What's the application about:
This application finds your location via GPS (provided you have an internal or external GPS).
Then you have the option to:
1. Send an SMS
2. Send an Email
3. Create a Note
4. Send to Clipboard
your location as just plain coordinates (40.089821,22.567634) (can be copied to maps.google.com search field)
or better as a Google Maps Link (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&t=m&q=40.089821,22.567634)
or (New) as a Google Maps Mobile Link (http://www.google.com/gmm/x?action=BUSI&q=LAT,LONG).
5. (New) Scheduled SMS, Email sending or Http request on defined time interval.
The persons who receive your SMS or Email can click on the google maps link and they will directly see your location on google maps.
You can use Pocket Outlook or Flexmail as your email sending app. You can choose the account that will be used and you can a default recipient.
When sending the email you will be prompted to add a recipient. The default recipient you have set up will be proposed. You can change it or browse through your contacts to choose another email.
You can keep a note with your current location and add your own notes. Date and time automatically added in the note.
You can copy the location to the clipboard and paste it anywhere you want or you can just phone someone and tell him your location.
To setup a http request, for example http://maps.google.com/maps?q=40.000000,24.000000
then you would write in the settings http://maps.google.com/maps?q=%lat%,%long%
So if you're still on vacation why not send your location to your friends!!!
Version 1.2 beta 3 What's new (14/12/2009)
1. Fixed the scheduled http function
2. SMS 140 chars. There is a choice in the settings to send a cut SMS version that is around 137 to 140 chars.
Version 1.2 beta 1 What's new (23/11/2009)
1. Scheduled SMS, Email sending or Http request on defined time interval. Each of them can be enabled separately and have its own time interval.
2. Google Maps Mobile Link. You can choose to send a Google Maps Mobile Link by SMS. This links open only from a mobile device and cannot be opened from a desktop pc. So you should be careful when sending this type of link. If you are not sure if the other party can open this link than better send a Google Maps desktop link. (http://www.google.com/gmm/x?action=BUSI&q=LAT,LONG)
3. Send without editing. For both SMS and Email you have the option to send them without first editing them. The SMS program and email program will not open but they will be sent in the background.
4. Send without poping up Contact Screen. For both SMS and Email you have the option to send them without the Choose Contact screen opening. You have to set a predefined Recipient in the Settings.
5. Many internal changed to allow the scheduled SMS, Email and Http function be implemented.
Version 1.1a What's new (11/09/2009)
When you use "Microsoft Intermediate GPS Driver" and you press disconnect the app now closes the GPS. In v1.1 you should exit the program to close GPS.
Version 1.1 What's new (08/09/2009)
1. GPS Data. The app now uses "Microsoft Intermediate GPS Driver" to get the gps data. It's the default option. Works perfect, not laggy anymore. Should solve the problems some of you had connecting to GPS. For older devices (wm 2003) which don't support the driver, you can use the old method with the serial port. Choose it from the options.
2. SMS. Added Date and Time in the message when sending SMS
3. Email with Pocket Outlook. You can now edit the email before sending it. The option to send it without editing it, remains but you have to choose it in the options.
Things I have in mind to do next
1. Some graphics improvements for vga devices. (it's developed on my qvga)
2. Look if can get the pic from google maps and send it as MMS or Mail Attachment
Known Issues:
v1.0
When moving fast (in a car) then your location shown is about 5 seconds back. So when you stop somewhere it keeps refreshing till it reaches your current position. It takes about 5 secs (solved on v1.1).
Installation:
Just install the cab on the device or storage card. When upgrading then you have to install the app on the same location to keep the settings OR copy the settings.txt file to your new location.
Donation:
Anybody finds this app useful and would like to donate, you can do it through this paypal account:
reserved for future use (updates, etc.)
excellent man, thank you, i was waiting for an application like this for a long time....
Great App !
Now, if you do a better graphics, it will become a beautiful app
Awesome app! Cheers.
How about another option where it sends it as an MMS. You could make it open google maps on the phone, take a screen shot of the location then send the image via mms.
That would be sweeeet.
great app. +1 to the mms idea
This sounds Great. Would it be possible to use this as a phone finding tool?
Coool Application.Iphone like
Good and Great
A great we have this in our mobile it very improtant --so it sound good application --thank you
Can you make it send a .kml file as an email attachment? Then, as long as the recipient has google maps, opening the attachment will launch google maps with the location marked.
This works great on my T-Mobile USA Touch Pro 2, stock ROM, a very useful application. Thank you highway!
does what you say..
Tested on my BLACKSTONE (hd ,stock rom ) ,working very smooth..yeah..
does what you say (sms, etc..)
Bit unsure ,when i clicked on "connect " (to gps ) if it was in fact trying to ( would it not be good to have some form of indicator ,that it is ? )..,but hey very impressed..
thank you
Nice app and feature at pocketnow.com! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549517
Very nice! Thank you!
Wraios file mou
Works OK on my Sprint Touch Pro but ...
When you send an email, it puts the completed email in the outbox where it is sent automatically giving you no chance to edit the email. Other apps that send email open the email program with the mail composed allowing you to edit the outgoing email. Apparently the author has his email configured to not send email automatically.
Hi,
it is possible send position as Google Maps (PPC Version) favorite?
Open the coordinates without browser, but directly with Google Maps.
with friendly greet
starbase64
starbase64 said:
Hi,
it is possible send position as Google Maps (PPC Version) favorite?
Open the coordinates without browser, but directly with Google Maps.
with friendly greet
starbase64
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+1. I love this app when I am sending a sms link to my wife's iphone...it opens goog maps and 2 quick clicks and she on her way. would be great if it did the same thing when I clicked on the link. Still...works super easy. a must have app for me. bravo
Thankyou been wanting an app that just does it & this does
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+1. I love this app when I am sending a sms link to my wife's iphone...it opens goog maps and 2 quick clicks and she on her way. would be great if it did the same thing when I clicked on the link. Still...works super easy. a must have app for me. bravo
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+1.
BTW, works great on my French Touch Pro 2, stock ROM.
Highway - Good job ! it is a very useful application.
One small issue :
2nd settings page doesn't allow to choose Pocket Outlook main email account - the one sync'ed with ActiveSync / OTA.
It shows POP & IMAP email accounts but not the activesync one (I want to use to send the email with your app).
Thanks.
Hi folks,
I had to change my HD2 because of a damage and now my new ROM is 1.72.
My problem is, that it is not possible, to open an attachment by klicking on it inside the mail. I always get the message "cannot show the attachment"
The attachment is already loaded down into the right folder.
The move of mails from main memory to the storage card had no effect.
The type of attachment (doc, pdf, exel) makes no difference.
it is possible, to save the attachments into a folder on the memory and open them there.
So it seems to be a problem of mobile Outlook.
Opening the attachments is key for me because of being most of my time on the road.
Does anybody have a solution?
regards
Jörg
--push----
Is it true?
Nobody can open attachements out of the mail or I'm the only guy who has this problem?
regards
Jörg
Have you tried saving the file by holding down where it says attachment and running it from where you saved it? Is it a file that can be opened up on your device anyway?
does anyone know if there is away to bypass this?
I come across it in almost all sharing apps even in the mail app on wifi and 3g
Sorry if this has been asked before but i couldn't find any threads.
as i know google limits the attachement size...
(have read somewhere) 20mb through web-ui and 2.x mb at android but can´t confirm imho...
attachments that do not go through may also be caused by the receiver of the message (and their email account limit for attachments.)
my quick test:
trying to send a 12mb attachment through gmail to a yahoo account
-> msg is remains at outgoing-dir..saying will be send..
trying to send a 12mb attachment through normal mail app (yahoo) to my gmail account
-> got failure notice (unable to deliver) and a notice to googles attachment guidelines
sending to another yahoo account
-> send successfully but waiting for delivery
-> after hours still waiting for delivery...
hope that helps a little to find ur answers...
:silly: omg...this post is from may´11...shame on me...
Hi everybody,
I've a little problem with the email apps :
when I receive an email with some PDF or doc or whatever file as attachment, I'm unable to download it or to open it using the email application... I've to forward it to my gmail email address to be able to use the Gmail apps to see the attachment...
I'm certainly making something false, but what ??
I don't only see any buttons or any option concerning the attachment !
if you click on it u cannot open pdf file which is a pain. if u save it u can open it. we should be able to view it without saving it.
little things like this should have been sorted out!
I use maildroid which lets me view pdf without saving it.
Hi guys
Anyone else struggling to open xms excel (xls) email attachments direct from stock email app?
I can open them if I download them from the email and go through a file explorer - but not straight from email
Any thoughts
Cheers
Ras
Whilst it appears we are struggling for a solution boys, can anyone confirm or deny as to whether they have the same issue
Sorry I don't work with xls files.
I just use Pdf and Word...