mobile

Symbian Instal sis file programmatically using Java ME

Hi, I would like to start the installation of sis file through my Java ME application on device. I know that if I was using Symbian I could use the RSWInstLauncher like http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/SW_Installer_Launcher_API. Can anyone tell me how I can do a similar thing using Java ME? Thanks. ...

Sencha Touch Vs JQTouch

Hello, My startup and I are deciding which mobile touch framework to use to build our mobile web application. I'm having trouble figuring out the difference between Sencha Touch and JQTouch. I understand that both products licensed by Sencha and that Sencha Touch requires a paid license to use it commercially. Besides legal and financia...

Using phonegap for mobile video editing application

I am new to mobile development, but have some experience with web app development. I am looking at starting work on a mobile app that involves shooting and editing video on the phone initially for Android and possibly to be extended to other platforms. Phonegap seemed to be an interesting potential way to start both given my realm of fam...

What can be achieved in a native mobile application that can't be done in a HTML5 web app?

I've talked to a lot of people recently who say they are expecting to stop writing native mobile apps and start writing web apps once HTML5 gets more fully baked in mobile OSs. I just finished my first HTML5 deep dive, and I'm not yet convinced. Will HTML5 work as a replacement development platform for native apps, or are there certai...

Upload photos to website from a text to a 1-800 number from mobile phone

I need the ability for someone to send a text with a photo attached to a 1-800 number from their mobile phone, and have that image uploaded/sent to a website. I'm at a bit of a loss on where to start with this. Can anyone point me in the right direction or let me know what would be involved and how to get started? Any insight is appre...

Building blocks for a mobile solution

Hi, I am completly new to mobile devlopemtn and I need to work on mobile solution sitting on top of already existing Asp.net portal. I am interested to know 1 What are the building blocks of a mobile solution? I can think of few as listed below. Please help me expand my horizon a. Authentication b. UI c. Content provider ...

get current latitude and longitude from gps enabled device

Dear all, I would like to get the latitude and longitude of current location from gps enabled mobile device right from the web browser. May I know is this possible? how to do it? does it require geolocation api? Some coding example would be helpful. Thanks. ...

iPhone 4 mobile web app pixel scaling issues

Hello, I'm having trouble getting my mobile web app to render properly on my iPhone 4. According to Wikipedia, the iPhone 4 has 960 width x 680 height pixels and the other iPhones have something like 480 width x 340 pixels. With my current build, the images and CSS styling look really tiny on the iPhone 4. Here is my code: <!DOCTYPE...

how to find OS of Mobile generally?

hi, I could not find out OS of Lot of mobiles? for example MicroMax , Videocon Mobiles in India, they did not give that details in their specification, what os will it have? why they did not give that details? but JVMs are there...any help please? ...

Need an open mobile platform (SW+HW) for extensive experimentation

Hey guys, I'm building a middleware that sits between a mobile phone and other remote systems to provide a generic service thru a thin software layer on the device/remote systems. Prior to choosing a particular mobile platform (OS + hardware) to use, I wanted to see my options as I don't want to be tied to any particular system like Andr...

Can you store the entire jQuery library within the application cache in HTML5?

Thats pretty much it. Looking for best practice with mobile jQuery caching. Thanks for the help in advance. ...

java games with maximum portability

i want to program a simple java game, what should i consider to make it maximal portable? i'm pretty new to java, which grafik and rendering libraries should i use to make it easyly portable to mobile java (for mobile phones)? i can't develop it directly for mobile java, because i also need a pc version. or should i jast develop strait f...

Is any possible to recognize some gestrues in Windows mobile 6 platform

I know that gesture API added to Windows mobile at 6.5 version. But if I want to recognize some gesture on WM6 (not 6.5), is there some workaround ways to do such things? For example, how to response to a finger slip event in WM6? ...

What are best practices for snappy mobile I/O on slow connections?

I have a mobile app, which is pretty data driven, though only through text and images. In the current version each click or touch requires pulling new data from the server (appache/php). With network delay this easily takes 1-2 seconds for the first content to appear, which is far too long. I have heard about and considered the followin...

Font size issue with iPhone

Hi all Im currently working on a mobile version of a website, everything is great, works fine on an iPhone, Blackberry and Android. I have one slight problem, not a big deal but still a little annoying. I have: <h1> tags set to 18px and bold <h2> tags set to 12px and bold <p> tags set to 12px and normal Now everything looks great on ...

Iphone Auto fit to page

Hello Is there a way to get a page to auto fit to screen on rotation of an iPhone? When i rotate the iPhone to landscape the screen zooms in to a certain point of the page and doesnt fit the screen, therefore you have to scroll back out to view the content. Cheers ...

Whats the best way to start programming for my non-smartphone?

I have a general old-fashioned phone that has no special app system and uses Java (I assume ME) for the few applications you can use on it. This is still a decent userbase and I'd like to start programming for this type of phone. I already know basic Java theory and syntax, so.. where do I get started for programming for non-smartphone...

How to create mobile web and transaction on java

I'm working in database mysql. I want to know how to create database connection through mysql. Because when I make connections there is a error. thanks.. ...

Domain Driven Design in Performance Sensitive Platform (ex: mobile device)

Helo Guys, Currently I am looking to domain driven design and I hope You could give me some advice. Domain design seems a good thing since the business logic is implemented in the domain. It looks easier to be maintained once I have a good design. However I have problem to implement them in mobile application. This is a sample case. M...

Jquery, how to test for a mobile browser?

Hi, How do you test for, for example, and android browser in Jquery? Cheers. ...