The UIQ Evangelist

Apparently, there are very few applications for UIQ (..at least on the hadango list). But then again, maybe some developers don’t publicise themselves all that well. Which maybe isn’t that strange with independently developed software on mobiles. Even if the programs are very good.

If you can think of other applications like this, note them in the comment section, and I’ll update the main post.

kComp, a java on- device compiler for UIQ3, by bptik.

Useful for testing out code- examples - compiling and running. Anyone taking java- classes and want to impress the socks off everyone, go and click the link (flooding the comment section with praise of the developer is allowed).

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http://groups.google.com/group/cdc-apps
Mobileftpd - an ftp- daemon, or server. Run it on the phone, and connect to it on a network as an ftp- server.

Syncsalot - sync files in a folder with an ftp- server (i.e., connect out from the phone).

MobileWindowsExplorer - a samba client. Browse windows network folders, etc.

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One possible alternative for intranet sync over the air. HFS, simple file server:
http://www.rejetto.com/hfs/

From their web- page:

… it’s file sharing

… it’s webserver

… it’s open source

… it’s free

… it’s guaranteed to contain no malware

(Screenshot is of an upload dialogue of an upload dialogue in progress.. er.. in Opera 8.65. Notice the multiple upload slots.).

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http://www.anfymobile.com/callfilter/
“Anfy Mobile Call filter” - block unwanted calls (specific numbers from the phone- book. Logs rejected calls). “Simple but efficient”.
From the manual:

Gives you a very convenient quick access to block and unblock
some phone number on the go. This is convenient in situations
when your BOSS is always on your head and you don’t want to
answer his call at certain moments during the day, it takes a few
clicks and you are done blocking your Boss’s calls.

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update:

“Imageconverter” example program from the UIQ3 SDK.

For some strange reason, there’s no in- built tool to convert between lossless formats (png) and compressed formats (jpg) in the UIQ3 file- browser, or image gallery. And for some other strange reason, no one seems to see the point with having the function either. Except for the person who wrote this example program to the UIQ SDK. The install- file can be picked out of the “group”- folder.

Highlights from the code:

if((filename.Length()+folder.Length()+fileExtArr[selIndex]->FileExtension().Length())>folder.MaxLength())
User::Leave(KErrBadName);

…*shudder*.

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“Symbian hired an independent company to run a series of tests”, and they used a VNC viewer as an example- application for the pips- framework - “VNC viewer”. That viewer can be downloaded from the pips homepage here, on the “attachments” page.

To get it to work, you need:
1. one P.I.P.S. installation.

(..I tried pips 1.3 with stdio server 1.3 and VNC viewer 1.2 (or 1.02) - that worked… somewhat. Context- menus don’t turn up very easily, and when the program hangs it won’t start again until the next boot. But Vix over at esato got it to work with:

Vnc viewer 1.02(0)
Symbian OS stdioserver 1.00(0)
Symbian OS PIPS 1.01(1)
Symbian OS pipes 1.00(0) [included in the PIPS link]

..available all over the pips- page.)

2. One VNC server for your computer, such as TightVNC. You don’t need to install the client on your computer, if you’re not going to use it to view a server. The rest of the setup is pretty straightforward.

(I’m guessing there are a lot of settings you can change in the VNC viewer to speed things up.. with the right compression rates, and so on - but, since I’m not going to use it to control power- point presentations from a different room, playback video, control a server (you’ve got perfectly fine scripts for that), check up on my desktop from my living room, or screw with my flatmates - maybe someone else can figure out that one? )

Categories: Freeware, Open source
Tags: software