mobile

Do I have to use J2ME for Blackberry development?

I would like to begin developing for the Blackberry platform and, specifically, the Bold and also the Storm device which is coming out soon. Do I need to get into Java and J2ME or can I develop sites in ASP.NET and just keep utilizing the skills I already have? I am completely new to mobile platform development and have no idea what it...

Identifying different mobile handsets and redirecting to different websites

I have 3 mobile versions of a website and would like to present each to different handset models according to what they support. One version is monochromatic WML, another is color WML and another is XHTML for mobile. What's the best way to identify the device in the request and know if it supports a version or another? ...

Make an incoming call on my mobile trigger an action on my pc

I have a specific scenario in mind, but I will ask this generally: Is there a way to make my mobile phone trigger an action on my computer? I am thinking that with a smart phone it must be possible to link the phone and the pc with bluetooth, and have some sort of small program running on my computer that will listen for incoming phonec...

Why Virtualize the mobile ??

Virtualizing the mobile is way different from virtualizing the server or the desktop, where in the the hardware components are almost standardized [like the keyboard, mouse , usb, LAN etc] so the hardware could be easily abstracted for any of the OS. While on a mobile there is a multitude of hardware [like the iphone touch screen, stylu...

How do you display the "cannot connect" dialog in windows mobile when a webservice URL is unreachable?

Hi. On windows mobile when there is no internet connection and I try to browse the web using internet explorer i get cannot connect information at the top of the screen. It says cannot connect with current connection settings. To change your connection settings, tap settings. And I am able to tap Settings and setup network connections. ...

Things to keep in mind while creating a ASP.NET Mobile Web Application

I am creating a mobile web application using asp.net. The application must support iPhone, Blackberry and Windows Mobile Platform. What are the low things which should be taken care of while developing this application. Is there any best practices list available for this? Summary: ...

j2me service discovery and discoverable same time

Hi! I try to write a simple client/server application (all application is a bluetooth service and client). The client code find the bluetooth devices and register in to the local db. But when the inquiry running, it's not discoverable. (The server code run on another thread). I the emulator it's work (the scan time is 0), but when I ins...

Access desktop release diretory from windows ce device

I am writing a test program to copy some file in Applicaiton data folder on device to release directory on desktop. I am not sure how to access release dir on desktop? Is there any shell command to do that? Basically I want to write c++ program that will run on device to accomplish this task. ...

DatePicker for a Mobile Website?

What is best way to allow user to pick date from a mobile device from usability prospective? ...

Apply style reference at runtime in Mobile web application

Hi All, I'm new to mobile web development. I'm creting a website for mobiles in ASP.NET 2.0. I want to apply different style reference to the Objectlist control data according to the prfit/loss (Green if profit and red if loss) at runtime. Please help. Thanks & Regards Khushi ...

Using javascript in Mobile web application (WAP

Hi, I need to use javascript in a form for mobile web application. Please need some information about it, related to browser compatibility as well as way to use javascript in mobile web applications (syntax). Thanks & Regards, Khushi ...

.mobi is it worth it?

Where is .mobi headed? Will the mobile devices use proprietary browsers that simplify a .com site or are they going to use browsers on a .mobi basis? I have a feeling it will be a flop... not sure though. Thanks ...

Elegant way of downloading images to iPhone

Hi PHP5.2.x back end. The text data transfer is using JSON objects. Am looking at how best to transfer around 10, 30kB PNG images from the server to the iPhone client. Have looked at Base64 encoding the images on the server and using JSON to transport. However this does come with a 30% overhead in increased filesize. Perhaps a sim...

Is it possible to programmatically add a softkey shortcut to an application in Symbian

Is it possible for a Symbian S60 application to automatically add itself to one of the softkeys. The best would be if it could be done at installation time but if there is some API that can be used to add a shortcut the first time the application runs that would also be ok in our case. Does Symbian has some best practices around this. I...

Accessing a list of avaliable Wifi APs, on Windows Mobile.

I need to query for a list of available Wireless Access points. I only need their SSIDs. The App is currently .Net CF 2.0, but it's not a problem going with 3.5 if we have to. ...

WebPartManager & Mobile Controls

Can you use WebPartManager with web parts constructed from mobile web controls? If this is possible, should it be done? ...

Debugging j2me on a Device

Has anybody had any success ever attaching a debugger to a tethered device? I am able to debug my j2me application in the emulator, but have a lot of trouble sorting out phone-specific problems when they come up. The phone I'm using is a Nokia N95, but ideally the debug process would work on any phone. Is this possible? If so does an...

Print Stack Trace to Screen in J2ME

Is there a way to print a stack trace to screen in j2me? I have code that looks like the following, which works fine for displaying the message, but can't figure out any way to get ahold of the stack trace. try { throw new RuntimeException("This is bad stuff!"); } catch (Exception e ) { mainForm.append("Excep...

Start a SIP call on a Symbian S60 mobile device

I looking for a way to programmatically start a VOIP call using the SIP stack on a S60 Symbian mobile phone. Some of the later S60 devices have a built-in SIP client. Is it also possible to access the SIP stack using some S60 library on those devices. Or does anyone know of an external SIP stack that can be used on S60? ...

How do I detect if the user is on a pc or mobile phone.

I am working on a site and working on a component that will take users using wap or xhtml-mp and redirect them to sites specifically setup for those devices. Is there a good standard way of detecting which of these the user is using? ...