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How to read console output in j2me cellphones? Where does System.out.println() go?

When writing j2me applications for cellphones, using System.out.println() prints on the console if using an emulator. However, when the code is deployed on a cellphone, where does the console output go? If it is impossible to see this in the untethered cellphone, is there a way to see it if the cellphone is still connected to the deploy...

Symbian S60 Code Editor

I am looking for an app that will let me type in code ON my cellphone. I don't need to compile or anything, and its not to program for the cellphone. Just something nice to have when an idea pops in my head. Am I completely overlooking a simple code editor for Symbian S60v3 phones? I am looking for something similar to CEdit which is ...

SMS + Web app: Providers of SMS "Long codes" for use by U.S. carrier subscribers within U.S.?

Q.: How to get a cellular phone SMS "Long code" for use by U.S. carrier subscribers within U.S.? Background: I'm building a web app that receives queries from/sends answers to cell phones. The app design (and business model) expects to communicate with cell devices via SMS, addressing the web app via an SMS "Long code" (VMN or MSISDN). ...

RoR + SMS: Rails web app architecture to send/receive SMS?

Q.: What web app architecture works well receiving/sending SMS text messages? By "architecture, I mean specific architecture, not generally, such as MVC. Background: I'm building a web app that receives queries from/sends answers to cell phones. The app design (and business model) expects to communicate with cell devices via SMS text me...

How do I get the free space of a phone's MMC flash card

I want to get the size and free space of a phone's memory card via USB connection from a PC. I use PC suite connection. This isn't a mobile application; it's a desktop application. All I do is to open a connection between the application and the mobile, then copy the required files to a certain folder in the MMC. Now I need to get t...

What is a valid content-type value for a .DM file type ( cellular phone DRM )

Obeying NDA restrictions I have to be vague. I've been tasked to evaluate the feasibility of forcing a .dm file from my client's system to a cellular device. So far I know I can send a smil payload with a txt & gif|jpg payload but not a .dm file. Inside of the DRM wrapper there is a header prefix before the payload starts. Content...

Dialing a phone number through Bluetooth.

I want to write a program under Win/Mac/*nix, that takes a phone number and dials it on my mobile through Bluetooth. I don't know much about BT. Is that possible? The mobile is mine and I WANT it to dial. How would I go about it? Thanks. ...

API For Associating Cell Number With Provider

Given a cell number in the US (although other countries would be nice too), how to I go about figuring out the provider? Are there any web services that you know of or ETL dumps that I can use to get this information? Ideally this component would accept a cell phone number and return a service provider. ...

pushing content to cell phones

I am working on a photo site and one of more active users (the jon skeet of the site ;) asked about pushing content to cell phones. The site is built on django, and I was wondering if anyone knows a good way of allowing users to download and store content (images) on their cell phones? As a side question... is it possible to accept paym...

Reverse engineering windows mobile live search CellID location awareness protocol (yikes)...

I wasn't sure of how to form the question so I apologize if the title is misleading. Additionally, you may want to get some coffee and take a seat for this one ... It's long. Basically, I'm trying to reverse engineer the protocol used by the Windows Mobile Live Search application to get location based on cellID. Before I go on, I am a...

looking for tools to convert web portal to cellolar

hello all i have task to convert old web portal to be viewed in cellular i includes the old nokias text browsers is there any tools or services that will make this task easier ? Thanks ...

Text message (SMS) verification for signups

I have seen a disturbing trend where websites are starting to require verification sent to cellphones by text message (SMS). Gmail and Facebook are two of them. What I want to know are the following: Is it a good idea to start requiring cellphones instead of emails now? How do I do it on my own website? Edit Here are some of my new ...

What cell phone has the widest potential market for software?

I developed a flashcard program a while back for learning Japanese. I've been considering porting it to a cell-phone. What is a good target platfrom? I'm thinking about iPhone, HTC Touch HD (system software: Windows Mobile) or a Nokia (system software: Symbian). Since I know a bit of JavaME, something that runs that would also be cool. ...

Fleet tracking - Retrieving location data from cellphones, C# libraries

Hello - I need to retrieve latitude & longitude information from cellphones carried by delivery trucks. I've found a few examples of how this can be done here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.01.wm6gps.aspx http://www.codeproject.com/KB/mobile/DeepCast.aspx Is it possible to retrieve cell phone location information from a...

sending an SMS text message

How can I send an SMS text message from my cellphone and have it received and processed on my asp.net website? I have no idea where to start. ...

mobile software that inserts and sends text message to database

Hello, I'm looking for a mobile software that will send/receive text messages from mobile phone to a database(if not directly I can build a service or something to receive it) so that the program will insert new messages into specific table and polls another table for outgoing messages. I found a program called Ultrasms that does someth...

Tool for fetching the Http Response from mobile device.

Hi I need a cellphone application that sends a http request and then saves the http response. The reason I want this is to make sure that the response sent from our server to the mobile is the same as the response the mobile receive. We are currently expecting that some mobile operators are modifying the response. So we would like to k...

Cell Phone Programming?

Can someone point me in the right direction. I am looking to develop an application for a Verizon enV Touch, but I am totally clueless when it comes to this. Any advise on the technology used, the development tools needed, or application programming for cell phones in general is greatly appreciated. I basically need "Cell Phone Applicati...

Any way to get the location of a cell phone?

Is there any way to get the location of a cell phone (i.e. latitude/longitude) automatically when the user views a web page? This will primarily be used outside of the United States, so if there is some international standard that the US may or may not follow, that's what I'd need to know. ...

Identify a cell phone by user-agent

Is there a good way to identify a cell phone or any other mobile device (which may be subject to a limited data plan) through the user agent or similar, easily accessible methods? ...