I am a wedding and portrait photographer and am trying to integrate my Xoom into my business. What I would love to see is an app that allows me to import my contracts in pages or ms word format, edit them on the tablet, have my customers review the contract and sign it on the tablet, then export the file as a pdf and email a copy to the client. Anyone got any ideas, or is this just wishful thinking. I have not seen an app for android or iOS that can handle this. Im obviously not a developer, but it seems like there would be a huge market for this, and as a laymen it seems like it should be fairly easy to accomplish.
Agreed,
I really need a app that I can put documents on for my business and my clients can sign on the xoom then I don't have to print all this paper and everything would be electronic.
Check out EasySignMobile. It is an iOS app, but if it is what you are looking for it might be worth contacting the developer to see if they are working on an Android port.
We need to get some traction on this. I'd be willing to pay for an app like that and even donate to a dev willing to do it.
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Check out EasySignMobile. It is an iOS app, but if it is what you are looking for it might be worth contacting the developer to see if they are working on an Android port.
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I have found most of the iOS apps to the sub par, and many of them are subscription based and are handled through a website service, or do not allow for editing docs on my device. What I need is an app that will handle everything locally, on my device, and I can backup to my computer at home. I will take a look at EasySignMobile though.
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I have found most of the iOS apps to the sub par, and many of them are subscription based and are handled through a website service, or do not allow for editing docs on my device. What I need is an app that will handle everything locally, on my device, and I can backup to my computer at home. I will take a look at EasySignMobile though.
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After further reading it does sound like that app has the limitations you're talking about
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After further reading it does sound like that app has the limitations you're talking about
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Thanks for the suggestion though!
FYI I just emailed the developer of easysign just to see. I'll let you guys know if anything turns out.
Thanks for the suggestion
Ye I contacted most of the developers for these apps like pdf expert, what I use on the I pad for signing PDF and filling out forms, but they and most developers said that they do not have any plans for developing for android. Their excuse is that they believe in quality and not quantity, but I respond by saying that you can still make a quality app for android, but still no use. Some did say though that if they do expand then the android market will be next.
Android does lack in business apps and I will gladly pay money for those apps. That is why I am returning my xoom (what a shame) because I need one for business, the same reason why you need one for yours, and going back to my ipad where I use quicksale for invoices and pdf expert for filling out forms and signing business contracts.
If any developer reads this thread just know that I will gladly pay $20 for an app that can satisfy this need as well as a seperate twenty for invoices. The ipad apps that I use are very nice, easy to use, and well developed. So for business I would get the ipad than the xoom. And for those who say there is an invoice app for the xoom, I have tried them all, and paid, and they SUCK.
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Although you can't edit repligo reader does let you annotate and even add handwriting onto a pdf. Documents to go is okay for editing word docs but yet to find anything that lets you save as pdf. So no perfect solution but a few apps as mentioned are close. Its odd there are so many apps that let you take a photo and convert to pdf but nothing for documents, wonder if its an adobe licensing issue? I know acrobat pro for windows is pricey but I use it all the time at work particularly to distribute visio and ms project docs.
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IncredibleMidgett said:
I am a wedding and portrait photographer and am trying to integrate my Xoom into my business. What I would love to see is an app that allows me to import my contracts in pages or ms word format, edit them on the tablet, have my customers review the contract and sign it on the tablet, then export the file as a pdf and email a copy to the client. Anyone got any ideas, or is this just wishful thinking. I have not seen an app for android or iOS that can handle this. Im obviously not a developer, but it seems like there would be a huge market for this, and as a laymen it seems like it should be fairly easy to accomplish.
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Related
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2009/05/spotifys-android-app-should-frighten-apple/
Anyone know if this app is out yet? Its only available to UK and some other countries. But I would like to get it working over in the US. I've never used the service before but it looks damn cool.
No, it's not been released anywhere yet to my knowledge...
There was an app released to Market yesterday and removed today Called Droidify, did anybody dl it and would be willing to share it?
http://getsatisfaction.com/spotify/...t?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=widget_spotify
I've downloaded Droidify and removed it right away because it asked for a premium account.
Yeah I was trying to locate it as well and to no avail.
Droidify
Here's Droidify I have from backup.
You DO have to have a premium account for full access.
It's a zip files, so I think you will need to unzip it, put it on your sdcard, then install from there.
(MODS: If this is inappropriate, please feel free to delete this message. I don't think it is because it was a free application).
so, how are we gonna get this to work in the states? proxy?
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so, how are we gonna get this to work in the states? proxy?
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That's why I removed it.
I just happened to have a copy because I had backed up before doing a flash.
I was able to get spotify working on my computer but I get a force close with droidify while trying to log in and I'm in the us by the way.
to clarify...
The RIAA is slowly killing anything decent as far as web-based apps like pandora and is currently bogging down spotify's entry into the US market in an attempt to basically blackmail them into unreasonable and exorbitant royalty scales which (IMO) are entirely designed to "prop-up" and perpetuate a bloated, ineffective and out of touch industry. So my question is, for those of us that have the spotify apk, or have the droidify apk, will they stream to US based IPs? Or will the transmission be blocked (as it implies on spotify's homepage) and if it is, is there a nifty way to route the traffic through a proxy based overseas so the US users can actually enjoy this innovative app instead of being locked out by the corporate, capitalist will of the RIAA?
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The RIAA is slowly killing anything decent as far as web-based apps like pandora and is currently bogging down spotify's entry into the US market in an attempt to basically blackmail them into unreasonable and exorbitant royalty scales which (IMO) are entirely designed to "prop-up" and perpetuate a bloated, ineffective and out of touch industry. So my question is, for those of us that have the spotify apk, or have the droidify apk, will they stream to US based IPs? Or will the transmission be blocked (as it implies on spotify's homepage) and if it is, is there a nifty way to route the traffic through a proxy based overseas so the US users can actually enjoy this innovative app instead of being locked out by the corporate, capitalist will of the RIAA?
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here's a link that let me set up spotify on my computer in the us
http://tinyurl.com/q9khoo
thx for the link
Think I'll play with it a bit and see what all the fuss is about. If I like it enough I suppose the monthly fee would be worth it. A lot more functionality here with custom playlists, caching of playlists on my mobile and whatnot. I'm currently a Pandora subscriber, spotify is offering everything I wish they could, though their pricing is much more attractive. I wonder if spotify would balk at the use of a US credit card?
The site allows you to download the official app manually if you're having problems with the market, so here it is. Still need a premium account, though. The download was free and since you need to pay to use the service, I don't think I'm doing anything bad by posting it here...
Rather pissed off I have to have a pay account, because they wont take american credit cards
There should be a way to filter content like the porn girls even though it don't show nothing I don't my kids to have the option of seeing it on the market if this is the wrong section mods please edit
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That I know of there isn't anything provided by Google. Would be nice if they implemented some of the parental controls that Apple has on their iPhone OS.
I'm sure there will be much better sorting and filtering once the web browser version of the Market launches.
You would think they would have a filter even if it was just a app come on Google. Internet should be a tool but not one to exploit girls or guys
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For now, you could try appbrain... it allows filters...
There should be a filter, I haven't seen the apps myself. But depending on how graphic they are they might not even be allowed on the market
http://www.android.com/market/terms/developer-content-policy.html
Wait, whats wrong with porn girls????
(rereads)
Oh your kids.. nevermind XD
I filter them by scrolling past them
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I filter them by scrolling past them
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I filter them by installing them and checking the content....
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I filter them by installing them and checking the content....
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lol YES
Easy fix. Get an iPhone.
Seriously, it is annoying.
Seems to me the more apps in the market the happier Google are. They don't seem to give a rats if they are absolute junk like many of them. They just want the app count up asap so they can brag about the growth. The [apps>Just in] option should be renamed [apps>Junk]. I do not think Googles approach is particulary fair on developers of genuine apps which drown in the mire of rubbish.
I mentioned in another thread how surprised I am the Top Paid app in the productivity section of the android market can only appeal to such a small portion of users. Seems to me the Market is not really gaining genuine momentum, if thats the best it can do. It is just filling up with fluff.
At least as craigacgomez says, Appbrain does a half decent job of hiding the rubbish.
The thing that annoys me most about the Android Market is that they won't give access to paid apps in many countries.
Why on earth would they block paid apps in some countries is just beyond me. I have a credit card, I want to pay for the apps, I want to spend money, so pleaseeee let me spend Google!!!
Am I way out of line for thinking that a kid who is old enough to carry a $600 phone should also be old enough to know a little bit about the world? I see more provocative images on billboards on the side of the interstate and ads on the side of Facebook for crying out loud.
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Am I way out of line for thinking that a kid who is old enough to carry a $600 phone should also be old enough to know a little bit about the world? I see more provocative images on billboards on the side of the interstate and ads on the side of Facebook for crying out loud.
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No I think that is a fair comment.
But if I understand correctly the OP was actually asking for a way to filter content. His pet hate is porn. Others are OK with the porn but want to filter the Spam apps. So to my mind user configurable filtering of the market would be a good thing.
Hey guys -
I was wondering is there a bible app that does not use the internet. It is a WIFI only Xoom and my church does not have an open WIFI.
All the ones I have tried from the market are not formatted for the tablet, and also use an internet connection.
Thanks.
I use Bible by Youversion.
While you're on WiFi, just download the version you use to your XOOM so you can use it anywhere.
You could also use www.acrobible.com
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I use the NIV Bible from Tecarta. It works well on the tablet and has good navigation, but it crashes occasionally. The Bible from YouVersion is also good, as mentioned above, but the navigation is not as user friendly.
I use tecarta nasb. Works perfectly for me but it does cost money
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I use Bible by Youversion.
While you're on WiFi, just download the version you use to your XOOM so you can use it anywhere.
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You could also use www.acrobible.com
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singraham said:
I use the NIV Bible from Tecarta. It works well on the tablet and has good navigation, but it crashes occasionally. The Bible from YouVersion is also good, as mentioned above, but the navigation is not as user friendly.
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Thanks guys..
I have NewVersion I just need to download it directly for offline access. I never knew that.
I cannot log in though, for some reason it does not allow me to input any information for log in. It's just blank. Can some one confirm they are able to log into the software?
Olivetree has a program called Biblereader that is the Cadillac of Bible programs on mobile platforms. The program itself is free, but the various versions cost money. The versions are portable to other mobile platforms, and there are tons of additional resources that are supported in program. The current android version is one major revision behind iOS, but they are working on releasing a new one soon.
All in all, it is one of the best study tools out there on any platform. Check it out.
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Olivetree has a program called Biblereader that is the Cadillac of Bible programs on mobile platforms. The program itself is free, but the various versions cost money. The versions are portable to other mobile platforms, and there are tons of additional resources that are supported in program. The current android version is one major revision behind iOS, but they are working on releasing a new one soon.
All in all, it is one of the best study tools out there on any platform. Check it out.
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Will do, I am running into issues with YouVersion.
I use the Barnes & Noble Nook app, and you can get any version of the bible, (N.I.V., King James. Etc...) for about a buck. Has chapters, works off-line, can highlight, annotate, bookmark, lookup words) even does the little page flip like on the iPad, love it.
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A little off topic
I've been trying to get the people at globible.com to add the android tablet platform. Very cool Bible app and the more people requesting it the more likely they will push development.
I am not a huge Olive Tree fan but it if probably the best offline Bible. I read that they recently updated the reader so I should give it another try. I have in my Kindle app, too, but find the YouVersion app has the best search feature.
I love youVersions bible. Tons of translations. I bounce around KJV and NIV during study, sometimes KJV is a little over my head.
If you go into the list of translations there is a green button on the right to download to the device locally.
I attend a pretty old fashioned baptist church, and get some pretty interesting looks from the older folks when I break out the tab
Glad to see so many other Christians on here as well, it's exciting.
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I got a little excited and didn't read the whole thread. But I saw one or two people say something about youVersion and logging in.
Even though it doesn't show your email or passwords in the field, they are in fact being input. Just be careful and you should be able to login without issue. It took me 2 or 3 tries to get the UN and PW right.
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I love youVersions bible. Tons of translations. I bounce around KJV and NIV during study, sometimes KJV is a little over my head.
If you go into the list of translations there is a green button on the right to download to the device locally.
I attend a pretty old fashioned baptist church, and get some pretty interesting looks from the older folks when I break out the tab
Glad to see so many other Christians on here as well, it's exciting.
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I got a little excited and didn't read the whole thread. But I saw one or two people say something about youVersion and logging in.
Even though it doesn't show your email or passwords in the field, they are in fact being input. Just be careful and you should be able to login without issue. It took me 2 or 3 tries to get the UN and PW right.
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Yeah after playing around I finally got un and pw to work correctly.. :-D
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'm working on a Honeycomb optimized bible and note taking app and I could use testers and people to bounce ideas off of.
I love youversion on my phone, but I can't stand it on my tablet. So I figured this would be a cool way to learn a bit about Fragments and just expand my knowledge in general.
Thread is here. I'd love any feedback.
I checked it out!
Thanks!
"ESV Bible" (free) and "LiveBible" (also free) support offline viewing. While offline is the default for ESV, you will need to download the texts for LiveBible first.
Its live now with android app...
desktop client too..
very nice in my opinion. love that it just makes a folder on my desktop to share stuff with all of my devices and the public if i wanted...
also the share feature is very nice as you can pick and choose who you want to share the content with !
great
Thanks google
Google Drive
Google Drive for Android
italia0101 said:
Its live now with android app...
desktop client too..
very nice in my opinion. love that it just makes a folder on my desktop to share stuff with all of my devices and the public if i wanted...
also the share feature is very nice as you can pick and choose who you want to share the content with !
great
Thanks google
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Well, the same way as Dropbox...
100 GB for $4.99 month.
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100 GB for $4.99 month.
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It hit, I upgraded to 80g for $20/year. Not more then 20min later they rolled out the new plans. Sooooo happy i upgraded when i did!
25 GB $2.49
100 GB $4.99
200 GB $9.99
400 GB $19.99
1 TB $49.99
2 TB $99.99
4 TB $199.99
8 TB $399.99
16 TB $799.99
16 000 Go for 605€ !
For me it says "Google Drive is not ready"
Interesting read....
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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For me it says "Google Drive is not ready"
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Same here...any workarounds for this?
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Interesting read....
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/how-far-does-google-drives-terms-go-in-owning-your-files/75228
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Very interesting.. Not only will they host my files, but they will also allow anyone access to them. Glad someone dug around the privacy policy a bit, we'll see how this all pans out in the coming months. I for one will be staying away from google drive..
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Very interesting.. Not only will they host my files, but they will also allow anyone access to them. Glad someone dug around the privacy policy a bit, we'll see how this all pans out in the coming months. I for one will be staying away from google drive..
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FUNK THIS ****!
Google Drive — Terms
“Your Content in our Services: When you upload or otherwise submit content to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide licence to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes that we make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content.
The rights that you grant in this licence are for the limited purpose of operating, promoting and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. This licence continues even if you stop using our Services (for example, for a business listing that you have added to Google Maps).”
i'd rather use skydrive, since i like the ms office web apps better then the google docs, but they dont have an official android app
just to mention about google "owning " your files once you upload... this isnt correct
it may be badly worded , but it basically means that if you share something with public / google + then it will be used with these services ,
not that they can go through your drive and save whatever they want...
basically this:
“Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
Reasons for the uses:
Use, host, store: Obvious
Reproduce: Backup
Modify, create derivative works: Convert to Google Docs format, Resizing photos etc
Communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute: Sharing (If you ask them to)
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just to mention about google "owning " your files once you upload... this isnt correct
it may be badly worded , but it basically means that if you share something with public / google + then it will be used with these services ,
not that they can go through your drive and save whatever they want...
basically this:
“Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
Reasons for the uses:
Use, host, store: Obvious
Reproduce: Backup
Modify, create derivative works: Convert to Google Docs format, Resizing photos etc
Communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute: Sharing (If you ask them to)
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I readed article about that. It says: when you upload any file to google drive, you give licence/permission to google to use, change, modify, share with public your material etc.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57420551-93/who-owns-your-files-on-google-drive/
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yea but most forgot to mention that other paragraph i posted before...
they arnt steeling your data... it just says you can share it using there services if you want 2
for example of that article of yours....
Updated at 8 p.m. to clarify that the first sentence of the Google terms states: "You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours." For more on this topic, See Rafe Needlemen's FAQ.
italia0101 said:
just to mention about google "owning " your files once you upload... this isnt correct
it may be badly worded , but it basically means that if you share something with public / google + then it will be used with these services ,
not that they can go through your drive and save whatever they want...
basically this:
“Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what belongs to you stays yours.”
Reasons for the uses:
Use, host, store: Obvious
Reproduce: Backup
Modify, create derivative works: Convert to Google Docs format, Resizing photos etc
Communicate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display, distribute: Sharing (If you ask them to)
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"Derivative works" is a legal term.. It means they can modify, add to, or delete from your items and reuse however they see fit, for the purpose of improving their services. That's broad enough that they technically could, say photoshop that nude picture of your gf and use it somehow. But don't take my word for it.. I'm only a lawyer.
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I think im gonna keep it but I'm gonna wait it out to see if they kinda clear the air with their terms. I hope they integrate it with chrome 20 for regular desktops though that would be cool.
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"Derivative works" is a legal term.. It means they can modify, add to, or delete from your items and reuse however they see fit, for the purpose of improving their services. That's broad enough that they technically could, say photoshop that nude picture of your gf and use it somehow. But don't take my word for it.. I'm only a lawyer.
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Quite honestly, why does Google want a picture of anyone's girlfriend? They just have very broad terms to avoid being sued as much as possible. I highly doubt they'd ever do anything like that, but either way, as with any website, don't upload anything that could ever get you into trouble or anything you don't want publicly seen. Nothing ever gets deleted completely and you don't want to do something later regrettable.
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Quite honestly, why does Google want a picture of anyone's girlfriend? They just have very broad terms to avoid being sued as much as possible. I highly doubt they'd ever do anything like that, but either way, as with any website, don't upload anything that could ever get you into trouble or anything you don't want publicly seen. Nothing ever gets deleted completely and you don't want to do something later regrettable.
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That's exactly my point... "technically", they can do what they want. Will they? Probably not. I write contracts to protect my company as much as possible... Google's lawyers are no different.
thing is they need those rights to be able to to index the files and create thumbnails... thats what they are using it for
Surespot is a secure mobile messaging app that uses exceptional end-to-end encryption for every text, image and voice message.
I've been in contact with a representative from Surespot (https://www.surespot.me/), I asked them if they had plans for introducing Surespot messenger (currently only available on android) to windows phone. They explained that it is in their road plan, but at this time they are developing a version for iOS and that once they release that they'll be able to put more attention towards a winpho app. They said its just a matter of time and money at this point, the more donations they receive, the more time they'll be able to devote to development in general. Payday is only a couple of days away and I plan to make a donation and I'm hoping that some of you here will also see the value of this app and make a donation as well. Thanks for your time!
Hmmm... looks cool. There's a part of me that wants to just take their codebase (it's open-source) and port it to WP8. Obviously, permission would be required before we could publish it or anything, but I bet you'd see a published app sooner if the author didn't need to write the whole thing from scratch.
Also, it would be a good chance to do a security review of the app. There have been an awful lot of apps that *claim* to provide secure messaging, but crypto is Really Hard To Do Right. Extremely so, in fact, especially for something trying to make as many promises as this app does. I unfortunately don't have the time to do this now (although it's the kind of thing I do professionally), and I doubt the author can afford a professional review at this time, but *somebody* ought to and I might have the spare time later on if nobody has done it by then...
That would be pretty cool, I would just love to see it on winpho, I had it on android, and now I'm back on winpho, I feel the loss
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Hmmm... looks cool. There's a part of me that wants to just take their codebase (it's open-source) and port it to WP8. Obviously, permission would be required before we could publish it or anything, but I bet you'd see a published app sooner if the author didn't need to write the whole thing from scratch.
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Considering they have a Contribute page I'd say that you could just ask them whether they'd like to have your help for developing a Windows Phone client.
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Any news on that?
As FadeFx is very interested in this messenger I would also take a look if a WP version will come
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As FadeFx is very interested in this messenger I would also take a look if a WP version will come
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Do it!
No seriously there is demand for this. No secure messaging app has been released yet for windows phone!
Actually i dont have a direct personal interest in a wp8 version as i am an aandroid user, but i think having an open source messenger that is available fir all major platforms is very important and id never use any closed source or partly closed source alternative and sure no messenger that requires to know my phone number.
However as it looks the makers of surespot are actually waiting for someone to make a wp8 version.
https://twitter.com/surespot/status/410455207793786880
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Might be worth doing that. I haven't looked at Surespot so I don't know how good/secure their platform is, and I don't really have a lot of time for developing non-hack-related apps, but it's tempting anyhow.
@GoodDayToDie any news on that? I think it is absolutely necessary for a messenger like that to be available on all major platforms...
Sorry, nothing yet. Been much too busy.
Besides, honest truth, you don't want me to develop anything with a UI. I can do back-end code well enough, but to me a "good UI" means "if you enter the command line parameters wrong, or you omit them, or you use -h or /?, it should produce a helpful message and then exit." So yeah, I'd look at their crypto scheme and their protocol, and maybe write a library to use them, but you would really want somebody else to actually make the app.