Hi everyone!
My first thread in this wonderful XDA community! Let me start by thanking everyone for being so great! Not only are the custom ROMs/apps/themes for my Elfin and Diamond are amazing, but the support and kindness of everyone here is AWSOMER! I get warm fuzzies when I visit these forums!
Ok I digress! So My first question: does anyone know of a good application that monitors data usage, minute usage (supporting free weekends and evenings, and my10 free calls), txt messaging, etc?
I used Phone Dashboard on the Elfin but with no Today screen since I use manilla, a today screen utility is useless ! As far as I know SPB wireless monitor is pretty powerful for data monitoring, but as of yet I cannot find an easy (LCMinutes scares me!), powerful and all inclusive program to make sure I stay in the confines of my plans preventing overage charges!
Any help would be appreciated, and though it is no easy undertaking I am sure, I think a lot of people would benefit from a Phone Dashboard type app that works on the HTC devices and they would of course support the developer for their efforts! I'd way rather give me money to the devs here than to the greedy wireless operators!
SPB wireless monitor is amazing for data tracking with good breakdowns of usage, and reminders. and very simple to use
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/wirelessmonitor/
for minute tracking you might want to just try google
i'm sure theirs something out there
Help, I'm desperate!
Yeah Wireless Monitor is perfect for data! I agree
But I have searched for months now and can't find anything, through google or otherwise for a good app that tracks voice usage.
LCMinutes had hope but it requires Microsoft NET CF 2.0 which causes Manilla to crash since CF 3.5 is already installed. So that's a no go!
Dashboard was amazing for the Elfin but only works as a home screen plugin so it is a no go with TF3D.
Pocketbill didn't work reliably
Smaatocost has dead download links and is nonexistent it seems.
So i was wondering if someone from XDA has a solution or could come up with an easy one. My ideal app would be one that could accomodate free evenings and weekends, and free calls to my10 (certain numbers are always free). I have searched all over the place and come up short so I could really use the community's help. Am I correct that there is nothing that will work with the Diamond? Someone please prove me wrong!
Thanks in advance!
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Im looking for a usage monitor which basically will predict my bill for the coming month. It needs to monitor gprs (like spb does) phone calls and text messages.
I have googled for this program, but with no luck.Therefore, im looking to develop it myself, probably using C# with visual studio 2005. I m downloading the trial, but as a user with no experience im going to be using msdn a lot while developing. Does anyone have any good guides for c#? because all the google results are either rubbish or expensive.
And, would it be better to program in a different language? [Ive looked at C++, but seems too complicated with no experience]
Also, what are some of the popular apps written here on xda-devs written in? [eg melody, slide to unlock, oto, schaps' programs etc]
Any if anyone knows of a product like this that already exists, please tell me, and save me some work.
And, does anyone know a way to get msdn premium subscription on its own or cheaply? As i think its a great resource just waiting to be tapped.
Thanks to you all here in the great developers forum, I just want to be considered on of you greats some time
Rory
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Hi guys,
I'm absolutely loving my phone atm. Just seems like I've found my perfect setup, and that I can do everything with my phone.
I especially love how I can display detailed weather in Today's screen.
From what I've seen, it seems like it accesses a website, then parse the data to find the actual weather.
This leads me to think, wouldn't it be cool if I'm able to see my mobile usage on my Today screen.
I'm living in Australia and am with 3 using Dopod d810 (htc p3600). People who use 3 will know that we have free and unlimited access to the My3 website to see our usage for the month at any time.
Just wondering:
1) It must be possible to write a program that parses that website and retrieve the data accordingly right?
2) Has anyone seen any app like this?
I'm more or less an experienced Java developer so I hope it won't be too hard to learn how to write a ppc app!
Lastly, thanks everyone in this forum who have contributed in making my phone, the most perfect I can imagine!!
Yeap its entirely possible. Its called screen scraping. Look up wikipedia.
I used to make a php application that parses data by looking up their html tags, so it's possible. But if the website supplies rss data then there's no need to do scraping.
great!
Thanks for the tips, I'll definitely look it up...
How do you know if it supplies rss data btw?
wouldn't it be much easier to just install batterystatus
This can display outgoing texts, calls etc
Hi, Does anyone know of a really good sports type gps tracker software?
I'm a keen cyclist and i'm sure there are lots of other outdoor types who would welcome a good, easy to use application with a full feature set. Samsung have just launched a phone with this in mind, Nokia already have one so it must be a growing market.
I had a Nokia N80 and downloaded Their Sports Tracker application and it was great. Just the stuff you needed - Timers, average speed, max/min speed, altitude, climing speed etc, even took out standing time (i think). You could upload to google maps if you wanted which was fine but not essential.
The Samsung mentioned earlier has music too geared to your activity.
I've tried lots of PPC apps like tracky and trackme and GPS tuner but the just dont seem to fit the bill, they are either too heavy and complicated and use too much memory or they are too simple with not enough usefull data.
I'm really suprised Windows mobile haven't got a better app for this - or maybe there is and I just don't know it yet.
Any Ideas - suggestions?
Roger
for you the same: dont douple post ! one question is enought, try search, this is a developers page.
This is the kind of application I wanted as well, so wrote one myself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=424423
It looks I should have posted it into Development thread instead?
hi.
i'm wondering if anyone has developed an absolute bare-bones ROM for the HD2. the intended use is for field auditors and the only thing i want them to be able to do is launch their auditing app and use the calendar. the sim will be data only so it won't support calls anyway. it's a single purpose device and they will have a monthly data allowance that i don't want to use up with browsing / personal use etc. i hope to remove (or block) all apps, basically just keep the Today screen and i would deploy my app via Visual Studio / USB. can anyone point me in the right direction? i searched around the HD2 forums for 'kiosk' and 'block' and 'uninstall' but everything i found was feature-rich instead of feature-less.
thanks in advance
How do you plan to restrict app installations on a WM phone ? CleanEx series roms are pretty bare...in any case all ROMs will come with some basic apps which are required for day-to-day functioning
hi, thanks for the reply. i know the phone is designed for everyday usage, so browsers etc are standard issue. and obviously i can never be 100% sure that people won't install an app, but i want to put in whatever measures i can to deter novice users, e.g. removing file manager, Market, etc. it's a business-only single-purpose project and i'd like to customise the device as much as possible for that. am i looking at cooking my own ROM?
cleanex looks like a good start, thanks.
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hi, thanks for the reply. i know the phone is designed for everyday usage, so browsers etc are standard issue. and obviously i can never be 100% sure that people won't install an app, but i want to put in whatever measures i can to deter novice users, e.g. removing file manager, Market, etc. it's a business-only single-purpose project and i'd like to customise the device as much as possible for that. am i looking at cooking my own ROM?
cleanex looks like a good start, thanks.
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I am not sure, if this is what you are looking for, but.... couple of years ago I did sold and deployed Kiosk mode from SPBsoftwarehouse. it was 500 licences/installations. it was used on tytnII/kaiser PDA. they used only one application for remote database, even phone, wifi and other functionalities was disabled. it worked like a charm. I dont know, what they added to newer versions of kiosk mode SW, but maybe it will help you. it is not free and for sure not cheap, but it works and it exist test/demo version
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/kioskengine/
EDIT> right now they have three products,
SPB Kiosk Engine
SPB Kiosk Explorer
SPB Kiosk Terminal
thanks for the replies. just in case anyone else is interested, i found a codeproject article that explains some of the challenges.
the SPB software has some reported performance problems but it does have an attractive feature list.
Hey guys, so I have just started my sophomore year at the University of South Florida and I was curious as to what you guys suggested for Apps that would help me out to keep me organized/useful calculator stuff or something
Something I am looking for is a finger friendly (Does anyone out there use their stylus anymore besides my dad? lol) Calendar app to easily use. Yeah there is the HTC Sense one. I am fine with that, but I always love convenience with my phone Another plus is, I update my NRG Rom a lot, so its easy to use with PIM Backup and such.
Help a guy out guys It's much appreciated in advance!
USF! USF! USF! I used to live in Clearwater... congrats on the fun in Florida man... anyways.. Use MS office 10 on the phone... Also, there is a great program for calculator.. It is an Emulator for the TI graphing series... Do a search for it here on XDA... if I am not mistaken, there is even a link to a legalyl free Ti-89 rom... You literally get ALL the same functionality as the real graphing calculator, but save $100.... Hope that helps
Not an app, but I find Google Sync invaluable for synching my email and Google Calendar with my phone.
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?answer=138636&topic=14299
Another very invaluable feature is the ability to tether or create a WiFi hotspot, both of which are already included in the Energy ROM.
Search the forums for "keep recording" (or just scroll through the "software worth installing thread" stickied in this forum, it's on post 2). I use it all the time to record important conversations about manuscripts we are working on, so I can dictate thoughts later into paragraph form. Keep recording lets you save to storage card, rename, and pause a recording session to skip over parts you are not interested in. I figure it would probably come in handy for reviewing class sessions or key parts of a lecture when a prof is discussing something important.
A program like spb wallet (or similar freeware) is also handy for storing University ID, pins, and email/web passwords securely. I couldn't live without it.
Evernote: (also in the software worth installing thread) is good for taking/viewing quick notes, reminders) Notes are stored on the cloud, and can be accessed and added to from any computer. I've heard a lot of good things about it, though haven't gotten around to installing it yet since I can accomplish essentially the same thing with the synced tasks and calendar on my MS enterprise account.
khoyifish said:
Hey guys, so I have just started my sophomore year at the University of South Florida and I was curious as to what you guys suggested for Apps that would help me out to keep me organized/useful calculator stuff or something
Something I am looking for is a finger friendly (Does anyone out there use their stylus anymore besides my dad? lol) Calendar app to easily use. Yeah there is the HTC Sense one. I am fine with that, but I always love convenience with my phone Another plus is, I update my NRG Rom a lot, so its easy to use with PIM Backup and such.
Help a guy out guys It's much appreciated in advance!
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I use a stylus. And I'm 33. And not a dad... well, that I know of at least
GPA app would be helpfull
i dont know if we have one for WM? .
vjajrj said:
i dont know if we have one for WM? .
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http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/ppc-download-gpa-calculator-1.html
http://download.cnet.com/GPA-Converter/3000-2056_4-10955675.html
If your looking for calculator. Try this one SpaceTime I can't link yet so just Google SpaceTime Calculator. If is free and it is pretty cool. Hope it helps.