mobile

Is there a way to develop new JSR's for Java ME enabled devices?

Hi there, I have a MIDP2.0 mobile device with no support for a specific JSR (it's JSR 180 SIP API for J2ME). Sun's website says there's a reference implementation but it seems it's already removed. The question is, can I develop JSR 180 and deploy it to the device, so applications can use it? Or should it be in the device firmware (ob...

Should I make my mobile application for Mobile 6 or Moible 5?

Hi I am going to be making a small application very soon. I am wondering would it be better to go and make it for 6.0 or should I make it for 5.0? I don't know much about both versions but I guessing that 5.0 would allow my software to be installed on more phones as opposed to using 6.0 what would work only one 6.0 phones. I am not su...

What Information can a Nokia WRT Widget have access to on the Device?

I intend to store a unique ID on every device that accesses a web service through a Nokia Web Runtime Widget. Now I know that these Widgets cannot Read/Write files on the devices so its not possible to have that id stored on the device. Is there someone who can figure a way around this? I thought of having the widget get the IMEI number...

Driving events across custom TCP Long-Polling server

I’m trying to write a custom TCP based long polling server that will serve as a go-between for other TCP connections that require more persistence than a mobile phone can provide. The way I’m trying to do it is writing an asynchronous TCP server in C# and a matching TCP Client also written in C#. The way that long polling works (as far...

What is the design best practice for setting the page width for mobile web pages?

Different browsers on different phones have different screen resolution. Is there a best practice in the community to set the width to a standard size, so that it works on most moderns phones and browsers? ...

Designing for mobile phone devices: Recommended Photoshop color mode (scheme)?

I'm building a mobile phone application and have created many mockups in Photoshop CS4. When I convert said mockups into templates on my phone, the colors are lighter then shown in Photoshop and I constantly have to readjust. What color mode or settings should I apply to Photoshop in order to correct this problem as best as possible? ...

Does anyone know about availability of Native SDK for Fly phones?

Is anyone out there aware of any native SDK to develop on Fly phones. I understand that this a non standard development platform- but we have reasons to consider this phone for a product in India. --Kiran Kumar ...

Error while reading files with native code on windows mobile

Hi all! I'm new here and my english is not really good. Apologize any inconvenience! I'm programming an application for windows mobile with native code (MFC). I'm trying to open a file and this is driving me crazy. I've tried to open it in a thousand diferent ways... And I really achieve it, but when I try to read (fread or getline) t...

Interface hierarchy design pattern?

I'm in the early stages of developing a C++ multi platform (mobile) application which has a graphical user interface. I'm trying to find a good way of abstracting the actual UI/windowing implementation. Here is basically what I have tried so far: I created an interface hierarchy Screen +Canvas +Form +Dialog Control +EditBox +Che...

Java Windows Mobile Application Taking Too Long To Reestablish Network Connectivity

We have a Java application running on the JBed JVM on Windows mobile 6.1. When it loses connectivity the application is taking a long time (8 - 10 minutes) to re-establish VPN network connectivity, despite the fact that other applications can see the VPN far sooner (roughly 2 - 3 minutes). From our application logs we can see that two ...

signing assemblies on windows mobile device

HI I have created an application for my windows mobile 6.0 device and I need to sign it so that the user can download updates without having to select that they trust the publisher I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing here but I created the following files on the command line .pfx using pvk2pfx .spc using cert2spc .cer using makec...

NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces causes AppDomain.UnhandledException to stop firing on Windows XP Embedded

I have an application that targets desktop OSes (XP, Vista, Win7) as well as mobile devices running Windows XP Embedded. All platforms are running the full .Net Framework, not the Compact Framework. The app uses the AppDomain.UnhandledException event to detect and log any fatal application errors. Nothing unusual there, and it works perf...

Mobile development book

Hi, I want to start coding applications for mobile devices. Can anyone recommend me a good book to start coding in Java? (I am an experience programmer in .NET and PHP). ...

Upload files using mobile broadband using standard browsers (not from phone)

My issue is trying to upload photos while using mobile broadband. (PHP) The situation is - 1) I'm using a laptop that is connected to the internet using mobile broadband (t-mobile) 2) I know that my web site works as I've used the php script for well over a year without issues Other points which may help with an answer 1) uploading ...

CDC finger-friendly

Hello, I've been working in a Java mobile project using j9 as a virtual machine. So far the project has been developed for an stylus interaction using AWT components. We want to create a new version of the application more finger-friendly the internal logic is working OK so we wanna keep it, it is just the interface that we want to upd...

Any readings/books recommended for a beginner mobile Qt developers?

I'm quite new to this mobile development. I just download the Qt SDK from the Nokia web site. My background is C,C++ and I am not very familiar with the visual/IDE kind of stuff. Normally I do things using the console and the vi editor, etc. I have been spending almost 10 years of development mainly on web applications (PHP/Python/Flex...

Has Anyone Used the rhomobile Framework?

I have a client asking about the rhomobile framework. I have been researching it a bit and wanted to see what the community at large thought about the framework and what, (if any), problems you came across in developing with it. Thank you, L. ...

Java Midlet Deployment

So, I've develop a simple hello world midlet using the Samsung SDK 1.1.2 and I've Packaged the midlet. Now I have two files (a JAR/JAD) combination. How do I get these installed on my phone? As you can tell from the question, I'm new to phone development. Trying to deploy to a Samsung handset on ATT. I'm trying to test out the entire ...

How can I make mobile version of an existing web site?

hi, We have a website coded with jsp-Java. Now, we want to show our website more user friendly on blackberry etc. Is there any tool or method to do this issue more easier? thanks for your answers. ...

Best way to define CSS styles for mobile devices?

Any guidance on how best to define CSS styles in a web page that's intended for mobile devices? Is it best to use an external stylesheet and reference it in the <head> element using a <link> tag, or is it better to dump the CSS styles directly into the page via a <style> tag? I presume that the benefit of having the CSS styles directly ...