mobile-phones

How can I tell a widget to maximize to fill the whole space available?

I'm developing a widget for mobile phones using the Vodafone Mobile Widget Platform and I'm trying to get it to fill the entire screen. Using height and width to 100% doesn't seem to work as expected. Anyone know what to do? ...

How can i use the different view modes of a mobile widget?

I'm trying to make a mobile application using the Vodafone Mobile Widget Platform and I've seen they support different view modes, like... docked, floating, etc... How can make use of them? Also, is there any way to detect when a widget is docked or is floating? ...

Whats the best way to start programming for my non-smartphone?

I have a general old-fashioned phone that has no special app system and uses Java (I assume ME) for the few applications you can use on it. This is still a decent userbase and I'd like to start programming for this type of phone. I already know basic Java theory and syntax, so.. where do I get started for programming for non-smartphone...

AJAX requests in mobile widgets

I've added the code for an AJAX call in my mobile widget but I don't get a response. Any ideas? $.ajax({ type: "GET", url: "http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/syndication/feeds/disruptions-tube-offset-now.xml", dataType: "xml", success: function(xml) {} }); ...

Synchronous AJAX requests in mobile widgets

I'm having troubles with a synchronous AJAX call in a JIL widget. Only the asynchronous version seems to work. What call types do you usually use sync or async? ...

Storing data in mobile (JIL/W3C) widgets

How can I store data in a mobile widget (JIL/W3C). Is Widget.setPreferenceForKey() the only option? ...

Blocking device rotation on mobile web pages.

Is it possible to detect on my page, for example using Javascript, when user visit it using mobile device in portrait mode, and stop orientation changing when user rotate its phone to landscape? There is game on my page, optimized for portrait display only and I don't want it in landscape. ...

J2me, how to create a link in the screen?

Hi, I am developing in J2ME, I need to show a text, and then an underlined link / button that people can press. I cannot use Canvas. As a temporal solution, I am using the typical command button but I would like to show this option on screen. (I don't want to use any framework that implies to change everything so that it has a particu...

BREW: Why does anyone care for it anymore?

I am aware of the variety of possible platforms for mobile development. However, I pretty much wonder what you can tell me about Qualcomm's BREW? Why does anyone care for it anymore? I mean, with J2ME's portability (the interest in J2ME must surely be dying in the middle-high class devices), Android Makret and Appstore, how could anyone ...

HTTPS in web browser and Mobile Phone

Can some tell me how the HTTPS connection that we use in a web browser is different from a HTTPS connection we ue using a NSURLConnection in iPhone? How does the certificate mechanisms work in a mobile phone? ...

"usb connected" notification while cable is not attached on android

Since 2 months I have the new samsung galaxy S (I9000) android phone. This is the best phone I have ever had but since this week it manifests a verry weird problem. After a few hours of running time it displays the "usb connected" message. After wich the device shuts down and will only restart with the cable connected. Altough that is p...

Programmatically send SMS msgs using your personal mobile account?

Is it possible to programmatically send SMS msgs using your personal mobile account? Are there any mobile networks (location unimportant for now) that allow a subscriber to send sms via a gateway api? ...

Ways to bypass the application approval process for generic mobile phones?

I'm trying to get an app into the app store for most mobile phones (not smart phones) as quickly and cheaply as possible. I'm told that the app is able to run on most mobile phones (not smart phones) such as: LG, Motorola, Samsung phones, etc, so I don't think that it relies on any platform specific SDKs. I'm also told that the current a...

how to find OS of Mobile generally?

hi, I could not find out OS of Lot of mobiles? for example MicroMax , Videocon Mobiles in India, they did not give that details in their specification, what os will it have? why they did not give that details? but JVMs are there...any help please? ...

Play Video and Sound with HTML5

Hi All, I'm trying to make a smartphone software using python and HTML5. Now in server I can receive rpt packet content audio and video, but I don't know how to play it in the web browser (I don't use Flash). I see that HTML5 have the audio and video tags, so I intend use websocket to transfer data. But I can't find the way to play it i...

How to create mobile version of asp.NET web site?

Hi, i have a web created on asp And i want to make it mobile phone web, such that user can use it through his / her cell phone. I don't have any knowledge about XML And also i don't have knowledge of .NET How can I do this? Thanks. ...

Need a detail info about how to learn and start developing Mobile Application

hey guys, till now i have developed web applications but know i'm thinking to get hands on Mobile Application. So how to i start it n from where coz i have no idea about Android,iPhone,Symbian etc.. nor i dn't have a big Phone to know how applications runs on it.. mainly i want to focus on Android Applications, is there any simulator for...

Controlling Old Nokia phone via PC

Hi all, I need to develop a PC program (C++ / C# ) in order to control basic actions (Calls and SMS) on an old Nokia phone (a one with black and white screen) Do anyone knows where to find a library or a SDK for that purpose? Edit: Probably you can not download a program on that old phone.. The connection between the phone and PC will...

C# application to connect to a mobile application using bluetooth

I want to know how to write a C# desktop application that can connect to the mobile version of the same application (that I will create). The desktop application will be used as a backup/restore for the mobile application. I want to know also how to write the mobile version (using C# if possible). ...

Encrypt outgoing data? (any mobile platform)

Would it be possible for me to build an application that enables people to encrypt call coming to me with my public key and then for me to decrypt the call data at my end using my own private key. This way I basically have a more secure communication channel which I am assuming because RSA is hard to crack would be difficult to monitor. ...