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Hi, i have a simple chat style sms application i am using on my T-Mobile SDA and i would like to port it to T-Mobile DASH. What should be the Form size so that it would fit the DASH screen?

The screen on a Dash is 320x240 pixels large, and after the browser steals viewing space the user gets about 300x220ish or so in usable space. If you need to do specific testing simply PM me and I would be more than willing to help out and give screen shots on how things look. If you wish to work independently you might want to look into the Microsoft emulators which have been made by Microsoft so people can emulate smart phone devices for testing programs and sites for this exact purpose.

thanks for the quick reply I will try to create blank form and PM you ASAP. I have just bought my excalibur online and havent received it yet so i cant test it on an actual unit.

Is this app a 'replacement' for the messaging account in outlook? Or will the messages continue to go to the existing inbox. Also, is MMS supported? I have waited so long for an app as good as the Palm Messaging beta, created specifically for a smartphone.

Orientation Aware Control
Hey oldsap,
I'm a mobile developer by trade and if you're looking for a flexible way to handle resolutions etc to make you're app a little more portable, take a look at the Orientation Aware Control that microsoft's patterns and practices group created:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480471.aspx
It can be downloaded from codeplex. Basically, you create a single form and it uses a resource file to store settings for various resolutions (control layout etc). No more need to make multiple copies of a form for each resolution you want to support. Good luck, hope that helps!
- Brian

curtislanham said:
Is this app a 'replacement' for the messaging account in outlook? Or will the messages continue to go to the existing inbox. Also, is MMS supported? I have waited so long for an app as good as the Palm Messaging beta, created specifically for a smartphone.
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for the time being, ive created this to intercept all incoming sms so that they wont go to the inbox. But i can re-code it so that when a new sms arrives:
1. sms wont go to the existing inbox
2. sms will go to both the application AND inbox
it's not a perfect chat style application but it works well for me.
im still waiting for my DASH to arrive (ordered it from ebay) When i have ported it to DASH, ill post it here

windsorguy13 said:
Hey oldsap,
I'm a mobile developer by trade and if you're looking for a flexible way to handle resolutions etc to make you're app a little more portable, take a look at the Orientation Aware Control that microsoft's patterns and practices group created:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480471.aspx
It can be downloaded from codeplex. Basically, you create a single form and it uses a resource file to store settings for various resolutions (control layout etc). No more need to make multiple copies of a form for each resolution you want to support. Good luck, hope that helps!
- Brian
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Thanks for the tip sir. I'll read about this. Im just a newbie programmer and can only create very very simple applications

I would have to say that a threaded SMS app is not simple!

curtislanham said:
I would have to say that a threaded SMS app is not simple!
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i refer to my application as "simple" compared to PALM's threaded sms because it only uses Textbox instead of XML. It doesnt use colored fonts to distinguish sent and received sms. But it does have other features like save chat window, group sending, sms sent counter, sms filtering, etc

SMS organizer...

Hello all,
I was wondering if there is an application to do this...
When I get sms messages, they are filed as individual massages, ie: not organized...
What I would like it to have them files under the sender.
Does this make sense? Is there a better way to store sms messages?

Not anything that you are asking for.. but you can try the SMS threader, which will make your SMS looks like IM chat screen (i.e. message per person). I think there is a IM SMS currently being develope. Do a search.

Yes there is. PocketCM - what is an iPhone like contact manager for wm - can do that. You can chose a view in the software when you can see all your contacts with messages. And the msgs are being displayed like chat "bubbles".
And i think you can answer the msgs too from the software. Pretty cool, check it out at pocketcm.com

I use Palm Threaded sms for that, I think is the better for that purpose.
And SMS Scheduler is freeware! I wonder why people don't use it more. Is a must for me. (I contacted the author and is aware of the date settings problem, he will make an update to fix it as soon as he got time)
look this: http://rjv-sms-scheduler.softonic.com/pocketpc

need help with funcontact and sms chat

hey
Is it possible to do so when you click all contract in contacts in TF3D then it open funcontact, and not the normal contact list.
and the same in sms when you click the sms then it open sms chat, and not the normal one.?
Plz help if you understand

It is possible only for the contacts (at least for now).
Check this thread out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407777
Pay special attention to this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2850448&postcount=208
SSMapa does what you need. For the sms' it's not possible yet because if you replace the tmail.exe then when you click on messages you will be able to have vito sms chat, but the same thing will happen if you click on seeing your emails.

SSMaPa
Fisken said:
hey
Is it possible to do so when you click all contract in contacts in TF3D then it open funcontact, and not the normal contact list.
and the same in sms when you click the sms then it open sms chat, and not the normal one.?
Plz help if you understand
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Try a search for SSMaPa...this will do the trick...
I have replaced many of my default applications using this
EDIT:
Seems somebody just posted it parallely

tanks, but what .exe in it is the one for contacts?

All SMS app on android are terrible or its me?

i have a big sms to send weekly. like a double and sometimes triple one (300/400 char..)
to 80/100 persons.
On my old iphone 3G it was possible (though i couldnt do group) on my old nokia N95 it was perfect (group ) and now here its impossible , a lot of errors
i can do groupe with google contact but when i send them, (i tried stock sms app, handset, chomp...) i have an error (com.android or com.P1.chomsms...you are currently sending a lot of sms, select or to go on or cancel to stop) and half of the sms dont leave my cellphone
this sux...seriously
help?
thx

totorip said:
i have a big sms to send weekly. like a double and sometimes triple one (300/400 char..)
to 80/100 persons.
On my old iphone 3G it was possible (though i couldnt do group) on my old nokia N95 it was perfect (group ) and now here its impossible , a lot of errors
i can do groupe with google contact but when i send them, (i tried stock sms app, handset, chomp...) i have an error (com.android or com.P1.chomsms...you are currently sending a lot of sms, select or to go on or cancel to stop) and half of the sms dont leave my cellphone
this sux...seriously
help?
thx
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It's right there in front of you! "SMS Groupifier" -- sheesh! (no, sorry, just kidding, no offense... I sympathize whenever functionality you are used to on one platform is reduced when migrating to another... especially one competing to outdo the other. I am sure you have searched AndroLib.com -- but if not, maybe a thin thin chance there is something else there.

i tried groupsms too
same crap
very annoying....cant believe i cant send my sms on this little computer cellphone

any help or idea?

Apparently there is an app called Text Easy also Chomp allows you to send to google groups. Discussed at Android Community
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f41/can-you-send-a-group-text-message-3509/

hi folks,
sort of difference question but related to SMS .. i use cabbage lite to route sms via my free web texts.. its fine but the interface isnt as nice as the main phones SMS UI.. is there anyway to get the main SMS UI in something like cabbage?

mojavaid36 said:
Apparently there is an app called Text Easy also Chomp allows you to send to google groups. Discussed at Android Community
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f41/can-you-send-a-group-text-message-3509/
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i tried handsetsms & chomp, both bug with big text group msg

[Q] Contact Groups

Does anyone know if there's a way to create contact groups for quickly texting or emailing a group of people?

greener88 said:
Does anyone know if there's a way to create contact groups for quickly texting or emailing a group of people?
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i wish they did integrate categories (which outlook desktop offers). but anyways, the best work around i've seen is to create a text message (which is what i'm assuming you want this for) and add all the people you want to that message. then when you send it, and view the sms inbox, you can see the text you sent and it will say "x recipients". you can then reuse the list by clicking on it and writing a new message that way.
not the best approach, but it's works for the time being.

have you checked the marketplace?
I have seen sms apps in there like one called group sms or something to that effect.