mobile-phones

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. ...

How do I design sms service ?

I want to design a website that can send and receive sms. How should I approach the problem ? What are the resources available ? I know php,python what else do I need or are the better options available? How can experiment using my pc only?[somthing like localhost] What are some good hosting services for this? [edit this] [Add more que...

How can one offer free ringtones on your web site?

I've been asked to come up with options to offer free ringtone downloads on a website. These would be actual free ringtone downloads, not "Sure, we've got free ringtones, but wouldn't you rather have these much cooler ringtones over here for $1.99?", but actual free-to-download ringtones. Is there a way to provide this in a relatively ...

Most promising mobile platforms?

So I've got some great ideas on mobile products. I'm in a position where I need to pick the best platform to initially develop on. I currently don't own a mobile device of any specific platform. Obviously I'll be getting a few... Also I currently work with Windows Mobile at my employer. Suggestions? Obviously iPhone is making develope...

Best framework for targetting a wide range of mobile devices

I'm trying to build a mobile application on a client-server model where clients are people's mobile devices and the server is a PC - all connecting over bluetooth. I'm expecting the client to be very thin - just enough to establish communications, display some text, and relay user input. What's the best framework to develop in? I want ...

How to unpack a .zip file in Windows Mobile?

I need to programaticaly unpack a zip archive to folder on Windows Mobile. Is there an easy to use API that I can use directly or should I go with some external library? ...

Source code for Linux or Windows for access to the SIM Access Profile the mobile phone

I tried to find many times but cannot find. Can somebody help me? Thank you in advance ...

Can OAuth work with mobile phone applications?

Can we make OAuth work from applications on mobile phones where there is no browser available? Without a browser, is it still possible for a user to approve the token requests (so that the consumer can proceed to fetch the protected resources from the service provider)? ...

Web based API that can tell me if a number is a landline or cell phone?

My application sends SMS messages to people, but the numbers entered in as their cell phone are sometimes land lines (this is user error or the user not really knowing if the contact number they have is a cell phone or landline.) I found a few websites that can tell me if a number is a landline or cell phone, but they do not offer progr...

What is the most "fun" mobile platform to develop for today?

What is the most fun/hard/easy mobile platform to develop for today? I had a SonyEricsson P800 running Symbian OS a long time ago and did some Java applications on it. I felt that JavaME was so limited at that time, but it was maybe 5 years ago. Please, share your experiences; I need an update. ...

Coding Using Mobile Phone

I am wondering is there any mobile phone available in this world that enable us to compile or interpret any code we type in? Let say I want to code a simple program like in http://projecteuler.net, and I cannot find any computer nearby. I really want to code while going home using public transportation or waiting the bus, using my mobil...

How to start develop for chinese mobile phones based on nucleus RTOS? (MTK)

I've noticed that chinese mobile phones became very popular, perhaps because of their very reasonable price and many modern features (touch screens, advanced multimedia, double sim cards etc). I'm wondering if there's any way to develop custom solutions for this handsets as independent developer? How to obtain a toolkit and documentati...

How do I develop applications for Symbian OS of Mobile Phones like Nokia

I would like to develop applications for Symbian OS Phones and try another track other than programming in Java. I would like to experience how to program on mobile phones using C and C++. Can you please give some tips on what tools to use on developing this kinds of applications. I am targetting Nokia phones.. Thanks ...

Does GSM mobile phones have an RFID chip per default?

I heard something funny the other day, that I'm not sure that I trust, but at the same time I'm curious if I'm mistaken. What I heard was that every GSM mobile phone has an RFID chip in them, because the SIM card functions as an RFID chip. Is this true or false? ...

Beginning Windows Mobile 6.1 Development With Python

Hi Everyone, I've wanted to get into Python development for awhile and most of my programming experience has been in .NET and no mobile development. I recently thought of a useful app to make for my windows mobile phone and thought this could be a great first Python project. I did a little research online and found PyCe which I thin...

What programming language to be used for developing sofware for Mobile Phones?

Hello everyone, What language should I use to develop programs for Nokia/Samsung/LG/Sony Ericsson phones? (Both Symbian and Non Symbian) ? Ofcourse to install the software straight inside the phone. Thanks. ...

Cross-compile/Recompile an ActiveX for mobile devices

Hi, In our project, we have a lot of ActiveX controls written in VB6. On big (x86) computers it works very well. These controls are hosted on website. And mobile users also wants to use it. So is there any possible solution to recompile/cross-compile an .ocx and make .cab file to works under ARM architecture? Or maybe I can emulate x86 a...

Getting response from bluetooth device

I'm trying to write a simple module that will enable sending SMS. I using bluetooth to connect to the mobile using the below example: file: bt-sendsms.py import bluetooth target = '00:32:AC:32:36:E8' # Mobile address print "Trying to send SMS on %s" % target BTSocket = bluetooth.BluetoothSocket(bluetooth.RFCOMM) BTSocket.connect(...

Invaluable development tools for mobile phones

In an era of smart phones becoming increasingly powerful each month, often having 300+ MHZ processors, 64+ MB of RAM and true multimedia and multi-tasking capabilities, it is also getting obvious that mobile phones can now also be used as mobile computers, sometimes even for development purposes by developers, when they may either have n...

Mobile Phone Survey Questions

We're considering writing mobile versions of our applications, so we're putting together a survey for our customers asking what they want for stuff on their phones. So far, questions such as: Do you have a smartphone? If so, which OS does it use? Would you like to use on your phone? How much would be worth to you on your phone etc....