J2ME,GPS, touch displays, fast comm - some cool stuff comin! |
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Ok, well I've been doing embedded development over the years. For the most part it has been really painful. With the coming developments of the .Net framework for PocketPC and the J2ME stuff... we are getting close to something more portable. Anyways, lately I've been looking at the boost mobile phones for use as a GPS tracking device. Much like a lo-jack for your car. Simply sign up for the prepaid phone with internet access... install a java app and instantly you've got GPS coordinates accessable on a website. Here is where my car is right now! Yes, I know really geeky. But it is the beginning of a whole new era in personal electronics. I can write applications on the client, server, and telephony end of things... very very neat. I've stopped using the mologogo software because the client seems to lock up all the time. Instead I now use a service called wherephone.com, they are much more stable and they also give users the ability to download the coordinates in a text file. This is much better because now I can do anything I want with my *OWN* coordinates. Website interface Text file coordinates Below are some links I've been reading lately. Targeting GPS - Integrating J2ME, GPS, and the Wireless Web Some information on J2ME Boost Mobile's iDEN phones Mologogo a program to GPS coordinates to a webserver. USB Drivers for moto phones WebJal - program for transferring java apps. iDen developer program Mapping program does not support GPS reading at this time. Another service like mologogo Simple J2ME NMEA parser Mobile GMaps - allows you to view maps from J2ME! Here is a little information on the GPS stuff. Wiki page on Geographic coordinate conversion. A degree converter. Looking for information on development using J2ME? Check out Bill Day's J2ME Archive Here's a good article on developing J2ME apps that work with SMS Extend J2ME to Wireless Messaging. Another good source about SMS stuff is MIDP Push using SMS Motorola has a website devoted to open source java software: opensource.motorola.com
July 16th, 2006
Looks like mologogo may be the way to go! I hear they have a new interface to allow you to have them stream the GPS data to your servers on the net. So I'll be doing some more research into this area.
Also another cool thing coming is the Windows Mobile version of this great application! Mologogo Windows Mobile Client Alpha Once I figure out how all this java stuff works on mobile devices. Here are some java midlets I'm interested in: Virca IRC MIDlet Update: July 30th, 2006 GPS Visualizer: Do-It-Yourself Mapping How to make your own Google Map to show where your visitors are from Open source anti-theft solution for Mac, PCs & Phones – Prey
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