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[Off-topic] Scabes24:
I attended a graphic design program (contuing education) at a college nearby. If you're looking to learn the basics (illustrator, PS, InDesign.. etc.) Then I was would start there. But if you're already familiar with image editing and want to learn how to apply it to mobile UI design you can start by looking here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=916814. But like John mentioned, there are two types of designing regarding UI.. basic modifying of images in the system is quit simple and only requires image editing software and 7zip (might want to learn how to edit mode.9/9patch and m10 images correctly as well). But if you're looking to do some of the more advanced designing you will need to do a bit of reading/searching. Thankfully, you can find all the info here at XDA. :)

Sent from my HTC Flyer.
[Off-topic] Chad_Petree:
multimedia design ? sounds nice, for how long? 4 years?
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
I only studied for 1 year, but i did plan on 4 years with 3 of those in Australia, but i got bored and stopped after one. And it was pricey. 20K per year.
[Off-topic] Chad_Petree:
Did you have a degree before studing graphic design? I need to know basics , since i know nothing, i just have my highschool degree, i want to do this as my career, not just a hobby
[Off-topic] LordManhattan:
I know you're not asking me, but i did not have a degree in "graphics" before i started. It was a private school, so if you show them some "dineros", you're in. But hey, you have to learn it from some place ney? It doesn't hurt knowing some basic stuff in PS or Illustrator though.
[Off-topic] Archer:
In fairness, there's a LOT of online tutorials for learning techniques in all the popular design/illustration apps. It certainly wouldn't do any harm to get a head start.
[Off-topic] Chad_Petree:
Of course that's what i plan on doing , study by my own till i start the program :)
[Off-topic] ralphak:
You do not need to excel at drawing to study graphic art. You just need an eye for design and color; the rest can be learned at school. Having said that, talent is extremely important to find success as a graphic artist/designer.

Web design courses are usually included in graphic arts program, but you may also find exclusive web design programs. There’s one web design and development program at California College San Diego that trains graduates in both front-end design and back-end development of websites. Find more details on the link below:

cc-sd.edu/graphic-arts/bachelors/web-design-and-development
[Off-topic] hiu115:
good one

Now THIS is the example of not trying to pass the 10 post limit by spamming... Get that Noobs? :mad::):D;)
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] WarrantyVoided:
Hello all

Can some of the Devs please point me in the right direction on this

I'd like to learn how to program an app for android. Im a programmer at work

and know 3 low level programming lang's I understand this will be very different.

can someone tell me where/how to start?

Thank You
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] filthyfnj24:
...Google...
[Atrix 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateghost:
http://developer.android.com/guide/basics/what-is-android.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiefy009:
Can anyone share the livewallpaper.apk please ?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talon26:
i can send it to ya if you pm me you email add, not sure how else to send you a file
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiefy009:
Check pm

Thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Talon26:
livewallpaperpicker.apk ???
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chiefy009:
Yeah the app that lets ypu select live wallpapers
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] ttime411:
How do I get CM7 on my touch pad?
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] magnethart:
It is not been made available to download yet. Still in testing phase.
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] ttime411:
Agh guess I read wrong on android development via Facebook thanx tho
[WebOS Software and Hacking General] cheezer38:
It is in alpha. Find it at rootzwiki
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Am I the sole one having this bug after the Mango update.

The keyboard fails to pop up when it actually should.

I have to leave IE and revert to the same page to finally get my keyboard... :(

HTC Mozart - Mango updated.
[Windows Phone 7 General] makman25:
I've seen that issue a few times. I think you can rotate the screen to bring up the keyboard as well, but I can't quite remember if that temporarily solved the problem.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Thanks for the tip
[Windows Phone 7 General] jallenashley:
I've actually had the opposite happen to me. The keyboard just drops when I'm texting. I've rest my phone and it seems to be fixed. It's almost as if the screen was registering another touch on the messaging hub making it the keyboard drop. I don't really know, but it was annoying.
[Windows Phone 7 General] kwill:
Definitely seen the minimizing of the keyboard board while typing. Think its also it registering a tap outside the typing area. Even worse for me though is every now and then it won't capitalize the first letter when I start typing. Sometimes I have to double tap for it to capitalize or click out of the box and back in.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
It happened to me for the first time tonight. I was trying to sign into a web site in IE, and midway through typing my email address it simply disappeared, and nothing I tried would bring it back. I had to back out of the page and go back in before it would work again.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
It happens very often to me. The keyboard hide away, but its not like a input outside the typing area, cause if you notice, the "cursor" stays blinking where the input should be. A tip that works for me: touch anywhere on the screen and touch the typing field again.

Very annoying. HTC Trophy here. This started since oficial Mango, with the drivers. Which is ironic.
[Windows Phone 7 General] znial:
happened to me too and to my brother too in the last days

(omnia 7 and optimus 7)

what's up?

this thing need to be fixed!
[Windows Phone 7 General] adesonic:
Same here on he hd7 and the titan, not very often, but very annoying when the keyboard disappears mid sentence.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Snake.:
I can confirm this as well, keyb disappeared while typing.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Ok, I'm happy to see that i'm not the only one...

Thanks for the feedback.

Seems that needs a fix
[Windows Phone 7 General] VoodooKing:
Yes! It happened to me too on my Omnia 7. Typing stuff and then the keyboard disappears. Super annoying!
[Windows Phone 7 General] schluff1:
Same. Keyboard disappears sometimes when typing. HD7 Mango
[Windows Phone 7 General] tessut:
Same Problem on my trophy
[Windows Phone 7 General] Freypal:
Same here, keyboard minimizes on it's own occasionaly whilst texting
[Windows Phone 7 General] crav4speed:
Dell Venue Pro confirmed here as well
[Windows Phone 7 General] WMD:
Same on my Trophy!
[Windows Phone 7 General] bkaul:
Happens occasionally for me, in text-input fields in IE. I've never noticed it elsewhere (e.g. text messaging, e-mail, etc.). Samsung Focus 1.3.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Happens for me too, thought I was imagining stuff. Omnia 7 mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Rookie_01:
I had similar keyboard dissapearing problem while developing an App. Found out this happens when the Method 'ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest' (wich is designed for development and Testing purposes) is used. But in my case touching the display somewhere outside the textbox and entering the textbox again worked.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Based on the overwhelming number of updates we've had from Microsoft, we might get a fix in a year with Apollo.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Yes, you are probably right.

It took them almost one year to fix the Marketplace bug.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Snake.:
Isn´t this one the one of advertised 500 features? :)
[Windows Phone 7 General] FiyaFleye:
Took them a month, ***** at your carrier for NoDo being delayed.

I've had the disappearing keyboard issue too. Even worse, I have it happen over & over in the same text box

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
This is strange. It does seem to be happening more now. It happened to me while I was trying to enter a search in the marketplace. It disappeared three times in the time it took to (try to) enter 10 characters for my search.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bobzero:
I have the same issue with the text field losing focus while composing text messages even when only using the hardware keyboard of the LG quantum.
[Windows Phone 7 General] rkuiper:
I can confirm Rookie_01's findings with 'ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest'.

It seems the keyboard will immediately hide when the periodic task gets control, even before the periodic task's code is being executed, so there's nothing you can do as a developer.

'ScheduledActionService.LaunchForTest' can be used to quickly trigger a periodic background task to be launched for test purposes, but i can imagine the keyboard will also hide when a regularly scheduled background task launches.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
Hey guys, I need someone to try it too.

Keyboard > Typing settings

Disable the "Send keyboard touch information to improve typing and more". Since I did that, my keyboard stoped hiding. Can anyone confirm that? Or is just lucky?
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
I never enabled that particular option, but my keyboard hides every once in a while.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
This option is disabled by default on my device. Still I encounter the bug.

I noticed the bug mainly occurs with IE mobile.

(btw, I find IE Mobile to manage very badly text boxes).
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
Nevermind, thought it stopped but it keeps hiding.

Love you, Microsoft ;*
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmian:
this is seriously one of the most annoying problems on mango i've had...besides apps crashing on startup on my focus, although that may just be a focus related issue...but anyways, it happens to me while texting, or even within apps, like Kik messenger the keyboard just vanishes
[Windows Phone 7 General] VoodooKing:
Wierdest thing. It hasn't happened to me in the past 5 days now. Something in the OS task processes is doing this.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Aphasaic2002:
I had this problem once, when using a 3rd party translation app (I think the name is Translator Plus).

The app uses large text boxes; I clicked in the top one twice, and the keyboard vanished. Only way to get it back was to restart the app.
[Windows Phone 7 General] RoboDad:
It has been happening to me throughout the system, in OS edit boxes, third party edit boxes, everywhere. It seems to happen most often when I am attempting to switch to the numbers/symbols layout, but I don't know if that is always what triggers it or not.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doesntexist:
I am also getting this dissapearing keyboard problem, mainly in the messaging but then again thats because thats where I am using it the most.

It is really annoying, I have heard that a hard reset stops the issue but I dont really want to have to do that.
[Windows Phone 7 General] ruyzalim:
It also happens to me when I'm using voxofon
[Windows Phone 7 General] 937dytboi:
Happens to me also
[Windows Phone 7 General] Snake.:
Cmooooooon MS, fix this already, that little b*tch hid on me 7 times in a row yesterday!
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
It's not a bug. It's a feature!
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
:) :) :)

:mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] mmian:
has anyone been contacted by Microsoft for this issue yet? Apparently they are working on resolving it now
[Windows Phone 7 General] weatherx:
not just the keyboard. also the handwriting pad (chinese).
[Windows Phone 7 General] Strike_Eagle:
Happen sometime, even on Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Snake.:
What do you mean "even on Mango"? It happens only on Mango.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MagikMarker:
I've had the keyboard disappearing problem on my Trophy. Has happened when trying to post in People and Me hubs, IE, Marketplace and in various apps text boxes. So far, I've always been able to click back in the text field to bring the keyboard back up, but it's still quite annoying. Seems to happen sporadically and I find that the majority of the time it's not an issue.

Hopefully, we'll see a diagnosis and fix here in the near future. I think it's pretty safe to say that it's a prevalent problem. I'd hate to think that we'll have to wait any length of time for a fix, because when it does happen, it's quite frustrating and makes typing in a text field rather painful.

---------- Post added at 06:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 06:01 AM ----------

I'm curious to find out if those of us experiencing this problem have the upgrade direct from Zune update or are using the leaked ROMs. Also, if the phones are either developer ulocked or unlocked with other methods; or any other modifications that have been done to the phones.

I'm still running on the leaked ROM on my Trophy, which seems to be the same as the official update delivered through Zune. My wife's Trophy was upgraded through the Zune client, so I'll ask her later today if she's been having similar issues. Also, my phone is currently not unlocked.

It's probably an issue that is affecting users regardless of their phones current state, but it never hurts to ask and find out if that is indeed the case.

Checked in with the wife, who's phone has never been unlocked or modded in any way, and she is indeed having the issue also. Like myself, not on a regular basis, but kind of sporadic and hard to predict when/if it's going to happen.
[Windows Phone 7 General] arturobandini:
Official Orange - HTC Mozart

Not unlocked

Officially updated via Zune

and I have this bug.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
HTC Trophy

Unlocked

Official updated

I have this bug.
[Windows Phone 7 General] keyboardP:
I'm running an HTC Mozart and haven't run into this issue at all. However, I actually did a factory reset straight after installing Mango (for other reasons). Maybe this is why I haven't run into this issue? Or, it's coincidence, and after this post, I'm never going to see the keyboard again :D
[Windows Phone 7 General] Freypal:
I had this problem. I've hard reset my phone and the problem seems to have gone away.
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
I've hard reset my phone as soon as I updated to official Mango. Maybe this bugs starts after long using the keyboard? Data collecting from MS?
[Windows Phone 7 General] MagikMarker:
Ok, as I suspected, it seems to be an issue with phones regardless of whether they were updated through Zune, leaked ROM, unlocked, etc.

We'll see if a fix comes out in the near future. Hopefully, since I had the problem again today while trying to post in the People hub.

Seems like the majority of the time it happens to me is either in the People/Me hubs or while texting. I've had very minimal issues inside IE and apps, but still pops up in IE and apps infrequently.
[Windows Phone 7 General] prothor:
Also get the keyboard bug

Bought a HTC Radar and after a few weeks I also get the disappearing keyboard bug!

Very annoying. I read that a fix is to disable the background tasks. But others write that does not help.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Alcoholic:
Still no fix for this ?
[Windows Phone 7 General] Peew971:
Microsoft is probably waiting for Tango to fix this. I liked how the bugs in the Galaxy Nexus have been fixed already, that's also the way Apple does it. Bugs should be fixed instantly, not in the next OS update. I couldn't even type this from my phone, freaking keyboard :mad:
[Windows Phone 7 General] mikeeam:
Yeap, that's nice from Apple, mainly. Google is faster than MS too. Typing is one of essentials things in smartphones. That's the reason I couldnt have an Android; the virtual keyboard sucks.

Why in hell dont they fix it?
[Windows Phone 7 General] meerkat93:
I´ve got the same problems with all my 7720/7740 Custom Rom´s Ive used ...

Annoying ...
[Windows Phone 7 General] prothor:
Keyboard bug solution - and now reboot-bug

I've had the bug and disabling the background tasks solves the issue. BUT: The whole idea behind the live-tiles disappears if one disables the background tasks!

Recently I’ve also had my HTC Radar spontaneously reboot! My friend that owns a HTC Titan had that issue today while typing an sms: All of a sudden his mobile just rebooted. Mine has done it 4-5 times atleast over the last few weeks.
[Windows Phone 7 General] bobzero:
Just released Windows Phone update 7.10.8107.79 fixes keyboard disappearing bug.

Manually update your phone here with instructions from OP:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21028452#post21028452
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HannesB:
hi,

i hope, this is the right category for this question, but it's about games and apps.

More exactly: What do you think, why users don't want to pay for mobile apps/games?

Reading the reviews of some good apps or games i often read: "It's great, but it should be free" or "it's good, but i don't want to pay 1$ for it".

Software or games for the pc are much more expensive - you can't buy a computer game for 1$ and gamers pay much more for console games.

But what's the difference with mobile apps and games?

Nowadays games are sold via online platforms too, so the nice packaging can't be an argument.

Some developers spend many hours to create a good app and than users like it but don't want to pay 1$ for it.

I am a developer and this should not be a "frustrated comment" - i really just want to know what you think about this.

For me personally: I rather pay 2$ for a good app/game and don't like to see adds all over the app.

regards,

hannes
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pirateinmymind:
The only time I have ever mentioned price in a app/game rating, is if the same exact game is available on iOS or Android for less money. As an example Angry Birds is free (with ads) on Android and like $1 on iOS yet it cost $3 on WP7. And I realize that $3 is still not a lot to invest but it is 3 times more than other options. And as much as I realize that we have Xbox Live Achievements with these games thats not worth the extra investment to me
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pckshd:
Since iPhone came into play, supply of apps started to grow insanely so prices started to fall. Before the iOS era, an app for Windows Mobile or Palm costed average $10-$30. Today charge $10 for an app its a crime.

Users now want apps for free.

My feeling is that apps will start loosing quality and greatness over time, since developers/companies cannot afford high costs for popper research and development, unless they are supported by a powerful advertising model behind.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wheresmybeaver:
I've actually surprised myself by the amount of apps (in particular) and games (to a lesser extent) that I've bought on WP7. Back in the old WinMo6.5 days, if it wasn't free, I wouldn't even look at it. Probably because prices were much higher (SPB Wallet for $15 WTF!).

On WP7 though, even the best apps are much cheaper than the old 6.5 catalogue, so it feels like better value. And rather than pirating, I like being able to purchase and know I will get updates etc as they become available. No fuss. And of course if a trial is available first then I am 10 times more likely to try it out; I refuse to pay upfront for software I have not yet tried. And in many cases, the paid software is more feature-rich and professional than a free alternative (see the many Wallet / Password apps out there).

I will admit though to never having owned an iPhone or Android, so it's a bit disconcerting to hear that prices for the exact same software on that platform are cheaper. Although this should change with time as there are more WP7 users out there and there is more price parity across markets.

The users commenting in the marketplace about prices and "it should be free" etc are in most cases young teenagers without access to a credit card or any other billing mechanism. So if a game is $1, because they don't have a way of paying for it, it might as well be $15.

There is also a large number of very vocal freeloaders who think that devs exist for their gratification ("you should be happy I'm even willing to try your game" etc). These people are to be ignored :D
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stirkac:
the price is not an problem directly..

many countries do not get paid apps support (and therefore cannot use paid apps even if they want to), plus you must setup second account in our country to have one of supported credit cards. all that adds up a lot of expenses and it's time consuming for anyone constantly on move. you would have to be buying few apps a month to make it pay off.

payments work ( to both consumers and developers) just great in major "players" like US, UK, DE...and nobody seems to care that much about all others.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thesecondsfade:
The only time I have complained about the price of an app is when it was not worth the money.

An example of this is Platformance (the temple version). I know it's only $0.99 but let me explain why it was not worth it. The trial is good, and urged me to buy it, but what I found out is that it only contained about 15 minutes of gameplay. I felt robbed.

Most of the Live titles have a lasting value of 4 to 8 hours of total gameplay and the graphics, sound, gameplay, etc. are a lot better (ie: The Harvest, Assassin's Creed, Earthworm Jim, CarnyVale, Fruit Ninja, PvZ, etc.). They are more expensive, but they are much better quality. Angry Birds lasts probably 5 good solid hours of gameplay for $2.99. I just think that people don't want to pay for something that is not up to par with what they have grown to expect. I, for one, do not want to pay for something that has not been fleshed out and can keep me engaged for at least a couple hours.

I just got the paid version of Swamp Defense for Free (a free offer on Oct 9th), and in playing it, I would have not been happy had I bought it because it just gets boring after a while. It can last a long time, but I don't think I will ever play it for hours on end because it's not a super engaging experience like Plants Vs Zombies.

I just got the XBox (console) version of the original Assassin's Creed, used for $7.99. 40 hours of gameplay for 8 bucks. Why pay $1.00 for 15 minutes of "okay" gameplay when I could spend 8 for 40 hours of amazing gameplay?
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DavidinCT:
I have no problems paying for an app that is a at a fair price. I DO have an issue with app that cost $4.99 or even $6.99 when the apple or android game/app of the same is aroud $99-1.99.

I sometimes dont have an issue with those prices when I am on the road and want a new game but, I need a wi-fi connection to download it so I get over that pretty quickly. Another dumb issue with WP7.

As for cheap people, there will alwasy be cheap people who don't want to pay for anything. I'm sure they are there with every OS.

I agree. Also a way to catch up on all those great games you missed.
[Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sthEn:
I've bought 12 games already (+ few apps), not a single cracked xap on my phone (ok, except for Navigon Select... :().

If I'm using something, and i like it - I should pay for it. And that's strange, because for last few years I've paid for only two mobile apps in my life before: PocketShield and FPSeCE (both for WM6.5 on HD2), and only because there wasn't any cracked working version of them :)

All of my WP7 purchased games:

- Clowning Around

- Gravity Guy

- Tentacles

- Bike Mania

- PES 2011 - Pro Evolution Soccer

- geoDefense

- Zombie Attack 2

- Angry Birds

- Tiki Towers

- ilomilo

- Fruit Ninja

- Harbor Master