mobile

script languages on windows mobile - something similar to python @ nokia s60

I try to find something similar to nokia's python for windows mobile based devices - a script interpreter [in this case also able to create standalone apps] with easy access to all phone interfaces - ability to make a phone call, send SMS, make a photo, send a file over GPRS, etc... While there is 2.5 pythonce available for windows mobi...

Demos of Mobile Web Abilities?

I'm trying to determine what kinds of interactions a mobile website can handle. For example, I obviously can't track page-level dragging operations because this scrolls on mobile browsers. So, I'm looking for demos that can tell me what interactions work, how well, and hopefully for information about how consistently that is across mobil...

How to programmatically activate the menu in Windows mobile

In most versions of windows, you can get to the menu by pressing the F10 key, thus avoiding having to use the mouse. This behaviour does not appear to be present in Windows Mobile 5.0, but is desirable as the device I am using will be more keyboard than touch screen driven. Is there a way of programmatically activating and using the ...

Java Network Events

Hello, I am creating a java mobile application and I want to be aware as to when the device obtain an IP address to then be able to send messages to a backend system. Do any API exists? I guess if an API existed it would have to use system dependant calls thru JNI? Thank you, Julien. ...

GPRS communication Microcontroller

What are all AT commands required for GPRS communication? ...

Server side synchronization for mobile applications or client side synchronization

if a mobile application needs to get data from multiple servers, is it better to call each server from the mobile device, or call one server which then talks to all the other servers? "should synchronization be initiated by the server or the mobile client?" to what degree does client do the book keeping. Say if the application is mob...

How do I test a website design on a mobile device?

Hi friends, I have designed my site with a 900 x 600 fixed background image. On the computer it looks fine. How will it look on a PDA device? Will I have to design it separately for PDA? How should check whether my site can be browsed effectively from mobile phone? What should I do? ...

How to build sliding block puzzle software for mobiles

I want to build software of the good old sliding block puzzle for mobile phones could you please guide me how to generate the sliding block puzzle and solving techniques ...

Web Site Designing for Mobile

I just added printing capability to a web site using a style sheet (ie. @media print, etc.) and was wondering if I could use a similar method for adding support for mobile devices. If not, how do I detect a mobile device? My pages are C# (.aspx) and I'd like to scale back the pages for ease of use on a mobile device. Any advice for me...

What's the smallest device I can program on?

I'm thinking of something smaller than a laptop that i can spend my hours on the way to work doing project euler problems or such. Any ideas? ...

find mobile browsers

Hi friends, I want to check whether my site is viewing in mobile or PC. If its mobile device, i need to redirect my site url; like Google does.. If possible Get me code in javascript Please clarify my doubt.. How to check it browsed from mobile or PC.. ...

Detecting the system DPI/PPI from JS/CSS?

I'm working on a kind of unique app which needs to generate images at specific resolutions according to the device they are displayed on. So the output is different on a regular Windows browser (96ppi), iPhone (163ppi), Android G1 (180ppi), and other devices. I'm wondering if there's a way to detect this automatically. My initial resear...

Are you writing custom pages for iPhone web apps?

I read the tutorials for web applications and the special rules you can put into style sheets. Are folks finding they can just tweak their style sheets to serve up content to iPhones or do they deliver custom iPhone specific pages? would you bother with this if you were going to create a specific page anyway for mobile users ? (even if ...

mobile ocr sample code

I was wondering if you can give me sample (or snippet) code in OCR for Mobile Phones because i need to have an idea how to start my project. i know how to code it for the use in desktop PC's but my partner told me that mobile phones has a different platform. We are planning to use .net for mobile on this one.. hope you can help me..:) ...

Is NetBiscuits any good?

Has anybody got any real world stories build mobile web sites with NetBiscuits? Someone told me it was the next big thing in mobile development (http://www.netbiscuits.com/home) and it looks pretty good from their site. Just wondered if anybody (besides them) has actually used it. ...

What's the best design in .NET to use for sending data over an unreliable (3G) network connection?

I'm re-designing an app I inherited that sends digital photos from a laptop to a web server. The idea is to take photos "out on the field" and have them instantly published on a web page (with some more fancy features). Typical scenario 1. Photos are transferred from the camera to the laptop using standard USB. 2. The photos are process...

Can't connect to mobile device

I've been developing an application for a second generation Workabout Pro from PSION Teklogix. Recently my company underwent an upgrade re: operating systems and Visual Studio versions, so I'm stuck with Windows Vista (and Visual Studio 2008). I've connected the same Workabout Pro unit I've always used for development, and I can't inst...

WAP Site vs. Traditional HTML for a Mobile Website

If you had some social networking applications and you wanted your users to interact with them using a mobile device would you use WAP or a slimmed down version of your regular website with HTML? My train of thought is that WAP is dead or at least starting to bleed to death because of all the mobile web browsers available ( Iphone, Oper...

best mobile phone for development

I'm about to get a new job (unrelated to programming) where there's a lot of downtime. I'd like to get a mobile phone that I can stealthfully use to do some web development on. Basically editing and uploading php files. Can anybody reccomend an phone suited to this purpose? ...

How to automate importing certificates on a Windows CE device?

I'd like to automate importing cert(s) on a Windows CE device. Pushing the certs down to the devices is not a problem, but once they are there I cannot determine how to import them without using the UI. (I'm currently using Avalanche Mobility Center) ...