Re: [HS] WP7 Version

I noticed in the screenshots that it says "HandyShopper".

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but would you please name your application something else?

I hold the rights to the name HandyShopper, and as I've mentioned before, I am considering writing an official WP7 version of HS, though I am not actively doing so in the immediate present because I am still researching some technical issues.  When I do eventually submit an official HandyShopper to the WP marketplace, naturally I would like to be able to name the official HandyShopper well um "HandyShopper".  :-)

Also, imagine if Toyota admired the Ford Focus, and decided to make their own car called the Toyota Focus.  At best, that would be rather confusing for customers.

I don't want to get support emails from your customers, and I don't think you want to get support emails about WM and Palm versions of HandyShopper.

Please rename your application.

Thanks,
Chris


--- In [email protected], "robmikedad" <chuck@...> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], "robmikedad" <chuck@> wrote:
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> > I've been using HS on my PocketPC for quite awhile. I've just bought a
> > WP7 and since I'm a .Net developer, I have been looking into porting
> HS
> > to it.
> >
> > Over the past month I've put together a prototype with the following
> > capabilities:
> >
> > * Read/display from different databases i.e. Multi-store, etc...
> > * Search for items
> > * Switch between "All" and "Need"
> >
> > I still have to add the ability to save changes.
> >
> > Because there is no built-in database within WP7 (at least the API's
> are
> > not documented), I'm using XML while database issue gets sorted-out. I
> > don't know C++, so porting the HS datalayer to C# might be a problem.
> > There are other database providers that might fit the bill.
> >
> > Importing existing data -- Yes, this is definitely an issue that MUST
> be
> > addressed, and I've been researching alternatives. Some ideas
> including
> > making use of DropBox to allow syncing between the phone and other
> > desktops. The PDB could be exported to XML or CSV, then imported into
> > the phone. Also, hopefully Microsoft will increase the SkyDrive
> support
> > with WP7. Currently you can only sync OneNote documents.
> >
> > Well, anyway, I'll keep working on it.
> >
> > Also, I'm working on a desktop Handy Shopper app.
> >
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "chrisant_wa" chrisant@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Porting HS from Palm to WM originally took 6 months to get a beta
> > working, and almost a year to get the first official release ready.
> > >
> > > Windows Phone 7 would be similar, 6-18 months probably. It is a
> > completely different platform than Windows Mobile was. The trickiest
> > part, though, is how to enable installing your old databases, and
> > backing them up somewhere. As a hobbyist, I am not going to create and
> > fund a web service for that, so it becomes quite a tricky proposition
> > for a hobbyist programmer like me in the current incarnation of the
> > Windows Phone (it only syncs certain kinds of document files with your
> > PC -- anything else has to be custom sync code with "the cloud"). I
> > would guess that will change sometime in the future, but I couldn't
> > guess when.
> > >
> > > Realistically I'm not working on HS for WP7 at this time.
> > >
> > > Again, though, the database source code is already Public Domain. So
> > any sufficiently motivated and skilled programmer could make a
> > HandyShopper compatible program and charge for it. I.e. any requests
> to
> > make it "open source" have already been fulfilled in every practical
> > way: the data format source code is already Public Domain (which has
> > much fewer strings attached than "open source" does), the only code
> not
> > publically available is the UI code, which is useless anyway since
> 100%
> > of it would have to be completely rewritten in a completely new and
> > different platform.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], Greg Gaub mailing.lists@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Sebastian wrote:
> > > >
> > > > >You cant install a cab file on WP7. Its a total different
> > > > >WinMo OS. The only choise is the installation over windows
> > > > >marketplace. or you can use a jailbreak. but this is no
> > > > >option for me.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > Ah. I guess we'll have to wait to find out from Chris, then. :)
> > > > -Greg
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