mobile

Is any database available in mobiles , I need a database for making a mobile dictionary app.

what to use for database , while developing J2ME apps ? I mean should I use simply txt files or some database like sql is available in mobile phones ? ...

SelectionList always returns NULL

I have a very strange issue where SelectionList always returns NULL when i try check its Selected Item/Value. I Googled a bit and I found out that when i click the submit button, the page is being refreshed and the SelectionList is being data bound again so it will revert back to its original behavior. Then i tried enclosing the bindin...

Is it possible to update the WP7 lock screen in code?

Is it possible to update the WP7 lock screen in code? I want to write an application that allows me to download new background images. I would like to be able to update the lock screen (background ) image directly from this application. ...

Windows mobile,change version number

Hello, How can I set/change the version number of my builds in my windows mobile 6.1 professional application? I create a cab file, and I want to understnad the differnce between builds. ...

Detect if currently scrolling a web page on Android

I am trying to detect when a user has finished scrolling a web page using javascript on Android. The script I have is working on iPhone and seems correct to me that it should work on Android. Anyway, a snippet: previous = pageYOffset; interval = setInterval(function() { //Has scrolling stopped? if(previous == pageYOffset) { ...

Changing the way your mobile displays incoming calls - Where to begin?

Here's a situation: I own a nokia mobile device. Quite often, I receive calls from unknown local/national numbers. Now, I would like to take those calls that are from unknown national numbers coz they could be important and I would not like to take calls from local numbers. I would like to write an application which displays " calling" ...

What is the best way to determine if a web-page is for mobile?

Should I scan for tags in the html code? Or what? What determines whether a page is optimized for mobile? One option is to scan for tags. If so, what other tags are there? <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="..." /> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, user-scalable=no" /> Another option is to see if the HTML returned fr...

Dealing with different IPs assigned to device via Edge and 3G when connecting to a Microsoft Load Balacing environment

Hi, I'm working on mobile web application targeted toward Webkit-based browsers on devices such as iPhone, Android, etc. I've noticed that when and iPhone switches from Edge to 3g or vice-versa a new IP address is assigned to the device, which makes sense. The problem is that I'm connecting to a web application sitting on two Windows S...

Android, iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile development learning material

Hi people, I would like to ask all of you if you know any good books, articles etc ... on development for these mobile platforms. I'm looking for learning material where the whole technology, OSes and development is discussed in great detail so i could gain a deeper understanding of the system as a whole. So any quick start tutorial and...

Crowdsourcing translation for mobile developers?

I am developing applications for mobile phones with different operating systems (Android, Symbian, iPhone). Applications are sold internationally so they need to be translated to different languages in addition to english version. I assume most mobile developers do the translations using some paid external service each time. This approa...

International SMS Gateways with High Uptime and Competitive Rates?

What are some good international SMS Gateways with high uptime (and competitive rates, if possible)? ...

Automatically Determine SMS Carrier-Provided Email from Mobile Number

Is there away to automatically determine the SMS carrier email domain from a mobile number? (Similar to how you can look up a hostname from an IP address?) ...

Optimal language/database/webserver for serving data to mobile devices?

I'm looking for input on what to use for creating web services that my mobile application will consume. I have been programming in Microsoft shops for the past 15 years but I would really like to expand my horizons a little bit. I'm torn between leveraging my Microsoft experience, and picking up something new that all the kids are doin...

which mobile platforms supports SQLite Database

As i am being an Android developer, and android is supporting SQLite database, i would like to know that which are the other mobile platforms supports the SQLite Database so that i can make SQLite database common and can place it at one place, and thereafter i can make database transaction from different mobile platforms. ...

Mobile app and accessing app through mobile website in browser

I have seen few apps having exact same UI when you access the app through stand alone app or through their mobile website. What are the pros and cons of both approaches while developing the app? Edit - This is a general question. Not necessarily android. Iphone apps are also in similar categories. ...

Mobile, GPS, .NET, Google Maps

I want to know if it is technically possible to capture the position of a mobile phone with GPS from an application in the mobile phone. And send this position to a web service to represent the location from a web page. Does the phone have to have a special feature or a brand / model specific? Can you write the trace information in a fi...

Stack trace bug aggregation software

I develop mobile applications for a variety of platforms, notably iPhone and Android. Each of these applications has a way to "phone home" with fatal crash stack traces. Up to now, we've been inspecting these by hand as needed. What I'm looking for is a piece of software that can somewhat accurately "aggregate" or "coalesce" all these...

ApplicationBar Working Different in Windows Phone 7 Beta Than CTP

There are a few issues I notice with the beta version of the WP7 tools: The ApplicationBar no longer causes a page to resize it contents with the CTP workaround Using the ApplicationBar from App.xaml and imported as a static resource does not work as expected In the CTP version of the WP7 tools when using an appbar and navigation fro...

Mobile applications built with .NET?

Can we develop mobile applications using .NET? Which mobiles are supported? Are those applications supported on all mobiles, or any particular mobiles? ...

is it possible to get a unique identification number from a mobile device?

I am currently working on mobile device web applications, and I was wondering if there is some sort of unique id number per device that could be detected via the browser. The purpose would be to store this number in order to recognize people who already visited the site. I was working with bluetooth quite a lot, and there some sort of ...