[Q] Wirelessly control the Xoom?

[BlazinGTI]

What I'm looking for is this:

Currently I connect my laptop to my TV via VGA and control what I want to watch with the Logitech Air Mouse app on my iPhone. A pretty great solution.

Now with the Xoom I want to take advantage of the HDMI hook up. However I don't want to stand up and walk over to the tablet to pause or change the TV show.

I know I can use DLNA to stream video to my 360. My concern is video quality.

So is there another option that exists? Might be a cool app idea (throwing it out there).

 

[Inphinitizeit]

So far as I know nothing like that exists. My guess is a rooting solution will come up with a way to remotely control the entire device. However, with VLC being developed for android it might be possible to use VLC on the Xoom and connect via your phone or PC using a VLC remote. That seems like a good solution to me.

 

[BlazinGTI]

I did a little research. Apparently a Galaxy S can be paired to a Bluetooth mouse? Not certain in what capacity though.

Ideas?

 

[Inphinitizeit]

I did a little research. Apparently a Galaxy S can be paired to a Bluetooth mouse? Not certain in what capacity though.

Ideas?

It may work but Galaxy S has touchwiz so that feature may be built on top of android rather than baked into android.

 

[BlazinGTI]

It may work but Galaxy S has touchwiz so that feature may be built on top of android rather than baked into android.

Really doubt that touchwiz is the reason for bluetooth mouse connectivity. Unless there's something I'm missing and there's a reason based on fact that you're making that assumption.

 

[Inphinitizeit]

Really doubt that touchwiz is the reason for bluetooth mouse connectivity. Unless there's something I'm missing and there's a reason based on fact that you're making that assumption.

I found a forum answer to your original question
http://androidforums.com/xoom-accessories/289604-bluetooth-mouse.html

and its been known that manufacturer's heavily modify the bluetooth stack on android devices which is why I suggested touchwiz might be the reason it works. For example you cannot connect your wiimote to a lot of HTC sense devices since they have modified the bluetooth stack. Similarly I thought samsung may have added that feature since I haven't seen it as a common feature on most stock Android phones.

 

[BlazinGTI]

I found a forum answer to your original question
http://androidforums.com/xoom-accessories/289604-bluetooth-mouse.html

and its been known that manufacturer's heavily modify the bluetooth stack on android devices which is why I suggested touchwiz might be the reason it works. For example you cannot connect your wiimote to a lot of HTC sense devices since they have modified the bluetooth stack. Similarly I thought samsung may have added that feature since I haven't seen it as a common feature on most stock Android phones.

Ah got ya, thanks for the link!