I don't know if many of you remember the screensaver Johnny Castaway available in the 90's for the PC. it was IMO the most entertaining screensaver ever. It would be great, if someone with artistic skills can create it for a live wallpaper...
OMG I love johny castaway. I have it as my screensaver in linux now using wine and some bash scripting. Johny as a live wallpaper would be insanely awesome.
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I don't know if many of you remember the screensaver Johnny Castaway available in the 90's for the PC. it was IMO the most entertaining screensaver ever. It would be great, if someone with artistic skills can create it for a live wallpaper...
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Mentioned this to the other guys in our company a few months ago. I actually managed to track down the guy who created Johnny Castaway and he works for/started a game programming company now if I remember correctly. I never contacted him about whether he would allow someone to use Johnny Castaway, though, since we were busy developing other projects.
I'm not sure how intensive it is to create live wallpapers, but I'll talk with our lead programmer. We've got a lot going on right now with other development, so it would probably be a little while before we could get to it, if at all.
Johnny Castaway was friggin awesome! I loved that screen saver
Yes!
I've searched and searched for this for my phone! Someone please develop it!
seems like a nice saver. It'd make a very funny live wallpaper
well can someone get the screensaver and post it here? if i remember correctly it was a guy in a deserted island? like emmmmm windows 95 time? get it and we will try to recreate it in LWP (dunno how windows screensavers work but i will try)
web.onetel.net.uk/~gnudawn/johnny
Home page for current versions.
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web.onetel.net.uk/~gnudawn/johnny
Home page for current versions.
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not working on my system :s Win7 x64. tried compatibility mode also.
There is no version for Vista or newer versions of windows. :/
I would love to have a JC animated wallpaper!
At least i'm dreaming of a new rendered, 3D Win7 compatible Screensaver of JC.
I'd even pay for!
There are so many fans out there, this would be a great deal!
Rosiv
+1
i am getting nostalgic right now....
I just now saw this post but my team has been working on a clone. It's been slow going because of day jobs but I personally will have some time off at the end of the month until next year and I plan to spend most of it working on this. Right now we have an island with the sun/moon rising/setting based on the time of day and your gps location. Our next task is to get the decision tree done and then animations.
Here's a screenshot from my phone
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Now that is some exciting news! Please keep us posted!
Will do. Also we'll probably need some beta testers in the future and if anyone has an interest in working with us by providing code or art then post/email. I'll post again when beta testing starts.
Any news about it ?
I can be a beta tester. No problem at all. =D
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Any news about it ?
I can be a beta tester. No problem at all. =D
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No, been working on other projects. I haven't forgotten about it though.
And I can be an Alpha tester
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somewhat related. what i did was download jc through utube. saved the file as an mp4 then used video live wallpaper. works for me. i also downloaded heaps of other clips like:
-spiderman swinging around the city
-the pug licking your screen
-tomb raider / lara croft running around / swimming
-afterdark flying toasters
i even have a video of the iphone screen wash (iwash) which i rarely use.
cheers
If you not had the pleasure of using the Johnny Castaway Screensaver, it was unlike any others. The beauty and true fun of it was not that it was a cool guy on an island in some funny scenarios. This screensaver shined on special days like new years eve when you see him celebrating, or rare scenes such as when he dreamed of being rescued. It run ok on xp without tweaking except it would only occupy the middle of the screen (look fine with background turned off). If one could recreate the real fun of this screensaver in an android live wallpaper, that would be an easy purchase for me.
Johnny Castaway's Home Page
I loved this wallpaper as a kid. I remember it on my fathers pc.
I am going to do everything in my power to make this a reality on the android phone.
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This looks pretty interesting:
WhoNeedsAniPhone.com is looking for beta testers for a launcher/weather-widget/sliding unlocker based on Flash....
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More deets here-->http://www.whoneedsaniphone.com/pages.asp?pageid=1
That really puzzles me why MS and or HTC already have made a GUI based on flash or similar? It's a good standard.
This could actually be really promising.
Looks COOL, thanks!
Woo hoo..that looks awesome..hope I get chosen to become a beta tester.
I submitted an application as well.
Co-Worker showed this today. I must be behind as many folks probably are aware this is out.
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/mobileshell/?en
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/products/mobileshell/tour.html
looks nice
but fiddy bucks when it will be eventually made for free by someone else?
patience is a virtue
Spb has to step its game up! Don't get me wrong it (mobile shell) is a good app. But, you got touchflo (buttonflo in my case), all of the iPhone clones and this app. The winmob launcher market is getting crowded and that is good for us.
The only thing that's nice on the iPhone is the size of it's screen and it's multi-touch screen. IMO the interface is stupid. It's more for the average simple minded person where everything is in big and handicap accessible which in turn is contrasted by the annoying slide to unlock which is a pain in the ass to use.
iPhone vs HTC Hermes/Tytn/AT&T 8525
I just posted an iPhone vs HTC Tytn review at http://neilberman.blogspot.com/
Appreciate any comments you may have...
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I just posted an iPhone vs HTC Tytn review at http://neilberman.blogspot.com/
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This was a great article.
I liked your analogies used in the article. I think towards the end you focused less on grammar and more on finishing the article though. The beginning seemed much more paced and detailed.
Great article though.. thanks.
now this looks very very interestin!
Well color me interested. Yep, signed up for the beta like everyone else. This is exactly what the WM platform needs I think to get some broader adoption. As with any good development this looks to make use of what's already out there that works well along with things that people feel are bad or missing from current offerings. Can't wait to see it in action.
This is going to improve and completely change our beloved phoneys..
How about making themes for the cooked roms.. A crazy black and moving flash theme..or how about an Elfie Theme with little elfs running around.
Now - GUI guys, you are getting challenged by this new feature of our world.
This is nice, but I don't get it...
Why reduce the today screen to a single button list? I really enjoy being able to precisely customise what is on my today screen, and being able to have any infos I need/want at a glance.
Something more hybrid could in my opinion be better.
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This is nice, but I don't get it...
Why reduce the today screen to a single button list? I really enjoy being able to precisely customise what is on my today screen, and being able to have any infos I need/want at a glance.
Something more hybrid could in my opinion be better.
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I agree, all this iphone style hype and all you end up with is a less usable phone. Apple have everyone fooled, people really need to slow down and have a look at what is really happening.
I would love to see apple similar interface WITH the tabs at the bottom, as "primary apps" each linked to a full screen (one of them could be the "today" tab that would display the today screen if tapped) where you could add or delete and even modify the icons for any programs you wanted on any screen grouping all the applications requiring internet on one screen for example.... seems like a simple idea but haven't seen anything like it... or am I wrong?
this looks quite promising.. if only there were some video shots of it working..
I can only imagine this will be slow.. if its flash its sure to be..
Also.. why have another app running all the time.. the only way for this to really really be useful is for someone to totally modify a ROM to have this as the default shell (which I imagine would be a lot of work) which would then be quite useful.
The other thing is that the Today screen is one of windows mobiles best features over symbian or the iphone as far as im concerned.. its a brilliant interface for presenting a lot of info neatly..
This does look nice.. but like all the other app launchers i bet i'd give up after a few days and go back to the tried and tested today screen.
It looks like it might be good.
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Inspired by the Wuvuzela app (and possibly by the announcement of Portal 2 at E3), I've developed a simple little application that allows you to blow into your phone's microphone to blow out candles on a cake.
The options screen, displayed before running the app, now allows you to Calibrate your device's microphone. Simply touch "Calibrate", press OK, and blow into your phones mic until told to stop. The minimum decibels needed blow out the candles are now set to your current environment.
You can also enable the tune, which will play the Happy birthday tune after blowing out the candles.
Finally, you can change the preset message to something more personal, such as "Happy Birthday, Michele!"
Features:
-Blow out candles with your phones mic
-Custom birthday message
-Calibrated to your environment
-New, prettier birthday cake
-Happy birthday tune played in the background
Tested and working on my HTC HD2, but should work on other devices as well.
Let me know what you think/if you have any problems.
Download:
Version 2.0: http://windowsphonehacker.com/birthdaycake2_released-08-05-10.php
Version 0.1: http://windowsphonehacker.com/files/birthdaycake.cab
Old video:
thx, but it didn't work on my touchpro. no matter how hard or soft i blow, the candle keeps burning.
Great stuff, but did not produce shortcuts
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Great stuff, but did not produce shortcuts
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I apologize for that, I'll get a fixed cab out soon
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thx, but it didn't work on my touchpro. no matter how hard or soft i blow, the candle keeps burning.
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Does it flicker any? (animation should change if over 25dB)
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I apologize for that, I'll get a fixed cab out soon
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It's fixed, re-download the file and let me know if it helps.
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Does it flicker any? (animation should change if over 25dB)
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the flame dances juuust a bit, again, no matter how hard i blow... btw, i even tried whistling and screaming
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the flame dances juuust a bit, again, no matter how hard i blow... btw, i even tried whistling and screaming
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That's strange, I suppose the app can't get a hold on your devices microphone. Again, it's only been tested on the HD2.
Nice Application......Thanks
work great on omnia even just half screen...thank..
thanks for this good idea ! But in my HTC Touch HD, doesn't work : the candle is still there even if I blow strongly...
Nice app. But bad for your HD2's mic (corrosion!).
Didn't work on Samsung Omnia 2 (i8000)
Nice application.
But will be better if we can edit the message.
Thank you very much for application. Today is my birthday, even I can't switch off the candle.
I will try to restart the phone just in case.
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Thank you very much for application. Today is my birthday, even I can't switch off the candle.
I will try to restart the phone just in case.
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Happy Birthday! Buy a real cake and share it with family and friends
If I may give my input
I think this application is useless, however many people like useless applications. To be quite honest, I think If you added the happy birthday song within the app that could be played on demand, that would create a much higher demand for it. I know there have been times when its someones birthday and I wish I could play the birthday song..... If this idea intrigues you let me know when you add it so I can be the first to test it out.... seems pretty simple....Good luck
great start....has great potential !!! why not try a new app of bits of paper.....that fly in pointed direction when blown in the mic ????
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Happy Birthday! Buy a real cake and share it with family and friends
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Thank you very much. Of course I bought a real cake for my friends. I have installed this app only for fun!
Happy holiday to all of you!
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. Once I get off vacation, I'll be sure to see about adding these features.
Also, can anyone see about getting me a cake image I can edit? One without a giant Portal gun?
Whoa Mozilla labs has plans to build their own OS based on android. Its just a concept right now but its crazy to see how far technology could go. The original article was on gizmodo but I thought id share since were all bored and arguing around here anyways. I looked for this before I posted it and couldn't find anything similar in the 3D section.
Here's the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG3tLxEQEdg
The article from gizmodo.
http://gizmodo.com/5824729/mozillas-making-a-cellphone-os-based-on-android
Edit: This is my first time hearing about this, i guess im late to the party lol. *facepalm*
That video has been around for a while but the news about them building an OS using Android is new. Sounds like a UI on top of Android to me though.
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That video has been around for a while but the news about them building an OS using Android is new. Sounds like a UI on top of Android to me though.
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Ahhh yeah does sound like a custom UI sort of like sense but the article said they arent adopting java; could be interesting. I know im late i barely found that video lol.
If that thing was ever built, it'd be the most expensive smartphone that has ever existed, haha.
Can't imagine the battery life on that thing.
I saw that about a year ago and I don't think we are much closer to it being realistic. It looks amazing but I think we are years away from anything close to that.
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Can't imagine the battery life on that thing.
I saw that about a year ago and I don't think we are much closer to it being realistic. It looks amazing but I think we are years away from anything close to that.
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Damn its that old lol sheesh; yeah battery life would probably be god awful, you'd need a backup generator in your house to keep it going lol. @buckley im sure it would at least be 1000 at minimum.
I say we need a pocket nuclear powerplant
I need to patent my idea of a solar cell on the back of phones. I read about this a while back.
If Android Firefox's development is any sort of benchmark, expect to see Seabird in 2089. ;P
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If Android Firefox's development is any sort of benchmark, expect to see Seabird in 2089. ;P
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yeah i know, lol their browser on android sucks balls man...
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I need to patent my idea of a solar cell on the back of phones. I read about this a while back.
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you know the puma phone already has something of the like right?
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http://www.pumaphone.com
Although they don't have the same sensor technology for typing and stuff, you have been able to order phones with built in PICO projectors from overseas forever. I own a Pico projector seperately and it is awesome. Not much bigger than the 3VO. Well, like 3 times thicker, but can fit in your pocket.
Again, they've been making them for years overseas, so why the have to pretend being able to project your phones screen on to the wall is some future concept is silly. I know it has a lot more features than that, so it is a concept phone. But I just think it's interesting that projector part has such a wow factor when they are made everyday.
This is from CES 2009. A Samsung phone for Korea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgnADSuF8MA
This is the projector I have owned for years:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDjzWAj9hdk
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ui released in mwc 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChgS0pry76Q&feature=player_embedded
http://chameleon.teknision.com/#
It doesn't look like they have anything real to show.
The video looks like the product of video editing.
Looks really cool. If it's lag free, I'd be willing to pay for it.
looks great, reminds me somehow of windowsphone^^
are there any informations when this will be released? cant find any on the side?!
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It doesn't look like they have anything real to show.
The video looks like the product of video editing.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZ7guxro2g&feature=player_embedded
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWZ7guxro2g&feature=player_embedded
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What does this video look like?
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Amazing! Any news on when it will be out?
will it be open source? for ports to HP touchpad cuz I doubt they'd do it if they care about 'consumer experience'
the UI does look amazing...its exactly what I wanted from a tablet
Its running on ICS, wouldn't it be possible to do distribute this as a custom launcher with its own widgets.
Either way its nice to see other companies taking advantage of the Android source and adding their own enhancements to it. Some call it fragmentation, but its no different than Linux distros. In the end the user gets the power to customize even more.
Why is Bud Bundy on their website?
On a serious note, Teknision has some real pretty eye-candy on their site.
But aside from contributing to the PlayBook interface, it looks like all they have done so far is prototypes.
The demo looks good but they are pandering to the OEMs, not the consumers.
If anything, I think you might see this on a very expensive, yet to be produced device.
Maybe next year.
Can't a Dev come up with something like that for us in the free world (donations given obviously), because stock Android on tablets in general has yet to impress me.
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The world revolves around money... i cannot express how lucky we are to have the community we do, and the software that has come from it. Sadly, i see that community shrinking over time, not growing
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Can't a Dev come up with something like that for us in the free world (donations given obviously), because stock Android on tablets in general has yet to impress me.
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In order to develop something like that, a developer would need to have the resources that teknison has, the man power that teknison has, the money that teknison has, and the test devices that teknison has.
none that neither I nor any other developer ever WILL have. so no, we cant come up with something like that. you cant just throw something like that together. its taken probably the better part of a year with a group of people to develop something like that.
So, time goes, but what are the news from Teknision about Project Chameleon?
I think I would get tired of this pretty quick. Transition animation is pretty cool but there is a point where I want things to open quicker and this just looks like a lot of graphics without adding anything all that great.
A lot of it depends on how whether it can be tailored to each persons wants. So many times I see something that looks cool on youtube but then you try it your self and it doesn't do what you want it to do.
Can this run flawlessly on CN ICS or classicnerd ICS?
Anybody give some feedback?
Minimum Tablet Requirements
Android 3.2 (HoneyComb) and newer
Device Type
Android Tablet
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1280 x 800 and above
Wont run on a Touchpad I guess.
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Can this run flawlessly on CN ICS or classicnerd ICS?
Anybody give some feedback?
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Sure. It runs great.
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Sure. It runs great.
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the UI will release in septembre
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Hey guys. I've been a long time lurker at XDA, and since I recently graduated I traded my spare time for beginning my story with App Development. Currently I am learning to code properly and working on first serious app that I could publish, but in the meantime using AppInventor and Andromo just to have the extra motivating push of knowing how it feels to actually create something. Needless to say, that's what I did, and despite the simplicity and amateur-ishness of my first creation, I love how it feels and makes me want to make actually great stuff.
I wanted to find a special place to post said first ever creation and what would it be other than a development board closest to my heart, where I've read countless advice and obtained so many amazing software creations in form of custom ROMs? So I decided this will be it and for this app probably the only place I post this.
I know the app is not actually a fancy utility and that the quality is also far from being up to par (it doesn't crash and uses a tiny amount of resources though!), the app was made with thought of how I like spending time - I wanted a simple and minimalistic (resource-light) radio player with a nice atmosphere that would just seamlessly allow me to choose between music I listen to sleep, to relax/study or if I feel like something more nostalgic like old school Nintendo soundtracks. As a bonus it also includes an Anime radio. I did not want confusion of choosing the right radio stream, I just included carefully picked, one best for each category. And so it is, exactly that and just that, with a pleasant Panda background. Still I would deeply appreciate if you guys could just check it out and give it a try. Just with a thought that it's my first app, with hopes that there will be many actually good ones to come.
I will maintain this app to make sure it works properly just due to its sentimental value, so if you know anyone who would actually enjoy it, please feel free to share.
Thanks for everything guys!
And this is it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev578695.app539758
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I like it!
I think you can tap into an interesting group of people. If you polish it up a bit and add a few more features and stations, you can have a real serious product here!
Do you have to have licensing for these songs in order to make money off the app?
I would love an exclusive 8bit video game soundtrack. One that would pump you up, whether it be while studying or going for a jog or even just driving around.
RansomRenso said:
I like it!
I think you can tap into an interesting group of people. If you polish it up a bit and add a few more features and stations, you can have a real serious product here!
Do you have to have licensing for these songs in order to make money off the app?
I would love an exclusive 8bit video game soundtrack. One that would pump you up, whether it be while studying or going for a jog or even just driving around.
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Thank you very much for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
As for the radios, most of them are Shoutcast stations used with permission of their creators and the app aggregates those. I would not be unfortunately able to maintain several 24/7 radio streams at a time.
I will actually keep that in mind about the 8bit gaming music, I think that is a great suggestion. I tried to somewhat make that happen with the gaming music radio station included in the app.
In the meantime I tried to follow on the radio idea and sort-of reused it in a more refined and so far thus more successful app aimed at relaxation and meditation:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev578695.app548348
I just launched it and it got enough active users to get itself in the popular category for meditation music!
Next step, going for writing raw code for the apps, since with my current ones I helped myself with code generators, to start things off. It still takes a lot of time and effort that unfortunately doesn't pay itself off, but I'm doing it as a hobby, since I didn't choose app development as my career. I wish to stick to it to make only better apps, it is very satisfying to me, so maybe I chose a wrong career after all!
Thank you very much, and thanks everyone who checked my apps out! This place has always been one I looked up to for great developer brains and community.
RansomRenso said:
I would love an exclusive 8bit video game soundtrack. One that would pump you up, whether it be while studying or going for a jog or even just driving around.
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Actually.. I took your request to heart and made such app! It plays all sorts of video game music, with 19 stations just playing different varieties of game soundtracks, it includes oldies and 8bit video game soundtracks too. I just published it:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andromo.dev578695.app560334