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Hi all!
I'm senior C# programmer and I want to develop a Windows Mobile Application with Compact Framework, but I want develop an useful application or tool that does not already exist. I have no limitations in programming or technology (gps, bluetooth, web services, ecc.).
Any idea/suggestion for this new app? Is there any application that is missing?
hey how about a touch guitar for the ppc..the one like we have in nokia 5800..there is a touch piano(known as omniano) for ppc but no touch guitar..!
What about a proper barcode reader/interpreter using the built-in camera? There are some tentative software but no trully good one out there. Could be good for personal databases like book collection.
wovens said:
What about a proper barcode reader/interpreter using the built-in camera? There are some tentative software but no trully good one out there. Could be good for personal databases like book collection.
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There is I-Nigma a barcode reader...
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-i-nigma-barcode-reader-v1-4.html
hardikrajgor123 said:
hey how about a touch guitar for the ppc..the one like we have in nokia 5800..there is a touch piano(known as omniano) for ppc but no touch guitar..!
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Thanks for the idea, but already exists Guitar Hero for PPC...
http://www.handster.com/news-pda.php?id=1250&for=WM Guitar Hero
giugua said:
There is I-Nigma a barcode reader...
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-i-nigma-barcode-reader-v1-4.html
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Yea! I know! But it is no good! If what you are after is an idea that nobody had before, than I think it will be very difficult.
Here's an idea that might be something handy you could knock out fairly quickly: a battery drain indicator. An app that polls your battery life and generates a report telling the current rate of decrease (and maybe indicates what other applications are running and how often the backlight was on).
It'd be darn useful for trying to gauge the effect different ROMs and apps have on battery life.
There is no DLNA app for windows mobile as far as i know.
Would be good just to have one that can get pics, videos, music from over dlna machines.
Or as above a app that moniters battery drain to see the worse apps and roms for battery
typo said:
Here's an idea that might be something handy you could knock out fairly quickly: a battery drain indicator. An app that polls your battery life and generates a report telling the current rate of decrease (and maybe indicates what other applications are running and how often the backlight was on).
It'd be darn useful for trying to gauge the effect different ROMs and apps have on battery life.
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I second this. I've started one, but it's pretty ugly, slow and buggy as I'm in no way a C# developer and I have no time to complete it. There are several battery monitors out there, but neither of them are really usefull.
If you are interested, PM me, I can share some further ideas.
A finger friendly message app instead of wm ugly tiny inbox, outbox etc
giugua said:
Hi all!
I'm senior C# programmer and I want to develop a Windows Mobile Application with Compact Framework, but I want develop an useful application or tool that does not already exist. I have no limitations in programming or technology (gps, bluetooth, web services, ecc.).
Any idea/suggestion for this new app? Is there any application that is missing?
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Hmm, a killer WM app? Well, I would imagine that it has to be something unique, and fairly difficult to create on other platforms or, hell, just the Windows Mobile platform.
Meh, the best idea I can come up with are these:
1) A GPS software that displays street level navigation (sort of like what was shown in Sony's new NV-U3DV).
2) A Hulu player
3) A program that scales programs/games not designed to work on a particular resolution
My, this was surprisingly difficult to think of.
stu-k said:
A finger friendly message app instead of wm ugly tiny inbox, outbox etc
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Quote it!!! A real finger friendly msg app (a simple mail/sms client) will be the top!!
D'rath
how about a directory assistance program like they had on palm.
when someone calls u it automatically tells u who is calling giving the persons address and info
Killer App, how about something that ties Windows mobile together...not some much a launcher or something like but something that smooths everything out.
Maybe a simple program that transitions the screen of current gen devices to make landscape to portrait smoother.
Maybe a cool task manager is smooth and dynamic...(opengl) that flows through the open programs similar to Coverflo (this would be amazing) mix that with functionality.
How about when you open a new program, there is an onscreen popup that shows whats opening while the app is loading up. Similar to Opera or Winterface.
Maybe a unique Locksystem different from S2u2 and G1 Locker...Something graphical and beautiful. I love the growing panel and the fish panel for xperia, having something like that for a locker would be amazing....
I have dozens of ideas. but I'd say..
Music player=covered by S2P, Kinoma, Nitrogen
Pictureviewer=covered by imageviewer, s2v
Shells= too many to name
Iphoney= ad nauseum
I think we should be focus on making PPC more functional...That SMS app is really worth the time an effort as well.
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Maybe a cool task manager is smooth and dynamic...(opengl) that flows through the open programs similar to Coverflo (this would be amazing) mix that with functionality.
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This would be cool, although being a Windows user, I'd rather it be like Aero Flip than like Coverflow.
If you haven't seen it, check out TaskFacade -- it's more like Expose than Coverflow, but it's still a great app switcher with decent eye candy.
I've tried TaskFacade...love it..but it would be awesome to have a full blown beautiful app. I don't know if you've ever played around with Pocket Cm ImageViewer its amazingly beautiful. The way it displays pictures and how fingerfriendly it is it would be awesome to have taskmanager that flowed that smooth. Flick up on the application to end it, click on it to go to it. Would be amazing
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Hmm, a killer WM app? Well, I would imagine that it has to be something unique, and fairly difficult to create on other platforms or, hell, just the Windows Mobile platform.
Meh, the best idea I can come up with are these:
1) A GPS software that displays street level navigation (sort of like what was shown in Sony's new NV-U3DV).
2) A Hulu player
3) A program that scales programs/games not designed to work on a particular resolution
My, this was surprisingly difficult to think of.
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Id love to have a Hulu Player but also would kill for a free Xbx Live app but i guess tht alrdy exist but the Hulu player is very orginal...Nice idea 8525Smart and i also like option 2
how about an onscreen semi-transparent dpad that can be toggled via a button on all apps? That way for phones without dpads or with dpads hat are not functional (touch pro) you can still use a dpad. This would help in gaming but also basic navigation.
You might consider putting your talents towards the finger friendly SMS application in the Development and Hacking section. They have nonfunctional, graphics only alpha versions, but they need developers to actually get the application functional. There's even a $275 bounty.
Dave
Diagrax said:
Id love to have a Hulu Player but also would kill for a free Xbx Live app but i guess tht alrdy exist but the Hulu player is very orginal...Nice idea 8525Smart and i also like option 2
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Thank you. Yes, with a Hulu player, the multimedia experience on Windows Mobile would pretty much be complete (at least for me).
Regarding the Xbox Live app, I did find one if you want it: http://ts.zumobi.net/partner_pages/partner/xbox
hi, I am looking for something similar to London Buses (www.londonbusesiphone.com) for HD2?
here you go mate, try this......
The iphone app you show does a lovely kind of augmented review where it overlays place names/icons over the moving camera image using gps, the g-sensor, and the compass.
I don't think you're going to find that (unfortunately) on windows mobile as the multitude of possible devices (with different camera drivers) makes it too hard to develop a solution that will work for all handsets
Would love to be proven wrong. I'm writing my own location aware application for finding places and I'd really like to add the camera view feature. Maybe in winmo 7.
There a popular tube app on uk marketplace called Tube Run that does a little bit more than the one posted above (although it costs a massive one pound something so not as cheap ). Not tried it thought so can't tell you how good it is.
...and if you want a trains app you can do a lot worse than the one linked below
Ian
I just got an Android tablet (the Lenovo Thinkpad Tablet) and I am really enjoying it. I'm wondering what apps I should use, though. On my phone for Twitter I use TweetDeck which is fantastic, but the interface kind of sucks for tablet use. I really like the fact that you can have unlimited columns with as many lists as you want.
The only apps I've found so far for Twitter that are designed for tablets are TweetComb and Plume. Plume is the nicest looking, but apparently you can only have a maximum of three columns, and display only one list at a time. Furthermore, my most used list refuses to load on Plume for some strange reason.
TweetComb is a little better, I can't have unlimited lists but I can have up to three. I would really like to be able to have as many as I want by creating new columns, though. Any suggestions in this regard?
Then there is the office suite question. I have the keyboard folio accessory for my tablet so I can basically use the tablet as a laptop and I want to be able to do some work. Which of the office suites would be best suited for this scenario? Unfortunately, the 15 minute return window makes it hard to play with them to figure it out, especially when I want to test the features in the paid only versions...
And finally, what are your favorite browsers for tablets? Stock is fine, but I'm curious if there is anything that provide a better and more efficient experience. Thanks for any input!
Hello,
I have been using Blender on Windows Mobile since 2008. It was a very hard task because my screen was 2.8" only.
Now I bought an Android phone with a screen nearly twice bigger and I immediately thought of Blender. BUT... I have
literally scratched out the internet and Blender for Android seems to not exist at all :-/
I know that there are brilliant programmers here... Could somebody eventually try to port that nice program to
Android? For experts like you, it shouldn't be that hard...
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE !!!
What useful stuff could you possibly do in Blender on a mobile device? 10" tablet... Maybe... but input is still wonky for such a thing..
If you want a 3D physics game, there are tons of them in the market...
Hi and thanks for the answer.
No, I don't want a game, I want something, on which I could do at least basic 3D modelling / animation.
And if it exists for Windows Mobile I see totally no reason that this multiplatform product won't exist for
Android too...
Look for an app called Sketcher 3D in the Play Store.
Sent from my 5" Retina XT iPhone running iOS 7
There is an official porting. You can just see .blend and start blender game for now, but it's still a working in progress anyway...
Install guide
Main thread on blenderartists.org
An image of the working in progress blender player
Have a look at true truesculpt on playstore
It's pretty cool but a complete blender port will be much better
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It's pretty cool but a complete blender port will be much better
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I think there is hope
Guys, YOU ROCK !!
I will give a try to these 2 apps FOR SURE!! I was searching SO HARD and I could not find even
a single app like those!!
What is Blenderplayer? To me it sounds something that can just play files, created with Blender?
darkman088 said:
Guys, YOU ROCK !!
I will give a try to these 2 apps FOR SURE!! I was searching SO HARD and I could not find even
a single app like those!!
What is Blenderplayer? To me it sounds something that can just play files, created with Blender?
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great news!
A new image of the porting it's been linked in the developer meeting notes of today.
it has the full interface!:laugh:
Anyway the blenderplayer is the binary that can open games made with blender.
http://pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=36691
so cool
EDIT:
a new photo of a nexus 7 running blender
a tried the new release with the test file and some of my models. http://download.blender.org/ftp/incoming/Blender_08_19_12.apk
it works but with a 4.3 inch is totally unusable.
Anyway it's pretty weird to see blender on a phone
OK, I have tried both apps:
- Sketch 3D - VERY nice interface, I like the touch approach!! A brilliant idea. But it is STILL very basic :-/
You can't change properties of the objects (for example a prism has always 3 sides :-/ etc.
No animation functions, no texturing, no materials, no light sources, just some colors of the objects, which are
not realistic, no rendering function :-/
A Blender port would ROCK !!
@lbrfabio - why it should be strange to see Blender on a Phone? I had it on my HTC Diamond in 2008!! You
should see it on the 2.8" screen!! And still it was somehow possible to hit the menu entries and I played a lot
with it!! And I was thinking at that time, if my screen would be twice bigger, it would be perfect !! Now I have
almost a double size screen and no Blender for it :-/
And EVEN, if not on a phone, on a tablet it would be perfect
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OK, I have tried both apps:
@lbrfabio - why it should be strange to see Blender on a Phone? I had it on my HTC Diamond in 2008!! You
should see it on the 2.8" screen!! And still it was somehow possible to hit the menu entries and I played a lot
with it!! And I was thinking at that time, if my screen would be twice bigger, it would be perfect !! Now I have
almost a double size screen and no Blender for it :-/
And EVEN, if not on a phone, on a tablet it would be perfect
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What I was trying to say is that use fingers to use Blender it's weird after you're used to use keyboard and mouse with a dual monitor.
Weird but still cool
Sure that it's weird and cool at the same time. But the world is changing with all these smartphones and tablets and
the developers have to undergo this change for their apps too! And exactly people like us, on these forums, have to
push them in the direction of improvement and show them, that we won't tolerate worse and less capable software,
than we already have on a PC. THIS is the reason, why I have a netbook and not a tablet!!!
And even, if we stay at the same level. there is no improvement! The Android software has to become BETTER than
what we are currently witnessing on a PC !!!
I never had chance to try windows phone.
The metro UI seemed messy, unorganized, and not intuitive to me in pictures.
However, I am seeing several comploments about it in the web... -> quite making me wonder what are the merits of metro UI.
Do you think Metro UI in Windows 8 Phone intuitive compared to that of Android?
Please share your thoughts
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very intuitive at all messy, look for the fifth leg cat to a specific feature
I've always really dug the WP8 UI but I'm also one of the bizarre few who enjoy Windows 8.
I only really have dealt with the Lumia 521, so it's a cheap low-spec phone, but the interface works amazingly well and the features that you get are pretty intuitive. I never stuck with it because Windows Phone wasn't as "tweakable" as I'd like, but I think it could be the perfect interface for the general public. Not to mention WP having less market share means less app development.
I dislike the GUI. Its strange and lacks the ability to tweak it.
csm121295 said:
I never had chance to try windows phone.
The metro UI seemed messy, unorganized, and not intuitive to me in pictures.
However, I am seeing several comploments about it in the web... -> quite making me wonder what are the merits of metro UI.
Do you think Metro UI in Windows 8 Phone intuitive compared to that of Android?
Please share your thoughts
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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It looks weirder in pictures than it actually is, I think once you get it in your hands and are able to move things around - but that may just be me. (I had a Windows Phone for a while - Androids to Windows to Androids) ... It's really easy to use - the big problem with it, IMO is what it *lacks* - no desktop support AT ALL - no real security (no fake security, either) - no OPTIONS - the assumption that (for example: because you're in the Bluetooth menu - it's scanning for devices and you're okay with that ~ and you don't need to scan for a device manually. Ever. And you only want to re-name all your crap via Windows. (of course it *is* a Windows Phone, but still) ... Or that you don't ever need to save - God forbid - a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g ... not a voicemail - not a text - not a document (okay you could save a doc - but man, it was pita if you had to save a .pdf to read later) ... little things like that that Android users *really* take for granted ... No smart dialing (no, seriously) ... Dude - I could keep going - but it's getting late, man ...
The interface by itself was ridiculously fast and I mean that. And I could get that stupid battery to last forever. And the camera!!! *sigh* If Motorola could build a camera like that! My word! Even half a camera like that! ... and I liked the gallery setup - it was nice ... Being able to customize the tiles made a big difference from what you see of the --- stuff -- they ad. on television ... and it comes with A LOT of social media stuff built in - and almost NO bloatware - I mean there are a few games from MS - but almost NO bloatware from the carrier (not kidding! - at least not from VZW) ... and from my understanding you can get a pretty decent deal on a used one on eBay (no, not mine LOL mine's already gone) ...
So - I don't know if that helped or hurt ) ... It ran really well ... very smooth - no problems with it at all ... those little tiles you see? You could almost put what you wanted there and as far as that went - extremely easy to use ... Reading the menu / settings, etc? No problems there, either - there's no learning curve with that phone ~ it really is fairly intuitive ... as far as making a transition from Android? Depends on what kind of user you are - if you are a remote user? (connect remotely) if you like customization? Forget it, man ... ) If you don't care? Have fun with it )
csm121295 said:
I never had chance to try windows phone.
The metro UI seemed messy, unorganized, and not intuitive to me in pictures.
However, I am seeing several comploments about it in the web... -> quite making me wonder what are the merits of metro UI.
Do you think Metro UI in Windows 8 Phone intuitive compared to that of Android?
Please share your thoughts
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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no. i use lumia 520. the ui is just a bit too bloated and lack of a drop down menu giving access to the most basic features like accessing wifi and stuff. android is much much better. but windows phone 8 is having no bloatware. really..