Would be great if this app can be ported to j2ME. You can ask mypapit for porting to this platform if he is interested.
Hasanuddin Abu Bakar ------------------------------- Ubuntu embedded developer/tester https://wiki.ubuntu.com/bizkut Get FireGPG for your Firefox! http://getfiregpg.org PGP Public Key http://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371/pks/lookup?search=0xD25748FC1754D52DAFA5EA8EC5A1B11965D43C5C&op=index Sent from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:57 AM, yccheok<[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks for blogging on it. Good to hear that it is useful for you and > your uncle. > > In short-term, we do not have plan for mobile device. As we still have > many unfinished tasks for desktop users. Plus, mobile devices have the > shortcoming of being resource limited, which make most of the JStock > features difficult to be ported over. > > About receiving SMS alert without having JStock keep running, I would > suggest that your uncle, to subscribe paid service directly from > established broking firms (like OSK188). > > As, they are financial backed firm, and able to provide a reliable > stock SMS alert service (To have reliable stock SMS alert service, you > need to have $$$ to buy reliable real-time stock data source and $$$ > to buy SMS gateway service) > > We? We are just a bunch of poor programmer :p , and trying to squeeze > out every single free resource we have. > > Hence, I would say the free SMS feature, will be value added to a > group of users, who can afford the unreliability of SMS alert, and not > willing to pay a single sen. > > But for a group of users who MUST have reliable SMS alert service, and > have much $$$ to spend off, this feature might not be too useful for > them. > > We always try to ensure when we add a new feature into JStock, it > shall be value added to the end users. However, some feature need to > be financial backed. So, if your uncle have some extra money to spend > off, and are interested in one of the value added features, do > encourage him to donate to this project too :p (Sorry, shameless way > to ask for donation) > > http://jstock.sourceforge.net/faq.html#donation > > Thanks and Regards > Yan Cheng Cheok > > On Aug 8, 11:29 pm, Raja Iskandar Shah <[email protected]> > wrote: >> posted a blog on jstock running on ubuntu >> netbook.http://software.krimnet.com/jstock/jstock-a-malaysian-led-open-source... >> >> would you be able to do something similar on a mobile device ? my uncle >> would be interested. you can have the alerts as a paid service, so that the >> server will keep track of the movements, instead of the phone. the portfolio >> needs to be on the mobile phone, so that he can view his portfolio at any >> time without being connected and run an update to get the latest prices. >> >> i like the alert, it is very useful and easy to do. >> >> On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Raja Iskandar Shah <[email protected] >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
