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Mobile Trail Explorer v1.2

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

I have added few new features in the Mobile Trail Explorer:

Ability to change recording interval
Optimized recording so that recording is paused when user is stopped
Waypoints are stored when application is closed

You can download the latest source and binaries from Google Code project page or over-the-air from software page.
As the Google Code hosting services added support [...]

Google Code offers download services

Tuesday, December 26th, 2006

Google Code’s project hosting service was updated a while ago. Now it contains services for file downloads and wikis. Check out the file downloads section on my Mobile RSS Reader project.

I just finished up coding the ATOM feed support for RSS Reader so now you can read great blogs like On Be(come)ing Agile. I also [...]

RSS Reader MIDlet v1.3 released

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006

I did some programming for the RSS Reader MIDlet. New version of RSS Reader includes the following new features:

Sync feeds from OPML
Save feed items when application is closed
Update all feeds with one command
Improved text rendering (HTML tags are removed)
Improved feed support

You can download the latest binaries and source code here. I also was able to [...]

Mobile Trail Explorer

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

Ever since I bought the first GPS unit I wanted to be able to record my biking trips and other activities so that I could explore them afterwards on my computer. I couldn’t stop myself from coding this app when I finally acquired Nokia N80 that supported both Bluetooth connections (JSR 82) forreading GPS [...]

RSS Reader for BlackBerry

Wednesday, September 20th, 2006

There were some anonymous requests for releasing a BlackBerry version of the RSS Reader MIDlet so I took the challenge and was able to build a version for BlackBerry. The application seems to work with the BlackBerry emulator and according to the anonymous comment it installs over the air on the actual device. Here are [...]

OPML support for RSS Reader

Friday, September 15th, 2006

I added OPML (Outline Processor Markup Language) support for RSS Reader MIDlet. User can now import list of RSS feeds from simple text file or OPML file.
User can import list of feeds by selecting “Import Feeds” command from main menu. Next user needs to enter the URL address for the text file or OPML file. [...]

Car Manager v1.3 Released

Saturday, August 5th, 2006

I was finally able to put some time to add a long requested feature for the Car Manager MIDlet. Now user is able to choose an entry type from application settings. Entries can be now entered with the old way (total fill-up) or the new way (cost per liter).
The cost per liter must be entered [...]

Basic HTTP authentication in MIDlet

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

There was one feature request made for my RSS Reader application. It was suggested that the application should support basic authentication like the one you get with the htaccess file. The feature was actually a lot easier to implement then I thought in the first place. With a few google searchs I found a specifications [...]

Saferoom, a storage for passwords

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

I’ve been a bit busy on various projects but finally I was able to publish a new mobile application called “Saferoom”. The Saferoom is an application that can store your passwords and usernames for various services. User needs to memorize one main password that is used to encrypt the data using the RC4 algorithm. [...]

Using custom components in NetBeans’ Mobile Flow Designer

Wednesday, August 31st, 2005

If you have ever programmed a bit more complicated mobile applications you have noticed that you need to make your own custom UI controls. The J2ME 2.0 brought few additional controls to the default palette but still one needed to make their own components for their killer applications. Fortunately the NetBeans IDE’s new Flow Designer [...]