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Finally got my free Xoom Keyboard and Mouse bundle from Motorola. The keyboard looks pretty slick, but the mouse looks like a basic portable mouse.

Pairing them with the Xoom was easy, just turn them on and wait for the lights to start flashing, then scan for devices from the Xoom. Once its found them, just pair them.

Android is suprisingly useable with a keyboard/mouse combination. You can double click on things, scroll through a window using the wheel, but you can also do the normal touch gestures with the mouse by holding the left button down. If it had a set of full desktop type apps such as Microsoft Office or even LibreOffice, it would have made a really good netbook OS.

If you have a fairly recent Canon DSLR Camera and somewhat newer Android device, then you’re in luck … There is now an app which allows you to control the functions of your camera and take pictures straight from your Android tablet!

The app here is DSLR Controller by Chainfire. It streams the live-view to your phone and provides easy access to pretty much all camera settings like aperture, exposure time, ISO speed and a whole lot more. It can show a live historgram, zoom the live-view for better manual focus, and even lets you touch to focus!

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