RE: Hey there, road warrior!

> I'd love to test out the current RoadBuddy, but have 2 problems:
>
> 1) I get an error 906 Invalid Descriptor (MIDlet or content name does
> not exist in descriptor) that I haven't quite figured out how to work
> around. (Usually it's because the jad doesn't have "MIDlet-Name" which
> most Nokias don't mind.)
Whoops. I'll fix that in a couple of minutes when I upload an updated
RoadBuddy (complete with splash screen and schweet animated menus, as well
as backend improvements).

> 2) Due to heavy firewalling, I currently have no place to host a core...
> Which dovetails nicely with your scheme... ;)If you decide to pursue
> this route, please let me know.
Well, the only way I can tell whether this route is feasible is to try it!
Please could you, and anyone else who wants to try it out, send me an
email. If you have an existing Everybuddy installation you want to use,
send me your ~/.everybuddy/everybuddy.conf and I'll give the hosted core
that config file.

> Also, one thing I love about Sprint PCS's AIM client is that it will
> send a notification to my phone (apparently via email, since SMS
> requires me to launch my browser to read it) whenever I get a new
> message with the URL to AIM. Does/will the project offer such a feature
> where the core will send an email notification upon receipt of a new
> message?
Yes, in a way. This is the realm of my next core-side project (which I
will be taking up when I get subversion access back), the VPA (Virtual
PA). Thwe VPA will be capable of answering incoming queries, giving
information about where you are and when you'll be back (to certain
contacts only, based on an ACL), taking messages, and trying various
methods of getting hold of you (email, SMS, making a noise from the sound
card, blank-calling...). Unfortunately, as I say, I can't work on it at
the moment.

> BTW, the URL for such a thing with a midlet is along the line
> of midlet:MidletName?params , where ?params is optional and parsed by
> the midlet. For example, my RealOne player uses URLs like
> midlet:RealOneJava?http://mobile1.rbn.com:80/mobile/abc/abc/n/newsbrief/
> 15 and midlet:RealOneJava?adjustvolume .
Um...que? What do you mean by "such a thing"? I'm a bit lost, I'm afraid...


> P.S. How much were you thinking about for hosted core rates? Also, will
> you be accepting credit cards for payment or just PayPal?
I'm honestly not sure about rates, let alone methods of payment - I'll
need to talk to Rob about the bandwidth costs. I'm also considering
possibly charging a bit more than the bandwidth alone, and distributing
any extra among developers (nothing like motivation :^) ), but as I say,
it's only an idea. In any case, it's not a huge service, so there's no
point in charging the earth for it.

Anyway, this is all speculative - it'll be free to all comers for quite a
while, while we work the glitches out.

>
> P.P.S. Mobile Tron doesn't work on my phone either; I get a 906 error
> for it, as well.
Hmm. Probably the Midlet-Name thing, then. I'll post when I've uploaded
new versions for you to try...

Meredydd