2013年8月30日星期五

A New Function for Android Mini PC You Should Know

The latest Chromecast has told you that it can stream all sources from your smartphone, tablet and PC. Is it fresh for you? However, it’s not fresh any more for an Android Mini PC. With some tools, you also can make your smartphone, tablet and PC connecting with your TV via Android Mini PC

First of all, have you heard about Miracast? In fact, it is a peer-to-peer wireless screencast standard formed via Wi-Fi Direct connections in a manner similar to Bluetooth. It enables wireless or wired delivery of compressed standard or high-definition video to or from desktops, tablets, mobile phones, and other devices. Both the sending and receiving devices must be Miracast certified for the technology to work. 

Luckily, the Android Mini PC 4.2 version supports Miracast. In just a few simple steps you can turn your Android Mini PC into a Miracast wirless display dogngle for your TV and connect it to an Android phone or tablet. To really do the returning, you should know first that if your devices support Miracast. You just need to look for a program called “WifiDisplay” in your app menu. If it’s not present, you may need a custom ROM or you may not be able to do Miracast at this time.  However, most of the quad-core and many of the dual-core Android sticks support Miracast.

After that, you should know how to set up Miracast on your Android Stick. It recommends you to see the article How to Use Miracast Wireless Display on Your Android Mini PC. It gives you a full instruction for installation and usage. Now, you can start to explore the new function of your Android Mini PC!

2013年8月29日星期四

3 Stunning Things for Android Phone Users

Here introduce 3 stunning things your Android phone can do.

Connect to a USB Flash Drive
The microUSB port on your Android phone is for charging or copying files to and from your computer. However, most users don’t know that it can connect to a USB flash drive. By using a simple USB OTG adapter cable, a free app and root-level access to the operating system, you can attach can transfer files directly from a USB flash drive or hard drive. Now, you can attach an SD card rader and use that to grab photos from your camera and automatically upload them to the cloud. No PC required.

Use a Mouse and Keyboard
With a USB OTG cable, your phone can not only interface with storage ports, but also interface with an external mouse and keyboard. On its own, your phone emits enough power to connect a typical wired or wireless 2.4-GHz mouse. However, if you want to connect a keyboard as well, you’ll need to route your connection through a powered USB hub.

Turn into a Wireless Mouse or Touchpad
Whether you’re making a presentation on your PC or sitting on the couch watching it play a video on a huge external monitor, you’re going to need some kind of wireless keyboard or mouse to control it. You could spend some money for a wireless pointing device like the Genius Ring Presenter, but why not use your Android phone? With RemoteMouse, you can use your phone as a wireless keyboard and mouse for your computer. Touchpad apps such as Advanced Touchpadalso support pinch-to-zoom.