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Mobile Navigation - Soft Keys

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 21:23:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mobile Application design is new territory. The metaphor for navigation has not been completely defined however one thing remains certain, without a standard keyboard and mouse for navigation on mobile devices creativity for ease of use is key.

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Adding the accesskey attribute to link a lets users “click” on that link by simply pressing a number on their phone’s keypad. Valid values for accesskey can be 0-9,#, and * (all of the keys on a standard phone keypad). Displaying which key will activate a link is up to the application as most phones won’t tell the user that a link has an access key. Web site designers currently need to decide on a consistent way to inform users that an access key is associated with a given link. Most apps will use ordered lists where the order of the links corresponds with the access keys. Putting the number in brackets inside or next to the link is another way to denote the accesskey.

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CNN’s mobile site makes good use of accesskeys. They have chosen to associate the main sections of their web site with the access keys 1 through 9:

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David Smith

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:09:14 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A Beacon of Insightfulness and a valuable resource for economical trading.

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David Smith has been Economics Editor of The Sunday Times since 1989, where he writes a weekly column. He is also an assistant editor and policy adviser. He writes monthly columns for Professional Investor, British Industry and The Manufacturer, and is also a regular contributor to the CBI's Business Voice and other publications. Prior to joining The Sunday Times, he worked for The Times, Financial Weekly, Now! Magazine, the Henley Centre for Forecasting and Lloyds Bank.

David Smith is the author of several books, including The Rise and Fall of Monetarism, Mrs Thatcher's Economics, North and South, From Boom to Bust, UK Current Economic Policy, Eurofutures, Will Europe Work? And, most recently, Free Lunch: Easily Digestible Economics. He was born and brought up in the West Midlands and studied at the Universities of Wales, Oxford and London.

DailyFX Forex News Calendar

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:06:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: IMO the best place to moniter the news you need to know to support fundamental trading.

Clip Source: www.dailyfx.com

Canadian Q1 GDP

0.4%

First drop in annualized growth in nearly five years. Autos leads a 3.0 percent drop in manufacturing

Forex Candlestick Reading

Fri, 30 May 2008 19:31:56 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This book was recommended to me from in my opinion one of the most enlightened forex traders I have had the privelege of communicating with in Marketiva Chat...

Thanks FireStar99! In my mind you will always be the "The Great One" of Forex.

FireStar99 said that this is the only Forex Book she has ever read and ever needed to read.

I can not wait to dive in.

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Book Description
Japanese Candlestick Charting Techniques, 2nd Edition, provides an in-depth explanation of candlestick plotting and analysis, conveying to the reader, in easy-to-understand language, the author’s years of practical experience in this increasingly popular and dynamic approach to market analysis. It includes hundreds of examples that span the equity, futures, fixed-income, and foreign exchange markets and shows how candlestick charting techniques can be used in almost any market. It has been thoroughly updated to include:

* New techniques and strategies
* The author’s concept of the Convergence (when a series of signals converge at one zone, thus increasing the chances for a market turn from that area)

This new edition broadens the book’s focus and all new updated charts, and information on several new areas such as day trading and how candlestick charting can be used to improve returns and help decrease market risk.

building icons for mobilellow

Wed, 21 May 2008 22:00:28 GMT

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We all love icons. Icons are commonly used everywhere in GUI. At a recent project meeting where we were discussing "Titan". A few interesting observations came out from the brainstorming session on the purpose of icons and how we are going to use that in our design. First of all, I must say I ain't no big fan of using icons in mobile UI, but if I have to use it, I suggest the following common sense principles.

Keep icons "recognizable". All handheld devices have small displays and although your icon may be beautiful, it takes up valuable screen real estate. If the users cannot tell what the icon is meant to represent, it detrimentally affects the user interface.

Use contrast colors, show depth with shadow and gradients. Handhelds are used in different lighting conditions, and in sunlight they can be "washed out".

Make icon edges stand out. Thick lines are easier to identify in soft light.

GPS Mapquest for your Phone

Mon, 19 May 2008 12:09:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mapquest never looked so cool. They have redesigned their map interface to be easier to follow using your mobile device. Now as long as you have cell phone in pocket you need never to ask for directions again.

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MapQuest Navigator 5.0 turns your GPS-enabled wireless smartphone into a fully featured voice-guided navigation device with Real-Time Traffic and AOL CityGuide ratings built right in!

GPS navigation systems can cost hundreds of dollars and require expensive data updates. Why purchase another gadget? MapQuest Navigator 5.0 provides the safety and convenience of a full-featured personal navigation device, with content not found in any other GPS navigation software. With moving maps and well-timed voice-guided instructions, MapQuest Navigator 5.0 gives you a high-quality GPS navigation experience right on your phone without the need to purchase another device.

Tags: gps cellphone mobilephone mobile device phone cell

Top Three Android Designs - Developers Challenge

Thu, 15 May 2008 16:26:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Follow through for the to 46 of the 50 winners. Some very innovative use of the Mobile Marketing Space. ,Once just a means to talk on the phone while away from our homes, and then text message, mobile phones are fast becoming little mini computers we carry around in our pockets.

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Google has contacted the Round 1 winners of the Android Developer Challenge and here are the results. Listed are 46 of the 50 Winners… the remaining 4 opted not to disclose their project!

AndroidScan - Use your phone to scan a barcode, get pricing information from dozens of stores, product reviews and more. Never make a bad purchase again! (by Jeffrey Sharkey)

Beetaun - Social network around geographical content created by people and for people (from your neighborhood, from your city, from your country, from all over the world). By Sergey Gritsyuk and Dmitri Shipilov

BioWallet - A biometric authentication system for Android. This application features iris recognition and can act as a password safe and provide single sign-on for other Android apps. Jose Luis Huertas Fernandez

Flash Lite - Very cool design

Thu, 15 May 2008 03:43:11 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Mobile Application

Cool factor...on a scale of one to ten....

I'll give it 11.

Seeing some nice Flash Lite work out there.

Clip Source: www.flash4mobile.de

Brainbuxx in der Adobe Mobile Gallery

Nun kann man unser gemeinsames Projekt mit Arvato Bertelsmann auf der Adobe Mobile Gallery, unter dem Reiter Appliacations betrachten.

So where is largest English Speaking Mobile Market?

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:32:34 GMT

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clipper's remarks: One might assume it is the U.S.A. but application developers may want to set their sites on a larger audience to the east.

Clip Source: www.moconews.net

India had 261 million mobile phone subscriptions at the end of March, ranking it second in terms of the size of the mobile market—behind China, of course. “The Telecoms Regulatory Authority of India reported that more than 10 million new subscribers were added in March compared with seven to eight million in previous months. Wireless connections outnumber the 39 million fixed-line phones in India by seven to one” reports Variety. At the end of January, China Mobile had a total of 376.38 million mobile users, meaning the country as a whole must be clocking near half a billion, but India has the advantage (for foreign content publishers) of a large English-speaking population.

India Hits 261 Million Mobile Subscribers

LBS - Location Based Services for Mobile Phones

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:25:51 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Keeping in step with the new mobile trend going above and beyond the mobile devices #1 application which is...placing phone calls, new technology is trying to guess the next step in what consumers will be asking of their mobile devices.

Clip Source: www.moconews.net

Location-based services becoming the next killer app: Cannistra explains that the beauty of LBS is that it requires relatively simple information, zip codes, addresses. It is valuable for Anheuser-Busch, for example, to know when a 20-something year old male is passing by a bar or restaurant. And in a non-advertising way, “not in a creepy way,” users can see where their friends are without communicating. Using LBS makes the mobile phone more powerful as it becomes more useful and more relevant. Johnson, on the other hand, seemed a bit more skeptical, adding that people normally want to learn about traffic, search and directions – not necessarily where their friends are or where the nearest sale is.

video shortcodes in Europe. For example, if you pass by a house for sale, you can text in to the provided number and receive a video clip featuring a tour of the house

Bringing the PC experience to your Mobile Phone.

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:57:31 GMT

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clipper's remarks: It's not really news any more that mobile devices offer web browsing but Yahoo One Step has taken browsing one step further by offering the PC browsing experience of bookmarking your favorite sites for instant access,

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Yahoo to launch mobile-bookmarking tool

By Stefanie Olsen – March 4, 2008, 12:22 PM PST

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The Internet company on Tuesday unveiled a new bookmarking tool for cell phones that lets people keep track of favorite Web content--news feeds, search results, Web sites--from one place on their handheld. The technology, called Yahoo OnePlace, will be available in the second quarter of 2008, according to Yahoo.

Tags: mobile web browsing bookmarking bookmarks pc excpe

Alphabetical Navigation System

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:51:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I like this application interface for looking up mobile content.

Clip Source: www.mobiletopsoft.com

ContactBreeze offers a fast and easy-to-use contact searching solution for Windows Mobile devices along with a set of utilities that adds new extensions to some of the Windows Mobile operating system built-in tools that makes it easier to reach your contacts. Using ContactBreeze thumbs keyboard you can easily search your contacts and dial/SMS/email any of your contacts using a fully one-handed navigation interface. Additionally, once installed, ContactBreeze will include new extension menu options within your default Calendar and Tasks applications allowing you to easily dial or SMS to any phone number string included with one of your appointments or tasks.

Ultimate Cool Mobile Application

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:26:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Using the GPS feature of your cell phone you can track your walking/driving path, calculate time and distance and even how fast you are travelling.

This is some hip gadetry. Very nice Graphic User Interface as well.

I like very much.

Clip Source: www.mobiletopsoft.com

With maps support and track recording VITO SmartNavigator is the ideal solution for geocaching as well as for off-road traveling. SmartNavigator provides various trip info like speed, direction and distance to a destination point, compass, current time, or active satellites. Apart from this VITO SmartNavigator displays a track of movements on a map. Users can set pushpins to mark their personal places of interest. Pushpins can be set only for certain tracks or for all maps and tracks.

VITO SmartNavigator allows you to upload a previous track in the background while recording a new one and check your current path against it. Tracks recorded with VITO SmartNavigator are compatible with Google Earth. VITO SmartNavigator uses vtm maps available at http://vitotechnology.com. Users can create their own maps with a free VITO MapManager. Skillful users will be able to build their own plug-ins to support maps of any format in VITO SmartNavigator.

A wireless Mouse for Your Cell Phone.

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:18:08 GMT

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clipper's remarks: No more fiddling with those little arrow keys, you can now scroll around your phone screen with a wireless bluetooth mouse the same as you would on your P.C.

Very cool advancement in technology. Mobile Devices are moving beyond SMS Text Messaging, Voice Mail and Phone Calls.

It's like having a mini computer in our pockets these days.

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After the announce of BlueMouse 1.0 Teksoft has made this mouse driver for Windows Mobile available. BlueMouse is an advanced software that will allow Pocket PC users to experience the confort of having a wireless bluetooth mouse for their mobile device. So if you like to use any Bluetooth mouse (including the ones for regular PC computers) with Pocket PC, now you can.

Travel Application

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:11:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Features to consider when planning a Travel application. I thought of the obvious. World Clocks and Flight Watcher but never considered Clothing Sizes.

Clip Source: www.mobiletopsoft.com

Spb Software House has just released Spb Traveler, which as they say is "a must have tool set for travelers". They have took in mind thta traveling is definitely a field where a user can get maximum of his Windows Mobile device powered with proper software so they have created this neat piece of software. A traveler will always have to face things like local time estimation, weather forecasts, currency, unit and clothing size conversion, city guides, planning of international calls and meetings, multi-connection trans-continental flights. are their ideas behind this program.

Spb Traveler Features:

* World time
* Weather forecast
* Currency converter
* Unit converter
* Clothing sizes
* Tip calculator
* Flight assistant
* Meeting planner

* Geo Game

Tags: cell phone technology, mobile technology, new in mobile devices, travel application for your phone, travel widget