Guest pookie1 Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 (edited) Recently some of the system dumps from the upcoming Motorola Sholes/Tao/Droid hit the Developer community, and they have been trying to piece the puzzle together of what the Motorola Sholes/Tao/Droid is all about. We got our hands on a new app which looks like it will be front and center when the device finally hits the shelves, Motorola Phone Portal. Those that remember using the Motorola Phone Tools app to hack their Motorola’s back in the day (I’m getting all “Ahmad – Back in the Day” about my v600, v810, and RAZR) will instantly recognize this little gem, but it’s been updated for Android and provides some pretty cool functionality. Basically, Motorola Phone Tools (MPP) serves as an all-in-one phone manager that allows users to easily view, edit, create, delete, and play their contacts, ringtones, photos, wallpaper, and media. The key difference now is, the app is web-based and you log into your phone from directly from your browser! No installing “modems” and drivers on your Windows machine (painful), just fire up the app and press the “Connect with Wi-Fi button. When you press the button, the app prompts you to either turn on Wi-Fi, or connect over USB. For this experiment, I chose Wi-Fi. MPP lets you add/edit/delete/browse your contacts, photos, bookmarks, browser history, and media in an easy-to-use interface. Playing media directly from the device in the browser worked very well, and the picture viewer/slideshow feature is pretty damn cool. So with MPP you’ll be able to play/show-off your media anywhere from any browser. If Moto adds a Social/Sharing aspect to this, they will have a winner on their hands. So there you have it kids, a little taste of what’s to come with the Sholes/Tao/Droid. The original Moto Phone Tools was a pretty handy app (when it worked), and the new MPP looks to be just as functional, if not more so. I am sure it will help a lot of users manage their contacts/media/content when it gets released, and the ability to do slideshows and play media from your device directly from your browser is pretty slick. I hope Moto adds more features and functionality to it as time goes on, but this seems like a sign of good things to come. Grab the .apk file below and play away! This is a cool little phone manager app that works really well with Hero and G1. It's an app that runs a webserver from your phone that you can access over Wifi from any browser on the same network. It allows you to: * view/add media on your phone * view your call log * read and send sms from the browser * and more! Works with any OS - anything with a browser should work. Only works over wifi with Hero, no USB connection is possible it seems. I replaced as much Motorola branding as I could and replaced it with HTC stuff to make it a nicer experience for HTC fanboys :)HTCPortal.rar Edited October 22, 2009 by pookie1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bunt83 Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 This app is awesome!!!! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Higgsy Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I installed the moto one first, but thought I may as well go with this one, so uninstalled that one and installed this one however still has the moto branding, any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pookie1 Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I installed the moto one first, but thought I may as well go with this one, so uninstalled that one and installed this one however still has the moto branding, any ideas? Try clearing your browser cache! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Higgsy Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 doh schoolboy! :) Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chuti98 Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 very useful program easily to use and handy :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Martyn.28 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 very useful program easily to use and handy :) Dont work with Vista 32bit and my Hero running Pauls 2.7.1 rom :( ......( website time out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Higgsy Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 (edited) Dont work with Vista 32bit and my Hero running Pauls 2.7.1 rom :) ......( website time out) not having any issues with vista x86 or xp x86, I am using google chrome browser. using modaco 2.7.1. possibly some kind of issue with your router - a setting or something? Edited October 22, 2009 by Higgsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simon211175 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 When I start this fella, I only have the option of connecting via wifi - which while I'm at work... doesn't work as I don't have a wifi connection I can use. Is anyone seeing the USB option, and if so how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Higgsy Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 When I start this fella, I only have the option of connecting via wifi - which while I'm at work... doesn't work as I don't have a wifi connection I can use. Is anyone seeing the USB option, and if so how? must admit i have been using wifi, just tried it with usb and doesn't give me the option either, tried connecting the phone in htc sync mode and storage mode just in case. I suspect that maybe it only works over wifi for HTC's and you need some kind of motorola drivers for the computer to see it over usb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest pookie1 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 must admit i have been using wifi, just tried it with usb and doesn't give me the option either, tried connecting the phone in htc sync mode and storage mode just in case. I suspect that maybe it only works over wifi for HTC's and you need some kind of motorola drivers for the computer to see it over usb Yep you're right, itwon't work over usb on a HTC phone :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest simon211175 Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 oh well, I'll give it a go later when I'm at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Holy crap this is amazing. Thanks for flagging it up, and thanks for modding the skin a little too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest amie Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Wow!! Just wow! Truly amazing man. Thanks a lot for sharing this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest whogotdafunk Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Can anybody send this file to my unzipped or unpacked as I'm having trouble opening it up? Any help on the matter is greatly appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chaz_UK Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Working perfectly for me on my iMac! Thankyou. :D http://chazclout.co.uk/heroweb.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nesousx Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Great app! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PhonePersona Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 This is good stuff. Thanks a lot :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest arunshen Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 Monster App, great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest blackcoffee85 Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 This app is brilliant, can't believe it's not more widely publicised Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ardagast Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 can't believe it's not more widely publicised I agree! Its great, especially when I have to write long sms :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lemmingzappa Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 SMS messages don't seem to be working for me ? It appears to send but the reciever never gets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ardagast Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 It appears to send but the reciever never gets it. for me, its ok. I often send smses with this app at home and everything was good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wraku Posted January 31, 2010 Report Share Posted January 31, 2010 geniales Prog. Thanks a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JamesKing Posted February 1, 2010 Report Share Posted February 1, 2010 Hi, How do you use this over USB with a Hero? Is it possible? Do you need HTC Sync installed or some other such software? Cheers, James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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