mobile

Can someone recommend a better alternative to InternetOpenUrl(..) ?

Environment: Win32 for Windows Mobile using C/C++ (VS2008) I need a clean and reliable method of updating some GPS coordinates (or other data) to a web server using http. Currently I've been using the following piece of code: wsprintf (threadParam.wszLocInfo, L"%s/LOGGPS/?U=%s&LAT=%.07f&LNG=%.07f&V=%s", ...); HANDLE hHTTPthread = Cr...

Set authentication request prop in j2me works?

Hi, I have followed the answer to http://stackoverflow.com/questions/950885/http-authentication-in-j2me by setting the request property for HttpConnection object with setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Basic "+ encodedUserAndPass) but it didn't work. When make request to Http protocol -> 401 Unauthorized When make request to H...

howto use mobilephone gps to locate a person and display on a website

Hello, my question is the following if it wasn't clear enough. I want to be able to track a person threw his/hers mobilephone and display his whereabouts on a website. I read some stuff here about safari and Iphone. What I need is a startingpoint in the sense off what is possible, and is it only possible for certain phones. I can as...

Testing WML on mobile browsers

I am developing a mobile web application which is implemented in WML (to minimize roundtrips to the server). I've tested the application on the following browsers: IE for Windows Mobile 5 IE for Windows Mobile 6 Opera Mobile Nokia Series 40 web browser Nokia Series 60 web browser NetFront (for Symbian) NetFront (for Sony Ericsson) Net...

IMEI using Javascript

Hi, is there any way to retrieve the IMEI number of a cellphone, using javascript? ...

Mobile phone - can it programatically broadcast at a radio frequency?

Is it possible to make a cell phone transmit arbitrary radio waves at a certain frequency? Or does the Mobile OS only allow higher level access? If the answer is 'no' as I expect it is, is there any way to make a phone talk to another electronic device remotely without handshakes and the like? ...

How to use the VGA camera as a optical sensor?

Hi, I am designing an information kiosk which incorporates a mobile phone hidden inside the kiosk. I wonder whether it would be possible to use the VGA camera of the phone as a sensor to detect when somebody is standing in front of the kiosk. Which SW components (e.g. Java, APIs, bluetooth stack etc) would be required for a code to use...

How can I differentiate mobile users, and why has this not worked?

I have a main site and a mobile site, and am looking at having Apache redirect users based on their reported user-agent as the next step up in providing a better mobile experience. E.g. a user who visits http://jonathanscorner.com/spectacles/ is redirected to http://jonathanscorner.mobi/?url=/spectacles/. At present what I have tried in ...

Future of Mobile Development

I was reading an article based on Mobile Development in 2020 and run into such a pessimistic claim: "But the economics are a different story. The ratio of those developers who will fail is about 90%; they will simply not make a return on their investment or make a good enough living at this," said Mr Laurs. He said th...

How to make a J2ME application run in Background ?

Hi , i have a written a J2ME application which uses Bluetooth and search a file within the peer mobile and download it . I would like to make my application run in background , when ever i get a call , or message and later resume after few seconds , Has anybody worked on this please share your experience . Is there any way to run a Midle...

Needed: MM7 message builder in .Net

Background In the mobile world, MM7 is a multimedia message that uses XML/SOAP as its content and HTTP as its transport (wiki). What I want some kind of a message builder (a DSL engine is preferable) that builds the SOAP (XML) message itself, so that I can actually view the raw message without sending it. What I found so far ......

Optimizing for a smaller .cod (.jar) file

The RIM compiler performs extra optimization and compression on the resulting ".jar" while building the final .cod file, but there are things that can be done by the developer to significantly reduce the final .cod file size. One such thing would be to run PNGCrush, OptiPNG, or a similar tool to reduce the size of the included .png fil...

What are the differents web mobile framework (any languages) ?

I'd like to know what are the differents web mobile framework in the web mobile industry. I started searching about jQuery but it seems that everything doesn't work well on mobiles. So, what web mobile framework do you know ? Do you think I rather should write my web mobile app with simple HTML and CSS ? I thought using JavaFX too, but...

Porting PC video codec onto mobile environments?

I work on the task of porting a video codec written to perform on a PC, onto a mobile platform (in my case OMAP3430 MDK). Though my question is not related to a specific platform or language. I ask for specific clues/ideas to bear in mind when porting a codec onto a Mobile Platform. What are the main differences of the PC and mobile en...

Windows mobile controlling scroll bar with finger

Hi There, I have a question about the windows mobile development. I created a mobile form on the windows mobile 6.0 test project. But that example form slightly larger than the vertically normal pocketpc forms. I now everybody said you can press the scrollbar for accessing bottom or any location of the form. But i need to use the fin...

What's the most used format for webpages for mobile?

It's a very long time since I've looked at anything in the mobile world so I'm very out of touch. I have a website (done in ASP.Net) that is running live at the moment and I need to make a mobile version of it. What's the best/most frequently used format of pages to serve up to mobiles these days? Is it a cut down HTML page with few g...

Limitations on SMS messages sent using free email->SMS gateways

Many cell (mobile) phone providers in the USA have an email gateway for SMS that allows anyone to send an email that will in turn send a text message. For example, to send a text-message to a user who has a Verizon phone you can send an email to [email protected]. But... how reliable are these gateways, and what limitations ar...

Identifying the browser at server side in php

I have a website. When the user clicks on a particular page (say identify.php) I want to find the type of browser the client is using. The browser might be mozilla, IE, opera, chrome or any other mobiles device such as SonyEricssonK610i, SAMSUNG-SGH-E370, SonyEricssonT700 or NokiaN73-1. Is this possible to detect the user browser? ...

HTML CSS for mobiles

Is there is any difference in writing html and css for mobile from web?? ...

How to install theme on Windows CE 5.0

Is there a way to install themes on Windows CE 5. I want it to look similar to Windows Mobile. Any idea? ...