mobile

Detect mobile device indoor (J2ME)

Hi all, I am trying to develop a mobile application using J2ME to detect the device indoor. As GPS is impossible to detect the mobile device indoor. So i am looking into using location base with cell id. Can anyone gives me some guidance on the approach of this? opencellid.org provides a free source for detecting the mobile using cel...

What are your experiences with Metismo Bedrock?

I'm looking to develop a mobile application for multiple platforms, and have been looking at different frameworks to do this. Metismo Bedrock seems like it would be the perfect solution if it works as promised, but I have not been able to find any reviews of it. Have you used Metismo Bedrock, and if so, what platforms were you targeting...

Best cross-mobile javascript framework (iPhone/Android)

Hi all, Id like to create a small cross-mobile javascript application, which consists of a form and a grid as result. I also want to display some images, with something similar to lightbox. I coded an home maded prototype but id like to add 'touch' effects and support multiple screens easyly. I looked at JqTouch but its very slow on my...

What is the most clever and easy approach to sync data between multiple entities?

In today’s world where a lot of computers, mobile devices or web services share data or act like hubs, syncing gets more important. As we all know solutions that sync aren’t the most comfortable ones and it’s best not to sync at all. I’m still curious how you would implement a syncing solution to sync between multiple entities. There ar...

Is possible to Install Android in other phone? Like the SH004 or other OEM Phones

Hi all, I'm wondering if is possible to install/use Android with other phones? Will be nice to have it on such a piece of hardware like the new SH004. Thanks in advanced ...

Simulating PDA browser behavior and output

I'm working on a website that will eventually have a version that is optimized for mobile devices. Is there a decent way / method / place where I can simulate or emulate a wide variety of the available browsers and screens for the various mobile devices? I would really like to try and capture as large of a group as possible, including ...

Latest in mobile web development best practices

I know this has been asked a bunch of times before (notably here and here), but I'm looking for a good current guide for getting started in developing websites for modern mobile browsers. Ideally, I would love an updated version of Craig Hockenberry's excellent, 2.5-year-old Put Your Content in My Pocket---one that is aware of new devic...

How to launch short codes on mobile device?

Nokia has a long list of short codes on Symbian that can be applied to on-device data, such as *#0000# - to check the phones software revision type, *#7780# - to restore factory settings, etc (the list is long) If given a short code, how can I launch it? The program should not be aware of the functionality of the short code, it sho...

HTMLControl on WM 6.1 - VGA

Hi All, I am facing trouble enabling "High Resolution" mode in WM6 Professional. I am using a HTMLView.dll to embed an HTMLControl in our application. By default the "HTML" Shown is not in "High Resolution" Mode - The App is appearing all zoomed up and as how it is displayed in lesser resolution Emulators/devices.(QVGA) I have already ...

What fonts to use when designing xhtml pages via CSS for mobile phones ?

Firstly I plan to CSS to style pages (with fluid layouts) which are targetted towards mobile browsers. <style type="text/css"> body { background-color: #000; color: #fff; font: normal 95%/130% "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0; padding: 20px 0; } </style> Wha...

Mobile version of my website, what design width is optimal?

Hello, I'm going to create mobile version of website... What width should I choose for design? I know that every device have it's own screen width and it's really difficult to fit all devices... I'm really confused (pretty new to mobile websites world), please help. Thank you. ...

Can I use HashMaps in J2ME?

I cannot find much documentation about HashMaps in j2me. Does anyone have experience with this? How to create a HashMap? Map map1 = new HashMap(); should work, right? ...

Tracking Quiz Results with URL, No Database Allowed!

I need to create a 10 page quiz for a mobile browser. It is only a mobile webpage, so no considerations need to be taken for other browsers. Here's the problem I'm having: I can't use JavaScript, because not every mobile browser supports it. I'm not very skilled in other languages, but I thought perhaps something could be done in PHP as...

Mobile Application Question

Hi Sir, I have To develop one sample mobile applciation for ( meter reading )... In this i stored the data in sqlce ,,,, then i want to integrate the sqlce data to any ERP like accpac,crm... Pls give idea about that integration... Thank u Regards ...

Qt or Symbian C++?

I am planing to develop on Symbian systems but I am not familiar with it. I know (might be) the most popular way of developing on Symbian is Symbian C++, and I also heard of Qt. What's the difference between them? If I want my app run on most of the Symbian systems, which should I choose? Can someone give me some overall advices? Thank ...

The best way of developing on Symbian

Hi there, I am going to develop on Symbian (S60), and I know there are some ways to develop on this platfrom: Symbian C++, Java ME, Qt,OVI etc. I need an overall brief guide on all the ways and I have a few questions: What's the difference between Symbian C++ and Jave ME when developing? If Java ME can run on Symbian ,why we need Sy...

How long would it take an experienced iPhone app developer to build a "template"?

This is basically just like an HTML file...except it calls REST API to get data from online source. How long would it take an experienced developer? ...

What to Use for mobile development

I have to design a mobile portal that has support for support Android,BlackBerry and IPhone. Shall I use eclipse, .Net framework or something else. I have written a test application using .net 3.5 and it renders and works well for all the required platforms (Android,BlackBerry and IPhone), so not sure what I am going to miss if I use .n...

Mobile Analytics and Server Side Requests

I'm looking at different mobile analytics packages and most of them seem to do http requests back to the analytics server from the server that is delivering the content to the mobile. This seems strange and I don't understand why an image isn't just served up to the mobile which points back to the analytics server with all the data requi...

Setting up nginx to redirect mobile users

I want my website to redirect mobile users from mydomain.com to m.mydomain.com (unless they have specifically asked to see the non-mobile site). I was doing this in my application using WURFL, but I want to enable page caching. If page caching is on, the application will never be reached to know to redirect the mobile user, and so I nee...