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Free Development Systems for Cell Phones?
mongoose(!no) asks: "Does anyone know of a free development environment for cellular phones? Right now, my phone has support for Qualcomm's BREW. Qualcomm offers a free SDK, to develop applications. However, to put the application on a phone, it costs $400 to become a BREW authorized developer. I am in the market for a new cell phone and am looking for one I could write applications on. Smart phones running Palm, and Windows CE are too expensive for my budget. Do I have any options or am I pretty much locked out of writing software for my cell pone?"
I've been trying to get my hands on the interface spec for the Samsung phones (specifically the A500) so I can sync the calendar and todo list. Samsung says themselves that the information is "proprietary" and they don't release it.
Hello, Samsung, I want to write a FREE app so people can use your phone!
Good luck.
What about using "mobile" stylesheets?
That's how you're supposed to do it - same content, but different formatting for mobile, desktop, fullscreen, print, etc., etc.
The protocols for phonebook, calendar, and todo reading and writing are known for a number of Samsung phones. Samsung uses ASCII AT commands for these. The BitPim project is currently adding phonebook, calendar, wallpaper and ringer support for several Samsung phones. The A500 likely has a similar protocol to other Samsung phones. You can see some notes on Samsung AT commands in the file samsungnotes.txt in the BitPim CVS.