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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
You Brits are really totaly crazy ;) ... I really thought you aren't officially metric ... in fact, Next2Me reads the settings from your Windows preferences. So, if you are using miles and pints (;)), you should have set this in the Windows preferences (Settings -> System -> Regional Settings, Tab "Number"). There you can set your measurement system to "metric" or "U.S." and this will be setting Next2Me will use.

It is "optional" but not inside Next2Me. Next2Me reads your choice from your Windows Settings, and this is where you should set what you want to use, metric or miles. So there is no need for Next2Me for it's own measurement system settings. More infos about that in my post for the "Brits" ;) above

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Conkobonko:
You can set MS market place default install to storage card.... go to settings
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
wrong threat?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] peperonikiller:
One thing i noticed when you select a category, (im using my own rom 23110) if i press the OK button on the far right the program closes to desktop.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
wonder if im doing something wrong when i go to petrol stations it starts out with a station 10 miles away and i know there are plenty with in 3 miles of my house including the one i work at 4 blocks away
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saeidonline:
Damet Garm !!! Means : Thanks Alot And Great !!!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
Hi Nekronomekron!

Two things:

#1, You may want to update your app on marketplace, seems like there are a lot of needlessly angry people there voting down your great app :(

#2, any chance you could integrate Yelp into your app? It's available for US/Canada/UK and a very popular review site. It might also help with finding 'closer' businesses for certain categories like Cinema, Disco, Cafe, Fast Food, Pizza, Restaurant, and Shopping. Though, understandably, you might not be interested if you are based in Germany. (api @ http://www.yelp.com/developers/)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] damikey:
It's nice to see a nice integration of many useful features into one apps.

Currently running ver.1.2 beta 3 on HTC HD with EnergyROM March 17 - 21895 ROM. Most of the features run well until loading Wikipedia.

My device state "Specified argument was out of the range of valid values". It'll possibly help you if I knew how to retain a copy of the error report :o
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Hi,

no, you aren't doing anything wrong .... it's a known "problem" of Google Local Search. Seems like the database isn't that complete. You can try it by your own with Google Local Search or Google Maps and try different search values than "petrol station". Perhaps I am just using the wrong search keywords, but I think it's "just" missing data in the database.

Thx! Next2Me 1.2 is currently in the certification process at Microsoft, so should be available within the next days.

So, Next2Me 1.2 is currently at the certification process, this would be something for 1.3, but thanks for the hint ;) ...

Hm... strange... are getting an exception with a stack trace? If you are getting this, can you please send me the complete error message? A screenshot would be enought. Thx!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
My guess is it could be just a difference in language. In the US, people might get what you are saying if you say 'petrol station', but everyone calls it a 'gas station.' e.g. If I do a local search from my address and type petrol station, I barely find anything. Gas station, however, pops up a lot of nearby hits.

OMG I'll have your children if you could pull it off! I don't even care about the contributing-to-Yelp portion, just as long as I can see nearby stuff + rating / reviews without having to load Opera/IE!

Of course I would donate in appreciation :) - I've been looking for something like this for Winmo for a long time!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Thanks for clearing that. It would be no problem to change those language specific problems in future version. So, if you search for "gas stations" in Next2Me using the search bar, you get what you want? If so, I will change the US specific search string to "gas station".

Thx, nothing against you, but I hope this will be done by my girlfriend ;) ... for both of us ;) ....

I already had a look at the API. The Yelp access should be done very easy ... there some restrictions of Yelp (show the Logo, etc...) that are more difficulty than the access itself ;) ... I am very sure Yelp will be in the Next2Me 1.3 version ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
Well I originally meant Google Local Search, but I just tested it with your app and I can confirm similar positive results from petrol --> gas. I would imagine disco --> club would also work.

Well that's a relief! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
yep typing in gas stations worked like a charm
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Ok, I will change it to gas station. Is this now american english or would it also work in the UK? The dictionaries aren't very clear about that, that's why I used "petrol station" for both US and UK.

The good thing is, there's now a search bar for your personal local searches ;) ..
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
US/Canada. Fairly confident that it's petrol in the UK from my years of Top Gear viewing experience.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] 66mustang:
Nope, If I select English (United Kingdom), I only get to choose 'Metric' under the Number tab, but we really want those distances in miles...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
That's really strange ... It looks like it is OS dependant, because I can choose the measurement system in every language, even if it is set to german. I am using the latest Xanny release (OS 6.5.3).

Ok, I will add a menu to choose from metric or US in the next release of Next2Me (will be 1.3... the version 1.2 is already in the certification process).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] f513toy:
Next2Me 1.2 beta 3 - has it knocked out my GPS?

I installed Next2Me on my TG01 yesterday and used it this morning - great app. However, since I have used it, my GPS is not working - message "No GPS device".

I have been running TomTom (with GPSGate)and Copilot (GPSGate not needed) without any problem since December. Even Google Maps is saying that there is no GPS device. Do you think Next2Me has done this or is it some kind of coincidence? I have uninstalled it since but GPS still not working... :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Done ;) ... changed it in the latest BETA of version 1.3 available in the first post.

Now, exclusivly for you Brits, you can now choose between miles and meters manually ;) ... at the first start, Next2Me will use the settings from your Windows preferences, but you can switch between miles and meters by menu ;)... download the BETA from the first post ;)

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
That's really strange ... you aren't the first TG01 user and none of them had such problems ... and, Next2Me is reading from the registry, but never changes anything in it.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
Really bizarre results when I hit petrol stations... now I got hotel, hotel, car dealer, hotel, gas gas gas, and... something unknown. All are over 3 miles away! Definitely not the results I get when I type gas station into the search bar at the top.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
awesome cool works bettor finds things that are closer now just not as close as it should

i know within 5 blocks of me are bars ,resturants, gas stations,ect but it only finds stuff a mile away or more ..maybe if you get the slueth or google location working wit it it will find stuff thats closer ...other than that this is a way cool app with lots of potential

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Have you set your region settings in WinMo to en-US or en-CA? Because Next2Me gets the search strings according to your region settings ... and if there is still "Petrol stations" in the main menu, the search string is also still "petrol station". This could either happen when you didn't uninstall the old Next2Me and reinstalled this BETA or your region settings are wrong.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Actually Next2Me does exaclty the same like Google Location or Slueth... is your position correct in the Next2Me maps?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
yep its showing excatly where i am

ok when i go to banks it shows the bank that is right next to my work ..but when i goto gas stations it doesnt even come close really weird lol

you know come to think of it ..and i just checked google maps doesnt even show my work..it shows the pharmicy on one side of my work and the bar thats on the other side really weird

but when i do a search for it it shows up
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Thats really strange.. if your position is correct, it looks like there are some leaks in the Google database ;) ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Kameirus:
now if i do a search for speedway in next2me my work is the first one on the list lol

anyway i can work with this.... awesomly cool app

Thanks
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
Ah, my region settings were en-UK, good catch ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] mazzarin:
Any progress? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheScPCrew:
I've downloaded the Next2Me App from both the Marketplace and this forum...both times I get an error message right when I launch the program that read "An unexpected error has occurred in Next2Me.exe. Select Quit and then restart this program, or select Details for more information"

Then when I hit details. It reads:

"Next2Me.exe

Null Reference Exception

at

GeoFramework.GPS.IO.SerialDevice.LoadWindows Devices(IList'1 devices)

at

GeoFramework.GPS.IO.SerialDevice.get_Cache

at

GeoFramework.GPS.IO.SerialDevice.get_SerialDevices()

at

GeoFramework.GPS.IO.Devices.BeginSerialDetection(Boolean omitColonSuffix)

at

GeoFramework.GPS.IO.Devices.DetectionThreadProc()"

I don't know what the problem is...or if that even helps, but I find it weird cause a friend of mine has the same phone (AT&T Tilt 2, With AT&T Rom) and it works fine on his. Any suggestions or ideas on what it might be and how I could solve it? :confused:

I'm going out of town today to New Orleans, LA and would love to have it working so I can find some places to eat, check out, etc
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
That's really strange. Have you installed any third party GPS driver? (GPS Fix Mod Driver or GPSGate or something like that ...). If so, try to uninstall them and try again Next2Me.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Dtrieb:
Here two easy wishes:

Can you add on the right side "Exit"

And the program create for each version a new folder:

Like Next2Me/Next2Me 1.1 Next2Me/Next2Me 1.2 Next2Me/Next2Me 1.3

so can you remove this numbers in the path?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Why that? If you want to close Next2Me you just have to tap the "Ok" button in the window corner. This will close the app, not just hide it.

No, unfortunally not. This is done by the Cab-Installer. Everytime I increase the version number (and I must increase it) it will create a new folder with the updated version number in it. But Next2Me is supposed to be installed using the Windows Marketplace and the Marketplace automatically uninstalls the old version before installing the new one. So, if you use the Windows Marketplace, there won't be any deprecated folders left.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saumaun:
For those of us that download from the thread and not marketplace, we will be faced with the multiple installation issue if the install path has different version number :D

Not much of an issue personally, but it may help those who download via this thread if a cab without the version number in the install directory was uploaded here.

Regardless, nice work! I'll be testing this app out on my TP2
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Rodolphe123:
thank you for the release : I use it right now in Paris, France : very rapid and good accuracy for cinemas.

But whitch database is used ? Because if I select "bar" or "restaurant", I get many results very far from me (example : a bar located et 571 meters : but they are so many ones closer and some are very big !!).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] hsmcd:
Really nice app indeed, works perfectly! If you don't mind, i have shared it HERE. Please feel free to drop a comment if you have anything to add or in case i have missed out anything. :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saumaun:
Working on my TP2 :)

There are 2 things I would improve on, though

1. Graphics

2. GPS Lock (use aGPS if possible)

I am willing to help you out with VGA/WVGA icons, because the icons included look very blocky on my TP2. Please send me a PM if you would like me to create some high-res icons for you!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Omega Ra:
agreed on graphics, plus having settings would be nice too, maybe an option to choose between GPS/aGPS and GPS/GSM as my phone is a CDMA device so GSM puts me somewhere in Russia if I don't have a GPS signal.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
You can't choose between GPS and aGPS. As aGPS is part of the GPS driver of your device, it is automatically used to get a fix. As a developer, there is no difference between a GPS and a aGPS device. The aGPS device is just "guessing" some sattelite positions using the aGPS information.

But settings you suggested are a good point. I will implement it in Next2Me 1.3 BETA 2 ;).
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheScPCrew:
I don't have any GPS mod or fix that I know of. I've downloaded quite a bit of apps...maybe one of them doesn't mesh with Next2Me or maybe my settings are messed up. Can anybody possibly guide me through some registry settings and see why it's not working. I noticed a lot of reviews in the MarketPlace say the same thing, that it doesn't work and keeps giving errors, but on here...everyone says it works great. I've downloaded the updated version...but still...no luck :(
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
I'll have a look at it today and send you a (hopefully) fixed version ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
I just uploaded a new BETA version on the first post. Please try it and tell me if it works now.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raptordin:
Well I am having the same problem with Beta 1 and Beta 2 along side the version availabel in Market Place. My Device is HTC HD (Blackstone)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
That is really strange.. I am also having a Blackstone device with a non original OS (latest Xanny Tech ROM) and I don't have any problems ... have you installed any third party drivers for GPS like the GPS Mod Fix driver or something else? Perhaps I can upload another version of Next2Me in which I will try to fix the problem, but it is very difficult for me because I can't reproduce the exception on my device ...

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Ok, I just uploaded a new BETA version of Next2Me. Please try it again and tell me if it was successful.

THX!

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] andyclay:
Maketplace version asks for a Bluetooth serial port

Each time I tun the marketplace version of next2me the software asks me to select a bluetooth serial deive. What is that about? If I cancel past this every time it seems to work just fine as far as gps location and suggestions.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Raptordin:
Fine now.

It is working nicely now when I tested Beta 3, and I think I have identified the error cause.

In my Kitchen I usually ignore the package called "SQLCEMobile" and upon including it in my rom it worked fine.

I got used to ignore this package as it is almost useless since almost no one uses it.

have a nice day and excellent tool you have here. :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] TheScPCrew:
YAY! At Last! It Works! Awesomeness! Thanks So Much! :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
I now have something special for all you: I just released the Next2Me RC1 in the first post!

The key features are:

o Now supports FR, EN, DE and new: NL

o Next2Me now has a menu to choose the technology for position detection

With the latest version, you can choose yourself which technology you want to use for position detection. Turn on or off the GSM feature, or the bluetooth search for your GPS device, and so on. The default settings at start are well for 90% of all users.

So, if you don't have any clues on the current version, I would send this version to the marketplace ;)

So, have fun with it!

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
thanks! this app is awesome, though there is one little problem with latest release :D

km and miles are inverted, if i choose miles it gives me distance in km and viceversa :D

it would be great if I coul decide the range of distance searching.

sorry for my english and keep up the good work!

HD2 with miri v15
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Damn ;) ... thanks for the hint ... just uploaded the corrected version ;)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
you are welcome :D

are you planning for an italian translation?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] saumaun:
Did you get a chance to add the new icons?? :)
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
If would like to translate it, there will be an italian version ;)

Not in the BETA version... your Icons will be the eye candy for the final version of Next2Me ;). And thanks a lot for them! They are just great!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
sure, if you give me the strings to translate i will do it :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Sounds good ;) ... I'll send it to you tonight
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Hi @ll!

Good news for Next2Me! I just uploaded the Next2Me 1.3 RC2 in the first post.

Features:

o Next2Me now in IT (thanks to Spyrale)

o Beautiful new High-Res Icons for the menu (thanks to Saumaun)

o Limit the search radius (250m, 500m, 1000m, 1500m, all)

If there aren't any more suggestions or bugs, this version will be send to the Marketplace.

So have fun with the latest Next2Me version ;)

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
thank you, will try it straight away :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
uhmm, i have a problem with language, how can i set the italian? application is still in english for me. yes, i have a wwe rom, but in local setting there is italy and also manila is in italian...generally mui application that i install are automatically setted in italian, is not supposed to be so for next2me too?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Strange ... should change automatically ... do you have a subfolder under the Next2Me installation folder called "it"? And in this folder there must be a DLL, something like "Next2Me.Resources.dll". Is that right?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
yes sir, that is right :confused:
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
I'll have a look at it tonight ... I am currently at work, so I can't really help you ...
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
no problem, take your time :D

in the meantime i'd like to suggest a feature for future releases:

when i'm at home i cannot obviously use gps location, but if i use the gsm triangulation my real position is 2-2.5 km far from that one, so imho that fact betrays the purpose of the app (next=near)...what i want to say is that it would be great if i could also manually insert the actual address where i'm located :D

ah, one last thing, is the search string dependent from language? because i get poor results here by selecting each item from the list...

thanks for your work!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
I am back with a new RC :D.

I corrected the little bug with the italian language file. It should work now. Regarding your issue with the bad results: yes, this is caused by the wrong language files. Because Google needs a localized string to give correct results, you won't get very good results if you search with english strings in italy ;). This should be better by this release.

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[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
ok thank you very much, i will try the new rc and will let you know if that's all ok :D so, for all that stuff about language and google, if i'll go in england i will have the same problem (poor results) because i'm using italian language? :D

edit: all seems fine, like you said i get much better risults this time, less than i expected but this is probably the result of not living in a big city :D though i was wondering if it's not possible, for certain categories, to rely on more specialized search engine to get more and detailed results. anyway, thanks again for your dedication :D

edit 2: missing translations

1) Search radius --> Raggio di ricerca

Show all ---> Mostra tutti

2) Position dectection --> modalità di localizzazione

Use GSM ----> Usa GSM

Internal GPS --> GPS interno

Serial GPS ---> GPS Seriale

Bluetooth ---> GPS Bluetooth

IR GPS ---> GPS IR

Measurement---> Unità di misura

that one where i wrote "panorama" for "sights" is not correct, use this instead ---> "Da visitare". what you mean exactly for "Landmark"? I translated this literally, but I don't understand the precise semantic field in italian. can you give one or two examples so i can see if there are a better words to refine research? i ask you because the results with this item are too much heterogeneous in italian, perhaps because is a word not usually used here...is the "Colosseo" a landmark? oh, yes i think it is, but if i'm close to the Colosseo and i search using the italian word for "landmark" (punto di riferimento) Colosseo is not among the results, on the other way if i search with italian word for "monuments" or " points of interest" i have exactly what i'm searching for... hope i explained my self :D
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] ksimyr:
hi Nekronomekron,

there are just menu that is not translate in french.

If possible, can you replace:

1) Search radius --> Distance de recherche

Show all ---> Tout

2) Position dectection --> Methode de détection

Use GSM ----> Utiliser GSM

Internal GPS --> GPS interne

Serial GPS ---> GPS Serie

Bluetooth ---> GPS Bluetooth

IR GPS ---> GPS IR

3) Measurement --> Metrique

Meters ---> Metres

4) Exit --> Quitter.

And finally, when tap on the icon, on the top at right for view position.

When the application can't dectect position, the message wich is display on screen is : "Aucune information disponible concernant la postion".

The problem is this sentese is too long and cannot be completly display on screen.

Can you replace it by: "Information indisponible"

Regards.

Thank You.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
HI Nekronomecrokron, i've sent to you a PM with the new translation (with all necessary corrections) :D

ciao!
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] MalekoUK:
Just testing this on my HD2, working pretty well! Rotates perfectly as well.

Only thing I can say at the moment is that some icons seem a bit "rough":
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Yeah, I know ;) ... those are exactly those Icons, Saumaun didn't rework ;)...

Behold from the awesomly ugly Programmers Art Icons.

@Saumaun: Do you want to also rework those icons?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] klove2005:
After I installed next2me it gave me this message on my HTC Dash 3g

This application requires a newer version of the Microsoft .net compact framework than the version installed on this device.

What should I do.... any suggestions please
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] spyrale:
you must install this

http://www.mediafire.com/?gm029tsmeyc
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] klove2005:
That link didn't help either, I think it just got worse because it gave me a list of errors when I tried to launch the program.
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] Nekronomekron:
Can you post the error message you get?
[Windows Mobile Apps and Games] CarciaPassos:
If the icons get redrawn it would be amazing. This is a great program :)