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So, I have been managing my bank account the old fashioned way (paper and pen- specifically, the little book that comes with your checks).
Anyone know of a good software to do it? I know there are a bunch out there, but I was hoping to get a good recommendation for one.
I need one that runs on Windows Vista, and preferably has a Windows Mobile client so I can enter stuff on my phone, and sync it up at the end of the day (and my wife too).
Anyone know of anything like this?
I am using Quicken for PC and inesoft cash organizer for PPC.
There's several very nice packages for PC. If you need to sync then you need MS Money or Quicken. I prefer Money simply because it's much cheaper, both are about the same in functionality. If you don't need to sync than there's more available, some of them cross platform (MoneyDance and GnuCash). GnuCash is also open source and free.
If you want to sync with Windows Mobile, the two top WM apps are either CashOrganizer or SPB Finance. Both are very powerful but neither is perfect. CO has a much more reliable sync engine (in my experience - YMMV) but it doesn't sync investments in any way, shape or form. SPBF syncs them one way (you can see them on PDA but not edit) but I could never make it work 100% (not just investments - I would an notification about 60-90 "unresolved" transactions that just wouldn't go away). I have a 14 year old file that's been migrated from Quicken to Money so that probably complicated things & threw SPB sync engine off. If you start from scratch it may not be a problem. If you don't need investments both are very powerful. There's also some other apps but none as powerful and these two. OTOH your requirements may be different than mine.
I'm looking for an eWallet app, like Ilium Software's eWallet for PPC, which runs both Desktop (WinDOS and/or Linux) and Android PDA.
Joe
joebacsi74 said:
I'm looking for an eWallet app, like Ilium Software's eWallet for PPC, which runs both Desktop (WinDOS and/or Linux) and Android PDA.
Joe
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This looks good: Splash-ID. Has a desktop client as well. I don't use it so I can't say much else about it.
I personally use B-Folders which is a Free app and works great for me.
Security
I am a little suspicious about installing and using certain apps. Many state that they have full access to the phone and internet, meaning they can send all of my personal information elsewhere...and in an e-wallet application, that can be devastating. A goldmine for ID theft criminals... learn some code, and write an e-wallet application. Make it free and watch the information roll right in!
Can b-wallet be trusted? They are based in Spain and Bulgaria. Not much information out there about them.
Splash ID looks great and legit, but $30 is a ridiculous price for this software. $10 maybe for both desktop and phone.
Like the other guy said, B-folders does the exact same thing Splash ID does, and it's free, they are asking way too much money for that app
Have you considered KeePass?
Open source, no internet access (internet access not requested in the manifest upon install) & has an open source desktop counterpart too!
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-android-keepass-qtw.aspx
I was a long time eWallet user and contacted them recently because they don't have Android or WebOS clients. They said that they have no plans to create anything at this time for other platforms.
Seems like they are not doing well these days. I looked at Splash ID and while it seems okay, they way they license desktop software is insane and I hear that databases are not compatible with other version of their software so if you get a new phone you'd be out of luck.
I am now using CallPod's Keeper. It is very simplistic which I hate but it works with most major phones and desktops (PC & Mac, etc) I run it on my iPhone and Android.
Having used eWallet for a long time, on all platforms (pc, iphone, winmo), I hope they make ewallet for android soon.
Otherwise I have to find a new password program as well...
If enough people mail them, they must sooner or later make an android version
Otherwise I recommend lastpass(.com). Not ecsactly the same as ewallet, but really good. However, it requires internet access...
I am actually hoping for SPB Wallet to made for Android. SPB did announce Mobile Shell for Android so I am hoping they are gonna port more of their software library over as well.
I've been hassling Illium for ages about this, they don't seem interested in the slightest
**EDIT** Hang on, Splash actually charge you more if you buy the desktop and phone client together than if you buy them seperate! How does that work!?!?!
+1 for KeePass.
It is OPEN SOURCE and it does not require internet connection.
And it has desktop app as well, which is good.
For this kind of app which we use to store "sensitive information", I cant easily trust any closed source app.
That's why I am heading to KeePass when I got my Android device (ordered).
sd00 said:
Have you considered KeePass?
Open source, no internet access (internet access not requested in the manifest upon install) & has an open source desktop counterpart too!
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-android-keepass-qtw.aspx
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Well your wish was partially granted eWallet Viewer.
You can sync with your windows PC and view on your Android, but you cannot add or edit.
awesome, at last..
Now hopefully they do a full version also.. I see a lot of WM6.x users switching to Android at the moment...
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Woo hoo!!!!
Finally!
Viewer is good enough for me. It sync's to the desktop too (I've even paid for an upgrade to v7 so this works )
I would like to introduce keywords like AES or encryption on this post. I have been looking on and off for days for an encryption package for Android and pretty much drew a blank, with a couple of notable exceptions. It was only through trying to find out more information about JointLogic (makers of B-Folders) that I stumbled upon this very useful discussion. I also deeply distrust the anonymity of these vendors. I am deeply sorry if I offend them, but these days we are used to look a gift horse in the mouth. JointLogic is trying to make us suspicious of Google with backdoors in their engine, yet we are supposed to trust an anonymous company in who knows where?
I read somewhere that an android version of Ascendo Data Vault could be out sometime soon. Anyone know if there is any truth to that?
FireWallet
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FireWallet
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...is a totally different type of app. Good addition to the conversation :roll:
worse of all, the viewer has no SEARCH function!!!
After 8 months and still not a peep.
Hi I want to buy one of this two devices, but I can't decide which one. I am looking at this dilema from two perspectives. A user perspective and a developer perspective.
1. User perspective:
I will use the phone for every functionallity there is. I will install a lot of apps, customize everything. Play movies, play games, use GPS navigation, take pictures, even read some documents. Every aspect of the phone is important to me.
HTC HD2:
pros:
* 4,3 screen
* windows mobile is mature system with lot of good, mature apps
* good divx/xvid players
* great GPS navigation apps
* great emulators including DOSBOX!
* psx emulator
* great customization
cons:
* system is old and rusty in some places
* not finger friendly in many cases
* developers will slowly abandon this platform
* marketplace sucks, you have to find everything yourself
* not a lot of touch friendly games?
HTC Desire:
pros:
* AMOLED screen
* great momentum with apss, lot of new developers
* good marketplace, lot of apps free
* modern system
* everything is finger friendly
* widgets are great
* faster then HD2 WinMo
cons:
* lack of decent free xvid/divx player
* lack of dosbox and psx emulator (some emulators are ok though)
* although there are some ok GPS navigation apps not as good as WinMo
* less freedom than WinMo
Winner? Desire as soon as it gets dosbox, divx player and maybe some other apps it will be a better phone for me, but we don't know when it will happen, right now it's about a tie, but android has better perspectives.
2. Developer perspective:
Right I am windows .net developer for few years now. I want to develop some apps on mobile phones. Firstly this will be free apps, but after some time I'm thinking about starting to develop paid apps if its working good.
HTC HD2:
system:
* WinMo
pros:
* .net and Visual Studio
* freedom
* great support from xda-developers
cons:
* still no SDK for WinMo 6.5
* no good marketplace to give/sell my apps
* a lot of API is device specific
* WinApi
* will be outdated by WinPhone 7 - wich on the other hand will have very good API support.
HTC Desire:
system:
* Android 2.1/2.2
* future upgrades?
pros:
* good system API, almost everything you would need to develop apps
* open source
* monodroid? Mono for android
* great and vast marketplace where I can instantly put my apps
* some xda-developers support (probably even better in the future)
* widgets
cons:
* java and eclipse -but still better than WinApi
* not so much freedom for apps, they run in isolated environments and there are some security bounds
Summarizing WinMo has better developer-community support (for now, it will probably change soon) and better tools. But Android has a lot better API, will probably soon (Q3) have monodroid, and has a good marketplace. Thats about a tie, but here android has better perspectives.
All-in-all I just really can't decide which phone to take (both of them are about 150$ from my operator with 2 year agreement - Play in Poland). What would you suggest?
TAke the desire. Likeyou said at a developer point of view the phone is on it's last legs and then you'd have to rebuild the apps for windows mobile 7. Android sure you would have to update it with each OS but its still a growing platform. From a user perspective I can see android winning out because first the OS is finger friendly. I also can seethe all store being much more well used vs the windows marketplace. Honestly in the nd it comes down to.your personal choice. O play with both and see which you like more
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As a User I would take Leo
As Dev I would choose Leo
You mentioned all why´s on your 1st post
All will come to decide if you want to go to new unfinished Android or stay in WM.
Let us know what you finally got
I would lean toward the Desire for many reasons stated all over this forum. But as orb said, we can't decide for you...
for God's sake, go with the Desire.
I got an HD2 at launch and traded it for a Nexus and love it.
WinMo is slowly dying and Android is just getting better and better.
I went for Desire. Found a good offline GPS navigation and converting to mp4 is a little pain in the ass but not that bad. Hope coreplayer android will come here soon.
Android SDK > WM6SDK
Confused...
Hi there guys..
I'm planning to buy either one of these PDA's and I'm quite in dilemma in here. I don't have much experience on neither Windows Mobile nor Android.
I'm a senior university student in here (Turkey) on Computer and Educational Technologies. I'm an amateur computer programmer and planning to go on on this major. I'm also planning to go ahead in the area of mobile software development. This is why I'm quite confused which PDA to buy... I'll both learn to develop for this PDA and will also use it as my portable device.
As a portable device, since I'm a student, I'm quite in need of a PDA which can read and edit Office Documents, play MP3 and/or other media formats, display e-books (pdf, etc.), send-recieve e-mail's efficiently (actually push-mail can be quite of use here) and have Wireless access. I'm not planning to heavily use 3G or EDGE, but since campus has free wireless access, I'll be using Wireless internet a lot. Also, since a few my courses are requiring online-participation, web browsing quality is also important (flash support etc.). I'm also planning to use PDA to remote-access my pc (right now using PcAnywhere but not necessarily this one).
On the other hand, I'm quite a computer geek and I love technological stuff; so I'm sure I'm going to make this phone inside out . I like tweaking, playing with the insides of devices etc.
As a developer, I use C++ and C#.NET. I don't know Java and I'm not quite comfortable with it - I don't like languages which require intermadiate virtual machines or stuff (it's why I don't like to use C# much either). For all this years I've developed for Windows and quite happy with it - Linux systems are always been too confusing for me.
When I add these things up, I think of HD2; but Android platform also looks quite promising (the SDK is said to be better, I don't know based on what discussion). The other thing is, WM6.5 which is quite old now - don't care much about grey old-fashined buttons but - and it seems won't be supported in future. I use Windows at home, quite happy with it and it's why I'm tended to pick a WinMo device however this "dead end" future is really creeping me out.
I've though that since Android Rom's are developing continuously for HD2, it's better for me to pick that and if I feel WinMo is not well for me, I can switch to Android but this option doesn't make me feel confortable - why should I bother myself with such workarounds to use Android when I could buy an Android device directly?
Shortly, in the light of these specifications I made about myself, should I aim towards Android and pick Desire, or should I get a HD2 and switch to Android from there if and only if I need to? Or, with different words: Can an Android device (Desire, actually) give me ALL possibilities of a Windows Mobile platform (which is HD2) and also something more?
(FYI, screen size of HD2 seems quite attractive for me, since I'm also going to use PDA for remote-access to my pc but I don't know if Android is also rich about these areas.)
PS: I cannot wait for Desire HD - since it will be quite expensive when it comes out in here - and also I need a PDA quite much already. Actually, another point which makes the HD2 interesting is the news which pop up about "The Desire HD rom in HD2".
Please, can you help me to pick?
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Hi there guys..
I'm planning to buy either one of these PDA's and I'm quite in dilemma in here. I don't have much experience on neither Windows Mobile nor Android.
I'm a senior university student in here (Turkey) on Computer and Educational Technologies. I'm an amateur computer programmer and planning to go on on this major. I'm also planning to go ahead in the area of mobile software development. This is why I'm quite confused which PDA to buy... I'll both learn to develop for this PDA and will also use it as my portable device.
As a portable device, since I'm a student, I'm quite in need of a PDA which can read and edit Office Documents, play MP3 and/or other media formats, display e-books (pdf, etc.), send-recieve e-mail's efficiently (actually push-mail can be quite of use here) and have Wireless access. I'm not planning to heavily use 3G or EDGE, but since campus has free wireless access, I'll be using Wireless internet a lot. Also, since a few my courses are requiring online-participation, web browsing quality is also important (flash support etc.). I'm also planning to use PDA to remote-access my pc (right now using PcAnywhere but not necessarily this one).
On the other hand, I'm quite a computer geek and I love technological stuff; so I'm sure I'm going to make this phone inside out . I like tweaking, playing with the insides of devices etc.
As a developer, I use C++ and C#.NET. I don't know Java and I'm not quite comfortable with it - I don't like languages which require intermadiate virtual machines or stuff (it's why I don't like to use C# much either). For all this years I've developed for Windows and quite happy with it - Linux systems are always been too confusing for me.
When I add these things up, I think of HD2; but Android platform also looks quite promising (the SDK is said to be better, I don't know based on what discussion). The other thing is, WM6.5 which is quite old now - don't care much about grey old-fashined buttons but - and it seems won't be supported in future. I use Windows at home, quite happy with it and it's why I'm tended to pick a WinMo device however this "dead end" future is really creeping me out.
I've though that since Android Rom's are developing continuously for HD2, it's better for me to pick that and if I feel WinMo is not well for me, I can switch to Android but this option doesn't make me feel confortable - why should I bother myself with such workarounds to use Android when I could buy an Android device directly?
Shortly, in the light of these specifications I made about myself, should I aim towards Android and pick Desire, or should I get a HD2 and switch to Android from there if and only if I need to? Or, with different words: Can an Android device (Desire, actually) give me ALL possibilities of a Windows Mobile platform (which is HD2) and also something more?
(FYI, screen size of HD2 seems quite attractive for me, since I'm also going to use PDA for remote-access to my pc but I don't know if Android is also rich about these areas.)
PS: I cannot wait for Desire HD - since it will be quite expensive when it comes out in here - and also I need a PDA quite much already. Actually, another point which makes the HD2 interesting is the news which pop up about "The Desire HD rom in HD2".
Please, can you help me to pick?
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I am an out-and-out android person, but I know both C# and Java, and you can easily pick up one from the other, from my experience. Syntax is very similar, and the documentation will help you.
Eclipse is the recommended IDE, and you can use the android emulator to play about with coding etc (it's not fast, but it works). That should let you try out android from a development perspective.
Hey everybody! Sorry if this isn't the right section to be posting in. I guess we'll find out -- Here's the deal:
I've been administering a server of mine for quite a while now. I started out with it running windows server 2008. I had an application that I was using to connect to it over remote desktop protocol, and everything was grand. I recently switched over to CentOS, which has been absolutely the right decision. After a while of running it, I found a nice little server that works similarly (better!) to remote desktop connection. It also allows me to connect from more than 2 concurrent sessions (most college students can't even afford 5 CAL's) as well as a host of other configuration options, not to mention excellent compression.
After spending some time looking and searching through the market for an app that would offer me the ability to connect to NX or NoMachine sessions, I came up emptyhanded. I must admit, I was a bit disappointed that the adoption seemed to gravitate toward a windows crowd, which seemed odd to me. Considering android is so deeply rooted in linux and open source development, I thought that there must be a solution.
So rather than go on and on (at least more than I have in this thread!) and complaining, I thought "What a good time to put my education in UNIX, Java, and minimal amounts of C/C++ to work for me!"
This begs the question:
"Who else has, like me, searched endlessly for this functionality only to come up emptyhanded?"
So folks, raise your hands if you're interested in adding this capability to the already long list of enhancements that your android phone has over all the other smartphones.
Also, in case anyone is wondering, while I have posted this in the "Paid software" category, I would be more than happy to make this app available to all of my friends here at XDA, the people who have done so much to keep me educated, up to date, and running the latest and greatest software, completely free of charge. In the market, I would offer a free and donate version as well.
Anyone who has suggestions for features is welcome to post them. I have a few in mind already, but I would love to hear some input from you all.
I would definitely be interested in an NX client for Android, if you think you can come up with one. I've thought to myself that considering there are open source NX clients out there for Windows, Mac and linux platforms, it shouldn't be that terribly difficult to port the code to Android's java; but I don't have the coding abilities to do it. It's definitely one of those apps that you'd think would be out there, but it's not. And although you may not have gotten any other responses on here about it, there's definitely other poeple out there looking for just this kind of app - just do a search on Google for "Android" and "NX" and you get tons of results with people looking for it.
I've been running NX (or FreeNX) on my linux machines for a few years now, and I've got to say the technology is great, and I'm surprised it hasn't caught on more than it has. VNC does allow for similar connections, but the performance and efficiency doesn't even compare. It's my guess though that this is why we haven't seen an NX client on Android yet - the fact that you can use VNC, and those apps already exist. Regardless, if you can come up with the NX client, count me in as interested
Oh Hell yes...
Hello,
I would be definitely interested in a NX client for android, shame I have non-existent Java skills!
Stuart
+1 would love to see this.
Maybe it's possible in the Atrix webtop environment. They already have a citrix client apparently which is pretty cool!
I've been using and loving NX too and would like to see such a client too
I'm up for it (and would pay for it too) - I would recommend a tablet version if you can? I'm using a Honeycomb tablet to make remote connections and VNC is painfully slow over a mobile connection!
i would love to see this done.
I have some lightweight Java skills, but have absolutely no exp on the android sdk and will be completely unreliable as I'm supposed to be studying after work, not developing
but drop me a pm if you get this project started and I'll dabble where & when I can
Add another interested party in an NX client for Android. I've been using VNC for everything remote access for years and years. I discovered NX last week when I needed an alternative in a pinch. And I'm a convert. Whenever it's possible, I'll be using NX instead of VNC. So it would be great to have a client on my EVO 3D.
+1!!!!!
I have desktop effects enabled on my desktop/personal server at home, and vnc cant handle that. I researched for alternatives and I came up with FreeNX, perfect solution, except there is no client for my droid!!! I am on the go alot and I would be MORE than happy to donate some cashola to my bro's at XDA! All of you guys rock, and if this is ever going to get done, it'll be through you guys! Count me in.
+1 interested!
Add me to the list as well. I have used nx servers/clients for 2 years or so. Prior to using the Android, back when Maemo was big on Nokia, I found a ported version of QTNX that worked on ARM architectures. My very round about attempt I thought to try is to test that one in a chrooted Ubuntu in android but never could get it to function. I have mild experience now and am in the middle of coding a few android utilities but would love to contribute to this... have you considered setting up a git repo or google project or is there one started? Also, I'm not sure if this would work but was also looking at their new web-player client option. I wonder if anyone has tested that out..
Count me in, too. My 12 year old C++ skills aren't going to help, but I'd be in for a paid version.
I was about to try and develop an NX client for iPhone when we got a Honeycomb tablet - that seems like a lot better way to spend my time. I am an experienced Java coder but haven't developed for Android before; I would be happy to learn and contribute though!
+1 and here's some help
I would definitely use an Android NX client.
If you choose to do this (and haven't done the grunt work of figuring out how), here are some pointers that (hopefully) will help:
NX is based on X. So you'll need an X server written in Java to port to Android for starters. If you're okay with going the pure OSS route, there's a GPL'd one to start from at jcraft.com / wierdx (Sorry, I'm a newbie here so am not allowed to post a direct link.)
I haven't tried it, but usually starting from *something* is better than starting from *nothing*.
You'll also need a pure-Java SSH client. The above site has one or you could rip the one out of Eclipse. I can vouch that this code is good as it's what's used by Eclipse for its CVS/SSH and GIT/SSH support.
NX also uses the Differential X Protocol Compressor (DXPC) as part of the X protocol acceleration. The X server above claims to support this too, but I can't vouch for how well.
If you do this, I would suggest to consider making it open source at your favorite OSS repo (GitHub is mine), which gives you at least a fighting chance of finding other like-minded developers who can help.
Thanks for considering this. I hope you're successful!
Dave Orme
+1 for help
i am also with Java background but no android background
and i would love to donate from my spare time into making this a working OSS project
let me know if and how i can help if you have already started working on it - i will take a look at the pointers loaded in here and see what i can learn from them.
contact me via PM here
X server and NX
I have been getting into this with a bit more detail and I found out that there is no X server for Android, so what I did is the following (work in progress):
- X2VNC, that is an X server with VNC backend (it gets launched automatically via intents), there is also an intent to invoke the X server. I have compiled it statically, I guess it would be a good point to upload that to the market place.
- Compiled nxproxy which are needed to get the nxclient working
I am working for a company which is using NX as their desktop ttransport method, so no plans for developing the nxclient so far, but happy to assist in providing these two elements, the rest would probably be:
- UI interface (Java probably)
- nxssh (ssh client with modified select).
Let me know if anyone is interested.
Fund it!
http://code.google.com/p/desktoid/
http://www.nomachine.com/web-player.php
The X server for android
I have published the X server for Android. Search for Xvnc or X11 in the android market place.
+1 would pay for this too
+1
I'd happily pay $10 for an NX client for my Galaxy Nexus!
Just got my first tablet recently, and it's an Android-based one (Transformer Prime).
I love the tablet, but I'm trying my hardest not to be disappointed in the lack of research/academic related applications for Android. I'm looking for a research paper organizer/citation manager, similar to Papers for iOS. There is Droideley for Android, which syncs your Mendeley library to your phone, but it's not really well-optimized for tablets.
Do you guys have any good recommendations for tablet-apps for research article organization/annotations, and just general apps for an academic/research environment?
tbns said:
Just got my first tablet recently, and it's an Android-based one (Transformer Prime).
I love the tablet, but I'm trying my hardest not to be disappointed in the lack of research/academic related applications for Android. I'm looking for a research paper organizer/citation manager, similar to Papers for iOS. There is Droideley for Android, which syncs your Mendeley library to your phone, but it's not really well-optimized for tablets.
Do you guys have any good recommendations for tablet-apps for research article organization/annotations, and just general apps for an academic/research environment?
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Did you ever find a solution, or combination, that works for you?
16 Months later, and the answer still appears to be Naught - or at least close to it.
Recently moved from Windows Mobile (6.x), and am similarly disappointed in the lack of Text-Based Information Managers for android.
(In this case a Galaxy Note 2)
May have to start carrying around one of my "old" WinMo devices simply for the ability to use PhatNotes.
Referey might be worth a look, if you use Mendeley & Dropbox - and/or can get over the installation hassles.
At at least seems to suggest the possibility of Local Search on the Android, unlike the other two Mendeley android apps (although those do both use the Mendeley API - trades offs all around!).