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After spending some time on the Tcktcktck mobile app (built using PhoneGap, pictured), I’m back on PhoneGap. The PhoneGap port formerly known as PhoneGap Nokia should and will be renamed to PhoneGap Symbian (WRT), since Nokia’s Web Runtime is part of newer versions of Symbian OS, which is not limited to Nokia devices (Sony Ericsson too, at least). I recently dropped the Tcktcktck mobile app, built with PhoneGap Symbian.WRT, onto a SE Satio, and she worked like a charm, minus a few UI issues stemming from resolution differences.

Now it should be noted that Nokia WRT (with Platform Services, critical) is only on S60 3rd FP2 and S60 5th Edition devices, so currently PhoneGap for Symbian does not span the entire set of Symbian devices. However I’m doing some research on the side as well on building PhoneGap using the Qt 4.6 beta release, which includes QtWebkit and Symbian OS support.

robbie lou is out for at least a week and i’m crying inside.

I just pushed my work on porting phonegap for Nokia WRT (Web Runtime) on the s60 platform to my github repo, and will get brock to drop it into the main phonegap repo over very soon, but I just wanted to get it out that phonegap for nokia is on its way! Nokia WRT’s exposure of device functionality has made it relatively easy to implement phonegap for geolocation, notification, and contact support in nokia wrt widgets. There are some limitations in the WRT environment; one significant one at the moment is that WRT’s device API and menu object functionality are exposed only to one main html file. Hopefully can figure out a way around this to stay in line with the phongap ideology. Stay tuned for phonegap Nokia.

I completely blew it last hack day … I seem to recall sitting in my bed spitting phlegm into a cup. But I’m ready to drink this Saturday. Oh I might do some hacking too.

I recently set up an old tower as my media server at home, and its all hooked up to my tv through the tower’s tv out. But to play stuff I have to use vnc to connect remotely, and its just not very usable. So I wondered if there was a desktop remote for controlling a media player on one PC from another. PC is the key word, since I already found one for Mac. There might even be a free one already out there for PC too, but I’M DOING IT ANYWAYS. I get to use my blossoming Ajax skills to make something I can use at home.

So VLC has an http interface, which simplifies things immensely. Its a decent media player too, so thats my server. For the client, I was initially thinking about making a Yahoo Widget, but then decided to make an AIR app since I haven’t messed with AIR much yet, and feel like a retard when James or one of our other experts is discussing it. Maybe if I come out with something half decent, I’ll port it over to a Yahoo Widget for the masses.

So hopefullly I’ll have something to use, and share, after this weekend. I’ll post the results after my hangover subsides.