Showing posts with label android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label android. Show all posts

Thursday, February 18, 2016

"On The Go" OTG USB external storage

Hey guys, I wanted to share the best ways to add storage to your smartphones.
Since some newer phones don't come with an expandable data SD card slot.
Like iPhone and new Samsung's Galaxy phones. I use a few solutions for this issue.

The first one is to use your favorite cloud.
I use multiple free cloud services like Drive, BOX, Dropbox and Onedrive.
Then I use the Play Store App "ES Files Explorer" to easily manage them all.

The last two a very similar but slightly different.

The first one is a "SanDisk Connect".
It connects by Wi-Fi Direct meaning it connects to the phone through a direct Wi-Fi link,
you don't need to be on a network, it will create one. It comes with an App to manage your data on the USB thumb drive.
The cool thing about this you can just throw it the glovebox, or put it on your Keychain and multiple people can wirelessly connect to it.

The second and most convenient for me is the "Samsung Drive Duo".
It's a USB 3.0 thumb drive that has both connections on it.
You can plug it into the charge port - USB Micro port or into a computer.
It uses the phones OTG "on the go" usb capability. These are much smaller so it fits anywhere.

They both have come down in price so much that your better off getting the largest size.
That way you can make a complete backup of your phone and still have room for movies and other data.

Alternatively you can get an "OTG Adapter" and use any thumb drive you already have.

Just click on the links in each paragraph for the items on Amazon.
I've already shopped around and these are currently the best prices out there.
So if you need extra data storage for your smartphone then these are great options.

Monday, February 17, 2014

Turn any TV into a Smart TV with this Android Dongle HDMI micro computer.

After doing research to find what dongle to go with I ended up with this UG007B Android 4.2 Google TV Dongle mini PC, Quad Core RK3188 1.6GHz CPU; 2GB DDR3 RAM, 8GB Nand Flash Internal Memory
Spec wise it is very impressive and for price you can't go wrong. All you do is plug it to the HDMI input and power it with the supplied USB cord and now you have a Smart TV!
You can watch Netflix, check your email, and play games.
Basically do everything you can do on an android tablet / phone.
Its a computer you can carry in your pocket! or on a keychain and always have entertainment or the option to do work. Paired with my micro wireless keyboard trackpad (That normally sells for $65, I got for $15 here) You can type fast and reliably while laying in bed or something.

I think its a great little gadget. Use it to play movies you download to it for when you don't have the internet. Use it while traveling, writing out emails is way better on a huge tv than a small smart phone. Download your photos to make a slide show and play them for your friends on the big screen.

People are even installing the NES emulators on it and pairing a wireless game controller so that they can play any game they want on the big screen. Imagine playing any game in the app store with a controller and on the big screen.