Compass app for Windows Phone 7
| As per the request of an XDA user, I’ve put together a Compass application for Windows Phone 7 that will work (for now) on Samsung phones. Windows Phone 7 device guidelines dictate that each phone must have Compass hardware, but there is not a common API through which developers can access the hardware. Samsung includes support in their platform drivers, so I’ve taken advantage of that.
As always, you can download the XAP and source code. A developer-unlocked Windows Phone is required. This app will not work on Dell, HTC or LG phones as of this posting. I have tested so far on the Samsung Focus, I suspect it will work on all Samsung Windows Phones. |
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Change Accent colors on Windows Phone 7 Samsung, LG, HTC devices
| After seeing this thread at XDA, I’ve put together a quick accent color changer for Samsung (and now HTC and LG) devices running Windows Phone 7.
The app simply lets you edit the name and color value for all 10 of the installed accent colors. Simply edit the color, and then switch your theme in the Settings app for the changes to take effect. There’s a button to reset the theme to default. You can download the XAP which will work on any Samsung, LG or HTC Windows Phone 7 that is developer unlocked. The source code may also be downloaded. Update: I’ve added the ability to restore default colors. |
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LED Flashlight for Windows Phone 7
| Windows Phone 7 is a fantastic platform, but for me there was one feature I just could not live without – the LED flashlight that I loved so much from iPhone 4. The API in the Windows Phone 7 SDK does not allow one to interface with the LED, nor does it allow you to interface with the Camera. I was able, however, to enable a functional flashlight by utilizing the APIs inside Microsoft.Phone.Media.Extended.
This app simply turns on the video camera, and the flash, but does not show the video, or save it to your Zune library. The unfortunate limitation of this is that you’ll hear a chirp sound when you turn the LED on. I can live with this, since the functionality gained outweighs the quirks. I posted about this on XDA, but this version does NOT leak videos. Upon starting up, all videos in the IsolatedStorage for this application are removed, your phone won’t fill up with leaked videos, but the versions on XDA will. |
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Download LED Flashlight for Windows Phone 7. A developer-unlocked or otherwise “Homebrew enabled” Windows Phone is required. The app is very simple, but here’s the source code anyway.
Send to WP7 Desktop & Send to WP7 Opera Extension
I’ve been working on two projects related to Send to WP7:
Update: The Opera extension is ready, you can pick it up on the product page.
Neither are ready for prime-time, but both are functional. The desktop client will check for updates automatically, the Opera extension will be featured on the product page when it is configured with the ability to update. I’ve put both of these on twitter, so thought I’d mention them here.