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Ordnance Survey - OS Map v1.1 released [NOW FREE!]

Since the other thread was beginning to get a bit unmanageable, I've created a new one for OS Map updates.
OS Map v1.1 now available!
Changes in this version:
* Complete rewrite of waypoint system.
* Added waypoint input in six figure grid reference and latitude / longitude.
* Latitude / longitude display preferences (DMS, decimal degrees etc).
* Custom server support - use your own, free, API key and get up to 40,000 map tile downloads per day.
* Customisable marker and waypoint colours.
* Customisable map settings.
* Automatic updates.
* Show grid reference and accuracy details on map.
* Numerous bug fixes, performance improvements, and interface tweaks.
* FREE UPGRADE - SIMPLY SEARCH FOR "OS MAP" ON THE ANDROID MARKET AND DOWNLOAD THE NEW VERSION!
Screenshots:
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Features:
* All OS Map scales available (including 250,000, 50,000, and 25,000).
* Touch-scrolling - simply use your finger to drag the map around.
* Fast resume from standby and fast position updates.
* No subscription fees - uses the free OpenSpace API.
* Custom waypoint support.
* Get your location as a grid reference.
* Includes a moving, overlaid magnetic compass!
* Smooth panning.
* Detailed location information.
OS Map v1.1 is completely free (although donations are appreciated!), and available now from the Android Market.
More information, FAQs, and plenty more screenshots are available at http://www.pocketgamer.org/os-map

Just to add, scales right up to smallest the OS produce are available... i.e. to individual building level.
Nice.

Well, that didn't take long. Received an email from Ordnance Survey today, negotiations begin... at least they haven't run to Google or blocked my API key yet, though... ;-)

i have noticed there is no map key ?
ie whot is a rd how is a footpath marked etc
i know alot of it is straight foward but not every body is switched on to start off with ..
it could do with a button in with the settings that opens up a window with a list of whot is on the map .. like you get at the top of a papper os map
also i found that if you leave the app to look at an email then go back to it it had to reload , wich is a right pain if your running 2g and roaming ...
oooo and can you over ride the lock time too mine is set for a 1 min and keeps turning the map off when im looking at it .....
apart from that well pleased have now used it for the last 5 days nearly non stop while walking along the coast of devon ... apart from a few comection issues its been top notch

hairybum (some of the professionalism from this reply has gone already because I can't stop sniggering...)
Reloading after leaving the app:
I can add an option to the app to tell it to keep awake when the phone is turned off or the map window moves to the background. Obviously, this will have a negative impact on battery life but it might be possible to minimise this by having it only check for position updates every minute or so while the screen is off.
Map key
There is a PDF key on the OS website, which I will add a link to. I'll need to check with them whether or not I can distribute this with the app.
Lock / Screen Off Time
Will add an option to override this too, since it's one of the things that's annoying me about the app.
Feedback always appreciated!

I'm really impressed with OS Maps, David. It's incredibly polished for an app still (time-wise) in its infancy. Thanks and congratulations.
Btw, your instructions for setting up a custom URL were excellent. I'm using my own API key, tell the OS.
Al

Cheers Al! Would be eternally grateful if you get the chance to rate the app on Android Market and add a comment.
Kind regards,
Dave.

was thinking more of a pop up window for the map key if poss rather than a link , would make checking that your doing things right quicker rather then wating for the browser to load ............. a bit like the one for my location simple to get too .....
ooo and sorry about the snigger but user names seem too get harder to come buy espically on a large site like this

Just take a copy of an OS map with you until you remember what the essentials are. They are not that hard to remember and most are pretty self explanatory TBH.

David Horn said:
Would be eternally grateful if you get the chance to rate the app on Android Market and add a comment.
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Will do. Hoping to get out of town and have a good play with it at the weekend, then I might have some 'requests for features'.

joemax said:
Just take a copy of an OS map with you until you remember what the essentials are. They are not that hard to remember and most are pretty self explanatory TBH.
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Sorry I thought the idea was not to have to take a map with me ?
Or to have to buy a map at all ?
Just buy this app far cheaper

It is of course
I'm say use one to learn the key and then stop using it.
Essentially there are not that many things you really need to remember and most are pretty self explanatory.

This is probably obvious, but please don't rely on any electronic map as your sole navigation aid, in circumstances when you are really relying on it, if you see what I mean... in those circs, you need a backup that can't fail (and know how to use it).
lecture over

Oh yeah !

First if all a big thanks for this amazing app. I just wanted to enquire whether you believe that the speed of finger scrolling can be increased or not. It's a little painful at the moment in my opinion.

Hi Mansn,
At the moment, I don't believe that it can. The program is capturing touch events, converting them to mouse movements, and passing them to the Javascript to move the map. I think the speed is poor due to the limited brain power of the Hero when it comes to Javascript.
On the bright side, it's something that should improve as Google make changes to their WebKit engine to speed up the Javascript side of things.
I could also map the trackball to move the map around - this would be smoother, I think, but not quite as easy to use.
Cheers,
Dave.

im confused
wot is now free ? that wasnt free before

The whole app is free. It used to be £4.99.

Nice! But why?

Ordnance Survey disagreed with my interpretation of some of the clauses in their developer agreement. Rather than jeopardise the access of anyone who'd bought the map, I decided to make it free.
The alternative would have been to pull it completely.

Dear Canadians: Introducing EmWeather

Dear Canadian htc magic/sapphire/android users (and our international friends that visit Canada),
I just put up the beta version of EmWeather, my new weather application. It is very functional and looks nice. Most other weather apps do not provide this extended information or just have hooks to open weather underground websites (ie. slow and annoying). On top of that, most apps pull from Weather.com which, for Canada anyway, is next to useless.
Environment Canada provides excellent, surprisingly accurate, and very detailed forecasts for the whole country. This app aims to make this information easily available.
Features:
- Free, open-source
- Pulls data feeds from Environment Canada
- Shows current details and 8 extend forecasts on the main screen
- Easy access to detailed forecast information
- Ability to choose any city in canada, no need to do an independent search for obscure city codes.
- Wonderful GUI look
Coming in the next release:
- Alternative icon packs
- French language
Enjoy!
http://code.google.com/p/emweather/
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-emweather-emweather-qnCp.aspx

0.9.1 update
Just a quick note that there was a small bug in the application that showed every day as being the "evening" that snuck in at the last second. It is fixed in the 0.9.1 update.

Well, it's a good start. Only problem is, I've been spoiled by other weather applications. So, here's the things that have me using Snowstorm instead:
- Widget
- Auto-update the city based on the phone's current location (aka, automatically picks the city)
Okay, so it's just two things. Great work otherwise though, I'll definitely be keeping an eye up for this app in the future.

Thanks for the feedback. I have been thinking about adding multiple city support for travellers, also the ability to choose a couple of "favourite" cities for commuters.
I have a question about the widget: what would you like a widget to show? A widget that shows the current weather is pretty useless normally (if it's raining, it's raining, if it's sunny, it's sunny). Should it show the current weather and the weather forecast for the evening? Current/Tomorrow? Current/evening/tomorrow?
Thanks for the feedback,
Emilie

Hello, I've downloaded and took at look at your app, and I have a few suggestions for improvement. If you'd like to hear me out.
Like Spaceboy said include that and my suggestions:
- Widget (Take a look at "beautiful widgets" weather widget, or the Hero's Weather Widget, where it has a nice animation for clouds/sun/rain/temperature)
- Also can you add a Celsius/Fahrenheit switch
- If you look at weatherbug, it allows you to put the temperature into the taskbar at the top of the android, just a simple 26°
- Also from weatherbug if you were to pull the application bar down it would give more detail on the weather in a simple row.
- Auto-update the city based on the phone's current location

Huh, guessed I should've specified what should be in the widget eh?
From what I want and from what I see in other apps, here's what a good widget needs.
- minimal battery usage
- does not slow down the phone
- able to choose update rate (every 15 min, 30 min, hour, etc)
- updates your location automatically based on network location
- either displays the current weather in a 1x1 widget (useful to people work indoors) or the expected weather for the day (good for mornings)
- for multiple size widgets, displays the short-term forecast (weather for the morning/afternoon/evening/night for today day and tomorrow) or the long-term forecast (daily weather for the next few days)
- clicking the widget should open detailed view, (or your app to the right screen)
- some people like different skins, I'll settle for the ability to change font colour
That's about it off the top of my head. Hope it helps.

if you dont mind me asking... where does the Em come from?

Thanks again for the feedback. I am excited people are using the app! I do all the time and I love it.
I added the features you all have mentioned and the ones I am thinking about to the Issues tracker on the homepage. Please feel free to add others or comment on these ones.
I am a little swamped with school and work right now but I wanted to make sure I articulated all the features and bugs so that I can add one of them now and then when I have a few hours to spare.
Thanks!
ps. Em comes from the EM-pathy I feel for all those poor suckers reading weather feeds from weather.com and getting rained on when the forecast says sunny! Just kidding, it's from my name

I don't suppose you plan on posting up the sources? =D
I'll add what I can to the issues. Have fun with classes.

Actually, the (gpl3) source is available on the project page (use SVN).
For some reason, the last update (0.9.2) didn't seem to commit all the changes properly but the sources should be at least 0.9.1.
em

Hey, I appreciate your work on the app. My only issue is that the most important information to me is the 'feels like' temperature, which only seems to be tracked by the Weather Channel. I don't care what the 'real' temperature is, I care what it feels like. So I guess I'm stuck with the 'Weather Channel' app for the time being. It sucks, because I really like the layout of your app - it's just that you draw your weather information from Environment Canada, which doesn't track 'feels like'.

Finally
It's about time someone decided to use the Weather Office for Canadian weather information.
Currently I just had a browser shortcut on my desktop to my local city weather. This app has the same information I want formatted for my screen.
Thank you!
Suggestion - I like the familiar look and feel of the weatheroffice.gc.ca website. Current weather as the top strip with extra information (wind chill, tendency, ect..) Then just basic weather boxes with the POP info.
Personally I don't care for fancy graphics and eye candy. I just want the information in an easily readable format.

WeatherEye
Try Weathereye. Feeds from www.theweathernetwork.com Just as the TV channel.

widgets and customization
EmWeather now includes widgets and basic theming options!
EmWeather Project Page
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DrSpaceman said:
Hey, I appreciate your work on the app. My only issue is that the most important information to me is the 'feels like' temperature, which only seems to be tracked by the Weather Channel. I don't care what the 'real' temperature is, I care what it feels like. So I guess I'm stuck with the 'Weather Channel' app for the time being. It sucks, because I really like the layout of your app - it's just that you draw your weather information from Environment Canada, which doesn't track 'feels like'.
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Hi, I'm glad you like the app. Environment Canada does provide an index that it calls "comfort". For example, on a day that is 18 degrees but feels a little chilly out, environment canada will say "comfort: cool". It is very accurate and it is already included in EmWeather.
I find that the weather channel feeds are basically useless for Canada, or at least for Montreal, certainly for forecast info but also for current conditions. For example, if it's rainy and cold outside and the weather channel says "mostly cloudy and feels like 17c", it's totally useless information
In the future, probably in the next 6 months, I am hoping to be able to add some other weather feed sources. If I can included the weatherchannel feeds, it will include this information.

[APP] G:RSS - A Google Reader RSS App for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) [U] 20101224 - v0.06

Name: G:RSS - Google Reader - RSS Reader
G:RSS is the only Google Reader for Windows Phone 7 (WP7) with on-demand page pre-buffering that removes the wait from your reading experience. It contains nearly all of the functionality existing in the web-based reader, including pre-buffering of subscription items for instantaneous access, even over a cell connection. Trial version available.
Features include:
* Full version: Ad free!
* Full version: Star and share items
* Full version: Offline reading mode
* Background pre-buffering of articles in online mode for reading without the wait
* Access to all labels and feeds
* View all starred or unread items
* View your shared items
* View your friend's shared items
* Marking items, feeds, or labels read and unread
* Instant synchronization with your Google Reader account
* Support for WP7 system themes
* Ability to show teasers in item list screen
* Sliding transitions when moving between items
* Option for full SSL (HTTPS) reading
* Feed sorting (descending/ascending)
* Display of all or new items
* Direct access to labels or choose feeds within them
Changelog:
v0.06
* Misc. bug fixes (iframe display issues, characters, feeds)
* Support for international character sets
* Clarity on "Mark Read/Unread" text
* New setting to only show updated feeds.
* Added font size settings for title and body font sizes.
* Item Detail screens now follow the theme (light/dark)
* Article titles now link to the original web page
v0.05
* Release
Please report any bugs in the comments at http://nowsci.com/grss
Video and screenshots can be found at http://nowsci.com/grss
Any feature requests or comments on the current version of the application are much appreciated.
Download: http://social.zune.net/redirect?type=phoneApp&id=77db121c-2703-e011-9264-00237de2db9e
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looks awesome - nice work

Does it work in WM 6.5?
Where can I download it?

looks great can't wait to get WP7 and G:RSS.

Irascivel said:
Does it work in WM 6.5?
Where can I download it?
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Unfortunately, no, this is a WP7 application only. I was considering porting it over to 6.5, but have some other WP7 applications to create first.
Thanks.

k_aftab said:
looks great can't wait to get WP7 and G:RSS.
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Roll on "the holiday season"!

When showing off the app in person over a lunch, I had a comment about wanting to see excerpts with the titles in the items listing screens. While this isn't something I would personally want on my portable screen, would anyone else use this functionality?

Looks nice and would love to see a WM6.5 or Android version. No plans to move to WP7 for me.

Looks very functional and smooth!
Hi there!
Just want to say it looks very smooth and functional. Keep it up!! Looking forward to the release of WP7 to use your app.

Fmstrat said:
When showing off the app in person over a lunch, I had a comment about wanting to see excerpts with the titles in the items listing screens. While this isn't something I would personally want on my portable screen, would anyone else use this functionality?
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Maybe you could offer it as an option?

the-hq said:
Maybe you could offer it as an option?
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That was my thought as well, but if its only one person who wants it, I'm not sure its worth the development time.

Definitely it's not one person, it's critical functionality for me as well in an RSS reader (not that I'm a potential user of a Google reader but still).

vangrieg said:
Definitely it's not one person, it's critical functionality for me as well in an RSS reader (not that I'm a potential user of a Google reader but still).
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Good to know, I'll look at including it.

Tada. It's an option in settings now.

This looks great.
I love to see that some devs, like you, started creating apps already. This gives me good hope of the ammount of apps at launch, and the first few weeks after that.
Now for something else:
Does your app make use of the chosen background- and accent color?
If you could implement that, it will share the same style as one's startscreen.

cPT.cAPSLOCK said:
Now for something else:
Does your app make use of the chosen background- and accent color?
If you could implement that, it will share the same style as one's startscreen.
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Yes, it uses the theme you select in settings. The accent color is used for status labels, selections, unread indicators, and read indicators at 30% opacity. Since everything in the App is alpha based, any new themes are added should be supported without modification, too. I wanted to make sure the App felt as much a part of the OS as possible, and I will be continuing that theme throughout all my apps.
I've also added in some nice transitions when moving between articles, too.

Would this be a freeware, or a paid application?

This looks great! I'm so excited for this app!
I'm an iPhone user who will be switching to WP7 when it comes out and gets a good Google Reader app. As an avid Reeder iPhone app user, these features are a must:
Offline reading support
Ability to star items from the list screen without having to open the item. Reeder implements this with an incredible swipe function. Screenshot attached.
Ability to share items through other services (Facebook, Twitter, Read It Later, etc.). Screenshot attached.
Thank you!

Ankon said:
Would this be a freeware, or a paid application?
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It may be free, or I may charge $1. Undecided at this point, but even if it's paid, it will be super-cheap.

Any updates here?

[APP] StormGlass -[R]- {10/27/2011} -[U]- {10/27/2011} -[V]- 1.0.1

Name: StormGlass
Language: English (at the moment - I need translators!)
Required: Windows Phone 7.5 or higher
App will use:
Location services - When asked to use Geolocation
Data services - To fetch weather data
StormGlass is a customizable weather live tile application for WP7. You can use the "Tiles" page to populate upto 5 live weather tiles, each with it's own settings. All live tiles will update once every 30 minutes. You can also customize what information you want to see on a tile by selecting a layout to use. Available weather skins can also be changed for a unique look. Enabling the "Quick refresh" mode for a live tile causes it to refresh weather information by just clicking on it without having to launch StormGlass.
If you've been looking for a free, good looking and dependable weather live tile application - you need look no further than StormGlass!
StormGlass is and will always be free with no ads or annoyances.
I am currently looking for people to help me with
Translations (into any language you can read/write fluently) - Email me and I will share documents via Google docs that you can edit.
Weather skins - Please submit any weather skins you would like to see in the app. (details at the end of the post)
Tile layout suggestions - I am welcome to ideas for more tile layouts - subject to the limitations of what weather information Google Weather provides.
Oh, and if you know of a free weather service that can provide dependable, hourly weather data - I am most interested in knowing.
Anyone who contributes in any way will be given due credit inside the application. Weather skin / layout authors please provide a name and/or email id (and optionally a title and message body). The shown name will be a clickable link that will allow the end user to compose an email message to you.
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Source: http://stormglass.ananthonline.net (under construction, coming in a few hours - I just wanted to get this up here first)
Download Link: http://windowsphone.com/s?appid=1398edb0-b896-463a-9fb7-c4729fdf3890
Weather skin details
Size: 120 x 120
Format: PNG
Filenames:
chancerain.png
chancesnow.png
chancesnow_n.png
chancestorm.png
chancestorm_n.png
cloudy.png
Colored.png
dust.png
fog.png
icyrain.png
lightrain.png
mostlycloudy.png
mostlycloudy_n.png
mostlysunny.png
mostlysunny_n.png
rain.png
smoke.png
snow.png
storm.png
sunny.png
sunny_n.png
Unknown.png
Please spread the word and most importantly - enjoy! Thank you!
Download XAP here

thanks. looking great.
i seem to be unable to keep celcius though. it can be set, but when i check the location its back to fahrenheit.
the tile is also having problems with german umlauts like Ö/ö

seems good, downloading
I will let you know my opinion...
thanks

Nice app - but as mentioned above it simply won't display in Celcius.
Otherwise, it's really exactly what I'm looking for, doesn't flood the user with bells and whistles and crap, just live tiles with their own settings, good stuff! :>

Celcius/Fahrenheit problem fixed
Thanks to comeone123 and shinygerbil for reporting the Fahrenheit/Celcius bug. A fix has been made and will show up as an update soon - with a few other goodies!
@comeone123,
the tile is also having problems with german umlauts like Ö/ö
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What problem? Could you describe it more?

ananthb said:
@comeone123,
What problem? Could you describe it more?
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umlaute are wrong. heres a screencap (it should read "Göttingen"):

Bug: Celcius setting does not stick.

Umlaut problem identified - thanks!
comeon123 said:
umlaute are wrong. heres a screencap (it should read "Göttingen"):
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Thanks, I got the problem - I need to convert Google weather response from iso-8859-1 to UTF-8. I have a fix in place for the C/F problem and a globalization fix is coming, too.

bbbbqq said:
Bug: Celcius setting does not stick.
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Bugfix/update submitted already ... I wish updates would come through faster. Been more than a day now!
Darn certification process!

Bug: when snowing it shows a big question mark
HD7 touch-it rom

swagoo said:
Bug: when snowing it shows a big question mark
HD7 touch-it rom
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Did it continue to do that when refreshed (manually or quick-refreshed)? That happens when the update was unsuccessful for some reason. Could you tell me what the weather condition text was at that time?

ananthb said:
Did it continue to do that when refreshed (manually or quick-refreshed)? That happens when the update was unsuccessful for some reason. Could you tell me what the weather condition text was at that time?
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Yes it continued after both types of refresh.
The weather condition is light snow. I guess its because there isn't a png for light snow?

swagoo said:
Yes it continued after both types of refresh.
The weather condition is light snow. I guess its because there isn't a png for light snow?
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Yes, that's quite possibly it. One way to confirm it for sure is to check if the weather condition text has a "*" after it. If it does, it means the app couldn't translate it - it just displayed it as provided. A fix is in and will be in a future update.
Thanks!

ananthb said:
Yes, that's quite possibly it. One way to confirm it for sure is to check if the weather condition text has a "*" after it. If it does, it means the app couldn't translate it - it just displayed it as provided. A fix is in and will be in a future update.
Thanks!
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Confirmed! The one on the left was my location in NJ and the right is NYC (basically the same weather conditions).

ananthb said:
Bugfix/update submitted already ... I wish updates would come through faster. Been more than a day now!
Darn certification process!
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Any chance to get the xap here?

XAP download added
comeon123 said:
Any chance to get the xap here?
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You got it. Latest version (1.3) with "Realistic" skin added to bottom of OP. Enjoy! Don't forget to spread the word, rate and review.

Question.
What is the point of this when HUB does the same thing? I was just wondering since I have this installed right under HUB but just went into hub and when I refreshed the HUB it shows the weather.

grifter024 said:
Question.
What is the point of this when HUB does the same thing? I was just wondering since I have this installed right under HUB but just went into hub and when I refreshed the HUB it shows the weather.
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If you're referring to the HTC hub, it is
a. A battery drainer
b. It cannot be customized or modified in any way
c. It cannot be refreshed with a quick click, a click launches the hub application
d. No forecast on the tile itself.
f. Not two-sided
Any maybe more ...

ananthb said:
You got it. Latest version (1.3) with "Realistic" skin added to bottom of OP. Enjoy! Don't forget to spread the word, rate and review.
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Its working great! I'll report back if theres another quirk.

If you still need a translator for German i could do that for you

[APP] Tile Master -[R]- 06/06/2012 -[U]- 10/20/2012 -[V]- 2.1

Name: Tile Master
14-in-1 for the price of just one! Unlimited free access to Connection Settings and Website tiles in trial version!
Tile Master app allows you to create 14 tile types. They are all beautifully designed and you can customize them as you like. Every tile can be pinned to Start screen of your phone or to the Virtual Start screen (inside Tile Master app), so that your Start screen is not too crowded. You can create multiple tiles of the same type.
Connection Settings tile: direct access to WiFi, Cellular, Bluetooth and AirplainMode settings with current status
Website tile: opens your favorite website, you can download favicon to customize the appearance
Note tile: write yourself a not on the Start screen with full customization of colors, fonts and sizes
To Do tile: shows list of tasks and reminds you to complete them every time you look at your phone
Flashlight tile: uses phone's camera flash, display or both to provide constant light
Wake-On-LAN tile: allows you to wake up a computer remotely
Countdown tile: counts down/up to/from any important date you choose
Quote tile: quote of the day on your start screen every day. Choose between general, love, art, funny and nature quotes
Picasa tile: downloads thumbnails from Picasa Featured album. You can download full sized photo and use it as a wallpaper
Search Marketplace tile: search marketplace with predefined query
Search Web tile: search with your favorite search engine is just one tap away
Dialer tile: dial a phone number directly, without going through a contact detail
Email tile: send a predefined e-mail with just one tap
SMS tile: send a predefined SMS with just one tap
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

Do the tiles stay live?

Good app, but let me ask you something, Is it system rule that this aplication cannot make real IE shortcuts on the main page? This is the second app I saw it, when I tap on the internet page shortcut, first black screen for few seconds appears, and after that the page is opened in the IE. Is impossible to make it without black screen? Thanks

sinister1 said:
Do the tiles stay live?
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Not sure what you mean, but it depends on the tile type.
Connection settings tile will show current status of WiFi and Cellular if you switch them through this tile (bluetooth and airplain mode do not show status because status is not available for developers).
Countdown, Quote and Picasa tiles are updated through background agent so they are live.
All other tiles are static because of the nature of those tile types.

VNavratil said:
Good app, but let me ask you something, Is it system rule that this aplication cannot make real IE shortcuts on the main page? This is the second app I saw it, when I tap on the internet page shortcut, first black screen for few seconds appears, and after that the page is opened in the IE. Is impossible to make it without black screen? Thanks
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Unfortunately it is not possible. This is what happens behind the scenes when you tap on "IE shortcut" that is created by custom application:
1. Custom application is opened (that's where the black screen comes from)
2. Application calls what Microsoft named "web browser task" and that is when page is opened.
There is no other way to open a web page from custom application.
Since opening an application takes a few seconds (even if it is completely empty) that is where delay comes from.

Hey, just want to let you know, I bought your app. Works great so far - really like some of the tile styles you've come up with, especially the "To Do" and "Note" types.
Good work!

Although I got some really nice comments on my mail for this app, I am also getting some bad reviews. Very often people say it is useless. I don't think it is useless but I need someone who does think so to post a detailed explanation why is that so. Maybe trial version does not show the real value of this app, but I need more details because "it is useless" just doesn't give me enough info to understand it.
So if you think it is useless please post why do you think so.

amaric said:
Although I got some really nice comments on my mail for this app, I am also getting some bad reviews. Very often people say it is useless. I don't think it is useless but I need someone who does think so to post a detailed explanation why is that so. Maybe trial version does not show the real value of this app, but I need more details because "it is useless" just doesn't give me enough info to understand it.
So if you think it is useless please post why do you think so.
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Ok, I think I figured this one. These are the two main reasons:
1. People often think this app replaces original Start screen so they just want to show their disappointment. Well this is not possible even for device manufacturers. So, no this is not what this app do. But it does allow you to create some really really nice and useful tiles.
2. There is a problem with the Marketplace which causes paid application to act as a trial or in some cases users can not download application they just bought, they get some error. Microsoft is currently not doing anything about this, but most of the time solution is to reinstall the application. But download of app should be initiated from the phone instead of Zune. Because it seems that is what causes the problem.

A lot of people who bought this app ask me where are their 14 tile types. They can see only four.
Apparently something is not intuitive enough. And that something is horizontal list. So for anyone who can't see more than four tile types it is because you need to scroll horizontally to see them. Otherwise you only see first four.

If anyone had problems with flashlight tile, that is now fixed.

I have the paid version and still do not see more than 4 tile either way i scroll?
Well that was with the 4 that was installed on the virtual start screen. You have to create the tile from the list at the bottom then pin to start or virtual start to see all 14.

Just to avoid confusion...there are 14 tile types (horizontal list on the tile editor page) but you can have more tiles (virtual start or phone start screen) than just 14 because you can create multiple tiles of the same type. Also some tiles types have subtypes (Flashlight - camera, display, both; Connection settings tile - wifi, cellular, bluetooth, airplane mode).

There were some problems with Quote tile (structure of the data source changed) and Website tile (favicon service is down) but that and some other small things are fixed.