RE: Hey there, road warrior!

Nice to hear that some of these things are already on track and that
everything else seems to already be planned. :)

>> 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.

Sounds good, can't wait. :)

>> 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/newsbrie
>> f/
>> 15 and midlet:RealOneJava?adjustvolume .

> Um...que? What do you mean by "such a thing"? I'm a bit lost, I'm
afraid...

Sorry, I meant sending a URL to a phone to launch a midlet. Since most
phones have "Go" buttons or similar now when a message contains a URL,
it should be quite useful for notifications. I'll try to find the spec
on Sun's site later.

>> 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.

Personally, I feel that > US$10 may be a bit much... Then again, I'm not
hooked on it yet... Ask me again in a month or so... ;)

>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...

Both midlets are still giving a 906. I'll take a look at the JADs at
lunch in a couple hours to see what may be wrong. I'll let you know
whether I get a working JAD.