Hi

Here's my 2 cents starting with some back history. Ive been a long running windows mobile fan, but only of smartphones, not pocketpcs. My wife has had a pocket pc for years that Ive used on and off and hated it. I always found PPCs are no good as phones, I just want to start dialing and get someones number not have to press the call button then use the fiddly on screen keyboard. An trying to read text messages and alerts without getting the stylus out has always been a joke.

Anyway due to the fact there are no wm smartphones with a GPS (kinda need that for developing) I went for the i780 hoping I could put up with the stylus as it had a keboard at least. I can say without a doubt the fingermouse is the saving grace of this phone for me. I've had it 3 months and cant even remember where the stylus is I use it so infrequently. For those of you who are happy using the touchscreen Im amazed, I find you have to press much harder than other PPCs and of course as the screen is smaller getting at small buttons in applications would be a nightmare for me.

Being able to single handedly use the PPC without ever using the stylus but with great precision is why I love this phone, for those of you who hate the fingermouse give it a few days and turn the sensitivity up so you are not continously scrolling across the pad. I would seriously reconsider buying another PPC without a fingermouse in future

Brian

sorry excuse my behindness on this, how did you enable the gps (even if its not working) I thought htc had confirmed this did not have onboard gps?

Brian

Development is on hold for a bit while I finish some other projects. The problems people experience are becuase of the different bluetooth stacks available on phones and gpsr. Im looking at using a commercial component to handle the bluetooth comunication but of course that costs money.

Is this a project people would be willing to pay for, Im not sure?

Im sure Ill get some time next year to get it going again and hopefully integrate some geocaching functionaility

Brian Norman
BBP Software

No, infact not on any of the smartphones. As the compact framework in in the ROM you cannot install new versions, you have to wait for the operator to release one with it in.

Even windowsmobile2005 doesn't have it in yet as the CF 2.0 is still not released its only in beta.

This has to be, from a developer point of view, one of the most annoying things about smartphones.

Brian Norman
BBP Software
www.bbpsoftware.co.uk

Hello

Are you saying that the gps works with mapopolis on your phone? I am putting together a version of smarthiker with more detailed error handling so that I can try and help people like yourself to get their gps devices working with SmartHiker. I will post to this thread when Its available.

Brian Norman
BBP Software

Not gone, but better

Brian

what your looking for is called POOM. It lets you access various parts of pocket outlook

There is an example from microsoft:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...&displaylang=en

Hope this gives you enough to get started.

There is also a commmercial component for doing this http://www.inthehand.com/PocketOutlook.aspx

Brian Norman
BBP Software
www.bbpsoftware.co.uk

As promised a newer beta has been released that should allow non-uk usage!

Also added a few other fixes and a new baud-rate option for some of you.

Download the latest version HERE

Let me know how you get one everyone

Thanks
Brian Norman
BBP Software

also another unrelated question

Did that TV stand come with your TV or extra? With nippas on the way that looks perfect for stopping little hands!

Brian

New version hopefully comming today with non-uk fix and support for baud-rate 38400. Ill post to this thread when released. Not sure how you tell which com port, I suggest you just try them all once the new version is released

Brian Norman
BBP Software

Mark I'll have a look at your problem in the next beta release, can you give me as much detail as possible

thanks Brian
BBP software

Hi everyone

Due to a small bug, which Im working on fixing, it will currently only work for a uk lat/long.

Im planning on developing the product to support as many world grid systems as possible as well as extra features like total distance, km/miles option, weather, sunrise/sunset times.

Ive tested it using a c500 and tomtom GPS but theres no reason it wont work with other combinations.

Let me know if you have any ideas

Thanks
Brian Norman
BBP Software

File Name :: Smart Hiker
Author :: babybob
Category :: Tools - Travel
Description ::
Smarthiker from www.bbpsoftware.co.uk is a Global Positioning System (GPS) software application for the Microsoft Smartphone especially for walkers, hikers and mountineers.

It shows the following information using a bluetooth GPS unit:

* Current Lat / Long Current
* OSGB Grid reference (UK only)
* Current Speed
* Current Direction of Travel
* Average Speed

Currently in Beta there are plans to add many other useful features like weather, sunrise/sunset times and others...

NOTE
smarthiker needs the OpenNetCF install as well to work. The install file can be found at:
http://www.bbpsoftware.co.uk/Default.aspx?tabid=89

Updated Sun, May 1 2005 8:57 am

View File

currently on SD, not mini sd. New version will be on both

TomTom is great Ive had it for 6 months and its the best things I use on the phone.

Bought mine from http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/19992, but if you can wait then the new version of tomtom, with a new better gps is out around may.

Try SmartHiker its FREE PocketGps Forum Post

Hello

As far as I know you are right, the Nokia version and MS smartphone version are different and come with different software.

The MMC cad is a type of SD card I believe.

http://www.globalpositioningsystems.co.uk/..._id=109&pp_id=0

Is the cheapest place Ive seen and will pricematch

Brian

Just a quick note, the TomTom SDK current does not support TomTomMobile or the new TomTom 4 for pocketpc (usa version) it only supports the older TomTom 3.

There has been no word from TomTom about a new SDK so you Id stick with other alternatives.

Brian

try:

http://www.opennetcf.org/forums/topic.asp?...hTerms=keypress

but not sure if it supports the soft keys?

Brian Norman
www.bbpsoftware.co.uk

Not being an expert on any level but,

1) Not as far as Im aware, they don't have any console that u can get to

2) C# / VB.NET / managed C++ its all the same once compiled into .NET intermediate language so it doesn't matter

3)You need to download and install the smartphone SDK then (assuming your using visual studio) you start a new project, choose "smart device application" then it lauches another wizard where you choose the type of smartdevice you want (Pocketpc / smartphone / Wince) and the type of project (windows app / empty project / Class library)

4) You can change the 'input' mode programatically look at this post:
http://www.modaco.com/viewtopic.php?t=112291

P.S. if your new to all this I advise you take a look at http://www.opennetcf.org a free library for smartdevices that fills in alot of the gaps microsoft has left in the compact framework

Hope that helps
Brian Norman

www.bbpsoftware.co.uk

No idea about the speed, but interested to find out.

From purely a dev view I would rather use multipleforms for 2 reasons:

1) The ide wysiwyg view would be unusable with multiple pannels
2) I believe that until you show a form it will not use any resources, whereas a hidden pannel is just not rendered to the screen it still uses resources

Any other comments?

Brian
www.bbpsoftware.co.uk