Okay hello, I'm back. I was on a trip for a little bit, and now I'm back in the comfy studio.
It's really not that comfy. Not this exact spot.
It's a white table and a green chair.
Some of you might not know, that the chair is green.
Anyhow! What's up guys Lewis here with another video and today we're going to check out something called Dimple.
Dimple
Dimple.IO, Your custom buttons for Android NFC Devices.
Sounds cool
This is a simple, inexpensive way to add more buttons to your device.
And it doesn't need any kind of external power source; It just needs NFC on your phone.
It can do various things like launch applications
It can turn on the flashlight
Trigger your camera
This is exactly as it sounds, there's really not too much to explain here. It's more of a demonstration.
So I'm gonna go ahead - and as you can see here - there is a little bit of a quick start guide.
"Clean the back of your gadget. Turn on the NFC. Try out the location. Long hold the button.
"Install the app. Remove the adhesive backing. Stick it to the device. Follow the instructions."
And then, as you can see here.
The final step is "Buttons!" with an exclamation point
It will work on Android devices 4.0 and above with NFC but it excludes metal phones like the HTC One
I apologize, HTC people
Alright, so let's go ahead and cut across this dotted line
As you can see, I sort of missed that line
Just like that, we have the Dimple.IO
I have a Galaxy S6 here, and I'm sort of thinking it would make sense here
Because when you're holding it, right, that's sort of right where your finger lines up comfortably
Comfy little spot.
It's just a 3M adhesive
Let me follow the steps here
"Clean your device." Okay
Got some cleaner here from a company called Looj
"Turn on the NFC." Okay
NFC, turn it on baby
So rather than permanently installing the buttons right away,
You want to make sure the location you hope to put them is gonna work fine with NFC
So you just sort of hold it in that location, then long press one of the buttons
and if it picks it up, you'll go straight to the Dimple.IO app, which I'm gonna install right now
I'm gonna line it up
Right there like that
Lined up
"Thank you for purchasing DIMPLE. This tutorial will teach you how to use it."
Do we want the tutorial? Alright, I'll give it a chance.
It uses NFC. Okay, fine, we're gonna leave NFC on.
"Press and hold a button"
[Laughs] Now it tells me I've successfully pressed a button
Thank you for that
"Press a button to edit" Alright, the top button
Okay, hold it
"This is a popup window. This button is empty!"
Alright let me add something to that
I want to turn on my flashlight
"Success" saved, okay
Now, let me do something on the second button
"Add." And let's launch an application this time
We will launch the camera app. Save
And then press the button to save
That is easy
Alright, third button
"Add." Wow you can open a URL
That's kinda cool
Call a number
It can be a media button
For play/pause if you are listening to, like, a podcast or something like that
Call a specific number that you might call often
"Take a picture." Just right away take a picture?
Okay, I'm gonna try that
And then I'm gonna program the last button
"Use a third party plugin. Open a URL. Change your setting.'
Settings might be nice
And you can pick a specific setting
So change your WiFi setting Bluetooth, Screen rotation, and then an action to either turn on, turn off, toggle
What about screen rotatio? Let's try that, and let's say that the button toggles it
Toggles the lock, I suppose
Okay
Yeah! Check it out!
That is locking the orientation now
Beautiful
Alright, now this button
It just takes a picture right away!
Woah! That is fast!
Get over here for a second, Jack. Come here.
I'm gonna take a quick picture
Yeah, right in there, right in here
People think you're imaginary
[Laughs]
That's fast!
Okay, that's very useful for that reason alone
Not launching the camera app, but just snapping a photo
Snap
Now the top button, I programmed for what? I can't remember now
Ah, flashlight
Ooooooooooooooo
Show you guys up there
See that?
Alright
When you need a flashlight you're searching for something real quick.
Boom! Buttons!
Buttons for everyone
And the nice thing here is that this doesn't require any kind of maintenance or charging or anything
It just sits there and that's all you really ever need to do with it
This thing is probably the quickest way you're gonna get some things done
I don't think there's a quicker way to access your flashlight
How about "youtube.com/moretop5"
"moretop5"
I've reprogrammed the nipple
Never thought I'd say that combination of words
Press down the button
Boom!
Right to my favorite YouTube page "MoreTop5"
Yeah, this thing is cool
This thing is definitely cool
Anyway, if you're interested in it I'll drop a link down in the description
But as you can see, it does some simple functions that you would otherwise have to navigate to in order to get to
And it does it in a physical way
Something else to mention. You can put more than one Dimple on the back of your NFC-enabled Android device
You can put multiple dimples
If you get addicted
To these nipples
Alright, getting carried away
Thanks very much for watching guys, hope you enjoyed this content
If you did make sure to leave a thumbs up down below
And if you want to know more about this product, I'll drop a link in the description so you can check that out
Thanks for watching, I'll catch you on the next episode
Later guys
Yeah this thing is cool, this thing is definitely cool
We're gonna go with it
The show must go on!