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[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] joel2009:
I like the name "Ponticello"

It means bridge in italian. Like this software bridges the gap between the user and the apps they want

But i don't want the 25 dollars either.... put it towards development :D
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
25$ for a software name is a waste ...

Examples of names I came up with:

Extras

AppBase

OneApp

What do you guys think if we use Tango Style Icons for this Project?

http://tango.freedesktop.org/Tango_Icon_Theme_Guidelines
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] CantoX1i:
I would add these names into the consideration mix:

xdaBox

appDB

xdaDB

GetAPP

Or, random names:

Lucido

Starship Enterprise (haha)

Corn

Orei

Good work on the app though :)

But, one quick question. I don't have the time to read through 40 pages at the moment, so forgive me if this is a question that has already been asked. Will it only have XDA apps? Or loads of apps, thats opensource, shareware, freeware, etc...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] derekwilkinson:
I really think this is very important for Windows Mobile.

If you can get Microsoft behind this, along with other companies, you could have it a highly recommended software or one bundled with devices.

I think the main reason that there isn't as much development for Windows Mobile as the iPhone or Android is distribution. What is the point of making an app if everyone isn't going to see it? With this, it wouldn't be a problem. Same with apps that cost money; why make an app if nobody will see it, therefore, not buy it?

I'd love to help develop on this. I can host all the files/services/etc. I also have made online software that developers can use to sign up, login, and upload their software. From there, it could either be possible to create software to get apps out of the user folder on the server, or have someone manage the database until this is done.

I'm not sure how this app works exactly right now. Is it all gotten from online? (UI, data). Or is only the data gotten from online?

And app name... XDA-Installer
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
LOL...

you took my names and changed the a little.....

whats up with that?
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] chrislorensson:
I'm a user interface designer, focusing on mobile. I'd be happy to help design the UI for it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] alfatreze:
This app looks awesome, well developed and executed it would truly be a bliss for winmo.

Straying from app and installer, my names are more action based, so:

- Wizard

- Warlock

- Genius

- Salamander (geck alt :D)

- MAM (Mobile Application Manager)

- Magnet

- Brane (extended objects that source differential form generalizations of the vector potential electromagnetic field)

- Prime

If you need help with implementing a nice UI further on let me know.

No 25 for me aswell, just keep it :D.

As I haven't read trough the entire post, have you considered ratings and user comments bug reports? Ex: after you install an app, for x times you open it or an x amount of time has passed it would ask you to rate it. It would be a good idea to check on how other solutions do this, apple, google, rim etc.

App ideas:

- Check for updates to apps, pop notification to show new x number of updates

- Uninstall aswell as install

- Detect other apps not installed by itself too

- Act as an icon changer too, hmm maybe :D :P

- Known bugs in descrition of the apps !?

- Multilevel rating - Usefullness, Stability, Interface, overall...
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] surur:
I have an idea- once the app is out of beta, why not have as many as possible Windows Mobile websites promote it with a large button, a bit like the GetFirefox button?

I did not read the full thread- does this app have provision for buying apps?

Surur
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] DarkAngelFR:
Hello!!

@ N1c0_ds : I can send you your code in C#, thanks to .Net reflector decompilation :p Ok this may not help you a lot but.....just ask :rolleyes: Do you mind if I try a quick and dirty .Net frontend for your DB ?

@ grafikastudios : could you please send me (mail : darkangel AT idlezone.org ) your graphics ? (any format wich is best for you...)

@ ChainFire : got a gmail account or msn ? I agree 100% with many things you said (getting in touch with some people @microsoft is really a great and huge learning experience, and yes they use HTC devices with ROM found @XDA... this is a reality :D )

See Ya',

DarkAngel

PS: for name make a Vote on you website nico ;)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] grafikastudios:
Ok just check ur mail !

Tell me if u can't handle it, today i stay home and get much time for this project

:)

By site internet martinique
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] l3v5y:
Quick bug report...

The database update screen does not close itself, nor is there any method of closing the form, bar the OK button in the top right corner, but this doesn't close the form, it just hides it.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] N1c0_ds:
I also noticed that bug and I'll work to fix it.

However since I lost many recent changes to the code, I'll rewrite it in a cleaner way - again.

For the graphic design, here are the specs:

There will always be room for 4 buttons at the bottom. That means different button widths for different resolutions.

240>4*60

320>4*80

400>4*100

480>4*120

640>4*160

800>4*200

I need 30x60 blank buttons, 30x400 bottom bar, 26x65 search button and the equivalent for VGA
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] CantoX1i:
sorry, didnt read the entire thread before I threw those out there :P

If I did, sorry :)
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] quicksite:
Chainfire, I was wondering if I were out of the know or what, but I was reading this thread from its October start date, and for the life of me I could not figure out who/where the name Gecko came from in any relationship to an app store for windows mobile. I had watched for years how Netscape lost its marketshare to IE around 1995, then Netscape was sold to AOL (abomination), then the Gecko project started...

And with it mentioned so often in the same breath as Mozilla and Firefox, I was wondering, til you finally mention it here, why would all this effort be put intro branding and identity-building for a name so tied to browser rendering.

I was going to say something a while ago, but because I am not here everyday, more like twice a month, I figured I was just missing out on some obvious explanation.

The project here is GREAT. As always the collaborative spirit of XDA-developers is fully evident, and I am always so pleasantly amazed by the speed at which people post an idea, and then it is turned around and implemented overnight.

I am more of an end-user here at XDA, with my profession being web information architecture and usability design, presented thru a strong mainstream marketing & branding background of 20 years. So I am always kind of bewildered when I see quickie posts about "got any ideas for names", and then a bunch of names are thrown out, and someone says "I like that one", and so it goes.

So, piggybacking onto your advice here -- which I have read as professionally supportive, with sprinkles of tough love, but absolutely designed to improve the product -- I just want to suggest that it's perfectly fine to prototype a product launch under a beta name. But if you are really serious about mainstream penetration of this project, to reach beyond the built-in hacker audience here at XDA, you should really take this to heart: Branding & marketing are so often (not always) dismissed by developers as crap bull**** that suits impose on developers just to squeeze all the joy and momentum out of it. Not true. Probably half of the genius of Steve Jobs @ Apple has been the obsessive attention to branding & naming as equal in importance to the quality of the product design & its underlying engineering.

If I were you, I would, for now, use a crystal-clear beta name for the product like XDAappstore (if its avail), and immediately drop gecko, and getgecko.org ... GetGecko even further moves into the trademark and confusion territory of GetFirefox... and in this case, in my opinion, it is a minus for your project, not a plus.

As with Chainfire, I actually have a huge support for this initiative, and send huge applause your way for driving this project into reality. So my suggestions are intended to help you push it further forward. I would be thrilled to use it on my T-mobile wing.

happy new year & best wishes
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] quicksite:
Domains that are available right now:

Again, these are in the "generic" category, as more like beta-names that could go live now, with possible down-the-line highly-branded consumer name to replace them. They are all available to register, I checked.

XDAappstore.com

Wappstore.com

WAPPstore.com

XAPPstore.com

Xappstore.com
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] norkoastal:
Possible names:

Mercado

AppsWM

WinSurge

DZone

Snaps

MoWin

Wind

XDApps
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] quicksite:
The thing is: It's kinda fruitless to just brainstorm names without checking their domain availablity.

So I did for you. 2 of them are avail:

appswm.com

xdapps.com

USD 9.49 per year

Not Available mercado.com

Not Available winsurge.com

Not Available dzone.com

Not Available snaps.com

Not Available mowin.com

Not Available wind.com

Not Available

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Suggestion for everyone: There are many many places to check domain name availablity, and you prob have your favorites, but I like this one, below, because you can just enter line after line of names, and then just check them all in ONE search action.

http://www.answerable.com/domain.php
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] N1c0_ds:
windforwindowsmobile.com

windwm.com

...

Same as for Getgecko.org
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
Ideas ...

Idea for Gecko

Home Tab

- Shows Donations Links ( Donate Via Paypal ), News, Gecko Updates.

eg. Limewire

Application Tab

- Shows Available Applications

Top 10 Applications

- Most Downloaded Applications or Recommendations

Update Tab

- List Installed Applications and Available Updates

eg. AppToDate

Search Tab

- Search Function

History Tab

- Viewed Application

eg. History in Intenet Browsers

Names thought of ...

gAp (Gecko Applications)

AppRight

G.Applications

App Galore
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] quicksite:
just fyi, in terms of domain availablity:

gap.com

Not Available	appright.com

Not Available	gapplications.com

Not Available	appgalore.com

Not Available
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] :
Quicksite, sometimes we must get creative with domain names like gap.com can be changed to gapzone.com, gapsite.com or gap-in.com something like that.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] quicksite:
i agree with you, actually.

It's just that i've been doing branding for a long time, and it helps to stay way open, but also aware of potential name recognition problems or trademark problems. In the case of Gap, yes, it's true... gthere would be no brand confusion between GAP the clothing retailer and GAP the windows mobile app store.

You may disgaree, i just think that if people can come up with a list of names, they can very easily check to see the status of the dotcom in its raw form, just to keep the information useful.

btw, i love your graphic desogn. Your original green & white UI was fantastic.
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] N1c0_ds:
I found a few interesting names here.

Amala, for example, was a giant that held up the world together. 0_o
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] rjmjr69:
FEXT Easy to remember has a nice ring to it and great meaning behind it.

Where do I get one of the gecko banners?

If I can be of any help please just ask. I wear many hats
[Windows Mobile Development and Hacking General] N1c0_ds:
We made it ourselves. Just wait till we change the name before working on one ;)