(keitai-l) Re: iAppli as Screensaver?

From: Andrew Zaikin <azaikin_at_newmail.ru>
Date: 07/20/02
Message-ID: <199116601234.20020720090912@newmail.ru>
Does there exist DoJa2.0 API documentation in English? I couldn't find
it anywhere on the net.

Thanks

>> 
>> J-Phone "shichoritsu" (standard Java app first avail two years
>> ago with J-SH07) is a good example that it counts your phone
>> usage at background, and it takes over the screen after a short
>> idle time, displaying a 3D dancing girl, who dances differently
>> depending on the battery and signal strength.
>> 
JP> ...
>> think a stock chart/alert fits well into the category, cannot
>> be done by a GIF, and will be of great value if the chart of
>> your shares be updated constantly on the screen.
>> 
JP> This is exactly what the doja2 (i504) machiuke applis do.  Quote grabbers,
JP> scheduling, checking emails would be ideal applications of it.  Although,
JP> constant updates could be prohibitively expensive.

JP> Unfortunately you don't have any java access to the system such as battery
JP> strength or idle time (well, maybe idle time - I'm still not sure - I'm waiting
JP> for a correction to my last post)  There may be device specific features that
JP> you could use to judge idle time, among other things.  Along these lines, does
JP> anybody know of a resource that documents the device specific java features of
JP> the various handsets?

JP> Looking at the doja2 optional docs, there's a
JP> PhoneResource.setStandbyImage(Image) method that looks like it could be used as
JP> a screensaver.  The docs say it's only implemented in the 504_D_ models, tho.

>> we may need many "screen-savers", a scheduler is a must, and
>> share/coordinate the screen among them, is it possible?

JP> It's not possible to share among apps using the CLDC/doja, unless you maybe go
JP> thru a server.  MIDP Midlets can share a common scratchpad type space, tho I've
JP> forgotten what it's called.

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