How to Fit an Image to the Screen Size

18 07 2008

If we want to use an image as background in a J2ME application, we have the problem that we must to have one image for each different size screen. Another approach is to have only one image and fit it to all screen sizes.

In this article I will describe an algorithm to do that.

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Forum Nokia Wiki

17 07 2008

Nokia Logo

The Forum Nokia Wiki is a very powerful site with a lot of good examples. I found some ones very interesting:

How to use the Google Maps API in J2ME mobile devices
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/J2ME_Google_Maps_API
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_use_Google_Maps_data_in_mobile_applications

How to use the Sensor API on the Nokia n95
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Sensor_API

UI Frameworks for J2ME
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/Java_ME_UI_Frameworks

How to parse XML in J2ME with kXML
http://wiki.forum.nokia.com/index.php/How_to_parse_an_XML_file_in_J2ME_with_kXML





How to – Fade Algorithms (2)

26 06 2008

This is the second article about fade algorithms. In the first article I described the basic algorithm, now I will to introduce you to some advance effects we can do with this basic algorithm.

Fade Logo

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How to – Fade Algorithms (1)

14 04 2008

I have to developed some fade algorithms to get more user friendly applications.
I used this algorithms to create nice backgrounds and menus.
I will post some articles that describe how to use it, this is the first one.

Fade Background Complex Fade Application

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How To – Send SMS Messages

14 04 2008

On this post I will explain how to send a short message text (SMS) in only 4 steps.
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Bluetooth Proximity Marketing Demo 2

1 03 2008

This another demostration of the project I am working rigth now.

I developed a Bluetooth Proximity Marketing Software that send content to Bluetooth device on the coverage area, this is a J2SE application and runs over Ubuntu.

On the video you can watch the sofware running on a Eee PC Asus and sending an image to a mobile device.