ANT+ enabling for Android - Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]

It seems like there is possibilities to receive ANT+ signals on htc legend.
Read more here, http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2010/07/behind-scenes-of-team-htc-columbia-and.html
Anyone know more about this?
Would it be possible to enable without waiting for htc software?
It would be great to use the phone as computer instead of buying a new device for my ANT+ devices.

Found out some more information.
Perhaps someone good developer can solve it
You can find the TDF MyTracks Code here:
http://code.google.com/r/sandordornbush-release/source/browse/

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register a bluetooth keyboard and mouse service

It would be very useful to have these mobile devices act as bluetooth keyboards and mouses. Has anyone written such a service?
I am familiar with the gremote project but i'm talking about a more general solution that would allow the mobile devices to be paired with all sorts of things.
The ultimate goal would be to have "keyboard" and "mouse" listed under the services broadcast by the mobile device. I found the following page that describes how to register bluetooth services:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa450140.aspx
But, unfortunately, i'm a Java developer and believe that it would take me too long to do this myself. Has anyone thought of doing something like this before? Is anyone interested in giving it a shot? It seems like it should be fairly straight forward to write such a service.
you can use GRemote if you want to use it as a keyboard and mouse.
Salling Clicker lets you use it as a mouse and media center controller.. and you can add many other scripts to control your comp.
or.. this:
http://www.jaylee.org/remotecontrol/
Thank you nir36.
I followed your link to jaylee's remotecontrol and had a look at what it does. It seems that both jaylee's solution and the gremote solution use a server/client model that rely on proprietary software running on both the server and the client. Unfortunately, that is not what i'm asking about.
What would be ideal is to emulate the functionality of a bluetooth keybaord and mouse that one can buy off the shelf and that does not require server software (something like Logitech diNovo Edge Bluetooth Keyboard). And this is why I was referring to "registering a bluetooth service" as a possible solution. Is this possible? Is it very difficult to accomplish?
I would, for example, like to be able to pair my mobile device with a PS3 and have it act as a bluetooth keyboard and mouse. But a PS3 is just one example. There are many other use-cases that can be satisfied by offering a generic solution that cannot be handled by the server/client model.
I have tried a lot of bluetooth remote controller softwares and searched for others as well.
unfortunatly, i don't know of any remote which doesn't require server side client.
to your question.. yes, i think it would be hard to accomplish as you need to have everything loaded on your ppc and send all data to the server.
I'm almost positive that someone would be able to develop such an application here as there are many gifted developers floating around this forum.
You might have to donate some for it tho.. it's not trivial.
Thanks again nir36.
I am willing to put in the time required to develop this but could really use some help getting started.
Can someone point me in the right direction? Is what i'm looking to do clear? Do others see this as being useful? Has anyone tried this before? If so, what were your pitfalls?
What documents/addresses can you share with me to help me get started? What IDE do you recommend?

[Q] BMW Bluetooth

Hi,
I am trying to get up to speed on Bluetooth capabilities for my soon to arrive F10 (2011, 530d).
Does anyone have deep technical knowledge on the Bluetooth interface/version/capabilities of an F10 Bimmer?
Or know where can get hold of it? Does BMW provide a developer portal for 3rd party software developers or is it handled case-by-case with vendors like Apple, Microsoft, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson etc.?
The reason for my inquiry is that I am trying to understand on a low level why so many phones differ in available capabilities when paired with a bimmer. It is of course related to the services exposed via the phone..but one should be able to tweek it
For instance only Symbian based phones seems to provide Office support like email, SMS etc. Datalink support is also lacking on many modern smartphones like iPhone and Android (not all versions but in general the support is limited).
(I am posting in the general Android forum since I have a HTC Desire...)
Regards
this is a good question, i to have run in to this. why is there such good support for iphone but the bmw office cant work with it? why no support for android? if you find any info on this let me know.

[Q] USB Port Access

Hello there dear Android devs!
I have a question about the USB port.
Do any of you have any information whether it's possible to use the USB port manually with an app with Android? I have an idea that needs access to a hardware interface that needs to be connected directly to the Android device..
I might be able to use the bluetooth connection, but that would involve a lot more hardware development, and I'd rather avoid that.
So my question is, do you know any way for an app to use the Mini USB port with an external hardware interface?
Hope you have some good news
//Enslave
Edit: If you have any information if this would be possible on WP7 or iPhone, I'd appreciate hints to that too, but I'd rather use Android to be honest
Sorry to bump this, but surely someone must have some information?
I really wanna get this app off the ground! And it's gonna be something really really cool when it's done.. If it's possible that is ^^

[Q] When will android support Bluetooth 3.0?

It is very hard to find any information on this. Can anyone tell me when Android is going to support Bluetooth 3.0? It was one of the selling points of the Samsung Galaxy S and yet it still is not supported by android.
The necessary hardware is there but there is no support by android.
+Bump+
Anyone have any info on this? Google turns up nothing.

[Q] How to communicate with custom made hw board?

Hi Xda developers,
I might get involved in project during internship, where they want me to find way how to connect android device to custom made proprietary radio transmitter-receiver board without bluetooth or wifi, so it has to be direct wired connection.
This radio transmitter-receiver board has its own microchips and firmware so all low level work and functions will be done in this board alone.
Does anyone has idea how this could be done? is it possible to write some drivers (probably C) to communicate with this board over micro usb port present in all android devices? And than how could be data received over radio used in basic java-android application installed on device? (could this be done with use of a binary/text file as a link between these two programs?)
Thanks in advance
If nobody knows or has time to answer my questions, please give me some tips where to start searching for answers (websites, books, magazines .... )
Is it essential to learn Linux architecture properly before modifying anything in android?

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