Hello fellow XDA-developers!
I just wanted to announce another pet project: -->costpad.com<--
It is a purchases logging service that I wanted to develop as a "supermarket companion", but it can be used for any kind of purchases.
The basic philosophy behind it is: "By logging your purchases, you keep a track of your expenditures and at the same time you inform the community of the price of the products you bought".
The site is in active alpha stage, but in a minimal useful condition (my girlfriend and I use it daily).
As all community-based sites, the "chicken-and-egg" problem exists: The site's value increases when users use it, but users use it only after it has gained enough value... For now, the database is tiny and basically contains products/shops found near me, here in Greece , but I hope I have made it easy enough to add more content.
Features:
- Submit/Log your purchases
- View your basic monthly/overall spending statistics
- Separate accounts
- Shop map location
- View product's latest market price
- View product's cheapest vendor
- Smart shopping lists (automatically remove/decrease items when bought)
- Finger friendly for touchscreen devices
To come:
- "Downloading" a shopping list via SMS to your mobile (for low-tech, no data-plan users. I already use it)
- Automatically "solve" the shopping list "equation" and propose the cheapest nearby location to buy the items
- Coupling with Barcorama is on its way naturally... The vision: "Return home from the supermarket and use your pda to quickly+accurately log the purchases..."
- Voting system to filter out the bad/inaccurate information
- Automatic logging of purchases (e.g. using Paypal receipt emails)
- Pocket-IE friendly
- Database security: encryption of user private entries
- Own data export/import
- Bug fixes!
I will be glad to hear any comments... but please, don't be too cruel, I'm not a web developer actually..
have fun
P.S. I do all the development/hosting on my own home server, so expect slow speeds...
fellow XDAers,
I just wanted to bump this thread by reporting some developments..
- costpad calculates the "best" shop to go buy your shopping list items. Based on distance, item availability and ofcource price
- smart product and shop search. Try using multiple keywords in the product and shop boxes
- browser friendly OpenSearch. You can add costpad as a search engine to the search box. In firefox e.g. press the searchbox icon and select "Add Costpad"
- coupled with Barcorama. You can use barcorama to scan a barcode and "quickly" submit an relevant purhase. Network access is required for that, so charges may apply...
- more unified GUI
what do you think? check it out... http://costpad.com
have fun,
hypest
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There has been increasing demand for a windows mobile version of imap.
iMapMy (powered by MapMyFitness is a location-based application that uses the built in GPS technology on your iPhone to allow runners, cyclists, (or any outdoor fitness activity) to track their daily training data, including:
* Total Time
* Total Distance (in miles or kilometers)
* Pace (minutes per km/mile) or current speed
* Average Speed / Pace (km/mile)
* View your running maps directly on your iPhone
* Training Log including Distance, Calories Burned, Time, and Date
* Add Your Workout to Twitter
Some requests have been sent into the map my run team, but I was wondering if some of the amazing people here might be able to develop this. Maybe people have been using g-watch and uploading their gpx files to the mapmyrun website, but the application would be pretty convenient to have, and hopefully more accurate than the geocatching on g-watch. That being said, g-watch has been amazing!
I am not a programmer and cannot offer much as far as help beyond testing, but I am sure the app would be greatly appreciated by me and the map my run community (who I would surely share this with).
Please respond or PM me if you are willing to take up the challenge or have any ideas or suggestions.
Thanks.
Hi!
There are actually (at least) two applications available on the WinMo platform that has some of the requested features.
1) Ageye G-Watch (that you obviously are aware of)
2) GPS Cycle Computer v3
None of the above mentioned applications have all the features of iMapMy, but I guess that this are the two best candidates to adopt new features, because both applications are free (GPS Cycle Computer is even open source). I guess that you could contact the authors and discuss further development.
Regards,
PK
Thanks for the suggestions! I am putting GPS Cycle on my phone right now. I am going to see about hooking the developers and mapmyrun to get a fully integrated mapmyrun app too.
You might also want to check BikeDashboard:
http://bikedashboard.mathieugardere.com/
It also has some of the features you requested. And a little donation to the developers might help to convince them to put in the rest of these features
Check out www.sportypal.com
I use RunGPS trainer which is brilliant (but paid), downloaded sportypal yesterday and it looks like it may have some similar features and its free.
I also recommend RunGPS. It has more features than I need, really (routing, heart rate monitor etc), but I do like the options for lap detection, voice output of various stats, map and route downloading from multiple sources and a very thorough (if not very aestehtically pleasing) portal to upload information to ( http://www.gps-sport.net , although it can also upload to a couple of other independent sites)
It doesn't have Twitter integration afaik, but there are widgets and static images that you can put on websites with some information.
If there's one feature that I miss from Nokia Sportstracker on Symbian, it would be using the accelerometer as a pedometer. This was pretty accurate on my old N95, even when just walking.
have you tried track my run?
click me
in germany there is smartrunner, its covering all of your needs:
http://www.smartrunner.de
+1 for SportyPal.
You can actually track your run/bike/rollerblade etc, then upload it to your sportypal.com page, and view the stats. You can even share it with your friends!!
(PLUS ITS FREE!)
Thanks for all the suggestions. I have so much research to do now! I am also going to share this trhead with the peeps over on the mapmyrun forum so they can take a look at all the optison they have.
Kind of redundant
I think Sporty Pal just saved me from buying a garmin. Now I just need a armband for my fuze and Im ready to roll!
+1 sporty pal
Now I just have to find out if it has some kind of virtual runner =)
I am looking for a product with a very small footprint, which when put on the mobile phone of your employee can transparently send location (cell id) details via GPRS
Actually we own trucks and the drivers resist vehicle tracking via gps. We plan to give them company owned phones which can transmit details.
The features we desire :
1. Platform independant (probably java)
2. Very small footprint - does not use many resources.
3. Totally transparent
4. Blacklist - whitelist for calls
5. Configurable over GPRS - updates, etc.
6. Can be tracked using google maps - latitude or other customisable software.
7. Should be able to install on low-end nokia phones.
Incase, you help let us know.
Sanjeev Gupta
sanjeev(dot)caravan(at)gmail(dot)com
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=261
I need a business expenses app to track expenses when travelling, etc.
I have been using ScaryBear Pexpense Pro, but they have stopped developing it.
I don't want something for household expenses, just to list business expenses that I can then download to an Excel sheet.
Needs to be able to list date, type, payment, value, client...
Any ideas?
No ideas from anyone???
I hate to say this, but . . .
Commercial app development for Windows Mobile has slowed way down.
My wife has a iPhone and there are numerous expense apps available. I have TimeTTracker MX2 on my Tilt 2. It has nice expense capability, but takes a lot of setup work; it's an app for real Windows Mobile lovers.
I had the same problem, but found that spb finance 2.8 did the trick. Has all the functionality and you can either keep it on your phone or send a report to your computer.
What you are looking for is ProOnGo Expense. The app is free, but the service is $.99 per month for it to spit out reports (in formats that include Excel 2007). I figure $12 a year is cheap compared to all the receipts I normally lose and end up having to eat the cost on every year. It's already paid for itself a few times over for me.
Built in Excel Spreadsheet?
Hello,
I created a custom Excel spreadsheet and use that.
Just a simple spreadsheet with columns for date, account, description, amount, category etc.
I've then put a shortcut on today screen to it so i can open it with the minimum of effort.
It's great in that back at the desktop PC, I plug in the Tilt 2, set it to USB drive, open the Excel sheet from the MicroSD card and I'm away - updating/printing from the PC.
Or email it to myself at work and it opens in Excel straight away on work desktop pc.
Then close, save and it'll all available from the Tilt 2 again when on the road.
I've set up a few of these, specific business trips, general business and household versions.
Cheers,
Andy.
Hello i have searched for a similar topic and found nothing.
Here we could post always the newest informations about the Seller Office and important changes and so on. This e-mail arrived 2 days ego.
Code:
Complete application registration before May.30(GMT)
Dear Seller,
Thank you for being a part of Samsung Apps.
This email is to notify all sellers of the imminent renewal of our site and the changes in the application registration process. We ask that you read the following information so as to avoid any problems that you may encounter in the future.
For more details, please see below.
■ Changes after site renewal: application registration process simplified
(number of steps reduced from six to three)
■ Requests :
- Applications that are currently being registered cannot be modified and they
will be deleted at around opening of the renewed website. Sellers are
recommended to complete registration before May 30 23:59(GMT).
- Before June 1 (GMT), all applications temporarily saved may be deleted so
please do not proceed with registration during that time.
※ Those apps that are currently being reviewed for certification will not
be deleted.
The renewal and the changes are being implemented to better service our sellers so we would like to ask for your full cooperation.
Please direct any other inquiries to Seller Office > Support > My Q&A.
We look forward to serving you better in the future.
Thank you,
Samsung Apps Seller Office Team
nice idea. i have got this email today. lets keep this thread updated with seller office news.
Yes, ok.
The changes sounds good for developers, faster processes during certification is neccesary.
new news for developers of paid apps
Code:
You can change your application price in real-time!
Dear Seller,
Thank you for being a part of Samsung Apps.
Seller Office helps you change the price of your application in real-time without the separate certification procedure.
Please refer to the following procedure for the function.
■ How to use:
Step 1. Move to Applications > Sales Status.
Step 2. Click $ icon (or Move to the detail page of the application of which you
want to change price and click the Sales Information tab)
Step 3. Click ‘Price change’ next to the existing price and reset the price for
each applicable country.
* You cannot use this function to change a free app to paid one.
■ Application of price change: About 2 hours after the price change
■ Note: By passing the certification evaluation step, you can quickly change the
price of your application for sale.
[Added Notice : Complete application registration before May.30(GMT)]
We also notify all sellers of the imminent renewal of our site and the changes in the application registration process. We ask that you read the following information so as to avoid any problems that you may encounter in the future.
For more details, please see below.
■ Changes after site renewal: application registration process simplified
(number of steps reduced from six to three)
■ Requests :
- Applications that are currently being registered cannot be modified and they
will be deleted at around opening of the renewed website. Sellers are
recommended to complete registration before May 30 23:59(GMT).
- Before June 1 (GMT), all applications temporarily saved may be deleted so
please do not proceed with registration during that time.
Please direct any other inquiries to Seller Office > Support > My Q&A.
We will continue to work hard in order to provide you with the best possible service.
Thank you,
Samsung Apps Seller Office Team
Due to android fans in the other art of the forum i post it here:
New Firmware available through KIES, S8530XXKE1/S8530OXAKD7
Download Link (extracted Firmware):
http://uploaded.to/file/j0w2v6u7
Nothing to do with seller office but with the part before,
here you find many usefull examples how to make some things that arent currently stock supported by bada, or how to make such things easier
http://developer.bada.com/documenta...C01320100&pageCount=50&orderField=DISP_DD_TXT
i even havent tried it but it is a better collection then badadev.com
Thanks will have a look to see if I can understand lol
http://developer.bada.com/articles/privatenotes
some examples and tips for new sdk 2.0
Hi all,
we've just built a webapp for promocodes management: Appromocodes - promocodes as a service
appromocodes.com
At the moment we are in beta so we are showing only a landing page to gather contacts from interested people while we finish last but time consuming details! Software has already been developed so this is not a "product validation test": the software does really exists! We are just making last non-core but fundamental parts such as help sections.
We built it to help developers market their apps (mobile or web) through the use of promocodes. Promocodes are a well known tool to increase paying customers but also adopters.
In the specific game context you can use them not only to provide discounts but also to enable levels or special features or items. Promocodes can be used to allow reviewers, bloggers and other people test your apps too.
We are happy to receive feedbacks from you all.
Thanks in advance