Guys, I'm branching out a little: I was stuck in the office till 2am yesterday, but needed some distraction so threw together this RSS Scraper for the BBC Road Traffic Reports. Someone requested it, so I thought I'd have a go.
It's obviously only going to be useful for those to who this might be relevant
It turns this flash heavy site:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/travelnews/local/national-map.shtml
into an elegant RSS feed.
Give it a go, it's an early release for now.
(Rss Feed) - http://www.vijay555.com/scrape/bbc.php
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For anyone who uses HubDog, I've added this as a feed: http://www.hubdog.com/c/5130/preview
Hi Jon. I've never seen HubDog before. Interesting. I was going to add a Google Reader link, but it seems to cache an older version and refuses to update
Start.com seems ok.
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Hubdog's pretty cool for podcasts and picture feeds, and short text objects like these traffic reports. I set the feed up so it'll grab a new version every 30 minutes or so. If you do use it for large quantities of pictures, set it to only display 20 images, otherwise it'll bail.
Have you thought of narrowing the focus of the feed so it only has content updated in the past 24 hours?
It's easy enough to do, but I just grab the whole page as published by the BBC, and then turn it into items.
My own news aggregators can filter by date and time, so I filter it to the last 24 hours anyway.
However, it seems a bit random that the BBC page has posts from months back, and others just minutes old. Since older items get updated by the BBC when resolved, I decided to grab the whole thing as is just to be sure.
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Fair enough.
It was suggested that we start a thread specifically for the apps that run well on the Android port to the HTC Touch/Vogue. I personally own an (Sprint=CDMA) HTC Touch Diamond, but upon seeing the maturity level of Android running on the Touch, I immediately went to eBay and picked up the Touch handset...and I am glad I did. The only reason I boot back to winmo is for work calendar (Lotus), Skype (iSkoot kinda sucks), and Podcasts (hopefully we getting DoggCatcher soon).I've found that battery life with Togga on to be about 8-10 hours which I can live with it, but it's a pain to keep toggling if you really need to conserve (but it could be worse )I plan on posting more battery data soon, but need a few more days of collection. Hopefully we can find a more permanent way of managing the data connection with balance for battery life.
You can find many apps on http://slideme.org/, AndAppStore (both have phone clients - very market-like) and by searching ".apk" on 4shared.com
The apps I have found to run well on my CDMA with dzo/f00bar's (much respect) latest files:
-Scoreboard - I'm not that big of a sports fan, but this app is slick!
-aLastFM - Just got permission to post the link from the developer. Thanks Oleg!!
-Stocker - Simple but effective stock app, but no graphs. If someone could find a better one...
-Weather - Simple, but effective. Multiple Cities, current and forecast, with menu link to detailed outlook including radar from Undergroud Weather.
-AnyCut -Great for making shortcuts to just about any screen in the OS, especially useful for Battery and Sounds&Display
-TextEasy - for sending a text to multiple contacts, until someone can get a hold of ChomperSMS or K9SMS (K9Mail I have not gotten to work either, we need a better mail app, the native client doesn't even recognize URLS, wtf?!)
-OIFileManager - It's the only one I've tried, so can't comment on the others, but there are several out there. UPDATE: I tried out Astro and Glance. I liked Astro, but after a day it stopped working for me and gives me a force quit. I prefer Glance over OI FileManager, it's on 4shared I believe.
-OIFlashlight - amazing how handy this comes in
-OINewsReader - No frills RSS aggregator
-ShopSavvy - Did you say "We'll match any price"?...but be fast with your fingers, camera is not fine enough to capture the barcode
UPDATE:
I wanted to add SMS PopUp as another great app. You can find it along with a bunch of other APKs here. One of the G1 owners that grabbed all of the apps and is hosting them for download.
WANTED:
-DoggCatcher - for my daily podcast fix
-A true Skype client
-HEADPHONE SUPPORT!!
Please post replies with your own favorite apps that run well on this port (with links, please!)
Cheers!
Wow, no replies?!
I'm looking for SMS PopUp if anyone can post a link.
Cheers!
The Meebo app is well worth a look - look for it on 4shared.com. Lets you IM on just about any IM network (Yahoo, MSN, AIM etc). IMs appear in the notification bar while you are in any other program. Great stuff.
I believe im the only person hosting the meebo.apk at the moment.
Meebo Instant Messenger:
http://jonsingh.com/android/files/meebo.apk
I did recieve the "ok" from the meebo!
thanks
Jon
steve98 said:
The Meebo app is well worth a look - look for it on 4shared.com. Lets you IM on just about any IM network (Yahoo, MSN, AIM etc). IMs appear in the notification bar while you are in any other program. Great stuff.
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i installed and signed into my MSN account, however, just a white screen shows up. No list of contacts, etc. No menu options other than to add another account or sign off. Not exactly useful (at least this version). Is anyone using this successfully?
EDIT: I received a chat, and that gave me a buddy online, maybe no one on my list was signed on at the time I first checked.
Also, it doesnt remember your username and password, which is annoying because it randomly closed on me after tapping the notification in the bar during a chat session today. I'll keep looking for a better app or updated version.
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I believe im the only person hosting the meebo.apk at the moment.
Meebo Instant Messenger:
http://jonsingh.com/android/files/meebo.apk
I did recieve the "ok" from the meebo!
thanks
Jon
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you might be the only one who got the 'ok' from meebo but as i said, it can be found on 4shared.com also.
What about an updated version of Shopsavvy. Mine keeps saying there is a new version, but of course we can't update off the marketplace.
I'm looking for the Locale application. Even though we don't have GPS running, Locale still alows profile switching based on time and days of the week, which would be useful for office vs. non-office settings. If someone could post this I would appreciate it!
how do i install apps i have them saved to the storage card i just dont know how to load them up, sorry if this is a dumb question
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how do i install apps i have them saved to the storage card i just dont know how to load them up, sorry if this is a dumb question
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If they are in the AndroidApps folder then they should be installed already. I found that sometimes icons don't show up to launch the program, however. This is where AnyCut comes in handy. Use AnyCut to search in "Activities" to find your app. If you are not seeing it in this list then you may have to "manually" install the app. Open a file browser such as OI File Manager or Glance and navigate to your AndroidApps folder. Click on the .apk file and it should launch teh app installer.
Hope this helps.
Any word on aLastFM?
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Any word on aLastFM?
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See the update first post.
Scoreboard.apk
I am very interested in the Scoreboard app, I got it running fine, but the other day the game I added to my favorite never really gave me updates until the game was over by a few hours.
Isnt this application able to provide real-time results?
I am having more success simply by going to www.nhl.com :-S
Thanks for aLastFM!
I was looking around and found another 4shared user with a bunch of APK's!
http://www.4shared.com/dir/11234070/20e0c1f0/sharing.html
Someone in the main topic said something about an ebay app. What is it and is it any good? Is it secure? It'd be nice to have for me.
There's been a couple apps I liked that didn't fit our screen plus having to reinstall android files often I lose all my saved info so it doesn't work out for me. Sprint needs to hurry up with an HTC Android phone.
Maybe a stupid question, not sure... Why can't someone extract the android market application from the G1 to be used on other phones? Seems a bit odd of Google to limit the market to only a specific phone.
There is a discussion about the marketplace on the big long forum. The marketplace is not open source. They're talking about the commands and encryption and such for it. I'd think it's not open because they plan on having pay for apps but I could be wrong
G1 Central
This is a must have for any one with a Grand Central account- G1 Central
http://evancharlton.com/projects/g1central
Allows you to place calls and check voicemail for your GrandCentral account. Pretty much allows for unlimited free calling. Works great on my friends G1.
Still missing a few features.. like the ability to call contacts that are only in your GC account, but still very good.
Heres the problem.. it crashes when trying to dial out on the Vogue!!! Ahhh!
So close to beating the telecoms... If anyone knows anything about error codes or how to get this working, I might have a GrandCentral account invite...
megalewis said:
I am very interested in the Scoreboard app, I got it running fine, but the other day the game I added to my favorite never really gave me updates until the game was over by a few hours.
Isnt this application able to provide real-time results?
I am having more success simply by going to www.nhl.com :-S
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I noticed this also. i resolved by changing my time zone in settings. Only problem is that this then modifies your "synced" time with your carrier, it adjusts + or - according to your time zone, so you have to comensate...each time you boot. Not by any means an elegant solution, but if you need realtime scores this is the answer. Probably better off sticking with NHL.com
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Someone in the main topic said something about an ebay app. What is it and is it any good? Is it secure? It'd be nice to have for me.
There's been a couple apps I liked that didn't fit our screen plus having to reinstall android files often I lose all my saved info so it doesn't work out for me. Sprint needs to hurry up with an HTC Android phone.
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I tried the "Ebay.apk" from 4Shared, but it doesn't display properly. The tabs extend all the way to the bottom of the other screen which is a common problem for us vogue port users.
Since both the ability to update your Twitter and the ability to update your Facebook status are both built into the new Manilla, but there is issues with both. Is there anyway to just have an app that will let let you update one or the other, almost a simple text parser that just passes it onto the correct service. I hate having to load up the Contacts and then myself just to update my status. And with the Twitter tab you have to use the on screen keyboard due to no landscape. This would make things much easier and shouldn't be hard for someone to code.
I could even do the front end development if someone can code it.
since the asynchronous time problem still exists it would be great if someone could programm a little app that can sync time (like every 30-60 minutes) in order to keep it up to date.
id like to do it myself but my java and linux knowledge is way too little. but i think for the pros out there it shouldnt be too hard a task
i really hope someone could address himself to this task for all of us sake, since i dont know how long it will be until the problem is fixed.
Quick fix for the moment is to enter airplane mode, then come out. It seems to cause a clock update.
Will look out for a sync app, I'm sure there will be one, there's loads for other WinMo, Pre, Symbian etc
i searched 4 an app but didnt find any. therefore the thread.
airplane mode only updates the clock if clock is set to "automatically", because it syncs it from the network. but seriously, thats not even remotely something like a "fix".
There is a nice (free) app in the android Market called "ClockSync". It lets you sync your device via NTP. Scheduling the sync is also possible.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467429
As per that thread. Unlike my other android devices I don't have any interest in rooting my nook touch. However, it drives me up the wall when I keep losing my last read page and bookmarks seemingly every time it's most inconvenient.
Do any of the nooter tools incluce this fix? This one has a legitimate problem that B & N seems reluctant to fix in a timely manner.
Currently, no, not yet.
I accidentally my bookmarks..
Maybe we can talk one of them into doing that, because it would be nice to not lose your spot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1467429
As per that thread. Unlike my other android devices I don't have any interest in rooting my nook touch. However, it drives me up the wall when I keep losing my last read page and bookmarks seemingly every time it's most inconvenient.
Do any of the nooter tools incluce this fix? This one has a legitimate problem that B & N seems reluctant to fix in a timely manner.
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You better write suggestion to one|all nooters-rooters. It’s really simple fix script, should be piece of cake to add to any of them.
It can be done as stand-alone apk also but need root access still (to add database triggers).
Unfortunately, as a new user, I can't yet post in those forums. ;p