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Anyone interested in helping out?
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This application is complete, and has been branded G:RSS. The new thread can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700948
The release: http://nowsci.com/techviews/20100612/grss-a-google-reader-rss-app-for-windows-phone-7-wp7/
Unfortunatly I´m unable to help, but please continue with your work, it looks very very nice!
Sounds interesting. How far have you got, and whats still to do?
From the looks of the screenshot, it seems you've allready got most stuff working. Just need some design tweaks
I've got the structure laid out and am working through the Google API now. My biggest issue is I'm new to Silverlight/C#, and while it is 99% straightfoward, I'm having a problem figuring out how to get the HTTP Request working properly. I've got a thread started on the Windows Phone 7 forum here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Fo.../thread/8e918a12-135a-45b3-9764-0a24f631f4b3/
And yea, the UI is my first pass, it's what I'm working towards until I get it functioning fully in the emulator, then I'll revise.
Nice, but I think what is really needed is a view like you get on reader.google.com, where you can click through your news items in its full form.
bernd420 said:
Nice, but I think what is really needed is a view like you get on reader.google.com, where you can click through your news items in its full form.
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I'll be building in swipe gestures, right for next article, left for previous. I think this is the best way to display an article and navigate. I was debating on placing the headline for the next article below, so you could tap on it, but longer articles would force scrolling. If anyone has any suggestions for how navigation could work otherwise, I haven't built that piece of the puzzle yet, so I'm open.
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Nice screens. If you are stuck and need help I am a WP7Dev and have some time to do XAML and other stuff. PM me if you are still looking for help.
I also built a GReader WP7 app, screens are not as well designed as yours! Good job.
I'm actually finishing it up now. It's fully functional with almost all of the features of the desktop reader including on-phone caching. It's also looking much better than my concepts including theme options. I'll post a video when its complete, to see if there are any other things people want.
Great! Can´t wait for the video!
Why a Google RSS reader?
Syncing with Google Reader, so you see the same read / unread items on your mobile and on your Desktop. I like it.
http://weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipma...ws-phone-7-development-reading-rss-feeds.aspx
http://weblogs.asp.net/gunnarpeipma...e-7-development-using-webbrowser-control.aspx
Hope you get some help from here. Gunnar is a friend of mine.
So I actually just completed it on my own. Was a great way to get into WP7 development. I've since named the application, and have a video of it posted. The new thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=700948
about an hour ago i was skimming through the new apps in the marketplace and came upon an engadget app (not engadget reader). I went ahead and downloaded it. Right off the bat i could tell this was the official engadget app. Great metro ui integration, very smooth interface and offered podcast and videos integrated into the app. I was a little suspicious of the app and whether or not it was the official one, but it had an about page with all the copyright info from engadget. Right before typing this I searched once more for this app and it seems that it has been pulled from the marketplace as well as the engadget reader.
Did anyone else download this app before it was pulled?
It's unfortunate that it got pulled down before I could get it. I have the Engadget reader and it's lacking. I want an official Engadget app ASAP!
Good to hear about it being smooth with metro UI integration though.
I managed to get it before it disappeared.
Wonder what got it yanked?
What is it like, screenshots?
Microsoft seems to be really strict about their guidelines. They have guidelines for everything from User Interface to how long u have for the app to load/resume to distributing it on the marketplace, lol.
N8ter said:
What is it like, screenshots?
Microsoft seems to be really strict about their guidelines. They have guidelines for everything from User Interface to how long u have for the app to load/resume to distributing it on the marketplace, lol.
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I believe this link should do, but it's not there for download:
http://redirect.zune.net/External/L...oneAppID=e32911a0-472d-e011-854c-00237de2db9e
Link may not work in browsers other than IE. It didn't work in my version of Opera.
I got it. Settings button restarts it, might be why they pulled it so it's fixed. Give it a go and see if it's the same for you.
Ok it wasn't an offical Engadget app or they would have had an artical on it. much like all the BBC apps none are offical BBC apps. the apps that Engadget has for IOS and Android are offical. from what I was told they will be having one soon but it wasn't that app.
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I got it. Settings button restarts it, might be why they pulled it so it's fixed. Give it a go and see if it's the same for you.
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which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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Ok it wasn't an offical Engadget app or they would have had an artical on it. much like all the BBC apps none are offical BBC apps. the apps that Engadget has for IOS and Android are offical. from what I was told they will be having one soon but it wasn't that app.
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check the screenshots in the link above. Definitely created by AOL. You do the math.
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check the screenshots in the link above. Definitely created by AOL. You do the math.
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Yeah, it is official, but it is buggy.
App restarts whenever you hit the Settings button.
I deleted to the unofficial Engadget app for the official Engadget app.
It seems the unofficial app was pulled down too
The screenshots make it look sort of ugly compared to the Android and iOS versions of the app. For anyone who has it, what do you guys think?
OGCF said:
The screenshots make it look sort of ugly compared to the Android and iOS versions of the app. For anyone who has it, what do you guys think?
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Go figure. Engadget is pro iPhone and Android. Not sure what are their motivation to create this app, and now I see why.
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which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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I have the Omnia 7. It was there to download at one point but disappeared.
Definitely official, I can even read and post comments from it.
Could be nicer though.
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Go figure. Engadget is pro iPhone and Android. Not sure what are their motivation to create this app, and now I see why.
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Actually pro-iphone... Hardly any Android device got high score in review...
Can anyone post the XAP for this?
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which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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Mine is HTC and no go for mine.
xmckinzie said:
which phone do you have? Maybe it's restricted to HTC or some other device. Maybe limited to a country? Still no download for me.
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I have been trying to get this app since it was discovered on the 16th. My guess is that it was released, found to be buggy, and then pulled back. One thing about the WP7 marketplace is that Microsoft actually QA's the apps during the approval process. Android, never. Apple, yes. But it is to look for anti-apple or sexy stuff(j/k).
My buddy has been trying to get his WP7 GPS app approved for quite some time now. It keeps getting rejected for various QA and functionality requirements that keeps the WP7 ecosystem efficient and functional. So props to Microsoft for being sticklers about the quality of apps released(the purpose and types of apps release is another thing).
In case people want to keep checking for the app, here's the link to Zune d/l: http://ow.ly/3ZWl0
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The screenshots make it look sort of ugly compared to the Android and iOS versions of the app. For anyone who has it, what do you guys think?
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The Android Engadget App is anything but pretty when it comes to reading and posting comments. Nested comments in an endless 2 character column of text FTW?
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Actually pro-iphone... Hardly any Android device got high score in review...
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The ATRIX 4G lagged its way to a 9/10 (or was it 9.5?) on Engadget and I believe the Galaxy S[hit] got a pretty high score as well even though its lag and GPS issues were well-known at the point of review...
Microsoft has a website where users can let them know their wishes for future versions of WP: http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions
Please vote for my suggestion
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...estions/2281470-auto-bing-wallpaper?ref=title
Is this real? I can't see Microsoft setting up a website whereby things are voted on. I tried to make a comment but came up a popup asking for email or something, I closed it.
There you go MS, voted some points to what interested me the greatest.
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Is this real? I can't see Microsoft setting up a website whereby things are voted on. I tried to make a comment but came up a popup asking for email or something, I closed it.
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They posted it right on their own blog.
http://windowsteamblog.com/windows_...ws-phone-feature-idea-try-suggestion-box.aspx
I just use my gmail to sign in, doesn't really matter. I have not received any spam.
I don't really see how this is new, they have had this for a long time (it was just never added to the official site)
They originally had one for developers that got overrun by consumer suggestions. Therefore they made a 2nd.
for Dev's: http://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-app-platform
Consumers: http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/forums/101801-feature-suggestions
Hi guys my first suggestion seems to have gone down quite well. Please vote some another issues which has been bothering me. The ability to swipe through image search results in Bing. You can do that in the IOS Bing app. Note sure why they've not included this in wp7.
http://windowsphone.uservoice.com/f...-go-through-bing-image-search-redul?ref=title
I ran across this article on Pocket Now while surffing the net, pretty interesting.
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/ask-ziggy-is-for-windows-phone-what-siri-is-for-ios-sort-of
LOL, I just tried to ask it to schedule an appointment and it gave me a web result, no good. : ( maybe in an updated version. I would buy it if they made it better.
It really sucks for them that the released this video (and generated all this hype) while the old ****ty version is still in the market place. Apparently the one making the rounds is a new one not updated in the market place yet.
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It really sucks for them that the released this video (and generated all this hype) while the old ****ty version is still in the market place. Apparently the one making the rounds is a new one not updated in the market place yet.
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Well that just sucks; I wonder what all they fixed on the new one and where we can get it.
The old version works fine for me. The only thing you cant do is control parts of the os like setting alarm and reminders. But that's MSFTs fault or not allowing apps to do that.
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Your title "Tries" ...its not as bad as Siri .
Don't know why but it works perfectly for me maybe you just don't say it clearly enough
sinister1 said:
I ran across this article on Pocket Now while surffing the net, pretty interesting.
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/ask-ziggy-is-for-windows-phone-what-siri-is-for-ios-sort-of
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I scrolled through nearly every category of the market looking for this app and it wasn't listed. The first categories I scrolled through, where it should be, were the "New" and "Featured" ones. Nothing. But that's how the WP7 market is, the worst one of all.
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MartyLK said:
I scrolled through nearly every category of the market looking for this app and it wasn't listed. The first categories I scrolled through, where it should be, were the "New" and "Featured" ones. Nothing. But that's how the WP7 market is, the worst one of all.
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A simple search for "Ask Ziggy" would have done the job.
dkp1977 said:
A simple search for "Ask Ziggy" would have done the job.
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....that's how I got it... I used search instead of trying to find a reason to complain about the platform .
MartyLK said:
I scrolled through nearly every category of the market looking for this app and it wasn't listed. The first categories I scrolled through, where it should be, were the "New" and "Featured" ones. Nothing. But that's how the WP7 market is, the worst one of all.
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Hum, it' there, I just typed "Ask Ziggy" and it found it. I just checked again and it's there it's just not the updated one.
Tried current version and was not impressed but can't wait for the updated version !
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Hum, it' there, I just typed "Ask Ziggy" and it found it. I just checked again and it's there it's just not the updated one.
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Yeah, but why not have it in "New" releases and "Featured"? Why is the WP7 marketplace so unusable? It annoys me I can't browse the "New" releases and find "New" releases. I am basically forced to see into the ethereal world to find "New" releases. If a person wasn't told about a "New" release, they would never find it because they would have to type the name of any and all unknown new releases to find them.
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A simple search for "Ask Ziggy" would have done the job.
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But what if I didn't know about it beforehand? How is a person to find new releases when they have no clue about them being released or the new release's name since new releases aren't appearing in the "New" release category?
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But what if I didn't know about it beforehand? How is a person to find new releases when they have no clue about them being released or the new release's name since new releases aren't appearing in the "New" release category?
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It is a difficult problem to solve. In the last 24 hours, 244 new apps were added. Ask Ziggy came out on on 12/22.
As far as featured is concerned, I don't know their criteria but outside of being featured on a small time Windows Phone blog there wasn't anything notable about the app. It didn't start hitting the major blogs until that. I imagine featured apps are submitted for it, and typically have a fair number of downloads or at least positive reviews.
But it is a problem that you can only find interesting apps via news and blogs. Hopefully there is a good solution.
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Yeah, but why not have it in "New" releases and "Featured"? Why is the WP7 marketplace so unusable? It annoys me I can't browse the "New" releases and find "New" releases. I am basically forced to see into the ethereal world to find "New" releases. If a person wasn't told about a "New" release, they would never find it because they would have to type the name of any and all unknown new releases to find them.
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But what if I didn't know about it beforehand? How is a person to find new releases when they have no clue about them being released or the new release's name since new releases aren't appearing in the "New" release category?
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It's just not listed under "new releases" because it's not new. It's been on the marketplace for quite some time now. For some reason it has just not gained popularity until now.
Hmmm could be you don't see "ask ziggy" in the "new" section because.... Its not new? Not sure when the version that's out was published but people are saying the new one in all the WP7 articles isn't out yet. I'm sure as soon as it is you'd find it in the 'new' section of whatever subsection it goes in. Just my two cents
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Aaron McCarthy said:
Hmmm could be you don't see "ask ziggy" in the "new" section because.... Its not new? Not sure when the version that's out was published but people are saying the new one in all the WP7 articles isn't out yet. I'm sure as soon as it is you'd find it in the 'new' section of whatever subsection it goes in. Just my two cents
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I browse the "New" category all the time. It's a habit with me, an this app has never been listed there. Nor has it ever been listed in the "Top" or "featured" categories. Think about all those devs out there that release new, high-expectation apps that nobody is buying or using because the majority of people outside of these forums and specific media sites don't know about them. Most people find new stuff by browsing the "New" categories. One poster said Ask Ziggy was released on 12/22. I just found out it existed yesterday by reading this thread.
Serious eye-rolling happening right now.
thekiller99 said:
Your title "Tries" ...its not as bad as Siri .
Don't know why but it works perfectly for me maybe you just don't say it clearly enough
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I think I am going to...
Faint.
"You're saying it wrong."
What is the world coming to...
Looks like version 1.3 is ready but the developer is waiting on approval from Microsoft for it to be released, got my fingers crossed. Read more at the link below.
http://http://news.cnet.com/8301-10805_3-57351923-75/windows-phones-siri-rival-off-to-a-good-start/
Download the wpcentral app.
It'll tell you about the apps you need to get
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Yeah, but why not have it in "New" releases and "Featured"? Why is the WP7 marketplace so unusable? It annoys me I can't browse the "New" releases and find "New" releases. I am basically forced to see into the ethereal world to find "New" releases. If a person wasn't told about a "New" release, they would never find it because they would have to type the name of any and all unknown new releases to find them.
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Is there a blog or RSS feed or something that I could follow to get updates about future Android versions?
I know that Chrome browser has a wonderful blog that details version updates and what features are added and what bugs are fixed, does something remotely similar exist for Android?
Maybe there are people that should be followed on Google+? Twitter feeds? Other related blogs?
Having Galaxy Nexus phone I am a lot more keen to stay up to date with Android version updates that may or may not also end up on my Android devices.
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Is there a blog or RSS feed or something that I could follow to get updates about future Android versions?
I know that Chrome browser has a wonderful blog that details version updates and what features are added and what bugs are fixed, does something remotely similar exist for Android?
Maybe there are people that should be followed on Google+? Twitter feeds? Other related blogs?
Having Galaxy Nexus phone I am a lot more keen to stay up to date with Android version updates that may or may not also end up on my Android devices.
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Hey, you are in the most comprehensive place for updates in my opinion. I get all my Android info right here and from some other sources like android headlines and android guys etc. The guys here very rarely miss anything. If you do find something official from Google or Samsung share it
I'd be interested in something like this too. Seems like every time I have a phone that doesn't get the OTAs because it's modded, I wind up with some paranoia that I don't have the latest version of Android. Would be nice to have an app or blog or something that I can go thru and instantly read "Samsung Galaxy Nexus: Current Version 4.02" instead of having to sift thru tons of posts and replies to find out what's actually official.
I believe that if you want to know the official thing, you should check here:
http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
I don't think that a 4.0.3 image will be published there before the OTA updates start to roll out... On the other hand, the updates might start to roll out and they might not publish the 4.0.3 image.
But, as said, I think here is the best place to check if anyone is getting any OTA updates.
Cheers. A little disappointed though, Google does such a wonderful job publishing version details and updates of Chrome browser. Android is such a mystery in comparison. I would always like to stay on top of things.
Think you're right. I'm pretty sure I saw a post somewhere from Jean-Baptiste Queru saying the image file would be posted only after the OTA push.
kristovaher said:
Cheers. A little disappointed though, Google does such a wonderful job publishing version details and updates of Chrome browser. Android is such a mystery in comparison. I would always like to stay on top of things.
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I agree. They need an Android blog.
spencer88 said:
I agree. They need an Android blog.
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They already have one: http://android-developers.blogspot.com/
Also, be sure to follow Android on Google+ for updates.
spencer88 said:
I agree. They need an Android blog.
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There is Android blog, but its updates are far less technical compared to Chrome blog that deals with version updates and features. Sometimes they cover some things on Android blog, but often they are focusing on less-technical matters. It covers more things that are already there rather than things under development and freshly released.
You can also follow @android on Twitter too, if you are into that.
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There is Android blog, but its updates are far less technical compared to Chrome blog that deals with version updates and features.
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So you want more technical.. here you go: http://developer.android.com/index.html
It's amazing what a little application of technology called "Google Search" will be able to find if you use it.
xyzulu said:
So you want more technical.. here you go: http://developer.android.com/index.html
It's amazing what a little application of technology called "Google Search" will be able to find if you use it.
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Did you read what has been posted in this thread before replying?
I did.
There is an abundance of technical information available for android, right down to the code itself.
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I did.
There is an abundance of technical information available for android, right down to the code itself.
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I did not ask technical information about Android right down to the code itself. I already have that, I have developed for Android for more than a year.
I meant information about new version updates, problems and fixes. Something similar to what they have for Google Chrome.
4.0.2 sucks so laggy I want 4.0.3 now lol
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