Saturday, December 25, 2010

Mobile Buzz

Mobile Buzz

VLC for Android is Coming Soon

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:30 PM PST


VLC is the most popular media player among Open Source enthusiasts and it plays almost all video formats seamlessly making it the first choice for many Windows users as well. Be it audio, video, streaming or any other playing habit, VLC does the job.

VLC lead developer Jean-Baptiste Kempf has announced in talks with Om Malik from GigaOM that VLC media player will be released for Android in a few weeks time. We can safely expect to see it in early 2011.  VLC has spread across a multitude of platforms including Windows; Linux on PC, Mac, an iOS device- the iPad and now, a version for Android is awaited.

Android already sports some slick video players like RockPlayer and YxPlayer. The porting of VLC to Android has been accelerated with Google’s latest NDK that better allows running of native code. However, one setback for Android development, fragmentation has affected them all the way in this development process. Given the revolution in hardware of Android devices, the VLC media player along with other applications now have the right to be resource intensive as well.

If you want to track the development of VLC, it can be found on this Git page.


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VLC for Android is Coming Soon originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Chinmoy Kanjilal on Sunday 26th December 2010 12:30:17 AM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.

Skype Bringing Video Calling To iPhone 4; Android As Well?

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:45 AM PST


Skype is a very popular VOIP application for many OS's including mobile operating systems like iOS and Android. It also supports video conferencing on Windows and Mac. Skype had earlier announced that they will be making some huge video calls related announcement at the upcoming CES.

Now, it looks like the company is all set to bring video conferencing to handhelds as well.

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Engadget managed to get hold of a Skype help document which tells the users how to make video calls on their iPhone with the Skype application.  It is unclear whether the company intends to bring video calling only to the iOS platform or will also include other major mobile operating systems like Android and Symbian.

If Skype does announce video calling for all the major mobile platforms at the upcoming CES 2011, I expect them to dominate the video calling market.


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Skype Bringing Video Calling To iPhone 4; Android As Well? originally appeared on Techie Buzz written by Rajesh Pandey on Saturday 25th December 2010 12:45:08 PM under Mobile News. Please read the Terms of Use for fair usage guidance.
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