Posts Tagged ‘layar’

Our top 10 Android Apps

June 4th, 2010 by Dave@LGUK
 
To celebrate the release of LG’s new LG Optimus Android powered phone we have put our heads together and compiled a list of our 10 favourite apps available for Android users. 1. Shazam – Everyone is familiar with Shazam. Simply download this little beauty for free, hold it up to a speaker when you don’t know the song and it will very handily identify it for you. 2. Twidroid - Tweeting on the go is now a basic human right surely. Thankfully Twidroid will help you do this. When you open the app you will immediately be confronted with all the latest...
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Augmented reality in your pocket – the future of mobile phones

March 22nd, 2010 by Dave@LGUK
 
What is Augmented Reality? httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKw_Mp5YkaE In a bid to embrace augmented reality myself I downloaded the Layar Android app for my LG GW620 InTouch Max phone. In their own words: “The idea is simple: Layar works by using a combination of the mobile phone’s camera, compass and GPS data to identify the user’s location and field of view, retrieve data based on those geographical coordinates, and overlay that data over the camera view.” Thus, with a rumbling in my stomach and a glance at my watch I noted it was time for lunch, so I opened the food and drink option on Layar and...
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