by Surur
10 years
Last year we saw a Windows Phone being used to detect malaria parasites in blood samples, and continuing this trend of addressing major real world issues, one of this years Imagine Cup entrants is using the magnatometer in a Windo...
by Surur
11 years
The Chassis 1 specification for Windows Phone 7 demanded a Digital Compass, but the feature has not become available to developers until Mango. The recent Mango update for the Dell Venue Pro however did not enable the feature for ...
by Surur
11 years
Windows Phone Hardware Standard Hardware A common set of hardware controls and buttons that include the Start, Search, and Back buttons. A large WVGA (800 x 480) format display capable of rendering most web content in full-page wi...
by Surur
11 years
All Windows Phones have built-in Digital Compasses, but they have had to wait for Mango for the right drivers to make them available to third party developers. It seems even after the official Mango update the Dell Venue Pro, a se...
by Surur
11 years
Compass 7 is a simple application which uses the internal compass of the phone and displays the direction. Unlike most other compass apps in Marketplace the app can be used while stationary, as it does not rely on GPS location and...
by Surur
11 years
There is still no Digital Compass API for Windows Phone 7, but of course OEMs have access to the hardware at a much lower level, allowing the creation of apps like HTC Compass, a digital compass app recently released in Marketplac...
11 years
One of the things I have always said about other devices (namely HTC or Samsung) is that those devices have all of the fun. Why do I say that? Because communities like xda-developers cater to those specific devices first in terms ...
by Surur
12 years
Now we know Microsoft should be doing this work, and we suspect strongly it will come bundled in Windows Mobile 7, but until then we still need a Sensor SDK which can be used by across all Windows Mobile handsets, not just HTC...
by Surur
13 years
Augmented Reality, where virtual data is overlaid on real scenery, is all the rage on Android and a lesser extent on the iPhone, but the lack of Windows Mobile devices with Digital Compasses have back this field. With the arrival ...
by Surur
13 years
Dot vs Directional Arrow In an unusual twist, the latest update to Google Maps for Windows Mobile appears to support the digital compass in the HTC HD2. With the update in place the Google Maps My Location dot will turn int...
by Surur
13 years
Not the best demonstration of the software functionality, but the above YouTube video does show the HTC HD2 Compass application in action. The software makes use of the built-in digital compass and allows one to mark a spot on the...
by Surur
13 years
Omniano developer Sheon has used the newly released Samsung Omnia SK 2.0 to develop the first independently developed Digital Compass application for the smartphone. Omniano is currently the most downloaded application in the Omni...
