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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jrey:
My first thread. Hope it's not a report. Credit SD :)

Free turn-by-turn voice guided navigation for Windows 6.x phones, powered by Bing Maps, for owners with a Windows phones on Sprint, T-Mobile, or AT&T. Bing will calculate your route, and guide you as you drive. You can select the fastest or shortest route, choose to avoid traffic and/or tolls, get a map or a list of directions, and see arrows and hear alerts to know which way to turn next. The navigation feature is compatible with the phones below:

•HTC Fuze

•HTC Pure

•HTC HD2

•HTC Tilt 2

•HTC Touch Diamond 2

•HTC Touch HD

•HTC Touch Pro

•HTC Touch Pro 2

•Motorola Q9c

•Samsung Jack

•Samsung Omnia II

•Samsung Propel

•T-Mobile Dash 3G

How to install it (your phone should have data plan in order to use it):

1.On your phone, open your web browser and go to m.bing.com

2.Click on "Download Bing App" to download and install the app (or download directly fromhttp://mobile.search.live.com/client/download_manual.aspx to install manually)

3.After installing the app, go to Start menu and click on "Bing"

4.Select "Direction"

5.Enter addresses and select "Navigate"
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] smuook:
This is an update to the previous Bing cab. It auto updates if you run the old one. Looks like a good update. Similar to Google Maps. Looks like a good update.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] boufa:
I was never really a user of Bing, until yesterday. I never really liked the interface and the usibility of MS apps, they tend to be very utilitarian and clunky. Sort of like 80% apps, they are almost good, but not quite.

That is until I tried this new version of Bing. I don't know about the rest of it, but the maps and the navigation is 100%. Sure its not TomTom or iGo, and you need a data connection (so no wandering the back roads of montana) but it is an excellent FREE altinative especially for city driving.

It loads fast, it looks good, it READS THE STREET NAMES, and it will get you there. So if you are off in an area you are not familliar with, and you are looking for an address, this program will certainly get you there.

You don't have to have nearly 1GB of SD card space taken by maps either. For the power traveler who is always on the go and always navigating, then this may not be for you. But for the other 90% of us, who have to go to Aunt Sally's house, and you have not been there in 20 years... this will do the job, and do it well.

It also pulls addresses from your contacts, it allows you to do voice search and then it will navigate you to the location of your choice. Also, traffic data is on by default (I think, but its there either way). The routing options are a little limited, but they include shortest, fastest, no tolls and account for traffic delays in calculating route (interesting option I have not had the chance to try).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] roccotrisoliere:
i have the tmo tp2 with energy rom on it and i can't get it to work it is installed and the gps map works but nothing else does??? it says " sorry, we can't complete your search. please check your connection and try again." but i have 3g running and two to three signal bars. what the problem what wrong????
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] ronin4740:
I have the same phone and am running the latest NRG ROM with Cookie (see signature). The update worked in my ROM as does the latest version of Bing... You might try updating to the same version I'm running or reflashing and reapplying the update...

If you want a good, free, turn by turn nav solution the pain of reflashing is worth it I think :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] apax:
nice, i will try this app, never used bing before...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
I've played with the nav feature since it was released and... as much as its a great improvement and I will use it from time to time it's still not as good as the google maps navigator for android.... and still couldn't replace something like tomtom. These free programs are going to very soon make gps programs like tomtom pointless though...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] smuook:
I'm gonna have to disagree with you. It can and has replaced TomTom for me. I ran TT7 on my old Tilt for a long time. The bing search is much more powerful and better than TT. TT does some things well but Bing is more well rounded. Plus there's no way I'm shelling out the cash for TT maps when this is free. The voice guidance leaps it in front of WM Google Maps as well. It's probably only just gonna get better as well. It's pretty good right now though.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] boufa:
Its not as good as hiring a local guide who can come and drive your car for you either. Ultimately that is not the point.

Android (and iPhone) may be good devices, but this program is for windows mobile, so it is only fair to compare it to windows mobile options. If you read my mini review I mentioned that it would be good for light around town navigating. For example, I was traveling a few weeks ago, and I was really craving something other than McDonalds to eat. I decide on Chipoltle, but since they are not as common as McD I needed to search for them. I first loaded google maps and did a search. Found one a few miles away. Due to the confusing roads, and the heavy traffic, I wanted voice navigation rather than just following a line on the screen. So I had to write the address down on a piece of paper, then loaded iGo and keyed the address in and let it guide me to my dinner.

This new version of Bing would have done that all in one step. With the additional possibility to direct you based on traffic volumes (I was in suburban Washington DC, that feature could have been HUGE for me).

Google's flagship software on their OS should be great, and if they had a equivalent program on the WM platform then it would be a fair comparison. Personally this integration of contacts, maps, and directions, along with real time traffic brings the mobile phone to a whole new level of effective. Now if they could work weather into the mix (like radar imagery over the map, all in the same program) it would be perfect. (I live in an area where it could be snowing very heavily 1 mile down the road, and you would never know it or predict it without checking the radar)

My main issue with it... the turn screen comes on over the entire map screen and shows the name of the street you are gonna turn on, and a big arrow indicating the type of turn. It does not seem like it goes away until after the turn. I for one would like the know that info then go back to the map so I can see the route in reference to the other roads around. It has a hide button on the left softkey, but that is kinda annoying to have to do on repeated turns.

edit: All I can say is that my wife's first smart phone, and this easy to use bing software just game me the need to buy a window mount for the phone in her car.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jank0023:
Used it today for the first time. I've been a long time Garmin user and I still like the UI better of garmin but bing gets rid of the lag. It was very accurate where as with garmin I have about a 1 second delay.

Wish garmin would release a newer version fixing the lag issue. overall though I was very impressed with the capability of the free bing app.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
I'd really say the only thing I like more about tomtom and other gps programs like it are the 3d views.... That's about it. The UI of tomtom I have always liked best but thats sort of something for each person to decide on their own. This only has a straight up google like map that has the turn directions pop up. Plain yes, handy, definatly... Crazy it took them this long to impliment something like that if you ask me :P

That said, I wasnt meaning to give a straight up comparision to something not even available for wm (google navigator) but google navigator IS coming to windows mobile and they said that it will more or less look identical accross all platforms (android, WM and Iphone OS) So... comparing them in the light that it will be here... well.... that I dont really think is stepping that far out of line.

For scooting around town for sure this can be a great tool. Especially the fact that you can speak your destination and have it navigate there. Something that tomtom has yet to impliment in there wm aps. Navigon does voice navigation, or at least used to when I used it on my phone years ago, but if I recall correctly you could only speak directions to names of people or places you yourself saved in so for sure points go to bing navigator for that feature. That's why I said aps like this are going to make the stand along gps programs like tomtom and garmin and the sort ancient history! As much of a step up this feature is it's only going to get better. As soon as they add in the 3d map view that tomtom, garmin, google navigator etc I'll be using the program every day!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] boufa:
Despite my snotty response, I would be thrilled to see Google Navigator come to the WM platform. I like the fact that Google and Microsoft are taking shots at each other in this "maps war" Ultimatly WE all win. If I am not navigating I like google maps. I keep it on and use it just for seeing where I am at the moment and to see traffic. I like the visual look of the google maps better and the road construction information is great too. But the navigating is a whole ton better on the new Bing.

I really want to like Waze. I really tuely do. I like the idea of driving down streets that I can see that no one else has gone down. I like adjusting my route to get one of the prize locations. However, the stability of the program is very poor. I get crashes once in every 2 or 3 uses.

From what I have seen Google Navigator takes the voice navigation and puts it onto the google maps, and for me that would be the perfect solution... IF it lives up to the promise.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] billslost:
Bing is a great step in the right direction. Sure there are features that are missing now BUT the improvement is a night and day difference. Can't wait to get other features (gas prices, etc). Also, an off-line mode would be amazing. Giving users the ability to download map information in advance for those rural trips (we are heading to North Idaho next month) would be a great option. 99% of the time I have a data connection but when I don't ... that's probably the time I need GPS the most :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] sixsevenco:
thanks for posting. people here are generally nice. no need to worry about sucking up to the douchebags at sd...
[Touch2 Accessories] MusX:
http://www.blueunplugged.com/p.aspx?p=135842

Does it works for our Touch2?

if anybody tried, how it works? sound is going through usb instead of mini jack? nothing to install or set on pda?
[Nexus One General] samio2:
Hi

I would like to start an Arabic Locale project for Android, to localize system menus. but I have no idea where to start ... where are system localization info is stored to start translating.

Thank you
[Nexus One General] imfloflo:
Maybe you should start with the search button !

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=621113&highlight=arabic

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=616384&highlight=arabic
[Nexus One General] samio2:
I am aware of the posts you mentioned, what I am seeking is localization of system menus which is not addressed at the work in the links you provided.
[Nexus One General] NICEGYPT:
If it was easy like you think Ayman Elsanad wont keep it , if you are looking to make the menu Arabic it will be great to get result , but i don't think is easy to do something like that
[Nexus One General] samio2:
People are building locale information for their native languages that are not included in the system. so it can be done
[Nexus One General] NICEGYPT:
i hope u can do it and u will inshallah
[Nexus One General] sultan-mrm:
if you apply all locale you will see some languages dose not change menu as arabic local, thats mean which locale change the whole system its already supported by android not from locale app.

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Sent from my Nexus One
[HD2 General] chris5932:
Hey,

I got a simple question some of you guys for sure answer very easy.

Is it possible to have multitouch in a application designed for singletouch?

Cheers
[HD2 General] operative1:
why not buy one here ^^ http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/de/p_htc_item.aspx?i=195872
[HD2 General] chris5932:
eh? did I miss something?
[HD2 General] pettekneuz:
lol he posted @ wrong topic i guess.

and ontopic: no you cant, its something with the architecture of an app
[HD2 General] Archer:
Not strictly true - it depends what you expect from multitouch in a singletouch app.

There's the system style zooming that can be switched on in most apps so you can pinch to zoom, but it zooms in on the screen rather than adding zooming into the application, so it can look a bit cheap and nasty. This functionality can be turned on on an app-by-app basis with registry entries, but BsB Tweaks offers you a much simpler method of doing it.

Other than that though, pettekneuz is correct. Apps have to be coded with multitouch in mind, or they simply won't do anything multitouch.
[HD2 General] chris5932:
Yes, I know it is..

But maybe there is a workaround possible?

I don't mean pinch 2 zoom.

A simple example of what I am talking about:

multitouch in games like prince of persia run/jump/hit at the same time

multitouch in drum/piano/music apps

multitouch in flashgames

etc etc

Cheers
[HD2 General] Archer:
What are you actually looking for? Give us an example of an app and what you'd like to be to do with multi-touch.
[HD2 General] chris5932:
Look above ;)
[Touch GSM General] mccallum:
i was looking for a easy to use smart phone for someone in my family and seen the HTC Smart, and i noticed it is not that more powerful that our Elf/in's if our phone can run WM 6.5, brew looks more light weight ?

so i was wondering if brew could be used on an elf ?

i must add i dont know much about cooking and developing rom's so have no idea thats why im asking..
[Touch GSM General] captainstu72:
To put this back on topic..

I have not had a look at the specs of the smart, but this is something I was wondering too, I have seen that there is quite a big forum on the brew website, but I think Brew is a Qualcomm owned OS, and I do have to wonder if the drivers exist for our OMAP device.

Stu
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] decayed.cell:
As per title. Just wondering if I can import one from the US, unlock it and use it here on Optus network

EDIT: The reason I ask is because gsmarena lists it as Quad Band but googling suggests this won't work
[G1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vixsandlee:
http://www.htc.com/www/product/dream/specification.html

Says it is there
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amirnew:
hi

when i plug the nexus to the computer i see all the files and everything.

but the moment i go into CMD and tipes fastboot devices it doesn't recognize anything... it just does not wrrite enything and lets me write whatever i want.

but does not give me the phone serial.

i'm with 5.0.7 t2.

thank you for the help

amir
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Namuna:
When your N1 is running as usual and plugged into your PC, ONLY the adb.exe 'devices' command will work.

When your N1 is running in "bootloader" mode, THEN the fastboot.exe 'devices' command will "see" your N1.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] rpleasan:
I like the new IE in wm6.5 but I'd rather it not move the page left and right when I gesture up and down. Is there a way to lock a page to prevent movement?

Also, I created a custom home page with my favorite links back in wm6.1. In this version it seems that my display is larger than the screen itself. I have to move the centered image to the left. At first the screen was blank and it took me awhile to figure out that the image is to the far right and off the screen. How can I resolve this?

thx
[EVO 4G General] joshuadb20:
I got the email from sprint regarding the evo release date and pricing. The phone will be 199.99 with 100.00 mail in rebate. The plan will be 69.99 or business plan of (starting at) 59.99 PLUS a data buy up plan for 10.00 on top of the plan. I think this is bull crap. Let me know how you feel about this $10 bucks extra for having this phone. I dont really care about 4G especially since its not available in my area :mad:
[EVO 4G General] Sporkman:
imon an unlimnited everything plan atm so 10 $ more a month is nothing for a beast of a phone
[EVO 4G General] Mecha2142:
What, is an additional ten dollars a month too much for you to pay? AT&T and Verizon both charge a LOT more for their plans.
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
Compared to Verizon and ATT, I'd take Sprints 4G network and unlimited data use for 10 dollars more. Thanks.
[EVO 4G General] swaze:
$10 for a true UNLIMITED data plan?? Definately well worth it. Im on the Everything Unlimited plan, so my plan wont change with the EVO, I will still have Unlimited everything, and also a wifi hotspot. AWESOME!!!!!!!
[EVO 4G General] beerock:
$10 is $10 so I would rather hold on to it in my pocket.......but it looks as if I will be paying it, NP:D
[EVO 4G General] Roman G:
Well according to the poll, the only one that sucks here is YOU!

Now go take your garbage to the android forums so you can get a hug!
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
The 10$ isn't just for 4G. It's for premium services. Ask anyone on ATT, VZW, T-Mo if they would like to pay 10 dollars extra for truly unlimited data, with no cap and see what they say.
[EVO 4G General] ourprisonplanet:
The plan will be 69.99 """OR""" business plan of (starting at) 59.99 PLUS a data buy up plan for 10.00 on top of the plan... Keyword being OR... If you're not on a business plan don't worry about it...
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
Incorrect. Its 10 dollars on top of any plan for the Evo.
[EVO 4G General] watzone69:
Of course I'm going to pay it! I'm not going to let a $10 increase stop me from getting the best handheld device available in the US.

I've been a Sprint customer for 12 years and price increases every couple of years are common. Phones get progressively more complex and data demands increase. When I went from a smart phone (Fuze) to a PDA phone (Diamond) the required plan increase was $10. That was 2 years ago so I am actually relieved that the increase for the EVO is ONLY $10.
[EVO 4G General] david279:
Im trying to think of all the stuff i waste $10 on a month........p0rn, wendys, etc.....
[EVO 4G General] adeyo:
wifi hotspot will cost you an additional $29/month, btw :o
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
Until we get root. Or we can USB tether and share over WiFi.
[EVO 4G General] mrono:
yes but i'm not happy about it
[EVO 4G General] ourprisonplanet:
I just made sure with my Sprint rep... ;-) Even Dan Hesse himself said no additional cost durring CTIA this year... I have talked to two different reps on this issue because customers were asking me the same thing... The 59.99 is for the Sprint Business Advantage Messaging and Data then you pay the 10 extra bringing it up to the 69.99, or... If you're already a Sprint individual consumer account on the 69.99 Everything Data Plan, the Evo is covered... They claim there is nothing in there system under the Everything Data Plan for such a feature and have not been notified of that feature even being added... They are currently on a 4 week training course gearing up for launch and nothing had been said...
[EVO 4G General] Aridon:
I went to best buy and pre ordered one device. I was going to get two but with the extra $10q the wife will inherit my hero instead.
[EVO 4G General] engagedtosmile:
I think your Sprint rep is wrong.

http://jbtaylor.posterous.com/more-detail-on-the-sprint-evo-4g-10month-prem
[EVO 4G General] billobob:
Do price increases suck? Yes. Is Sprint still cheaper than the competition and probably raising prices because they've been bleeding money for years? Yes. You can't really compare this to, say, cable companies who just raise prices because they can (having monopolies in many areas and all). Especially considering sprint is introducing cut-rate prepaid plans (a blackberry for $35/mo with unlimited text and data?), it's hard to complain about their flagship phone/network costing a little extra. If you want cheaper options, they're out there, but you won't get an EVO on them
[EVO 4G General] RavenII:
The ONLY problem I have with the plan is that initially it was said (in various places) that there was not going to be an extra charge. As a matter of fact, it was even said in one of the early videos of the phone...
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lsim001:
Hi guys,

Here's a plug for the app that I'm working on.

**ROOT REQUIRED** Auto Memory Manager is a app that allows users to tweak the out of memory threshold settings. Doing so allows users to define when they want the system to start shutting down apps in conserve memory for other other uses.

Features:

- Sliders for ease of settings.

- 3 presets and ability to create custom settings easily

- Advance mode where you can enter exact values for each threshold

- View apps group by OOM grouping, app lifecycle

- Show services running

- Show details of apps and service running e.g number of clients attached to services, app lifecycle, OOM priority

- Kill services, change OOM priority.

- Comprehensive help

- Remember settings after reboot

- Lots of support on the Madsquirrelapps blog.

- Simple way of providing error reports to developer (hopefully you won't have to use this)

I actively support this so feel free to send me an email if you have a suggestion/complaint and I'll get back to you within the day if not immediately (depends if I'm awake or not).

QR code for AMM is in my signature so please go and give it a try and let me know what you think. :) thanks.

Version 1.7.1.1

- Couple of bug fixes

- Update Chinese translation provided by http://goapk.com . Almost all text in the app has been translated.

Version 1.7

- Added Services page. This shows all running services in their OOM groupings.

- Reworked Help. This should make the flow of the help pages much better. No need to go back from page 9 to 1 just to get back to the home screen. Just a press of the back button will do now.

- Root checking. Added this to check if the phone has root access. This saves people the confusion.

- Root guide. In the event that a downloader’s phone doesn’t have root access I’ve also provided a link to a page that I’ve made that is a compilation of rooting guides from the xda-developer and Modaco forum. Thanks for those guys for providing a valuable service for the Android community.

- Service is shut down once the settings are applied. Bad implementation on my part to keep the service running when it is no longer needed.

Miscellaneous bug fixes.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] dictionary:
Will test and get back to you. :) Thanks
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lsim001:
thanks. feedback is always appreciated.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Treatcon:
Just installed, gave root permissons, set to "Mild" and had a FC on an incoming phone call. Set back to default and all is well again. I use TaskManager Full to kill what I don't need running. So I actually don't have a ton of things running in the background and Auto MM shouldn't of killed anything? TaskManager Full reports that I have 278 M available. Your thoughts?
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lsim001:
Hmm...coincidence? No idea why the phone would crash AMM. And if it did it doesn't really matter. once you applied the settings then the job is done. You can kill AMM after that.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lsim001:
btw...if it did FC then on the next start you should see an email with the error log. if you could send that to me I would have a better idea of what's happening.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Treatcon:
Never got an email. I just used TaskManager to kill AMM and started it back up again. Will watch to see if I get it. Just restarted my phone as well to ensure it was killed.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lsim001:
OK. Let me know how it goes.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] lsim001:
AMM 1.7.1.1 is out.