Mobile
The Windows Phone Epic !!!
Dear Reader,
Do not be overwhelmed by the length of the article. I have tried my best to keep the length of the article NOT directly proportional to the time required to read it.
If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you - Oscar Wilde
There are times when truth tends to be subjective, such as this article. However, I have definitely added the fun component to keep up earlier promise. Consider the time you spent reading this article as a break from your work or routine. I am sure you will enjoy it; doesn’t matter if you are using a Windows Phone 1. Perhaps you will read it again.
I am programmer1 gadget savvy, an avid fan of Microsoft products (especially Visual Studio and associated suite of development tools), and an honest critic of any product I use. I have an Android Phone, an iPhone, and for a few months now, a Windows Phone. And this is my experience with the Windows Phone – good, bad and grey.
To begin with, the Windows Phone landscape (app and feature set) is dry and unpromising. There are a few good things here and there to console ourselves for the money we spent on the phone, and for the love of Microsoft!
More ...Sms FireWall Update
I gave SMS FireWall a refresh with a couple of features requested by users:-
- An option ‘Allow and Move’ in the settings screen, which when checked moves the messages from the quarantine vault when opted to be added to the allowed list. Although it might be clear to you, let me explain it in a few words how it works. When you long press a sender in the quarantine vault, a menu with two options appear – Allow, Delete. When ‘Allow’ is clicked, the sender is added to the allowed list. And when the ‘Allow and Move’ setting is checked, the messages from this sender are moved to the inbox.
- A confirmation dialog prompt when attempted to empty the quarantine vault
- A few minor (internal) improvements
Hope they are useful to others too. And let me know if you need any other features to be in the application.
More ...Sms FireWall
Tired of prank SMSes. Need a simple way to block them, and keep your inbox clean? Don’t worry. You got it!
SMS Firewall is a simple and cute (hope you like it!) Android application to block and quarantine unwanted SMS from reaching your inbox. Unwanted are those who are neither in your contacts list nor in the allowed list, which is provided by the application. Phone numbers or sender names such as your bank or mobile service provider can be added to the allowed list. You got an option to either notify you of the blocked SMS or ignore it, in which case you will have check the quarantine vault by yourself. Besides, you have a ‘Just Monitor’ mode, which is primarily used for debugging purposes or when you don’t want to block SMS from unknown sender(s) (for a while). When this mode is switched on, SMS from unknown senders will reach the inbox and also a copy of it is saved in the quarantine vault.
More ...Seinfeld Calendar Update !!!
We have released an update for Seinfeld Calendar with a bunch of some exciting features and defect fixes. I hope they are exciting for you too.
- NOTES: You can add notes or additional information for a task on a month basis. Again, the notes are maintained month wise and not date wise. It is just to keep it simple, since adding it date wise would require a special selection mechanism for marking a date as completed.
- REMINDERS: When you create a new task or edit an existing task, you will now be able to add reminders for a task, or disable them too if you added one already. As you might have guessed it, the reminder pops up a notification at the specified time reminding you to do the task. It could be jogging in the morning or taking your pills at night. The tool is now improved to not only keep track of your task status, but also helps you to do it everyday by reminding you. So you will not miss doing it!
- HOME SCREEN WIDGET: We have added the facility to drop home screen widgets on your home screen per task. The home screen will show you the current date and you can click the date to mark it done. If you click the task name, it will take you to the specific task\current month in the application.
So with the above features, doing the task and tracking it has become super easy. Despite all the handy features, it is all in your hands to do your task. It is just not about marking it done.
More ...Android meets .NET
It is always fun to program in C# (besides C++). If so, how would I feel if I was able to program in C# on Android? You may be wondering what in the world I am talking about. Android development environment is all Java and open source stuff. How could this Microsoft thing fit onto it? Well, it seems that some clever guys1 had huddled up and ported Mono for Android, developed .NET libraries for the Android SDK, and also supplemented it with a Mono for Android project template in Visual Studio. Thus we relish writing C# code for Android. More ...
Wetting my feet in Android – Seinfeld Calendar
A couple of my colleagues and I huddled up to learn a bit of Android. I think I told you about that a short while back. We developed a very simple application – The Seinfeld Calendar.
Seinfeld calendar or otherwise called the habit calendar is Seinfeld’s productivity secret. The secret of achieving your goal is practising something, whatever your goal is, everyday and make it a habit. And mark it in your calendar each day you practice, and make sure you do not break the chain. Our application helps you keep track of your everyday tasks.
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