What Dreams May Become - Make your own Iphone and Droid Apps

http://www.appcelerator.com/

We all have that one idea that we hold on to because we are affraid it will get stolen yet it will never hit the market because we don't have the skills to build it. You still likely don't have the skills but this might be your chance to give it a try without having to be a expert programmer.

This is free with free community support or you can get better support packages for a fee.

Titanium makes cross-platform native application development easy.

A free and open source application development platform, Titanium let’s you create native mobile and desktop application experiences using existing web skills like Javascript, HTML, CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP. Learn More.

Rich Multimedia

Titanium offers music, photo and video streaming/storing on a user’s device as well as custom video playback controls.

Flexible Storage: Filesystem, Database On Device

Store user preferences, save data files, or implement the mobile version of a cookie using SQL Lite and the iPhone / Android’s native file system.

Unlimited Extensibility

Titanium’s plug-in architecture allows you code modules in Objective-C or Java to extend your mobile app with custom native functionality and then call those modules using Javascript in Titanium.

Your Best Shot: Access the Camera or Video Camera

Snap a photo or video, store it on the phone, and push it to Flickr, Youtube, or your website.

Cloud-Connected Apps

RESTful web services are easy to tap into with Titanium. We’ve also included a full SOAP client for making SOAP API requests. And we’ve bundled in support for over 300 APIs via Yahoo YQL.

Code like it’s the year 2020: HTML5 and CSS3 support

Built on top of the latest Webkit rendering engine, Titanium lets you develop advanced animations and sophisticated interface




You can also check out this site that is iphone only:
http://gamesalad.com/products/creator

Good Things, Small Packages, You Got the Idea

http://www.getjar.com/
Select your device and download. That simple.

I found a nice map program for Windows mobile for example.
http://www.getjar.com/products/12351/Nav4All

Browse or search the site's list of free software by title, device, or platform.

So Your a Player, BetaPlayer is for Real

This is part 1 of a 3 part article.
The next two parts were posted in reverse order so you can read from top to bottom.

BetaPlayer, when all else fails. But get it while it lasts, it may not be free for long.

On my Dell Axim x50v BetaPlayer is the only player I use. It can play just about anything with ease. I can run a full blown DVD .vob smoothly without a snag. There is a video accelerator from my last article that can speed up performance but may not be needed since the latest Dell patch.

BetaPlayer (now known as TCPMP)
Version: 0.71
Author: Gábor Kovács
Home Page: http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/about - Site down, so download here
Type: Freeware - $0
Description: DivX Player for video and audio that can play DivX, AVI, OGG, OGM, WAV, MP1, MP2, MP3 formats. Install it, then install GAPI for HPC's.

Part 2 - GAPI for Handheld PC
Part 3 - DVD to Pocket PC or Just to Archive for FREE

Close the Video Performance GAP with GAPI

GAPI for Handheld PC


The Dell Axim has dedicated video memory and will out perform any PDA on the market if the correct drivers are installed. GAPI takes us one set further with Directx for the PDA

While DirectX was not available to game developers for the Pocket PC platform, Microsoft created a game API especially for the Pocket PC named "GAPI" -- the game application programming interface.

It allows direct and fast access to the display memory.

GAPI for HPC's is an binary and sourcecode compatible version for Windows CE based devices.

With this package many PocketPC applications like games, media players, GPS navigators and emulators are now also usable on Windows CE devices.
Some PocketPC applications needs additionally the AYGSHELL.DLL. You can find this in several PocketPC- fake- DLL packages.

Supported Windows CE operating systems:
-Windows CE 3.0 (HPC 2000)
-Windows CE .NET 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
-Gizmondo (CE 4.2)
-Windows CE 5.0

The site has a great CECalc download and a few good games as well.

Tweaked GAPI driver for Dell Axim

Part 1 - BetaPlayer
Part 3 - DVD to PDA (I have other methods on my blog to make this happen)

From Cradle to Grave

DVD to Pocket PC or Just to Archive for FREE



FREE process to take a DVD that you purchased and rip it to a DivX or Xvid format

BEFORE starting:

* The latest and proper-for-your-machine DivX and XviD codecs
* A copy of FAIR USE LE (free)
* A copy of BetaPlayer


For pocket PC users you may want to have direct video memory access for smoother performance: GAPI for Handheld PC’s


Put the DVD into your DVD drive

Launch Fair Use LE

In the FINAL FILE SIZE box enter the output size of the movie. The bigger the better but keep in mind that you may need to fit it on your portable device.

Choose to encode in either XviD or DivX format

Click FULL AUTO MODE at the bottom left

Click NEXT at the bottom right

Click the CREATE NEW PROJECT radio option and name the output file and where it will be created.


This is a 1 to 3 hour process depending on the performance of your PC

This movie will now play on your PDA using BetaPlayer.

Part 1 - BetaPlayer
Part 2 - video acceleration (pedal to the metal)

Is it Hot or what?

Weather, Sport Scores, News for just about any mobile device.

http://express.handmark.com/express-free

Ok maybe this isn't that hot or even that cool but FREE Pocket Express from Handmark offers some nice features at your fingers tips. You could fetch much of this from the web yourself. With pocket express when you get weather radar info and news you know it is always nicely formatted to fit your mobile device and its always at your fingertips.

The subscription service is a bit pricey at $10 a month offering travel information such as flight status and directory assistance.

It seems that the Google G-PHONE is in our future and this may be the direction it is headed in. If I owned Handmark I would have a flat $24 per year for the full service option. I'm sure it would out sell the $99 plan.

With that said the Exexutive Package offers one of the coolest and most useful mobile features for yet another $30 a year on top of the $99 full subcription. This feature is well worth the price if you travel often. Let's say you are on vacation in Sarasota Florida and need more detailed info on what pizza place is the highest rated, or maybe you want to see if that sale item is really worth buying. You might want a quick review of a movie or game that you see at the store.


Don't call your idiot brother:


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Express Assist features the world’s first mobile personal assistant service, MobileCierge. MobileCierge is staffed with experts in everything from restaurant referrals to medical care and travel assistance. This feature allows Pocket Express customers to experience a whole new level of service and convenience 24 hours a day, 7 days a week – anywhere in the world for a minimal fee. For an unpreccidented value, check out the NEW Elite Edition and save nearly $30 a year on Express + Mobile Cerge

Here is a list of Supported Devices

Pocket PC into a Graphical calculator

Turning your Pocket PC into a graphical calculator is easy and free.

Can you use it on that test? I'm sure you can argue your case. Bare minimum you will get some Geek respect from that math teacher.

http://www.hpcalc.org/ has the links you need. The newest addition section has the link to the download.

Here is the link to download.

http://www.hpcalc.org/hp48/pc/emulators/emu48m114.zip

There are variations to the base calculator.

Here is more to look at:

HP calc programs turning you Pocket PC into a graphical calc
http://www.hpcalc.org/best.php

more online calculators
http://www.1728.com/

Turn your Pocket PC into a IPOD

The latest version of PocketMusic is always available at

http://www.pocketmind.com/pocketmusic.htm

This is loaded with free features. The way these people do business and what they offer for free makes me want to pay for the full version. For what they charge ... why not?