unCubeme

Man I’ve been lazy. I think it’s been about 2 years since my last post and really the time has come for me to get back at it. All I needed was a little inspiration delivered by no other than Mr. T.

Well the other day I finally got offered to join Google Voice’s beta program. I thought since my mobile number is basically my primary number that having an extra number to hand out instead of my direct cell phone number. As of right now Google only gives out dialer applications for Blackberry and Android and someone has released a good application for the iPhone. I have only seen one other dialer application for windows mobile but the individual is charging money for it. So I decided that i would write my own application. Instead of charging money for the application, I’m going to hand it out for free. The way this application works is that on first use it will ask for your google voice number. Then it will display a list of contacts, or you can enter a number to dial. If you select a contact it will display their information and it will display all the numbers associated with that contact. The program dials your google voice number then pauses then dials the number selected. This way will not use any data minutes.

One main caveat, you must disable pin number when dialing your google voice number.

Email all questions and comments to brandon@uncubeme.com, this is a beta version. I know there is a lot of work still to be done with it

Click Here to Download GoogleVoiceWM Beta

Web Development India

Web development services in India have changed the face of the internet in a remarkable way. With more and more companies marketing their products online and customers relying heavily on the internet, web development has picked up radically. Most of us now enjoy the facility of buying commodities or goods online from the very comforts of our own homes instead of visiting stores, malls and shops and searching in person for what we need. This not only helps saves time but also saves the hassles and the efforts that one has to put up with in order to reach nearby stores or malls.

Web development initially was thought to be limited to the designing aspect of creating an appealing website. However, nowadays web development is much more than that. It would include many others modules like e-commerce, online videos, advertisement campaigns, creating online inventories, online stores, tutorials and much more. The scope of web development can range from developing simple static web pages of plain text to the most complex web-based internet applications, electronic businesses, or social network services.

Large setups and organizations would usually have a huge portal running on the internet marketing their products and services hence they would hire a web development team comprising of many web developers to maintain their website for them. On the contrary, smaller setups would usually hire a webmaster or a small team of graphic designers to help maintain their site for them. Web development may only be a successful proposition if all departments in one organization present a collaborative effort towards it.

Web development has become a very easy job as compared to the past. There are many software tools available like for example Adobe Dreamweaver, Photoshop or Microsoft Expression Studio which can help you in developing a classy website in no time at all. These tools are so user friendly that extensive knowledge of HTML or any other programming is not all required. You can effortlessly place pictures, graphics and create web pages beyond your wildest dreams.

Many small to large companies have engaged web development companies to create for them backend tools like Content Management Systems through which their webmaster can update their website for them. Again, no expert knowledge is required in running these CMS packages and they can update your website in no time at all. Open source CMS codes like Drupal, Joomla and Xoops are freely available. They just need to custom programmed to meet the individual requirements of a company.

Costs involved in web development are not as what it used to be a couple of years back. In fact there are many sites available on the internet which can help you build a site based on your basic requirement at very low rates. However, if you own a company and are looking for slightly complex web applications to be created for your site then it is always best to hire a web development company. Web Development in India is on the rise and there are many experienced and professional companies providing efficient services. One needs to be cautious while choosing the right Web Development partner and should look into various aspects such as the solution offered, the costs, the communication level of the company and ufcourse the standard of quality that the company offers. IT Chimes is one of the leading Web Development companies in India and with a portfolio of more than 100 clients worldwide and 300 successful projects already delivered they have the confidence to take on complex project and offer efficient and result oriented solutions.

For more information on Web Development India visit IT Chimes or email info@itchimes.com

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When it comes to working with .zip files, I actually prefer to work with the Native windows Zip application. I still usually install WinZip or WinRar to handle the occasional non zip compressed file. Well on install, if you don’t forget to uncheck to associate with zip, then those applications open by default. Now normally you can fix this by right clicking on the zip file, hitting properties then hitting change to select new default application. The problem is that the Native Zip application is no where to be found, and I don’t know where that executable is stored. So looking online all you have to do is run this command. Go to Start->Run

cmd /c assoc .zip=CompressedFolder

Voila! Windows Zip application is set by default now!

As you all know I have a Motorola Q9c, and as a permanent setting the camera will make a shutter sound when its taking a picture. This sound will go off even if the phone is in silent mode. The reason this is setup this way, is to prevent perverts from taking pictures. Now when I have my phone on silent, I like to have it on silent and since this is a windows mobile phone, everything is changeable. Most of the times you can change almost anything by editing the registry. Here are the directions, play around with this at your own risk.

How to disable the Motorola Q/Q9c Camera Sound

Install a registry editor on your phone.

Navigate to \HKLM\System\Pictures\Camera\OEM
Edit the value of SoundFile
Change the string from “\windows\shuttersound_02_secs.wav” to “\windows\*none*\” (asterisks are required.)

Voia! There you go no more sound!

I came across this post on Life Hacker blog. This article referenced two different bloggers, first a physical keyboard loving Android G1 user and two, a virtual keyboard loving iPhone user. Now this brought up a good question that I have been cotemplating for a long time. I have been a huge Windows Mobile fan since I have been using in back in 2001. I received an HP Jornada 520 for Christmas. I hooked this up to my cellphone at the time and was signing on to instant messager using this device. There was only one huge problem,this Pocket PC device did not have a physical keyboard built in and all it provided was the horrible keyboad built into windows mobile that is required to use the stylus to type with. This was not fun to use.

I used the Jornada for a couple of years, but in the end did not use it too much after that. I didn’t get another pda till 2005. This was my first venture into the smartphone market. I bought a Samsung i500 which is a flip Palm phone. This thing was BIG DOG of its time. This had a physical keyboard for a phone, and it had a touch writing area for character recognition but still no full physical qwerty keyboard. Since this phone was missing a few key features that most phones had at this time such as full text messaging and external caller ID as well as funning Palm OS that I was not use to. I decided to upgrade to the Samsung i600 which ran Windows Mobile 2003.

The Samsung i600 as a phone fixed a lot of things that were wrong with the i500. It had an external caller ID, it had full text messaging, and it had a SD card slot, plus it had Windows. Well once again this is a windows smartphone with a physical phone keyboard but no qwerty keyboard.

After this phone I upgraded to a Treo 700wx which ran Windows Mobile and this time had a full qwerty keyboard. I really enjoyed this phone until the microphone went out. So I had to rush and get the Motorola Q9c that I am using right now. This phone has been pretty good to me even though its not a touch screen phone like the Treo.

I have gotten pretty acustomed to having a physical qwerty keyboard. I vowed that I will never have a phone without a physical keyboard. As phones get more and more technically advanced such as all touchscreen phones, non-smartphone smartphones I may have to rethink this question. I mean the iPhone is great product and all but I refuse to buy any apple product. On the other hand as more and more companies pump out generic “iPhone killers” that just look like garbage just like the Samsung Instinct, I’m glad I don’t have a garbage phone like that.

There is one awesome thing that there is a huge benefit of having a virtual touch scree phone. The screen size is larger allowing the viewing of movies and webpages much easier. Now touch screens with slide out keyboards can do the same, but that adds a lot of bulk. So if I had a larger screen phone, I will have to suffer without a physical keyboard. Due to me being a Windows Mobile fan that means I have to wait for phones that will be released with Windows Mobile 6.5 or do I?

I was watching a video on you tube in which somebody was demonstrating feature of Windows Mobile 6.5 on a touchscreen phone and said wow that phone looks sweet, it turned out to be the HTC Touch Diamond2. I’m a little tired of my Q9c so I was looking where I can get this Diamond2 and guess what … It is not sold in America YET. I can buy an unlocked version but this will not help me out since I am on Sprint. So as of right now I’m waiting for that to be released with Sprint and lets hope it does.

So to answer that question I may prefer a physical keyboard but I am willing to try out a virtual keyboard. What do you guys think?