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[IDEA][DEVS NEEDED][Probably BOUNTY] Tumblr for Windows Mobile - First sketch!!!

The blogging-service Tumblr is really great but it would be even better if we had a mobile application (like the iPhone guys do).
I´m no developer myself but I hope someone could help. Of course I´m prepared to donate and I think others are as well.
[For users:]
If you are prepared to donate please post the amount you would donate, if the app delivers you needs and wishes.
[Bounty so far:]
20€ by me for a fully functional, good looking app.
10$ by hrhnick for full dashboard experience
[For devs:]
Here is the API documentation, seams like normal HTTP requests and some XML.
I could help with graphics as well (if needed). Here is a first sketch how the app could look like, I simply took the graphics from the official site and put them together in Photoshop.
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def interested. i'd donate for the full tumblr dashboard experience. $10 USD

Maybe everyone adds the amount of money he/she is willing to donate!

Posted a first sketch of how the UI could look like. Basically I think a mobile app of a service that already exists should always resemble the look. I´m not sure how far my sketch is doable in reality (I´d say that depends on the dev ^^) but basic things like the logo or the colors are realistic.

Screenshot from the opensource app "OpenTumblr"
Its pretty much scaled to the right small factor, and runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac. Maybe a dev could port/modify it to PPC?

I don't use tumblr but any thoughts on using a java version? Here are two:
http://www.daneshzaki.com/post/42011810/tumblej1-1
http://code.google.com/p/tumblrj/downloads/list

I hate Java...nevertheless I will try it, thanks for the tip.
EDIT: Ok, I did a bit of binging and found a Windows-client based on .NET; maybe this Open-Source app could provide the basis for a mobile .NET app!
http://feedfeast.com/wintumblr/

im so jealous with Iphone users because they have this app for free.. but i can still donate 10$ for using this apps.. this is the best UI that Tumblr client should have..

have now become opensource!
let the magic begin devs!
http://feedfeast.com/wintumblr

the bounty is too low
to be honest, no dev in the right mind will go for a mere 50 dollar bounty which asks for a full function. i'm writing one right now and to include the full dashboard experience with only a 10 dollar and 20 uero promise is crazy.i have better luck posting it in market place when its done later, even with cut down funtionality and sell it at 2.99.
update,
just studied the source for wintumblr and for the moment, i think an app for posting is totally achievable, but for an app with dashboard... might take longer.
now i have a working text and photo posting function. its enough for me. will post screenies from the device emulator later.

I tried both of the java ones on my HD2 and when it asks if I want to install, it attempts to then says the file is corrupt. :/

Tumblr
bevoc said:
to be honest, no dev in the right mind will go for a mere 50 dollar bounty which asks for a full function. i'm writing one right now and to include the full dashboard experience with only a 10 dollar and 20 uero promise is crazy.i have better luck posting it in market place when its done later, even with cut down funtionality and sell it at 2.99.
update,
just studied the source for wintumblr and for the moment, i think an app for posting is totally achievable, but for an app with dashboard... might take longer.
now i have a working text and photo posting function. its enough for me. will post screenies from the device emulator later.
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I can offer some help , basically I develop for .net3.5 framework , not for compact framework, but still. ojosdegris (at) gmail dot com

Is this project now dead?

i really wish they made a tumblr app for htc hd2

Craigslist App

Someone should create a Craigslist application unless a free one already exists I don't know about? Lol.

and also a kijiji app

I think windows mobile is the only OS that doesn't have it. My friends have it on their Droids and iPhones.

I have been recently wondering. If an app has been created for droid and Iphones. how hard is it to make the exact same or similar app for us WM users?

irspam said:
Someone should create a Craigslist application unless a free one already exists I don't know about? Lol.
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I see an app for craig/windows mobile here after googling
synergetechsolutions.com
but it aint free though 0_0

Crazypostalgirl said:
I have been recently wondering. If an app has been created for droid and Iphones. how hard is it to make the exact same or similar app for us WM users?
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It has to be built from the ground up for WM...android and iphones are based on the same core technology in terms of the OS, but WM is a completely different beast. That's why you'll usually see the android and iphone versions of a software title appear at almost the exact same time, and then rarely if ever a matching WM release

sirphunkee said:
It has to be built from the ground up for WM...android and iphones are based on the same core technology in terms of the OS, but WM is a completely different beast. That's why you'll usually see the android and iphone versions of a software title appear at almost the exact same time, and then rarely if ever a matching WM release
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ah, ok thanks for explaining that! I try really hard not to be upset about the lack of random apps for WM but if I really cared I would have ended up with something other than my HD2 lol

lavagirl said:
I see an app for craig/windows mobile here after googling
synergetechsolutions.com
but it aint free though 0_0
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That has a nice circa-2000 UI :
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I'll write a much more touch-friendly CL app when I get a chance in a few weeks.
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why do you need an app?
Seems like cl works just fine using the browser. I also have used the browser for google voice, gmail, etc... they all work fine (of course you have to do some zooming at times to select links).
The one thing I haven't found yet is a very good web based im client. I've played with ebuddy but am not sure if it's very good yet.

dipaolnv said:
The one thing I haven't found yet is a very good web based im client. I've played with ebuddy but am not sure if it's very good yet.
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Tried Meebo?

Any RSS reader can read Craigslist. Some RSS readers have alarms for keywords as well.

dipaolnv said:
Seems like cl works just fine using the browser. I also have used the browser for google voice, gmail, etc... they all work fine (of course you have to do some zooming at times to select links).
The one thing I haven't found yet is a very good web based im client. I've played with ebuddy but am not sure if it's very good yet.
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For the same reason that dedicated apps exist for Facebook and anything else-- a native app can offer a much easier and faster on-the-go experience. Craigslist is a pretty simple site, but it still requires lots of panning and zooming to use on a phone. A solid mobile client would take care of that.

amb9800 said:
That has a nice circa-2000 UI :
Synergetech is a RIP OFF!!! Their software doesn't work...STAY AWAY
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Any luck on writing a better CL app?
amb9800 said:
I'll write a much more touch-friendly CL app when I get a chance in a few weeks.
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Just wondered if you had the time to write a more "touch-friendly CL app" yet?
I would love to try it.

You could just save your local CL as a bookmark and attach it as a quicklink.
It helps if you add as a browser tab, and go into the site. This way the sites page is saved as a icon image. Then make it a quicklink.

New Android Market

Upgrade hasn't rolled out, but look forward to this soon!
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What the hell is up with all those windows 7 type tiles everywhere lol.

Gross.
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Looks nice. Would like to see how those panels function. Hopefully they make a better effort to maximize useable screen space.

nadcicle said:
What the hell is up with all those windows 7 type tiles everywhere lol.
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Dear god, please let this not become a trend.

ydoucare said:
Dear god, please let this not become a trend.
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+++1110000

The layout looks like it's only good for Google and their advertising revenue.

I think it looks cute.

Windows 7 Google Phone Market - Coming Soon!
/puke

I'd like a market that doesn't forget my downloads and break my links. Other than that, they can make it look like 1998 Geocities page for all I care.

What's up with all the hating on the new design? That's just the page that opens up the first time! Who knows what the rest of the market is like and how they sort and list their apps. I'm just saying don't be so quick to judge it.

I'd like a market where you can get rid of the god damn pay apps that are utterly useless or don't use or ever plan to use again.
For instance.. OpenHome.. It's old crap and no one uses it anymore yet it contributes to "My Apps" clutter. I have a decent collection of pay crap I simply don't use, and don't ever intend to use again.. In 2 years our "My Apps" list is going to be stupidly long and a burden. Google needs a "Delete from account" option.

acer1096xxx said:
What's up with all the hating on the new design? That's just the page that opens up the first time! Who knows what the rest of the market is like and how they sort and list their apps. I'm just saying don't be so quick to judge it.
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Honestly I think its because it looks like a winpho7 home screen and I'm sure I speak for many around here when I say.....winpho7 looks like sh!t
If its still the same underneath and I can have my black market.....idc what they do.

DroidApprentice said:
I'd like a market that doesn't forget my downloads and break my links. Other than that, they can make it look like 1998 Geocities page for all I care.
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This...and maybe let us hide apps from the front page that we aren't interested in (I'm looking at you taking tom cat every time I open the market) and filter out ones we already have installed.

Go to hell google. Wait.. I love android. Carry on.

acer1096xxx said:
What's up with all the hating on the new design? That's just the page that opens up the first time! Who knows what the rest of the market is like and how they sort and list their apps. I'm just saying don't be so quick to judge it.
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Well, you know first impressions mean everything. Oh, and I have to base it on that cause that's all I've seen this far. I am not judging it cause there's not enough to judge. Just giving my first impression.
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That 4GB dl limit is very welcome tho......that 50MB limit is sucktastic, kind of apple esque you know 20MB limit.....blah, good job google

epic4GEE said:
That 4GB dl limit is very welcome tho......that 50MB limit is sucktastic, kind of apple esque you know 20MB limit.....blah, good job google
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Agreed. Welcome Mr. 4GB

epic4GEE said:
Honestly I think its because it looks like a winpho7 home screen and I'm sure I speak for many around here when I say.....winpho7 looks like sh!t
If its still the same underneath and I can have my black market.....idc what they do.
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It's funny, because there are a lot of people that think WinPhone7 looks great (I being among them) but it is certainly a polarizing design. There are many people that you do, indeed, speak for. Nobody seems to be in the middle, that's for sure. You love it or you hate it.

[APP] FlipFeeds: Flipboard 'esq reader for all Android Devices. Complete it?

Hi all,
I have been working on an HTML5 based reader similar to Flipboard that would work in Android, iPad, Windows 8, etc. However, with news that Flipboard will be releasing to Android this year, I'm debating on if it's worth my time to finish. A few things of note:
It's powered by google reader
It actually has a better image grabbing engine that FB for image detection
Around 32 page layouts thus far
Scales areas and fonts dynamically to fit any resolution tablet/screen
Grabs the first few pages, then keeps going in the background for quick start
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Here's a link to check out the super-pre-alpha: http://youtu.be/g3hNYtNVGJM (so you can see it already grabs articles and sorts areas and images)
What do you think? Should I put the time in to finish it for everyone?
Thanks,
B.

I think if u can manage to create and page transition effect that makes flipping through them as exciting as it is on Flipboard then ur App will sell itself....i don't see that on your video.... it's laying out new nicely though.
try to focus on visuals and gestures.

typongtv said:
I think if u can manage to create and page transition effect that makes flipping through them as exciting as it is on Flipboard then ur App will sell itself....i don't see that on your video.... it's laying out new nicely though.
try to focus on visuals and gestures.
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Yea, it's complete alpha stages right now. I don't even have the code in for viewing an article. I won't be taking the exact FB effect, but was planning on making a swipe effect of some kind, but don't want to spend the million hours finishing this out if everyone says "Why bother, we'll use FlipBoard."
Thanks,
B.

Put in mind that Flipboard announced that the company will release the app only for chosen devices ....so if your app suits older less powered devices and have some cool features that are optimized for smooth browsing and doesn't consume battery ...then i think u should work on it and don't give up .
second of all you should know by now people lke to try out new apps every now and then ...we get bored fast my friend
good luck developing ..but if u loose interest then it's also ok .....maybe u will come up with something even better

typongtv said:
Put in mind that Flipboard announced that the company will release the app only for chosen devices ....so if your app suits older less powered devices and have some cool features that are optimized for smooth browsing and doesn't consume battery ...then i think u should work on it and don't give up .
second of all you should know by now people lke to try out new apps every now and then ...we get bored fast my friend
good luck developing ..but if u loose interest then it's also ok .....maybe u will come up with something even better
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Yea, now that the APK is out I'm seeing that Flipboard is working fine on older devices, I think I'll hold off. While I'm happy to continue building this, I don't see much point unless Flipboard doesn't come out tablet optimized. Happy to give people another option, but I only have a limited amount of time, and could never compete with the feature list that FB provides.
Thanks,
B.

Beta windows 95/98 game emulator - RELEASED

More info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037483
Edit - RELEASED
Dev blog release
http://blog.winulator.com/2012/12/winulator-beta-10v-is-now-available_11.html
Playtore link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.postram.winulatorbeta
A guide on how to get things running
http://docs.winulator.com/program-caesariii
Edit 2 - sorry meant to post the release on the theme and app thread, my bad, hope thats cool

If he puts diablo 2 or red alert 2 on my tablet, i know what ill be doing for the next couple of months
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younix258 said:
If he puts diablo 2 or red alert 2 on my tablet, i know what ill be doing for the next couple of months
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I so want RA2 on my tablet!!

Question the game files if you have cds for games win 95 98 can we make our own files?
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COA4178 said:
Question the game files if you have cds for games win 95 98 can we make our own files?
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I dont think so, i think hes doing them game by game at the moment.....not like traditional emulators, but you never know, maybe some point down the line, if its technically possible......which to me, its seems like all the ingredients are there.
From what i understand hes figured out a way to convert x86 ?binaries? on the fly [JIT], to something arm can understand, and bypassing some[all?] of the emulation and saving some of the processing power that normally gets used by that emulation. Is that a first for android emulation technique?i dont know
He gives a much better account of it on his blog

Alright for fans of ceasar 3, looks like the beta's now available on the playstore, bugs have already been reported and a new update is in the process of being pushed to the market, so hopefully that helps.
If anyone manages to get it running please feel free to post your experiences
Dev blog release
http://blog.winulator.com/2012/12/winulator-beta-10v-is-now-available_11.html
Playtore link
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.postram.winulatorbeta
A guide on how to get things running
http://docs.winulator.com/program-caesariii
Good luck:good:

make RA2 Happen!!!

I played it some last night on my note. The S-pen makes it a lot easier to navigate through the menus in the game. The only thing I didn't like was the always touch the screen was a left click. I accidently destroyed some buildings because I had the shovel selected and built some in places I didn't want to since its a little hard to position exactly since it builds right away. But as far as performance I played for about 30 minutes and only used 5% battery and it ran perfect. No lag or slow downs. Loads up fast. You do have to put the games on built in sdcard since the program only seems to scan for games there and its not configurable.

still trying to get a hold of the game lol

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I played it some last night on my note. The S-pen makes it a lot easier to navigate through the menus in the game. The only thing I didn't like was the always touch the screen was a left click. I accidently destroyed some buildings because I had the shovel selected and built some in places I didn't want to since its a little hard to position exactly since it builds right away. But as far as performance I played for about 30 minutes and only used 5% battery and it ran perfect. No lag or slow downs. Loads up fast. You do have to put the games on built in sdcard since the program only seems to scan for games there and its not configurable.
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5% in 30 minutes, thats impressive......thats a total average of 10 hours playtime, not to shabby........although i suspect different games will vary depending on how graphic intensive they are
Glad to hear it runs smoothly, saw one or two videos, and was wondering if the whole game played as smooth, glad to hear it does
How are the control widgets, are they implemented well
Control widgets
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Can someone confirm whether a bluetooth mouse works, assuming someone has one and is kind enough to confirm it, thanks
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If someone comes acrosss the official xda dev thread, let us know

tcntad said:
I so want RA2 on my tablet!!
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You never know
http://blog.winulator.com/2012/12/v103-and-more.html#comment-form

banderos101 said:
You never know
http://blog.winulator.com/2012/12/v103-and-more.html#comment-form
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I really want it! Id play the s**t out of it