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Anyone interested in beta testing?

Hi!
I've been working on an application from the past 6 months now, and i'm nearly finished. The application aims at eliminating the need for a stylus for most of your usage. Its code named "ThumbMagic" (The name sure is corny! Any suggestions....would be great!) right now.
The application has complete functionality from sending SMS, mails, adding appointments, tasks, contacts, notes, custom plugins - calculator, device stats, games etc. without the need of a stylus! Above all, it has some really slick graphics ;-)
The memory consumption is really low, and the app starts within 3 seconds, though every pixel of the app is skinned! I guess this would be a perfect addon for the Wizard, and makes the device really usable with just one hand!
Coming to the point, I'd love to have someone who'd be interested in beta testing the app. Those who are interested, please let me know, and we'll figure out a way to take it forward!
As far as screen shots are concerned, I'd like to hold it back for a few days until i finalize on the default skins.
Thanks everyone,
San

I'd like to be a beta tester... I'm a heavy SMS user.

That sounds pretty interesting - i am an ex-smartphone user and still like the smartphone design. I am waiting for a convergent design, pda with proper miniphone pad so i can use it one handed. At the moment when i don't want to use the stylus i use fake cursor (a mouse pointer program) that is mapped to the explorer hardware button. It has limited functionality, would be interested in yours,

I'll give it a go, if you can live with a Universal and/or Mio A701 user (not yet, but hopefully some days hence).
Otherwise, I'll just sit in the corner and cry
V

I am currently unemployed and bored so count me in.

Beta testing? You bet.
Count me in. I am currently running Summiters latest (incredible) 2.23 ROM on a HTC Wizard. Your app sounds like something we could all benefit from.
So, I'm here for ya. 8)
Thanks
Jeffrey.
IT Systems Engineer
Intel Corp.
Gadget (er, device) Freak-O-saurus.

Re: Beta testing? You bet.
jsmcdon1 said:
Count me in. I am currently running Summiters latest (incredible) 2.23 ROM on a HTC Wizard. Your app sounds like something we could all benefit from.
So, I'm here for ya. 8)
Thanks
Jeffrey.
IT Systems Engineer
Intel Corp.
Gadget (er, device) Freak-O-saurus.
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Where can i find your ROM?

dreamtheater39 you can count me in. I hate using the stylus so I would love a program that eliminates the stylus. I am currently using Cingular 8125 and I am willing to run any ROM you wish for testing.

meschle said:
That sounds pretty interesting - i am an ex-smartphone user and still like the smartphone design. I am waiting for a convergent design, pda with proper miniphone pad so i can use it one handed. At the moment when i don't want to use the stylus i use fake cursor (a mouse pointer program) that is mapped to the explorer hardware button. It has limited functionality, would be interested in yours,
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Check PM....thanks!
San

vijay555 said:
I'll give it a go, if you can live with a Universal and/or Mio A701 user (not yet, but hopefully some days hence).
Otherwise, I'll just sit in the corner and cry
V
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emailed it to [email protected]
thanks dude ;-)
San

I would love to test your software out. count me in!

I would gladly any help any cause

You should just post it here and we all will beta test and post our comments.....

id love to test i do around 300sms daily and i hate busting the stylus out! im running t-mobile w/ 2.21rom

I'd like to give it a whirl. Let me know.

have backup will beta-test
will happily beta test: sounds like a well-needed app

beta testing
you can count me in.
As work for na operator my 9100 is my everything. using only one hand for everything would be a real treat, mostly in your car. i already use smartkey with much sucsess. so to improve even further those capabilities, without sacrificing usability and speed(processor) would be great.
i'm using PTG ROM 2.17.
thx

I'd like to beta test if you're still taking applications?

dreamtheater39 said:
Hi!
I've been working on an application from the past 6 months now, and i'm nearly finished. The application aims at eliminating the need for a stylus for most of your usage. Its code named "ThumbMagic" (The name sure is corny! Any suggestions....would be great!) right now.
The application has complete functionality from sending SMS, mails, adding appointments, tasks, contacts, notes, custom plugins - calculator, device stats, games etc. without the need of a stylus! Above all, it has some really slick graphics ;-)
The memory consumption is really low, and the app starts within 3 seconds, though every pixel of the app is skinned! I guess this would be a perfect addon for the Wizard, and makes the device really usable with just one hand!
Coming to the point, I'd love to have someone who'd be interested in beta testing the app. Those who are interested, please let me know, and we'll figure out a way to take it forward!
As far as screen shots are concerned, I'd like to hold it back for a few days until i finalize on the default skins.
Thanks everyone,
San
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hi can i please have this software as well woult like to try it sounds goods, o got mda vario........thanx you can reply or email on [email protected]
thanx

Very nice application... I'll write a more detailed feedback soon..
What motivated the layout on the thumb/keyboard?
V

Streaming the BBC's Content on your PDA

The Beebotron site lets you Listen Again to any BBC broadcast – something the Beeb won’t let you do on a PDA .
The main site gives you the information and background for the project, along with the radio stations and their programmes – just click and listen! This works well on a PC, but it’s getting a bit large for a PDA. So in the site you’ll find a link to Beebotron Lite, which is a cut down version (fully functional, but without the explanations) aimed purely at PDA users.
Beebotron and Beebotron Lite also host programme synopsis information. Now you’ll know what you’re going to play before you play it (unlike the Beeb’s site where you don’t know what, e.g. the Afternoon Play MON TUE WED THU FRI is going to give you unless you start playing one of the day links…)
I made the site primarily for my own use (Axim X51v) and then realised that other people might like it.
Thanks for taking the time to read this - hope you like the site!
Cheers, Kronalias

This is a fantastic idea Kronalias! However Real Player on my Universal times-out everytime I try to play any of the links. I've tried over Wifi, and Ive also adjusted real players time-out to 100 in the registry with no success.
Anybody having similar problems?- Is the BBC blocking me because I am conecting from New Zealand? I know they block video, but I have no problem accesing the audio links from my PC.
Thanks.

Hi Vscottie
Thanks for the nice words! Now let’s see if we can get your problem solved….
When you say that you can access the audio links from your PC do you mean that you can use Beebotron to listen? If so then, as my links are the links that are buried deeply in the Beeb’s site, you are not being blocked by either the BBC or your ISP. If you can’t use Beebotron on your PC then I’m afraid you won’t be able to use it on your PDA.
You might just find that you can Listen Again but not Listen Live (or vice versa) - although I haven’t had any reports of this behaviour.
You’re the first response I’ve had from NZ (thank you!), but I’ve had two reports from Australia. These were for a QTEK 9000 (same as an iMate JAS JAR) and a Nokia N80, both of which worked fine. They are both smartphones (WM5 on the QTEK, Symbian OS on the Nokia), and both connected to Beebotron using wifi. I realise NZ isn’t Oz, but I’m rather hoping that if Beebotron works in one country it’ll also work in t’other…
You might just find that you can Listen Again but not Listen Live (or vice versa), although I haven't had any reports of this behaviour.
I’m guessing that your Universal is the HTC Universal Windows Mobile 5 Pocket PC Phone. If so, then it should connect…
I’m not sure whether you can do the following on a smartphone (I don’t have one) but this checks whether everything is working on a pocket pc:
1. On your Pocket Internet Explorer please go to the Beebotron, then pick any Listen Again link and then any show. Don't click the link, press and hold it and you should get a popup box. Select the option 'Copy Address'
2. Open Real and then File => Open Location. Paste (Ctl V) the link in and press ok in the top right corner
And it should play!
Would you let me know how you get on please?
Cheers, Kronalias
PS For any other readers, in my OP I forgot to give the link to Beebotron Lite. It’s here: Beebotron Lite

Yeah I can't work out what it's problem is. Real Player 'connects' then starts 'loading' and stays that way with its little clock turning untill it reaches whatever I've set for time-out (100 now) then reports "Response or data from server timed out." It obviously hates me
Connecting from the PC is no problem- both from the Beebs site and yours.
But I've just worked out (sorry I should have checked before) that I can't 'load' Irish streams from RTÉ with real now either, or any real stream from the net- well I can load enough to view the tag information but not play the stream.
There must be something installed on my JasJar that's causing the problems, I've turned off the PCs firewall in case it was that.- Does RealOnePPC have problems with Wifi I wonder (we have no GSM coverage at the house)
Time to try some software removal.
Thanks again

MSS Converter - v1.03

MSS converter allow you to convert whatever you want : Currencies, distances, masses, etc...
The list is very long, and the units allowed are hudge !
You can select what unit to use (who know "calibre" ?), and it makes this tool very flexible and reliable (for example, selecting only currencies you use)
The currencies are automaticaly updating when you connect your device to ActiveSync, and that's a good point...
Worth the try ...

Did you write it yourself? (just a question)
Screenshots?

Very Nice!
Very nice indeed....
i also wonder, did you write it yourself? i would like to thank the author.
gijs
p.s. i do miss radiation units... curie, becquerel etc. and Dose units, such as sievert, gray, rontgen etc. any chance to add them???

philippe mignard
the author of this piece of software is philippe mignard,
this is his website: http://micromeg.free.fr/progs.html#MSSConverter
gijs

No I didnt write it, it can be useful for other friends for here..

AGEphone Mobile 2 Softphone

For all of you who were searching for a decent VoIP Softphone that supports multiple SIP accounts, is not in beta since 2 years ago. doesn't bring your PPC down to a crawl or is nearly unusable, search no longer: We have released our AGEphone Mobile 2 just today and it blows away every competitor from Xlite over SJphone to Skype. Big words? You bet! But why don't you just test it yourself? Just point your browser to http://www.ageet.com/files/AGEphoneMobile2.CAB OR point your cellphone at http://mobileage.notlong.com and install the softphone on your Windows Mobile 5 or 6 device. You can try it as long as you want without any limits but a duration of one minute for each call.
"And, who the heck are you?" I hear you ask. We, that is the ageet Corporation in beautiful (and far) Japan and we simply couldn't stand watching the Windows Mobile VoIP market dragging along... with an SJphone version right out of the stoneage, the wannabe softphone Fring with its horrible interface ans support for but one SIP provider and not to forget Skype which single handedly brings your PPC to the knees should you only think about calling someone. AGEphone does things differently and it does things BETTER (see our press release under http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=372992) and we hope that it will be of good service to many people. And that is where you come into play:
... cause our AGEphone has been in programming for quite a while already, but we know well enough that we are just not there yet. We're selling our software and that is why you can expect only the best. So, why not give the current version a go and let me know what you like and (more importantly) dislike about it. Right now we're working on bluetooth support and chat functions are planned for the future. But I know that there must be many more features that you would like to see in in our program and we don't even have a clue about it... until now. A little post might just be enough to let us know!
And we won't just leave you with the good feeling of having helped out to improve the best VoIP client on the Windows Mobile platform - that's just not enough. And so we put out two free licenses for board members who provide us with the best suggestions (and many ), bug reports and new ideas. And if you are really convinced that AGEphone Mobile is the way to go VoIP and if then you happen to sit in the right seat: We pay well for relayed 3rd party orders and redistribution. So just let us hear from you and the least you get is that we work hard to create a better softphone for you. Whether it will be more depends just on YOU!

Will be nice if you had a proper English web site. Clicking on the English still keeps you at the Jap language. Why come and post here when you cant even get a proper web site with English on??

I'm very sorry for that. The new page is still pretty new and there are some quirks that need to be sorted out. The problem should be fixed by now, but if it persists please PM me your OS and browser version and we will look further into it. Apart from that, rest assured that we can serve you in fluent English, German and Japanese if you give our products a try.

Still doesnt work. Im using Firefox 3.0 Beta. Also tried it in IE, still no dice.
Atleast give a direct link to the English site or have a splash page to choose a language instead of taking it fully to Japanese.

Languge option works for me, OK it's a USA flag to click and not a Union Jack, but i still see a site in English.

Wierd, I dont know what you are clicking on but the US flag has a link to http://www.ageet.com/us/ and if you click on that it reverts back to Japanese in both IE and FF for me.

I'm sorry, raaj, but unfortunately I have not been able to reproduce your problem using FF 2, IE 6 and 7, Opera and Safari (minor template quirks) from work and home. I haven't tested Firefox 3 and Internet Explorer 8 though as we simply can't support any beta versions. Please have a look at
http://www.ageet.com/us/products-agephone-mobile.htm
for some information about our softphone and go to
http://www.ageet.com/us/download.htm
to download either of our products in a free trial version. Please also clear your browser cache and cookies if you haven't done so already. I hope that this works for you, but if not: The /us/ always turns any page into English if a translation is available. Please let me know if anybody else is having trouble with changing the languages on the page.

AgePhone Mobile
This is the best voip sw I have tried for Windows Mobile.
I have tried:
iFon
SJPhone
Xlite
internal WM6 using Schap settings
Fring
Skype
plus others I forgot.
It displays well on my HTC Advantage with RealVGA at 128dpi, call quality is good, integrates with contacts, works well with my BT headset and is generally slick. Highly recomended, and I don't work for them...
james

And a little intro video for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micq_ghALGk
Prize question: How to integrate videos directly into posts here?

Falk said:
And a little intro video for your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=micq_ghALGk
Prize question: How to integrate videos directly into posts here?
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Trick Question, you cant

Is there anyway to choose the codec used, or is it done automatically? I'm running it on a 200MHz phone, and the audio quality was a bit choppy. I checked the server log and it shows capability for g.711u only, but I see on the website that gsm is also available.
Thanks.

bluetooth head does not work on my orbit 2, and the voice comes out of the back speaker as with all the other voip software.
is there something i have done wrong.

@ayking: The codec gets selected automatically and on mobile devices we usually force GSM. You can override the settings in the INI files. Just go to "My Documents / My Phone Booth" and take a look at the sipd.conf. You can find the codec settings under the "General" section as
MediaTypes = 3 0 8 101
where
0 = G.711u
3 = GSM
8 = G.711a
101 = DTMF setting (ignore)
Sometimes this might come out as
MediaTypes = 0 3 8 101
in which case you should change it to the first version that prefers GSM. In general, please try to raise the the jitter buffer in the programs audio settings to 240ms and see if that improves things. If it doesn't help you can also experiment with "OutBufferCnt = 3" in the INI under "Audio". I hope this fixes the choppiness.

@itolson: No, you haven't done anything wrong and neither is it our fault. Most HTC devices simply don't support routing the audio to the earphone speaker and thus you always end up hearing it through the external one. We are keeping an eye on any developments that have been able to fix this for some Japanese WM devices already. That is because contrary to the HTC guys who don't even bother answering our mails Sharp has been a bit less secretive and told us the DeviceIoControl ID of their device so that we could fix the speaker settings.
As for Bluetooth, there is no support for it in the current version of AGEphone and thus you can only use your headset if you use a little hack. Search the forums for "BTAudioToggle.exe" and start it before you make a call with AGEphone. It enables all audio to be routed through the BT headset and also allows you to use the headset microphone. You can automate this process with AGEphone under "Settings - Other" where you can enter "BTAudioToggle.exe" to get started when a call connects and to get disconnected when your call ends. I hope this is of any help until we add official support.

has the software been tested with a connection over gprs / 3g / hdspa or only with wifi?
Is there support for going through the operator proxy ? (there are operators with unlimited 3g plans that only work using the operators proxy)

@trv: We have tested our AGEphone with WiFi, 3G, HSDPA and PHS (EDGE equivalent) and it worked fine on all of them. PHS / EDGE can be a bit borderline though and we didn't include it in our requirements for that reason. It's more than worth a try though.
As for the proxy support, it depends solely on your provider: If they decided to use their proxy to block VoIP traffic you can make AGEphone work only over a VPN or otherwise encrypted connection. Please feel free to try our test version with your provider to see if it works.

Agephone codecs
Falk,
You say you force GSM codec, I see that is that one selected on my implementation. Forgive newby questions, but by GSM do you mean AMR, or AMR-WB with a 16kHz sample? G.711 is an extremely simple algorithm from (1972?) so is not very bandwidth efficient. I'm wondering if there is a route to the high quality sound I get with my laptop/WiFi Voip implementation with my pda over HSDPA using some of the newer bandwidth efficent packet loss tolerant codecs like iLBC, G.729, G.722.2 etc, which I see you have on your desktop version? Is the limit processing complexity in the pda? I know my service provider voiptalk supports iLBC, G.729 and G.722. I know there are license issues with G.729, but not iLBC.
Surely the latest devices (mine has a 624MHz X-Scale, 256M Rom and 128M RAM) could run the advanced codecs? I understand Skype uses their own special sauce, but based on iLBC.
I would really appreciate your expert input here.
Sorry to dive in to all this, but xda-developers is a 'pushing the boundry' type forum!
James

WOW, not to sure about all this, set up servers, limited to 1 minute, have to buy the software. Want to use it for free, then you have to go out and sell the software yourself? Whats next, make money selling the software by having your own sales team? I see another "Work from home" pyramid scheme coming on here, just my skeptical point of view here. I think I'll stick with skype for now, especially since i can answer the call from my home phone, computer, or pda phone since any of these can be logged on at the same time.

@iscajames: Don't be sorry - that's what the thread is there for and I hope that I can answer all your questions! So let's get started: When I wrote GSM I did indeed mean AMR 8 KHz. Right now we limit our AGEphone to ARM and G.711 for simplicities sake and to keep the SIP stack small and efficient. You are right again when you suspect that some of the other codecs put a lot of stress on mobile CPUs, but that is not the main reason.
Codecs like AMR-WB and G.729A cost a lot of initial and licensing fees and so far we simply could not integrate them because of that. We are, however working on a solution to that right now and you might see some additional codecs in our product in the future. iLBC would be possible even now and the only reason so far was that it would add some size and hasn't been requested much by our customers.
I will talk it with our programmers again and see if we can find a good solution for this. I think that iLBC might be a good addition for now - be it for some providers that support it or people using AGEphone in P2P mode.

@NiteStalker: Let me explain a bit to clear up the whole thing for you: First off, this is no pyramid scheme or get "rich with software" scheme. We just thought that it might be a nice idea to reward the people that are helping us to bring our AGEphone a bit further. It's not more than those two licenses that I spoke about in the first post.
And if you use a SIP-softphone then of course you have to register with a SIP-server in order to place your calls. You are also registering with the Skype network anytime you log on. The only difference is that YOU chose the server and by that get much cheaper prices than Skype could ever offer.
They give their software away for free because they hope to hook you up with their service. ageet doesn't offer any phone service. Just see us as a vendor whom you buy your phone from. Without a provider it's nearly worthless as you can just use it in peer to peer mode.
If Skype does what you want to do and does so for a good price then there is no need to use our software. For many people though being locked down to just one network, having to put up with a crappy PPC version, financing Ebay's wish to make some money out of their billion dollar buy ain't all that great and for those AGEphone Mobile might be worth a try

[REQ] XLink Kai WM Edition {$10} BOUNTY

Hello Everyone!, I would like to start off this topic with a Request to all developers to give birth to a XLink Kai WM Application! Naturally with something as complicated as a tunneling app to be ported over to a Mobile handset, i would like to begin a Bounty and Request for a WM Xlink Kai.
It would be absolutely amazing if we could get some official Xlink Developers in on this as it would give us a lot of in site.
=={About XLink Kai}== *As quoted from website*
"XLink Kai is a program that you run on your PC or Macintosh that allows you to play system-link / LAN-enabled games for your XBox, Playstation 2, Gamecube and PSP.
The software is referred to as what is known as a 'tunnelling' application. There are various other single-console tunnelling applications available, but XLink remains the only one to support all 3 major consoles..."
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=={Why Kai on WM?}==
I Don't understand why is hasn't been done, but i still spectacle at the day when i can pair my DS or PSP to my phone as use that as my proxy to other players, instead of my Laptop in a long car ride. Which id still have to pair with the phone to gain internet access. Besides what if i'm in a situation when i dont have my laptop with me, but just my PSP/DS and Phone, and would like to go for a hunt in Monster hunters, and have someone team with me to get that blasted Kirin.
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=={How This Well Be Done}==
I do not have the slightest Clue, i shall shed some light, when some Devs/Programmers can in this thread for everyone to see
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=={Programmers-R/Developers-O/Graphic Desigers-Pur}==
Non Known ATM
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=={App Design Ideas}==
TBD
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(Red-Pledge Orange-Pending Pledge Green-Paid Pledge)
=={BOUNTY CHECKLIST}==
Ranmsaotome510- $10

Ideas are welcome, in fact encouraged.
For starters, would a sourceforge group be good for us? i have no clue, or what about that other site i believe it was Google that had a similar site like sourceforge for developers? Google Code?
So let the shows begin!

Bumping to see if i can atleast get anyone a "oh yes im interested in seeing this kick off as well"
P.S- Anyone interested in doing a mock up (Graphic)

xbox remote for the ppc a while back...kinda stalled out but might be a place to start definately connected and allowed remote control...on the original xbox- fantastic machine when running xbmc...maybe called xbmc remote.

somewhat irrelavent to what xlink is, its not a remote app, its an app that tunnels traffic (mainly LAN, or Ad-Hoc) over the Internet. to allow ad-hoc games to play over the internet.