Tag Archives: Sony Tablet S

The newly-announced Xperia ZL is the first smartphone from Sony with an IR (infrared) remote control. With it, you can use your smartphone to control entertainment devices that use IR, including the TV, DVD player, satellite box, and more! And if this triggers any innovative use case ideas for you as a developer, you can actually create IR remote sensor-enabled apps by using the Sony Tablet SDK Add-on! Because this feature is so new, the potential use-cases are only limited to your imagination. Read further to learn more about the IR remote sensor functionality.

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Now we’ve gathered all Xperia™  developer tools at Developer World, as we now make the free Sony add-on SDK available for download from this site. The Sony add-on SDK enables you to easily develop apps that make use of the special features included in Sony tablets. For instance, you can develop Small Apps, which are miniature apps that run on top of other applications in the Sony Xperia Tablet S. You can also develop apps that make use of the IR remote sensor  features in the Sony Xperia Tablet S, such as a TV remote app that switch the channels on TV, based on specific genres (sitcoms) or interests (sports). Head over to the Sony Add-on SDK section to learn more and get code examples, emulators and documentation. Happy coding!

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Are you interested in rocking a cradle? A Sony Tablet™ S Cradle that is? Our friends from the Sony Developer team are looking for developers interested in nurturing innovative apps that work with the Sony Tablet™ S Cradle. Submit your app and you can win a Sony prize pack that includes a $1000 Sony Gift Card, Sony Tablet™ S, and Sony Tablet™ S Cradle. On top of that, Sony will promote the winning apps through their app recommendation site – Select App. Get the exciting details on the Cradle App Developer Contest page!

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