Mobile RSS Reader is evolving

Irving Bunton have joined the Mobile RSS Reader project and he has already contributed lots of nice features to the latest release. The latest release v1.5 is now able to open feed item into phone browser if link is included in the feed. User can also now add feeds that have long URLs. Go ahead and download the latest binaries here. Source code is available in Google Code’s project page, here.

Mobile Trail Explorer v1.7

I proudly present the release of Mobile Trail Explorer v1.7. Development team have created an excellent release that contains many highly requested features like exporting saved trails from phone’s memory. There are also new views such as satellite sky view which was contributed by Anthony McCormack. Development team have also grown as Gareth Jones joined in few days ago. Welcome aboard!

So what have changed? Here are the release notes for the v1.7:

  • Changed Logging Levels to more “understandable” ones.
  • Logger now states what level it’s currently logging at.
  • Changed How Trails & GpsPositions are serialized
  • Implemented a Version system, to allow for updates etc.
  • Implemented an update feature for version 1.6 and lower
  • Implemented re-exporting of Tracks that are saved in RMS (Issue 44)
  • Satellite sky view (Issue 51)
  • Track elevation view (Issue 31)
  • Export saved trail (Issue 45/50)
  • Added Sms Ability to send a GpsPosition/Waypoint as an SMS! (Issue 52)
  • Drawing style options (draw whole the trail or end of the trail)

Mobile Trail Explorer - Trail view Mobile Trail Explorer - Elevation view

Mobile Trail Explorer - Information view Mobile Trail Explorer - Waypoints view

Mobile Trail Explorer - Satellites view Mobile Trail Explorer - Satellite sky view


You can download the latest binaries from Mobile Trail Explorer page, and you can download the source code from Google Code project page. Let us know how it works? Do you like it or not?

Asterbox is here!

I’ve been very busy the last few months as I have been developing mobile client software called Asterbox for startup company named Asterbox, LLC. I have to say that I am very proud of the application even as it is still in beta.

Asterbox - Mobile Google Reader - Feed items Asterbox - Mobile Google Reader - Feed item

What is Asterbox? Best way to find out is to visit the asterbox site at www.asterbox.com. Here are few screen shots of Asterbox running on my Nokia N80. Current version is basically a mobile version of Google Reader. Asterbox shows you the latest items from your Google Reader account and you can read them, star them, share them or tag them. Usability is beyond any mobile browser experience. You can use your phone’s directional pad to navigate though lists and items and activate different actions through handy action menu bar. Go ahead and check it out.