BramGo Here I will try to give an overview of functions and malfunctions of Sony Ericsson Mobile phones.
After a long search for software for the T300 of Sony Ericsson I found out there is no Go-related software for it at all. The closest thing you can find: some oxo and connect5 variants. The main reason for this: A lot of these phones do not support Java.
Having discovered this, I decided to program my own program to note down Go games. What does Sony Ericsson support: Synergenix Mophun. The main language used for this is C with some aditional functions to make it easier. (For example the SPRITE type and a small number of methods/functions).
So I wrote my application for Mophun. Mophun has some big disadvantages. It is very commercial oriented. If you want to run a game on a mobile phone, you always need a license. (That also goes for developers) There is an emulator programmers can use though.
So, when I started out this frustrated me a bit. But about a month ago, I send my first version to the people of Synergenix. They decided to make me a premium user. This means I can generate licenses for my own mobile phone. (not for other ones, it has something to do with the IMEI, a unique code for every device)
So finally I was able to test it on my own mobile phone. And to be honest I was amazed. Colours where different. The flashy yellow colour you see in the emulator isnt that flashy in real life. Lucky me, because that would be really uggly. I added a lot of new features now. And I feel satisfied with it now.
I would really like to share my program with the world. Now we get to the MAIN problem. Like I said before, everybody needs a license/mophun-game. And although I do not really agree with this nothing-for-free ways, it is impossible to release a mophun-game for free. I assume mophun would set prices about 3EUR/game (= about 3$).
Before getting to publishing there remains 1 question. Is there any interest? Personally I think it IS too expensive. But on the other hand I am as addicted as all of you, and I would probably still buy it :-P.
Earlier I posted a poll on The Goban for this. This poll is no longer active now (due to some error in the PHP script)
The version I currently use can add stones, remove stones, contains a history, can save to files, also has some kind of menu to open up a new board.
My first screenshots: Emulator
More will follow soon ... Questions are welcome ofcourse.
tderz: T610 & I am certainly interested. Tried to use your poll, but the other site is very, very slow ( The Goban ). Please continue working.
Tried to collect for response on go.rec.game myself, but to no avail.
Have you tried raising interest there?
BramGo: Nope, I am not that good with newsgroups. :)
It's dead easy, just follow the rec.games.go-link and click through. I'll post & inform about this page here.
Sony-Ericsson T600 mobile telephone Go-software
I haven't really done much to promote this yet. Only my message on the TheGoban forum, this message here and some announcements at the KGS English Room. Very little response so far.
T610 has a screenheight of 160 pixels, while my T300 has only 80pixels. It would look a lot nicer on your phone for sure. I think it would only take me a couple of days to make it compatible.
amc: As the owner of a P900, I'm very interested in anything I can use.
BramGo P900 has a touchscreen right? Or is that only P800? Your resolution is 3 times as big as T300 and supports java. I am not sure, but I think there allready are some java alternatives for that phone. Have you searched for that yet?
amc: I've tried Jago, but I assume there is something in the interpreter implementation that isn't compatible. All I know is that I have never even been able to install it.