mobile-phones

Is there a way to programmatically override "Incoming Call" screen on Blackberry for incoming calls?

Is there a way to programmatically override "Incoming Call" screen on Blackberry for incoming calls? Basically, pop up a different screen that would show call information in better layout and allow to answer or hang-up call. ...

Sim Based application

Hi I have to design a simple application which has to reside in the SIM card of a GSM mobile. But I dont have any idea how to get started. Till now I have only designed apps using J2ME. Do I need Java Card for SIM based app? Thanks in advance for the help. ...

Which Devices Support Javascript Geolocation via navigator.geolocation ?

The iPhone supports geolocation in mobile Safari via the following call: navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition( function(pos){ var lat = pos.coords.latitude; var long = pos.coords.longitude; }, function(){ /* Handler if location could not be found */ } ); I'd like to build a good list of devices that have one of...

Good websites to help Java ME development?

Since J2ME apps have so many possible devices they can run on, there's lots to consider during each step of development. Are there websites that help you with the design process? Statistics of API and MIDP version availability on phones of all manufacturers? Browsing of APIs and Classes available by category? Articles and reviews of A...

Mobile phone (iPhone, Windows CE, Symbian, Android) search engines (text indexers)?

I'm looking for search engines that will run on one or more of the mobile platforms listed in the title. Something like Lucene (which 'should' run on Android) or minion. What are my alternatives on each platform? Have you made them run? What are the limitations you stumbled upon (cannot index more than 20 megs, for example)? ...

Directory structure of Mobiles connected as USB pendrive

Hi, I need to find photos on external devices like cameras and mobiles connected as USB pendrive. As I don't want to traverse all disks, I thought of looking for specific folders under root or deeper, e.g. DCIM for cameras and start traverse from there. For cameras the directory structure is specified in the Design rule for Camera File ...

Mobile phone application design guidelines

Any documents or articles that contain design guidelines for creating mobile phone applications? How applications should be built for ideal user experiences. User Interface & Keypad Graphics Languages Links from specific manufacturers are also welcome. ...

Display/LCD drivers

Can anybody tell me about techniques for buffering used in display drivers specifically in LCD's in Mobile phones ?? ...

Implementing payments using cellphones

Hey all, I am trying to understand how the mobile payment system works, its all over social networks and games.basically we just submit our phone number and the service sends us a sms which we acknowledge and it in turn debits the amount from our cell phone service provider balance. If i have to write a similar engine like b...

Simple file transfer over wifi between computer and mobile phone using python

I'd like to be able to transfer files between my mobile phone and computer. The phone is a smartphone that can run python 2.5.4 and the computer is running windows xp (with python 2.5.4 and 3.1.1). I'd like to have a simple python program on the phone that can send files to the computer and get files from the computer. The phone end...

Palm Pre on Device Anywhere

I have developed a simple application for palm webOS. Now I have the ipk file with me, but I want to test it using Device Anywhere. Is there any way by which I can install my app in their Palm Pre? ...

Best OpenID Provider for iPhone / Mobile Device

Is there an OpenID provider that is really exemplary for use on an iPhone or other mobile devices? Before you say this belongs on meta.stackoverflow.com, hold on, I promise this is a programming question. If designing a highly mobile site, it would be nice to offer a large button linking to them from a login page (like the Google link ...

Which mobile platform to use creation of a musicians support application - recording and playback?

I'm a programmer looking to play in the mobile world. The application I'd like to play with would support my musical hobbies. I suspect a mobile phone with a music player could easily be programmed to support a classical musicians practice sessions. Should be Easy: Play an A at 440 Hz (or 438,442) for tuning. Should be easy: Metronom...

mobile telecommunication thesis topic suggestion

Hello I will be writing my computer science graduation thesis this year and I plan to do my research towards the mobile telecommunication field. What are the hot topics regarding this field? What topics could be a good research material? Cheers. ...

PHP framework to develop .mobi sites

I'm desperately looking for a PHP 5 framework that will work best to develop .mobi sites. One major feature that it should contain is browser recognition for different handsets, so that the site will work properly on all types of phones? ...

Can you get a keypress event for the phone call key in Flash Lite?

All mobiles have a green dialing key. Do you get an event for this in Flash Lite 3.0 or above? ...

Mobile Website Markup Tags?

Hey, Seems like an easy answer to find .. however I have spent hours searching with no luck. What are the official tags that developers are supposed to use on mobile web apps? Like <callout><phone><map><address> Does w3c have an official list? ...

How to get started with mobile development

Now that Nokia will soon ship my pre-ordered n900, I thought I would familiarize myself with mobile development - maemo seems friendly enough for a guy who's done development only on Linux since days of Amiga and C=64 and is in love with Python. However, I have no clue whatsoever on stuff like UI:s and especially mobile UI:s - also, I w...

Does javascript work on mobile phones?

Does javascript work on mobile phones? ...

SSL certificate for HTTPs, activex signing and most mobile phone SDKs

Hello, this is mostly a deployement than a programming question. If I were to buy an SSL certificate from a CA, would I be able to use it to sign other applications (such as symbian, android, iphone ones)? If so, what (re)seller would you recommend? ...