Search Results Archives: August 2011

August 16, 2011

DroidOrb

by toby — Categories: Android, Electronics, Featured — Tags: , , , , , , Comments Off
prototype2

I have started my first open source project called DroidOrb. This is an extensible accessory for Android that most electronics hobbyists can build for themselves. The basic accessory will act as a phone dock and display notifications via the glowing “orb” in various colours. Extensions will allow the docked phone to control other systems, such as your home alarm or automation system.

For more information, please see the DroidOrb website: http://droidorb.com

August 8, 2011

‘My JSE’ Android app

by toby — Categories: Hidden — Tags: , , , , , , , , , Comments Off
device-2011-08-10-130824

Introduction

My JSE is an Android app I wrote for monitoring your JSE portfolio and watch lists. It is created specifically for casual traders or investors who need to keep track of their current portfolio status.

My JSE was created to answer these questions:

  • How is my JSE portfolio doing? (Portfolio monitoring)
  • I am interested in these companies. How are they doing? (Watch lists)
  • How is the market doing? (Market indicators, Market news)
  • Anything I should know about the companies I have invested in? (SENS)

Features

Some of the features of My JSE:

  • Focus on charts rather than daily moves, as charts are far more useful for trend-analysis
  • Add as many portfolios as you like
  • Each portfolio displays a summary of current value for at-a-glance tracking
  • Add as many shares as you like per portfolio
  • Portfolio view shows historical graphs, cost, and current prices of all shares, as well as total portfolio value and gain/loss
  • Drill down into shares for current information and historical graphs
  • View market indicators with charts to easily identify trends
  • Quickly search for any share by name or code to view current values and historical graphs
  • Get latest financial news from the largest SA news sources

Coming soon
This app is a work-in-progress, but will be available on an app market soon. Many more features are planned for future versions. Watch this space! Contact me for more information.

August 2, 2011

Android accessory

by toby — Categories: Android, Electronics — Tags: , , , , , , Comments Off
2011-08-02 18.04.37

I was extremely excited when Google announced the Open Accessories Development Kit (http://accessories.android.com/) at Google IO earlier this year. I decided that this was the ideal opportunity to bring together my hardware and software skills and create an interesting accessory.

So far, I have a working prototype, and more details will be posted once my accessory nears completion, but you can check out the current progress here: https://plus.google.com/118226948467140990198/posts/JzPAkmKWa6B

The idea is to see how close I can take my idea to a store store shelf…

© 2012 Toby Kurien All rights reserved - Wallow theme v0.44 by ([][]) TwoBeers - Powered by WordPress - Have fun!