I'm a grandcentral.com fanatic. It's a great service. However, they haven't been releasing updates for quite some time. The iPhone fanatics are busy at releasing an iPhone dialer for their platform. The Mozilla Firefox fanatics have released a Firefox Extension/Addon which you can see here http://thatsmith.com/2008/06/grandcentral-addon-for-firefox/
even Nokia tablet users have a GrandCentral Dialer here http://www.internettablettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18802/
but the most versatile devices "Windows Mobile" are yet to have something that would make this service a KILLER. Can someone pass along this request to a coder that can accomplish this?
At the very least it would just need to be able to dial a number you input via the GC service.
Thanks for all the hard work you guys do!
I grand central dialer for the iphone was just released today, too.
Someone please make this for us!
I have been and Android User since month one of its original release on T-Mobile. There are very few issues from launch that have not been fixed, save one, being Bluetooth voice dial/command.
Googles answer to use the Voice dial feature on the PHONE is not acceptable and in some states illegal for use in automobiles.
Is there any app on the market or off that fixes this shortcoming of the OS?
If not, is it possible for one to be made or is the BT stack still unavailable to developers?
I would gladly pay for an app like this and according to the following two google threads so would quite a few other people.
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1181
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1412
If you start development I would be glad to donate to your beer, donut, cookie, cigarette/e-cig, porn, heroine, coke addiction fund.
Hey all,
I'm looking to get a WP7 in the fall, but I use public transportation and this will be a pretty crucial thing for me. Even my Palm Pre has public transit directions in its aged Google Maps app, and I know Bing Maps on the desktop has public transit directions, but I've heard that Mango will not have this feature. Any indication that it will be coming after all, or in a near-future update? Sadly, if not, I may have to reconsider WP7 just for that feature...
As an alternative, is there a WP7 app for SEPTA (Philadelphia) transit?
crassigyrinus said:
Hey all,
I'm looking to get a WP7 in the fall, but I use public transportation and this will be a pretty crucial thing for me. Even my Palm Pre has public transit directions in its aged Google Maps app, and I know Bing Maps on the desktop has public transit directions, but I've heard that Mango will not have this feature. Any indication that it will be coming after all, or in a near-future update? Sadly, if not, I may have to reconsider WP7 just for that feature...
As an alternative, is there a WP7 app for SEPTA (Philadelphia) transit?
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it has not been announced as a future feature, but I can't see why Microsoft would not add it in the future. Sadly, that leaves the question "when?".
As far as an app, you can always use Zune to search the Marketplace, or one of the many websites available dedicated to Windows Phone apps. Maybe they have what you are looking for, I know I've seen a few public transit apps before.
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it has not been announced as a future feature, but I can't see why Microsoft would not add it in the future. Sadly, that leaves the question "when?".
As far as an app, you can always use Zune to search the Marketplace, or one of the many websites available dedicated to Windows Phone apps. Maybe they have what you are looking for, I know I've seen a few public transit apps before.
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Thanks for that. Maybe Ovi Maps will have it... and I was leaning Nokia, anyway.
Probably a little late, but gMaps for Windows Phone 7 has transit directions.
Nokia Maps has it. Just get a Nokia
I created a thread over at the MS Surface Support forums and yesterday a forums admin posted there saying that MS is now working on API access for the OEMs so they can write clients.
Exciting news that at least MS is saying something about it.
Agreed. It would also be good if it's something that anybody can code against, not just huge companies (my company uses OpenVPN, and while the official devs may or may not care about porting it, *somebody* would if it were possible).
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 .
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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).