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A portable device that is used to send and receive telephone calls and text messages. Most also have the ability to store and run apps.

A portable device with many possible functions:

  • send and receive telephone calls
  • send and receive text messages
  • send and receive emails
  • record and store pictures/video
  • store and run apps
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How to trigger a phone call when clicking a link in a web page on mobile phone

I need to build a web page for mobile devices. There's only one thing I still haven't figured out: how can I trigger a phone call through the click of text? Is there a special URL I could enter like the mailto: tag for emails? Device specific…
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Embedding ads on Android app?

I would like to make a free version of the Android app I have, but would like to embed ad on it. I am not sure where I should start? Is there a well known mobile ad company out there that is specialized in mobile advertising?
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Blocking device rotation on mobile web pages

Is it possible to detect on my page, for example using Javascript, when user visit it using mobile device in portrait mode, and stop orientation changing when user rotate its phone to landscape? There is game on my page, optimized for portrait…
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Is there any information database which lists all of the mobile devices and specifications?

Is there any opensource projects or sites which provide the lists of all the mobile devices and specifications?
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Good jQuery Mobile walkthrough or tutorial for a jquery developer?

jQuery Mobile 1.0 final is out Important: Many of the tutorials are old and should not be followed. The current version of jQuery Mobile is 1.0! Please be careful while looking through the links I have updated my answer to point out the right…
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How does GPS in a mobile phone work exactly?

I assume it doesn't connect to anything (other than the satelite I guess), is this right? Or it does and has some kind of charge?
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how to download apk files from android market to pc?

Is it possible to download the android .apk application from the android market to our pc?
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Which Devices Support Javascript Geolocation via navigator.geolocation?

The iPhone supports geolocation in mobile Safari via the following call: navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition( function(pos){ var lat = pos.coords.latitude; var long = pos.coords.longitude; }, function(){ /* Handler if location…
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How to start develop for chinese mobile phones based on nucleus RTOS? (MTK)

I've noticed that chinese mobile phones became very popular, perhaps because of their very reasonable price and many modern features (touch screens, advanced multimedia, double sim cards etc). I'm wondering if there's any way to develop custom…
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Sending an SMS to a Cellphone using Django

I am building an application, where I have this little survey module, which sends out a simple sms to the phone number I give and has to collect the response(if the user fires it) and show it to me. I am using to django build my project. I have…
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How to connect to a localhost Rails site via mobile device locally?

I have a Rails site that I'm developing on localhost Ubuntu and I have a mobile. My site is running on http://localhost:3000. I want to access this directly via my mobile browser not going through the internet. Is there any way to access it via WiFi…
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Is it possible to develop for the iPhone without an iPhone?

I know there are emulators, but is this good enough? If someone is serious about iPhone development, do they absolutely need an iPhone?
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Web based API that can tell me if a number is a landline or cell phone?

My application sends SMS messages to people, but the numbers entered in as their cell phone are sometimes land lines (this is user error or the user not really knowing if the contact number they have is a cell phone or landline.) I found a few…
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Mobile developer interview questions, that a non-mobile developer can ask

I need to interview some people for a mobile developer position (iphone) soon. The problem is that my strength is in Java web development. What questions should i ask without sounding like an idiot? Also, what are valid answers to these questions?
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Logging in J2ME

What logging solutions exist for j2me? I'm specifically interested in easily excluding logging for "release" version, to have a smaller package & memory footprint.
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