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Let's face it: the Nikon Coolpix S800c is just plain weird. Why should a 16-megapixel CMOS shooter allow you to surf the Web, access Twitter, and upload photos to Facebook? OK, so the last option makes some sense.
Still, not every embedded or mobile OS allows for the freedoms provided by Android. Apple has always been the elegant fashionista: prim, proper, dressed to the nines, and blazing a trail that other designers instinctively follow. There are rules, darling. Google, on the other hand, has always projected an air of stoner chic: "Dude, you want to put Android onto a microwave? Dude, that's going to be AWESOME. Epic. How do I help?" Apple would simply look aghast.
It helps, of course, that Android is based on the Linux architecture, with its own freewheeling legacy. Delaval, for example, makes its own remotely operated, Linux-powered milking machine. (Sorry, it doesn't yet offer an Android mobile app – we checked.)
Granted, that means that you can find dozens of Android phones from a variety of manufacturers on each carrier: over 40 Android handsets available on Verizon Wireless alone. (We've rounded up the best Android phones here.)
But when we set out to create this roundup of the oddest, weirdest Android gadgets, we tried to embody what makes Android interesting: with just a few apps or a change to the user interface, Android can be used for all sorts of products. Our one disappointment? We couldn't find an Android-powered toilet, although 11mark reported in January that 87 percent of Android users admitted to using their mobile phones while on the throne. So there's that.
Hit the slideshow for more bizarre Android-powered devices.
Source: pcmag.com
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