I've had a cursory look, but couldn't find anything that could be easily used. I'm a bit snowed under with a few things at the moment so I couldn't dig too deeply, so there may be something that I missed.
Al. -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Hodges Sent: 22 June 2009 16:06 To: [email protected] Subject: [android-discuss] Re: missing standard features Al, Have you taken a look at the PAN/DUN support in Android itself? Apprently there are some partially ported modules from bluez: http://sites.google.com/a/android.com/opensource/projects/bluetooth-faq I haven't had much of a look, partly because my current phone is not rooted, but might be worth running a build of the latest dund code and see what the status is... On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Al Sutton<[email protected]> wrote: > > The other problem I can see with it is that it doesn't offer traffic info and > re-routing based on traffic congestion, which are the only things I need > Bluetooth DUN on the phone to access on the TomTom, so if I bought Destinator > I'd only be able to do the same things as I can on my 4 year old TomTom GO > 300, so it's not really much of an upgrade. > > Al. > > -- > > * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * > > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Hodges > Sent: 22 June 2009 15:14 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: missing standard features > > > That has got to be among the worst product descriptions I have ever seen: > > "Destinator speeds your products to market - Destinator has been > chosen by leading OEMs and smartphone manufacturers to deliver > innovative products to the global market. Flexibility, customization, > and the best user experience - all underpinned by the market-leading > routing engine and global customer support network - that's what > Destinator delivers." > > Wait... what does it deliver? Is it GPS software? Is it the same > product as "Soleus", or have they copied the Web page and just > forgotten to change the <title> tag? In fact, the only thing I'm *sure > of* is that it is going to propel my business to the bleeding edge of > raw productivity and financial success. > > Fortunately, they've duplicated the information on this page much more > coherantly: http://www.intrinsyc.com/destinator/ > > > On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 2:12 PM, lbcoder<[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It might be time to upgrade from tomtom to >> http://www.intrinsyc.com/Products/destinator.aspx >> >> On Jun 21, 3:31 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I've now got a phone set up with the relevant firmware and from >>> everything I can see the app you mentioned ("wifi tether for root >>> users") only does PAN, not DUN. >>> >>> If you have a pointer to something that shows how to set up DUN I'd be >>> happy to be proven wrong as my TomTom will only use DUN and not PAN. >>> >>> Al. >>> >>> On Jun 15, 2:21 pm, lbcoder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > There are plenty. In fact, the one I mentioned previously has recently >>> > been updated for BT DUN. >>> >>> > On Jun 15, 2:54 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > > There aren't any apps which do Bluetooth Dial Up Networkingtethering, >>> > > only those which create an ad-hoc WiFi network and call thattethering, >>> > > which isn't strictly correct. >>> >>> > > Many hardware devices (such as GPS units) can only do BT >>> > > DUNtetheringand so the Ad-Hoc WiFi network apps don't help. >>> >>> > > You can see the rest made on the 1st of Dec 2008 to support BT >>> > > DUNtetheringathttp://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=1416. >>> > > As you can see it's still marked as New despite being there over 6 >>> > > months which would indicate that it's unlikely to happen any time soon. >>> >>> > > Al. >>> >>> > > -- >>> >>> > > * Written an Android App? - List it athttp://andappstore.com/* >>> >>> > > ====== >>> > > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the >>> > > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, >>> > > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. >>> >>> > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not >>> > > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's >>> > > subsidiaries. >>> >>> > > -----Original Message----- >>> > > From: [email protected] >>> > > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lbcoder >>> > > Sent: 15 June 2009 03:29 >>> > > To: Android Discuss >>> > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: missing standard features >>> >>> > > 1) Its called *tethering*. There are apps that do it. The best one is >>> > > "wifi tether for root users", which is not available on the market. A >>> > > google search should find it. >>> > > 2) That format is too limited to be of much use. >>> > > 3) You've got "favorites", which is better than nothing. >>> > > 4) Trivial to implement, but of course requires a FORWARD FACING >>> > > CAMERA, and Android is not about the hardware. >>> >>> > > On Jun 13, 11:34 am, sonisoe <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > > these are standard features on other devices, that i miss. believe >>> > > > many of us use these more often than not : >>> > > > - phone as modem (iphone is finally catching up) >>> > > > - send + receive vCard >>> > > > - group contact >>> > > > - video call >>> >>> >> > >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. 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