mobile

How to control mobile softkeys from Flash application embedded in HTML

I have a flash application running Flash 9 (CS3). Application is able to control the Softkeys when this flash application is loaded in the supported mobile device. But, the application doesn't have control when the same is embedded in HTML page and browsed via supported mobile device. Any ideas how to make this work? Thanks Keerthi ...

How to test web-apps on mobile for free without wlan?

I tried GNUBOX which use bluetooth to connect to my computer then to the internet. It's very painful to set up (under windows more than under linux, but it's still painful, it works 1 time on 3). I own a Nokia 6630 so there is no WLAN support. Is there any emulator? I'd need to know something like max width, max height ect... usability...

Best binary/ordinary XML implementation for j2me

Following Izb's question about Best binary XML format for JavaME, I'm looking for an implementation for either binary XML-like formats or just plain XML. My metrics for such implementation, by most important first, are: Supported phones. A basic JTWI phone should be able to run it. It should be either verified or open source, so I cou...

Code for extending the NETCF MainMenu to support background color property

I've searched for the solution to change the background color on the Compact Framework's MainMenu control, and the only answer I've found is that you need to create a custom control. Does anyone have example code for this? ...

Allowing users to post pictures to web application via mobile phone?

There are several web applications which allow you to send photos from your mobile phone and post them to web site/application. How do these work and what sort of technologies would one use to implement such a feature? Is it an MMS server or does one need to get into socket programming? For example, some applications provide you with a...

Does anyone have experience with PyS60 mobile development

I am in the position of having to make a technology choice early in a project which is targetted at mobile phones. I saw that there is a python derivative for S60 and wondered whether anyone could share experiences, good and bad, and suggest appropriate IDE's and emulators. Please don't tell me that I should be developing on Windows Mo...

XML for mobile clients

I have a J2ME application that needs to communicate with my server, and download information for the application in XML. My application could run a lot faster if I had a better format of data, which would allow me to have more efficient parsing code. Does anyone know an efficient substitute for XML? Maybe something specific for mobile p...

iPhone to iPhone communication

I'm kind of curious how I should approach a problem with iPhones and communication between two phones. I have an idea for an application that needs to send data between two known phones. The problem is that the data could be very small or very large. I want to have intermediate storage on a server and a messaging layer, but I want there...

Searching for a safe way to do authentication from a mobile app

I've inherited a mobile app which sends auth credentials (userid/password) in the clear. I'd imagine that I have 2 choices: a) use TLS. b) write my own auth protocol. If I choose (b) what are the key guidelines that I must follow to make it it secure. e.g. how to avoid replay attacks, encryption strategies. Thanks ...

What is a good toolkit for developing Blackberry applications?

Looking for a toolkit/SDK for general Blackberry development or application toolkits. Anything like an MVC framework? ...

How to get folder sharing on Windows Mobile emulator to work

I am developing an application using Windows Mobile 5.0, under embedded VC++ 4.0, and using the emulator for debugging. I need to copy some files onto the emulator and planned on using the option to map a directory to the emulator storage card. Problem is, this option is greyed out when I run the emulator. From the emulator help i get ...

Best mobile application development tool/environment?

I would like to develop a mobile application that is able to access all the features of the mobile device it runs on (camera, files, phone and network connectivity). I intend to build a series of applications that each have a specific function to perform, rather than a single application with a large feature set. My programming backgroun...

Software patents or Can I write a RSVP program for my mobile device?

I wanted to write a small Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) program for my mobile device but I realized that there are some patent issues associated with that technique (exhibit 1 and exhibit 2). Can I write such program and try to make money with it? Would it be legal to give such program for free? ...

What is the best method for storing viewstate in an ASP.Net mobile web application?

I'm curious what techniques you find to be the best for storage and maintaining of viewstate with respect to an ASP.Net application running within a mobile web browser (i.e. Treo with Windows Mobile, or Blackberry Curve web browser). ...

How do I play a sound file in j2me on Samsung mobile phones?

File formats I would like to play include wav, mp3, midi. I have tried using the Wireless Toolkit classes with no success. I have also tried using the AudioClip class that is part of the Samsung SDK; again with no success. Thanks ...

Symbian automated testing tool

Could you recommend any testing tool that is able to run on a phone (or at least emulatior) and simulate predefined (via scripting) sequence of operations (eq. "press" keys, "type" data etc) ? Thanks ...

What are possible/good ways to prototype iPhone applications?

This is intentionally left broad. If you wanted to show users what iPhone/mobile applications could to for them. The more interactive the better, but it must be quick to build as you can't code up every idea. Let us assume real-time games are out of scope. Throw out ideas or state which approach would be best. Here are some of my id...

Geographical position from Java mobile application?

Is there a way of programmatically determining a rough geographical position of a mobile phone using J2ME application, for example determining the current cell? This question especially applies to non-GPS enabled devices. I am not looking for a set of geographical coordinates, but an ability for a user to define location specific softw...

How to set specific IMEI in Nokia S60 SDK emulator

I'm also interested in other Symbian SDKs that allow to set their emulator's IMEI. ...

Full Resolution Camera Access in j2me

I'm trying to do an image capture on a high end Nokia phone (N95). The phone's internal camera is very good (4 megapixels) but in j2me I only seem to be able to get a maximum of 1360x1020 image out. I drew largely from this example http://developers.sun.com/mobility/midp/articles/picture/ What I did was start with 640x480 and increase...