VLC for Android in beta; still available for download
If you are like me who uses only VLC for playing media files and have wanted it on your android Smartphone, pleased be informed that the software is in beta phase and will be released soon. The beta version is however ready for download, if you cannot wait.
The design is fortunately/unfortunately restricted to few chipsets mentioned below. Also, it’s available for only Gingerbread and IceCream Sandwich.
- Snapdragon S1 → ARM11
- Snapdragon S2/S3 → Cortex-A8/NEON
- Snapdragon S4 → Cortex-A9
- Tegra 2 → Cortex-A9
- Hummingbird → Cortex-A9 (Current gen. only)
- OMAP3 → Cortex-A8/NEON
- OMAP4 → Cortex-A9
List of phones that passes these tests include: Galaxy Nexus, DROID RAZR, Bionic, DROID 4, DROID 3, Droid X2 and ASUS Transformer (only install if you are on ICS), HTC Incredible and HTC Thunderbolt, Xperia Play, Galaxy SII (T-Mobile, AT&T) and the HTC Rezound, Galaxy S line, the Galaxy Tab, the Nexus S and the DROID Charge.
Via Droid-Life
Ankur
Prior to this project, Ankur said he never had thought of a fate in tech blogging. He has developed a special taste lately for Android (thanks to his Galaxy S) and won't mind contributing most of his time covering the Google OS for Nothing Wired.
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