ASUS VivoTab Note 8 ASUS website As an alternative to the Surface Pro 3 more for drawing stuff due to stylus 8″ screen (1280×800) iPad mini sized but full Windows 8.1 US$250 (32GB) Charges via micro USB No full USB port: only has 1 micro USB port requires USB OTG cable (similar to phones) to provide full USB port Atom processor can be a bit slow (n…

Scottevest www.scottevest.com Tech-enabled, pocket-filled clothing Carry your stuff and tech gadgets in your clothing without being too bulky (from bottles of water to iPads) Up to 2 pocket hats/boxers 10 pocket pants 19 pocket shirts 42 pocket vestsBy Timothy Lim

Intel Android Devices 80+ Intel Android Devices Intel XDK: Design, debug, build, and deploy HTML5 web and hybrid apps across multiple app stores, and form factor devices. Free hoodie + Acer Iconia Tab 8 Android NDK: Toolset that allows you to implement parts of your app using native-code languages such as C and C++. iBattz Mojo Battstation Optimus …

Android Wear Android wear UI is not customizable Pairs with Android phone via Bluetooth (requires Android 4.3+) 1 day battery life Notifications appear on watch Swipe left to dismiss Swipe right to take further action (e.g. open in phone) Reply with voice (only for certain apps) Requires 2 hands Availability (in certain locations): Currently availa…

Chromecast Chromecast Website Ability to pair with devices that are not on the same network using ultrasonic sounds Plex Chrome OS Android Apps ported to Chrome OS Requires extra work to be functional (not automatic) Submit an app to be ported to Chrome OS Cardboard Cheap virtual reality using a phone, lenses and a foldable cardboard headset Cardbo…

Android L Preview for Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2013 Android Runtime (ART): replacing Dalvik Project Volta: aims for better battery life. ArsTechnica investigates Project Volta Android Enterprise features Personal and Enterprise information into different segments on the phone Samsung contributes KNOX security technology to AOSP and will be in Android L And…

Polymer Polymer Project website Polymer Elements Polymer Core elements: a set of utility elements including general-purpose UI elements (such as icons, layout elements, and toolbars), as well as non-UI elements providing features like AJAX, signalling and storage. Docs | Demos Paper Elements: Polymer’s paper elements collection implements material …

Watch the Google I/O 2014 Keynote on YouTube Goodie count LG G Watch / Samsung Gear Live Moto 360 (maybe) AndroidTV Intel Hoodies and Intel Android Tablet Cardboard Play Store app Chrome Experiments for Cardboard T-Shirts and stuff Not freebies but bought goodies Windows 8″ tablet & SCOTTeVEST Revolution Jacket Android One Reference hardware for OE…

mfirdaus the Google Play developer is going to Google I/O 2014 along with some GDG Brunei folks He wants free goodies especially the Moto 360 and probably Glass as well Links Google I/O website (Google.com) Google I/O 2013 (Wikipedia.org) Google I/O 2013 Round up (gigaom.com) Google I/O 2012 (Wikipedia.org) Google I/O 2012 Round up (gottabemobile.c…

Lumia 520 for AUD$176 Specs don’t really matter because it’s a pretty good experience 512MB RAM which limits some heavier apps but still a pretty smooth experience. Much better than cheap Android phones Good Polish unlike Android back in the day that had a lot of rough edges In between iOS and Android but closer to iOS Find my phone Sky Drive Integ…

When Windows 8 Developer Preview was released (download your copy here) to enthusiasts and developers, we were excited to try it out. Sadly our enthusiasm was curbed as we learned to fail at Step 1: Installation of the OS…By Timothy Lim

Sadly there is no episode of Corner Geeks this week so we present Gagalcast: because we all fail now or then. Basically Gagalcast is random discussions before or after Corner Geeks recordings or just random discussion. This episode was recording after Corner Geeks 7: The Brunei Apple App Store at Patisserie in Gadong. There are several videos to be…