DoubleTwist Brings AirPlay Compatibility to Android

[faroZ06]

If you want to use Apple's standards like AirPlay.......why not just get iOS devices???

I agree, the Droid OS is garbage. I guess if you hate Apple's App Store restrictions, you get a Droid and install stuff to make it kinda work with Airplay...

 

[ten-oak-druid]

Airplay on android isn't enough to make me switch to android. That platform will slowly lose popularity over the years. Especially after the malware gets to be too frequent.

 

[SevenInchScrew]

As expected, you have to install 2 things to make a semi-working Airplay system for the Droid.

And as expected, Apple wants you to buy a $99 device to enable much of the functionality that many people have built in already. I can use the stock DLNA app on my Captivate and send any music, pictures and video to any DLNA-capable device... such as any recent, modern TV, like my 2yr old Samsung. All this with no $99 AppleTV required in the middle. My TV also has Netflix HD, Hulu+, Vudu, MLB.tv, Pandora, YouTube, Vimeo, etc. It would be nice if Apple would just enable DLNA on their hardware, like MANY other companies have. But I guess if they can get $99 from people for much of the same functionality that my phone and TV have built-in, why not charge for it.

 

[MorphingDragon]

And as expected, Apple wants you to buy a $99 device to enable much of the functionality that many people have built in already. I can use the stock DLNA app on my Captivate and send any music, pictures and video to any DLNA-capable device... such as any recent, modern TV, like my 2yr old Samsung. All this with no $99 AppleTV required in the middle. My TV also has Netflix HD, Hulu+, Vudu, MLB.tv, Pandora, YouTube, Vimeo, etc. It would be nice if Apple would just enable DLNA on their hardware, like MANY other companies have. But I guess if they can get $99 from people for much of the same functionality that my phone and TV have built-in, why not charge for it.

Too bad DLNA has bad *nix server support and limited codec support.

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Too bad DLNA has bad *nix server support and limited codec support.

and you want to compare that to Apple even more limited codex support. As far as I can tell they only support m4a (h264) codex. Everything else is a no go and requires re encoding. Pain in the ass.

Also if Apple does anything they can no longer claim AirPlay is an open standard. They would be caught in a lie (big surprise there)

 

[jboy12]

Airplay on android isn't enough to make me switch to android. That platform will slowly lose popularity over the years. Especially after the malware gets to be too frequent.

There will never be that much maleware on the Android. For the majority of the users who stick to the Android market there is no threat at all. If an app is discovered to have an issue with it is pulled right off of the store. It is a very different form of checks and balances then what the iTunes app store has. If you read the app reviews like people should be their is absolutely no problem.

 

[caspersoong]

Is this even legal?

 

[ChazUK]

Is this even legal? Oh, I forgot. Almost everything about Android is illegal.

Like?

 

[zetsurin]

A usual the discussion is full of fanboys insisting that you should fully embrace only Apple hardware. Gee, what a huge surprise.

 

[rdlink]

And as expected, Apple wants you to buy a $99 device to enable much of the functionality that many people have built in already. I can use the stock DLNA app on my Captivate and send any music, pictures and video to any DLNA-capable device... such as any recent, modern TV, like my 2yr old Samsung. All this with no $99 AppleTV required in the middle. My TV also has Netflix HD, Hulu+, Vudu, MLB.tv, Pandora, YouTube, Vimeo, etc. It would be nice if Apple would just enable DLNA on their hardware, like MANY other companies have. But I guess if they can get $99 from people for much of the same functionality that my phone and TV have built-in, why not charge for it.

BS. Apple licenses Airplay to other manufacturers, and there are already devices shipping with Airplay. Denon, Marantz and Pioneer all have Airplay in receivers. As far as DLNA is concerned, aside from the fact that Sony is behind it (talk about the industry standard in proprietary) I have never owned a DLNA device that wasn't inconsistent and klugy.

 

[spazzcat]

Apple will probably not like this. I am sure they will try to break it every chance they get.

Why not, now they will sell more TVs

 

[MorphingDragon]

and you want to compare that to Apple even more limited codex support. As far as I can tell they only support m4a (h264) codex. Everything else is a no go and requires re encoding. Pain in the ass.

Also if Apple does anything they can no longer claim AirPlay is an open standard. They would be caught in a lie (big surprise there)

Apple allows for any MPEG4 or h264 codec. LDNA as far as I have seen in released products if h264.

 

[logandzwon]

As far as DLNA is concerned, aside from the fact that Sony is behind it (talk about the industry standard in proprietary) I have never owned a DLNA device that wasn't inconsistent and klugy.

I have never owned a DLNA device that consistently played media.

PS3
xbox360
DirecTV recievers

about a dozen different software packages...

 

[SevenInchScrew]

BS. Apple licenses Airplay to other manufacturers, and there are already devices shipping with Airplay. Denon, Marantz and Pioneer all have Airplay in receivers. As far as DLNA is concerned, aside from the fact that Sony is behind it (talk about the industry standard in proprietary) I have never owned a DLNA device that wasn't inconsistent and klugy.

My point was, instead of just going with the already established standard, Apple decided to create their own "system" for it. So if you want to play media from your iPhone/iPad on a TV, you're required to either send it through an AppleTV, or buy one of the small handful of apps in the App Store, and hope they work.

You say "inconsistent and klugy", yet I've never had any troubles trying to play any of my media, either on my TV, a friends Panasonic, or my girlfriends older Sony in our bedroom. Plus, I keep all my media on an external drive, which is connected to my router for sharing home-wide, again using standard UPnP and DLNA capabilities. So, if I want to play something not on my phone, the media will still show up on our TVs.

I'm all for Apple trying to make things easier, as this type of thing can be a bit confusing when you first start using it. But I would have rather they just went with standard DLNA functionality, and branded their version of it "AirPlay", like Samsung does with their "All Share" stuff. But like I said, if they didn't create their own "system" for this, they couldn't require their specifically licensed hardware. Hardware which I didn't have to buy to accomplish much of the same functionality.

 

[lPHONE]

Great. Maybe now they'll release one for Safari.

 

[ten-oak-druid]

Android Malware Increased 400% Over Six Months

 

[Rodimus Prime]

Android Malware Increased 400% Over Six Months

seems oh so impressive when you are go from like a handful to slight more than a handful in a year. 5 on year to 20 the next is 400% but 15 more in a year is not impressive. That 400% number is complete worthless by itself since we need the 2 numbers that are.

 

[ten-oak-druid]

seems oh so impressive when you are go from like a handful to slight more than a handful in a year. 5 on year to 20 the next is 400% but 15 more in a year is not impressive. That 400% number is complete worthless by itself since we need the 2 numbers that are.

I disagree. It will continue to grow. So far it has grown by 400%. That is the number. That is the math. And it is impressive.

0.2 percent of all Android apps were malicious

"...Smart Phone and Android in particular, pose a great risk for users, since mobile devices are constantly connected and substantially less protected than a personal computer as users shrug off mobile security solutions and carelessly broadcast financial, account and other personal data such as their exact location while on the go.

...

With the growth of Android OS popularity due to its opened source nature, it provides fertile ground for hackers and cyber criminals to act. Attackers can take advantage of Smartphone users through email, Internet applications, Internet surfing and text messaging, etc.

Our research shows that during Q1 2011, 0.20% of downloaded Android applications are malicious.

Only recently Google removed applications from the Android market and remotely uninstalled malicious application from infected Smart Phones. Some of these applications tend to steal financial information.

..."

 

[Rodimus Prime]

I disagree. It will continue to grow. So far it has grown by 400%. That is the number. That is the math. And it is impressive.

umm because it is math it needs to be look at with a grain of salt. 400% by itself is complete worthless. I ask directly for the number in 2010 to 2011.

Hell if one year it was 1 malware and the following year it was 4 it would still be 400% but still not impressive.
You also already have shown your colors in your hate of android in these thread and just are looking for random things. From what I can tell you have zero interested in it and your security is hurt by the though that people are willing to jump ship to it.