Any Blackberry Application Ideas?

[jfisher]

yeah, thats covered in this sentence:
'This API would allow creation of a custom profile for an application. However, there are no available APIs that would allow you to programmatically access/change the default Profiles.'

i've never attempted to do it so can't say for sure though.

[trpenner]

Originally Posted by jfisher

download: http://sundaracommunications.net/dow.../wwatchers.zip

was pretty straighforward in the end.

http://sundaracommunications.net/dow.../wwatcher1.png

http://sundaracommunications.net/dow.../wwatcher2.png

OUCH! Read here http://www.blackberryforums.com/general-8700-series-discussion/37770-weight-watcher-point-calculator-needed.html for a user that says your algorithm is flawed and does not take into account fat or fiber despite the screenshot. Can someone fix this?

[1badtwo]

our company used Idorkorro for remote management. The only feature we ever use is to unlock user accounts in active directory. We are on a BES server so I dont think it woud be hard for a devoloper to make a simple program to unlock an ad user - maybe put in the option to insert your own domain name , user and password so others could use it. Anyway if this is something one ofyou guys could make, I think I could get them to pay for it.

IM me ifyou wanna talk AIM: mr2seater

If you post I may not see it for awhile

[jfisher]

Originally Posted by trpenner

OUCH! Read here http://www.blackberryforums.com/showthread.php?t=37770 for a user that says your algorithm is flawed and does not take into account fat or fiber despite the screenshot. Can someone fix this?

done. i hope.

[Proaud]

how about an app that faxes using the device and not a service?

[edelgado]

How about a prompt everytime you select the reply to all, letting you know "Are you sure you want to reply to all".

[techker]

Originally Posted by Proaud

how about an app that faxes using the device and not a service?

well for know it is email to fax.it is a cool service.i have tryed to make it but my servers need a phone connection...big job.

[Spacewalker]

Very new to bb but how about an app that will cause the bb to periodically ring or vibrate to let you know you have voice mail waiting, after the maximum default of 3.

[pdutta2000]

A simple utility that I would love to see is a small program that allows us Non-BES users to accept meeting requests. Still shaking my head that it's not available.

[nightwolf]

i was wondering if any one had got the Vnes emulator to work on their 7100

[tom2112]

How about an app that would backup/restore the ENTIRE contents of your BB device over Bluetooth!!

[BerryFine]

Thanks for this awesome little app! Its a great help!!

[bjbyers]

I have been looking for a program which would active schedules based on a schedule....did you ever come accross anything like this?

Brett

Originally Posted by wibbly

1. Timed profiles. My simple Nokia phone can do this! Select a 'temporary' profile (from the existing profiles that exist on the device) that will time out at a certain time or after a certain time. Otherwise I'm always forgetting to reset my BB off 'quiet' mode when I come out of a meeting, out of a cinema, or whatever.

"Big daddy" version of the above would, in addition, allow

2. Automatic changing of a profile on a schedule (e.g so it always goes quiet in the evening)

3. Addition of extra elements to a profile (over and above BB profiles) - e.g. a profile also has a home page image associated with it, maybe even a theme!

4. Schedule-linked profiles. Eg Automatic selection of a profile the the duration a calendar item shows time as "busy". Then revert back to previous profile.

A robust implementation of 1 would be great on its own

W

[rkbrookescyp]

Hi there - here's my request - posted in one or two other places - the ability to access my SMS messages from the desktop - a la Nokia 6310i and other similar phones - so that I can connect the phone - compose SMS with desktop keyboard and send out through BB phone/GSM network - BB Desktop software is so limited - is it that difficult to have such an add-on?

Robin K B

[loic]

Voice dictation is definitely needed for the blackberry!!!!

[John Clark]

I would like an app that would create an icon on the home screen that would link to a website. I would like to create the icon (if possible) as well as edit the website address that it links to. Anyone know if this is possible and, if so, who could write this programming?

[jfisher]

i'm working on this, i just need some time to get it finished, hopefully within a week. or if any other programmer has the spare time, the method i've figured out to do this is to have an application that downloads png's given a url and saves them to persistent store as a bytearray, the same app saves the desired website urls, if you have five seperate store objects you can then create 5 shortcut apps that use the homescreen api to customise their icon using the saved png information and also launch the browser given the saved url.

so it's there in theory, i just need to sit down and write the thing.

[edit] okay, i've started writing this, in the meantime you can use this for shortcuts: ***MeshTech News: Blackberry Tools Update***

[mrc7928]

It's a tool called shortcut tool and does what you were talking about. It's a free tool over at blackberryforums.pinstack.com. Here's the url: RIM Blackberry Forums - Pinstack.com - Free Blackberry Downloads - Utilites & Misc

If the link doesnt work, it's under software downloads.

[9thtee]

jfisher,
Is there anyway to make this so it can serve up saved pages in addition to regular urls? Like the pages that you save and are show in the messages application.

That would be of great help to me.

Thanks,
Mark

Originally Posted by jfisher

i'm working on this, i just need some time to get it finished, hopefully within a week. or if any other programmer has the spare time, the method i've figured out to do this is to have an application that downloads png's given a url and saves them to persistent store as a bytearray, the same app saves the desired website urls, if you have five seperate store objects you can then create 5 shortcut apps that use the homescreen api to customise their icon using the saved png information and also launch the browser given the saved url.

[jfisher]

not sure it's possible, it would be a completely different application using a different part of the api. i've never even saved a page to the messages app so.... wil look into it though.

[BillBerry]

The one app that keeps me tethered to my palm widget is my unit conversion program

I get prints with all kinds of weird units for density, volume, etc. and a conversion program for BB would be great

[jfisher]

thats an older version, it says the link is broken so i mustve moved it (actually i forgot to pay my bill a couple of months back so that may explain it), i wasn't even aware of that site! better to use the newer version anyhow, or search out other app through MeshTech News

Originally Posted by mrc7928

It's a tool called shortcut tool and does what you were talking about. It's a free tool over at blackberryforums.pinstack.com. Here's the url: RIM Blackberry Forums - Pinstack.com - Free Blackberry Downloads - Utilites & Misc

If the link doesnt work, it's under software downloads.

[mrc7928]

That site seems like a really good resource. I think it's fairly new too. Seems like they are adding things to it all the time since I found it not too long ago.

[jfisher]

it's my site dude :P

released rough beta of custom shortcuts here:

http://www.blackberryforums.com/deve...shortcuts.html

[mrc7928]

Originally Posted by jfisher

it's my site dude :P

released rough beta of custom shortcuts here:

http://www.blackberryforums.com/deve...shortcuts.html

Well then, I have to say it's a pretty nice site. Thanks for the resource.

[NiteOwl]

Originally Posted by trpenner

OUCH! a user that says your algorithm is flawed and does not take into account fat or fiber despite the screenshot. Can someone fix this?:OOPS:

Originally Posted by jfisher

done. i hope.

Jon

Forgive me for crossposting but I wasn't sure which forum you frequent. Your Weight Watchers Calculater is great but could you add an option that gives you the points without capping the fiber at 4? Kind of like Weight Watchers old 123 plan.

Thanks
Nick

[Marty Zigman]

We really need a way to view all unread messages; just like hitting Alt-O shows all outgoing. This should be SO simply to produce and so useful for anyone that uses that view in Outlook.

[kevin.ross]

9thtee, it is certainly possible, though RIM makes it a bit difficult. This is likely a custom project. If you are interested in pursuing this further, please feel free to contact me.

Kevin Ross | Metova

[Filigo]

How about a eco-footprint calculator for all the tree-hungers like me? It aligns very well with the paper-less office image BB represents.

[funkym]

Originally Posted by DocGo

Maybe one that will list tasks by categories (just like the simple Palm OS To-Do) without using "filter" function to do this...and this program should integrate with the BB's Task app so that we don't have to re-input all the tasks in this new app.

There is such a program available on the market: NextAction!

[onlindis]

I know this has already been discussed up above. Something I have been hunting for is something like shortcut on Blackberry Freeware. Same operation but I would like to be able to load one url into the program so it can't be changed, have a unique icon and if it was accessible OTA that would be great.

I am looking for it to promote our Blackberry directory so users don't have to save in their bookmarks. If available for purchase would definitely be something to consider.

[rommel4949]

Here's my suggestion:

During a phone call, hit a key stroke (say "L") and you get a tiny display
that pops up on your screen with an image of the alphanumeric lineup found
on a traditional phone. That way, if you need to "dial by name" using the traditional letter lineup on a phone, you'll know what key tone goes with what letter.

[fbrimm]

Originally Posted by rommel4949

Here's my suggestion:

During a phone call, hit a key stroke (say "L") and you get a tiny display
that pops up on your screen with an image of the alphanumeric lineup found
on a traditional phone. That way, if you need to "dial by name" using the traditional letter lineup on a phone, you'll know what key tone goes with what letter.

Its even simpler than that. Just hold down the Alt key to type the letter you want. The BB will take care of sending the corresponding numeric key for you.

[Halford1]

How 'bout having a filtering program to filter out spam or malicious emails? I know each service providers provide that but they are not that good.

[funkym]

Originally Posted by EricaJ1074

I would like to see an application where u can find out how long your BB has been running (uptime), etc. instead of using ALT+CAP+H.

Here is where you are looking for: BBUptime at MobileSoftMarket.com

[elfire.sol]

Originally Posted by Jim Peelgren

This was a capability I used (extensively) when I was a Palm bigot. The concept is that you create a queue of items copied (using BB's "seelct" and "cut or copy" capabilities). The only difference is that you could hold multiple copyies/cuts. The "paste" function would bring up a short list of what has previously been cut/copied. As I write this, its sounds clunky, but in actuality it worked very well.

Food for thot...

I actually made something similar to this called Scratchpad, it's up on Handango.

Here's a link...

[rstew]

How about Windows Mobile for Blackberry or
a VB application kit with full VBA, Accees or Sql support that download as a small exe file and supports all javascript & Dom web coding and can run a sub-set or FLASH (version 5 or higher) as a standard object/embed on a web page on something called the internet.

No need for Java, Plazmic, MDS or the Penguins

[Deb48085]

Originally Posted by nb_mitch

I haven't crossed time zones since I have had my BB, are you saying the Date/Time Source set to "Network" won't change the time automatically as you move from one time zone to the next?

That is correct. At least not on the 8700c

[Deb48085]

Originally Posted by NiteOwl

Jon

Forgive me for crossposting but I wasn't sure which forum you frequent. Your Weight Watchers Calculater is great but could you add an option that gives you the points without capping the fiber at 4? Kind of like Weight Watchers old 123 plan.

Thanks
Nick

Love that WW Points Counter, btw. . . wondering if it could be extended to track food items eaten and the points left in a day? Perhaps for a weeks' interval at at time?
Almost like a checkbook -- start with the number of points available (user enters that #), add points (like deposits) for exercise, deduct points (like withdrawals) for foods eaten?
So, say I'm allowed 20 point in a day, I start with 20.
"Deposits" would have space for a note (e.g., "walk 20 minutes") and an addition that the user could key in (say 1 point for this example). Leaving the balance forward for the day, until the next entry. "Withdrawals" would have space for a note (e.g., "small apple") and a deduction that the user would also key in (or could calculate using the counter you already have). Leaving the balance forward for the day, until the next entry. And so on until one runs out of points. . .
Come to think of it, one wouldn't need to interface the counter, that the user could switch back & forth from it easily enough. That way the application could be used simply by calorie counters -- and you'd avoid any issues with WW. They're pretty persnickity. . . as you've heard. Thanks for considering this. . .
I miss the old appl I used to have from DWLZ.com -- they had one years ago for the Palm platform and it was soooo close to WW, that WW gave 'em heck until they took it down. . . Not that that matters now that I'm on a BB platform. . .

[jfisher]

got a delightful cease and desist email from weightwatchers this morning so have yanked the app. i don't really blame them but it is a pretty sad state of affairs, they won't produce and app themselves but stop other people from doing so. it seems they're such a large company if they did decide to do an app it'd take months to get in motion, this email references a couple of websites and links that have been dead for a couple of months:

'Dear Mr. Fisher:

It has recently come to our attention that you have posted a “POINTS Calculator” whereby consumers can calculate the POINTS values for various foods by downloading a software version of our POINTS Calculator for use on their Blackberry, without authorization from Weight Watchers International, Inc. The following link http://sundaracommunications.net/dow.../wwatchers.zip can be found at http://www.blackberryforums.com/deve...n-ideas-2.html. Additionally, the download is available at your web site http://meshtech.net/weblog/index.html.

While Weight Watchers appreciates your enthusiasm for the Weight Watchers program, I am sure you can appreciate that we must protect our valuable intellectual property. The POINTS® Weight-Loss System is patented and proprietary to Weight Watchers International, Inc. Moreover, Weight Watchers®, POINTS® and the Wave Logo are the registered trademarks of Weight Watchers International, Inc. The company has built up considerable goodwill and fame in the noted trademarks as a result of many years of widespread use in advertising, program materials and on a wide variety of products and services. The Weight Watchers, POINTS and Wave Logo trademarks used in connection with weight loss services and products are uniquely associated with Weight Watchers in the minds of consumers. Regrettably, your unauthorized use of these trademarks and distrubution of our patented POINTS Weight-Loss System is a violation of our intellectual property rights under the Lanham Act and other federal and state laws.

Accordingly, we must ask that you immediately remove the link for the downloadable software for the POINTS Calculator from the Blackberrry forum site, as well as from your own web site and agree not to use our trademarks and to not distribute our patented POINTS Weight-Loss System on any forums or web sites in the future. Please confirm your compliance with this request by return email before October 27, 2006.

Sincerely,
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