[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] jmbillings:
Flix is a Cinema Listings application for Windows Mobile.

Features include:

- Yahoo based

- Search based on Postcode or town

- GPS "Where am I" lookup

- Google Maps link from Cinema Info screen

- Call cinema direct from the app.

- Movies list cast info, Synopsis, runtime, and (optionally) a poster if Yahoo has one.

- Download multiple locations

- Ignore cinemas you don't visit

- Schedule updates with commandline switch

- In built SMS

Version history:

1.1.0.0 2010-06-28 (Current)

-Fix for Australian listings not working.

1.0.9.9 2010-03-09

-Further fixes for Italy.

-Better Italian translations (thanks Bbonzz!)

1.0.9.8 2010-03-08

-Fixed problem with some areas in Allocine

-New datasource for Italy (may be some odd results here, please let me know if it's ok!)

-Fixed the "update" command line parameter for auto-updating.

1.0.9.7 2010-02-28

-Fixed bugs in new France-Allocine download

-Added "Reset" to Config page. Deletes all data files so Flix is like a fresh-install again.

1.0.9.6 2010-02-27

-Added initial support for Australia

-French users can now Allocine instead of Yahoo (pick as separate country in Config!)

Allocine seems to have one or two bugs - working on these...

-Fixed a couple of bugs in US/Canada downloads

-Movie Synopsis now finger-scrolls instead of scrollbar

-Added movie age rating for UK, US, Aus... (others in next release...)

-Fixed some display problems in SMS Sending on WVGA

-Hopefully sorted German character encoding problem!

-Download can be cancelled (experimental... :))

-New Splash screen and Logo

1.0.9.5 2010-01-18

Fix for changes at Yahoo Italian site.

1.0.9.4 2009-12-19

-Fixed French lookups

-Moved "cast" to it's own Tab in movie info

-Added SMS sending (this is alpha, see here

1.0.9.3 2009-10-02

-Fixed US/Canada only downloading first cinema

-'Under the skin' change to list drawing so movie titles/show times wrap without needing extra list items (prep for next version)

1.0.9.2 2009-09-21

-Fixed download for US/Canada due to Yahoo change.

-Changed Italy URL (although it still seems to not find stuff a lot when I test it)

-New version of scroller control

-When viewing showtimes, you can tap the movie/cinema title to view it. (Showtimes button will be missing at this level, otherwise you could drill down forever!)

1.0.9.1 2009-08-25

-Fixed adding cinema to ignore list

-Stop device sleeping during update to help download reliability

1.0.9.0 2009-08-22

-Fixed some problems with Canada support - is now listed as a separate country, so existing users should go into Config and re-select!

-Fixed problem with some Italian listings where a movie was showing on more than one screen

-Fixed support for multiple locations in US/Canada

-Movie and Cinema index now uses a scroller rather than the "left/right" button for a quicker, nicer interface.

1.0.8.5 2009-08-14

-Fix French code to deal with change to Yahoo display of no cinemas found

1.0.8.4 2009-08-13

-Support for U.S. / Canada

-Some bugfixes to parsing of data

-Change showtime lookup to avoid occasional duplicates

-Added "update" command line switch; use with something like CTScheduler Lite or RunEveryday to auto-update.

-Icon should look a bit sharper

1.0.7.0 2009-07-13

-Now supports Spain and Italy.

-Download multiple locations (separate using ";" for example: London;PE1 1AR;Portsmouth)

-Ignore cinemas you don't want - after the first download, tap the new "ignore" button on the cinema to stop it downloading in future.

-Manage ignored cinemas from the config page

-Bug in Google Maps loading fixed

-Display of accented characters etc. in movie descriptions fixed

-Improved French translations (thanks arturobandini!)

-French listings should show language abbreviations where available

1.0.6.0: 2009-06-28

-Now supports France and Germany

-Google Maps loading should work if it's installed in non-std locations

-Where Am I function now uses online Geocoding to work in the new countries

-Some improvements to parsing behind the scenes

2009-06-05

Initial public release, UK/Eire only

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Flix has been reviewed on PocketNow and BestWindowsMobile

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