Avatron's Air Display turns Android tablets into a wireless monitor. Shown above, a screen shot of the iPad version released last year.
Avatron has released an Android version of its Air Display app that essentially turns a tablet into a monitor for Windows or Macs that gives users more or even a separate screen space to view. An iPad version of Air Display was released last year.
The app effectively effectively increases usable screen space by as much as 70% on an Android tablet, the company said in a release. Another use or benefit is that Air Display gives users the ability to reposition windows and workflow elements onto a separate computer screen.
"Air Display extends the desktop computer onto the Android screen and can also mirror the main monitor," said Dave Howell, Avatron's CEO. "Users can use the app with either the touch screen or a mouse; the touch screen is particularly useful for such functions as the calculator, painting, games and demos.”
Once you load the app on an Android device, the "main" computer with each use automatically recognizes the tablet as a secondary monitor and returns to single-screen mode when the app is closed.
Avatron’s Air Display for Android is available for $9.99 exclusively in the U.S. at the Amazon Appstore for Android. The company also offers a Mac version at Apple’s Mac App Store and a retail version at its own website which offers a try-before-you-buy option.
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In a blog post, Howell seemed to indicate that publishing an Android app is a bit of a gamble, but was game to see how Air Display does. He said in part:
“We’re really excited to see how this goes. The conventional wisdom is that people aren’t buying Android apps. That $0.99 is too expensive for an Android app, and that for ten bucks you should get a private audience with God Himself. This should be an interesting experiment.”
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