Mobile

A history of wearable tech

Wearable technology is a very hot mobile trend now. Think wearables are new? Think again. A history of wearable tech article  shows that Wearables have been around long before the Pebble, Galaxy Gear, and Google Glass hit the market. It all started back in 1961. The article has a great inforgraphic from Mashable.  

Monitoring Android Traffic with Wireshark

This migration away from direct Web access in favor of dedicated smartphone apps has made for a richer user experience, but it also has made knowing exactly what is going on “under the hood” a lot harder. Monitoring Android Traffic with Wireshark article from Linux Journal tells how you can use Wireshark to monitor data

iPhone 6 teardowns

Techcrunch claims that Apple’s brand new iPhone 6 is the best smartphone. I have not had my hands on one to make my judgements on that. But I am interested to see what is inside this new gadget. iPhone6 is brabd new, but iFixit has already done iPhone 6 Teardown and iPhone 6 Plus Teardown

Android device external mic wiring

Android devices can be used as signal generators and signal analyzers. It is easy when all you want is to get the signal out of the speaker or headphone connector, and you are happy to analyze what internal microphone in the device receives. But what if you want to feed some external signal into your