
Probably the best thing ive bought for its versatility.

Not much as of yet
I haven't been using my raspberry pi for a few months now due to my hectic work schedule, however the only use I had for it was media center purposes. I ran both RasPlex and Raspbmc (with the latter being the preferred OS).
I'm hoping that with the new year almost upon us that I'll be able to look into other uses. I'm mainly interested in either home automation or home security. Although I have a friend who is working on making an arcade cabinet using i-pac equipment and pimame as an OS which has piqued my interests severely.

Torrent + Network Attached Storage

MY PI
I generally use my Raspberry for the night when i turn the pc off. In the day I use it As A Universal Remote Control for Nearly everything that's it how i use my PI...