Thank to Manish Prabhune and David Cotter (and even
Paul Lester, sort of) for their feedback on my questions.
Manish <applet_graphics@yahoo.com> (www.imodeindia.com) notes:
> Hmmm I had earlier a similar question about being able
> to dial thru iAppli. I had got answers as "no". ...
I have hazy memories of this exchange -- I should've checked
the archives. Thanks.
David <david.cotter@alatto.com> concurs, adding
> ....I don't think you can control the volume from the
> iAppli in the case where you loop the musical piece. If the
> piece is long maybe it could have the different loudness
> in it but I'm sure a 10 minute piece would be greater than 10K.
Having half a dozen 20 second loops, differing only by volume,
each repeated a few times, would probably be gradual enough.
Anyway, 10 minutes was just a guess....experimentation is
required.
Paul <paul_lester@lincmedia.co.jp> begs to differ about
memory requirements:
> I am almost positive a 10 minute piece could be much
> smaller than 10k, I'd go as far to say it could be less
> than 1k. And I have clear ideas how volume can be
> controlled, in a hacky but effective way for this application....
...but in an ultimately unhelpful manner:
> Also I'm not giving away the answer on how. That would
> involve divulging too much about MFi.
Can't have that, now can we. :-/
> The phone part could be done also in a very round about
> way by somehow getting a server to dial a number....
Had considered that, and there are CTI (computer-
telephony integration) packages out there for just
this purpose. I'd prefer that the user shoulder
all phone charges, but you can't have everything.
-michael turner
leap@gol.com
-------------------
Earlier, I asked:
> > I have a somewhat obscure application for a program that would do the
> > following:
> >
> > 1. start a timer upon release of a button
> >
> > 2. when the timer expires as much as six hours later, play music of
> > steadily increasing volume (over a period of perhaps as long as 10
> minutes)
> > starting from almost inaudible and going up to a pre-set volume level.
> > Alternatively: drop the volume steadily if not interrupted by a
> button-press
> > after a few minutes, and start another time-out sequence.)
> >
> > and/or:
> >
> > 3. dial a number to connect a call.
> >
> > My questions are:
> >
> > Is (3) possible? Can iAppli dial numbers? Yes, I know about the
"tel"
> > tag in cHTML, but as we've heard lamented here by Henry Minsky, there is
> > essentially no access to the embedded microbrowser from iAppli.
> >
> > and
> >
> > What are the power management implications here? If there's a single
> > thread, can it be put to sleep in such a way as to reduce power
> consumption
> > almost to standby? Is ten minutes of steadily-increasing ringtone
volume
> > a serious battery drain? For the application I'm thinking of, it's a
bit
> > awkward to have the handset parked in the recharger cradle.
> >
> > I am assuming no other use of the phone in the timer period. It's
> > essentially an intelligent alarm clock in your phone.
> >
> > I wouldn't be surprised if most phones could approximate this behavior
> using
> > built-in alarm clock features. If I could do it with an iAppli, though,
I
> > could fine-tune the usability for the specific application, and since I
> > suspect that usability is make-or-break here....
> >
> > Any help appreciated.
> >
> > -michael turner
> > leap@gol.com
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