iamgnat

Ehh. The source ZIP is too big to attach and I don't have anywhere to upload it to. I really should get a website one of these days

-dave

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JakobMetzger

i would be willing to set up a place for you developers to upload the sources/builds on my site if you guys want to

aychamo

Jakob! How are you? Any luck so far w/ an icon?? :-)

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JakobMetzger

no man sry about that im leaving tomorrow for vacation so i wont be able to work on it for at least another week, but before I leave I do have one thing to contribute.

Anyone can submit their version of AMP to my site now to show you or w/e they need to do...
Upload Script >>> http://www.jakobmetzger.com/misc/AMP/upload/
Uploaded Folder>> http://www.jakobmetzger.com/misc/AMP/upload/AMPUpload/

Just trying to further the development of this project. If anyone wants to show Aychamo something they can use my site for hosting.

Oh, just to try and keep it organized here is how I would like you guys to name your files
lets say its July 11th and your name is "iamgnat" then just put as the file name "iamgnat711AMP.zip" with "(source)" at the end if its the source. I think this will help people browsing the folder to get the the latest release or browse the older ones as they please.

I dont really care if you do it that way but if a few people start really using it then the files will stack up fast and be hard to identify. Just trying to solve a future problem.

raceer

This is great Jakob

may I suggest a format of

YYYYMMDD_sitename_filename

so using above example

20060713_iamgnat_somesourcefilename

this will list filenames in date order and make it easier to get the latest (date will be first)

HTH

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macinsuck

Ok so here are your pictures of AMP on a 7" Touchscreen with a native resolution of 800x480 Running at 800x600. My mac does not run 800x480 so I do not have photos for comparison, but these photos demonstrate that AMP looks great at 800x600

The Screen does not look warped or crappy what so ever. Hope this helps to get the program to run native at 800x600.

Let me know if you need anything else.

Thanks Aychamo

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jdisenberg

Yeah, I noticed that you said that the transitions are an option... yeah personal preference, but thank you...even though now I am kind of getting used to the slides... but I am sure someone out there will want them off as well.

The only problem with using the extra 120 pixels at the top is that you would still be sitorting the image. Because the "real" resolution on a xenarc is 800 x 480 and then the top is not used and it smashes the images down. Do do this without distortion the images used would have to be redone to fit correctly. (Is that right? its really late and I may not be thinking correctly.)

You could, instead of showing album art in the bottom right corner (which I do like, but sometime I guess you have to compromise somewhere) have three buttons, and keep them static, like the clock. I don't know, just a suggestion...

iamgnat

My thought is to use a 800x600 window and on the 800x480 screens it would be positioned in such a manner that the "extras" in that 120 area just aren't visible. This way there is no distortion at all. The catch is that you can not put items in this area that offer functionality that the 480 view can not get to in some other manner.

-dave

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CArringt

Actually it's not that bad. Bluephone elite is scriptable to a certain extent. we had figured out a couple parts of it. i can't remember for sure which ones but i think there were only two functions that would weren't able to script or activate remotely.

iamgnat

I was refering to the interaction with the Phone itself. The AddressBook Framework doesn't appear to bubble up the ability to dial the phone so you have to connect to it as a serial modem and dial it with at commands. The basic commands to actually dial the phone *should* be standard across the board, but I wouldn't want to sing up to support every phone in the world

SMS on the other hand is more likely than not different between MFGs and possibly different between phones. That would be really painful.

Jirka implemented this in his frontend specific to the Sony Erikson phones. From helping him find the command set, the dial commands were compatible with my Moto and Nokia but the SMS commands were drastically different between the three. And I know Nokia uses a different set between their Series 60 phones and the rest of their phones.

-dave

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aychamo

Sometimes I wonder if the computer-dialing-your-phone-for-you thing is worth it. I mean, to me it would be much easier to flip open my phone and hit the right letter on the phone's keypad to jump to the person I want to call instead of going to a certain menu in AMP and findingi the person there on a touchscreen, etc.

Just my 2c. This would be a great plugin though.

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iamgnat

If you are holding the phone to your ear anyway, I would agree. If you have a handsfree se for your phone (which could not be blue tooth based for this to work), then this would save you from having to pull the phone out to begin with.

Also if it is done nicely, the interface on the computer could be much easier/faster to use than some phone address books especially if you have a lot of contacts. Personally anything I can do to not interact with my Moto directly I do (I really should switch back to my Nokia and stop *****ing ).

-dave

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CArringt

When/If Bluephone elite 2 is released it will support speaker phone over bluetooth. meaning you'll be able to use your mac's mic and speakers to carry on a conversation.

I compiled a small example a while back of what could be done. Kind of dumb
But you get the idea. (Do not turn the sound up, the video is very loud)
if you get a chance look at the features of bluephone elite. it is very ideal for a car environment. the ui isn't very friendly but the features are.

If ya'll want all the scripts i had figured out i'd be glad to send them to you.

pepsibobby

there should be a sound warning on that video. ouchy.,

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lol yeah i forgot about that! sorry

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