Chrome To Phone alternative for Android 2.1

The Chrome and Firefox has a simply extension to pull links into mobile,but sadly it's not compatible with my phone. There is an free alternative which doesn't requires to have an GMail account,works on Android Eclair and Symbian,Windows Mobile phones and you can pull not only links but also:

• Geo location on Google Maps
• Phone Number
• Calendar Event
• Contact Information
• SMS
• Text
• Wifi Network login details

It's called ZXing and you can download it from the Android Market or official website. It's a QR Code scanner and you will need to copy the link or text you want and generate the QR code using online QR code generator. 

QR code of my blog.

Lunch the ZXing app on your phone and it will automatically read the code.

 Now you may wonder how to pull links from phone to computer. It's quite simple,just download an Opera Mini for your phone and turn on Opera Link feature in settings menu. 

Here is some good QR code scanners for other mobile phones.

Barcodes readers for Windows Mobile phones

Barcode readers for iPhone and Symbian phones

Covert videos to Android phones...

Well this method works for all mobile phones and portable media players (PMP).

One of the best free converters I found without ads or junk after install is Format Factory . 
The best things I love about it that I can rip whole DVD into single file and the lets you to pickup
language for audio and subtitles. Also it can convert download Youtube videos into MP3.

Start the program and from left menu click on Video bar. Select All to mobile.

From the models list I selected Google phone and 480x320 resolution since my mobile has HVGA resolution. To find out your screen size you can check your phone model at manufacturer website or PDAdb.net and GSMArena.com . 

If you have large SD card sure you pick a better sound quality when default.

Press OK.

In the new dialog select the files you want to convert and press OK. 

In the main window press start button and have a coffee while you will get all your videos converted.

And press the "Output folder" if it doesn't popup for you and simply copy all the videos into your phone

using PC suite or WiFi.

How to convert DVD into mobile video?

From the main window select the "DVD to Video file"

Make sure to check Youtube for detailed tutorials about Format Factory. 

As alternative you can FreeMake Video Converter. It requires .NET Framework 4 . Make sure to check their "How to" section with lots of video tutorials.

Battle City - Free Remakes

Battle City or Missile Tank 1991 was one the first video games I played. It was coming in with NES/Famicom console clone bundle. Simple game play was pretty addicting and one the best feature in two players mode.
You can watch the video from orginal game.

Anyways after more than 15 years I decided to take a look at PC version of this game and I was really satisfied with games I found. All games are free and full versions.

Tank Commander - A one of the best remakes with great effects and graphics. Has a two players mode and includes 4 different zones and about 40 levels.

Battle Rush -  A 3D clone of Battle City with simply graphics and two players mode. Too bad there is not much levels to play.

Diamond Fighters - A remake for Linux and comes with 30 levels.

Combatant Area - A simple 2D remake with new graphics and two players support.

Battle City X - Really nice clone with original graphics and power-ups. Includes lots of additional levels in
addition to all original levels.

Battle City Tanks - Original game made in Python. You will need to download PyGame and Python to able to play it.

Normal Tanks - A game with nice 3D rendered sprites and single player game mode. Great action packed game. Wacth the gameplay

Post in comments if you find some more :)

Online 8-bit sounds generator

There is one little great tool that generates 8-bit video games like sound effects. You can generate tons of random sounds like coin pickup from Super Mario Bros. or explosion sound from Galaga game.

Today I randomly found this little app ported into Flash so you can generate all the sounds online. It's free for any use including commercial titles. It will come handy in making old school retro games.

Check it now!
http://www.superflashbros.net/as3sfxr/

I hope there is more tools like this. :)