Smartphone software ideas

Originally Posted by richy240

I would LOVE a way to silence an incoming call without the use of the volume strip...

I like to silence the ringer instead of sending someone straight to voice mail so they don't know I am deliberately avoiding their call (whatever my reasoning may be: too busy, don't wanna talk, dislike the person, etc). My point is, when the strip is activated for in-call volume adjustments, my ear hits it by accident and turns the volume down. If I disable it entirely, I cannot silence the incoming call unless I send the caller to VM immediately.

I know this is a pretty petty thing, but it BUGS THE CRAP OUT OF ME! And I'm not a developer by any means, but a System/Network Admin... If it weren't for this annoyance, the Dash would be perfect in my opinion. But this is a design flaw that I cannot just get over.

And this wouldn't be an app so to speak, but a utility. A pretty tall order, I know...

Originally Posted by juiceppc

What about a prog that will auto upload a directory of contents from your phone to an ftp location? Example: I can set autoflight to run this prog every night(or have that built in) to upload all my pics from my SD card to my website. One thing it would have to do though is enable a GPRS connection if one wasn't already enabled. I would like that and would pay for it!

Originally Posted by richy240

I would LOVE a way to silence an incoming call without the use of the volume strip...
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And this wouldn't be an app so to speak, but a utility. A pretty tall order, I know...

Originally Posted by juiceppc

How about a prog like autokeylock? Still haven't heard back...

Originally Posted by trwrt

It looks like many people want a flash video player for stuff like YouTube. It might be possible to hack the H.263 and VP6 decoders out of libavcodec, then you wouldn't have to license anything. Probably a big project but people are always asking about it around here.

Originally Posted by psxp

Hmm.. I htink this is quite doable... I saw some info on how to trap the incoming call the other day when researching something else.

So, You could have a window pop up when an incoming call is coming in, and then have one of the buttons (the left or right softbuttons) allow you to silence or accept the call? - It would just turn the riger off until the call was dropped?

Originally Posted by lafester

The other problem with disabling the volume strip is that you can't adjust the volume. lol.

a nice volume control app that can be set for system and in call volume would be sweet. I have an app I found but its for ppc and only controls system volume with no way way to use it without mapping it to a key.

Originally Posted by richy240

That's of little consequence to me. Being able to silence an incoming call, while avoiding accidental in-call volume adjustments is good enough for me. Like I said, the volume strip was implemented badly, so we've got to take what we can get. If we were to disable the strip at the system level, I don't think an app would be able to capture it.

I guess if there was an app that disabled in-call volume adjustments while allowing the strip to be active in all other respects, this would be just as good.

Originally Posted by conan_troutman

here is an option

I have both a WM003 device and a WM5 device
both synch to my laptop using AS4.5 the WM2003 allows for category filtering the WM5 does not, I have installed smartphone notes on the WM5 device and that allows category filtering too.

there for i conclude the ability to filter by catagory on WM5 is something missing from WM5 and AS4.5 so how about putting back the ability to filter catagories when synching

that would suit loads of people

Originally Posted by CASAO

Hey guys,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to control the two service LEDs above the screen? One of the things I miss from my old phone was that when I have a text message, it would blink. I'd love it if I could do something similar on the SDA.

I know that the bar on the screen had a message indicator, but when pulling it out of my pocket, it's much more convinent to see an LED up top than turning on the screen and looking for my message icon.

Any help you can offer is appreciated, thank you.

Originally Posted by phonuzer

I just ran across this old post; dated 05-04-2006, 06:25

I know that I and others have wished to turn off the blinking indicators; changing their use to notify of voicemail, messages or email might be nice.
What do you think?

Originally Posted by radeon_x

Automatic Keylock (http://maniac.fschreiner.de/content/view/8/19/) can make the LED blink faster when there is a missed call or message.

Originally Posted by maniac, maniac's Smartphone Tools

Re: Automatic Keylock "Upon a missed call or a missed message, the screen saver can be configured to do some action (backlight blink)."

Originally Posted by paullibby

an application that allows you to use your device as a remote control via the infrared port. Change channel on TV, etc...

Originally Posted by phonuzer

There are programs that do this ($) but the real problem is with the range of the Irda port; as short as three feet.

Originally Posted by lafester

Not sure what you mean but I have an app that will control the volume with the dpad while the strip is turned off. There are two problems with the app though as I explained above. It is very handy to be able to adjust the volume using the dpad instead of having to go into profiles to do it.

I know a lot of people have posted the need for a way to control the volume with the dpad instead of the stip.

I can post the app I have again if anyone thinks they can modify it.

thanks chris

Originally Posted by richy240

That would be great, but does it also silence incoming calls without sending the caller to voice mail? That is most important to me.
And thanks!

Originally Posted by redwildebeast

go here http://mobile.surrealnetworks.com/DashApps.htm and dl disable call reject .cab. it will turn the scroll bar into a ringtone silencer but not end the call

Originally Posted by redwildebeast

how about an app that changes your homescreen background at certain times or has a "slideshow" type feature where you can put in say 20 pictures and it will change between these pictures at set intervals like maybe once a minute, five minutes, 30 etc.

Originally Posted by Smoates

If someone could just make the backspace button work properly to back you out of a conversation or message to get to the main screen listing all the sms threads open, it would be perfect!

Anyone wanna try? I will happily email it to you.

Originally Posted by LIVEFRMNYC

Personal Mobile Recorder does this. Also saves contacts and text. I think it's only $2 a month.

Originally Posted by ARHYTHMATIK

No- autotext is not the same as T9. T9 is simply predictive text. Autotext lets you customize your own shortcuts for various keystrokes.

Originally Posted by phonuzer

This can/does provide a blink but it seems to be tied to the display screen.


I and others, I believe, am/are looking for something to control the blinking LEDs above the screen; at night (especially) they are a distraction and could be put to better use (as I see it) as notifier for incoming text, mail or missed call(s).

In the mean-time I'm going to look into using the app you mentioned, thank you, as my failing sight leads me to larger or more blatant symbols than what's afforded me on the tiny screen.

Cheers

Originally Posted by cb_cb

isn't this what "don't forget" does? i use it...it disables the LED, so it only blinks if i have a missed call or text...

d/l avail here: http://magazin.softimage.cz/?page_id=27

Originally Posted by psxp

Okay Guys, quick update.. been working on a couple of apps.. they will be posted out soon for testing..

Originally Posted by coshan

I know you're probably settled on a task by now, but I only JUST ran across this thread. If possible, could you do something I have been looking for forever: an app or pocket outlook plugin similiar to the Outlook Rules Wizard. One that allows the user to setup specific ringers/tones for specific conditions in an email (specific subject text, specific sender, etc.)? Some company does it for Blackberry, but no one does it for PPC/Smartphone. Thanks.

Originally Posted by yattering

How about a z code interpreter (ala ZipCE and Frotz), for playing those old Infocom-style text adventure games, that will actually work on a WM5+ smartphone? I've been FIENDING to play HHGTTG and have yet to find one that would work.

That about covers me,

Jeremy

Originally Posted by rexriver

I´d love to have an app that let me control Power Point slide show or windows media Media Player on my PC through a network (WIFI for example) or Bluetooth conection.

Originally Posted by phonuzer

I'm not a Power Point user but you could probably get away with this utilizing a VNC.

To try this get TightVNC (host) and .NET VNC Viewer (client); both free apps.

Note that there is lag time that may/may not work for you.

Good Luck.

Originally Posted by richy240

The lag is why I refuse to use VNC unless I must; even at work I opt for RDP or find another solution (in the case of a Linux machine or something else that doesn't support RDP). It does come in handy when something installed on a server or something isn't compatible with RDP; even then it is better than nothing I guess. But otherwise, VNC sucks.

Originally Posted by phonuzer

I wouldn't say it sucks; more like impractical.
I do have to say that while using the client, VNC+, on my phone I had the least amount of lag (it was very tolerable) of all the clients that I tried (TightVNC as server).

The real problem with this pairing (if a user does not mind the lag) is the size of the phone's screen, as I see it, so if you forgot that you needed to close an app or shut down the PC and you're already in bed and you have a VNC server up and running it may be useful; for everyday stuff...

...NO.

I see it as trying to drive a Go-Cart cross-country.