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Samsung TV Remote App Now Available for all Android 2.1+ Devices

By Chris Burns
on 4 Feb, 2011

We've got word that the fabulous Samsung TV Remote App that's been in Samsung Apps for a while now on Galaxy S / Galaxy Tab is now available for all Android devices version 2.1 and higher. We're having mixed results, however, and wonder if this announcement came just a bit too early. The App is indeed appearing in the Android Marketplace (where it was not appearing at all whatsoever in the past,) but does not appear on several of our non-Galaxy devices.

Samsung SH100 digicam uses Galaxy S as remote-control

By Chris Davies
on 4 Jan, 2011

Samsung has outed a new digital camera, the SH100, that can wirelessly connect to a Galaxy S smartphone and use the handset as a remote viewfinder and shutter release. The Samsung SH100 has integrated WiFi which can be used to directly upload photos and video to Facebook, Picasa, YouTube and other online galleries; however, it can also pair with a Galaxy S, previewing the frame on the smartphone's display, and even allowing control of the 5x optical zoom. Samsung expects the SH100 to go on sale in March, priced at $199.99. [gallery] [via SlashGear]

Cellbots app updated: video streaming, voice control, more [Video]

By Chris Davies
on 28 Dec, 2010

We've covered Cellbots on Android Community before, an open-source way to use your smartphone as a brain for a simple robot, but the project has released a new java app which supports not only custom, Arduino-based Cellbots but iRobot Create, LEGO MINDSTORMS and VEX Pro. Requiring Android 2.2 or above, the new app allows you to either remotely control the robot using the phone as a navigation pad, or alternatively mount the phone directly onto the robot and use it as the 'bot's brain. There's support for spoken commands, streaming video and even using a second Android phone running the app to work as a remote (while the first is in brain mode). It's a free download from the Android Market. [youtube _x_5WDCpvtA] [via MAKE]

iGloLEDset Android-controlled multicolor Christmas lights released [Video]

By Chris Davies
on 21 Dec, 2010

It's not quite whole house automation from your Android smartphone, but if you've been looking at your Christmas tree in disgust as it cycles through its preset LED lighting patterns then you need MEA Mobile's iGloLEDset. A string of 120 color-changing LED lights, the 5m string comes complete with an Android app to remotely control it. There are also iOS apps if you're an Apple user too. The whole thing hooks up via WiFi, so you needn't be in the same room as the tree either. Sadly this sort of Christmas control doesn't come cheap; the iGloLEDset is priced at $299, though the company says they're still shipping in time for Christmas day. [youtube ve8I9Ap7cok] Press Release:

Google’s Android Gets iGlo by MEA Mobile WiFi Controllable LED Light Strip Now On Google Android & Android Gingerbread Mobile Platforms NEW HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MEA Mobile today announced its breakthrough interactive lighting product iGloLEDset is now available on the Google Android and Google Android Gingerbread 2.3 mobile platforms. iGloLEDset is an super bright, full color lighting kit which is controllable with mobile devices. Users can wave their phones in the air and control a 16 to 50 foot strip of 120 to 360 lights. “The launch of iGlo for Android and working with Google's platform is an exciting next step for our emerging company,” says Bruce Seymour, managing director of MEA Mobile. “We love the idea of moving mobile technology into specialized markets.” MEA Mobile developed its iGloWiFi controller as a platform for leveraging mobile devices for hardware control. “Light switches are obsolete,” says Seymour. “There will be an entire industry dedicated to their removal in the future.” In the mean time MEA Mobile is focused on marketing the LED lights to the architectural and lighting design markets, restaurants, custom car specialists and for individuals who want to zazz up their Christmas trees with LED Christmas lights. The Google Android app features real-time control of the color LED lights as well has dozens of presets to choose from. The iGloWiFi controller can connect to users’ WiFi hubs and can be secured using standard WiFi encryption. The app also works with Google's new Gingerbread version of Android. Multiple kits (for large Christmas Lights applications) can be controlled using a single Google Android mobile device such as the Nexus S, Nexus One, T-Mobile G2, HTC Evo 4G, Motorola Droid X, Samsung Captivate and other phones running Google Android 1.5 through Gingerbread 2.3.