Like many of others in this forum, I like to try the latest software. One issue I encountered recently is that Android Market is a closed software only available on Google-branded phones.
One idea I got is to create a portal for free android apps. The goal of the portal is to let app developers to make their Android apps available to users who don't have access to Android Market, such as developer phone users, third-party devices that don't have Google experience, and in certain countries that do not have access to Android market.
The portal should be simple enough to start, let app developers publish apps, tag them, or post a link to the apk file. Users can use Android browser to download the apk and install it as apps from unknown sources.
http://www.slideme.org is that exact thing
very nice idea, but done already, A for effort though!
I bought a copy of Andricious some time ago and I adore it. My entire
life is structured around my del.icio.us bookmarks, and having such easy
and well organized access on my phone has been wonderful. I can't tell you how many times I have looked at an app on the market and thought, "Why do I need this? The same information is two clicks away via andricious."
However, as you have probably heard (the screams of despair), delicious iѕ being shut down by yahoo.
There are a few projects out there which are compatible with the delicious v1 api. The most popular that I know of is pinboard.in. Scuttle and del.irio.us/rubric are open source variants, though they aren't as actively developed now as they once were.
Would it be at all possible to make the api url in any of the android del.icio.us apps a configuration option, so that users migrating to compatible services can still make use of the del.icio.us apps currently available?
I just published a port of my Delicious app for pinboard in the market.
XDA Thread
Project Site
http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2011/04/putting-android-to-work-for-your.html
I simply cannot understand Google sometimes. The find my phone feature should be standard across all Android versions and free to everyone, paid developers or run of the mill users. It's shameful that WP7 and iOS have these available to everyone.
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First post here!!!
Thank's all the community for this incredible forum, been here since almost de begining.
I've been wandering the forums and google, and can't find any solution.
With the multiple app sources actually available, official and "side loading", lately, I've been having trouble following wich apps install's from what market or service.
I'm testing apps in a daily basis, and keep track of all of them is starting to get a little bit complicated. different devices, diferent sources, etc....
So!, I asked myself.... Is there any app that with the capabilities to track multiple market sources???
Ideal scenerio will be, an app listing each app form each market, and comparing prices, availability and offers, even different versions available on each platform.
Can't find anithing remotely related on google or forum.
Google policy forbids this behavior explicitly, allowing apps accesing other sources outside Play, didn't find similar clauses on amazon or samsung, nor SAM or AppBrain.
Have any ideas???
Thanks forward...
Okay, first, I do not know where I should put this thread, it is for the HD2 specifically, but might one day be useful for other devices.
So, I have an idea, I would like to create an app store for Windows Mobile, specifically Windows Mobile 6.5, NOT Windows Phone, NOT Windows Phone 8/10, NOT Android, NOT Ubuntu or Meego or Firefox OS.
This app store would be updated, it would contain apps that are compatible with WM6.5, also, you would be able to select your device resolution, and get apps that work with your resolution, it could have a tweaks section, so any tweaks could be installed with just a few clicks.
Also, developers would be able to submit their own apps, and people should be able to submit older apps that work on WM 6.5.
So, what do you guys think, would you support such a project.
P.S. What would you think about me trying to get a HTML5 render engine running on WM6.5, so it could use some new mobile-web apps?
P.P.S. Recently, someone with an Android phone, was able to de-solder the NAND chip(with some equipment), and upgrade the internal flash storage, does anyone think this would be possible with the HD2?, maybe we could get 4GB of internal flash instead of 1GB?
Not bad idea.
My company done more basic idea with a repository of apps with description for our WM6.5 users.
Was some quality software for WM, when compare to junk apps you get on android it really night & day, shame Microsoft didn't see potential & develop it more back in late 2000's as it was far better code than android & was the birth of the smart phone & many parts of it copied by iphone & android .
Mister B said:
Not bad idea.
My company done more basic idea with a repository of apps with description for our WM6.5 users.
Was some quality software for WM, when compare to junk apps you get on android it really night & day, shame Microsoft didn't see potential & develop it more back in late 2000's as it was far better code than android & was the birth of the smart phone & many parts of it copied by iphone & android .
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So, do you think that it would be feasible to make an app store, like this? And what do you think would be a good name for an app store?
I could easily set up a website, however, I do not know how hard it would be to make an installable cab for it.
I could have a basic website, set-up in just a few minutes(without SQL server, which would be needed for an app store).
The main problem though, is getting permission from app developers to put their old apps on the app store, some of the companies don't even exist anymore. And we would need to get NEW developers to make apps and put them in the app store.
You not likely get much support for new apps as just such minority of WM6.x.x devices in use .
Problem 2 is like you say most old apps dropped by developers, many recent apps I got hold of are technically warez but that only way get them & activate them as devs dropped them & purchase option from websites. IM+ was example of this, I wanted purchase a licence but they dropped WM & wouldn't help me out so I had do work around making it a non expiring trial using mortscript to launch app .
If you do any sort of app store and want worthwhile apps then it not going be possible do it 100% legal unfortunately.
Our work web repository is not exactly legal but it keeps WM6 alive & we got about 30 WM6 users who happy
Personally I would do just a good designed web repository with app sections & details & downloads linked to account logins.
If you can build a software app to act as store it would be good, building cab is the easy part .
Mister B said:
You not likely get much support for new apps as just such minority of WM6.x.x devices in use .
Problem 2 is like you say most old apps dropped by developers, many recent apps I got hold of are technically warez but that only way get them & activate them as devs dropped them & purchase option from websites. IM+ was example of this, I wanted purchase a licence but they dropped WM & wouldn't help me out so I had do work around making it a non expiring trial using mortscript to launch app .
If you do any sort of app store and want worthwhile apps then it not going be possible do it 100% legal unfortunately.
Our work web repository is not exactly legal but it keeps WM6 alive & we got about 30 WM6 users who happy
Personally I would do just a good designed web repository with app sections & details & downloads linked to account logins.
If you can build a software app to act as store it would be good, building cab is the easy part .
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So, it looks like, my website host will not work then, I just made a new account with them too(it is free tho ), my web host says ABSOLUTELY NO warez , however there is this site called "umnet", they have a lot of stuff for lots of devices, including Windows Mobile CAB's. It is not very easy to browse umnet, and there is a lot of garbage, and it is not very easy to sort out what you DO want from what you DONT want. Back on-topic, if I am to make a app-store, I will need to find another host, or something like that.
P.S Is your work app repository, publicly available, or no?
No it on our own server & requires account.
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No it on our own server & requires account.
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Okay, too bad.
Now, about the app store, I have identified all of the main challenges:
1. Getting a server and/or host.
2. Getting all of the apps.
3. Getting permission from developers to put their paid/non-distributable apps on the server.
4. Setting up a search/description system(will probably be SQL based).
5. Getting the .CAB set up.
6. Getting people to use it.
I have an idea for, convincing developers to make new software for WM6.5, a development fund/bounty. Right now, many people who were once WM6.5 die-hards have stopped developing programs for WM6.5, maybe we can get some new developers, AND get some old developers back, by giving them an incentive to develop for WM6.5. This could be a bitcoin fund/bounty, when a developer wants to make an app, he/she can ask for some bitcoins from the bounty and that could help fund development if his/her app.
Also, ROM's, many ROM's are inactive, my next idea is to, create new ROM's with WEH builds, they will have ALL of the same features and apps and drivers, and versions(6.5.5, the best), but be based on WEH, because WEH has some new under-the-hood stuff like newer security standards, WiFi encryption standards, etc...
Possibly, we could even create new/improved drivers, via reverse engineering or something like that, AND possibly, dig up enough information to implement some of the features of Photon(what WM7 was supposed to be as of 2008), like an unofficial WM7(NOT WP7).