mobile

Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone DNS error for local html files

Hi There, Im getting a DNS timeout error in Windows mobile five when ever I try to load a local html file into WebBrowser view control after viewing an online page. eg ctrlBrowser.Url = new Url("http://www.google.com"); followed by ctrlBrowser.Url = new Url("file:///\My Documents\test.html"); However it I try to open local file only wi...

Which video formats to use for Java ME in mobile phones?

I (or rather some of my students) have a Java ME (the platform everyone still calls J2ME) application that shows videos using JSR-135 and VideoControl. They have created mpeg-1 video files, and it works in the emulator, but not on any of the actual phones they have tried. The call to getControl in Player returns null. I think this is be...

Non OTA Android upgrades

How would a phone like the Samsung I7500 upgrade its firmware when running on a non google partner carrier? I don't see any kind of manual upgrade options available. ...

Compact framework equivalent of traceview

My day job is using the compact framework but as a home/side project I'm starting to learn Android development. Having seen Androids traceview (a visual profiling tool) does anyone know if there's anything similar for .net and the compact framework (version 2)? ...

How Can I get all the themes that system support in windows mobile, and select a theme to set as current theme?

Such as in the today settings, It dispalys all the theme that the system supports, how can I make it in programes? ...

Developing a BlackBerry app

I would like to start developing a BlackBerry application, but what I found is that you have to choose which development environment and which technology to use to develop the app. BlackBerry's developer site isn't too helpfull. I read a few articles there and I still don't know what I need to get to start working on this app. So, I'm h...

Is it possible to run Java ME apps in Palm Z22?

I want to develop a java app that should run in Palm Z22. Will it be possible? If you could provide me some start point I would appreciate. ...

What SDK for Metering on Windows Mobile?

I am trying to write A Windows Mobile app that will include DRM metering but I have been unable to find IWMDRMDeviceApp::GenerateMeterChallenge or any equivalent within the Windows Mobile 6 SDK. The only possibility that I have come up with so far is Windows Media DRM 10 for Portable Devices Porting Kit but this has a substantial licensi...

Symbian: Is it possible to get access to a list of contacts through an application?

There are at least two ways that I know of to write a Symbian application: 1. J2ME 2. A native application. My question is, does the SDK/API for either of those methods (or any other method) grant me (at least) read-only access to contact information (names/numbers/etc) on the phone itself? Does this in any way depend on the specific...

Generating a list of supported devices by WURFL capabilities

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PHP: upload photos from mobile

I need to make a PHP application that supports upload photos from mobile phone. any idea how can I achieve that ? ...

Good ways to earn income as a self employed developer

I was just wondering if people could share their experiences and ideas about generating / earning income from a software product or service they have personally developed. To me this seems like a good way to earn a living while doing what we love (programming) and working on projects and problems which interest us. Ie, NOT boring bank o...

Nokia HTTP_REFERER issue

We've developing mobile application using CodeIgniter PHP framework. App was tested on several hardware phones and emulators. Everything works fine everywhere - except Nokia S40 built-in browser. When browsing via thatbrowser, it reveals that $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] is not set at all - even using straight PHP with no frameworks. Specif...

LINQ to SQL replacement in .NET Compact Framework

I have been tasked with porting our .NET Desktop application to a mobile device. Our desktop application uses LINQ to SQL to interact with the database. However, LINQ to SQL is not available on mobile devices. We develop for Windows Mobile 5 and 6. I am debating between suggesting a different ORM that supports both desktop and mobile...

Are there any Windows Mobile client/server file synchronization APIs?

MS has a good file/directory sync framework called Windows.Synchronization.Files, but it is not available for Mobile! Does anyone know what the standard way is of getting this functionality on Windows Mobile? I know ActiveSync allows you to transfer and sync files, but so far I haven't been able to find the API that they use for this. Is...

Why is my animation leaving a trail?

I'm animating a an ImageView from the left to the right of the screen using a translate animation. The ImageView is place inside a RelativeLayout over the top of my main layout using FrameLayout. When I run the animation on the emulator everything works pretty well but when I use run it on my G1 it leaves visual artifacts behind and ef...

Shared Library for iPhone and BlackBerry

I have a set of functionality (classes) that I would like to share with an application I'm building for the iPhone and for the Blackberry (Java). Does anyone have any best practices on doing this? ...

Saving a file with Javascript in S60v3 mobile browser

I'm busy experimenting with TiddlyWiki and trying to get it to run on my Nokia E51, which uses S60v3. The browser is based on webkit, which should mean that I'd be able to get it to work, but no luck so far. Does anyone have any experience with saving files locally on this platform? ...

Directshow in C# for windows mobile- strategy?

I'm trying to figure out how to add some directshow capabilities to a C# application (.net cf 3.5 running on mobile 6 and up), and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to bridge the gap between using unmanaged c++ class(es) in managed C#. I've already written the functionality I need in C++: Basically, I have a manager class that use...

Where Can I get J2ME Tutorials

Where can I get the good J2ME tutorials. ...