At the Innovation Qualcomm India 2012 Qualcomm demoed Snapdragon S4-powered devices such as Smartphones and Tablets. These features range from Audio, Camera, WiFi displays and more. They also demoed AllJoyn technology that enables ad hoc, proximity-based device-to-device communication for local Multi-player gaming and apps.
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These mobile devices with offer 5.1 channel surround sound over headphones, speakers and by connecting it to home theater systems with Dolby, DTS, and SRS high fidelity audio. The camera gesture controls let you move to next page or previous pages in a book app when you are near. You can also play or pause, forward or rewind in a movie when you are far away. The camera also supports face detection, tracking, text recognition and augmented reality. The HDR feature in the camera offers more details.
AllJoyn lets you connect to other devices using Wi-Fi or Bluetooth directly without the need for a separate server. You can connect to a nearby user’s phone or a tabley and start playing multi-player games created using the AllJoyn SDK. It can also be used to create productivity tools. For example, the Chalkboard app in the demo enables multiple nearby users draw or jot down notes collaboratively.
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The AllJoyn technology solves several problems including pairing, message routing, multi-thread support, security, etc. and simplifies how devices interact with one another. Developers can download the AllJoyn SDK from alljoyn.org free of cost. This app is OS agnostic and the SDK is available for Android, Windows and Linux.